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Root Freeze OTA

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YamR1

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Hey guys,

I read instructions on how to freeze OTA updates on another site but the files it says to look for are not present on my rezound. Can anyone tell me the proper files to freeze with titanium backup to prevent OTA. My phone is rooted and the OTA fails every time but it is a vicious cycle.. download, install (try), fail and repeat.. Any help is appreciated. Thanks.
 
the OTA file will be in your downloads folder on your sd card. delete it from there. you can then use titanium backup to freeze a file named "updater". you can also use root explorer to navigate to etc/security and rename or delete a file called "otacerts".

the former should cause the update script to crash if the phone tries to search,and the latter will let the OTA download,but not install.

after youve deleted the OTA download,and made the changes,wipe caches in recovery and reboot.

the best way to deal with OTAs,IMO,is to simply flash a rom based on the update so your phone is up to date if it checks.

there are links to a stock rom and firmware in this thread: http://androidforums.com/rezound-all-things-root/716364-newest-global-rom.html
 
Thanks a bunch Scotty, I found the updater file and froze that but I cant find the OTA in the download.. what would it be named? There are only a few files I dont recognize and they are .bin files. The OTA downloads over every time it fails.. it just downloaded yesterday but I was up and caught it and hit the defer so its waiting until tomorrow to actually try the update. Will it still try with the updater frozen?
 
YamR1 said:
Thanks a bunch Scotty, I found the updater file and froze that but I cant find the OTA in the download.. what would it be named? There are only a few files I dont recognize and they are .bin files. The OTA downloads over every time it fails.. it just downloaded yesterday but I was up and caught it and hit the defer so its waiting until tomorrow to actually try the update. Will it still try with the updater frozen?
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oops,sorry i forgot to respond to th is :o

it should not even try to download the OTA. on my phone if i try and check manually,i get a "settings has stopped unexpectedly" message,so it cannot check for new versions.

the file will be a zip file and be named something like OTA_device_build_region_newversion_oldversion_signedblahblahblah

heres an example of an htc one(m7_UL) OTA name:
OTA_M7_UL_JB_50_HTC_Europe_1.29.401.12-1.28.401.7_release_315849_signedp7vl8dqsvls0h1t0
 
Couldnt find that file anywhere.. Froze the updater and thought all was good until this morning and its back at it again..
 
YamR1 said:
Couldnt find that file anywhere.. Froze the updater and thought all was good until this morning and its back at it again..
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Hmm. Not sure how its working... I know there are updates for my phone,but wen I check them it crashes
 
Ok, still fighting this thing. Figured out why I couldn't find that file tho. When it downloads it goes into the cache/fumo folder but its named OTApkg.zip I deleted that and then it just downloaded again so tis time I renamed it.. see what happens. I still cant figure out how to stop it from checking for updates in the first place. I found a few suspect apps in titanium backup : MCC_OTA 2.0 (bunch of numbers) which I froze (no help) also HTC COTA Client which I'm afraid to freeze in case it messes the phone up. There is also a VZW package installer.. Since the download is a zipped package maybe this is what opens it??? This is driving me crazy.. lol..
 
it just occured to me,if your 100% stock and s on,that may be your prollem. the stock kernel prevents you from modifying system while booted.

i would try flashing a custom kernel. then,delete the OTAPkg you found,and try freezing/deleting updater.apk again.
 
I know im stock but no clue about the S on. How would I tell. I really dont like messing with the phone that deep I just root for the wireless tether.
 
the process to become s off is involved,youd know it if you had done it. if all youve done is install root access after unlocking the bootloader with htcdev,then you are still s on.

is your update failing because you have permantly installed a recovery?

if you have not deleted any bloatware,then you could simply reinstall the stock recovery and let the phone OTA.

what is your current build? (software version in settings/about phone)
 
I must have permanently installed recovery. I haven't removed anything just froze with TB. New status tho, the file I mentioned, I renamed and now all I get is a message that says out of cahe space. Click ok and done. I can deal with that.. no rebooting, no downloading, no waking up with my phone stuck in recovery..( or dead because the screen does not shut off in recovery) The phone still runs as normal so I assume there is only so much space alloted for the download of OTA files and since I renamed this one it cant remove it and has no space left to download again?? Either way, its not a perfect fix but definitely much much better than before.
 
YamR1 said:
Yes, unless there is more than one updater and I froze the wrong one.
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maybe you do have something different frozen. all ive done is freeze the update.apk and its kept my one x from OTAing(this is the first phone ive ever run stock and cared about the OTA).

its not prompted me theres an update,not tried to download,and if i manually check for it,it crashes. :eek:

dont know if this helps but this is all ive done:


used titanium backu to freeze updater. i unfroze it a while ago,and sure enuff OTA is there when i check for it. this is 4.1,not 4.0 but the rezound does have a simlar file(named update,tho the version numbers are prolly different)
 
Ok, well mine doesnt have that exact app.. here is what I assumed would do it. first the upgrade setup..
upgrade%20setup.png


Then I froze this mcc ota
mcc%20ota.png


But maybe its actually this htc cota?? I dunno.
htc%20cota.png
 
YamR1 said:
The HTC DM? has a bunch of numbers after it?
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no idea,lol... not my mod,nor have i ever tried it. my rezound is on loan,so i can t fire it up and try and figure this out for you. when i get it back,i definately will.

in the mean time,what reservations do you have against letting the phone OTA?

the stock recovery is easily installed,and if youve only frozen things rather than deleted,its easy enuff to thaw them if you need to.
 
Its just that the phone works fine like it is. Dont realy care to get OTA's I have had them mess phone up in the past. Or something changes that will make a function I used to have quit working.. Have it like I want and would just like to stay put.
 
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