Question Auto Updated Even Though Auto Update Was Off.

[Moxiipc]

Hello there,

I am using the A53 5G from AT&T I got the phone in March and since I got it I turned off auto update system in developer mode. From the beginning of March till today my phone never updated then just before I logged in here my phone auto restarted at 80% battery and automatically applied the software update.

I double even triple checked to make sure that auto update system was off and it was but it still happened. Could I have done anything in addition to prevent the phone from updating?

I don't understand why this happened does anyone have any insight on this? Maybe a samsung policy like after 60 days of not updating the phone forcefully updates? I really have no clue and am just trying to figure out if I could have done more.

I know they changed their policy with downgrading but I do not know if it can still be done revert the update and downgrade because I would like to roll back the update if I can.

 

[blackhawk]

The OTA update app acts about the same as malware and has every permission under the sun.
Use a package disabler or adb edit to kill it.
These are the two, the com.ws.dm one is what does firmware upgrades.

 

[Moxiipc]

Thank you very much this is very important to know I appreciate it.

 

[blackhawk]

Thank you very much this is very important to know I appreciate it.

You're welcome. It's quite the terror until you tone it down.

 

[Moxiipc]

You're welcome. It's quite the terror until you tone it down.

Hey quick question so how do I edit it with ADB I was looking up how and would running this work?

adb shell pm disable-user --user 0 <package_to_disable>

 

[blackhawk]

Hey quick question so how do I edit it with ADB I was looking up how and would running this work?

adb shell pm disable-user --user 0 <package_to_disable>

I haven't had to use it.
Have some links though:
https://www.xda-developers.com/disable-system-app-bloatware-android/amp/


https://forum.xda-developers.com/t/...-app-manager-debloat-tool-for-android.4147837/


https://www.naldotech.com/samsung-galaxy-s21-ultra-bloatware/


https://www.droidthunder.com/adb-installer/


https://forum.xda-developers.com/t/s21-ultra-debloat.4223381/page-3

 

[Moxiipc]

The links are all different how to's for different adb you got ladp a wireless debugger app, a gui version of an adb, & a how to install adb from sdk

I just wanted to know if running that disable command is sufficient enough because it only disables it on the profile and not at the system so I didn't know if I would need to root the device to gets to truly disable it.

 

[blackhawk]

The links are all different how to's for different adb you got ladp a wireless debugger app, a gui version of an adb, & a how to install adb from sdk

I just wanted to know if running that disable command is sufficient enough because it only disables it on the profile and not at the system so I didn't know if I would need to root the device to gets to truly disable it.

All I got... using Package Disabler is a lot easier.
You can ask AT&T advanced tech support to turn off OTA updates on their end. They can. I've done that before too.