[HOW TO] Disable Amazon OTA (Over The Air) System Updates Noob (Simple) Version

prokennexusa · Jan 28, 2013

[ROOT][HOW TO] Install Google Play Noob Version - Reinstall After 10.2.6 Update

Kindle2 said:
Hi,

First of all i would like to congratulate you on an awesome website and assistance with everything.

I have rooted my kindle fire 2 now for a week or so following your Noob guides. I have installed Google play, flash, disabled OTA, GO Launcher EX, basically all the noob guides apart from Google apps with speech recognition.

So far fantastic and enjoying using my kindle fire as a proper tablet once again thanks to you guys especially prokennexusa.

Yesterday i installed some games from the Amazon store (free). When i switched the kindle on the next time it did an upgrade now it does not have the Go Launcher, Google play has stopped working, it shows the icon but when selecting it flashes and then does not open anything.

I have tried using Root Check Basic which confirms my suspicions that whatever the upgrade did it removed the root. I assumed when i followed the OTA guide it would disable any updates? My question is now will i need to follow the root guide again from the beginning or what would you advise i do now? How can i stop the update from happening again? (or shall i stay away from the Amazon store for apps/games to download as this is what i believe caused the problem.

Thank You once again and for your response in advance

modmyphone,

Wow, thank you for the positive feedback, we are honored to have this medium to post our tutorials and general thoughts - if you ever require training or more detailed support please give us a call.

I guess you did not apply this script?

OK, so Google Play Store crashes after the 10.2.6 Amazon OTA update, correct? First, before we recommend what to do to fix the problem, be sure to apply the OTA Script after you get everything the way you like: http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=2086450 - we were very careful to only disable OTA. Having said this, nothing else is effected, so after you apply the patch you Kindle you will notice the Kindle runs faster and has increased battery time.

Hmmm, I am a bit suspicious regarding Root, so let's do a manual inspection. Please open up Root Explorer or ES File Explorer and navigate to /system/app/ do you see Superuser.apk? Good, let check it's partner in /system/xbin/ do you see su? If yes, Root Checker Basic is telling you the truth. If not, you know, go here to Root the Kindle Fire 2: http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=2069117. OK, we have gotten this out of the way, next we need to fix Google Play Store. Since I am sure Amazon removed the Dependant services, let's replace the Network Services:

Play Step 1 Download GoogleServicesFramework.apk, AccountAndSyncSettings.apk and GoogleLoginService.apk to your Desktop

Play Step 2 Using Windows Explorer move GoogleServicesFramework.apk, AccountAndSyncSettings.apk and GoogleLoginService.apk from your desktop to /Kindle Drive/Download.

Play Step 3 Using ES File Explorer app, open ES File Explorer on your Kindle. Go to the Setting Menu on ES File Explorer. Choose Root Settings, Select all the options here. A Superuser window will Popup, be sure to click "Allow".

Play Step 4 Now on the Kindle Fire HD use ES File Explorer to move GoogleServicesFramework.apk, AccountAndSyncSettings.apk and GoogleLoginService.apk from /sdcard/Download to /system/app. If there are old versions just over-right the old applications found.

Play Step 5 Next change the permissions on GoogleServicesFramework.apk, AccountAndSyncSettings.apk and GoogleLoginService.apk by long pressing each apk until you see an option window. Select Permissions and change all 3 apk permissions to Owner: Read-Write, Group: Read and Others: Read.

Play Step 6 Install all 3 apk's: GoogleServicesFramework.apk, AccountAndSyncSettings.apk and GoogleLoginService.apk by clicking on each on and choose Install. Ignore any install errors.

Play Step 7 Reboot the Kindle

After step 7, you are now back at your desktop. Let's try Google Play to see if the program (apk) is damaged. Go ahead and launch Google Play which you will find in /Apps - be sure you are on the Device and not the Cloud. Does Google Play launch? No, let's try to Reset the App. Let's have you pull down the upper status bar, select More+, next find Applications and next Installed Applications. Scroll down to Google - go ahead and click on all the Google Services, there may be up to 5 services total. Clear the Data on all services. Reboot. Try Google Play Store again, does it work? No, let's fix the rest of Google Play Store here:

Play Step 8 Download Vending.apk to /Kindle Drive/Download

Play Step 9 Using ES File Explorer app on the Fire. Move Vending.apk from /sdcard/Download to /system/app. If you find an old copy of Vending.apk, just over-right the old file. Next Using ES File Explorer or Root Explorer, change permissions set to Owner: Read-Write, Group: Read and Others: Read.

Play Step 10 Install Vending.apk

Play Step 11 Google Play should show up in your Kindle Fire HD Apps. Tap on it and follow the steps with sign-in and agreeing to the terms. This is an OLD Market so move on to Step 12

Play Step 12 Download Gplay3.8.17.apk to /Kindle Drive/Download

Play Step 13 Using ES File Explorer, go to /sdcard/Gplay3.8.17.apk select Gplay3.8.17.apk choose Install. This will upgrade the the android market to version 3.8.17 Google Play market.

Play Step 14 Download Phonesky.apk to /Kindle Drive/Download

Play Step 15 Using ES File Explorer, go to /sdcard/Phonesky.apk select Phonesky.apk choose Install. This will upgrade the the android market to version 3.10.10 Google Play market.

Play Step 16 Reboot the Kindle Fire.

So how about now, does Google Play Store Launch now? If no I will begin to growl

Please respond either way so we know if we solved your issue.

prokennexusa · Jan 28, 2013

Disable Amazon OTA (Over The Air) System Updates Noob (Simple) Version

Gilly10 said:
No problem, take your time, your a credit to this community

Gilly10,

So, how did the script go on your Kindle? Was it easy to deploy?

Gilly10 · Jan 28, 2013

prokennexusa said:
Gilly10,

So, how did the script go on your Kindle? Was it easy to deploy?

Yeah easy to deploy, no real errors, just didn't know if deleting the script afterwards rendered it ineffective, does it run in the background every now & then or does it need to be ran only once or every reboot?

I'm back on 7.2.3 now & have the script still on the device (I didn't delete it after running it this time).

Kindle2 · Jan 28, 2013

Reinstall After 10.2.6 Update

Thank You Chris for your assistance and swift response.

I have followed your advice and it looked like the root had been removed (superuser.apk) missing and root access was saying it’s not rooted. I have had to go through the root install guide again, Amazon update disable script, then the Google play full install guide and then finally the go launcher guide to finish as this was also removed.

I have definitely followed the Amazon OTA disable guide once again, is there a way to make it definitely won’t update again and undo all the hard work?

Thank You once again and i hope this can help anyone else that has had this update and undid the rooting and stopped Google play from working.

prokennexusa · Jan 29, 2013

Disable Amazon OTA (Over The Air) System Updates Noob (Simple) Version

Gilly10 said:
Yeah easy to deploy, no real errors, just didn't know if deleting the script afterwards rendered it ineffective, does it run in the background every now & then or does it need to be ran only once or every reboot?

I'm back on 7.2.3 now & have the script still on the device (I didn't delete it after running it this time).

Gilly10,

Sounds like you have everything under control. Thank you for posting an update, we were wondering if you saw our post to you. Take care, have a great night.:good:

prokennexusa · Jan 29, 2013

Disable Amazon OTA (Over The Air) System Updates Noob (Simple) Version

Kindle2 said:
Thank You Chris for your assistance and swift response.

I have followed your advice and it looked like the root had been removed (superuser.apk) missing and root access was saying it’s not rooted. I have had to go through the root install guide again, Amazon update disable script, then the Google play full install guide and then finally the go launcher guide to finish as this was also removed.

I have definitely followed the Amazon OTA disable guide once again, is there a way to make it definitely won’t update again and undo all the hard work?

Thank You once again and i hope this can help anyone else that has had this update and undid the rooting and stopped Google play from working.

Kindle2,

Do you have a Kindle Fire HD 7", Kindle Fire HD 8.9" or a Kindle Fire 2? There appears to be a new service on the Kindle Fire HD 8.9" that we need to add to the script. Before we add the update, please advise us on the Kindle you own. Also, what is your current software version? Is it 8.2.4?

We may need to get more aggressive on the script.

prokennexusa · Jan 29, 2013

Disable Amazon OTA (Over The Air) System Updates Noob - Updated Script at 8pm PST

Kindle2 said:
Thank You Chris for your assistance and swift response.

I have followed your advice and it looked like the root had been removed (superuser.apk) missing and root access was saying it’s not rooted. I have had to go through the root install guide again, Amazon update disable script, then the Google play full install guide and then finally the go launcher guide to finish as this was also removed.

I have definitely followed the Amazon OTA disable guide once again, is there a way to make it definitely won’t update again and undo all the hard work?

Thank You once again and i hope this can help anyone else that has had this update and undid the rooting and stopped Google play from working.

Kindle2,

I am sorry, I just noticed your subject line, you have a Kindle Fire 2 with 10.2.6, we are updating the script now and will post a more aggressive copy before the end of the day, this copy will disable more items but will completely cost all the back doors. Many people may ask, why did you not post the aggressive one to begin with? The reason is simple, it effects Whispersync, this version does not effect this service.

prokennexusa · Jan 30, 2013

Disable Amazon OTA (Over The Air) System Updates Noob (Simple) Version

To All -

The script was updated 01-30-2013 to include some additional back door services that Amazon used to deploy the Kindle Fire 2 10.2.6 update.

Please run the script again to disable these new services. This applies to All Kindles.

Gilly10 · Jan 30, 2013

prokennexusa said:
To All -

The script was updated 01-30-2013 to include some additional back door services that Amazon used to deploy the Kindle Fire 2 10.2.6 update.

Please run the script again to disable these new services. This applies to All Kindles.

Thanks, great work

BTW is this what the enable.ota.sh script should look like I noticed you didn't upload a revised version yet?

#!Requires Titanium Backup#!/system/bin/sh
pm enable "com.amazon.dcp/.ota.OTAUpdateMessageHandler"
pm enable "com.amazon.dcp/.ota.InventoryUploadService"
pm enable "com.amazon.dcp/.ota.UpdatesLookupService"
pm enable "com.amazon.dcp/.ota.OTAService"
pm enable "com.amazon.dcp/.ota.AppStateMonitorService"
pm enable "com.amazon.dcp/.ota.CheckForOTAUpdatesService"
pm enable "com.amazon.dcp/.ota.ViewUpdateActivity"
pm enable "com.amazon.dcp/.ota.OTAStatusActivity"
pm enable "com.amazon.dcp/.ota.ResetOTAMessageHandler"
pm enable "com.amazon.dcp/.ota.InventoryUploadService$InventoryUploadReceiver"
pm enable "com.amazon.dcp/.ota.UpdatesLookupService$MountStatusChangedReceiver"
pm enable "com.amazon.dcp/.ota.OTAService$OTAWakeupReceiver"
pm enable "com.amazon.dcp/.ota.OTAService$OTADedupeReceiver"
pm enable "com.amazon.dcp/.ota.OTAService$OTAInstallNowReceiver"

Note: The spaces in the 4th & 5th off last "Receiver" text is due to forum formatting.

prokennexusa · Jan 30, 2013

Disable Amazon OTA (Over The Air) System Updates Noob (Simple) Version - Enable-ota

Gilly10 said:
Thanks, great work

BTW is this what the enable.ota.sh script should look like I noticed you didn't upload a revised version yet?

Note: The spaces in the 4th & 5th off last "Receiver" text is due to forum formatting.

Gilly10,

We uploaded it this morning, so if you download the latest copy, you will see the updates.

Thank you for advising us of the problem, it appears our Dropbox server did not refresh properly so we changed the method used to upload the new script. Please try again and let us know if you finally see the enable-ota.sh - thank you for being an active participant in our threads.

Slimepuppy · Feb 1, 2013

Just Got OTA Updated!

Hey Chris,

My Fire HD 8.9 just got 'hit' by Amazon - and I used the currently available disable-ota.sh yesterday evening after rooting and installing Google Apps.

This 'spy vs. spy' thing is going to be fun, isn't it?

All righty then...back to rooting, then GApps, then disable OTA...again...

Crud...

---
edit...

You have GOT to be kidding me!

I just completed another root, wiped the cache/user files, and ran the latest to disable the OTA updates. I rebooted to push the Google apps to the device and it rebooted itself and did ANOTHER OTA update. Back with V8.1.4_user_1413620 and no root access. :crying:

Nexus 10 is looking better this morning...but maybe it's the crossed eyes and lack of caffeine.

Gilly10 · Feb 1, 2013

Slimepuppy said:
You have GOT to be kidding me!

I just completed another root, wiped the cache/user files, and ran the latest to disable the OTA updates. I rebooted to push the Google apps to the device and it rebooted itself and did ANOTHER OTA update. Back with V8.1.4_user_1413620 and no root access. :crying:

Nexus 10 is looking better this morning...but maybe it's the crossed eyes and lack of caffeine.

Same happened with me although I was downgrading my KFHD 7", got it all set up & BAM! I was hit with an update, did it a second time though & it never seemed to updated, maybe it was user error first time round anyway I'm back on the latest version now, missed a few of the new features, just hope the new script works.

m4rk4 · Feb 1, 2013

@prokennexusa

Why the requirement for Titanium Backup? The script only seems to use the android the pm (package manager) command.

Kindle2 · Feb 1, 2013

Thank You

I have applied the new script, hopefully amazon updates stay away

persano · Feb 1, 2013

Gilly10 said:
Same happened with me although I was downgrading my KFHD 7", got it all set up & BAM! I was hit with an update, did it a second time though & it never seemed to updated, maybe it was user error first time round anyway I'm back on the latest version now, missed a few of the new features, just hope the new script works.

before doing it amazon update was downloading i thinks, that why when i restore my device i put it in aircraft mode when it boot

Krsmqn · Feb 2, 2013

Chris, here is a picture of the smanager.

*Edit* My bad ( Noted in the post below )

As always, thanks.

Sent from my KFTT using xda app-developers app

Krsmqn · Feb 2, 2013

I'm dumb. I forgot to unzip the script. #Facepalm. It worked like a charm.

Sent from my KFTT using xda app-developers app

CheriePie · Feb 5, 2013

prokennexusa said:
To All-

We are getting a number of people asking about the Amazon Update service. The question is: "Does this script disable other

applications from Updating?" The answer is: "No, the scirpt only disables OTA. The following Updates are NOT disabled:

1. Google Play Update for all purchased applications: Enabled
2. Google Play Application Update: Enabled
3. Amazon App Store: Enabled
4. Amazon Download Service: Enabled
5. Whispersync: Enabled
6. Music Automatic Download Service: Enabled
7. Silk Cache Service: Enabled
8. Video Download Service and Update: Enabled

We hope this clarifies the script functions.

You might want to add this information to the OP (original post). I saw where you said you were going to, but it's not there FYI.

Also, do you know anything about Amazon GameCircle syncing and how that might be affected, if at all? I believe it just uses Whispersync which should still be enabled according to the above, but on moving from my Kindle Fire (1st Gen) over to my Fire HD 8.9, I found that my progress for Monster Park didn't move over with me even though it uses the GameCircle service.

I suppose I could try re-enabling all this OTA stuff and see what happens, but I thought I'd see if you knew anything before I started playing around like that.

ETA - actually per posts later in this thread, and the 1-30 update, it looks like perhaps Whispersync may be affected.

Note this is NOT an option for me since I read my ebooks across multiple devices and need Whispersync to keep my place.

prokennexusa · Feb 5, 2013

Disable Amazon OTA (Over The Air) System Updates Noob (Simple) Version >

Slimepuppy said:
Hey Chris,

My Fire HD 8.9 just got 'hit' by Amazon - and I used the currently available disable-ota.sh yesterday evening after rooting and installing Google Apps.

This 'spy vs. spy' thing is going to be fun, isn't it?

All righty then...back to rooting, then GApps, then disable OTA...again...

Crud...

---
edit...

You have GOT to be kidding me!

I just completed another root, wiped the cache/user files, and ran the latest to disable the OTA updates. I rebooted to push the Google apps to the device and it rebooted itself and did ANOTHER OTA update. Back with V8.1.4_user_1413620 and no root access. :crying:

Nexus 10 is looking better this morning...but maybe it's the crossed eyes and lack of caffeine.

Slimepuppy,

I am going to add this to the script - to wipe the Kinldeupdate folder prior to the patch. You are correct, this is a real cat and mouse game.

prokennexusa · Feb 5, 2013

Disable Amazon OTA (Over The Air) System Updates Noob (Simple) Version

Gilly10 said:
Same happened with me although I was downgrading my KFHD 7", got it all set up & BAM! I was hit with an update, did it a second time though & it never seemed to updated, maybe it was user error first time round anyway I'm back on the latest version now, missed a few of the new features, just hope the new script works.

Gilly10,

We are watching closely - we need to add a flush the Kindleupdate folder to our script next.

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