Hey all, have a rooted N3 on MJ7 and was wondering if there was an OTA killer or some kind of setting in xposed I can turn on to prevent the latest OTA from asking to be installed? Thanks! Also, do current roms prevent OTA already, or should I find some kind of OTA killer for them as well?
I believe that freezing SDM with TB suppresses OTA popup messages.
(Sorry I can't link, on a plane and XDA app's search is not the best.)
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Hi, I'm new to all of this rooting stuff so I'm sorry if my questions seem stupid.
Anyway, I have a Nexus 4 16 GB from the playstore and I am planning on rooting it soon so I can use apps such as Titanium Backup. I recently upgraded it to 4.3 and I plan on following this guide to root it :http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jn5ih0omlxI
After this I plan on installing a custom kernel so that I can use apps to enhance the screen colors (any suggestions for the kernel?)
So my question is that will I be able to receive any OTA updates after this without having to re-root? For example, will I get the next update while still maintaining root.
neogamma said:
Hi, I'm new to all of this rooting stuff so I'm sorry if my questions seem stupid.
Anyway, I have a Nexus 4 16 GB from the playstore and I am planning on rooting it soon so I can use apps such as Titanium Backup. I recently upgraded it to 4.3 and I plan on following this guide to root it :http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jn5ih0omlxI
After this I plan on installing a custom kernel so that I can use apps to enhance the screen colors (any suggestions for the kernel?)
So my question is that will I be able to receive any OTA updates after this without having to re-root? For example, will I get the next update while still maintaining stock.
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In not an expert on what requirements there are too receive ota updates, but I can talk about kernels.
Most of them have some sort of color calibration settings available. All except Trinity kernel as far as I've seen. They all have different features these are worth exploring. My favorites are AK, Matr1x, and Purified if you'd like a few ideas to start with.
You can use Trickster mod from Google play to tweak kernel settings.
You can refer to this spreadsheet for color ideas.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2039607
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No, you can't OTA mantaining the custom kernel, but there are ways to keep root while doing an OTA upgrade.
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I have a rooted N10 with 4.3. Apparently 4.4 OTA was downloaded and now I have a notification telling me to install it. I do not want to do this since there are several people reporting issues when upgrading their rooted N10s with 4.4 OTA. So how I get rid of this notification for good and prevent my tablet from automatically updating in the future?
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I have a rooted N10 with 4.3. Apparently 4.4 OTA was downloaded and now I have a notification telling me to install it. I do not want to do this since there are several people reporting issues when upgrading their rooted N10s with 4.4 OTA. So how I get rid of this notification for good and prevent my tablet from automatically updating in the future?
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http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2539092
Hi everyone,
I am going to purchase a Note 3 the next week (probably Vodafone Australia) and would be interested to know if there is a way to prevent the upgrade from 4.3 JB to 4.4 KK?! More specifically on an unrooted phone...
One of the main reasons is the App permission manager in 4.3 that would allow to restrict apps on an unrooted phone -
and I would prefer to keep it unrooted (The only reason for me to root a phone would be to restrict app permissions, but with 4.3 that seems to be unnecessary, so why risk tripping Knox).
I know one could turn off the notifications for the Google Framework Services,to stop the nagging reminders, but this only would delay the upgrade, not prevent it afaik.
So maybe there is a way using the App permission manager in 4.3 or something else?
Any help is greatly appreciated -
Many thanks in advance :cyclops:
On an uprooted phone...not that I know of. On a rooted phone, it's a piece of cake...just rename one file.
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grovin said:
Hi everyone,
I am going to purchase a Note 3 the next week (probably Vodafone Australia) and would be interested to know if there is a way to prevent the upgrade from 4.3 JB to 4.4 KK?! More specifically on an unrooted phone...
One of the main reasons is the App permission manager in 4.3 that would allow to restrict apps on an unrooted phone -
and I would prefer to keep it unrooted (The only reason for me to root a phone would be to restrict app permissions, but with 4.3 that seems to be unnecessary, so why risk tripping Knox).
I know one could turn off the notifications for the Google Framework Services,to stop the nagging reminders, but this only would delay the upgrade, not prevent it afaik.
So maybe there is a way using the App permission manager in 4.3 or something else?
Any help is greatly appreciated -
Many thanks in advance :cyclops:
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First you must take into account that very latest models might at some point come directly with 4.4.2.
If the phone is on 4.3 as far as I know you need to reject the licence agreement on the updates - when you first start your phone after initial steps it will show a notification on software updates, will make you choose a country and ask to agree to the license - if you say NO you will get no OS upgrade.
If you are also on one of early firmware versions like MI7 (where you can root with URDLV) you also need to disable the security updates.
Hi there -
Thanks a lot for all your answers!
Declining the license terms doesn#t sound too bad - would it have any other disadvantages if one does so?
Cheers,
grovin
Will the latest OTA update to Verizon S5 break FoxFi for unlimited data users? (K0T49H.G900VVRU1ANE9)
Obviously I'm talking about using FoxFi for free wifi hotspotting.
Thanks!
I came here seeking the exact same info. Currently on 4.4.2 with foxfi working.
On a related note, anyone know how to disable the auto update feature and nag screen? This is an unrooted device.
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I came here seeking the exact same info. Currently on 4.4.2 with foxfi working.
On a related note, anyone know how to disable the auto update feature and nag screen? This is an unrooted device.
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I searched everywhere and there have been no reports of FoxFi not working after the most recent update.... hope that's a good sign. but I'm still too chicken to take the chance.
FoxFi was too much of a pain in the arse for me forcing the pin code to open the lockscreen.... None of the methods in these forums worked for me to go back to swipe to un-lock.
Just root it and install the Xposed framework and the XTether module to acivate wifi hotspot. Works like a champ. I was running safestrap with Alliance ROM but I loaded it into the rom slot instead of stock slot before realizing there were issues there.
I Odined back to stock NGC and rooted / Xposed. Figured I'll leave safestrap alone until he figures out the bugz.
I froze Security policy updates SPD_v2_1402_4_1 to get rid of security nag and SDM 1.0 to disable the VZW OTA notifications with TiBu. But of course, you need root and have to purchase TiBu key to freeze apps. Small price to pay if you are going to be doing a lot of custom work on your phone though.
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FoxFi was too much of a pain in the arse for me forcing the pin code to open the lockscreen.... None of the methods in these forums worked for me to go back to swipe to un-lock.
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I have always used a 4-digit PIN to unlock my phone, even prior to using FoxFi,
so it wasn't too much trouble for me.
When I had the Galaxy Note II rooted, all I did to block OTA update was renaming
SDM.apk to SDM.bak. (as well as FWUpgrade.apk to FWUpgrade.bak)
Is it different on the Galaxy S5?
Thanks!
youphone said:
When I had the Galaxy Note II rooted, all I did to block OTA update was renaming
SDM.apk to SDM.bak. (as well as FWUpgrade.apk to FWUpgrade.bak)
Is it different on the Galaxy S5?
Thanks!
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Same. And you might want to freeze the security policy updater also.
I'm strongly considering rooting at this point. Looks pretty simple for this phone. This is the wife's phone, didn't want to hack it up like I do my Motorolas; but we've gone through some expense to keep the unlimited plans and inadvertently losing wifi tether (though frankly we don't use that much data) would suck.
It also appears that you can root after this update by downgrading, but to get this update after root you need Odin.
I'll give it a week and decide. Thanks for the help and ideas guys.
Foxfi works with update for me with swipe to unlock. Just connected my tablet.
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Not to be the stereotypical new user who totally hijacks other's threads, but I bit the bullet and rooted the wife's S5 and did Chopstix' mods. I added a hotspot toggle widget so it's now a one-touch operation with no PIN required. XPosed is a really neat architecture. This is making me hate my unrootable Maxx.
Phone is rooted on the NE9 update. And Foxfi does indeed start on that update (which is still Android 4.2.2) but is now redundant.
Hi guys, I downgraded my note 4 to kit kat yesterday, because on this version of os note 4 used to work almost perfect. The main problem is that an update to lolipop has been downloaded automaticly and the notification which ask me to update cellphone appeared on the notification bar. Is IT possible to hide this notification? I do not have a root. Do i have a possibility to delete os update files from memory?
I am in exactly the same situation. I am happy with 4.4.4 and i will wait for 5.1 update. How do i get rid of the notificarion? It managed to trick me and download the update.
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If you go into Settings -> About Device -> Software Updates there are check boxes there that you can uncheck to disable the firmware update notification. However I don't understand why you would want to do that as you will make your Note 4 more susceptible to hackers.
Well, a lot of people have experienced that Lollipop is a lot worse than KitKat. Therefore, some (like me) want to keep using KitKat until Samsung comes with a better upgrade. Frankly, I find the OTA functionality annoying in the EXTREME. So if anyone can help shutting it up (until we want to upgrade) without root, it would be much appreciated!!!
Well, if that's what you want just follow the instructions that I posed earlier that will disable the Auto OTA update and Firmware Update Notification.
The box is unchecked but my phone already downloaded the update and it keeps nagging me about installing it. Even if i said i'll install later, every few hours it pops on my screen or find it there when i unlock it.
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In that case you will need to find where the update file is and delete it from you Note 4's internal memory.
^Which is not possible without root.
Can any of you tell me where exactly i can find those update files ? I have already done a root, but i dont see them i system files.