[TIPS] Disable Nexus 7 OTA/Upgrade Nag

[WooHooGuy]

I have been trying to research a way to stop my Nexus 7 wifi grouper from constantly nagging me to upgrade to JellyBean 4.3. I find 4.3 rather underwhelming and the problems it has caused with flash crashing Dolphin or Xscope browsers almost constantly has left me no choice but to roll back to 4.2.2.

Now that I am content to stay with 4.2.2 I wanted to stop the constant upgrade notification and the process to do so isnt clearly laid out anywhere across many fragmented threads about it.

Here is how I disabled the upgrade prompt on the Nexus 7 grouper wifi 4.2.2 - You of course need to be rooted.

Get Autorun Manager from the market - https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.rs.autorun&hl=en or http://goo.gl/xdLmO

Launch Autorun Manager, select Advanced mode.

Click the wrench, check off Show system entries and Enable system app disable.

Click the refresh icon to reload the process list.

Search for "systemupdate" and open the Google Services Framework entry.

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

Reboot your tablet and be nag free.

I am not certain at this point if this disables market app update notifications but I would rather manually check for app updates than be constantly nagged to upgrade android.


Edit - Market update notifications for apps is functioning normally.

Enjoy.

 

[bonzer2u]

Worked like a champ....thx

 

[WooHooGuy]

With the imminent release of 4.4 for the Nexus I wanted to remind people of this procedure for the purpose of disabling the upgrade prompt or restoring it if you followed the above procedure in the past.

 

[Cyber Warrior]

With the imminent release of 4.4 for the Nexus I wanted to remind people of this procedure for the purpose of disabling the upgrade prompt or restoring it if you followed the above procedure in the past.

Thanks for this.. sideloaded 4.4 about a week ago but just started receiving ota notifications today.. just disabled it.

 

[awyeahh1]

Thanks for this.. sideloaded 4.4 about a week ago but just started receiving ota notifications today.. just disabled it.

i read this might cause partial wakelocks.. is this true? I absolutely hate 4.4.. the ugly white color, single screen settings, unstable apps, etc etc
It's absolutely ridiculous how google is shoving its stupid updates down our throats.

+ i deleted the downloaded zip update.. but when i go to about tablet > system updates > it still reads that download is ready.. what does that mean? anyway to reset and clean that crap?

 

[Cyber Warrior]

No problem with wake locks.

I actually didn't need to freeze the update file.. The reason I was receiving an OTA notification after sideloading 4.4 was that the update that was trying to push was the smaller update (KRT16S) that followed KitKat (KRT16O).. which I was unaware of at the time. I wish they would put the build # on the update screen.. instead it just read 'you have an update to KitKat'. I assumed it was the same ota update that I already sideloaded.. not something that was new.

Also not sure if there's a way to get rid of that info for a new update in the settings. You can remove the notification reminder.. but under system updates, it will always read that an update is waiting. Best advice.. Don't look at that screen lol.

 

[khaytsus]

Best way to fix the OTA nag.

Use the OTA...

 

[kgirlx]

I was just receiving the OTA nag as well . Went into TB and froze the Google Services Framework and the icon is gone.

Sent from my Nexus 7 using XDA Premium 4 mobile app

 

[GedBlake]

I was just receiving the OTA nag as well . Went into TB and froze the Google Services Framework and the icon is gone.

Sent from my Nexus 7 using XDA Premium 4 mobile app

Yeah... that will get the job done... but it will 'break' a lot of other stuff as well. Google Services Framework does much more than just handle OTA's... so, not a good idea.

Rgrds,
Ged.

 

[n1kos]

Also go to settings > apps > Google services framework > un-tick show notifications. This stopped my stock unrooted nexus to nag me to update to 4.4

 

[Anderson2]

Also go to settings > apps > Google services framework > un-tick show notifications. This stopped my stock unrooted nexus to nag me to update to 4.4

1. What other notifications might that also disable?

2. What is the file name of the 4.4 ota update and where can I find it so I can rename or delete it?

Thanks

 

[n1kos]

After a reboot I got notification to update apps so It doesn't break playstore updates. Gmail, I can hear the sound when an email arrives but no notification. It will do for me, tho not sure if it's for everyone.



Sent from my Nexus 7

 

[n1kos]

Double post

 

[jmcblitz]

Also go to settings > apps > Google services framework > un-tick show notifications. This stopped my stock unrooted nexus to nag me to update to 4.4

Thanks for this! It was exactly what I was looking for.
Didn't want to have to download a new app to get rid of something :good:else

 

[jlg19753]

Fotakill works perfectly with no side effects.

Sent from my Nexus 7 using Tapatalk 4

 

[Andy2No]

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

Reboot your tablet and be nag free.

What about the one called

com.google.android.gsf.update.SystemUpdateService$SecretCodeReceiver ?

Does that need to be disabled too, or does it do something unrelated?

 

[exglynco]

Why not just make a copy of system/build.prop, and change the version to one that was never released, like 4.1.3?

 

[Darth]

Thanks OP.....this worked for me. I'm sticking to 4.2.2 stock and rooted now. And no more nag.

Sent from my N5, N7, Moto X, G Tab 3 or S2.....

 

[moalesipufos]

Work finally.
T'ks.

 

[imott]

What about the one called

com.google.android.gsf.update.SystemUpdateService$SecretCodeReceiver ?

Does that need to be disabled too, or does it do something unrelated?

Any info on this?