Hi, I am wondering if there is a way to disable system updates? I would like to root my phone when/if it becomes available so I won't to avoid doing updates in case it's patched. Are there any settings/apps that can be disabled. I was unable to find anything. Thanks!
W1nks said:
Hi, I am wondering if there is a way to disable system updates? I would like to root my phone when/if it becomes available so I won't to avoid doing updates in case it's patched. Are there any settings/apps that can be disabled. I was unable to find anything. Thanks!
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Get package disabler pro and disable the software update package. Worked for me on the s6 don't see why it wouldn't work on the s7.
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My old s3 broke, just got my new s3 today. I just rooted my device, and was wondering if it was ok to update my phone. An annoying prompt keeps asking me to update. Dont know if I'm supposed to disable it or update my phone.
leave it alone..update is useless..unroots your phone..stay away
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Can you or anyone tell me how I can disable it? it keeps popping up on me. its annoying!
Schism169 said:
Can you or anyone tell me how I can disable it? it keeps popping up on me. its annoying!
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Use an app like Titanium Backup, switch to "System" apps via the filter, then press the specific app. Or use a file explorer, grant it root access, then navigate to /System and rename the file to "sdm 1.0.bak" or delete it.
Thank you guys, Got it frozen
Is there a way to do it without a rooted phone? Titantium backup apparently needs root. This stupid update is so annoying. I plan to root my phone in the future so I dont want the update but I dont have time to figure out how to root it right now.
smalco44 said:
Is there a way to do it without a rooted phone? Titantium backup apparently needs root. This stupid update is so annoying. I plan to root my phone in the future so I dont want the update but I dont have time to figure out how to root it right now.
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No and if there were a way to do this non-rooted, that would be a very questionable security flaw.
Edit: Use Saferoot to gain root access on VRUCML1, when you find time. Links and info in our TW 4.3 Sticky.
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Am I correct in assuming simply freezing SDM will stop OTA's? I thought there was one other thing that had to be frozen.
gospodinwizard said:
Am I correct in assuming simply freezing SDM will stop OTA's? I thought there was one other thing that had to be frozen.
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Freezing SDM was all I needed to do on my S3 to stop the update nags. Others have mentioned another file "FWUpdate", but I could not find it on my S3. I would just try freezing SDM 1.0 and see if that does it, if not, then look for the other file.
I'm rooted and successfully disabled knox via supersu (as suggested elsewhere regarding this issue), yet got the security policy update notice again today. Anyone else? What exactly do I have to do to turn this off?
Freeze SDM1.0
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Freeze SDM1.0
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doncaruana said:
I'm rooted and successfully disabled knox via supersu (as suggested elsewhere regarding this issue), yet got the security policy update notice again today. Anyone else? What exactly do I have to do to turn this off?
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Definitely freeze sdm.apk but also fwupgrade.apk also
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doncaruana said:
I'm rooted and successfully disabled knox via supersu (as suggested elsewhere regarding this issue), yet got the security policy update notice again today. Anyone else? What exactly do I have to do to turn this off?
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There's an app called "Security policy updates" on my phone that I've frozen in Titanium Backup. Sounds suspiciously like the one you're looking for *smile*. I've also frozen SDM, as always.
I don't get security policy update notices.
I think SDM is for the regular OTA updates. There's another app with a name that starts "Security policy updates..." with some version numbers after it. I did a force stop on that - haven't frozen it. I suspect that's the one I need to manage.
doncaruana said:
I'm rooted and successfully disabled knox via supersu (as suggested elsewhere regarding this issue), yet got the security policy update notice again today. Anyone else? What exactly do I have to do to turn this off?
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Anybody actually accept the Security Policy Updates after rooting TW Kit Kat? Does it remove root? Inquiring minds want to know
Thank!
gm2racer said:
Anybody actually accept the Security Policy Updates after rooting TW Kit Kat? Does it remove root? Inquiring minds want to know
Thank!
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Nope, I don't, it can be turn off in settings.
buhohitr said:
Nope, I don't, it can be turn off in settings.
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What can be turned off in settings? The only I've gotten this warning to go away was to freeze the security policy updates process I mentioned (that worked for me). If you know of another way, please tell me what I missed.
doncaruana said:
What can be turned off in settings? The only I've gotten this warning to go away was to freeze the security policy updates process I mentioned (that worked for me). If you know of another way, please tell me what I missed.
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I've seen this on another unrooted S3. It's quite annoying
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How to disable the OTA update from showing up . I disabled the notification but don't know how to disable this?
Consequences be damn'ed.
Use FOTAkill.apk. You need to be rooted of course.
See this thread:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2249350
alpine101 said:
Use FOTAkill.apk. You need to be rooted of course.
See this thread:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2249350
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Is there any way to disable the OTA WITHOUT root? I have two verizon and 1 boost mobile, using those for Perk TV.
Stettin said:
Is there any way to disable the OTA WITHOUT root? I have two verizon and 1 boost mobile, using those for Perk TV.
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I am not aware of any. Having installed FOTAkill, you also need to clear the cache since the system will still pick up the old stuff over a reboot until this is done.
Download the update but don't install it. Reboot to stock recovery and wipe cache. See if that works.
Anybody know what it is. ..how can I disable it..don't want to update, still hoping for rooted one day
It's listed as the monthly android security patch update.
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Need to do it. Fixes recent security flaws
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Jacob11701 said:
Need to do it. Fixes recent security flaws
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Be nice if it addressed memory management a little.
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xavierxxx2p said:
Anybody know what it is. ..how can I disable it..don't want to update, still hoping for rooted one day
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You can block SDM.apk with this debloater if you don't want to be nagged anymore. Seeing that the update was already downloaded you will have to enter recovery mode and clear cache to get rid of the install nag. After you do that and disable SDM.apk you will no longer get the notification. I went ahead and installed it anyways because I'm not too concerned with root. I'd rather have a secure device.
Misterxtc said:
You can block SDM.apk with this debloater if you don't want to be nagged anymore. Seeing that the update was already downloaded you will have to enter recovery mode and clear cache to get rid of the install nag. After you do that and disable SDM.apk you will no longer get the notification. I went ahead and installed it anyways because I'm not too concerned with root. I'd rather have a secure device.
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Thanks man..I also took the update. .i guess I already got use to not being root. ..besides adguard and ogtube help alot.
xavierxxx2p said:
Thanks man..I also took the update. .i guess I already got use to not being root. ..besides adguard and ogtube help alot.
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Your welcome. I feel the same here. My S6 lost root the Note 4 never had it except the dev ed I had for a short time so I got used to no root as well. With the debloater it's no big deal for me anymore and being able to theme really settled the issue for me. I can do basically everything I want and still have a secure phone without worrying when root will get killed. I do miss building ROMs a little but I can deal without it.
weird layout after update
So I took the update and since the all my menus are on the right side of screen, my send button in text is now on the left side as well as my statusbar icons. Nobody else mentioned this. Is it just my n5?
deno24 said:
So I took the update and since the all my menus are on the right side of screen, my send button in text is now on the left side as well as my statusbar icons. Nobody else mentioned this. Is it just my n5?
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Can you post screenshots?
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Misterxtc said:
You can block SDM.apk with this debloater if you don't want to be nagged anymore. Seeing that the update was already downloaded you will have to enter recovery mode and clear cache to get rid of the install nag. After you do that and disable SDM.apk you will no longer get the notification. I went ahead and installed it anyways because I'm not too concerned with root. I'd rather have a secure device.
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It works. If you remember to turn USB debugging on........
Yes, it works just fine.
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billinaz said:
It works. If you remember to turn USB debugging on........
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Or the app package disabler does it perfectly from the phone itself without root. Easy check and uncheck
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Just wanted to share that there's a new update. Not sure what it does though.
animal7296 said:
Just wanted to share that there's a new update. Not sure what it does though.
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It's nothing worth taking note of, it's just a security patch no Android N!
Yes it comes with January security patch > https://www.verizonwireless.com/support/samsung-galaxy-note5-update/
Yes, I don't think we will see that update for a while thanks to Verizon..
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So now it's prompting me to install. I don't want to, I want to attempt root if that guy gets back to us. What packages do I need to disable to get rid of update?
So, I disabled the 2 packages called System Updates and then rebooted into recovery and wiped /cache hoping that it will wipe out the contents of the /cache/fota folder. Someone please let me know if I did something wrong or if any additional steps should be taken.
Boring...But good this phone is still getting frequent updates. Really needs some N love ASAP though.
just another security patch
tylerlawhon said:
So now it's prompting me to install. I don't want to, I want to attempt root if that guy gets back to us. What packages do I need to disable to get rid of update?
So, I disabled the 2 packages called System Updates and then rebooted into recovery and wiped /cache hoping that it will wipe out the contents of the /cache/fota folder. Someone please let me know if I did something wrong or if any additional steps should be taken.
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You didn't do anything wrong. Your phone should be fine.
I cannot disable either System Updates app. I even tried downloading Package Disabler Pro and that didn't work either.
I've been deferring updating for days now and it's starting to really annoy me.
DaRkL3AD3R said:
I cannot disable either System Updates app. I even tried downloading Package Disabler Pro and that didn't work either.
I've been deferring updating for days now and it's starting to really annoy me.
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You need to get ahold of the guy who owns the app because there's an issue with the way it's trying to stop the updates... The one you're using probably has "com.samsung.sdm.sdmviewer" but you need to stop "com.samsung.sdm" and then it'll go away and the only way I got that to work was, he gave me a link to download a completely different one which stopped it. I'm pretty sure his email address is on the package disabler app on the play store.
Also you could load the root kernel so you at least have the console root and use the pm command to disable it if you need help let me know.
DaRkL3AD3R said:
I cannot disable either System Updates app. I even tried downloading Package Disabler Pro and that didn't work either.
I've been deferring updating for days now and it's starting to really annoy me.
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Did you figure it out yet?
MrMike2182 said:
Did you figure it out yet?
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Try this https://forum.xda-developers.com/android/software/debloater-remove-carrier-bloat-t2998294
See if you can disable the updater.
darksidesh007 said:
Try this https://forum.xda-developers.com/android/software/debloater-remove-carrier-bloat-t2998294
See if you can disable the updater.
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Lol thanks but I don't need that.. I was just trying to ask him if he figured it out for himself yet because otherwise the reason that package disabler and other apps aren't working to stop the upgrade nagging is because they decided to change the name from com.samsung.sdm.sdmviewer to com.samsung.sdm so when package disabler was stopping (or trying to stop the incorrect name) it just kept nagging until the right one was stopped and technically you don't even need package disabler because you could load up the console root kernel and use the pm disable command and it would do the same thing as package disabler but it's easier and faster to just use package disabler.