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[Q]Whoever updated through Kies or OTA, can you confirm you got a 2.3.5 or 2.3.6?

The leaked ODIN package is 2.3.6. But numerous news said the update is 2.3.5. People have been having doubts whether the ODIN package is "official" or not.
So whoever updated through the "official" channels (Kies, OTA), could you please confirm whether you got a 2.3.5 or 2.3.6?

I updated through Kies.

I updated through odin. Its official as it gets.
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I see. So our leaked ODIN package is indeed "official".

I also updates thru kies and have 2.3.6
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So now Im wondering if those that got the OTA are on 2.3.5? How could it be possible that there are 2 different updates?

I got it OTA and it's 2.3.6

I updated through kies and have 2.3.6

mikea3000 said:
So now Im wondering if those that got the OTA are on 2.3.5? How could it be possible that there are 2 different updates?
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the T-mobile announcement doc that says 2.3.5 is just has a typo.

jasnmb said:
the T-mobile announcement doc that says 2.3.5 is just has a typo.
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Doesn't surprise me..
Everytime I go into my local T-Mo store, I always end up educating them on a thing or two
It's pretty funny actually. They always look at me like I'm some super-geek freak of nature

Come to my store lol
ingenious247 said:
Doesn't surprise me..
Everytime I go into my local T-Mo store, I always end up educating them on a thing or two
It's pretty funny actually. They always look at me like I'm some super-geek freak of nature
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Kies Update lost Root
Called TMobile and they sent me an update Kies file to install on my PC to have wifi calling enabled. They turned it on at their servers, so I would be enabled, but I told them I was not running stock rom so they sent an update. Installed the update. PC ran and said new firmware upgrade for my phone. It stated Ver 11.12.16.02 during the install.
Anyways, I now have the WiFi calling familiar icon top left notification area, but root is lost. Just want to know if anyone else has the WiFi calling enabled or not without issues. This is or was on Juggernaut 3.7. Can't boot to recovery now. I will wait to hear back from others.

You are brave for tellig them you rooted your phobe. Yes it removes root and gives you stock recovery. Youll have to reroot and install custom recovery again.
Docmjldds said:
Called TMobile and they sent me an update Kies file to install on my PC to have wifi calling enabled. They turned it on at their servers, so I would be enabled, but I told them I was not running stock rom so they sent an update. Installed the update. PC ran and said new firmware upgrade for my phone. It stated Ver 11.12.16.02 during the install.
Anyways, I now have the WiFi calling familiar icon top left notification area, but root is lost. Just want to know if anyone else has the WiFi calling enabled or not without issues. This is or was on Juggernaut 3.7. Can't boot to recovery now. I will wait to hear back from others.
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Updated through Kies and I have 2.3.6

Do I really need it?
I just finished setting up my phone just right and now this update comes along. Used titanium BU to freeze device manager to stop the update. I used to have wifi calling on my Nexus 1 but I never used it. Is there any other reason why I shouldn't skip this update?

zephyrelectric said:
I just finished setting up my phone just right and now this update comes along. Used titanium BU to freeze device manager to stop the update. I used to have wifi calling on my Nexus 1 but I never used it. Is there any other reason why I shouldn't skip this update?
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The new baseband does improve my data speed, before 8- 10 mbps, now 15 - 18 mbps. Home button responses quicker, no more accidentally launch voice search. Overall the ROM is more snappy than before. I still try to see if improve the battery life.
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Is there anyway to update without losing root? Can the 2.3.6 ota update still be routed?

zephyrelectric said:
Is there anyway to update without losing root? Can the 2.3.6 ota update still be routed?
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Go in the development section. There's 3 there you can flash.

chib1panda said:
You are brave for tellig them you rooted your phobe. Yes it removes root and gives you stock recovery. Youll have to reroot and install custom recovery again.
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Too many users worry they will not have any support if their phones are rooted. I have a rooted Nexus one. It had bad hardware Nand. Bad memory blocks in my system and Data and cache partitions. I sent it back rooted, but with stock ROM stuff, to HTC. HTC RMA's my rooted phone. They have to show cause and effect that rooting did any damage etc. TMobile techs were nice. They were happy to send me the info to grab this stuff manually. And by stating I was rooted, that pushed me up the chain to higher level tech support instead of dealing with robots reading scripts, telling you to reboot your phone, or to try such and such etc.
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joking said:
The new baseband does improve my data speed, before 8- 10 mbps, now 15 - 18 mbps. Home button responses quicker, no more accidentally launch voice search. Overall the ROM is more snappy than before. I still try to see if improve the battery life.
Sent from my Transformer TF101 using Tapatalk
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I actually had 18.2 with Speedtest this morning using Beastmod 4.1, before I ran into my manually upgrading the firmware and losing root. All is fine now with a 5 minute re-root process using Odin and PDA option with CWM. Not a big deal but yes, using those XDA individual files could have save me some grief on this
So depending on how good of a signal you have, and the ROM itself, I did show fantastic PRE-Updateing the firmware. These were consistent 15.5-18.2 reading BTW, here in Downtown Las Vegas this morning. Not just a one time anomaly.

2.3.6 via kies working well.

AT&T OTA update trying to take away my global search! How to avoid?

I'm rooted but running a stock rom. Yesterday I got a notification of an OTA update trying to be pushed to my phone. I did some reading and found out it's the fault of Apple (insert several nasty words here) forcing Samsung to remove the global search function. I've delayed it twice now by 8 hours, but it says it won't delay any more, and will automatically install in 8 hours.
What's the easiest way to circumvent this? I'm sorry if it's been answered before, but I barely have time to post this thread because my life's so busy, so please have mercy and just point me in the right direction!

Root, flash cwm and install custom rom.
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Same happened to me yesterday. Still searching a way to avoid update..
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If you have root , install Titanium backup , and freeze "FWUpgrade 1.2.0".
If i am not mistaken that will prevent any OTA updates. Or as others said custom rom time.

I got the update but because I'm rooted, it never got pushed to the phone.
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ghost77 said:
If you have root , install Titanium backup , and freeze "FWUpgrade 1.2.0".
If i am not mistaken that will prevent any OTA updates. Or as others said custom rom time.
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Thank you! I've frozen it and will let everyone know in a few hours if it worked. Thanks!

maxh said:
Thank you! I've frozen it and will let everyone know in a few hours if it worked. Thanks!
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You can also just take the update and replace the apk. It's linked to in the development section for root without tripping flash counter.
Life is a prison, death and release.

maxh said:
I'm rooted but running a stock rom. Yesterday I got a notification of an OTA update trying to be pushed to my phone. I did some reading and found out it's the fault of Apple (insert several nasty words here) forcing Samsung to remove the global search function. I've delayed it twice now by 8 hours, but it says it won't delay any more, and will automatically install in 8 hours.
What's the easiest way to circumvent this? I'm sorry if it's been answered before, but I barely have time to post this thread because my life's so busy, so please have mercy and just point me in the right direction!
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If you are rooted and have CWM installed, the update will be downloaded to the phone, it will restart, but it will fail to install the update as it needs stock recovery for the update to happen. Your phone will restart again saying that the update has failed and you will be back to where you started.
Source: I was rooted and I wanted to update the OTA update. There was no way I could do it with CWM installed. I had to unroot the phone to get the update and root it again.

AlwaysNoob said:
If you are rooted and have CWM installed, the update will be downloaded to the phone, it will restart, but it will fail to install the update as it needs stock recovery for the update to happen. Your phone will restart again saying that the update has failed and you will be back to where you started.
Source: I was rooted and I wanted to update the OTA update. There was no way I could do it with CWM installed. I had to unroot the phone to get the update and root it again.
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To confirm, this is exactly what happened.
Thanks!

OTA Update Today for AT&T S3

68.86Mb Download. Version stays the same 4.4.2 Also Note 2 got OTA also today from AT&T if someone can post on Note 2 page. Thanks
You will loose Root. After Update Baseband Ver. I747UCFUFNJ1, Kernel 3.4.0-1514807 Wed Oct 1, Build Number KOT49H.I747UCUFNJ1 Still 4.4.2 Android

weird. I wonder what they changed. 69MB is pretty small. security patches? POODLE fix perhaps?

How odd as I'm not getting an update notification, but then again I don't want it. All it is is some more bloat and a new kernel. Probably a kernel that has been patched for towelroot. The update may also lock the bootloader, I wouldn't put it past at&t if it did.

Restore to NE4
Can you restore or downgrade to the NE4? When I got my S3 it came with the new update and towelroot doesn't support it.
I also don't want to take a risk of getting knox tripped if I do try to go to NE4.

tailgunner9 said:
68.86Mb Download. Version stays the same 4.4.2 Also Note 2 got OTA also today from AT&T if someone can post on Note 2 page. Thanks
You will loose Root. After Update Baseband Ver. I747UCFUFNJ1, Kernel 3.4.0-1514807 Wed Oct 1, Build Number KOT49H.I747UCUFNJ1 Still 4.4.2 Android
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Don't install it. I installed on my S3 which is rooted and now it won't boot past the Samsung logo screen. Just goes to a black screen.

RayEdmondson said:
Don't install it. I installed on my S3 which is rooted and now it won't boot past the Samsung logo screen. Just goes to a black screen.
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Mine fails to install and gets stuck in an update loop. I haven't figured out how to break out of it yet.
EDIT: Managed to get it all sorted out. I was still on i747UCALEM when I got an OTA prompt today. Something happened and it got stuck in an update loop. It was probably failing to install, then failing to rollback. I couldn't get it to flash any of the older roms anymore, when I finally realized I might have partially updated to 4.3+. I was able to install the MJB rom and it booted, but it said "Baseband Unknown". Using adb, I managed to figure out that the OTA had partially installed an I747UCUFNE4 modem. I say partially because I had tried an NE4 rom after the MJB rom and it also failed to identify the baseband. However, getprop ro.bootloader was returning "I747UCUFNE4".
I flashed TWRP back on my device, flashed an NE4 modem properly, and flashed an NE4 rom. This time it found the baseband and everything seems to be working for me. I have no clue if my bootloader is correct, but I'm done for now.

So it's not safe to update with root? I used towelroot and have a clockwork recovery.

CrossBones3129 said:
So it's not safe to update with root? I used towelroot and have a clockwork recovery.
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No it will put your phone back to Stock, No Root and Stock Recovery.

I updated and my phone is fine, but I don't have root anymore. I used CF-AutoRoot originally, and then I used TowelRoot after the last update. Neither work anymore on the 4.4.2 NJ1 version, so I'm not sure if there is any "easy" way to get root back. I don't really know what the pitfalls involved with TWRP and all the more-involved things.

tailgunner9 said:
No it will put your phone back to Stock, No Root and Stock Recovery.
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Dang. Guess I'll have to wait till a new root becomes available

I had 2 that were completely stock, both failed and got stuck
in the att boot logo updating then fail loop. No recovery menu
no options. These has stock bootloaders and were not rooted.
So be warned

nightsbird said:
I had 2 that were completely stock, both failed and got stuck
in the att boot logo updating then fail loop. No recovery menu
no options. These has stock bootloaders and were not rooted.
So be warned
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Same here. No Root. Was on 4.4.2 from this summer. All I did was accept the update, watched it download the 69MB and then let it do its thing. Reboots, says installing, moves to updating then then fails at 95%. Will do this over and over again until I pull battery. Cannot get to recovery, too. I am pissed, since all I did was respond to AT&T's request to update. Otherwise, the phone was perfectly fine. Now I have no use of my phone.
Please post back with solutions.

media_ninja said:
Can you restore or downgrade to the NE4? When I got my S3 it came with the new update and towelroot doesn't support it.
I also don't want to take a risk of getting knox tripped if I do try to go to NE4.
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Once updated, all attempts to revert back to NE4 result in a brick.
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Have any of you tried this to update?
http://forum.xda-developers.com/galaxy-s3-att/general/ucufne4-to-ucufnj1-update-t2941792

RSI Repair (Samsung authorized service center) Couldnt repair it.
Samsung blamed AT&T and AT&T blamed Samsung. Turned them in as claims to mobile insurance. Galaxy S3 no longer stocked so Mobile insurance gave me 2 Galaxy Alpha's

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RSI Repair (Samsung authorized service center) Couldnt repair it.
Samsung blamed AT&T and AT&T blamed Samsung. Turned them in as claims to mobile insurance. Galaxy S3 no longer stocked so Mobile insurance gave me 2 Galaxy Alpha's
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LOL...typical. Neither one takes responsibility. From my understanding of the way the process works with these updates, it would be AT&T at fault since they have to "test and approve" any updates given by Samsung. Of course they will never admit to being at fault.

How can I disable OTA Update? Also anyone else have play store download a ota security policy?

CrossBones3129 said:
How can I disable OTA Update? Also anyone else have play store download a ota security policy?
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I have used TiBu in the past to stop updates by freezing the software update function in stock based ROM.
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CrossBones3129 said:
How can I disable OTA Update? Also anyone else have play store download a ota security policy?
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I used an app from the Play Store called "My Backup Root" to freeze the update. You can also freeze the security policy updates which is a part of KNOX and/or SELinux I gander.

StoneyJSG said:
I used an app from the Play Store called "My Backup Root" to freeze the update. You can also freeze the security policy updates which is a part of KNOX and/or SELinux I gander.
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Dang i had to use titanium backup pro. Wish I could have found a free one before paying $6 to stop the notification. Idk what Titanum Backup even does

CrossBones3129 said:
Dang i had to use titanium backup pro. Wish I could have found a free one before paying $6 to stop the notification. Idk what Titanum Backup even does
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My Backup Root is a free app on Google Play Store. Always good to have Titanium Backup Pro though, as it lets you backup all your apps and pretty much anything on the software side of your phone.

Safe to take software update on rooted stock 6.0.1?

I have a Sprint S6 with rooted stock G920PVPS3CPD2. I have been getting a notification for a software update, and I was wondering if it's safe to take it or if I should just ignore it.

its safe.
however, are you rooted? how can you upgrade being rooted?

Yes, I'm rooted with a custom recovery. That's what I was wondering, if the update would mess things up or brick the phone.

If it fails to download, does that mean the update won't be installed? I'd like to update to the latest version but don't want to mess anything up.

imekul said:
I have a Sprint S6 with rooted stock G920PVPS3CPD2. I have been getting a notification for a software update, and I was wondering if it's safe to take it or if I should just ignore it.
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If your not in United states then dont update if outside US its shows no service (no signals) ...but there still way to get it which is complicated
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Is there a way to disable updates without root? [ANSWERED]

I'd like to have the flexibility of choice - I want to be able to prevent my carrier, US Cellular, or Samsung from disabling our crippling the Note should I choose not to return it.
UPDATE: Answered here.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=69377632&postcount=42

Package disabler pro
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And then what?

how do you know it's gonna work? I would think OS updates would have been taken care outside of standard packages.

You can go to settings and set to manual updates. It won't "disable but it won't update unless you tell it to
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Well on my first note mine was set to manual and it pushed the update through regardless a few hours after the notification arrived. IMO anybody able to root has nothing to lose by rooting if they're intending to keep it at this point.

Package disabler. Disable System update SDM's. Don't touch anything to do with Knox though.
Disable these:
Security policy updates
Software update
System update 1
System update 2
I've had those frozen on both my original Note 7 and my replacement Note 7 and get no OTA's at all. Don't think they can push them to you with these disabled.

Just bought the Package Disable Pro+ Premium.
Strange.
Have disabled the "Security Policy updates" and "Software update", BUT my replaced Note7 does not have the 2 System Updates. processes.
Anyone knows what should I do?
Also I have the GearVR, and have not connected it to my handset after they push down the patch to disable the use with Note7.
Anyone knows which process to disable too, so that I can continue using the GearVR?
Pls help... Thanks!

flanky79 said:
Just bought the Package Disable Pro+ Premium.
Strange.
Have disabled the "Security Policy updates" and "Software update", BUT my replaced Note7 does not have the 2 System Updates. processes.
Anyone knows what should I do?
Also I have the GearVR, and have not connected it to my handset after they push down the patch to disable the use with Note7.
Anyone knows which process to disable too, so that I can continue using the GearVR?
Pls help... Thanks!
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I think you have to edit the build-prop (which means you need to be rooted) to get the Gear VR to work.
As far as the 2 system sdm updates - they are on both my Note 7's, but then I haven't ever taken an OTA or any update as I disabled all of that first thing I got the phones (one was my OG N7, the other the replacement N7). So I can't help you if you have already taken an update, but those system SDMs should be there unless they removed them in an update somehow, which I doubt.

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I think you have to edit the build-prop (which means you need to be rooted) to get the Gear VR to work.
As far as the 2 system sdm updates - they are on both my Note 7's, but then I haven't ever taken an OTA or any update as I disabled all of that first thing I got the phones (one was my OG N7, the other the replacement N7). So I can't help you if you have already taken an update, but those system SDMs should be there unless they removed them in an update somehow, which I doubt.
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Ya, after I received the replacement on 16/9/16 (Singapore), I received an OTA update within the next couple of days that give the green battery.
That is the only update I received.
If it helps, my version is 6.0.1,
Baseband: N960FXXU2BPI5
Build number: MMB29K.N930FXXU2BPI9
So strange...
Does that mean the only choice I have is to root the phone?
(I haven't rooted before)
What is the best "stock" rooted package now?
I'm fine with the default Samsung apps generally, and does not need to have much default functions disabled.

flanky79 said:
Ya, after I received the replacement on 16/9/16 (Singapore), I received an OTA update within the next couple of days that give the green battery.
That is the only update I received.
If it helps, my version is 6.0.1,
Baseband: N960FXXU2BPI5
Build number: MMB29K.N930FXXU2BPI9
So strange...
Does that mean the only choice I have is to root the phone?
(I haven't rooted before)
What is the best "stock" rooted package now?
I'm fine with the default Samsung apps generally, and does not need to have much default functions disabled.
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This is the first Android phone I have not rooted. Ever. So honestly, I cannot guide you on the root process, as I never did it on either of my Note 7's. I was eventually going to root, but then the recalls hit and I figured there was no point since I will be giving it up soon. But if you took the green battery update, my understanding is that you cannot root and cannot go back to the previous firmware. I do not know if the update you took got rid of the two system update SDM's, someone else will have to help you with that. I would bet that you can still prevent further OTA's with package disabler pro - however, I do not know that for sure. Hopefully others will see this thread and these posts and chime in with info that clears this up for you.

I rooted my replacement note 7 (with green battery update) a few days ago with no problem in anticipation of a crippling update pushed by Samsung: http://forum.xda-developers.com/note-7/development/recovery-official-twrp-galaxy-note-7-t3446047. But by doing so you trigger knox and lose access to secure folder and shealth. I solved the shealth problem by disabling encryption on my device with Hydra Kernel http://forum.xda-developers.com/note-7/development/kernel-hydrakernel-v1-1-t3452433 while keeping stock ROM. I am considering changing to HydraRom http://forum.xda-developers.com/note-7/development/rom-hydra-rom-v1-0-t3447611 just in case.
Hope this helped!

Considering the fact that the phone automatically runs an update at its first boot is there a way to easily shield the device from the mobile network (so that it won't update)?

Cr4z33 said:
Considering the fact that the phone automatically runs an update at its first boot is there a way to easily shield the device from the mobile network (so that it won't update)?
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Not sure... but you could try removing the sim card

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Not sure... but you could try removing the sim card
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OK then it needs a mobile data subscription?
I thought OTAs would be running 'for free' if they are from the same carrier you are connected to?
Sent from my Samsung Galaxy S7 edge with stock Samsung Marshmallow firmware

LightningJay said:
I rooted my replacement note 7 (with green battery update) a few days ago with no problem in anticipation of a crippling update pushed by Samsung: http://forum.xda-developers.com/note-7/development/recovery-official-twrp-galaxy-note-7-t3446047. But by doing so you trigger knox and lose access to secure folder and shealth. I solved the shealth problem by disabling encryption on my device with Hydra Kernel http://forum.xda-developers.com/note-7/development/kernel-hydrakernel-v1-1-t3452433 while keeping stock ROM. I am considering changing to HydraRom http://forum.xda-developers.com/note-7/development/rom-hydra-rom-v1-0-t3447611 just in case.
Hope this helped!
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What is your replacement baseband Version that you rooted? By any chance was it PI4?

shellie03 said:
What is your replacement baseband Version that you rooted? By any chance was it PI4?
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My baseband version is PI5

Nice! Can you paste a link of the root method you did, please?
Sent from my SM-N930T using XDA Premium HD app

shellie03 said:
Nice! Can you paste a link of the root method you did, please?
Sent from my SM-N930T using XDA Premium HD app
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I followed this method http://forum.xda-developers.com/note-7/development/recovery-official-twrp-galaxy-note-7-t3446047

Cr4z33 said:
OK then it needs a mobile data subscription?
I thought OTAs would be running 'for free' if they are from the same carrier you are connected to?
Sent from my Samsung Galaxy S7 edge with stock Samsung Marshmallow firmware
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My replacement N7 DL'd the update first thing. I did remove the sim and also shut off WIFI, but it had already DL'd the update. But I did not let it install the update. I rebooted and skipped activating the phone. I didn't do any of the first boot setup stuff - skipped all of that, then went to the play store, logged in with my gmail and first thing I installed as package disabler pro. I immediately disabled all the System updates (4 packages). After that I quit getting the notice to install the already DL'd update. Once you disable the System update SDM's, you can't even get into the phone update OTA selection in settings, it kicks you right out. So even though it had DL'd the update, I was able to prevent it from installing.
I do think the phone is trying to look for an update constantly now though. When I look at my GSM battery monitor, system updates is right near the top of what android system is using all the time. I still have excellent battery life, but I think disabling OTA system updates will make the phone constantly try to look for updates that it simply can't run because the SDM's are disabled. I can live with that as gimping the phone with a crappy OTA that limits the battery or might add other possible things I didn't want was the main goal. Phone runs great and battery life is great. That's all I need.