[GUIDE] Disable KNOX, OTA Updates, and other apps without root!

[tyiphius]

I was browsing the Verizon forum and came across a thread about disabling KNOX and OTA. I can't leave the base here for a few hours, so i figured I'd make a friendly tutorial. I have edited the script with some extra packages for KNOX that was listed in the comment. I will also explain how to edit the script to disable packages that you want. I not a programmer or anything. Since everyone uses a different combination of apps I will just explain how to disable the ones you don't want. Of course you will ADB set up for your phone, and USB debugging enabled on your phone. Disabling the package will remove the icon from your phone. It is not uninstalled, just disabled.

How to disable KNOX and the OTA:

1. Simply Download This file
2. Run script as administrator

Disabled Packages

com.sec.knox.bridge
com.sec.knox.seandroid
com.sec.enterprise.knox.attestation
com.sec.knox.knoxsetupwizardclient
com.samsung.klmsagent
com.samsung.sdm
com.logiagroup.logiadeck
com.policydm
com.sec.knox.app.container
com.sec.knox.containeragent
com.sec.knox.eventsmanager
com.sec.knox.store
com.sec.knox.knoxsetupwizardclient
com.sec.knox.setupwizardstub
com.samsung.knox.rcp.components

How to add your own packages to the script to be disabled

1. Go to your ADB (Your ADB maybe in a different location). Hold the CTRL button and right click anywhere in the folder. The submenu will appear, select Open command window here

2. Command Prompt window will appear. Type " adb shell pm list packages -f>> packages.txt. A txt file will be created in your adb folder with all the packages your phone has.

3. Right click on the script you downloaded earlier, on the submenu select edit, a notepad window will appear.

4. Under the list of packages to be disabled, start a new line, type adb shell "pm block. Then go into the packages.txt and select the package you want to disable. Copy and past that package after block and add a double quotation mark at the end of the line.
(NOTE: Before the package name is the apk that the package is for. For this example com.yellowpages.android.ypmobile is for YPMobile_ATT.apk). Repeat for all packages you wish to disable.

5. Save the Script

6. Run the new script as administrator, The package you put in the script will say "true", which means its disabled.

 

[pr0cl1v1ty]

I was browsing the Verizon forum and came across a thread about disabling KNOX and OTA. I can't leave the base here for a few hours, so i figured I'd make a friendly tutorial. I have edited the script with some extra packages for KNOX that was listed in the comment. I will also explain how to edit the script to disable packages that you want. I not a programmer or anything. Since everyone uses a different combination of apps I will just explain how to disable the ones you don't want. Of course you will ADB set up for your phone, and USB debugging enabled on your phone. Disabling the package will remove the icon from your phone. It is not uninstalled, just disabled.

How to disable KNOX and the OTA:

1. Simply Download This file
2. Run script as administrator

How to add your own packages to the script to be disabled

1. Go to your ADB (Your ADB maybe in a different location). Hold the CTRL button and right click anywhere in the folder. The submenu will appear, select Open command window here

2. Command Prompt window will appear. Type " adb shell pm list packages -f>> packages.txt. A txt file will be created in your adb folder with all the packages your phone has.

3. Right click on the script you downloaded earlier, on the submenu select edit, a notepad window will appear.

4. Under the list of packages to be disabled, start a new line, type adb shell "pm block. Then go into the packages.txt and select the package you want to disable. Copy and past that package after block and add a double quotation mark at the end of the line.
(NOTE: Before the package name is the apk that the package is for. For this example com.yellowpages.android.ypmobile is for YPMobile_ATT.apk). Repeat for all packages you wish to disable.

5. Save the Script

6. Run the new script as administrator, The package you put in the script will say "true", which means its disabled.

Thank you so much for bringing this over.

What would be even better, would be a list of the commands with each detailed about what it is disabling... this would be amazing

 

[sweetboy02125]

Which one is OTA services?? I would like to leave it on in case 5.01 pops up

 

[Suntzupa]

Thanks. Will try this when I get home. Bloatware here I come!

 

[insang-droid]

Moving this over from other thread to keep it all in one place

This is what worked for me.

Source - THANKS! Misterxtc
http://forum.xda-developers.com/note...-root-t2972263
Thanks mlin for showing me this thread.

Download the ADB Fastboot from here
And give THANKS! to Snoop05
http://forum.xda-developers.com/show....php?t=2588979

Download Samsung Android USB drivers here
http://developer.samsung.com/technic...o?v=T000000117

Tool I used to identify the package - FX file browser
Folders I looked in to locate the packages/apps
\system\app
\system\priv-app
In these folders I looked at the the files and saw that they were ENABLED. After block command they were no longer ENABLED. I also saw active applications disappear from the Application manager.

DISCLAIMER: I DO NOT TAKE RESPONSIBILITY IF YOU DAMANGE YOUR PHONE. THIS WORKED FOR ME AND IS CURRENTLY WORKING, BUT DOES NOT GURANTEE THAT IT WILL WORK FOR EVERYONE'S SETUP.
ATTEMPT THIS AT YOUR OWN RISK.

My PC is windows 7 pro.


1. PC: download and install Samsung Android USB Drivers
2. NOTE4 : go to developer settings and turn on usb debugging
3. PC/NOTE4: connect phone to PC and unlock (screen lock). Set to MTP for USB connection settings
4. download and install 15sec ADB/FASTBOOT
5. Open command prompt as administrator
6. type "ADB devices" enter
7. you should see response "List of devices attached" and next line with ID and device
8. If you see the device listed then copy and past the commands from the excel spread sheet. You can do this individually for confirmation or you can copy the whole column and let it do it's thing.


Every item on the spreadsheet I did on my phone and confirmed that it's off. I've been using it for couple of days and had no errors or force close of any apps.

XLS spreasheet updated 12/22

 

[tyiphius]

Which one is OTA services?? I would like to leave it on in case 5.01 pops up

com.samsung.sdm should be the one. I just looked it up

 

[insang-droid]

I blocked this package as well. The icon is same as the ATT software updater.
Can't attach photo. So the package I disabled is "com.ws.dm"



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[FiniteTime]

I blocked this package as well. The icon is same as the ATT software updater.
Can't attach photo. So the package I disabled is "com.ws.dm"



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When I go into app info for the updater I saw "com.ws.dm", but I wonder if it does anything else. Has anyone seen any problems after disabling it?

 

[insang-droid]

When I go into app info for the updater I saw "com.ws.dm", but I wonder if it does anything else. Has anyone seen any problems after disabling it?

Here's excel spreadsheet of what I blocked. No issues so far.

 

[ryudosama]

Subscribed and thanked.

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[silentecho13]

Can you Disable the Gear VR service and shell without any issues? It's frequently on the top of my Android System battery usage, which leads me to believe it's running down my battery a bit. I won't ever own a Gear anyway.

 

[NYYFan02]

This is awesome; I can tell a lot of the stuff was disabled just b/c they stopped greenifying when I run auto-hibernate, like the android email and exchange services. Anyone know what the quick connect path is? I've been looking and can't find it, it seems to always be running on me in the background (even though I have it off).

 

[KaiserDB]

For the life of me I can't get adb to work for this thing.
I've got the newest drivers, USB debugging on. My computer doesn't prompt me to allow anything when I connect though.
Anybody wanna help this dumdum?

 

[NYYFan02]

Follow the instructions here, i found them a bit more helpful: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2976386

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[KaiserDB]

Follow the instructions here, i found them a bit more helpful: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2976386

Sent from my SAMSUNG-SM-N910A using Tapatalk

Much obliged, that link had a step I was missing.

 

[lucidvtec]

Big thx


Got rid of a bunch of crap

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[xlr8shun]

my running list of things I have disabled. I will update it as I disable more things

EDIT: UPDATED LIST OF REMOVED BLOAT: (updated 12-30-14)

com.yahoo.mobile.client.android.yahoo.att
com.cequint.ecid
com.samsung.android.scloud.quota
com.att.android.digitallocker
com.fmm.dm
com.yahoo.mobile.client.android.yahoo.att
flipboard.boxer.app
com.samsung.android.keyguardwallpaperupdator
com.samsung.advp.imssettings
com.samsung.android.scloud.sync
com.sec.android.allshare.service.fileshare
com.sec.penup
com.sec.android.widgetapp.digitalclockeasy
com.sec.android.stub.paywithpaypal
com.instagram.android
com.sec.android.nearby.mediaserver
com.siso.app.generic
com.sec.android.service.cm
com.sec.embeddedserverservice
com.facebook.katana
com.sec.android.widgetapp.ap.hero.accuweather
com.sec.app.samsungprintservice
com.sec.android.easysidepanel
com.google.android.backuptransport
com.matchboxmobile.wisp
com.sec.imsservice
com.samsung.android.service.travel
com.hancom.office.editor
com.sec.android.app.FileShareClient
com.sec.android.app.mobileprint
com.google.android.apps.docs
com.wavemarket.waplauncher
com.sec.android.app.SamsungContentsAgent
com.samsung.safetyinformation
com.android.phasebeam
com.mobitv.client.tv
com.sec.android.widgetapp.locationwidget
com.drivemode
com.samsung.android.scloud.proxy.sbrowser
com.facebook.system
com.ubercab
com.sec.android.app.FileShareServer
com.sec.android.app.sysscope
com.yahoo.mobile.client.android.liveweather
com.evernote
com.mobeam.barcodeService
com.epson.mobilephone.samsungprintservice
com.sec.android.widgetapp.SPlannerAppWidget
com.samsung.android.fingerprint.service
com.sec.android.daemonapp
com.samsung.android.scloud.proxy.contacts
com.sec.android.app.mt
com.samsung.android.sdk.samsunglink
com.att.android.attsmartwifi
com.google.android.apps.magazines
com.monotype.android.font.chococooky
com.samsung.knox.rcp.components
com.google.android.syncadapters.contacts
com.fixmo.isa
com.samsung.android.scloud.proxy.memo
com.synchronoss.dcs.att.r2g
com.yellowpages.android.ypmobile
com.sec.android.app.wfdbroker
com.fmm.ds
com.asurion.android.mobilerecovery.att
net.aetherpal.device
com.sec.android.widgetapp.easymodecontactswidget
com.sec.ims
com.google.android.marvin.talkback
com.siso.app.genericprintservice
com.sec.spp.push
com.sec.android.allshare.service.mediashare
com.sec.enterprise.knox.attestation
com.telenav.app.android.cingular
com.hp.android.printservice
com.sec.pcw.device
com.samsung.helphub
com.sec.android.sviewcover
com.android.noisefield
com.sec.enterprise.knox.cloudmdm.smdms
com.lookout
com.wssnps
com.google.android.apps.books
com.policydm
com.sec.android.easyonehand
com.samsung.android.app.pinboard
com.sec.android.widgetapp.samsungapps
com.sec.knox.bridge
com.google.android.talk
com.amazon.mShop.android
com.ws.dm
com.wildtangent.android
com.sec.imslogger
com.samsung.android.scloud.proxy.calendar
com.sec.android.widgetapp.digitalclock
com.facebook.appmanager
com.samsung.android.scloud.auth
com.callpod.android_apps.keeper
com.android.printspooler
com.google.android.syncadapters.calendar
com.google.android.gm
com.sec.android.widgetapp.dualclockdigital
com.blurb.checkout
com.sec.knox.knoxsetupwizardclient
com.android.chrome
com.sec.android.Kies
com.sec.knox.seandroid
com.sec.esdk.elm

 

[insang-droid]

I'll look at it when I get to a computer. But I can uninstall Evernote on mine. Says its a user installed.. I habd nk3 update as well, but I had Evernote before nk3 update.

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Did you check app drawer to see if Evernote is gone? Because the package for Evernote is "com.evernote" when I look at the detail of the APK.

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What's imsservice BTW?

 

[xlr8shun]

I'll look at it when I get to a computer. But I can uninstall Evernote on mine. Says its a user installed.. I habd nk3 update as well, but I had Evernote before nk3 update.

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Did you check app drawer to see if Evernote is gone? Because the package for Evernote is "com.evernote" when I look at the detail of the APK.

yes, normally its an installed app, but the nk3 update forced evernote on us and was not able to be disabled. I already use a note program that syncs with my gf's phone and our other devices and computers. so I didn't really want another. plus I was a bit deterred by the permissions needed by evernote.

in anycase, I did check my app drawer, it is gone

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What's imsservice BTW?

I am not quite sure, however, this was another thing that was forced on us in the nk3 update. looking at the permissions, it seems like its some kind of knox/carrier iq/logging and reporting app.

I can update my post (later) if I do or do not experience issues with disabling the IMS stuff. but so far, so good..

EDIT: I tried looking before without much luck, but I did find this post, with some info (speculation?) on IMS http://forum.xda-developers.com/note-4-tmobile/general/ims-logger-t2908176

 

[sweetboy02125]

com.samsung.sdm should be the one. I just looked it up

What about these? Are they Samsung update also or Knox?

adb shell "pm block com.policydm"
adb shell "pm block com.logiagroup.logiadeck"