Stop OTA updates?

[Harrison Carr]

Hey I know you have samsung, but you can do this with an evo, and i believe stock can do it too:

1)You get the little ota alert in your notification center,so you tap it to see what it brings, DO NOT TAP OK, just simply press back to get out of it.
2)next go into settings, system updates, then HTC SOFTWARE UPDATE, or your devices respective manufacturer, and uncheck the "check automatically" box
3) make sure your phone is unplugged from any computer or outlet, then power off phone.
4) remove battery
5) poweron phone, then quickly turn of internet as it botts, (preferably from the lock screen)
6) the ota alert should still be there. poweroff and reboot phone.
7) remove battery again, fro 10 seconds, then place in and boot up,
8) the alert in the pull down menu should now be gone.
9) ENJOY!!!

 

[DroidJay3]

Hello-

I am Rooted on a Galaxy S3 (AT&T) running 4.1.1. I can't locate the main apps to be frozen in order to block auto OTA updates? I can find then via ES File Explorer but not sure how to freeze them since I can't locate the files within Titanium? Please help.

Thank you!

 

[Trees]

Hello-

I am Rooted on a Galaxy S3 (AT&T) running 4.1.1. I can't locate the main apps to be frozen in order to block auto OTA updates? I can find then via ES File Explorer but not sure how to freeze them since I can't locate the files within Titanium? Please help.

Thank you!

Try long pressing (or similar method) on the specific files in ES File Explorer to see if it shows file details or some other clue that will reveal the file path or other information that you could then feed into a Titanium Backup search. Another option to consider is going with Root Explorer. Given you're rooted its a great app to have, and can reveal the apk location among many other things.

I searched for "keychain", without quotes, and Root Explorer returned the following: /system/app/KeyChain.apk

 

[Joe Barry]

You need to freeze/rename:
SDM.apk
FWupdate.apk
Keychain.apk

From my Galaxy Note 2 via Tapatalk

Hello, OK I'm a newbie on here I admit it I just got the S4 from VZW and while I don't want to root it yet, I'd like to know what I app specifically I can d/l that will allow me to freeze those system files so that I can then rename them (hopefully a freebie). The phone is bugging me to do the update, but I don't want to right now I cancel or kill my connection or switch to airplane mode but sooner or later it's going to get me for sure.

Thanks!

 

[gollum18]

Hello-

I am Rooted on a Galaxy S3 (AT&T) running 4.1.1. I can't locate the main apps to be frozen in order to block auto OTA updates? I can find then via ES File Explorer but not sure how to freeze them since I can't locate the files within Titanium? Please help.

Thank you!

Since your rooted go into /etc/security and rename otacerts.zip to otacerts.bak. Then reboot and wipe your cache, as that's where they are stored. That should stop both the update notification and keep you from receiving anymore.

Sent from my SPH-L710 using Tapatalk 2

 

[congaman59]

I have a Galaxy S3 on Sprint. I'm getting the nag for the 4.3 update. I'm rooted so I can't run it. I went in to Titanium Bkup and froze System Update 1.4.34 and Key Chain 4.11, but I'm still getting the nag. I tried to find SDM.apk with root explorer, but I couldn't find it. What do I have to do to stop it?

 

[congaman59]

I did that. renamed the file otacerts.zip to otacerts.bak and wiped the cache partition in recovery. still getting the nag. I am rooted to stock rom with oden 3.04

 

[congaman59]

on my S3 that's on sprint I renamed the file otacerts.zip to otacerts.bak and wiped the cache partition in recovery. still getting the nag.