[OBSOLETE] Disable OTA update notification

iamelton · Nov 17, 2012

When an OTA update becomes available, there is a recurrent notification prompting to upgrade.
The below method tricks the OS into thinking that it is already at the latest version, in effect stopping the update notification from appearing.

I am not responsible for anything you do with your device.

Pre-requisite

Device must be rooted

Steps

Download FOTAKill apk
Put the apk in "/system/app"
Set proper file permissions (644, or rw-r--r--) for the apk
Clear "/cache" (e.g. boot into CWM and clear cache)
Reboot

Check "Settings > About tablet > System updates" and it should show "up to date" now.
Note that after rebooting there may still be a notification to update, after clearing no further notification will appear.

Rollback

To re-enable OTA update notification, delete the apk and reboot!

wilx · Nov 18, 2012

iamelton said:
lately since Android 4.2 OTA update became available for my device, there was a recurrent update notification prompting me to update..
as i dont want to upgrade yet due to app incompatibility issues not being resolved, i asked for help and was given a solution after searching and reading some posts..
it worked for me and i would like to share it here as i found that there were other users looking for a solution like i did..

ur device needs to be rooted to follow the steps below..

steps:
(1) download FOTAKill (firmware over-the-air kill) apk
(2) put the apk in "/system/app" with a file explorer
(3) set proper file permissions (644) for the apk
(4) clear "/cache" (i booted into CWM and cleared cache there)
(5) reboot
(6) check "Settings > About tablet > System updates".. should tell you "up to date" now..

note that after rebooting i still got a notification on update, but after clearing it there was no further notification since then..

Thanks,worked great, I didn't even need to clear the cache. On reboot, it said updating.... I panicked for a second, but it only reported for a coupe of seconds, then once booted, it said update available. I cleared the message and now the update has gone! In about phone - system update it reports upto date

Salty Wagyu · Nov 18, 2012

Worked great, better than messing around with Google services framework.

yaroslav_s · Nov 18, 2012

Another possibility to get rid of OTA updates reminders on 4.1.2:

In the file "/system/build.prop" find the string starting "ro.build.fingerprint" and after symbol "=" add the following "google/nakasi/grouper:4.2/JOP40C/XXXXXX:user/release-keys"
Instead of XXXXXX place the figures from the string "ro.build.version.incremental"
Make the nandroid backup prior to this.
For editing file use Root Explorer.
After editing - reboot and connect to the Internet - the reminding should stop.

mikebz5 · Nov 18, 2012

OR... download Autorun manager from the Play store and disable the following in Services( must enable system settings in preferences)

Receiver com.google.android.gsf.update.SystemUpdateService

Requires root access

andro54 · Nov 18, 2012

wilx said:
Thanks,worked great, I didn't even need to clear the cache. On reboot, it said updating.... I panicked for a second, but it only reported for a coupe of seconds, then once booted, it said update available. I cleared the message and now the update has gone! In about phone - system update it reports upto date

Same here thank you iamelton!

rmn6 · Nov 23, 2012

andro54 said:
Same here thank you iamelton!

Same here didn't need to clear cache. The whole thing took about 30 seconds.
Thank you

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iamelton · Nov 23, 2012

the clear cache part is for those who might have already downloaded the update package file (which is about 80MB) by the ota service.. it removes this file and frees up some cache space..

ExploreMN · Nov 23, 2012

What does FOTAkill actually do to your system?

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rmn6 · Nov 26, 2012

ExploreMN said:
What does FOTAkill actually do to your system?

That's a GREAT question.

iamelton do you know the specifics? It would also be interesting to know what permission if any are effected with this method.

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iamelton · Nov 26, 2012

sorry but i have no idea what it actually does to the system, apart from the obvious function of stopping the OTA service..

from this page, it requires the following permissions..

Code:

android.permission.RECEIVE_BOOT_COMPLETED
com.google.android.providers.gsf.permission.WRITE_GSERVICES
com.google.android.providers.gsf.permission.READ_GSERVICES

datorprofessor · Nov 28, 2012

It worked. I follwed your insttrucction. I made file permission to 755 instead. Is there any different? I already had 4.2 but not that one with multi user. I think the update will partition the SDcard, but maybe it already did from 4.1.2 to 4.2 with sdcard0 and emulated. That iswhat I already have. But not the multiuser. I was wondering if it will also block update 4.3 4.4 etc? ??

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iamelton · Nov 28, 2012

datorprofessor said:
It worked. I follwed your insttrucction. I made file permission to 755 instead. Is there any different? I already had 4.2 but not that one with multi user. I think the update will partition the SDcard, but maybe it already did from 4.1.2 to 4.2 with sdcard0 and emulated. That iswhat I already have. But not the multiuser. I was wondering if it will also block update 4.3 4.4 etc? ??

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afaik it should stop any future OTA updates regardless of android versions..
and granting permission 755 is more than the needed 644, but that does no harm..

i thought 4.2 was the version with multi-user support, but then im not on 4.2 yet so cant tell much about it..

gelhack · Nov 29, 2012

What Google did with OTG / Stickmount / DirectoryBind on 4.2 was a real buzz kill, so I don't want it now
either. I'm not going to hold my breath on this, but I'm hoping that some future update might allow real
data sharing on a USB stick, so I might eventually want to do an update. My question is this:

If I install FOTAKill to stop the notices etc, will uninstalling it allow me to update again?

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iamelton · Nov 30, 2012

gelhack said:
What Google did with OTG / Stickmount / DirectoryBind on 4.2 was a real buzz kill, so I don't want it now
either. I'm not going to hold my breath on this, but I'm hoping that some future update might allow real
data sharing on a USB stick, so I might eventually want to do an update. My question is this:

If I install FOTAKill to stop the notices etc, will uninstalling it allow me to update again?

Sent from my Nexus 7 using xda app-developers app

i think removing the apk from /system/app/ should allow OTA notifications to show again, though i have not tried it yet..

btw, we have the same reason as why not to upgrade..

jack00000 · Nov 30, 2012

I used this from other thread, forgot where it is.

"Install Autostarts app.
Go to "After Startup"
Scroll down until you see "Google Services Framework"
There should be several of them. For me it was the third one. Touch it and read the bottom of the popup to find out. It will say "Receiver com.google.android.gsf.update.SystemUpdateService. ....(you get the point)
Disable it. Done..."

Peaceful on 4.1.2.

helloterence · Nov 30, 2012

There's another alternative way that I used that worked:

In the file "/system/build.prop" find the string starting "ro.build.fingerprint" and after symbol "=" add the following "google/nakasi/grouper:4.2/JOP40C/XXXXXX:user/release-keys"
Instead of XXXXXX place the figures from the string "ro.build.version.incremental"
Make the nandroid backup prior to this.
For editing file use Root Explorer.
After editing - reboot and connect to the Internet - the reminding should stop.

iamelton · Nov 30, 2012

helloterence said:
There's another alternative way that I used that worked:

In the file "/system/build.prop" find the string starting "ro.build.fingerprint" and after symbol "=" add the following "google/nakasi/grouper:4.2/JOP40C/XXXXXX:user/release-keys"
Instead of XXXXXX place the figures from the string "ro.build.version.incremental"
Make the nandroid backup prior to this.
For editing file use Root Explorer.
After editing - reboot and connect to the Internet - the reminding should stop.

thx for ur method..

i suspect this method only applies to the OTA of android 4.2, which means future OTA alerts of, say, 4.2.1 will pop up again..

helloterence · Dec 1, 2012

iamelton said:
thx for ur method..

i suspect this method only applies to the OTA of android 4.2, which means future OTA alerts of, say, 4.2.1 will pop up again..

Nope. I'm still on 4.1.2 and haven't gotten any notification about 4.2.1.

gelhack · Dec 2, 2012

I'm assuming that updates to 4.2 and 4.2.1 are incremental, and as such you couldn't install or get a notification for 4.2.1 until you installed 4.2. So any method that stopped 4.2 notices would also stop 4.2.1 notices.

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