If ever a Bell update comes along, hopefully, how do I go about using OTA update?
I used titanium backup and froze the crapware and also, I skipped making a Blur account when I first got my phone and loaded Launcher Pro immediately.
Do I unfreeze all the crapware and create a blur account to enable update? Or is there a specific file that I can unfreeze?
Currently when I go to my settings and check update, all I get is a blank screen. Normally it would give me a pop up stating that there is a new ota update or system up to date.
Ty.
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W3BSurfer said:
If ever a Bell update comes along, hopefully, how do I go about using OTA update?
I used titanium backup and froze the crapware and also, I skipped making a Blur account when I first got my phone and loaded Launcher Pro immediately.
Do I unfreeze all the crapware and create a blur account to enable update? Or is there a specific file that I can unfreeze?
Currently when I go to my settings and check update, all I get is a blank screen. Normally it would give me a pop up stating that there is a new ota update or system up to date.
Ty.
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If you accept an OTA update you will loose root. If you want to keep su you will have to come back to the forums when an update is available. By then there will likely be several threads you will have to read pertaining to the update and how to install it correctly.
I was wondering the same thing almost as well.
I recently did a factory reset, and and reformat of my internal memory. When restarting I bypassed the Motoblur account set-up. As of this morning I have also rooted my phone.
When I click on system updates it tells me I need a Social networking account.
I just want to make sure I am still going to have a way to update when they come?? I'll worry about the how when the time comes.
This morning I noticed I had an update available. I'm rooted with TWRP and SuperSU, by the way. After doing a little research first, I decided to download Voodoo OTA RootKeeper v2.0.3 just to be on the safe side. I then decided to let the update run it's course but it failed and took me to TWRP recovery. I was able to reboot to the regular system, but I've been getting the Verizon OTA update notification all day, but it just stays at the "busy" status bar without actually starting to download anything. When I try to access "Software Update" in the About phone menu under Settings, it says "Download interrupted. Software download will resume automatically." And then in a couple of hours, the whole process repeats.
I'm at a loss here. Is there a program that is slapping the OTA update down like TWRP? If so, how do I bypass it?
Thanks in advance.
Use this to update won't loose unlock or root
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2269736
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jrbxx7 said:
Use this to update won't loose unlock or root
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2269736
TaPpEd from my TwEaKeD N2
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good suggestion :good:
I just downloaded a OTA update on my S4, which I hoped was 4.4.4, but it looks like it is still Android 4.4.2. During the update, it says it was also updating KNOX, does anyone know what this update is, I was hoping it was the 4.4.4 upgrade. It did update KNOX to 2.0, so hopefully I can move my work stuff into KNOX now, and not have my basic phone subject to my work's locking policy.
The build number is KOT49H.I545VRUFNG6.
reckert said:
I just downloaded a OTA update on my S4, which I hoped was 4.4.4, but it looks like it is still Android 4.4.2. During the update, it says it was also updating KNOX, does anyone know what this update is, I was hoping it was the 4.4.4 upgrade. It did update KNOX to 2.0, so hopefully I can move my work stuff into KNOX now, and not have my basic phone subject to my work's locking policy.
The build number is KOT49H.I545VRUFNG6.
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It's just small bug fixes for bluetooth connectivity and updates for KNOX 2.0.
Oh noze! Search is borken again.
How do you stop the ota updates
siouxhockey11 said:
How do you stop the ota updates
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Download Titanium Backup and try to freeze SDM, you might have to purchase Titanium Backup Pro to freeze apps.
When it asks just click , No Thanks.. Update won't show again till you manually look for an update in settings.
I see the method for rooting the G6 involves the roll back to G5 and flashing G6. I've already towel rooted G5, will accepting the G6 OTA remove root for me because of the knox update? IOW if I want the LAG, is it better to flash G6 via odin, or can I just accept the OTA?
Thanks for your time!
BrianLayman said:
I see the method for rooting the G6 involves the roll back to G5 and flashing G6. I've already towel rooted G5, will accepting the G6 OTA remove root for me because of the knox update? IOW if I want the LAG, is it better to flash G6 via odin, or can I just accept the OTA?
Thanks for your time!
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You will lose root if you flash NG6 on Odin or Accept the OTA update. The only way to keep root is to follow that flash back method if you want the update and keep root. My advice is not to updated at all. The NG6 update has issues with random reboots.
Fadtydawg said:
You will lose root if you flash NG6 on Odin or Accept the OTA update. The only way to keep root is to follow that flash back method if you want the update and keep root. My advice is not to updated at all. The NG6 update has issues with random reboots.
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I would also advise not taking the NG6 update. I did and I went back to NC5. The random reboots seem to be unfixable and there really wasn't anything new and exciting with NG6, unless you need Knox 2.0 for some crazy reason! STAY WITH NC5!!!
michaely123 said:
Download Titanium Backup and try to freeze SDM, you might have to purchase Titanium Backup Pro to freeze apps.
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I disabled SDM with 'No Bloat". Annoying notification for update is gone.
wulto said:
I disabled SDM with 'No Bloat". Annoying notification for update is gone.
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Will this work for non-rooted phones?
dwmartin6341 said:
Will this work for non-rooted phones?
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No u need a rooted phone.
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When it asks just click , No Thanks.. Update won't show again till you manually look for an update in settings.
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Say what? Mine is prompting me to install the update. It only gives me 2 choices "Install now" and "Install later", and if I choose later, it prompts me to pick a time for it to install. There is also a checkbox that says "Install automatically", which I am leaving unchecked. So, I think it's going to prompt me every day from now on, unless I root and then freeze something.
stuartv said:
Say what? Mine is prompting me to install the update. It only gives me 2 choices "Install now" and "Install later", and if I choose later, it prompts me to pick a time for it to install. There is also a checkbox that says "Install automatically", which I am leaving unchecked. So, I think it's going to prompt me every day from now on, unless I root and then freeze something.
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It will just keep bugging you with the prompt everyday unless you root and freeze the apps.
With my wife's phone I went in to settings, application manager scrolled over to all & found SDM app & forced stopped it. Notification is now gone.
She IS NOT rooted.
I also have it auto hibernate using greenify so it does not come back.
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So is this update buggy for those who were unrooted? Or just for those who were rooted and took the update?
I wonder if we were to unroot, take the update, then follow the root instructions if many of the problems go away?
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My wife's S4 is totally stock and she's had zero problems with the update. Took it earlier today.
After playing around with the update for a while, it looks like we have finally lost write access to the SD card like we were supposed to since the first Kit Kat update. I cannot write to the SD card (unrooted) with any file explorer, and my SMS backup app fails at writing to the SD card.
Zelmo88 said:
I would also advise not taking the NG6 update. I did and I went back to NC5. The random reboots seem to be unfixable and there really wasn't anything new and exciting with NG6, unless you need Knox 2.0 for some crazy reason! STAY WITH NC5!!!
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I read your post..updated for the heck of it..FDR'd it...random rebooted after a a few minutes.
Its been 2 days so far, and the thing reboots 3-4 times a day.
I noticed that sometimes before it reboots, I'll unlock it, and it wont even register my security swipe..Then it reboots..Sometimes, if it does let me in, tapping on an icon does nothing...then it reboots...Other times, like this morning, it was just sitting on the end table, and it rebooted. Boy, you weren't kidding about the reboots.
BTW..All stock.
Here's what I did, worked.
I used the towel root method posted here (and other places I'm sure):
Ok...Forum won't let me post a link because I'm new. So Google "Root Verizon Galaxy S4 SCH-I545 on I545VRUFNG6 Firmware" and it will be the top choice from droid views.
Read the comments section too I posted the issue I was having then reinstalled super SU, flashed the NG6 Kernal and I've been good to go.
Hope it works out for you, I'm on NG6 with root, no errors, no reboots.
Have a Verizon Galaxy S$, 4.4.2, rooted with towelroot. Suddenly it wants to do an update from SCH-1545 to 1546. I already have SDM frozen, what else needs to be frozen?
Option B, unroot, unfreeze all bloat and let it update? Can I reroot?
Try freezing FWupdate too.
Fwupdate does not exist.
Just accidentally allowed the OTA for my VZ S4 4.4.2 that came up this morning. Tried to use towelroot to re-root, but towelroot now says "This device isn't currently supported". I'm assuming it's just a matter of waiting for a new version of towelroot to come out for this new update?
What does your version show after the update?
Hmmm, still shows Android version as 4.4.2. Baseband version is shown as I545VRUFNG6. Kernal version shows 3.4.0. I'm quite a newb when it comes to this so hopefully this was what you were looking for. Thanks in advance for the help!
Any further ideas for disabling this update? Fwupdate is not on my phone
wreckwriter said:
Have a Verizon Galaxy S$, 4.4.2, rooted with towelroot. Suddenly it wants to do an update from SCH-1545 to 1546. I already have SDM frozen, what else needs to be frozen?
Option B, unroot, unfreeze all bloat and let it update? Can I reroot?
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Try this if you have SS installed, try to wipe your Dalvik Cache and Cache.
OK, found fwupgrade.apk. Dunno why Titanium didnt see it but searched and found. Renamed it to .bak. That SHOULD kill the update....
Well, so much for that theory. Upgrade ran anyway. Said successful but version info has not changed. Root is lost and towelroot says no support.
I just froze configupdater and went back to software update under settings and settings crashed.
I pushed the update back to 8am tomorrow, I'll get you know if my phone tries to update or if freezing configupdater worked.
Did you downgrade from NG6 to NC5 then root and go back to NG6.
Phone is very unstable after this "update", frequently reboots and locks up. Avoid if you can.
I have confirmed, freezing 'configupdater' does stop the update from getting pushed.
I will unfreeze it once I find it confirmed in this forum that the update has been fixed and root is available for it.
I FOUND THAT BAD BOY! I found the update software and deleted it. In Root Explorer under Cache there is a folder FOTA and I deleted its contents. The file was placed there last week around the time my phone started to pester me to update. I really hope that's it.
ryant35 said:
I have confirmed, freezing 'configupdater' does stop the update from getting pushed.
I will unfreeze it once I find it confirmed in this forum that the update has been fixed and root is available for it.
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I froze configupdater, but my phone kept trying to update. Once I froze SDM as well, the update attempts stopped.
Ok, I was force updated to NG6, I downgraded to NC5 using a no wipe tar with ODIN. That put my phone into a loop. I did a hard reset to my phone which successfully got me back to NC5. I did a towelroot and installed SuperSU. I changed the files SDM.apk and FWUpgrade.apk to back ups which stopped the NG6 update.
Now I have a security update that keeps showing up in my notification panel. I just clear it and it goes away for a while but always comes back.
What else do I need to freeze to get this to stop.
Thanks.
Similar question. I went from rooted NC5 to stock NC5 using ODIN.
1. I still see Customer Recovery icon on boot
2. I get this same security update msg as well, but it will not install for some reason.
I actually want to go to complete OTA stock. How can I solve above 2 issues?