Who's your carrier? If it's VZW, read this thread on XDA to find out how to disable OTA and KNOX, so you can finally say farewell to that "friend".
LOL to saying goodbye to that friend! Thank you for the great info, other terrific AC members have suggested this to me before as well and I am grateful, but I am not one who feels comfortable changing those type of settings on my phone.
Just something to think about... there are some carriers that will force the update after so many refusals. I haven't experienced this first hand but have heard of it on various forums. With LP 5.1.x coming soon, perhaps they'll have fixed all the 5.0 bugs... hopefully. However, for me it was the interface that I didn't like as I initially took the LP update but reverted to KK very quickly! One last thing, if perchance an update does get forced on your phone, please be aware that you will not get a chance to revert back to KK as they have also sent a block to downgrade. This is why blocking OTA and KNOX is important for those wishing to remain on KK. Good luck!
I am on Verizon. Thank you again, as I really truly appreciate the info and encouragement and I REALLY do want to stay put on KK for right now at least, but I am just not comfortable playing with those settings and may have to keep this phone for a long time if they strip the Note 5 of replaceable battery and SD card (that's another thread) .....this is the very first time in allll my years of smart phones that I have ever stalled an upgrade install. I am not stubborn rather nervous that I will mess something up!
I understand where you're coming from as I felt the same way when I reverted to KK from LP. My phone was new at the time and I was very worried that something might go wrong. Tense is and understatement! Compared to the reversion, disabling OTA/KNOX is a cake walk. In any case, the decision is yours and I highly recommend you read the entire thread before deciding. I just wanted to give you a heads up as you do sound like you want to stay on KK.
Thank you very much for taking the time to clearly detail out this info as I know you have done before! I really appreciate it and I have copied and saved it in case I do decide to be brave and do it!You can use the original Block Knox and OTA zip file from my post here (also linked below in step #1). It's a lot more concise than the debloater tool that replaced it (since it only disables Knox and the OTA updater). It's a super easy very low risk process, the worst that could happen is it doesn't work in disabling the OTA updater. It's what I used originally to disable my OTA updater back in December using a Windows PC.
1. Download the zip file to a location on your computer
2. Go to that location and right click the zip file and look for an option to extract its files to a folder of your choosing
3. Plug the phone into the PC using the data/charging cable that came with the phone
4. Enable Developer options (by tapping it 3-5 times in quick succession under settings), then enable USB debugging
5. Go to the location of the extracted zip files and run the "Block Knox and OTA" bat file. A black command line window will open, follow the prompts to complete the process
6. To confirm the OTA updater is disabled, on the phone go to Settings and the "Software update" option should be gone (and no more prompts to install an update!)
7. Go back to Developer options and uncheck USB debugging
In the end if you ever want to re-enable the updater, to get an OTA update, just do the same process but run the Enable Knox and OTA bat file instead.
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