With Wi-Fi turn on, several reboots… My Kindle Fire is still on software v6.2. Or you can delete OTASilentInstall.apk if you think you really don’t need it anymore. Change OTASilentInstall.apk to OTASilentInstall.bak. Use Root Explorer or ES File Explorer to change OTASilentInstall file type (located at /system/app). Well, you should not have to do this once disabled OTASilentInstall.

Step 3 – Change OTASilentInstall file type You will get Web page not available instead of loading Amazon Simple Storage Service (Amazon S3) website.

You can test it by access s3. with browser. This will route s3. to local IP and should not get update from s3. anymore. Use Root Explorer or ES File Explorer to edit hosts file (located at /system/etc). So no harm to double protect Kindle Fire from auto update. Kindle Fire get software update from s3. server (should be because that is the server that stores v6.2 software update). You should see OTASilentInstall was quarantined in Quarantine tab like screenshot above. So you need to disable OTASilentInstall by using App Quarantine. OTASilentInstall is the man behind that do the auto software update. Follow this guide to root Kindle Fire ~ How to root Kindle Fire with SuperOneClick? Why? You need root access in order to disable Kindle Fire auto software update. How to disable auto software update OTA on Kindle Fire?įirst of all, your Kindle Fire software must be v6.2 or below. So you can’t root Kindle Fire on software v6.2.1 until developers come out a solution to root it again… Disable OTASilentInstall with App Quarantine

Why disable Kindle Fire auto software update? Well, the latest Kindle Fire software update v6.2.1 breaks SuperOneClick rooting method. And it got updated to v6.2 through over-the-air (OTA) method few hours later after I registered my Amazon account on it. Take my Kindle Fire as example, my initial Kindle Fire software version is v6 when I boot up it for the very first time.

They can enjoy all the latest features and bugs fix on new software update. This is good for normal users who don’t care about rooting and installing custom ROM on Kindle Fire. So you will get the latest software update on Kindle Fire automatically when a new software version comes out. Amazon Kindle Fire has automatic software update feature.

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