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I've rooted my phone and have titanium backup installed. what stock att apps are safe to remove?

pcdebb said:
I've rooted my phone and have titanium backup installed. what stock att apps are safe to remove?
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Everything in /vendor/app, anything that says AT&T on it for starters
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ATGAdmin said:
Everything in /vendor/app, anything that says AT&T on it for starters
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lol okay. I didnt want to freeze/remove anything and then something stops working. I dont use any of the apps except myATT

Don't remove att files just freeze them.
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Can you freeze ATT address book?

Yup. I did. And since your only freezing you could always unfreeze if something doesn't work right.
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Do NOT REMOVE...you won't be able to get OTA updates that way. Just freeze them
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pcdebb said:
I've rooted my phone and have titanium backup installed. what stock att apps are safe to remove?
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Try to use Titanium to freeze the apps, do not need to uninstall, do at your out risk !

Disable OTA update check? Keeping Root.

I have a Sprint Moto X that was rooted with PwnMyMoto.
I have been getting notified of an OTA update, but don't want to accept it in case I would lose root.
Is there a way to disable the update notifications?
Does anybody know how to keep root after the OTA?
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There are a couple threads on how to keep root after an ota.
But that being said I am also looking to remove the update apk.
Does anyone know which one it is?
3c_ota.apk?
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Any ideas?
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zgroten said:
I have a Sprint Moto X that was rooted with PwnMyMoto.
I have been getting notified of an OTA update, but don't want to accept it in case I would lose root.
Is there a way to disable the update notifications?
Does anybody know how to keep root after the OTA?
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freeze update, Motorola OTA, and FOTA and rename otacerts.zip to otacerts.zip.bak in \etc\security i think is the location

mj0528 said:
freeze update, Motorola OTA, and FOTA and rename otacerts.zip to otacerts.zip.bak in \etc\security i think is the location
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Thank you good sir.

wish there was an app to do this for us, I am tired of having to go through a million steps, I would rather pay for this to get done so I can preserve my root with no worries until further development

mj0528 said:
freeze update, Motorola OTA, and FOTA and rename otacerts.zip to otacerts.zip.bak in \etc\security i think is the location
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I'm not exactly sure as to the steps to take, is there a tutorial somewhere?
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zgroten said:
I have a Sprint Moto X that was rooted with PwnMyMoto.
I have been getting notified of an OTA update, but don't want to accept it in case I would lose root.
Is there a way to disable the update notifications?
Does anybody know how to keep root after the OTA?
Sent from my XT1056 using Tapatalk 4
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smart man, if you accept it, it sends you into an endless boot loop.

jstrayy said:
smart man, if you accept it, it sends you into an endless boot loop.
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Yikes!
At least wish there was a way to stop the notifications.
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yea, I need the steps too. I went ahead and uninstalled a system app that said OTA, but will not know for sure until later if that fixed my issue

jstrayy said:
yea, I need the steps too. I went ahead and uninstalled a system app that said OTA, but will not know for sure until later if that fixed my issue
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Let me know if this works when you can!
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zgroten said:
Let me know if this works when you can!
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Worked for me, no more annoying pop up.

jstrayy said:
Worked for me, no more annoying pop up.
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Awesome, thank you.
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jstrayy said:
Worked for me, no more annoying pop up.
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did you also disable FOTA MotorolaOTA and Updater? or just 3c_ota?

for future readers:
i stopped the OTA reminder by freezing updater1.0 and motorolaOTA. didnt have to rename anything or do anything else.

18t said:
for future readers:
i stopped the OTA reminder by freezing updater1.0 and motorolaOTA. didnt have to rename anything or do anything else.
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Does motorola connect still work when these are stopped? I mainly ask because with droidwall MotoOTA is grouped in with the MotoConnect services. I'm thinking I want to use MotoConnect but I don't really care for or want updates.

18t said:
for future readers:
i stopped the OTA reminder by freezing updater1.0 and motorolaOTA. didnt have to rename anything or do anything else.
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And I noticed the OTA messages will stop if you only freeze motoOTA

18t said:
for future readers:
i stopped the OTA reminder by freezing updater1.0 and motorolaOTA. didnt have to rename anything or do anything else.
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MotorolaOTA does not allow to be frozen on 4.4.3
if there was another small oled phone this one would be on the garbage already...
worst software. manages to be more annoying than Samsung.

gcbxda said:
MotorolaOTA does not allow to be frozen on 4.4.3
if there was another small oled phone this one would be on the garbage already...
worst software. manages to be more annoying than Samsung.
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Yep. I'm running 4.2.2.

yah bro
I used Titanium backup to uninstall the OTA updates, find it under "Motorola Update Services 24.00.007" and simply uninstall it. Or you could use the app FlashFIre
,Falco

Recieved a notification for a Software Update for my device

Just got a notification of software update for my device. Anyone updated theirs? I'm wondering if it's just carrier updates like how t mobile and Verizon just got for their devices.

madmike23 said:
Just got a notification of software update for my device. Anyone updated theirs? I'm wondering if it's just carrier updates like how t mobile and Verizon just got for their devices.
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I'm downloading mine now, couldn't hurt lol

I'm assuming no way of getting this if we are rooted?
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WizeGuyDezignz said:
I'm assuming no way of getting this if we are rooted?
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Probably not and still have root access, but it seems it updated the baseband to MJ5. Still on 4.3.
I'm trying to find release notes for it.

agent929 said:
Probably not and still have root access, but it seems it updated the baseband to MJ5. Still on 4.3.
I'm trying to find release notes for it.
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Thanks bro, let me know what you find out. So I'm assuming that I can unroot, take the update and then root again?
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WizeGuyDezignz said:
Thanks bro, let me know what you find out. So I'm assuming that I can unroot, take the update and then root again?
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I'm trying to get tech on the line with AT&T to find a release note somewhere. I found this about Sprint. I got the update and still no Knox app lol. You should be able to update it now but you will probably loose root access. Don't know till you try.
http://www.cultofandroid.com/43791/...-bringing-audio-fixes-stability-improvements/
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The only release notes that AT&T can give me is general performance enhancements.

agent929 said:
I'm trying to get tech on the line with AT&T to find a release note somewhere. I found this about Sprint. I got the update and still no Knox app lol. You should be able to update it now but you will probably loose root access. Don't know till you try.
http://www.cultofandroid.com/43791/...-bringing-audio-fixes-stability-improvements/
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The only release notes that AT&T can give me is general performance enhancements.
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anytime that you take an OTS update from a carrier i will guarantee that you will loose root everytime...

bkeaver said:
anytime that you take an OTS update from a carrier i will guarantee that you will loose root everytime...
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Not on all the devices. There're things like survival mode and voodoo OTA that sometimes work. I'm just not familiar with how this device is going to work.

i just went to about phone, and it says I'm up to date. how is everyone else getting a notification?

I checked said the same thing that my current software is up to date
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I'm gonna install the update right now and see if i can re-root again after...i'll let you guys know what happens
***Update wouldn't even install...it rebooted for the install, ran through the install process and once rebooted it gave me a message that said the install was interrupted and it couldn't install***

I was rooted,just updated, lost my root. I wasn't sure if you could even upgeade when rooted.

vonerk said:
I was rooted,just updated, lost my root. I wasn't sure if you could even upgeade when rooted.
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You can update while rooted but not with a custom recovery installed. We are able to update while rooted because we don't have a bootloader bypass and custom recovery.
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Mine still says current up to date MI9
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I'm rooted all kinds of mods. It stalled out at 26% __3 times. The 4th time it said I was up to date. Wtf?
Sent from the phone with the best specs on the market, "NoTe III"

How do you disable the automatic update? I stopped the update. Deleted the .apk using Root Explorer but I still get the notification that it's downloading the update. Perhaps I deleted the wrong .apk??? In any case, I stopped the update but now there's the stupid notification that the update's pending.

I'm not rooted at all and got that same update today. I went through the whole shabang, it restarted and said updated after the whole android is updating deal. Something weird happened after updating when I connected to Kies 3 for the first time ever. Its says "Your device is not supported to update firmware via kies" Current firmware version : PDA: MJ5 / PHONE : MJ5 / CSC : MJ5 (ATT)
Anyone else come across this?? Like I said I'm not rooted and completely stock

D'oh!!! I never froze or deleted anything to stop the update. I didn't care if I got notification or not. I just had the icon this morning and prompts to update. BUT WTH?!?! It forced updated on me. what's up with that?! It normally prompt me to update or postpone, but this time it says restart to update. The only thing to do was hit continue and that's it. I couldn't stop it or cancel it.
So WARNING, if you wanna keep your root, disable the updates.

It's probably being pushed in segments. I'm sure it will pop up for you very soon.
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agent929 said:
It's probably being pushed in segments. I'm sure it will pop up for you very soon.
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I updated it and now my battery is draining way faster. It sapped like 2% in standby in 30 minutes.

Anyone way to make the Note 3 lighter/leaner?

Just got a Note 3 for my wife, and I am not ready to root/unlock and install a custom ROM on it yet.
But this phone just have too much junk on it. Anyway to make it lighter an leaner? What's safe to remove/uninstall?
thanks much

smokarz said:
Just got a Note 3 for my wife, and I am not ready to root/unlock and install a custom ROM on it yet.
But this phone just have too much junk on it. Anyway to make it lighter an leaner? What's safe to remove/uninstall?
thanks much
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you can turn off any of the bloat with application manager under settings general

ThaNks. Anyway to remove them completely?
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you can root with one click and the use TB on the stock rom which is what alot of people do

Sorry what is TB?
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smokarz said:
Sorry what is TB?
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"Titanium Backup". You have a lot of reading to do in the general threads. Depending on your firmware version will determine your available root methods. There's Kingo Root,Evilpotatoman's method etc.Read through the threads and then read again to make sure you grasp the methods.
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The most effective way to remove bloat would be to root it, install titanium backup, and either uninstall or freeze applications.
smokarz said:
Just got a Note 3 for my wife, and I am not ready to root/unlock and install a custom ROM on it yet.
But this phone just have too much junk on it. Anyway to make it lighter an leaner? What's safe to remove/uninstall?
thanks much
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Thanks guys, I wanted to unlocked and install 4.4 ROM on this, but it seems that ROM development is still underway so just wanted to know some quick ways to remove bloat on this phone.
I know lots of readings are necessary.

will lollipop update brake root

will lollipop update brake root & unlocked bootloader on t mobile note 4
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most likely.

This is the plague we're not wanting.....buckle up!
K4get said:
will lollipop update brake root & unlocked bootloader on t mobile note 4
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T-Mobile doesn't lock their bootloader. Is there some reason to believe that will change with Android 5.0? It certainly will undo root.

RiverCity.45 said:
T-Mobile doesn't lock their bootloader. Is there some reason to believe that will change with Android 5.0? It certainly will undo root.
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Ive been a HTC guy. new to Samsung and I have the at&t version, I want to return it and get T mobile again. I just wanted to know if this was going to be for nothing, after the lollipop update.
It's been so mush fun hex editing, s-off and all that stuff. and if it will continue after the update. from what I've read they are changing the way the kernel boots up.
thanks for the help.
again I am just a 55 year old fart who wants to customize my $700.00 phone the way I want not at&t's way.
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RiverCity.45 said:
T-Mobile doesn't lock their bootloader. Is there some reason to believe that will change with Android 5.0? It certainly will undo root.
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there might not be any other way; after all, 5.0 encrypts your entire phone, so one could assume the bootloader has to be locked for that to happen..
we'll see in a few weeks, most likely

wase4711 said:
there might not be any other way; after all, 5.0 encrypts your entire phone, so one could assume the bootloader has to be locked for that to happen..
we'll see in a few weeks, most likely
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if I am not mistaken if we are rooted we can block the OTA updates. is this correct?
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well, no one HAS to take an OTA update, and, if you are rooted, make sure you do NOT take the update..
If you are rooted and on a custom rom, the odds are you wont even get a notification that there is an update..

wase4711 said:
well, no one HAS to take an OTA update, and, if you are rooted, make sure you do NOT take the update..
If you are rooted and on a custom rom, the odds are you wont even get a notification that there is an update..
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ok I've made up my mind. I will return this att note 4 and switch to the
T-Mobile model. thanks guys
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wase4711 said:
well, no one HAS to take an OTA update, and, if you are rooted, make sure you do NOT take the update..
If you are rooted and on a custom rom, the odds are you wont even get a notification that there is an update..
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I don't see any setting to not check for updates like there used to be going back to froyo. How do you prevent an update being downloaded if you're not rooted?

Great choice. T-Mobile is the way to go. Welcome.
K4get said:
ok I've made up my mind. I will return this att note 4 and switch to the
T-Mobile model. thanks guys
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Wrap it in aluminum foil. J/k...just be extra careful not to have quick fingers when and if you do receive an Ota.
hdad2 said:
I don't see any setting to not check for updates like there used to be going back to froyo. How do you prevent an update being downloaded if you're not rooted?
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In past TMO Samsung phones, custom recovery changed the Current Binary setting from Samsung Official to Custom. That alone disabled OTA updates. I suspect it's the same on the N4.Perhaps someone who rooted prior to the NJ7 update can confirm.

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In past TMO Samsung phones, custom recovery changed the Current Binary setting from Samsung Official to Custom. That alone disabled OTA updates. I suspect it's the same on the N4.Perhaps someone who rooted prior to the NJ7 update can confirm.
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I am on the NJ7 and can confirm any update check comes back with the "custom software, no updates for you" message.

Well I returned the AT&T version and brought home a t mobile note 4.
What are your thoughts about taking the t mobile update. Can we still root and unlock the bootloader if we take the update
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t mobile bootloader is already unlocked
and yes ,you can still root after you take the update; all the new roms are based on the updated firmware anyways..

wase4711 said:
t mobile bootloader is already unlocked
and yes ,you can still root after you take the update; all the new roms are based on the updated firmware anyways..
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Thanks brother. I thought I seen a couple people having trouble after the update.
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its all good, super easy to root, to flash TWRP, and to flash a new rom...there are about 5 or 6 already, and they all run really well!

K4get said:
Thanks brother. I thought I seen a couple people having trouble after the update.
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Just be sure to read the posts about s-health and private mode. If you can, don't use s-health until after you root and if you plan on using it, disable secure storage in wanam. Otherwise you're going to get some annoying lag.
Also if you're going to flash a custom ROM and want to use the fingerprint scanner, make sure you use the scanner on the stock ROM first. Folks are having issues on custom ROMs if they've never used the scanner beforehand.

dawheat said:
Just be sure to read the posts about s-health and private mode. If you can, don't use s-health until after you root and if you plan on using it, disable secure storage in wanam. Otherwise you're going to get some annoying lag.
Also if you're going to flash a custom ROM and want to use the fingerprint scanner, make sure you use the scanner on the stock ROM first. Folks are having issues on custom ROMs if they've never used the scanner beforehand.
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could you tell me what wanam please
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