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[Q] Blocking amazon updates

I recently decided to block to next update just in case amazon breaks my root again. I went about trying to usual, freezing the process (but I couldnt find the service with app quarantine) to redirecting the server to 127.0.0.1 in the hosts file (which I never got working either, it never blocked amazonaws.com)
What I ended up doing was blocking amazonaws.com in my router, and now everytime my fire powers up I get a dialog saying "the Wi-Fi network you are connecting to requires you to sign in before accessing the internet. Would you like to sign in" and the wifi signal icon always has an X on it now.
Question is, is this a common phenomena when blocking the server?
Do any of the other methods not pop up this dialog box?

that worked for me:
kf was and is registered
removed /system/etc/security/otacerts.zip -> update downloaded but did not install -> was automatically deleted from cache folder after failed attempt to install
no guarantee !!!

Is the update installed from cache our the kindleupdate folder? I have some other ideas on blocking, but I am notsure on this part.
Sent from my SAMSUNG-SGH-I897 using xda premium

I used app quarantine, and locked OTASilentInstall. I would provide a link, but I can't yet.
Also added:
127.0.0.1 s3.amazonaws.com
Hoping it stops the updates.

this will not work ! - allready tested and confimed
the only working and confirmed method is to deregister !
i did not deregister, watched the download ... see above
for me my method worked and i see it as confirmed for me.
btw. use the search function - there is a quite big thread about this !

So even after actually locking down the OTA app it will still update?

for shure !

Nexus 4 Problem!!! HELP!!

I have a nexus 4, 4.2.2.
Last night I noticed google now and play has internet errors even though there was an internet connection.
I tried formatting, but now I can't log in to my account on setup screen (error "Can't establish a reliable connection to the server)
What can I do? I don't know how to root it, and I need it working with all google services PLEASE HELP ME QUICKLY!!!!!

gergesh said:
I have a nexus 4, 4.2.2.
Last night I noticed google now and play has internet errors even though there was an internet connection.
I tried formatting, but now I can't log in to my account on setup screen (error "Can't establish a reliable connection to the server)
What can I do? I don't know how to root it, and I need it working with all google services PLEASE HELP ME QUICKLY!!!!!
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Try checking this out perhaps: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2110225

rabbit140 said:
Try checking this out perhaps: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2110225
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As I said before, I don't suceed rooting it, are there any oother solutions?

gergesh said:
As I said before, I don't suceed rooting it, are there any oother solutions?
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Reflash a stock rom, link https://dl.google.com/dl/android/aosp/occam-jdq39-factory-345dc199.tgz. Here is how you do it http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2010312.

As far as I searched, these are the solutions:
- check your phone date ("The SSL certificate contains a expiration date which would be compared against the system date of the Android system. If the system date is too far in the past or in the future, the validation would be failed, thus the connection cannot be established. This is a security measures of the HTTPS connection, so check your system date next time encountering such strange error message." as stated here)
- root and delete the file, as rabbit140 said
- do a factory reset

I've also found:
1. Open Settings.
2. Select Applications.
3. Select Manage Applications.
4. Tap the All tab, then scroll down and select Google Play Store.
5. Select Clear cache.
6. Back out of the screen and select Download Manager (May also be listed as “Downloads”).
7. Select Clear data.
8. Also clear data for Google Services Framework, Google Apps, Google Talk, and Checkin Service. Some users are reporting they had to clear data for the Browser app as well. You may not see all of these apps listed on your particular phone.
-------------------------------------------------------OR----------------------------------------------------
1) Remove sim card.
2) Go to settings->applications and clear everything (not just google apps)one by one.
3) Reboot the device
4) And add your google account.
Dunno if this can help.

Remove Sim card and go to backup and reset and do a factory data reset.
Than put your Sim card back in once you boot back up.
Sent from my Nexus 4 using xda premium

THANKS!!!
I thank all of you so much now my phone is back to itself...
All I did is I reflashed stock rom as @gee2012 suggested and it worked like a charm..
THANKSSSS EVERYONE WHO TRIED TO HELP ME NOW I HAVE MY PHONE BACK...:good::good:
I AM NOW

wpa_supplicant file shownig wrong password

the wifi key recovery app has been showing the wrong wifi passwords even though the phone is still connecting to the wifi networks . ive tried deleting the networks and connecting again but the problem still remains. i have also gone into the data/misc/wifi folder on my root browser and the wpa_supplicant file is showing the passwords incorrectly too. i was wondering does anyone know what has caused this problem and is there a way to fix it. i have tried deleting the wpa_supplicant file and re connecting to the networks. and i have also tried different wifi password recovery apps and the problem still remains.
thanks in advance for any help

EL Loco 2 said:
the wifi key recovery app has been showing the wrong wifi passwords even though the phone is still connecting to the wifi networks . ive tried deleting the networks and connecting again but the problem still remains. i have also gone into the data/misc/wifi folder on my root browser and the wpa_supplicant file is showing the passwords incorrectly too. i was wondering does anyone know what has caused this problem and is there a way to fix it. i have tried deleting the wpa_supplicant file and re connecting to the networks. and i have also tried different wifi password recovery apps and the problem still remains.
thanks in advance for any help
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You should go to recovery, wipe cache, then do it again if it get fixed

ok I tried with wipe cache, but be still the same.

Ok, here is my little trick. I don't know if it could help. If you have a cwm backup, just restore boot.img partition Or you could flash a custom kernel. your wifi key will be reseted. Because I did it a few times.

Lost internet afterwards instaling adaway/adblock

Hi, I wanted to block some ads both on my browser and within apps, since I was getting drained up of my data plan without me realizing it (can't say it's all about the ads).. but anyhow, I have both adaway and adblock+ apks hanging around which I installed on my ex s6 and installed without a hassle (I hadn't remember if they blocked ads within apps but I was to test it), so i went and installed both and it kept saying the server for retrieving the lists on adaway weren't found, so I thought it to be a problem with my data connection and waited to get back home and try on wifi (I didn't realized that I lost my internet access since then - had a busy day at work) and when I tried on wifi, I was able to download the list and then it ask me to reboot for changes to apply. After reboot it couldn't get access to download the list (it was set an update on start) so I uninstalled it.
Then I tried to configure adblock+ and I wasn't getting any connection either, so I uninstalled it too. Afterwards I realized I didn't have a connection at all (I could connect both to data and wifi but neither was passing through). So doing some research I realized both kept 'active' (the modified hosts file was still there) so I installed them both and disabled both, but I still had no internet). Then I disabled adaway again check on the hosts file content and saw there were too lines (localhost 127.0.0.1 and ::1 127.0.0.1) or the like. I restarted and had some whatsapp mesages come through but whenever I tried to access internet trough playstore, weather widget and so forth, I lost internet access again even por whatsapp. I kept trying to the other hosts files locations (those listed within the adaway app) to see if there was the problem but it said something about needing a create a link or so and I didn't accept and stayed on trying on the default one (data/system/hosts or so). Finally, after some more tries I couldn't get internet access but I'd got an error about samsungdevicesecutity service failed and went and freezed it on titanium and afterwards I had access to both whatsapp and playstore, so I went and uninstalled both adblock+ and adaway and rebooted so as to have a "clean start" (or so I thought) and I came up again without internet and haven't been able to reproduce what I had, no matter if I unfreeze the service, freeze it again, having it enabled and how many more times this service fails. Sorry about the long description, but I would believe that having a factory reset would solve this but since I didn't had the backup option enabled, I'm not sure if I would have to go through the process of installing / configuring everything again, so I wanted to make sure I could avoid the factory reset path.. anyone knows a way around this? Any help is appreciated.. thanks
I was freshly rooted with CF auto root (s7 edge international).
Best regards

Easier to use Firefox and uBlock maybe? Free as well...

Xophile said:
Easier to use Firefox and uBlock maybe? Free as well...
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I had crystal already installed and was using samsung's internet. But I was trying to block ads on apps and failed to do some research on more recent options like the ones you mention or adguard/netguard that I have seen being mentioned on other posts. Thanks for the suggestion and for the long reading..

cmanh said:
Hi, I wanted to block some ads both on my browser and within apps, since I was getting drained up of my data plan without me realizing it (can't say it's all about the ads).. but anyhow, I have both adaway and adblock+ apks hanging around which I installed on my ex s6 and installed without a hassle (I hadn't remember if they blocked ads within apps but I was to test it), so i went and installed both and it kept saying the server for retrieving the lists on adaway weren't found, so I thought it to be a problem with my data connection and waited to get back home and try on wifi (I didn't realized that I lost my internet access since then - had a busy day at work) and when I tried on wifi, I was able to download the list and then it ask me to reboot for changes to apply. After reboot it couldn't get access to download the list (it was set an update on start) so I uninstalled it.
Then I tried to configure adblock+ and I wasn't getting any connection either, so I uninstalled it too. Afterwards I realized I didn't have a connection at all (I could connect both to data and wifi but neither was passing through). So doing some research I realized both kept 'active' (the modified hosts file was still there) so I installed them both and disabled both, but I still had no internet). Then I disabled adaway again check on the hosts file content and saw there were too lines (localhost 127.0.0.1 and ::1 127.0.0.1) or the like. I restarted and had some whatsapp mesages come through but whenever I tried to access internet trough playstore, weather widget and so forth, I lost internet access again even por whatsapp. I kept trying to the other hosts files locations (those listed within the adaway app) to see if there was the problem but it said something about needing a create a link or so and I didn't accept and stayed on trying on the default one (data/system/hosts or so). Finally, after some more tries I couldn't get internet access but I'd got an error about samsungdevicesecutity service failed and went and freezed it on titanium and afterwards I had access to both whatsapp and playstore, so I went and uninstalled both adblock+ and adaway and rebooted so as to have a "clean start" (or so I thought) and I came up again without internet and haven't been able to reproduce what I had, no matter if I unfreeze the service, freeze it again, having it enabled and how many more times this service fails. Sorry about the long description, but I would believe that having a factory reset would solve this but since I didn't had the backup option enabled, I'm not sure if I would have to go through the process of installing / configuring everything again, so I wanted to make sure I could avoid the factory reset path.. anyone knows a way around this? Any help is appreciated.. thanks
I was freshly rooted with CF auto root (s7 edge international).
Best regards
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Well, since I didn't had internet access I couldn't go through the factory reset path (I was asked my sam account to continue), but had to flash to stock first (doing this I recovered my internet access) but since it continued with the samsungdevicesecurity error I then proceeded with the factory reset (with the downside of having to reconfigure and reinstall everything). Thanks but I couldn't be that much time without internet access (work and all).

You have disabled a required permission

So i just updated to 10.5.10 IN11BA, im rooted and have xXx 11.7 running with stock dialer/contacts... The "Phone" app works as intended but when ever i try to open "Contacts" i get this "You have disabled a required permission" and contacts refuse to open.
Obviously I'w enabled all permissions for both Phone and Contacts.
One wierd thing to point out is that in the permission list i have 2 entrys of "Storage", im sure they are the same permission though since i can't just disable/enable one of them.
I re-downloaded 10.5.10 and flashed it localy to see IF that fixed anything but no luck.
Anyone know of there is a way to fix this without wipeing system/data and reflashing?

I have the exact same issue. Have you found a fix?

kieeps said:
So i just updated to 10.5.10 IN11BA, im rooted and have xXx 11.7 running with stock dialer/contacts... The "Phone" app works as intended but when ever i try to open "Contacts" i get this "You have disabled a required permission" and contacts refuse to open.
Obviously I'w enabled all permissions for both Phone and Contacts.
One wierd thing to point out is that in the permission list i have 2 entrys of "Storage", im sure they are the same permission though since i can't just disable/enable one of them.
I re-downloaded 10.5.10 and flashed it localy to see IF that fixed anything but no luck.
Anyone know of there is a way to fix this without wipeing system/data and reflashing?
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Check Google..
I disabled a load of permissions. I didn't want them knowing everything.
Caused issues until I turned it back on.
Might be why

kieeps said:
So i just updated to 10.5.10 IN11BA, im rooted and have xXx 11.7 running with stock dialer/contacts... The "Phone" app works as intended but when ever i try to open "Contacts" i get this "You have disabled a required permission" and contacts refuse to open.
Obviously I'w enabled all permissions for both Phone and Contacts.
One wierd thing to point out is that in the permission list i have 2 entrys of "Storage", im sure they are the same permission though since i can't just disable/enable one of them.
I re-downloaded 10.5.10 and flashed it localy to see IF that fixed anything but no luck.
Anyone know of there is a way to fix this without wipeing system/data and reflashing?
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I'm having exactly the same problem after I enabled the Google dialer, only to find out my phone wasn't ringing and all calls were going straight to VM. So I decided to disable it & all hell broke loose.
Please, did you figure out a way to fix it?