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[T-Mobile, Samsung Galaxy SIII] AppleSkruff:
Still trying to disable system update notifications

I am using a Sprint Galaxy S III. Rooted. Stock rom.

I have read through the thread. I have tried freezing my System Update app in Titanium Backup. I do not have an app called com.samsung.sdm like the other Sprint person who suggested deleting com.samsung.sdm altogether. I do have System Update 1.0.6.7J.

I'd like to try the other method but don't understand how to do it. And I don't know if it will work on a Sprint phone. Can someone help walk me through this? I don't know how to do step one.

"Originally Posted by lordazoroth

Solution:

Step 1. Delete the update located in /cache/fota/ and then click the update notification prompt to install it, it will instantly fail and the notification will disappear.

Step 2. Disable Otacerts.zip located in /etc/security by renaming it to otacerts.zip.bak

Step 3. Disable FotaClient.apk and FWUpgrade.apk by renaming with .bak extensions located in /system/app/

Step 4. Reboot

FWUpgrade.apk may be the only file you need to disable to prevent future notifications, but I disable all just in case."

I would appreciate any help!
[T-Mobile, Samsung Galaxy SIII] lordazoroth:
Sure, I've updated step one slightly as I've just located my fota folder in a different location myself.

Step 1. Delete the update located in /cache/fota/ (may be /data/fota) and then click the update notification prompt to install it, it will instantly fail and the notification will disappear.

You'll need a root file explorer of course, but delete the large file (300mb+) present in either /cache/fota/ or /data/fota, if the update is not present in either, you may have unsuccessfully downloaded it or need to run a search from your root folder into the subfolders to find folder the folder titled "fota" without quotes.

Next you'll click the notification in your notification bar (the one you're trying to get rid of) and attempt to install, it will fail instantly and the notification will disappear.

Proceed to Step 2 :)
[T-Mobile, Samsung Galaxy SIII] tpipher:
Thanks!

Worked like a charm! The info was exactly what I was hunting for! You ROCK!
[T-Mobile, Samsung Galaxy SIII] lordazoroth:
Glad to hear everything worked out, and thank you for the reply and getting me to update the thread, didn't realize the folder structure for OTA notifications had been changed in future versions of Android :)
[T-Mobile, Samsung Galaxy SIII] jbsmith_05:
Hi - New here...does the phone need to be rooted to do this?
[T-Mobile, Samsung Galaxy SIII] lordazoroth:
Yes you must be rooted, but usually the reason you're disabling notifications in the first place is because you generally can't update OTA when you're rooted and have no use for a notification. Did you simply want to stay with your current version of android?

I believe this was written before Jellybean. Jellybean now has an option to disable notifications for applications located in settings >> application manager. I'm not sure which system application controls the notification but you may be able to click into the correct application and uncheck "show notifications". It might be a trial and error kinda thing. Start by disabling notifications in the FotaClient and FWUpgrade entries under the "All" tab in application manager if you see them there.

If this does not work and you simply want to keep your version of Android, I suggest rooting it by using this very easy step by step guide, complete with images and a video: http://galaxys3root.com/galaxy-s3-r...gh-t999sgh-i747sph-l710-fail-proofnoob-proof/
[T-Mobile, Samsung Galaxy SIII] seedar:
Thanks ! My phone is not rooted and I want to stay on 4.1.2 because bluetooth is broken for all my devices from 4.2.1 onwards. I have just found that pressing and holding the OTA notification taking you into the Apps manager for Google Services Framework does allow you to turn off notifications for that app ! AND it seems to work. Not sure what other notifications apart from OTA I might miss but I will probably be less annoyed by that.
[T-Mobile, Samsung Galaxy SIII] lordazoroth:
Thank you for that information. I didn't realize you could press and hold notifications to access the app manager. I started this thread before JellyBean was released (at least widely released), so the ability to disable notifications was not an integrated feature at the time. I hadn't considered disabling notifications the way you describe as I haven't come across that problem in some time, so again I appreciate the information. :)

Also, I doubt you will lose any relevant notifications as I'm fairly certain that app is a one trick pony.

For your other devices and perhaps even your primary, I would suggest installing a custom recovery and flashing a newer or older modem than what comes with stock 4.2.1. I have 8 modems ready to flash at any given moment on my device (reception / power usage / data speed). A modem controls all wireless devices on your phone, and updates can force poorly coded versions which can make certain functions unusable.
[T-Mobile, Samsung Galaxy SIII] seedar:
Sorry have just realised it stops the notifications but not the popup window with the install later, more info or install now options :crying:
[T-Mobile, Samsung Galaxy SIII] lordazoroth:
A popup window? What does that look like?
[T-Mobile, Samsung Galaxy SIII] LeaYo:
I did this to today. Does anyone know what kind of notifications we will miss be doing so?
[T-Mobile, Samsung Galaxy SIII] lordazoroth:
I'm assuming none. It doesn't seem to have any additional functions outside of managing updates.
[T-Mobile, Samsung Galaxy SIII] iconspiracy:
I can confirm that this method works on the HTC one mini. I also seem to get the notifications I need/want :)

HTC One Mini

S-OFF

Kernel: 3.4.49 jmz stock

Rom: 1.22.401.1

OS: 4.2.2

superCID

HTC Desire Z

S-OFF

Samsung Galaxy S3 4G

Rooted & stuff :)
[T-Mobile, Samsung Galaxy SIII] funkytut:
no joy

HTC One Dev, KK (from OTA), rooted, S-ON , twrp.

Firstly, I want to say that I haven't seen the annoying, uncancellable nag window for longer than the maximum of 4 hours that I could select. I don't know what happened to make it go away. Perhaps it will return.

Since this is about learning what is what, I have some questions:

I could not find fota anywhere in the directories listed in this thread.

When I tried to rename otacerts.zip, it didn't work.

root@m7:/etc/security # ls -al

ls -al

-rw-r--r-- root root 361 2008-08-01 07:00 FBPermissions.xml

-rw-r--r-- root root 294 2013-03-15 08:59 FotaSign_PubKey.der

-rw-r--r-- root root 294 2013-03-15 08:59 KeyServer_PubKey.der

drwxr-xr-x root root 2013-12-02 19:11 cacerts

-rw-r--r-- root root 1253 2013-12-02 19:10 cwcerts.zip

-rw-r--r-- root root 848 2008-08-01 07:00 facebook.crt

-rw-r--r-- root root 9619 2008-08-01 07:00 mac_permissions.xml

-rw-r--r-- root root 1162 2013-12-02 19:10 otacerts.zip

root@m7:/etc/security # rename otacerts.zip otacerts.zip.bak

rename otacerts.zip otacerts.zip.bak

tmp-mksh: rename: failed: Read-only file system

I would like to take advantage of ota updates when they make sense. Can it be done by unrooting with no other changes?

(I have KK, but changed the radio FW and the recovery. I added su also.)

Advice?

Thanks.
[T-Mobile, Samsung Galaxy SIII] lordazoroth:
Sry for the delay, Christmas and whatnot. :)

Jellybean now has an option to disable notifications for applications located in settings >> application manager. I'm not sure which system application controls the notification but you may be able to click into the correct application and uncheck "show notifications". It might be a trial and error kinda thing. Start by disabling notifications in the FotaClient and FWUpgrade entries under the "All" tab in application manager if you see them there.
[T-Mobile, Samsung Galaxy SIII] funkytut:
in OTA update heck

Thanks. In all, I've made two posts to this site and didn't notice on either one that the conversation had died off months earlier. I'm glad you were watching.

I'm running KitKat but I presume the feature exists on JB and later.

Following your advice, I took another look:

I have been assuming that all systems were pretty much the same. On mine, it's called "Updater" and, despite being in a running state, does not appear in running applications. There is a way to force-stop, clear data, clear cache, and clear defaults but the options to disable the app or disable notifications are not available even after force-stopping the app. (button and checkbox are grayed out)

I cleared data, rebooted, and was presented with the update option again. I cleared the cache and then tried to install, hoping the update would fail and terminate the pesky process, but was intercepted by TWRP. Not knowing how to proceed from there, I restarted. This time I did notice a notification that stated it was verifying the update and then the notice to update returned.

When I look around using adb shell, I see more files than I see with the Windows explorer, but I haven't found anything ending in OTA yet (fota, etc..)

Is there a general guide to the file system, man pages, etc?

Thanks again.
[T-Mobile, Samsung Galaxy SIII] carter2heart:
i done everything as above but i dont have fotaclient.apk i do have localfotaclient.apk is this the same thing or should i leave this alone?
[T-Mobile, Samsung Galaxy SIII] lordazoroth:
Fota stands for Firmware Over-the-Air, so I'm guessing it's the same.
[T-Mobile, Samsung Galaxy SIII] Battousai21:
new info on stopping firmware update

i believe i found the way to keep your android device from upgrading the firmware just like mine started to but i removed wifi before i did this because i autostarted on connection of wifi but i got it to disappear after i did this:

found out renaming all those files did not work but what did work was freezing the "AT&T Software Update"in Titanium backup and when i go to about> software update and click it. it does nothing and i turned on my wifi and it never came up again hahaha!!!!!!! wooo that was a close one i dont wanna lose my root cuz of damn 4.3 update.

Running Samsung Galaxy S4 Active ...
[T-Mobile, Samsung Galaxy SIII] smrk55:
Nexus 3 Sprint - System Updates irritating me

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Need your help!

I have a Sprint Nexus 3 and I am no sure how to get into the folders you have mentioned above in your recommendation
[T-Mobile, Samsung Galaxy SIII] sonnysonnyb:
to disable the update nag go to settings>application manager,scroll over to all and scroll down to google services framework..click disable then uncheck the notifications box..thats all there is to it...however after a reboot you wont be able to connect to the playstore..in order to connect youll have to enable that app again..and by having the notifications unchecked you probably wont get any app update notifications..wich i consider a bonus..the hassle of enabling and disabling that app is a small price to pay to get rid of the annoying system update nags..im using a sprint gs3 running a custom rom on 4.1.2 jb one other note..after disabling that app, the next time you look for it, it wont be in alphabetic order..it will be at the bottom of the list..i havnt noticed any problems so far with this method except the playstore that i mentioned
[T-Mobile, Samsung Galaxy SIII] jcooper_22:
All I did was rename otacerts.zip to otacerts.zip.back

That changed it into a none zip file and its worked fine so far...

I did have to do it twice and reboot my phone...for some reason it didn't work the first time, bit it worked the second time...its been 2 days and no notifications

Btw , the otacerts.zip file is located In system/etc/security In root browser.
[T-Mobile, Samsung Galaxy SIII] awdrifter:
I renamed Otacerts.zip and FWupgrade.apk, but I can't find FotaClient.apk. Is there any alternative names for that? Thanks.
[T-Mobile, Samsung Galaxy SIII] awdrifter:
I heard an update for AT&T is coming for the Samsung Note 3, if I can't find the FotaClient.apk but I have renamed the other files, can they still update my phone? Thanks.
[T-Mobile, Samsung Galaxy SIII] cigarfan:
Bingo!...that was the ticket to disable my KK update on LG G Flex.

Best advice in this thread...period!
[T-Mobile, Samsung Galaxy SIII] jamilhisham:
cant find out fota in /cache or /data

cant find out fota in /cache or /data... please help. But ota.zip already change to ota.bak
[T-Mobile, Samsung Galaxy SIII] Beartooth01:
Worked!!!

I followed your instructions. I had already renamed FWUpgrade.apk, but didn't know about FOTA. Oddly enough, instead of FotaClient.apk, I found LocalFOTA.apk, but renamed it just to be sure. After reboot, the first time I logged in, it said that update setting could not be found and failed. Since then, each login comes up without the update message. It was just a minor annoyance, but I'm glad to be rid of it.

Great advice!. As soon as I find the button to Thank you, I will.
[T-Mobile, Samsung Galaxy SIII] roll11tide:
What is the 5.1 update called?
[T-Mobile, Samsung Galaxy SIII] audit13:
There is no official lollipop update for the t999.
[T-Mobile, Samsung Galaxy SIII] vojvra:
HTC Desire 816

I figured out how to do this when rooted on HTC.

1) Open Root Explorer

2) Mount as R/W

3) /system/etc/security

4) rename otacerts.zip to otacerts.zip.bak

5) thank me later

It won't affect the update itself, it will still be available in settings and abe to install, but no notification will appear in the notification bar
[T-Mobile, Samsung Galaxy SIII] OTAdie4me13:
KILL T-mobile g4 Lollipop OTA/g3 Kitkat OTA

I have tried everything you have said. I cannot find foto anywhere. When I go into my cache it takes me directly into my Dropbox. I can't find any of the zip files on either phone. I have disabled FWUdates on both phones I have also Force stopped/turned off everything with Knox & SU on both phones. We just keep postponing for one day when it pops up.

I know from past experience with Gingerbread, ICS, JellyBean, & KitKat I have had to get 4 new phones because they destroy the phone. I also know T-mobile is famous for just putting it on there whether you want it or not.

So if you can walk me through this step by step I would highly appreciate it. There is no way these 2 phones will ever be upgraded OTA again. WE are not rooted as far as I know, it was never anything I did, Idk what rooting even is. But these updates won't be on our phones resulting in 2 new phones. I know xda developers is the best. Please help! Thx.
[T-Mobile, Samsung Galaxy SIII] amitams:
I'm using with Galaxy S5 G900F (Android 5.0) and it's really wired, because i deleted the otacerts.zip, and LocalFOTA.apk, and the data/fota folder, and it's still working well for update, please help!!

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[T-Mobile, Samsung Galaxy SIII] amitams:
it's important, anyone please help :rolleyes:
[T-Mobile, Samsung Galaxy SIII] craigbru:
I don't know if it's off any help to you, but on my Samsung Tab 4 tablet, I had to rename the Samsung Download Manager app. I searched for SDM.apk and renamed it with a .bak extension. I don't know if it affects anything else, but if it does, I've not noticed.
[T-Mobile, Samsung Galaxy SIII] DocHoliday77:
You might want to ask in your devices forum. There will be a number of differences and using information you find here could actually cause more problems. Plus they will likely be much more familiar with your current build.

Good luck!
[T-Mobile, Samsung Galaxy SIII] gwest77:
Will this work with a moto g4 phone (2016)
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] tr1zrus:
Every time I flash a fh1e or 18 based ics rom everything wotbut i can send out picture messages i changed the url to boostmobile but it doesn't work.. I even set the dns open but still it doesn't work... Any suggestions would be appreciated... N yes i tried the apn cut n the leaked boostmobile rom...
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] j7jman:
Try using three go SMS app you can find it in the market. it should also allow you to manually change your apn settings in it's settings menu, maybe that might work. I know the only ROM i use is the rooted stock ics ROM because it's the only one i can send and receive mms on for some reason
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] tr1zrus:
Ill try It but first i have to flash an ics rom..... I noticed that it let's me change the url but i already changed it in the phones settings.... So i don't think it going to work.. But ill give it a try
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] tr1zrus:
I think it's something in the ics roms that doesn't ket me send pic messages i tried set dns i set the url to boostmobile i tried any cut i just don't know what it is... I do know that f?24 based roms work beautifully but that's about it... Any suggestions would be appreciated
[TouchPad Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Waffle97slayer:
Today my HP Touchpad's screen has stop responding . I thought it was a CM9 bug so I switched back to WebOS and it doesnt work there ether . Is it the end of my HP Touchpad ? :(:(:(

Sent from my Homebrewed powered phone .
[TouchPad Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] sstar:
If your warranty has expired, this is an excellent site that has HP Touchpad repair guides with common hardware faults and relatively easy to follow instructions plus links for parts.

http://www.ifixit.com/

I hope this helps.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] Ikarisan:
Hello!

I am running CM10 on my Galaxy Nexus and suddenly I am missing several folders when I connect the phone to my PC. As you can see in the attached image my Galaxy Nexus offers only 11 folders. Three of them have duplicates with identical names but only one of each pair has content in it. For example the two "Notification" folders: One is empty and the other one contains only two files (CyanogenMessage.ogg and hangout_dingtone.m4a). :eek:

When I look at the internal memory by using the astro filemanager all folders are visible and useable (see screenshot).

Can anybody give me a hint what is wrong with my phone?

Thank you!!
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] Petrovski80:
Nothing. What you see is improper refreshing of the internal storage of your gnex. I've said this: before: MTP sucks.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] Ikarisan:
I have found a solution for my problem. Before I connect the phone to my computer I run the "SDRescan" app.
[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] subrban:
some times i find my numbers in contact book are duplicated by it self and also if i want to do backup for them the contact numbers total become 2500 number at the time it is not more than 700 number ??!! please any solution ?

Note:

i only display the phone contact numbers .
[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] baz77:
if synch with google contacts, go to browser, navigate to google contacts and use merge duplicates.

If you use alternative means to synch contacts google/search those, someone else might have had the same issue and solved it someway or another. Here on XDA or elsewhere.
[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] jonpaslim:
Bazz thanks for the cool tool.:good:
[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] baz77:
youre welcome enjoy!
[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] subrban:
Thanks bazz but none of your solutions is true,
[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] sahilarora2003:
Wht you mean by its not true? Its working.

Obviously you don't know wht it stands for? Get a life dude.

Sent from my GT-N7000 using Xparent ICS Tapatalk 2
[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] baz77:
thanks bro,

@topicstarter give more info, if none are true, how did you get conta ts on the phone? Also check if the double contacts are not double, but in fact saved in different locations.

If office 360, just guessing here, there are two threads where people have succeeded.

If only one gmail, use the merge feature and then sync phone. You might have missed this step last time.
[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] ginda10:
Maybe you activated the contacts saved on the phone memory and the sim card.

So it shows double contacts.

Try to disable one on the settings.

My bad, didnt read the last line. Lol
[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] LoVeRice:
Or Maybe! Lol, you ticked multiple in contacts to display, this should be how it looks like.. tick only one

(btw im on cm9)
[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] subrban:
Guys this problem happened suddenly by it self! !!!!!

One day i restarted my Note and i found all contacts are duplicated but it self! !!!!!!!!

All the solutions you guys i new them and thanks for that.

By the way،my colleague has the same problem! !!!????
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] maxwatson87:
rom: AOPK JB build 1

Do you need an app to get the wifi tether to work or does the native tether option in the settings work without telling your provider. Sorry if that has been asked before. I couldn't find it using search.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] martonikaj:
Custom ROMs should all have native tethering that works fine. Why would they leave in the carrier flag bits? :p
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] maxwatson87:
thanks. just didn't want a surprise bill.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] WiredPirate:
I'm on Build1, dont worry you wont have any surprises.
[Motorola Photon Q 4G LTE] papa oso:
May be a # 1 contender for the dumbest question of all time, but I can't find how to set the date and time. All the options are grayout except for 24-hour format or select date format. The option to sync with the cdma network time and automatic time zone are pre-selected but the time zone is wrong. Any suggestion?

Thanks in advance
[Motorola Photon Q 4G LTE] papa oso:
Seams like the question isn't that dumb after all. 116 views and no one reply, I just call sprint customer service and they can do anything either. They told me to bring the phone to the store.
[Motorola Photon Q 4G LTE] KitsunePaws:
The only way I can get those options to enable is being in airplane mode. Though, once you turn the radios back on they tick themselves and you're back to square one.
[Motorola Photon Q 4G LTE] papa oso:
@KitsunePaws thanks, I don't know why the network sync isn't working but at least this was a help.
[Atrix 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] The.Opethian:
Hello everyone. Just to let you know, I posted this on the i9000 forums as well as it seems to be non device specific.

Basically, any ICS ROM (I primarily use CM9 and MIUIv4) I use has really awful sound. CM7.2 sounds superb!

How do I describe the sound? Well, it's like there's a tiny thumping mono aural sound when you listen to your music. And when a song hits a high note, everything just goes muffled/crumpled.

Any ideas anyone?

(even on the i9000, with Voodoo sound, does the same effect)
[Atrix 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Semseddin:
I noticed the same as well with custom ics roms, it must be due to lack of some stuff left behind in gb roms or some compability problems. Hopefully it will be fixed with the official ics.
[Atrix 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] The.Opethian:
Cheers for that! I thought i was the only one!
[Atrix 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] pankajxdx:
Change the sound setting

If you go to settings>sound in ics there is something called 'Audio effects'. Disable that for your wired earphones and internal speaker and sound would get back to the way it is in gingerbread.

cheers!
[Atrix 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] The.Opethian:
Thank for your reply, but alas, I cannot find any setting like you said. There's the DSP effects, but changing any of the settings there (enable/disable) does not help in any way.