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[Shield Tablet General] jaredmorgs:
So it's fair to say those folks using this thread should take a close look at their current build and apply the updates for their device in consecutive order, correct?
[Shield Tablet General] perun:
How to install this OTA do i need unlocked bootloader?
[Shield Tablet General] fards:
adb reboot recovery

Press volume up and power at no command screen

Select sideload option

Adb sideload {FILENAME}

Reboot

They are stock otas you do not need to unlock bootloader.

Don't need Cwm or anything else.

If you can't follow that use flashify from the play store
[Shield Tablet General] fards:
Typical that there's New ota after i installed the 20808 build last night.
[Shield Tablet General] kossiewossie:
your my hero! thanks! I posted these on the GeForce forums too!

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the more updates the better! :p
[Shield Tablet General] fards:
Finding the 22229 build to be petty laggy.

Had some lockups for up to 5 minutes using artflow.

Not had that before in any other build.

Still not worked out what the first part of the build number means, but it's obvious that the 438 bit is the build order.
[Shield Tablet General] jasonsplace:
The majority of this update is tied up in 3 apps.

NVCameraAwesome.apk (35MB) - I believe that this is the NVidia camera app

Tn8Tdc.apk (28MB) - This looks like an internal testing app. Most of the resources are related to internal test cases.

Camera2.apk (4MB) - This is the stock Android camera app.

As far as patched apps go, the Settings.apk (no surprise there) and SystemUI.apk are the largest patches.
[Shield Tablet General] minijaws:
Now you can check when there are updates for yourself.

https://jawz.ca/nvota.php

This actually requests Pages from Nvidia. (thats why it takes a second to load) so don't kill there ota servers
[Shield Tablet General] bigxie:
Hey folks, hopefully somebody can help me with this.

I'm trying to get on to the "latest" build, but from the OP I can't really seem to find a path to do so.

If I flash the latest "full" ROM, I don't see any incremental zips from it to the newest build.

Or are the build numbers in the actual incremental zip file names merely "suggestions" ?

Thanks in advance.
[Shield Tablet General] minijaws:
The second last set of numbers(3 digits) 22229_438.1909.zip that is how you tell what is the newest. They seem to only be doing incrementals now. So just go from whatever build you are running to something that can upgrade to 438 if you want the newest
[Shield Tablet General] metalmansam:
Looks like there's a new "easter egg" in the new 438 build if you tap on the kernel version repeatedly it opens up a hidden app called TDC. It let's you run various diagnostic checks on the microphones and stuff. I had just noticed on the last build that the microphone recording was very quiet and its still happening on 438. I haven't even heard of any one else complaining about this but looks like they are already trying to fix it. I would be curious to know if the recording is really quiet for everyone else when they run this test.
[Shield Tablet General] fards:
: shudder I still have nightmares from trying to get the microphones working in the original t 2 based tablets
[Shield Tablet General] funb0b:
Am I being thick here, what's the difference between "With data only" and "With wifi only" ?
[Shield Tablet General] kossiewossie:
Data, Is mobile data using a SIM version of the Shield, and the WiFi only version is what most people have atm,
[Shield Tablet General] funb0b:
If that's the case what is the "With modem + WiFi"? The use of the word "only" is strange
[Shield Tablet General] kossiewossie:
you got me there, data only is abit odd lol, Only ones that make sense is WiFi only and modern + wifi...
[Shield Tablet General] funb0b:
Yeah it's a bit unclear for such an important thing.
[Shield Tablet General] flakz0r:
Flashed 20258_426.6902-to-22229_438.1909 with Flashify perfectly. I have root + stock recovery (just rooted with towelroot), and used "CWM mode" on Flashify.

Thanks for the link.
[Shield Tablet General] jaredmorgs:
Early on in this thread's life, I chose to flash wx_na_wf-full_ota-19950_431.0220.zip

Now I'm trying to flash wx_na_wf-incremental_ota-from-20258_426.6902-to-20258_434.7217.zip but I'm getting an issue with version number mismatch and cwm won't let me install.

I've tried signature verification toggling in cwm, but no dice. Any ideas about how I can move up to the later builds?

Thinking further about this, I think I'm going to have to downgrade to wx_na_wf-full_ota-20258_426.6902.zip as this is the full version that NVidia seems to be basing all the incremental patches from.
[Shield Tablet General] SoLdieR9312:
Thats what i did, install the full_ota-20258_426.6902.zip and update with the incremental_ota-from-20258_426.6902-to-22229_438.1909
[Shield Tablet General] Keithn:
You could modify the updater script but it'd probably be a good idea to just flash the 426 then do the incrementals

Sent from my One M8
[Shield Tablet General] rene130313:
Hi good morning to all, my question is, the new build 438 is better that 434 I read that 438 is a bit laggy sorry for my bad English I am from mexico and thanks for the support.
[Shield Tablet General] cam30era:
Unless you are having a specific issue that an OTA adresses, I would suggest leaving well enough alone for now. I manually flashed 426.6902 to 434.7217, just to see if it would work. While there were no issues, I honestly see no change in anything. Just my humble opinion....
[Shield Tablet General] rene130313:
I flash 434 to see if I have a better experience of use, because they are moments when the tablet freezes or stop working fine, we well see if in this build things are better, ??
[Shield Tablet General] fards:
From experience if you're not on the 20258 you should factory reset after flashing it.

Seemed to solve a few of my issues that way
[Shield Tablet General] rene130313:
What to you mean Kant you explain better this please... Thanks
[Shield Tablet General] Keithn:
What don't you understand?

Sent from my One M8
[Shield Tablet General] rene130313:
If I make a flash then I have to make a factory reset I currently in build number 438 and root
[Shield Tablet General] Keithn:
You don't have to reset it was just a suggestion. The ota should flash without needing to it just might help with any issues you are experiencing.

Sent from my One M8
[Shield Tablet General] jaredmorgs:
Thanks for the tip about the updater script. I've just removed the asserts at the beginning of the file, repacked the zip, and will now try to install 426 over 431. As it's the full OTA, I doubt there will be any issues.

UPDATE: Definitely no issue going back to 426. But no matter what I do, I can't get the incremental 426 to 438 to apply. I removed the asserts in the updater-script, but I'm getting a reported issue "/system/bin/debuggerd has unexpected contents" and then the usual message in /cache/recovery/update.zip (Status 7).

The updater script in /META-INF/com/google/android/ now looks like this (rest of file removed for brevity's sake):

mount("ext4", "EMMC", "/dev/block/platform/sdhci-tegra.3/by-name/APP", "/system");
file_getprop("/system/build.prop", "ro.build.fingerprint") == "nvidia/wx_na_wf/shieldtablet:4.4.2/KOT49H/20258_426.6902:user/release-keys" ||
file_getprop("/system/build.prop", "ro.build.fingerprint") == "nvidia/wx_na_wf/shieldtablet:4.4.2/KOT49H/22229_438.1909:user/release-keys" ||
ui_print("Verifying current system...");
show_progress(0.100000, 0);
apply_patch_check("/system/app/BasicDreams.apk", "e27bdd8cd93db94417c719f575a9f0a326f82f26", "4d55e3aee65891d13971103de3d8cdcdc7256f7e") || abort("\"/system/app/BasicDreams.apk\" has unexpected contents.");
set_progress(0.000099);
apply_patch_check("/system/app/BasicDreams.odex", "a8c20b26e24b1c63b77559cc82cbadacb60a340e", "b1e511304cda76a8892fe4746bab48463c9bdeb1") || abort("\"/system/app/BasicDreams.odex\" has unexpected contents.");
set_progress(0.000154);
[Shield Tablet General] fards:
Factory (build 417) and update 1(build 426) Recovery images are now up https://developer.nvidia.com/gameworksdownload#?search=SHIELD%20Tablet%20Recovery%20OS%20Image&tx=$additional,shield
[Shield Tablet General] Keithn:
Finally:)

Sent from my One M8
[Shield Tablet General] kossiewossie:
http://developer.download.nvidia.co...e=nv-recovery-image-shield-tablet-update1.zip

direct link. hopefully it bypasses the developer account .
[Shield Tablet General] jaredmorgs:
Unfortunately it doesn't :(
[Shield Tablet General] Gytole:
stock os?

Anyone have the factory files from the factory os downloaded and have a mirror? lol
[Shield Tablet General] minijaws:
Mirroring now. :)

Edit: done

https://jawz.ca/nv-recovery-image-shield-tablet-factory.zip

https://jawz.ca/nv-recovery-image-shield-tablet-update1.zip
[Shield Tablet General] MRobbo80:
Thanks for the heads up!!
[Shield Tablet General] junkerde:
new ota's, can someone test to see if otg charge while using a usb device works? or alteast test for other fixes?

productionBL-droid-signed-wx_na_wf-incremental_ota-from-20258_426.6902-to-22229_440.3364.zip

productionBL-droid-signed-wx_na_wf-incremental_ota-from-20258_434.7217-to-22229_440.3364.zip

productionBL-droid-signed-wx_na_wf-incremental_ota-from-22229_438.1909-to-22229_440.3364.zip
[Shield Tablet General] jasonsplace:
I just tried to install this update and it failed due to something being wrong with the patch for the TegraZone.apk file.
[Shield Tablet General] junkerde:
that's weird, anyone else getting that issue?
[Shield Tablet General] Unjustified Dev:
Did you first check which build you had then applied the build that patches it to latest update?
[Shield Tablet General] jasonsplace:
Yes. I've installed each of the updates without issue before this. My about screen says KOT49H.22229-438.1909 and I am trying to install productionBL-droid-signed-wx_na_wf-incremental_ota-from-22229_438.1909-to-22229_440.3364.zip. It fails with an error that says:

I know that this means I probably have a different version of TegraZone.apk then the update is looking for but I'm not sure why.
[Shield Tablet General] Unjustified Dev:
Did you see if your tegra zone had any updates I would uninstall them if so. I don't know if they issue updates to the stock one as they have one on the play store as well
[Shield Tablet General] jasonsplace:
I tried to see if there were any updates installed for Tegra Zone but it doesn't show up in my app list (unless it's listed under a weird name. I uninstalled updates to a couple of NVidia apps and it's no different. Has anyone successfully flashed this latest build?
[Shield Tablet General] jaredmorgs:
I've been having issues as detailed in my post above. Slightly different to yours, but equally as frustrating.

I am running CWM, which I'm starting to regret. I think if I had stock recovery I wouldn't have all these issues.

Pulling down factory restore images and I'll go for a stock reinstall.

I'm using link2sd as well.

To many variables.?
[Shield Tablet General] Unjustified Dev:
Yes , cwm can not handle the incremental updates each time you accept one the recovery date , fingerprint , and description is updated and incremental check for it. Cwm should probably only be used for making a full backup only.
[Shield Tablet General] cam30era:
Stock recovery.img available here, in post #9 >http://xdaforums.com/shield-tablet/help/stock-recovery-image-please-t2856812
[Shield Tablet General] junkerde:
well its working at the moment, i will report back if i see anything new

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well, otg charging is still not fixed in this release, not noticing anything new so far

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well it looks like sound cutting in and out for certain apps are fixed (especially for emulators like ppsspp) so they fixed that issue
[Shield Tablet General] Unjustified Dev:
I wonder if has to do with this commit from shieldportable not found on shield tablet https://github.com/CM-Shield/androi...mmit/e10cb1465cbbd417f547f9599724c0ba5f56db01

If anyone has unlocked bootloader etc I wouldn't mind building a kernel with it so you can test it.
[Shield Tablet General] jasonsplace:
Did you have to do anything special to install this latest build?
[Shield Tablet General] junkerde:
well i was on stock everything, not rooted, i just towelrooted, installed flashify and choose the OTA to flash on and it worked.
[Shield Tablet General] jasonsplace:
The updates that showed up earlier today have disappeared from the Checking script. In fact, only 1 WiFi rom is still listed on that page:

http://ota.nvidia.com/ota/rom/produ...ota-from-20258_426.6902-to-20258_434.7217.zip
[Shield Tablet General] junkerde:
crap, did i install a bad one? lol, does anyone know how to downgrade ota's? or do i have to reset to the factory image?
[Shield Tablet General] osho741:
I don't think the recovery allows downgrades to previous versions. I doubt its bad. I flashed it and I think it performs better than the first out if the box ota. I notice chrome is more responsive in this ota. I wouldn't worry about it unless you are having a lot of issues. The official ota they push out to everyone will no doubt have a different version number.
[Shield Tablet General] Spiteful Monkey:
Nice find, I'd be happy to try it out later today for ya.
[Shield Tablet General] perun:
How to downgroade?
[Shield Tablet General] jaredmorgs:
I downloaded all the factory images direct from NVidia and unpacked them. Signed up for a Dev account (felt like such a liar?), but there's heaps of resources in there.

Decided to do a full wipe using the 426 factory image. Went smoothly.

Also decided to do away with link2sd (the app from Google play)

Tablet is behaving much better now.

Now to move some apps onto the SD card using the built in system...
[Shield Tablet General] junkerde:
Unfortunately for me, it seems my apps run slower.

Before my ppsspp in battery saver mode ran smooth, now some games only run half speed when that setting is on, and prism setting doesnt even work, it automatically turns back on i think if you switch your power setting, or after a few minutes....bleh, battery life isnt as good either.
[Shield Tablet General] kossiewossie:
Just a heads up, there has been some new versions of PPSSPP, that been running really well for me, you can grab the latest PPSSPP from here http://buildbot.orphis.net/ppsspp/
[Shield Tablet General] kuzyz:
Release date: 8/28/14

SHIELD Tablet OTA Update 1.1

This update contains important enhancements and bug fixes, including:

Improved WiFi stability in certain scenarios

Improved camera performance

NVIDIA PRISM feature toggle

Stability improvements to SHIELD Hub and Gamestream

ShadowPlay performance optimizations

Localization improvements

Audio optimizations

Misc. stability improvements
[Shield Tablet General] jasonsplace:
What is the build of the new update? I'm not getting it right now and I'm wondering if it's because it's an older build than what I have installed (438).
[Shield Tablet General] junkerde:
where are you seeing this? what?
[Shield Tablet General] kuzyz:
On nvidia website, under the updates section, I don't have the buid number.
[Shield Tablet General] phobic99:
Here's a link with the 1.1 update info:

http://shield.nvidia.com/tablet-release-notes/
[Shield Tablet General] junkerde:
edit: nvm
[Shield Tablet General] rene130313:
I can't download the update for settings there a Nader way to do this I update my buil to 438 please help thanks ?
[Shield Tablet General] Gytole:
update problem?

Is anyone else having trouble with their system update? I flashed both of the stock and update files provided at the beginning of this in the premade 2 GB downloads and neither of them let me get past this screen...
[Shield Tablet General] ugoff:
Anyone else stuck at "Checking..."?
[Shield Tablet General] funb0b:
It would seem that their server's are boorked at present.

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Has anyone actually got the update yet?
[Shield Tablet General] jasonsplace:
It looks like there is a new build 440 on the server now but it's an incremental update from build 426. Hopefully updates show up for other builds soon.

Location: http://ota.nvidia.com/ota/rom/produ...ota-from-20258_426.6902-to-22229_440.9583.zip
[Shield Tablet General] beerjangle:
I was able to download the update, but CWM chokes on reboot with error 7. Any ideas?
[Shield Tablet General] hurrpancakes:
Flash stock recovery, go through update process, then after you install the update, flash cwm again
[Shield Tablet General] jaredmorgs:
Yeah, me too.

I reflashed factory 426 just the other day and decided to update to the new shiny 434. Kinda wished I hadn't now. If they haven't pushed incrementals in a few days I might just reflash system and data IMGs and then apply the update.

I'm pretty sure that should rebase everything that the OTA would be trying to flash.

I tried to update my build.prop last time I had this issue to get around the intents, but the updater-script still borks on the patching because the patch process fails.

Decided to pull down the OTA Zip and poke around in the updater-script to see what packages were updated. Man, this is a big update...
[Shield Tablet General] jasonsplace:
An NVidia rep posted over on Geforce.com that in the next couple of hours they should have updates available for anyone that was running a beta build.
[Shield Tablet General] jaredmorgs:
You're a rockstar. Thanks for confirming.

I wish Nvidia Forums had the Tapatalk Plugin installed. Would make using the forum much easier ;)

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434 incremental just updated on http://jawz.ca/nvota.php
[Shield Tablet General] jasonsplace:
I hope they put out an update for 438 as well.
[Shield Tablet General] beerjangle:
Worked a charm. Thank you.
[Shield Tablet General] junkerde:
meh just flash recovery image, too much hassle to go around with beta ****.
[Shield Tablet General] minijaws:
The amount of people that have downloaded factory images from me is kinda comical. So far 263GB of bandwidth with a peak speed of 298 MBit/s
[Shield Tablet General] jaredmorgs:
Hmm, we are hammering your server for sure.

Umm, should we be shouting you a few beers here and there to cover the bandwidth, or are you good?

Why you have to be a "developer" to get access to the factory images really surprises me. Or perhaps a "normal user" who just patiently waits for the OTAs to land would never need them so thats why they firewall them.
[Shield Tablet General] minijaws:
Thats all up to you. if you want I would be happy but if you don't that's fine by me.
[Shield Tablet General] osho741:
umm yeah i dled it because i dled a bad update file yesterday and trying to recover, i do need the usb drivers though in order to recover and flash the factory image.
[Shield Tablet General] minijaws:
https://jawz.ca/shieldtablet_driver.zip
[Shield Tablet General] osho741:
thanks wont let me install it though, says windows determined this driver is up to date, what am i doing wrong?
[Shield Tablet General] metalmansam:
Does anyone have the file productionBL-droid-signed-wx_na_wf-incremental_ota-from-22229_438.1909-to-22229_440.3364.zip Its not here anymore https://jawz.ca/nvota.php & I can't seem to find it anywhere so now I'm stuck on 438 trying to figure out a way to get to 440 it would be greatly appreciated if someone who has it would upload it
[Shield Tablet General] jasonsplace:
It doesn't exist and I'm not sure that it will. The one that showed up yesterday was a slightly different build and was pulled. I was in the same spot as you and ended up restoring a factory image and updating from there.
[Shield Tablet General] rene130313:
I am in 438 and not resiving the update, there is a way to do this process manually, thanks for your help
[Shield Tablet General] kossiewossie:
Hey,

minijaws have you managed to found any OTA updates for the Shield portable at all?
[Shield Tablet General] Durhill:
it is necessary to wipe data?
[Shield Tablet General] cam30era:
No.
[Shield Tablet General] rene130313:
Question how can I downgrade from 438 to 426 to I ned an open boot loader an cw or can I do this process been stock and use flashyfy app and flash the complete 426 update help pleas
[Shield Tablet General] cam30era:
Let's see if anyone else chimes in here, but I believe you have to:

1). Unlock your bootloader

2). Sideload the complete 426 zip via ADB

There might be another way, but I'm not aware of it.
[Shield Tablet General] metalmansam:
If your stuck on 438 (or any build prior to 440 aka v1.1) like I was all you have to do is use Flashify (requires root) to flash this CWM recovery.img http://xdaforums.com/attachment.php?attachmentid=2906268&d=1408623627 then boot into CWMR & use it to make a backup (just in case something goes wrong) then flash http://ota.nvidia.com/ota/rom/productionBL-droid-signed-wx_na_wf-full_ota-20258_426.6902.zip and then flash http://ota.nvidia.com/ota/rom/produ...ota-from-20258_426.6902-to-22229_440.9583.zip then wipe the cache & dalvik cache, then reboot (when it asks don't let it flash back the stock recovery & fix root). That will put you on 440 you shouldn't just downgrade to 426 from 438 because that could cause some problems that may require a data wipe. Theres no need to unlock your bootloader & wipe your data. With towelroot & flashify there's really no need to use fastboot & adb for anything like this unless your softbricked & there's no other way. But its still good stuff to know how to do just in case. That's just the hard way to do it & it wipes all your data.
[Shield Tablet General] Durhill:
How can I know if I am on 438? I received the tablet and immediately had a new update. after that, appeared the update v1.1 but it stock on the installation process with error 7 on CWM

This solution will work on me?
[Shield Tablet General] rene130313:
Thanks this work like a charm to I have to flash again the stock recovery and may second questions this is the new update 1.1 buil number 440 thanks for all
[Shield Tablet General] fards:
You don't need to unlock bootloader on this device yet.
[Shield Tablet General] metalmansam:
Yes no matter what build you are on right now that will get you to 440. You are probly on 425 if you haven't successfully updated yet but it doesn't matter. It will still work. You can check your build number in settings.
[Shield Tablet General] cam30era:
I didn't know this. Nvidia's directions for sideloading the updates via ADB state bootloader unlock is required.
[Shield Tablet General] metalmansam:
Yes but thanks to towelroot & flashify it is completely unnecessary to unlock the bootloader of any android device to flash images. At least until we are officially updated to android L
[Shield Tablet General] javlon:
OTA does not install

Hi! Device is rooted and CWR installed by flashify. Current firmare is KOT49H.20258_426.6902. Tried getting OTA (Shield Tablet Software Upgrade 1.1 - WiFi) several times (may be 10 by now) on tablet. Every time when it reboots and goes into recovery mode, after verifying update package, it says:

E: failed to verify whole-file signature

E: signature verification failure

I choose - Install untrusted zip

Then says:

Installing update...

This package is for "shieldtablet" devices; this is a "wx_na_wf"

E: Error in /cache/ota.zip

(Status 7)

Installation aborted

Rebooting...

Any guesses what is wrong with OTA? Or with my tablet? How can I update it? Thanks!

P.S. I have also downloaded productionBL-droid-signed-wx_na_wf-incremental_ota-from-20258_426.6902-to-22229_440.9583.zip and tried it. Did not work out...
[Shield Tablet General] rene130313:
Try wiping dalvik cache and cache from cw and then flash incremental 440 or try flashing from flashsify the 440 zip

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I think that you cannot flash the ota because you have a modified recovery flash the stock one then resive the ota in this treat is the stock one