yashsingh1/xdaforums huggingface dataset:
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] :
I wish I could say this was working, but on my N5 (android 4.4.4), it's just got me stuck with the update notification for 5.0. I've moved FOTAKill to the appropriate location, chmod 644, made sure owner looked good, nothing in my cache about the ota, even renamed the otacerts.zip to otacerts.zip.bak on top of it.

This is stock rom, stock kernel. Rooted of course. Google Play Services is rocking a nice wakelock, though I've not left it overnight yet to see if the wakelock persists after putting in FOTAKill. Will see how it goes tonight.

Anything else we can try here to disable this update? Short of blocking android.clients.google.com, which breaks other things.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] sonnysonnyb:
i used this fotakill.apk on my gs3 and it worked like a charm but now im on a note 4 and would like to know if it would work to avoid the 5.0 update that should be coming soon , i dont want to lose all the xposed mods i have that 5.0 is going to wreck but i dont want that dam update nag in my face every 10 minutes either
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] jhill110:
For the note 4 freeze samsung dm service & system update. If you need to update prl or profile defrost then update and re-freeze
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] sonnysonnyb:
thank you very much for that info .. i froze those like you suggested and since the update hasnt landed yet i cant tell if its going to work but one thing i notice after the first reboot is that very annoying system update that was showing up in my status bar at every reboot and lasting forever is gone.. oh hell yes! thank you again
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] fjb3:
Oh wow, I don't know why your device would still be trying to download the OTA., very sorry to hear that your device keeps re-trying the download. I do not have that issue on my S5. You might try setting "Download updates over WiFi only". Also did you disable the otacerts apk AND otacerts.odex? Make sure this is the case for all the apps that you freeze (manually) via the method I used.

If there are any real experts in this data usage issue please chime in. I am a software developer but new to android hacquing.

I noticed a couple of redundant steps in my original post above. I am posting a revised method next that moves the files instead of deleting, just in case anyone wants to keep them around for future perusal or replacement.

-fjb3

---------- Post added 25th December 2014 at 12:01 AM ---------- Previous post was 24th December 2014 at 11:42 PM ----------

I had not looked back at this thread in a while but I am revisiting now and looking into some of the problems others have experienced. If anyone has more details on specific problems like (1) the continuous re-download issues or (2) the never-ending notifications issue please let me know. I have not experienced either of those issues on my S5. Note however that I did receive exactly 1 more notification after performing the steps above, which I "dismissed" (not via swiping away in notices, but by selecting an option in a popup dialog box). Also, I rebooted my device immediately after following the procedure so that the filesystems were restored to their usual read-only state. I have added the reboot device as the final step in the procedure.

Note that it is not possible to do something like "mount -o remount,ro /", which is classic unix behaviour (it was originally a "security tripwire/marker", since a filesystem mounted "ro" could be remounted "rw" but not changed back to "ro" without a reboot, you could determine that your system state had changed by virtue of the fact that a filesystem that should be "ro" was no longer so).

There are a few redundant steps in the original procedure above, here is a revised, slightly more optimal process:

% su

# mount -o remount,rw /

# mount -o remount,rw /system

# cd /cache

# mv fota save.old.fota.bak

# touch fota

# chmod 0 fota

# cd /etc/security

# mv otacerts.zip otacerts.zip.bak

# cd /system/app

# mv FWUpgrade.apk FWUpgrade.bak

# mv FWUpgrade.odex FWUpgrade.odex.bak

# exit

% exit

... Power-off your device, remove battery ...

... Replace battery, power-on your device ...

I am now monitoring this thread daily (I thought I had set that before, sorry for the newbie mistake), and I look forward to helping resolve any issues or learning what may have caused those.

-fjb3
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] hiroprotagonist:
Would this work on the Moto x (1st Gen)? I normally use TitaniumBackup to freeze or uninstall MotorolaOTA 1.0 apk from system apps, but it does require installation of Titanium backup and that is not always an option. Would i need to enter the commands you posted but with respect to MotorolaOTA specifically or just use your steps as-is?

Thanks in advance
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] fjb3:
Hi hiroprotagonist,

I do not have access to a Moto X so I can't be sure. If the OTA files are saved to the same locations and the FWupdate app uses the same names then I would expect similar results since both are unix variants. Use with extreme caution, poke around, look at the directory contents with "ls", see how similar the layout is. Do NOT blindly follow the instructions: I could not endorse a simple cut-and-paste! But if you are confident in unix bash usage then have a look around and let us know if your Moto X has the same layout. Good luck, and keep us updated - this procedure should be doable on any android device without use of a heavyweight tool like TiBackup (which is a good app for other purposes).

-fjb3
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] papperlapapp:
Is your APK needed to disable FOTA updates in custom ROMs like Cyanogenmod as well?

I run Cyanogenmod and want to disable over the air updates for the operating system.

Thanks
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] fjb3:
There's not any apk involved to do this, other than something that gives you access to a bash shell. I use ConnectBot because I already have it installed so it is handy.

-fjb3
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] ananas93:
Any idea how to get this on nexus 4 (android 4.4.4)
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] siretfel:
Tried on my nexus 4 (444) too, doesn't work either.should you find a solution please post it or pm me.thanks
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] jwsmith26:
I tried this on my Nexus 7 2012 (rooted) and it does not appear to have worked. I followed the instructions exactly. The FOTOKill.apk is in my system/app directory. I deleted the update from /cache. After rebooting I still have the notification of the update and it cannot be swiped away. Anyone else tried this with a Nexus 7 2012?
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] lancemulvihill85:
Same here. Not working for me either. Where is the update located in /cache? Just wiped /cache and dalvik in recovery.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] foxmolder1985:
Do not work on nexus 5 with rw-r-r.. Is this the correct permissions?
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] narwalparvesh:
well its not being copied to system/app folder shows <read only>and even i did read

well its not being copied to system/app folder shows <read only>and even i did read that mount command i didnt get how to do it.. m literally new to this thing two days back rooted my moto g so bit confused how to do alll these things plzzz help
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] vnv:
Could someone elaborate step 2 in commands.

I've put it in path /system/app but I doesn't work.

I am on Samsung Galasy S5 Stock/rooted.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] Liyzag:
Note 4

How do I disable the ota notification on kit kat 4.4.4, note 4, rooted

Tried the app disableservice, Google services framework, unchecking update, didn't work

Tried fotakill. Apk, unable to copy from download to system app using esexplorer

I downloaded directly from your link on first page onto phone,
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] ExotiC_xdaYG:
Do the permissions of the app need to be changed?
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] :
Download the update, then rename or delete update.zip from the cache folder when it's done, then tell it to restart and install the update. It will fail because the update file is now missing and it won't bug you anymore.

This is by far the easiest way to do it now and has worked for me every time I've done it to a phone for 4.4.4 to prevent 5.x updates.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] Moritzio:
You must enable root and system folder read/write access. I do not use the file manager recommended so cannot say how to do that. Search for it. I use File Manager HD and I go to settings and near the bottom are the check boxes (2) to be checked.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] lvpre:
Check out the second post in this thread

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=2209418

Just change those 4 things in the build.prop to NJ2. It will either say MD4 OR ND8 right now if you are on Sprint. I'm not sure if that apk has been updated to the newest update
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] mofugggz:
When update notifcation shows up. Long press it and select app info. Make note of update app name. Use titanium backup and backup the update app first . then simply uninstall it and reboot. The option to update will be removed for some and not working for others. Done.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] mathrak:
How do you delete the downloaded update from cache (Android 5.1.1) ? Because I wiped cache several times and it didn't work, i still have the update file on my phone. Do you have a manual solution, by browsing through the different folders of the phone ?

Thank you
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] hilla_killa:
Im pretty sure your phones gonna keep dling it if your on stock

SGS3_OCTOS_M4_TRIBAND_NF4
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] bilgerryan:
The file is in /cache, wiping cache won't remove it, you have to delete the file.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] mathrak:
I don't find the file in /cache. What's it's name please ? Thank you
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] bilgerryan:
Update.zip
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] mathrak:
I don't have this file in /cache
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] bilgerryan:
If you have any file in cache that would be it
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] mathrak:
I have files in /cache /recovery. Lastinstall, lastlog...
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] WASasquatch:
This is not working on my Boost Mobile Lg G Stylo. I restarted and stuff and instead get a notification that its downloading instead of option to download, and it isnt set to download until after 12am so not sure why it was triggered too.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] cmicat:
It works on my nexus 5x Android 7.1.1

I moved this apk to /system/priv-app
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] lgkahn:
Just in priv-app or did u create a subdirectory
[One (M7) Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] tw1tch175:
So I've been playing with my One and when in the sense text messaging app I can't send a text message by hitting enter on the keyboard, I have to use the send key. Is there anyway to make the message send with the enter key?
[One (M7) Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] jaythenut:
no dont think so
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] snakecharmer23:
Since the GS4 hardware is so similar between carriers, would it be safe to assume a ROM developed for a T-Mobile GS4 will work on an AT&T GS4 or vice versa?

I could see this being very convenient for AOSP ROM development.
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] najaboy:
I'd imagine not, to an extent. It all depends on what differences, if any, exist between the hardware offered by different carriers
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Maesedroid:
That's also my question, I mean here in Mexico we have i337 model, carrier Telcel.

So imo should be indexed as 19500 and 19505 then carrier or global sub divisions.

Any one's a clue yet?

Regards :thumbup:
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] MultiLockOn:
Probably not directly, I'm sure there will have to be some small changes if one were to say, port an att rom to a Sprint model. But it should be minimal work for devs to port because they're so similar
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] xxhorseriderxxx:
My major cause for concern is whether or not it's possible to debrand an AT&T SGS4 so that I can accept Samsung updates, especially major updates in the future. I'm very disappointed that the i9500, and i9505 doesn't seem to support AT&T's 4G bands... otherwise I would get an i9500/i9505. I'm hesitant to get an AT&T version due to the absolutely horrendous software update windows, whereäs carrier phones receive updates months after the international versions...
[Galaxy Note II Themes and Apps] emompong:
Greetings!

Tired of the same layout of your home screens? want to try something new?

Well, I present to you my modified home screen - VECTOR UI

All that you need in one homescreen! PLUS a unique combination of widgets and arts! :D

AVAILABLE IN WHITE AND BLACK VERSIONS

Well, I initially made it for my Xperia Acros S but the ofcourse, I made one for you all to share it! :D

Tell me if you want to try it and I'll post a tutorial how to do it :) im just sharing..

The pebble inside the circle serves as the icon, once tapped, it'll open the app as named and

ofcourse, once social networking site's name was tapped, it will open as well :D

​
[Galaxy Note II Themes and Apps] emompong:
TUTORIAL

TUTORIAL:

You need to be very patient in doing this one.. but it worth it! :D

=====

• REQUIRED APPS:

Nova Launcher/Prime – recommended for swipe down to see status bar

Desktop Visualizer

Zooper Widgets

Eye in the Sky widgets

UCCW

Multipicture Live Wallpaper

and a bit patience :)

If you prefer BLACK : Download the base image from:

https://www.dropbox.com/sh/gbrdcjow96x8vz5/amTEerYVBI#f:BlackFinal copy1.jpg

if your prefer WHITE :Download the base image from:

https://www.dropbox.com/sh/gbrdcjow96x8vz5/amTEerYVBI#f:WhiteFinal copy.jpg

UCCW Battery:

https://www.dropbox.com/sh/gbrdcjow96x8vz5/tywsIacwNv/bat.uzip

Put it in your SD Card.

=====

APPLICATION SET-UP/SETTINGS:

NOVA LAUNCHER:

• 12×12 desktop grid

• Hide status bar

• Hide dock/disable

• Gesture down for status bar (optional prime)

• App label = disable/do not show

————-

Multipicture Live Wallpaper (MPLW)

Menu bar/tap and hold desktop – wall paper – live wall paper.

• Make sure the common settings – Crop/Resize Ratio is FIT TO FULL SCREEN

• Screen 1 settings – picture source – select the file (white or black depends to ur phone)

APPLY WALL PAPER.

———-

EYE IN THE SKY WIDGETS

• Select the forecast and customize your desire color.

I prefer teal since it matches the font color for text/calls/mail

• It will display the icons of clouds etc… so i made it thinner to hide the clouds :D

—————-

UCCW – battery/sms/call/mail count

• Download from https://www.dropbox.com/s/hsxcsiycw5mwhj1/bat.uzip

• Copy to /sdcard/UltimateCustomClockWidget folder

• I assume you know how to use it and import as file the uzip file… resize to match/aline with text/calls/Mail

(ask me if you do not know how to use UCCW.. search first)

————————-

DESKTOP VISUALIZER

• Basically, the marbles inside will serve as the app icon.. so we need blank PNG.

download at https://www.dropbox.com/s/gzmnntu3ewb5x75/Copy of blank.png

• Always select 1×1 DeskVis widget and just resize it to fit the icons.

just set up the widgets(do not configure yet to avoid confusion) see image: https://www.dropbox.com/s/8exa8nzsqewttre/tutDV.png

• after polotting, then configure each one, icons will be the BLANK PNG and select the app to launch

• select NONE for the touch effect

• Clear label text/name

• Vibration, select on or system/haptic

do that for all of the DV set ups and lastly..

tap and hold on anywhere (not with the widgets) Nova actions, select APP Drawer.

just fit it near the APP marble and for the icon, select blank as well.

Go to nova settings again and lock desktop to avoid moving invisible DV widgets.

I almost forgot, for zooper widget.. just select the default from the list and modify the location/colors if you want too… recommended to select 5×1 above size.

DONE…

thanks and enjoy.. comment for any help. :D

DONT FORGET TO HIT IT THANKS! or buy me a BEER lol :D

​
[Galaxy Note II Themes and Apps] Mano1982:
Looks simply awesome :) i would love to have my homescreen like that, so please tell :)
[Galaxy Note II Themes and Apps] emompong:
there you go, my first customer.. instructions in process :D
[Galaxy Note II Themes and Apps] virus_egypt:
waiting you :)
[Galaxy Note II Themes and Apps] Slash75:
beautiful
[Galaxy Note II Themes and Apps] kdogguk:
This looks awesome! I'm all for unique looks for my phone. Can't wait to try this out mate. :cool:
[Galaxy Note II Themes and Apps] Simone:
Nice, another kabayan :)
[Galaxy Note II Themes and Apps] emompong:
Thanks Guys... :D:D

check SECOND POST... updated it with tutorial.. tell me how i can help & dont forget to hit THANKS :D
[Galaxy Note II Themes and Apps] Simone:
Looks battery consuming, tol.
[Galaxy Note II Themes and Apps] kdogguk:
Ok, so i have been playing around with this for a few hours now and am stuck on 1 thing.... G-Mail Notification at the top..... How do i make it recognise my account??? All it says for me is "Select Account"

Other than that this looks awesome. I've tweated it slightly with a different clock/weather widget and added a network widget :)
[Galaxy Note II Themes and Apps] kdogguk:
Still not found out how to sort out my G-Mail problem, but here's my new home screen. Thanks for your tut my friend.
[Galaxy Note II Themes and Apps] emompong:
Not really, besides, if you want a new look homescreen then do with your own risk as always :)

Great question... tap the UCCW for the battery and select the gmail at focus./ (center button - default was background, so select gmail) then swipe right until you see a button named "account" .. then select your gmail account to display :)

hope that helps.
[Galaxy Note II Themes and Apps] kdogguk:
You star! Thank you. Finally have it working. My fault, I should have learned more about UCCW. Simple solution really :beer:
[Galaxy Note II Themes and Apps] emompong:
Great! Enjoy... planning to make more unique homescreens though ;)
[Galaxy Note II Themes and Apps] kdogguk:
As long as you upload them my friend :cool:
[Galaxy Note II Themes and Apps] emompong:
yeah.. TIP: you can add another set of screen on MPLW and select the other color variant... so you'll have both black and whiite by swiping left ryt :D
[Galaxy Note II Themes and Apps] xmavrickx2005:
It looks awesome, but I've already wasted so much of my time on making UI tweaks only to lose them when I switch ROMs.

Is there anyway to backup the homescreen settings, so when you flash a new ROM homescreen settings can be restored?

I tried many diff backups and nothing has worked. All I get is blank boxes where the icons were.

Thanks!
[Galaxy Note II Themes and Apps] tuxonhtc:
[MENTION=4458452]emompong[/MENTION] You could use Buzz Launcher to share your homescreen though?
[Galaxy Note II Themes and Apps] ssanjay19:
wow looks really awesome!! gonna try ASAP!!
[Galaxy Tab 2 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] hataf:
I have bought the Samsung Galaxy Tab2 10.1 GT-P5113. When I turned on the Wi-Fi notification appeared to update. I have updated it and the version is now 4.1.1, But after reboot it shows always the grey screen with yellow letters like

PDA: P5113UECLK7

Phone: N/A

CSC: P5113XARCLK7

H/W: REV02

and so on

Factory mode icon has also been created. its in the factory mode.

I have hard reset it but it stuck with the same screen on every page.

I dont know the process to installing custom rom on my tablet. Kindly guide me. Thanks
[Nexus 10 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] kareemyas:
I had successfully unrooted my son's google nexus 10 (passed over to me after he had the same problem given belowoin the rooted version) , using the tricks in one of the postings in this forum, flashed android 4.2.2 JDQ39 update and brought back to OEM lock state using fastboot.

After this android boots and i am able to login with my userid. Problem is, Google play is not accessible after unrooting, message is: 'unfortunately google play has stopped'.

Camera is also not working, it stops with an android message 'no external storage available' and another gray bar message at the bottom of the screen: 'mount USB storage before using the camera'. Why is this happening even after bringing back the OS to original state?

Could any of the experts give a solution to this? Without any apps to install and camera, (email, chrome brower and a few basic apps work), it is as good a paperweight now.
[Nexus 10 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] mabast:
Best way would be to download and flash the factory image from Google and then everything will be back to normal. Perhaps clearing the caches and/or data of the non working apps might work?
[Nexus 10 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] kareemyas:
Thanks for your quick reply. Tried what you suggested, reinstalled factory image from google, erased userdata and cache from fastboot, but the problem is still there.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] open1your1eyes0:
This is not specific to the Verizon Galaxy S4, but it is indeed the only reason I will preorder the Verizon version tomorrow (as opposed to switching to another carrier).

The below says everything. Feel free to share your comments and add to sharing your stories on this great service as well.

(Mods feel free to move this thread to another area if more proper)
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] Sarcron:
I imagine that's the only scenario in which I would go with Verizon's GS4. Right now their most attractive offer is $70/month for 3G speed, 2GB of data, and unlimited talk/text. Pretty much worthless in my eyes.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] berfles:
Too bad we have to wait 30+ damn days longer than everyone else because they're morons.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] open1your1eyes0:
Agreed, especially when T-Mobile offers unlimited everything for the same cost (technically cheaper because I know T-Mobile has smaller fees and taxes).

They're not morons. They know exactly what they're doing with those dates. ;)

On a serious note though: Nevertheless, somehow still worth the wait just to have the number 1 wireless network in the country. Come on, is our impatience really worth getting mad at them? :P
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] 318sugarhill:
I agree. Paying the extra $450 to get it off contract will MORE than pay itself back bay keeping the unlimited plan. I use my Vulkano Box to placeshift to my phone or tether to my tablet and watch on that. I'm using close to 8 GB a month. Nothing close to you, but enough to pay off contract and keep my plan is well worth it.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] bhags8:
I have grandfathered unlimited for $63/month. But youre saying that Verizon gets the S4 a month later than everyone else? Don't know if I can wait that long.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] open1your1eyes0:
You're really willing to give up a carrier (especially arguably the best carrier service available at this time that you won't be able to get back ever again after losing it) all because you can't wait one more month for a phone?

If you're going to go down that route you should consider not wasting away that service of yours and selling your line to someone else to take over. Grandfathered Unlimited Data plans on Verizon are as good as gold right now.

These eBay results speak for themselves: Link Here

And these are all the completed sale to give you an idea how much you can make on it: Link Here
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] cell128:
I have two unlimited data lines that I took over for free last year right before they took away the upgrades. I bought an iPhone 4s and managed to preorder the galaxy s3 because both lines were eligible for upgrdes at the time. I consider myself lucky. I tether and share with my ATT friends at work I burn like 30gb a month verizon has never bothered me. I'm thinking Bout going to t mobile though to cut down on my bill and get gsm nexus phones
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] Sarcron:
Wow, I didn't even know it was possible to purchase Grandfather plans from other people. Kind of tempting actually, but I'd hold off until I had more scratch. As it is, I'm buying the GS4 for full retail+accessories+new monthly data plan. Good to know it's an open option though.