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Help How to remove uninstalled Android 4.3 firmware

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John964

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I recently purchased a Galaxy S3 which is my first smart phone. When I received the phone, one of the messages in the notification panel read something like
 
Long-press the notification. You'll get an App Info button. Press it. That brings you to the Application Manager for the app giving you the notice. Clear cache. Clear data. That should stop the notifications, at least for a while.
 
If your phone is rooted, you should be able to delete the update.zip (I think it's in the cache folder in the root directory, but I don't fully remember if that's where it was for me... I have to re-research it anyway for another thread).

I'll post back or edit this post when I find out again.


Edit: here's a thread I found with about the same topic, but for a different phone: http://forums.androidcentral.com/go...ownloaded-4-2-3-system-update-how-delete.html


It shows the folder in post #8. I think on Samsung phones it's just called update.zip... though it must have downloaded itself to your phone first, and you have to be rooted.
 
My phone is NOT rooted. As an inexperienced user, not ready to go there yet. What I have discovered (after the tip to long press the update) is that the App Info screen has the option to "Force Stop". Would that kill any further notifications, without affecting anything else?
 
id imagine it would just restart itself. Does it have the "disable" option or the "show notifications" checkbox?
 
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