Stop Android OS auto-update

android auto-update android-2.2-froyo
DougW picture DougW · Aug 18, 2010 · Viewed 22.2k times · Source

We have a variety of devices for testing purposes, and now that Froyo is being pushed (to the Nexus One so far at least), we have to constantly dismiss upgrade requests. There is no apparent "stop asking me" button.

So, is there any way I can disable OTA OS updates? We want a number of these phones to stay on old OS versions.

Answer

QRohlf picture QRohlf · Aug 18, 2010

Remove SystemUpdater.apk from /system/app. From terminal (with ADB)

adb pull /system/app/SystemUpdater.apk C:/Path/to/your/desktop //Backup the file (just in case)  
adb remount                                       //Remount the system partition to read-write  
adb shell rm /system/app/SystemUpdater.apk              //Remove the apk

Warning - this will permanently disable system updates, until you push SystemUpdater back to /system/app

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