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verizon forced an update on my rooted stock thunderbolt. i have Revolutionary for recovery but when i load it up it immediately tries to install an update. i cannot select any options.
it asks for me to install or cancel the update. after canceling there are no options but reboot.
what should i do to try to recover out this?
thanks
You need to download a recovery and clear caches and then see what happens. You will have to fastboot flash the recovery. I'm not 100% sure but you may be able to delete the update file from your sd card to stop the update.
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you need to boot into rev and goto advanced unmount /cache and format /cache and reboot the ota update will say failed when u and you'll be good had the same issue couple days ago
the issue is i cannot clear cache via Revolutionary because as soon as it starts i get "Do you want to start update?". if i choose no i can only reboot from there. if i choose yes it will just try to update and hang
i also cannot seem to get to fastboot because of the above as well.
any other options here?
You need to delete the downloaded update from your sd card. If you don't then it will continue to do this.
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thanks so much.
i booted to Revolutionary w/o the SD card. Then flashed Clockwork using
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1122694
After that i was able to the wipe the cache using Clockwork and get back into my phone. from there deleted the update file
going to add the OTABlock from this thread http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1664082
hopefully that will stop verizon from pushing on another one
thanks!
Deleting Update File
Forgive me, bit of a noob to rooting and such. I downloaded Astro File Manager and also hooked up my phone to my PC and entered the USB storage but cannot find the update zip.
How should I find it?
It will be in the root directory of the SD card and called "PG05IMG.img" i believe
Finding update ZIP
Can I find it via Astro File Manager or do I need to plug into a PC?
Yeah you sure can
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Big Red been killing me too. I just cleared the cache on the sd and will see what that does. I am a complete n00b at this so I dont know how to load the blockota program without a .exe. GGRRRR
Deleting Zip
I'm not sure what I'm doing wrong, but I have looked all over the SD Card, and I cannot find the file. For the third straight night, after deleting the cache, it tried to force the update, and my phone went into the shut down loop.
I went into a folder labeled "root" but it was empty. I'm trying to flash the zip that will disable the OTA now, but can anyone instruct me on where to go on the SD Card to delete the update?
SBS0311 said:
I'm not sure what I'm doing wrong, but I have looked all over the SD Card, and I cannot find the file. For the third straight night, after deleting the cache, it tried to force the update, and my phone went into the shut down loop.
I went into a folder labeled "root" but it was empty. I'm trying to flash the zip that will disable the OTA now, but can anyone instruct me on where to go on the SD Card to delete the update?
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When you open the SD card it will be below the folders. You won't have to go into any folders to find it.
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disconnecktie said:
When you open the SD card it will be below the folders. You won't have to go into any folders to find it.
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When I Open the SD card with Astro, the only files below the folders are "pcsc_pcsc_00001," "SELog," and Superuser. No update Zip.
Try this. Go into system/etc/security and change otacerts to otacerts.bak this will prevent the update from trying to start ever again.
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disconnecktie said:
Try this. Go into system/etc/security and change otacerts to otacerts.bak this will prevent the update from trying to start ever again.
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Before I do that, I finished installing the OTA Block Zip about an hour ago. Should I wait to see if that holds and fixes the issue before I do what you suggested? Thanks for all the help, appreciate it.
SBS0311 said:
Before I do that, I finished installing the OTA Block Zip about an hour ago. Should I wait to see if that holds and fixes the issue before I do what you suggested? Thanks for all the help, appreciate it.
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It wouldn't hurt to wait and see.
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SBS0311 said:
Before I do that, I finished installing the OTA Block Zip about an hour ago. Should I wait to see if that holds and fixes the issue before I do what you suggested? Thanks for all the help, appreciate it.
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Did it work for you? My girlfriend's phone is in the same situation and I really don't want to take her off stock as she is happy with her phone even after all this time (got her tbolt a month after it dropped).
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I really thought I got it when I found what I thought to be the update in the folder temp.apk. but no. please give me a cliff note hoe to load the OTAblock HELP ME I AM GOING TO SET MY HAIR ON FIRE
ok I'm also new to the thunderbolt on 2.2.1 but this is what i did to fix it. first thing i did was turn on wifi and connected to my home network by the time it connected the phone rebooted and tried to flash update but it failed and got stuck at the android with the triangle so i did a battery pull and it booted normally as soon as i could open the playstore i downloaded rom manager free.as soon as it finished installing the phone powered down and tried the update again and failed and got stuck so i did another battery pull. i powered up and as soon as i could i opened rom manager and flashed a recovery as soon as it finished the phone powered down again, it tried to flash again and failed i did one last battery pull and when it rebooted i opened rom manager and rebooted into recovery and just cleared cache and then rebooted. finally when it booted it said install failed and hasn't came back yet I'll post if it tries to update again
Hi, im on FW21, stock, rooted. i accidentally removed the asus reader app, ive tried extracting it from a few custom rom zips but it just says "not installed" ive tried copying back to /system/app along with the odex file but still wont work.
can anyone help? thanks
Only surefire way i know of is to reinstall everything...
Back up your info
Use wolf's guide to downgrade to .15
wipe data / reinstall .15
re root
ota rootkeeper
ota to .21
i had the same problem when i was .15 and wanted to upgrade.
what i did was i got the offical blob file from the asus website.
then i googled around on how to extract files from it.
i was then able to get my .apk and .odex file which i just placed in system/app using adb
reboot and all was fine.
Thanks guys, downgrading and n upgrading did it. I'll just rename them.in future to disable
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So the ota wont try to install itself. I see a lot of people annoyed with ota notifications. this is the solution
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Another simple tip, if you have to Odin after a soft brick, immediately start airplane mode until the rooting process is done. Me personally I keep the RomToolbox apk on my SD card so I don't even have to sign in to download.
Great tips!!
Surge1223 said:
So the ota wont try to install itself. I see a lot of people annoyed with ota notifications. this is the solution
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Just so I'm 100% sure I'm safe...
(I am rooted and thought I had already taken care of this, but obviously had not...)
I had an OTA notification waiting for me when I woke up this morning. I declined and it said something to the effect that it would automatically try again at 0100 (1 AM) and make sure my phone was charged and yada, yada, yada...
After that, I immediately renamed \system\app\sdm.apk to "SDM.bak" (I also renamed FWUpgrade.apk in the same manner as directed in another post I saw).
So...that's all I should have to do right? Is there a downloaded update hanging out somewhere that needs to be deleted as well? My phone won't attempt to install this later at 0100 tonight?
PaintDrinkingPete said:
Just so I'm 100% sure I'm safe...
(I am rooted and thought I had already taken care of this, but obviously had not...)
I had an OTA notification waiting for me when I woke up this morning. I declined and it said something to the effect that it would automatically try again at 0100 (1 AM) and make sure my phone was charged and yada, yada, yada...
After that, I immediately renamed \system\app\sdm.apk to "SDM.bak" (I also renamed FWUpgrade.apk in the same manner as directed in another post I saw).
So...that's all I should have to do right? Is there a downloaded update hanging out somewhere that needs to be deleted as well? My phone won't attempt to install this later at 0100 tonight?
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The actual OTA download will be located in /cache. Delete with root explorer.
The download goes into the Data/FOTA folder. Find that and remove all permissions. I cant take credit for that one because I read it from another user that confirmed it stopped the OTA.
1. Open Root Browser
2. Navigate to data/fota
3. Long Press and select Permissions
4. Uncheck all boxes making it 0000
keith.mcintyre26 said:
The actual OTA download will be located in /cache. Delete with root explorer.
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10ECN said:
The download goes into the Data/FOTA folder. Find that and remove all permissions. I cant take credit for that one because I read it from another user that confirmed it stopped the OTA.
1. Open Root Browser
2. Navigate to data/fota
3. Long Press and select Permissions
4. Uncheck all boxes making it 0000
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Thanks!
10ECN said:
The download goes into the Data/FOTA folder. Find that and remove all permissions. I cant take credit for that one because I read it from another user that confirmed it stopped the OTA.
1. Open Root Browser
2. Navigate to data/fota
3. Long Press and select Permissions
4. Uncheck all boxes making it 0000
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would it be better just to delete the update? The file is about 327MB and that's unwanted space being used
How are you renaming sdm? I am using ES as root and it's not letting me.
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mugenfa5 said:
would it be better just to delete the update? The file is about 327MB and that's unwanted space being used
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I think the logic behind leaving the update file there, but with permissions removed is because that would effectively block the update from being re-downloaded again, or being run by the updater.
Granted, that point is probably moot if the correct updater apps are already frozen, but it's an extra layer of assurance.
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jhasty01 said:
How are you renaming sdm? I am using ES as root and it's not letting me.
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I used Root explorer...be sure to mount the directory as "read/write"
I ended up moving the two apk's to a backup folder on my sdcard, however after reboot I am still getting the prompt. I did not move the .odex files. Doing that now..
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jhasty01 said:
I ended up moving the two apk's to a backup folder on my sdcard, however after reboot I am still getting the prompt. I did not move the .odex files. Doing that now..
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Perhaps you only copied them?
FWIW, the FWupgrade.apk didn't have an associated odex file on mine.
It didn't actually move sdm, but rather copied it. To fix sdm and renove notification for update, I used Titanium Backup to create a backup thrn uninstalled the apk. Hope this helps.
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I just froze SDM and FWUpgrade. Is that not good enough? Why is everyone renaming and deleting it?
I was wondering about the same thing why people are renaming and moving files. Maybe they don't have titanium backup to freeze it?
Freezing is all you need. These other extra precautions are not necessary.
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reybie said:
I was wondering about the same thing why people are renaming and moving files. Maybe they don't have titanium backup to freeze it?
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You don't even need Titanium backup. I never see it mentioned here so I don't know if anyone knows it exists, but I think the free app "System Tuner" by 3c is much better that Titanium and has way more features.
DerekZ10 said:
I just froze SDM and FWUpgrade. Is that not good enough? Why is everyone renaming and deleting it?
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reybie said:
I was wondering about the same thing why people are renaming and moving files. Maybe they don't have titanium backup to freeze it?
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Yeah, I just prefer to manually rename/remove files that I know for a fact I don't want running. Freezing apps via TiB works well for bloatware and stuff like that...stuff that I *may* want to activate again later, but in this case, I'm 100% sure I do NOT want to run any OTA updates.
Most people use titanium back up or other apps because a lot of users don't understand file and folder permissions or how to run commands with adb or terminal etc. Manually doing it in cases like this is good so you know that its disabled. Especially when its something like this.
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DerekZ10 said:
I just froze SDM and FWUpgrade. Is that not good enough? Why is everyone renaming and deleting it?
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That's what I did and No Update for Me! Also, being on a custom recovery helps!
I tried to update to MI1, it downloaded, but the update failed and gave me error code 402. Now I lost a bunch of space in my internal storage. It's gotta be the update files...where can I delete those?
I'm currently on ME7 stock rooted.
thank you!!
cindylee60 said:
I tried to update to MI1, it downloaded, but the update failed and gave me error code 402. Now I lost a bunch of space in my internal storage. It's gotta be the update files...where can I delete those?
I'm currently on ME7 stock rooted.
thank you!!
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If you have debloated your stock rom then you will need to restore those apps as well as any modified APKs before you can update to MI1.
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/cache I believe
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I looked in the cache file and the only folder that had stuff in it was "Recovery" and it had today's date.
Inside are "last_install", "last_locale" and "last_log". Each has a SQLite db viewer, zip, tar, and rar viewers,apk handler,Linux script handler, and text viewer.
Can anyone tell me if it's safe to clear all of that? I want my gig of internal memory back since I can't install the update!
Ota files are stored in data/fota
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Ota files are stored in data/fota
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My data/fota folder is empty, so whatever is taking up the extra internal storage isn't there. I know I've read here that updates leave files on your phone that take up space and can be removed. I would imagine a failed update would leave stuff on there too. I've been looking on these forums all morning and no joy
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My data/fota folder is empty, so whatever is taking up the extra internal storage isn't there. I know I've read here that updates leave files on your phone that take up space and can be removed. I would imagine a failed update would leave stuff on there too. I've been looking on these forums all morning and no joy
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I thought it was in /cache/fota - that directory is restricted so you'll need to be root to view the contents.
Edit: Lost my mind
For those who want to stay on 1.85.605.9 for now. Must be S-0ff, rooted, and custom recovery.....
If you have 1.85.605.9 rooted with custom recovery, Nougat will not be able to install.
But it will still give nags to update and keep trying, over and over again.
If this annoys you, there is a way to stop the update nags in 3 steps.
Install Root Exporer. Go to root/system/etc-security. Set to mount R/W.
Rename otacerts.zip to “otacerts.zip.bak”.
Next, go to root/system/priv-app/HtcOMADM_VZW and rename HtcOMADM_VZW.apk to “HtcOMADM_VZW.apk.bak”.
Finally, go to root/system/priv-app/HtcOMADM_VZW/OAT/ARM
And rename HtcOMADM_VZW.odex to “HtcOMADM_VZW.odex.bak”.
Works so far for me.
Good post, my friend. I'm sure many will benefit from this who aren't happy on the recent nougat update. Removing those applications have always worked best to stop OTA nag IMO. I've also found oddly once you remove the apps that 'Configuration version' will change to 'unknown' in the Settings menu.
Thanks for the info. Can I do this with a file manager Amaze which has root explorer? I tried locating these files but could not find them.
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legaldeejay said:
Thanks for the info. Can I do this with a file manager Amaze which has root explorer? I tried locating these files but could not find them.
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Would try to download free version of Root Explorer. Must be rooted to use it.
Those files are definitely in stock Verizon RUU 1.85.605.9, but may not appear in Viper or other RUU's.
Get into Root, System, and you can navigate to each one by going into the named trees in OP.
Good luck....
I found them. otacerts.zip is located at system/etc/security and the htcOMADM files are at system/priv-app. I presume just renaming them in Amaze should work?
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legaldeejay said:
I found them. otacerts.zip is located at system/etc/security and the htcOMADM files are at system/priv-app. I presume just renaming them in Amaze should work?
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Yes, that'll do it. Note AndyBones above (who knows more about HTC roms than I) says he's had luck just deleting those apk's and odex.
I am timid about deletes and after-effects, so I just rename to .bak so I can undo my damage if needed.
Your call.
Freezing HtcDm in TB worked on my end without any issues. Waiting for Xposed to be released for Nougat first before taking the update.