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Disable OTA Update. No Wakelocks. Need Root.

I'm just relaying my experiences and make no guarantees that you will see the same results that I have but I think most everyone should. First of all, for a long time now I had the SystemUpdateService$Receiver disabled in Google Services Framework and was shocked and extremely annoyed to see the update Monday morning on my N7 and then Tuesday on my N5. I've always been one to flash images as soon as they were available but I've decided to wait. Therefore...
The solution is simple. It really only requires one app but you can use two if you're extra cautious. AutoStarts which is a paid app is what I'm using. I have no idea how much it costs now because I've had it for 2-3 years. The other app is Disable Service. Using Disable Service by itself will cause a major wakelock (SystemUpdateService) which I verified with BetterBatteryStats and also with Wakelock Detector. All of the entries that need to be disabled will be in Google Play Services. In the Autostarts app menu use "Group by application," and under View make sure "Hide systems apps" is not checked. In Google Play Services the third "After Startup" entry from the top needs to be disabled and the second "Connectivity changed" entry from the top needs to be disabled. In the popup for both you will see "SystemUpdateService$Receiver" in the description. My experience so far is that only using Autostarts was sufficient as long as you did NOT go to Settings/About phone/System updates. As soon as you open the "System updates" page the system would re-enable the "Connectivity changed" entry and you will start getting the notifications. Even without going into the "System updates" page the system might at some point re-enable the entry but it never happened to me the day or two I only used Autostarts. To prevent that from happening and to save myself from curiosity when I felt compelled to look in the system updates page, I used the Disable Service app which will completely prevent the system from re-enabling the "Connectivity changed" entry. With the Disable Service app the entry that needs to be disabled is also in Google Play services and it is "SystemUpdateService." After all of the entries are disabled reboot and the notification will be gone and the "System updates" page will say that "Your system is up to date." The "Check now" button is now non-functional and the last time you booted up will be the "Last checked for update" time. I'm getting all of my notifications and the Play Store is auto updating the apps I'm letting update and I'm seeing those notifications also. From what I can see the only thing that is not working is the OTA system update.
Update: I've been using Autostarts by itself to disable two entries in Google Play Services for a few weeks with no issues, no notifications about a system update. Just looked in About phone/System updates and the OTA is still there. Re-enabled the second "Connectivity changed" entry, rebooted and notification is once again gone.

wantabe said:
I'm just relaying my experiences and make no guarantees that you will see the same results that I have but I think most everyone should. First of all, for a long time now I had the SystemUpdateService$Receiver disabled in Google Services Framework and was shocked and extremely annoyed to see the update Monday morning on my N7 and then Tuesday on my N5. I've always been one to flash images as soon as they were available but I've decided to wait. Therefore...
The solution is easy but by no means elegant. It requires two apps and one of those is a paid app (AutoStarts). I have no idea how much it costs now, I've had it for 2-3 years. The other app is Disable Service. Using Disable Service by itself will cause a major wakelock (SystemUpdateService) which I verified with BetterBatteryStats and also with Wakelock Detector. All of the entries that need to be disabled will be in Google Play Services. In the Autostarts app menu use "Group by application," and under View make sure "Hide systems apps" is not checked. In Google Play Services the third "After Startup" entry from the top needs to be disabled and the second "Connectivity changed" entry from the top needs to be disabled. In the popup for both you will see "SystemUpdateService$Receiver" in the description. My experience so far is that only using Autostarts was sufficient as long as you did NOT go to Settings/About phone/System updates. As soon as you open the "System updates" page the system would re-enable the "Connectivity changed" entry and you will start getting the notifications. Even without going into the "System updates" page the system might at some point re-enable the entry but it never happened to me the day or two I only used Autostarts. To prevent that from happening and to save myself from curiosity when I felt compelled to look in the system updates page, I used the Disable Service app which will completely prevent the system from re-enabling the "Connectivity changed" entry. With the Disable Service app the entry that needs to be disabled is also in Google Play services and it is "SystemUpdateService." After all of the entries are disabled reboot and the notification will be gone and the "System updates" page will say that "Your system is up to date." The "Check now" button is now non-functional and the last time you booted up will be the "Last checked for update" time. I'm getting all of my notifications and the Play Store is auto updating the apps I'm letting update and I'm seeing those notifications also. From what I can see the only thing that is not working is the OTA system update.
Update: I've been using Autostarts by itself for over a week with no issues, no notifications about a system update. Just looked in About phone/System updates and the OTA is still there. Re-enabled the second "Connectivity changed" entry, rebooted and notification is once again gone.
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Thanks for the post. I was searching for a resolution to my 5.0.1 update for my the NEXUS 6. It was literally driving me crazy. I saw a couple of post on how to disable the OTA before, but none worked as efficient as this. Followed your instructions rebooted, no OTA !!!!!!!!So ...................Happy Days are Here Again.

juscozimme said:
Thanks for the post. I was searching for a resolution to my 5.0.1 update for my the NEXUS 6. It was literally driving me crazy. I saw a couple of post on how to disable the OTA before, but none worked as efficient as this. Followed your instructions rebooted, no OTA !!!!!!!!So ...................Happy Days are Here Again.
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Appreciate the feedback! I thought that it would work on the N6 and N9 but couldn't test it myself. Glad it worked for you!

wantabe said:
Appreciate the feedback! I thought that it would work on the N6 and N9 but couldn't test it myself. Glad it worked for you!
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Not one single OTA, now I can patiently wait for the wugfreh tool kit to update to 2.0.

My autostarts says "No applications are autostarting". Any ideas?
Rooted Nexus 5 running Dirty Unicorns 4.4.4 ROM

Select mock location app stuck

Hello all you nexus 6 experts!
I am experiencing a weird bug for selecting the mock location app under developer settings. Currently I have three different apps installed - FakeGPS, Lockito and Go Walking Fake GPS Location.
Now, after I set one of the apps as the mock location provider, I can no longer select any other one. I can only choose "None" from the list or the initial selection. e.g. currently I can only set FakeGPS or "none" for the setting. After I uninstall the "stuck" app I can again choose a different one - but then the setting gets stuck on this one.
I am on a Nexus 6 with the July build of Marshmallow (6.0.1 MOB30O). It's running the stock ROM with franco.Kernel and root.
Anybody experienced something like this and has a solution?
Is there a way to edit this setting somewhere directly in a config file?

Same issue. Wondering if its a FakeGPS thing. PokeMon right!

I'm having exactly the same problem on Xperia Z2 (6.0.1). Any solution so far?

Brick3 said:
I'm having exactly the same problem on Xperia Z2. Any solution so far?
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Okay Poke's... Figured out the issue. No doubt we all downloaded FakeGPS and moved it to /system right?
After moving FakeGPS back to /data (normal app) I can select other mock location apps (Pokemon GO Joystick).
You can do this with "/system/app mover" available in the Google Play store. Just enable "Show system apps" and scroll down to the app you want to move back to /data (FakeGPS). Then reboot and you should be good

Actually, I haven't moved my app to the system partition since Google's partitioning for stock images leaves little space to do anything with \system. Anyways - a Redditor pointed out one thing to me: even if the setting is not updating on the UI-side, it is actually updating properly on the backend. Basically, just select any other mock location app and it will work fine even though something else is being displayed. I was sceptical at first since some of my apps were crashing before and I interpreted that as a sign of a jumbled setting but now everything works fine.

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Actually, I haven't moved my app to the system partition since Google's partitioning for stock images leaves little space to do anything with \system. Anyways - a Redditor pointed out one thing to me: even if the setting is not updating on the UI-side, it is actually updating properly on the backend. Basically, just select any other mock location app and it will work fine even though something else is being displayed. I was sceptical at first since some of my apps were crashing before and I interpreted that as a sign of a jumbled setting but now everything works fine.
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That's true, i just realized it. To confirm this, when i open fakegps if i didn't select it as mock location app it tells me to do so and when i select it that message disappears even though the "select mock location app" section shows another app as selected. It seems to be just a UI problem.

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guys my nexus 6 shows 2 location on the map. My current location and the mock location. How do i remove my current location and only allow the mock location to be active?

You might need to disable the Fused Location service.
And change the location settings to phone only. Also turn off Wi-Fi scanning if connected or around known hotspots/networks.

Or...enjoy the summer and actually walk around town like you're supposed to?

I'm actually having the same issue with the "stuck mock location app". I tried to remove those apps and I still cannot select the app I want to, in this case, Fly Gps.

switching apps off outside home

I'm trying to get tasker to switch an app on and off depending on if I am home. I can get the app to launched but not to kill it. Have added an exit task but it doesn't seem to work. Tried to get it to make a notification when I get home and leave using the same setup and that works any ideas how to get around this.
Very new to the app so bear with me.

Killing apps is iffy at best. I believe since lollipop, it has to do with SELinux. Google play pulled Taskkill from the play store a long time ago. It's still available though. See this Reddit post.

ktmom said:
Killing apps is iffy at best. I believe since lollipop, it has to do with SELinux. Google play pulled Taskkill from the play store a long time ago. It's still available though. See this Reddit post.
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That's bit of a bummer. Killing apps at various locations was my main reason for buying the app.

+ Profile -> State -> Phone -> Cell near (at home) SCAN
... + task -> app -> launch app => exit task -> app -> kill app
Similar to this I mananged to enable/ disable (cgi, http get) my ip camera at home.
perhaps it helps.
br
Ulrich

That's what I did on my oneplus 3t but the Three in Touch refuses to switch close down.

Eggstones said:
That's what I did on my oneplus 3t but the Three in Touch refuses to switch close down.
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Mmmh, I checked with three apps on my device, they also refuses to close.

Go to settings -> about phone and look for SELinux status. I'm sure it says enforcing.

Can't find SElinux in that menu.

You must be stock, so it's enforcing.

I am

I've the same problem, but i've magisk and SElinux permissive. Can not kill an app anymore with Tasker on Nougat (tried with root option checked and unchecked). Tasker is enabled in Magisk superuser.

AutoInput back out of the currently running app.

I ended up with an autoshorcut to a kill task in automate. Works perfectly. It's a shame that this function is not working in Tasker but in others like automate or macrodroid.

Apps using “display over apps” crash instant

So I’ve discovered when trying to use apps that use the display over app function crash instantly and I can’t find anything else where online. Does anyone else have this problem? Any suggestions would be great thanks I don’t want to return the phone but I use some of these apps for work.

What apps? Because some time ago Google made changes to how this works and apps must ask user to grant them permission to draw over other apps.
When upgraded to a newer version of Android, permission was not removed for already installed apps. But on new device, you most likely have to grant this permission after reinstalling your apps (and if you used old apps that do not check it this permission is granted, they will crash when trying to use it).
You can manage this permission in Settings > Apps > Special access (I other language on the phone, so can't say what exactly this section is called in English)

So I'm using octopus for customer keyboard mapping for some of my work apps. But I also have modded among us for custom servers and both apps crash even tho I'm granted permission.

Question How to disable "permission monitoring" permanently?

It is possible to stop permission monitoring via developer options --> running services --> permission monitoring --> stop. Unlike some other vivo services it dosen't restart.
Why? Well it interferes with shizuku and constantly kills shizuku. If it's stopped shizuku started via adb command will run until reboot. Also it constantly messes around if you remove permissions from vivos spyware apps / system apps.
Most phone OS have an option in developer options to disable it. Howevre Origin OS 3 is missing it. Could we create a key with setedit or similar that is respected? Anyone knows which key Oppo Color OS (which has this setting) is changing and the text of it? As usual vivo is only hiding features I'm pretty sure but if we know the name we can set it permanently.

Well I think it's related to device management (com.vivo.devicereg) app. If I remove this- then the permission monitoring is off as well. Now I think the device monitoring if uninstalled broke something? Or did I confuse that with something else?

I removed from day 1 as well. No problem so far I guess. I also didn't have any problem with shizuku before, but for now I'm not using it anymore.

so we can disable or remove com.vivo.devicereg safely? just to double check....thank you

yes i think so.