disable auto update on android, this is for samsung phone

disable-auto-update-android.md

This guide is for Windows.

• Connect phone via USB to PC, wait a while for drivers to install.
• Install "Minimal ADB Fastboot" (from XDA-Developers).
• Enable USB DEBUG under "Config / Developer Options" on phone.
• Open a Command Prompt under the folder "C:\Program Files (x86)\Minimal ADB and Fastboot"
• Open phone adb shell: adb shell
• Use the following commands:

# to find packages:

pm list packages | grep soagent
pm list packages | grep wssyncmldm

# to disable packages (USE THESE):
pm disable-user --user 0 com.sec.android.soagent
pm disable-user --user 0 com.wssyncmldm

# to reenable later (IF YOU CHANGE YOUR MIND):
pm enable --user 0 com.sec.android.soagent
pm enable --user 0 com.wssyncmldm

ref

Commands above worked flawlessly, the apps are disabled now.
I'll see if it helps to avoid Software Update from popping-up...
Will comment if it doesn't
Thank you!

the entire setting disappears. beautiful solution. i love it

@e9x Can i ask what is that font you are using? I remember it from a long time ago.

Aaaand its gone 😎 thanks

@e9x Can i ask what is that font you are using? I remember it from a long time ago.

OMORI_GAME or OMORI_GAME2 (one looks rougher than the other, I forgot)

thank you so, so much for this gist

so sick of enshitification

tested and confirmed working on S25+, on One UI 8.0 with Android 16

Just found this, will this will work on S21u one ui 6.1 to keep the update nag from coming? I already have auto update disabled in dev options since day one but every few days I wake up to it prompting to download or remind me in 24h. I have just hit remind me but one day I'll hit the wrong button. Does this disable the whole system that would download and run the update?

Thanks for the guide however for future readers:
It seems that on my Samsung phone, they changed the name of "com.wssyncmldm" to "com.samsung.sdm"

It worked on an old tablet(Galaxy Tab A, Android 11,One UI 3.1) that I don`t want to update, and the setting disappeared for me too 👍
Thank you very much

Confirmed working on a Verizon Galaxy S25+. Thanks! Software Update is gone from the Settings menu, and Tetrafane's comment applies: com.wssyncmldm got renamed to com.samsung.sdm.

I may just not know what I'm talking about, but hopefully it can help delay Google's lockdown of the system. Maybe someone more knowledgeable than me can clarify if disabling updates helps or if it's just an unnecessary security risk.

From my experience, the biggest security risk to technology is the person using it. If you're moderately safe while using the phone, I don't believe you should have any problems disabling updates.

The people who tend to go through the process of disabling forced updates are paranoid people who don't trust the company pushing the updates, which means they're less likely than an average person to need up to date security.
It'll ultimately be up to you to decide if it's worth it.

thank you its working. as of date: 22.07.2026