yashsingh1/xdaforums huggingface dataset:
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] sfhub:
Well ideally, you've already been selected to download the FF18 OTA update.

You'd just place the update.zip on your internal or external SD, boot into CWM recovery (or Rogue CWM), select install zip, choose the file, and confirm.

After you reboot, you should have a /system/build.prop and a /system/build.prop-backup

Assuming you do, the update did its thing.

Your phone should then not download the FF18 update. If you didn't have the change (and were selected for the FF18 update) within a few days of canceling the update, it would download again (slowing down your internet and eating your battery) then incessantly bug you about the update, and I think eventually automatically installing it.

If you were selected for the FF18 OTA update, installed this update.zip, and didn't see the FF18 update prompt for a week, then that confirms you won't be seeing the update again (until the next OTA update)
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] sfhub:
Yes, the process that checks for updates should tell the google servers you are on FF18 and the servers will tell your phone there is nothing newer.
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] Wizard220:
Is there a way to do this with stock EL29 plus root. I am not running CWM recovery or anything, just stock el29 + root.

I do not want the OTA ICS update.
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] sfhub:
After it was tested a little I was going to add it to auto root. There is a shell script included in the update.zip which you can run from adb shell

su

/system/bin/sh disable-ota-update.sh

You could also just use Auto Root to install CWM, run the update.zip, then use Auto Root to install stock EL29 kernel back.
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] dbldown768:
I have been selected after going back to el29. I definitely want to try this later however I am being nagged to do the install. So I guess I need to find this file in the cache and remove it.
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] Jocelyn:
Just hit more info then pull the battery ;)
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] sbeekman:
My phone has not been selected yet..im rooted running wicked sensations can I still flash this so I wont ever see it or do I have to wait for it to pop up???

Sent from a galaxy touched by VeNuM
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] sfhub:
Flash it before your prompt comes up. Also if you flash a new rom, flash it again
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] sbeekman:
K thanks I flash roms religiously so I gotta flash it each time thanks

Sent from a galaxy touched by VeNuM
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] linuxtad:
Will try now, just got home. Getting nagged, but it already downloaded. Now it is just nagging me.

Sent from my SPH-D710
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] sfhub:
Place the update.zip on your sdcard, then when it is nagging you, click on More Info, then pull your battery. Then boot to recovery and apply the update.zip.

It should no longer try and download the update and thus with nothing downloaded, won't nag you again.
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] linuxtad:
Works great. I also went into settings and tried to manually check for Android updates, it states that I already have latest version. Thanks!!

Edit: A few reboots and all is good. :D

Before I nandroided back I tried it out just to see what would happen, everything worked as expected. However, the downloaded OTA file was removed/deleted after applying the patch. And the nag screen was gone. Placebo perhaps?

Sent from my SPH-D710
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] sfhub:
Once it installs, it will remove the update from cache. That is expected behavior.

If it didn't install right, some time in the future (usually a few days) it'll try again, contacting the Google server and asking if there is a newer update than your current.

Now with the update.zip you just ran above, when it checks for something newer, it will be asking, is there something newer than FF18, to which the Google server will say no, nothing newer, so your phone won't download the update again and nag you, like it would if you didn't run the update.zip above.
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] linuxtad:
Thanks again, sounds like you have it completely automated. Great work! I will keep this a day or two and then move to ics for a bit to test. I really don't expect any issues, but will let you know if I ran across anything.

Sent from my SPH-D710
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] PhAkEer:
Is this different "superfreeze" ?

Ive had it forever, started offering it to people when they syaryed worring about the update, but.... per usual.. people just wanted to complain about it.and do nothing....
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] dirtfarmer7:
Thanks a lot for this, I just flashed it and it removed the OTA update from cache and obviously stopped the install reminder too.
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] sfhub:
Don't know what superfreeze does. This just tells google that you are already on FF18 even if you are not. Nothing is being frozen.
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] PhAkEer:
Not the same then.

Very useful, thanks, man.

Superfreeze disables a few things in an attempt to save battery, one of them is OTA related.
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] SpartanVissepo:
Worked like a charm thanks sfhub
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] locoboi187:
Hey sfhub, what ROM are you on?
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] linuxtad:
No issues what so ever. Going to call an end to the testing and flash to ics for a bit of testing. If ics doesn't pan out well for my tastes, I will be bac :thumbup: :)

Sent from my SPH-D710
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] dbldown768:
I didnt feel like install CWM recovery so i wanted to run this from adb shell. I have the update.zip extracted in my sdcard. When i ran this command this is what i got

# /system/bin/sh disable-ota-update.sh
/system/bin/sh disable-ota-update.sh

Re-mounting /system RW

Creating /system/build.prop-tmp
rm failed for -f, No such file or directory

Making /system/build.prop-new

Fixing permissions for /system/build.prop-new

Backing up /system/build.prop to /system/build.prop-backup
rm failed for -f, No such file or directory

Swapping in /system/build.prop-new for /system/build.prop

Removing tmp files
rm failed for -f, No such file or directory

Re-mounting /system RO

this is what is currently in my /system folder. I made a backup myself of the build.prop to build.prop.with_updates just in case.

drwxr-xr-x root root 2011-12-29 02:21 T9DB
drwxr-xr-x root root 2012-01-06 21:31 app
drwxr-xr-x root shell 2012-01-06 21:31 bin
-rw-r--r-- root root 3224 2012-08-06 12:36 build.prop
drwxr-xr-x root root 2011-12-29 02:21 cameradata
drwxr-xr-x root root 2011-12-29 02:21 etc
drwxr-xr-x root root 2011-12-29 02:21 fonts
drwxr-xr-x root root 2011-12-29 02:21 framework
drwxr-xr-x root root 2011-12-29 02:21 lib
drwxr-xr-x root root 2011-12-29 02:21 media
drwxr-xr-x root root 2011-12-29 02:21 tts
drwxr-xr-x root root 2011-12-29 02:21 usr
drwxr-xr-x root root 2011-12-29 02:21 vsc
drwxr-xr-x root shell 2012-01-06 21:31 xbin
-rw-r--r-- root root 3234 2011-12-29 02:21 build.prop.with_updates
-rw-r--r-- root root 3234 2012-08-06 12:36 build.prop-tmp
-rw-r--r-- root root 3234 2011-12-29 02:21 build.prop-backup
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] Nannuq:
Worked Flawlessly thank you so much I am on Calk's 3.0 and with all the issues with the OTA I really don't want to take it till those are worked out and the occasional popup was annoying.
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] TheSilverStig:
Thank you!

Thank god for this! Hit more info, pulled battery, flashed in recovery, now when I check for updates it says i'm up to date. Hopefully I'll remember to update if anything pops up in the coming week.

Just out of curiosity, does this modify the build prop? I was brainstorming earlier after this ****ing pop up wouldn't go away but decided to head to the forums instead. I'm glad I did.
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] mvexel:
Trying this straight away

I have been going back and forth between ICS (Blazer, Calk, stock + root) and GB (Calk) and I finally decided to settle on GB for now. I just can't get the same battery life out of my phone with ICS and I strongly dislike some of the UI components. (The task switcher in particular bugs me.)

So after going back to Calk 3.0 GB, my phone got selected for the FF18 upgrade. I am going to try this straight away after the positive reports from others. Thanks sfhub!
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] uch34:
Going back to EL29, stock ROM, and root

Hi,

Earlier I saw someone with no CWM ask this question. Can this be applied without CWM. The response was to install CWM, apply update.zip and go back to stock. Well, for reasons too long to go into, I'm unable to install CWM and I'm on stock rom, but rooted and I m being nagged. Is there any way to use this update.zip with the stock?

Thanks in advance
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] rocket321:
For an (IMO easier) alternate method check over here: http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1832496
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] arpruss:
I still think my non-root method of just setting the time forward by a couple of years, clicking "Later" to the update, and then back again is easier, though you still get a notification on boot.
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] Downrock:
Worked perfectly, thanks.

Running Blazer 4.1/CWM-Rogue
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] revamper:
Ditto
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] uch34:
Worked perfectly

The best tip ever....Now I have GB and no annoying update notifications. Did the same for the wife too. Both now do not get OTA after one plus week.
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] montecristo1:
Thanks sfhub, no more annoying messages asking me to update. I'm on metropcs, even if I wanted to upgrade, it wouldn't let me. But the upgrade messages wouldn't stop. I even tried FOTAKIL, it kept coming.

I'm on stock rom, EL29, rooted, CWM, flashed to metropcs.
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] JimSmith94:
I used this for a while, but now I'm having trouble "undoing" this on Calk's 3.0. I don't have a /system/build.prop-backup so I extracted the original build.prop from the ROM, replaced it, set permissions to match, and cleared cache and Dalvik cache. When I try to run Settings-System Updates it force closes just like yours did.

Is there any way to "fix" this other than reinstalling the ROM from scratch?
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] Drumrocker:
Any chance of an updated patch to prevent the FH13 update bugging me ?.
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] bonzer2u:
+1 for me too.

Seems we need an update to add FH13 to the script
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] Tungsten c:
Guys I rooted my phone and update to FF18 a way back . Phone works great no issues for months. Suddenly my phone is requesting to update again even thought I am rooted I am FF18 and everything works great except the fact that is asking me to do the update. Any suggestions?
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] Tungsten c:
does anyone know the file name that tells the phone that it has been updated to FF18 so it wont tell you there is an available update?
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] tdunham:
Disable OTA

If the other method isn't working, this one has been around for a while.

This flashable will clear cache and flash fotakill.apk. If the update notification comes up afterwards, select it and it should go away after that.

Try it and let me know if it works for you. Thanks - TD
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] GWashington:
Hey tdunhan & sfhub,

Thanks for the useful info! Is either method device specific? I need to flash on a E4GT & a Galaxy S3...

Also, should both methods fair well with the FH13 update? Curious, wouldn't freezing the appropriate apps w/ TIBU also prevent auto updates?

Thanks so much, & thanks for your auto roots sfhub!
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] tdunham:
I know that it works on the E4GT in both GB and ICS but I can't speak for the S3.
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] GWashington:
Thanks for the quick reply! Did you try with FH13?

Also, think I was editing when you were responding, so you probably missed my following question:

...wouldn't freezing the appropriate apps w/ TIBU also prevent auto updates?

Thanks again!
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] tdunham:
Yes, it will work with FH13.

If you freeze system updates you won't be able to do any updates to Profile & PRL when changing modems.
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] GWashington:
Good point...

If anyone has success with either method on a Galaxy S3, please let us know. Thanks!
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] sponger1:
I used this on the last OTA with great success!

Could some one with more expertise than I verify if the zip on the OP will work with respect to the latest OTA?

Thanks in advance.
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] rocket321:
*deleted*
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] WheresTrent:
Derp, my question is answered.
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] winfan:
I've deleted the file manually from cache. Can we delete the fota.rc file from root? I'm still being prompted.
[Motorola Droid RAZR] justauser:
I have a Windows Bluetooth keyboard and am using with webtop on ICS. Does anyone know which keys maps to the various special Android keys? Is there any way to set mappings?
[General Topics] miseryguts:
Firstly I'm new to Android Smartphones (had nothing worth mentioning since the original Iphone) so please go easy on the tech speak & I apologise if anything I'm asking is blatantly obvious.

I've got approx £300 to spend, and after reading quite a few reviews/comparisons of similarly priced devices this particular one seems to stack up quite well.

I can find almost nothing about about it though on specific phone forums such as this, will you be able to root, install custom roms & overclock this device..? and could anyone that knows point out the good/bad points of it.

Any contributions would be appreciated.

Thanks.
[General Topics] mikef:
The Sensation is a great phone, I love mine. Great dev support, lots of ROMs and kernels to choose from. It can be overclocked. I am sticking with it and not going to the HTC One series since imho they have made a foolish decision to remove the SD slot and seal the battery in so it cannot be replaced.
[Xperia Play Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Cat_On_Droid:
Hey can anyone check if XPlay can run Nova3? I dont care if root,OC,or whatever is needed.Can it?
[Xperia Play Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] AudioCreaper:
yes it can. pretty smooth.
[Xperia Play Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Cat_On_Droid:
Does it require anything?OC,root,rom or whatever? One of my friends who is using StockSE with no root or OC said he cannot run it :/
[Xperia Play Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] VergiL09:
Nice :) hows the graphics btw?
[Xperia Play Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] AudioCreaper:
Im pretty sure i would run good on stock. I never oc. Try redownloading it.
[Xperia Play Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Geeve:
NOVA3 is listed as an XPlay optimised game, I simply don't know why would you ask instead of finding out on your own.
[Xperia Play Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] ando_uk:
because he'd have to pay for it then to find out its a POS, maybe?
[Xperia Play Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] ozzmanj1:
Plays fine on mine. Stock modified with speed hacks and ocd to 1.2ghz, supercharged.
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] crucian4:
I owned a Palm Pre and Pre 2 before moving to Android with my Epic 4G Touch. Battery life would be horrible for about 24-48 hours with updates and flashing new kernels. After this battery life would improve dramatically. Is this the case with the new update? Has anyone found ways to improve battery life? Has there been changes to push notifications settings and network background internet services that could be responsible?
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] g_ding84:
I use a battery stat wipe app. Called battery calibration. It seems to fix the battery issue a little faster. I run it every time I flash a new rom/kernel
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] mcadamry:
Maybe underclocking or running a governer would help.

Take that with a grain of salt because I am unsure if it would help or hurt battery life, my real world sense says it would help but idk.
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] g_ding84:
Yes you can do that too. Tagraz has built in modules to under clock and under volt. Just be careful. Undervolting too much can cause reboots.
[Defy Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] kienlodiria:
Hello guys,

stupid noob here

bootloader: 09.10

Problem: no logo, no bootloader imge, rds recognize phone.

I have tryed to flash a lot of sbfs but nothing.

ok passed, errors, checksums groups 32,35,39,42,45, are simbolic because repets this groups some times when i flashing.

I read a lot of posts but... say try this sbf, others say that died and send to sc,...

I think that I try all I can to try.

anyone have the same problem

or

had the same problem

thank you
[Defy Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Euro_Rules:
I think you need to charge your battery with external or universal charger and then do again.
[Defy Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] kienlodiria:
I have 3 battery charged, battery isnt the problem

I can flash any sbf, pass but black screen, only view sw update progress...

rebooting

and passed

semms ok

but black screen
[Defy Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] tarekh020:
I had your problem before but my problems resolved with this SBF : http://www.mediafire.com/?nfd2m2qoz95a55q

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1122210

Try it and you will be happy to revive your phone again
[Defy Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] kienlodiria:
Thanks, Solved

The problem is solved.

sbf run ok

190.1 MiB	5BCACBB9555A7D1A2AE0D64B68853A32	Retail Spanish	DEFYPLUS_U3_4.5.1-134_DFP-231_BLUR_SIGN_UCADEFYEMARAB1B80AA004.0R_PDS03C_USAJRDNGIBRRTES_P027_A025_M002_Service1FF.sbf.gz

203.1 MiB	87BBCC570D787F07A49BA7295A3B7DA0	SFR France	DEFYPLUS_U3_4.5.1-134_DFP-231_VFBLUR_SIGN_USADEFYEMARAB1B8VFFR004.0R_PDS03C_USAJRDNGIBRVFFR_P029_A029_M004_Service1FF.sbf.gz

.

no root

get root with this thread

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1595013

after those steps...

instaled whitte rabbit 1.6 for defy+

Thanks to all.
[Eee Pad Transformer General] frigiliana:
My Transformers sound stopped working midway through listening to BBC Iplayer , absolutely no sound from the speakers nothing through Mobo player and nothing on Youtube , strange thing is the headphones work OK ,

Not a tech person but followed suggestions of a cold boot still doesn't work , i received a firmware update last week so here are my details if it helps

ICS 4.0.3

Kernel version 2.639.4

I am just out of guarantee and don't live in the country i bought (UK now live in Spain)

This is the first time i have regretted buying the Asus Tran
[Eee Pad Transformer General] LastStandingDroid:
hm a normal reboot would fix the audio problem, my audio stops time to time after a reboot it works fine,
[Eee Pad Transformer General] frigiliana:
Thanks but nothing seems to work , been out and bought some USB mini speakers not ideal but better than nothing ,
[Eee Pad Transformer General] LastStandingDroid:
so the mainspeakers were damaged, hm i only got no audio and after reboot it works, don't know why tough
[Eee Pad Transformer General] frigiliana:
Sorry if i didn't explain the problem properly , i found a thread on another forum and they put it down possibly to the latest firm ware update but there hasn't been any posts for some time and i haven't been using the forums of late as everything has been working OK
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Sarmate:
deleted - sorry, I couldn’t find how to delete thread
[General Questions and Answers] bingollu gokhan:
I want root my huawei u8180 and dont know how to do it and i want to unlock my phones simlock and dont know how to CAN YOU PLEASE HELP ME!
[General Questions and Answers] ousachan:
To root the phone use unlockroot 2.3.3. Check on Google. And for unlock try huawei unlock app. Have fun.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] i_machine:
One of the new functionalities of Jelly Bean is the expandable notifications.

But this feature is not working on my Galaxy Nexus.

I get the same notifications as in ICS (e.g. when I receive a text message, only 1 line of the message is shown and not the complete message).

Is someone else experiencing this? Or does someone have a solution for this?

Thanks in advance.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] lithid-cm:
Not getting that at all. Are you sure you are using JellyBean? How did you upgrade to the JellyBean update?
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] caketime:
This is what they should look like
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] i_machine:
Yes I am using JB, I got the OTA update on Thursday. I attached a screenshot :)

https://www.dropbox.com/s/3cqoh7h9g34eak1/Screenshot_2012-07-15-15-09-14.png
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] juxli125:
+2

i think i know what you mean, for me the expandable notification for tunein, mail, mms/sms and created screenshot is gone too :confused:

Maybe its cause the update from 4.1 to 4.1.1 but still strange,
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] i_machine:
Strange ..

The weird part is, I directly got the 4.1.1 update, and the expandable notifications worked in the beginning, but it stopped working all of a sudden ...
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] juxli125:
ah, i found the reason why the expendable notification disapeared for me.

i've installed an app called Notification Toggle for Quick Settings in Notification Bar. Seems that this and the "Accessibility Settings" for the App disabled the expandable notifications.

Maybe you've also installed a similar app, or its just not the "top" notification as Unlawful has stated:)
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] Unlawful:
Might be stupid but have you tried using two fingers to 'slide'down/expand the notification. Only the top notification is expanded by default and your top one from the screenshot appears to be Google Now.

Or a third-party application may be disabling expandable notifications as juxli125 has stated.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] i_machine:
Pff, I'm stupid. I found why only 1 line was showing. Drag the notification up (only 1 line will show) or down (full notification) with 2 fingers, you will see the result :p
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] i_machine:
Yes indeed, thanks for the info :)

My top notification is the battery percentage indicator. When disabling this the top nofitication is shown completely :)
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] Unlawful:
Haha no worries, we all do silly things once in a while. I just glanced at the screenshot in the drop box and assumed it was Google Now, my bad :D.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] Bugs_Y:
Sorry wrong thread :)
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Valinorian:
Hi guys,

I have a galaxy s2 with a broken power button. The flex cable is snapped so cant start the phone up.

Does anyone know of a way to start the phone up?

Also is there a way to assign for example the home key for startup?
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] socah:
There is possibility to use usb to wake up the phone like usb jig. When my phone had problems with usb port jig was waking it up to recovery, where you got possibility to reboot phone to start normally. So its all about finding good resistancy of "boot jig" (lets call it this way ;) ) and to make it. Just my free thoughts... maybe there is other way, but I never heard about it .
[Desire HD Accessories] domlin:
A couple of days ago my DHD (running IceColdSandwich 8.2 at the time (now 8.3)) decided to tell me that my MicroSD card was damaged.

I decided to put the card into my PC and try and take a look that way - nothing. Sometimes came up as a device and sometimes didn't.

In the end I used one of the various recovery programs on the net and surprisingly, it instantly saw my MicroSD and recovered pretty much everything.

There is a few corrupted files and images but the majority of stuff is perfect - such a relief.

I simply told windows to format the SD card and it's fine again...

Why would this of happened, I thought the card was physically damaged but apparently not.

Odd stuff - plus its a Lexar, not an unbranded ebay card.

Anyone had similar experiences?
[Sony Ericsson Xperia Mini, Mini Pro, Xperia Pro, A] c4capricorn:
Hi...

Just searching n noticed that all hybrom threads are closed....why is that?
[Sony Ericsson Xperia Mini, Mini Pro, Xperia Pro, A] c4capricorn:
50 views no reply.... ???
[Sony Ericsson Xperia Mini, Mini Pro, Xperia Pro, A] shprakash:
he has dropped the project...

now he is working for other devices....
[Sony Ericsson Xperia Mini, Mini Pro, Xperia Pro, A] Habix79:
Hybrom ROM was good, hopefully bbooff return.
[Sony Ericsson Xperia Mini, Mini Pro, Xperia Pro, A] coolbuy:
Hybrom 17 links are still active, google for it #4pda