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OTA updates

This is the first smart phone I have ever had the enjoyment of using. I intend to root the phone so that I can get rid of the junk I don't want and enable the features that should be included on my phone.
My question, what do I have to do to not be forced into an OTA update? When I go to the Update menu setting I see no option to ignore updates. Also, is there a setting to not get notified of the updates? Like I had a required OTA voicemail update that I am unsure of how to ignore. Thanks

As far as i know the voicemail update should be fine. From wgat ive read its just to have voicemail to text. Jyst dont check for updates. If they come up automatically it usually asjs if you wan it
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You cannot ignore the voicemail update. It adds text-to-speech and is mandatory for all Sprint handsets with VVM. There is a way to shut off the updates under settings/about phone I believe, I haven't gotten mine turned on yet, just got it minutes ago, I'll edit with more specifics if you need.

Evo_Shift said:
This is the first smart phone I have ever had the enjoyment of using. I intend to root the phone so that I can get rid of the junk I don't want and enable the features that should be included on my phone.
My question, what do I have to do to not be forced into an OTA update? When I go to the Update menu setting I see no option to ignore updates. Also, is there a setting to not get notified of the updates? Like I had a required OTA voicemail update that I am unsure of how to ignore. Thanks
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You will be prompted to do an OTA and if you are a custom rom you will not even get the prompt. However, if you end up wanting the OTA you will have to revert to complete stock. Any removed stock apps can potentially screw up the update process. Generally though its just fine to wait until the devs cook up something with the update and then just use their releases. If it is a necessary update someone will release it in the form of a flashable zip and you won't need to worry about updating OTA =)

Turning off OTA's
way back when before I rooted my hero I had to go through the hassle of reverting to a previous android version in order to root because i naively accepted the OTA update. Trying to avoid this on my shift.
I went into "settings" -> "system updates" -> "HTC software updates" and unchecked the box for "Scheduled Check".
Is this enough to turn off my OTA updates or would the update come from Sprint and have nothing to do with HTC updates?

[Q] How do I disable this stupid Security Policy Update?

I just got my s5 a couple weeks ago, and so far I am loving it. However, there is one "feature" that sends me into an inexplicable foaming-at-the-mouth rage: the security policy update. Every other day, I will get a popup in my notification center telling me to turn on automatic updates. The exact text is:
"Tap here to allow automatic updates for the protection of your phone."
I click it, select "decline," and am send to the security policy updates section in my settings, where there is no option to permanently disable it. It goes away for a couple days, then pops up again to remind me that I need to turn this on. I don't want this horrid feature, and I plan on never selecting "accept," so is there any way to permanently disable this, or will I be forced to decline this every two days for the next few years?

It will get more and more common, mine got to be every few hours... The solution, root it, then use TitaniumBackup to freeze the Security Policy Updater...
My personal experience is w/ AT&T (SM-G900A model), use TowelRoot to root it (search for the threads on here), then with titaniumbackup freeze "Security policy updates SPD_v2..." and then voila, no more warning

If one dug deeply enough, there might be a system property to disable the policy update notification. But that would no doubt require root to edit. It sounds like a bug that you can't disable a pop up of this type. So presumably Google will fix that at some point.
The expedient answer is as the poster above suggested, root your device and freeze or disable the app generating the pop ups.
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adhanda said:
It will get more and more common, mine got to be every few hours... The solution, root it, then use TitaniumBackup to freeze the Security Policy Updater...
My personal experience is w/ AT&T (SM-G900A model), use TowelRoot to root it (search for the threads on here), then with titaniumbackup freeze "Security policy updates SPD_v2..." and then voila, no more warning
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Awesome, thanks. When I searched for this popup on google, the results all mentioned the KNOX security thing, so I froze that in titanium backup to no avail.

StAlfonzo said:
Awesome, thanks. When I searched for this popup on google, the results all mentioned the KNOX security thing, so I froze that in titanium backup to no avail.
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Not sure if you meant before.. or that you just tried freezing Knox now. If the popup is still bothering you, the info in post No. 2 is good.
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fffft said:
Not sure if you meant before.. or that you just tried freezing Knox now. If the popup is still bothering you, the info in post No. 2 is good.
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I had PREVIOUSLY read online about KNOX, and I merely mentioned that as an afterthought. I did follow the advice from post number 2, which is why I thanked the person.

adhanda said:
It will get more and more common, mine got to be every few hours... The solution, root it, then use TitaniumBackup to freeze the Security Policy Updater...
My personal experience is w/ AT&T (SM-G900A model), use TowelRoot to root it (search for the threads on here), then with titaniumbackup freeze "Security policy updates SPD_v2..." and then voila, no more warning
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I am getting the security updates notification periodically. I have rooted my phone using Towelroot and also have the paid version of Titanium Backup. I cannot find the "Security policy updates SPD_v2..." in order to freeze it. Can anyone tell me exactly how to find it in simple steps?

In TB tap on Backup/Restore > click to edit filters > type security in filter by name box.

If one is rooted, is it 'safe' to update / accept to have the SPU, updated, or will going forward with this, update the software if one is on a lower version, or will it cause to lose root? I am running NI2 and rooted with TR. Thanks

boblpn said:
If one is rooted, is it 'safe' to update / accept to have the SPU, updated, or will going forward with this, update the software if one is on a lower version, or will it cause to lose root? I am running NI2 and rooted with TR. Thanks
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I am wondering the same thing. Did you try it out?

Mine just said when i press that update bar that my system is modded and something..

Samsung security disabled
hello, im from philippines and a while ago i was trying to contact the samsung costumer service and ask if what is the best way to fix on this SE andriod pop up disabled but they just told me it has no way. this morning i was rooted my samsung G530H. after that the security policy disabled. somebody could help me?i can't update now my phone.

[Q] [How to] Disable OTA Updates for Galaxy Note 4?

My Note 4 SM-N910G is already successfully rooted...Am wondering how I can disable the OTA updates. Read for earlier Galaxy models that the trick is to freeze SDM.apk using Titanium Backup, but I couldn't find the SDM.apk, even using ES File Explorer it wasn't in >system>app folder.
Anyone knows if it's under a different file name in Note 4 or alternative methods?

I think when you root mean you auto disable ota

honhan0904 said:
I think when you root mean you auto disable ota
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I still received the notification that a new firmware was available and downloaded, not sure if it was before I rooted or after. Can you confirm that?

I thought you can disable it by going to settings - about device- software update- uncheck automatic software update
Sent from my SM-N910C using Tapatalk

tongtongchan said:
I still received the notification that a new firmware was available and downloaded, not sure if it was before I rooted or after. Can you confirm that?
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Yes
When on honeycomb my tab 10.1 have rooted and cant receive any update from sammsung. I have to download ics and use odin from pc to upgrade and that so annoy.

iznee said:
I thought you can disable it by going to settings - about device- software update- uncheck automatic software update
Sent from my SM-N910C using Tapatalk
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Must say I didn't think about this option at all, so simple & without even rooting. Thanks so much!

honhan0904 said:
Yes
When on honeycomb my tab 10.1 have rooted and cant receive any update from sammsung. I have to download ics and use odin from pc to upgrade and that so annoy.
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That's great! Since we can't ota after root, really no point receiving update notifications. Thanks for confirming that!

My pleasure

Before I rooted, I got a notification that update software has been downloaded, asking me to install the update.
I've gone into "System Update" and unchecked the options for updates, however the update notification persists. On my Galaxy S4, when I would long press on the notification, it would display "app info" button, when I pressed that I'd see the option to uncheck notifications.
I still see that same app info but the option to "Force Stop", "Turn Off" or uncheck "Show Notifications" is ghosted out, not allowing me to uncheck notifications.
Any suggestions for a fix to prevent accidentally updating?

How to stop "Software Update" message from popping up all the time

935FD, Rooted, TWRPed on old firmware. I keep getting OTA Software (Firmware) Update available popping up all the time. I'm traveling at the moment and can NOT update and risk bricking my phone. (Since I'm rooted, I can't do OTA update, have to either use ODIN or FlashFire). Is there a way to stop the message popping up? It is really annoying! (I already disabled "Download updates automatically" in the "About Device" in "Settings".
Many thanks!

Do you have Scheduled Software updates on?
Apart form that, no idea how to disable.
What you could do, is use android to suppress it.
Wait for the notification to appear, Pull the drawer down and Keep hold of the notification.
hit the Hide / Mute icon and it should no longer appear.
As reassurance you cannot apply the update if you are rooted. It checks for official or modified, and will fail on its first check.
So dont worry, any accidental presses will not make the update happen

have you tried "triangle away" in the app store?

[Help] Unrooted my device (ze551ml). How to I upgrade to M now?

Hey everyone.
I have Zenfone 2 ze551ml (ASUS_Z00AD) for a year.
Apparently, it was rooted by the seller, I wasn't actually aware of it being rooted, acknowledged it only after I had tried to install some applications required for my job - they wouldn't install on a rooted device for security reasons. And I haven't used any benefits from my device being rooted (Are there any at all just because of the fact it is rooted?).
Later I found out that while rooted you don't really get any updates unless you manually upload them to your phone.
So last night I did unroot my device using "SuperSU" app. The only difference I've noticed - there is a lag spike when pressing "Home" button while in main menu - it does really annoy me, as I haven't seen this lag before, though I'm not sure if it is "unroot-related problem". Should there be any performace change since I've unrooted it?
But main question is about updates. Finally, there is a Marshmallow OS update - how do I upgrade?
I haven't got any updates since the first day of usage - I believe it is because of the root feature I had preinstalled. But now it is not rooted, and still I am not getting any updates.
I would love to "Check for updates" if there was such a feature - but in settings menu "Settings" -> "About" there is no "Check updates" function. How do I force check for updates? Will I get them automatically if I wait long enough? Or I won't since my device was sometime ago rooted in the first place?
I am sorry if the question was already mentioned here and for my bad englando.