Usually, there's an update apk you can disable that stops it, but essential doesn't have this and I'm guessing the update functionality is rolled into another apk or service.
Pop up reoccurs like once every few days and there's no way to hide forever.
anonxlg said:
Usually, there's an update apk you can disable that stops it, but essential doesn't have this and I'm guessing the update functionality is rolled into another apk or service.
Pop up reoccurs like once every few days and there's no way to hide forever.
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Seeing essential is shutting down you should not worry about it much longer.
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anonxlg said:
Usually, there's an update apk you can disable that stops it, but essential doesn't have this and I'm guessing the update functionality is rolled into another apk or service.
Pop up reoccurs like once every few days and there's no way to hide forever.
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If you're root, you can use FOTAKILL app to block it
https://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2249350
sd_shadow said:
Seeing essential is shutting down you should not worry about it much longer.
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Even after the shutdown, I'm still getting that nag on the Essential Phone. I suspect the file has been downloaded. Anyone figured out where the file is and how to block it permanently? Thanks.
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I downloaded the ota update for bell but have not installed it yet. I actually don't want to anymore because my phone works fine and I don't want to have problems like others are. But I keep getting popups to install everyday and am afraid of accidentally hitting "update now" instead of " remind later". How can I remove this pop up? Or...how can I remove the downloaded file from my phone completely. I'm just gonna wait for gingerbread and avoid any issues. Thanks
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Use TiBU to freeze the updater.
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Use TiBU to freeze the updater.
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sorry...what is tibu...and what does it do? Is there any risk to this?
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sorry...what is tibu...and what does it do? Is there any risk to this?
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Titanium backup. Basically it stops the program from running, but you can "un freeze" at anytime and it works like new. No risk at all (unless you freeze something the phone needs to run) since you can bring it back unaffected.
I believe you need the paid version to use the freeze option, but its a great program and worth the money.
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I just got my S5 last week and I keep getting notifications that the security policy needs updated or was updated; is there a way to disable this? If I don't, could I possible lose a chance to root? I don't want any exploits to be patched OTA
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I just got my S5 last week and I keep getting notifications that the security policy needs updated or was updated; is there a way to disable this? If I don't, could I possible lose a chance to root? I don't want any exploits to be patched OTA
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Are you talking for VZW protect or OTA updates from VZW?
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Are you talking for VZW protect or OTA updates from VZW?
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I don't use Verizon Protect so I guess OTA?
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I don't use Verizon Protect so I guess OTA?
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Ah. Well, I accidentally took the updates, don't notice much difference, but I am told that it could be detrimental to Rooting if you do take the VZW OTA update.
DroidHam said:
I just got my S5 last week and I keep getting notifications that the security policy needs updated or was updated; is there a way to disable this? If I don't, could I possible lose a chance to root? I don't want any exploits to be patched OTA
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dont update the security when it pops up.. you probably wont notice a difference but might effect rooting.. then again i read a few ppl were able to set it back to its original settings by factory resetting it
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elliwigy said:
dont update the security when it pops up.. you probably wont notice a difference but might effect rooting.. then again i read a few ppl were able to set it back to its original settings by factory resetting it
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I'm getting this same thing on my Developer Edition. A notification asking if I would like to automatically allow security updates. I've cleared it each time.
Does anyone know what's being updated?
You would think "Decline" means don't prompt me ever again..
II have a rooted dev S5 and took the security policy update. no changes in root status. My google 2 factor authentication broke around the same time and was a but stubborn to re-establish, but that might be completely unrelated.
I've been getting it everyday since I got the phone. I've never updated, scared to!
Now with root how do we kill it?
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Everyone with repeating updates try this...
Settings, Security, scroll down to Security policy updates in menu and click, once inside that option, untick Automatic updates
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Settings, Security, scroll down to Security policy updates in menu and click, once inside that option, untick Automatic updates
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Mine is unticked, but I get the accept decline message randomly. Did you click accept at some point then uncheck it? I've already frozen SDM
if you have Titanium Backup Pro, just freeze "Security policy updates SPD_v2_1402_4_1"
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if you have Titanium Backup Pro, just freeze "Security policy updates SPD_v2_1402_4_1"
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Will do, also noted that running SuperUser when it disables knox it stopped.
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Will do, also noted that running SuperUser when it disables knox it stopped.
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it reports that knox is disabled, but i didnt trust it, so i froze everything that said knox in Titanium. lol.
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Mine is unticked, but I get the accept decline message randomly. Did you click accept at some point then uncheck it? I've already frozen SDM
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Yes I did. Its my understanding that sdm is for ota and security updates is a separate issue from that though. There's also a Verizon Protection app that I had to turn off.
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it reports that knox is disabled, but i didnt trust it, so i froze everything that said knox in Titanium. lol.
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Did disabling all Knox related items trigger knox? Thanks
master4g said:
Did disabling all Knox related items trigger knox? Thanks
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Freezing Knox Notification Manage 2.0, and KNOX 1.0 did nothing but disable knox.
Freezing Knox KLMS Agent tripped my Custom tag. stated my system was custom not official.
But knox itself was never tripped.
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Did disabling all Knox related items trigger knox? Thanks
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i uninstalled all knox related stuff. it wasnt tripped in my case
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Hey everyone,
I used to have a couple of HTC phones back in the day (Droid Incredible, Thunderbolt, Rezound), all of which were capable of turning data on when I receive an MMS. I always leave my data and WiFi off when not in use. Both my S4 and Nexus 6 cannot do this. I was wondering, does the Moto X Pure turn on data when you receive an MMS? My friend has an HTC One M8 and his can turn it on automatically. I would assume the Moto X Pure does not do this. I currently paid for Tasker, and every method to do this through Tasker has not worked properly for me. Does anyone know a solution? It's very aggravating that my MMS do not download automatically, and I have to turn on my data and then download them just to receive my message. Thanks in advance!
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Why are you turning off your data? You say you turn off data and WiFi when not in use...when is that? A cell phone without one of these in use is basically an expensive slab of metal and plastic???
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Why are you turning off your data? You say you turn off data and WiFi when not in use...when is that? A cell phone without one of these in use is basically an expensive slab of metal and plastic???
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I don't need to be connected to the internet 24/7. It's a waste of battery. I don't use my phone all the time, and it's way easier to just turn on my data and catch up on my notifications. I'd rather that then deal with my battery draining more when I'm not even able to check my notifications anyway. So it's a complete waste for me.
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Current generation phones can get a day of battery while keeping data and WiFi on the whole time, thus making what your looking for unnecessary and to the best of my knowledge no phone has had this since ~2012. If for some reason you're unable to charge once a day I'd recommend a battery pack for such an occasion.
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so I was wondering the same thing. I'm coming from note4 which turned automatically. shouldnt have to explain why we want the data off. please can someone just answer the question?
Since everyone is slightly thick headed when it comes to not keeping on data I'll give you the real answer. With the update to lollipop google removed the ability of texting apps to do just this. Textra, handcent, and even the good ole aosp sms app could have this. For this option to work for any app that contains the setting you need to make that app a system app. Then it will work. Their is an app on the play store that moves to /system. It does require root
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Since everyone is slightly thick headed when it comes to not keeping on data I'll give you the real answer. With the update to lollipop google removed the ability of texting apps to do just this. Textra, handcent, and even the good ole aosp sms app could have this. For this option to work for any app that contains the setting you need to make that app a system app. Then it will work. Their is an app on the play store that moves to /system. It does require root
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It's so dumb that they removed app's access to toggle data. I'm trying to move Google Messenger to system in Titanium Backup. I'll let you know if everything works! Thanks for the tip!
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It's so dumb that they removed app's access to toggle data. I'm trying to move Google Messenger to system in Titanium Backup. I'll let you know if everything works! Thanks for the tip!
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I believe their words made the system more secure. Agreed though pain in the @ss. Heads up though. When backing up in titanium whatever you back up won't be a part of it. So if full wiping you will have to reimplement the messaging app as a system app.
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BlackHoleSlam said:
Since everyone is slightly thick headed when it comes to not keeping on data I'll give you the real answer. With the update to lollipop google removed the ability of texting apps to do just this. Textra, handcent, and even the good ole aosp sms app could have this. For this option to work for any app that contains the setting you need to make that app a system app. Then it will work. Their is an app on the play store that moves to /system. It does require root
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Sorry to be a pain, but I've been extremely busy and couldn't get the Google Messenger to become a system app. I tried Titanium Backup, and manually moving the app's lib files and nothing works. What is the play store app you are talking about? The only one I could find just moves system apps to user apps. Thanks in advance for all of your help!!
I downloaded the Link2SD app which successfully moved Google Messenger to a system app. The setting to turn data on is checked but it still does not work. Anyone have any other ideas? If not that's okay I'm just curious if someone else has this working.
So, I've been using this app and it works very well. You have to be rooted though. And I am running MM.
"Auto enable data" allows you to have ur data off at all times,, and when an MMS comes through it will turn on your data, download the MMS and when done it will turn off data.
"WIFI fix" will turn off WIFI if connected to a WIFI, and turn it on once data turns on and then off after it's done downloading an MMS.
Name is AwSMS. Get it on the Playstore: https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=project.awsms
I looked for smart settings on my Verizon unit and couldn't find it. Looks like Verizon removed it.
Here is how to get it back.
Download QuickShortcutmaker from the market
Open it and scroll down to smart settings.
Open the smart settings dropdown.
Now press the first smart settings drop down.
This will create a icon on your home screen.
That's it.
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Awesome! Thanks for the tip!
Thank you for this suggestion. Most Smart Settings cannot be used without the My Places feature active, and that has apparently been disabled by Verizon as well. Any workaround suggestions?
Perhaps try Llama? It can be found in the Play Store
I would be very interested if one of the tmobile phone owners have an apk of my places, and could possibly post it.
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Attached are the APKs. One of the app itself, the other is the engine. Not sure if you need the engine or not though.
Appreciate you posting that, unfortunately it said that they are corrupted. Both files are only a handful of kilobytes each which cant be correct
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Those were pulled with titanium backup. Not exactly sure where it is in the system files for a direct pull.
Possible its under root folder then system then app folder. Im just not sure
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I recommend MacroDroid. Much better than Smart Settings. Smart Settings is terrible by comparison. Verizon did you a favor.
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Ill give that a shot, thank you, i assume it doesnt kill battery (i hope) lol
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jspsuperman said:
Possible its under root folder then system then app folder. Im just not sure
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To be more clear I checked /system/app and /system/priv-app. Nothing was named My Places or anything similar.
Vuciz said:
To be more clear I checked /system/app and /system/priv-app. Nothing was named My Places or anything similar.
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Thank you for trying anyway [emoji106]
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leyvatron said:
I looked for smart settings on my Verizon unit and couldn't find it. Looks like Verizon removed it.
Here is how to get it back.
Download QuickShortcutmaker from the market
Open it and scroll down to smart settings.
Open the smart settings dropdown.
Now press the first smart settings drop down.
This will create a icon on your home screen.
That's it.
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Tried this, waited 5 days but settings aren't turning on. This isn't working at all. Did it work for you?
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Thank you for this suggestion. Most Smart Settings cannot be used without the My Places feature active, and that has apparently been disabled by Verizon as well. Any workaround suggestions?
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No, unfortunately Verizon verified that they did indeed REMOVE My places functionality from their version, so no it will not auto-locate your home location after 5 days, either.
IMO, they are trying to force you to use more data. Most people turn their wifi off when they leave, and turn it back on when they come home - Smart setting will do just that. So, why would Big Red not want you to have it? Because when you have to do it manually, you'll forget to turn it back on when you get home... and when you do that, you'll use more data. my *theory*.
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No, unfortunately Verizon verified that they did indeed REMOVE My places functionality from their version, so no it will not auto-locate your home location after 5 days, either.
IMO, they are trying to force you to use more data. Most people turn their wifi off when they leave, and turn it back on when they come home - Smart setting will do just that. So, why would Big Red not want you to have it? Because when you have to do it manually, you'll forget to turn it back on when you get home... and when you do that, you'll use more data. my *theory*.
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Or people will just leave WiFi on...because it doesn't use that much battery when not in use. This isn't a conspiracy to get people to use more data. Sounds like carriers have to pay for certain features on phones and Verizon didn't want to cash out for some less useful features. Plenty of other apps out there that can turn your WiFi on and off automatically.
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Or people will just leave WiFi on...because it doesn't use that much battery when not in use. This isn't a conspiracy to get people to use more data. Sounds like carriers have to pay for certain features on phones and Verizon didn't want to cash out for some less useful features. Plenty of other apps out there that can turn your WiFi on and off automatically.
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Hmmm... most people I know turn it off, but to each his own. But when that is intentionally disabled along with FM radio, along with Google In Apps Search shortcut (by which you must do an internet search first before just searching for something on your phone...) - a pattern seems to be emerging... but let's give Big Red the benefit of the doubt, right? Let's forget about the lawsuit about them asking Blackberry to disable bluetooth so you couldn't transfer files, or the similar lawsuit about the same kind of thing with Motorola...
No... Nothing to see here... Move along, people, move along...
Any luck with this?
Is there a root app that can do the same thing since My Places isn't working?
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Is there a root app that can do the same thing since My Places isn't working?
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There are numerous apps that don't require root that will do what Smart Settings does and more.
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just downloaded oem oreo update
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just downloaded oem oreo update
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Via OTA or the official G955USQU2CRB9 ODIN release ?
Oreo Update
Just received Oreo via OTA ?
Got it also
Volume buttons don't work
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Volume buttons don't work
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Working fine for me.
Everything seems to be working fine for me as well.
Is anyone else getting notification chimes during playback of music? I'm getting one for play/pause, two when it goes forward a track or I skip, and three when I reverse a track.
Received the update notification & upgraded to Oreo. Now my Verizon S8± widgets aren't working correctly. Beautiful Widgets time gets stuck, Evernote widget is partially blank, & RealCalc widget won't respond at all. Upon waking the phone, the widgets have disappeared. I have to put the phone to sleep & wake it to set them to reappear, but they don't respond.
I've tried to re-install those apps with no success. I installed HD Widgets & got the same results. Any suggestions short of factory resetting it? Thanks in advance.
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Received the update notification & upgraded to Oreo. Now my Verizon S8± widgets aren't working correctly. Beautiful Widgets time gets stuck, Evernote widget is partially blank, & RealCalc widget won't respond at all. Upon waking the phone, the widgets have disappeared. I have to put the phone to sleep & wake it to set them to reappear, but they don't respond.
I've tried to re-install those apps with no success. I installed HD Widgets & got the same results. Any suggestions short of factory resetting it? Thanks in advance.
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Are those apps up to date> maybe the apps don't have support for the OS yet. Try reinstalling the apps or widgets and see if it helps. Maybe try force closeing and see if that does anything
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Are those apps up to date> maybe the apps don't have support for the OS yet. Try reinstalling the apps or widgets and see if it helps. Maybe try force closeing and see if that does anything
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All of my apps were up to date. The problem was with Next 3D Launcher that I was using at that time. I've switched to Nova Launcher & that solved my problem.
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