Android system update? - Nexus 6 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting

I am rooted and unlocked, but today I received a "System Update Downloaded" notification, and it only gives me an option to install it now or later.
If I install it, will it break root? Do I even want to install it? If not, how do I get rid of it?

It's the February 2016 Security Update. (These come out every month.) I usually wait a little bit and someone will release a recovery-flashable ZIP that will bring you up to date safely.

a.demarco said:
I am rooted and unlocked, but today I received a "System Update Downloaded" notification, and it only gives me an option to install it now or later.
If I install it, will it break root? Do I even want to install it? If not, how do I get rid of it?
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you can not install it being rooted and with twrp recovery, no matter how hard you try. you can flash part of the factory image, then reroot if youd like though.

Thanks! Any way to get rid of the annoying notification?

a.demarco said:
Thanks! Any way to get rid of the annoying notification?
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yes. long press on the notifications, then find the way to turn off that notification, the option will be there.

a.demarco said:
Thanks! Any way to get rid of the annoying notification?
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what build are you currently in? thats only gonna prompt if ur still on the january ota

reyscott1968 said:
what build are you currently in? thats only gonna prompt if ur still on the january ota
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im with februarys. i didnt know that it changed, did it, are you sure?

simms22 said:
im with februarys. i didnt know that it changed, did it, are you sure?
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its only gonna happen if its a january build. not february... when i was on january build there was a small update around 8mb even tho im already was on the january stock build
i posted a screenshot on a stock based rom about the said update. just cant find it. but it eas discussed on hecknotechno's thread

I am on 29s...

Come one guys. Follow the rules. These questions get asked and answered every month with these updates. Please follow the rules and search before opening a new thread.

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Just got an update D95920s

Of course I lost root and it is still 4.4.2, but I can not find any documentation on what changed. Has anyone else received this update?
Baseband version: M8974A-AAAANAZM-2.0.20064
Kernel Version: 3.4.0
Update: TowelRoot does not seem to work with this update!
also got it. its a 220+mb update.
I just got this update as well. I got the message that says it is downloaded and wants to install. I am rooted with TWRP installed now. I have read that some people have had problems and been bricked when they tried to install some updates in the past. For this reason, I went into the hidden menu and disabled OTAs. Guess that didn't work. Has anyone else taken this update being rooted with twrp successfully?
You won't be able to rooted or with custom recovery. Check out the meta-inf script. It will fail if any fishy is going on with your device. I'm going to edit it later tonight so I can post the flash able zip for us to update. All its really updating is the radio.img and a few other apks as well as some security updates.
Checked no update for me. In the Houston area. But read online it was for the VoLTE update and In Flight text messaging
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aloxotls said:
Of course I lost root and it is still 4.4.2, but I can not find any documentation on what changed. Has anyone else received this update?
Baseband version: M8974A-AAAANAZM-2.0.20064
Kernel Version: 3.4.0
Update: TowelRoot does not seem to work with this update!
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OOoooOo boy.... time to disable OTA, thanks for the head up
mattwheat said:
You wont be able to rooted or with custom recovery. Check out the meta-inf script. It will fail if any fishy is going on with your device. Im going to edit it later tonight so I can post the flash able zip for us to update. All its really updating is the radio.img and a few other apks as well as some security updates.
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Once we flash and update, towel root will work again? Someone said they couldn't get towel root to work after the update. For now I'm just playing around with cm11. If someone would get it or another ROM working pretty good, I'd just use it. I had planned on selling the flex and use my bump to get a nexus 6 through t-mobile. But if things get rolling a little around here. I'm happy with my flex. I wish there was more I could do but its over my head. My previous two devices were a Nexus and HTC they were easy compared to this.
How do you disable OTA updates?
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I pulled out all the "abort install if blah blah blah" lines from the Meta-Inf folder and all the lines to install the priv-apps and just for my sake i took out the priv-apps since it would replace with .odex and im deodexed. Checked the updater script for any other "abort or security" crap. Didnt see anything else. So i repacked the update into a flashable.zip and flash away. It adds this really cool "SECURITY ERROR" Under the LG logo on boot up. And transforms the device into a temporary outrageously expensive paper weight.
So i rebooted into twrp and restored. So far a no go. I think after digging through it and seeing what all is in it.....im just gonna make a flashable of the new radio.img incase it upgrades ours and gets better service or picks up those techno tunes from Venus.
I had 2 back to back updates, but I ended with D95920m.
I accidentally downloaded the update. I actually don't even remember doing it. I just saw that it was successfully downloaded. It hasn't updated yet. Is there anything i can do to get rid of it? I don't want to lose root. I don't have a custom recovery installed. I only have root access as that is typically all that I need.
Also, any chance anyone has tried to use towelroot on this after it breaks root? EDIT: Never mind, just saw the OP's update that towelroot will not work. F this. I need to get rid of this phone.
I renamed the file that it downloaded, so at least now it is just asking me to download the update again. I also installed a TWRP in the mean time. I guess I just need to disable updates now.
I am in the same situation... Can you please tell me where the update is downloaded to? I need to rename mine as well in case I were to accidentally hit install update.
How do you get the update notification to go away?
I have seen the option to hide it in one of the xposed modules, but can't remember which one...
captainphoenixx said:
How do you get the update notification to go away?
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The Update should download under Cache or Data/Cache. It should work disabling OTA updates in the hidden menu.
3845#*959#, the go to WLAN test --> OTA Settings and disable
Thank you so much!
Vinsane said:
How do you disable OTA updates?
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if u can root u can delete the system/app/LGDMSClient.apk or freeze Software Update it with Titanium Backup
Bradl79 said:
if u can root u can delete the system/app/LGDMSClient.apk or freeze Software Update it with Titanium Backup
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I don't have an LGDMSCLIENT.APK
mattwheat said:
I don't have an LGDMSCLIENT.APK
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what carrier of the Flex do u have?
Bradl79 said:
what carrier of the Flex do u have?
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I dont have lgdmsclient.apk either. I have the T-mobile (d959) model.

AT&T Software update as of 7/9/15 - 146.75MB

Not sure what this is yet. Non rooted, stock image.
5.1.1?? Will report back...
Not 5.1.1
No idea as they haven't posted changelog, but hopefully a fix for MicroCell issues everyone is experiencing.
Let us know if you see any changes.
Update downloaded.
Real upgrade from OE2 to OF3. Thats all it says.
@Globalrebel where are you looking for change logs?
Update just finished. Yeah Android version is still 5.0.2. Baseband G925AUCU2AOF3 now.
Getting it now.
http://www.att.com/esupport/softwar...are&siteId=JAF5WzpxbKM-uxPru.0S4qk9EABb6wNW3Q
Change Log
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http://www.att.com/esupport/softwar...support/sharedSegments/supportViewService.jsp
Change Log
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Session timed out. Please use the back button, reload and try again.
That build date of june 18th piss anyone else off lol
veener79 said:
Session timed out. Please use the back button, reload and try again.
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Should be fix now
msfguard said:
That build date of june 18th piss anyone else off lol
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You mean since 5.1.1 was supposed to hit the S6's "in June?"
This is getting ridiculous, we need an update from 5.0.2, the memory issues I'm dealing with even on XtreStoLite are almost unbearable
Exactly and as updates for 5.1 come out for other carriers we get updates for random att crap that are almost a month old
It's sad to say that the latest AT&T OTA patches the export for ping pong root, don't take the OTA, because you cannot downgrade the Odin fails
dnp77 said:
It's sad to say that the latest AT&T OTA patches the export for ping pong root, don't take the OTA, because you cannot downgrade the Odin fails
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how you know? you ota it ?
i was "downloading" then saw your post. so i reboot my phone to cancel it.
netnerd said:
how you know? you ota it ?
i was "downloading" then saw your post. so i reboot my phone to cancel it.
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They know because it says on the Ping Pong Root thread not to update for anything past May 15th as the method for root has been patched
I'm curious if there are any other undocumented changes besides the 2 official changes listed earlier. It feels like a fairly big patch for a fix to an phone location and a kernel security fix.
Is there any hope, luck or signs of achieving root on this new firmware
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Wow, what a crappy push out by AT&T.
In any case, what process do i need to freeze in TB to stop my phone from trying to download and/or annoying me with that pop-up when it does happen?
aidanipod said:
Is there any hope, luck or signs of achieving root on this new firmware
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Please see just ONE post above yours........ we have just been talking about the exploit being patched
Globalrebel said:
Wow, what a crappy push out by AT&T.
In any case, what process do i need to freeze in TB to stop my phone from trying to download and/or annoying me with that pop-up when it does happen?
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AT&T Software Update is the main one, but there are a few others - I don't have an AT&T ROM on mine right now to help out, but it's been posted a few times already (I think I even posted those once)
Just freeze att software update. Then it can't even run so no downloads. I got lucky I clicked on update after reading it in Android central but didn't want to install it. Postponed couple of times but somehow it automatically loaded the update process. I was like sh#t. When it booted up it said a problem updating. And then I blocked the updater. My root almost gone lol
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saketkutta said:
Just freeze att software update. Then it can't even run so no downloads. I got lucky I clicked on update after reading it in Android central but didn't want to install it. Postponed couple of times but somehow it automatically loaded the update process. I was like sh#t. When it booted up it said a problem updating. And then I blocked the updater. My root almost gone lol
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Same thing happened to me being rooted. It just tried to install automatically. Woke up to my phone restarting but then I got the error "problem updating". I was pretty relieved on that error lol... :victory:

[Q] How to Disable OTA notification

hey , like the thread how to disable this nagging OTA notification im on stock rom, Rooted, and s-on. And i dont have i clue where to start i have look some other threads but i dont find that file names, can some one advice where to start?
cappone said:
hey , like the thread how to disable this nagging OTA notification im on stock rom, Rooted, and s-on. And i dont have i clue where to start i have look some other threads but i dont find that file names, can some one advice where to start?
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Quite honestly I would someone finding a solution for the persistent notification. maybe an xposed module could get rid of that if it is ever made.
Just because of the nagging notification I updated my phone in the ugliest way possible, relocking and unlocking it and using the firmware.zip from the OTA with a TWRP backup a guy made
cappone said:
hey , like the thread how to disable this nagging OTA notification im on stock rom, Rooted, and s-on. And i dont have i clue where to start i have look some other threads but i dont find that file names, can some one advice where to start?
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the easystes way to get rid of OTA is to update the phone.
Just flash stock recovery, reboot phone, install OTA, re-flash TWRP.
Its a pain but its done properly.
You dont need to mess with bootloader.
i was thinking about an easier way
cappone said:
i was thinking about an easier way
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it will take you about 15 minutes including the update.
some how i manage to Block the OTA pop up in TitaniumBackUp

Selling my N6 need to turn off OTA's in M

Just restored my N6 and am getting ready to sell the phone, I will be turning on the hotspot feature, and need to make sure that the phone does not notify or download OTA's - I do realize that's why we have our Nexus' but the person that I am selling it to can't sideload OTA's himself. He will be giving it to me periodically to upgrade and doesn't want to be bothered with the notifications... is there an easy way to do this? Thanks!
BL
blemert said:
Just restored my N6 and am getting ready to sell the phone, I will be turning on the hotspot feature, and need to make sure that the phone does not notify or download OTA's - I do realize that's why we have our Nexus' but the person that I am selling it to can't sideload OTA's himself. He will be giving it to me periodically to upgrade and doesn't want to be bothered with the notifications... is there an easy way to do this? Thanks!
BL
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do you have root on it?
simms22 said:
do you have root on it?
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I do not, just flashed fresh M. I am not opposed to rooting, what are your thoughts?
blemert said:
I do not, just flashed fresh M. I am not opposed to rooting, what are your thoughts?
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well, if you do ever get an update notification, you can always long press on it then turn it off.
simms22 said:
well, if you do ever get an update notification, you can always long press on it then turn it off.
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I do not want any notifications to appear...
Unless things have changed in Marshmallow, but I am pretty sure disabling notifications from Google Play Services disables the OTA update notification. I don't remember what else this gives notifications for, but there is probably something you may be blocking as well with this.
With Lollipop and above, all OTAs check for modifications before installing. Root and/or the changes you would need to stop the OTA notification would make it so you can't install an OTA. You would need to flash the factory images, then re-root and make the changes to stop the next OTA notification again. So this would be a bit more work on your end to install an update for the owner.
cupfulloflol said:
Unless things have changed in Marshmallow, but I am pretty sure disabling notifications from Google Play Services disables the OTA update notification. I don't remember what else this gives notifications for, but there is probably something you may be blocking as well with this.
With Lollipop and above, all OTAs check for modifications before installing. Root and/or the changes you would need to stop the OTA notification would make it so you can't install an OTA. You would need to flash the factory images, then re-root and make the changes to stop the next OTA notification again. So this would be a bit more work on your end to install an update for the owner.
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Yeah - I am aware that OTA's check for mods... What about disabling the "SystemUpdateService" - I know that would require root, but has anyone else had success with this?
blemert said:
Yeah - I am aware that OTA's check for mods... What about disabling the "SystemUpdateService" - I know that would require root, but has anyone else had success with this?
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Flash a custom stock based rom on it.
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For those that have replaced your phones were you able to root new one?

Anyone?
thegameksk said:
Anyone?
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According to Slim, root is broken on the new update. They also changed the bootloader so you can't downgrade. They apparently want everyone to update to the new software.
fogame said:
According to Slim, root is broken on the new update. They also changed the bootloader so you can't downgrade. They apparently want everyone to update to the new software.
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Of course they do... they don't want folks rooting... Sammy knows what's up... if they were decent they'd give us a bootloader unlock to make up for rushing the devices to market to beat Apple on the release date (which is already cracked smh) and catch a few more percent of market share...
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I was able to root. You just can not take the new update, it will prevent root and will not be able to revert back to the old firmware..
galaxyuser88 said:
I was able to root. You just can not take the new update, it will prevent root and will not be able to revert back to the old firmware..
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For clarification,you were able to root a replacement note 7?
I read,somewhere, that the update starts when you power it on the first time. I am hoping to root mine immediately to avoid the update.
Mean Sixteen said:
For clarification,you were able to root a replacement note 7?
I read,somewhere, that the update starts when you power it on the first time. I am hoping to root mine immediately to avoid the update.
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Yes you are correct. The update starts to download when you power up the phone, but you can pause the download or postpone it for later install. This is what happened on my phone.
galaxyuser88 said:
Yes you are correct. The update starts to download when you power up the phone, but you can pause the download or postpone it for later install. This is what happened on my phone.
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Awesome thank you for clarifying.
Once I saw there was complete root with volte I went straight to download mode and did the process. Glad I didn't take the update because it blocks root and the sprint engineer rom.

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