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[Shield Tablet General] hertsjoatmon:
Interested in one of these devices since my Note 8.0 was stolen on holiday. Originally I was just going to get a direct replacement as I like using the Spen, then I saw this.

Going by the spec, this looks to be the best bang for your buck out at the moment and even though it doesnt have a proper digitizer layer, the stylus technology looks to be pretty good in terms of accuracy and pressure sensivity.

I found the note 8.0 wasnt powerful enough for some of the drawing programmes I used and the resolution left alot to be desired. This fixes both those issues but with the down side of a slightly less accurate stylus. I could live with that though as I'd only be doing rough sketch work with it but mainly using it for entertainment.

I wouldnt want the screen resolution to be any higher on a device this size as I dont think you can really see the difference beyond about 200ppi and your just wasting processor power on pixles that could be used for something else.

I am concerned about some of the early issues people are seeing and am hoping its just teething issues due to it being a new product. I probably wont be able to afford it for a few months until my insurance goes through, but its top of my list at the moment.

I recently got a Surface Pro 2 which I love, but I'm missing my android games and a smaller lighter device I can chuck in a smallish bag for the day when im out and about.
[Shield Tablet General] Hardcore73:
I took mine back. Wifi was not working correctly and every once in awhile it would just sit there for 30-40 seconds and be unresponsive. OTA update did not fix any of those issues...
[Shield Tablet General] funb0b:
There's a new OTA 1.1 just released may have fixed those issues.
[Shield Tablet General] Hardcore73:
Hopefully that update will fix the Wifi issues. It as really bad. As far as the random lock ups I am not sure what that was.
[Shield Tablet General] minieod:
lockups! you're the first person to mention that online, that i've seen. mine locks up ALL THE TIME.

sometimes so bad that even holding power down won't fix it up.

is there any discussion on this elsewhere? it is driving me crazy.
[Shield Tablet General] Hardcore73:
Not sure. I know I read about it somewhere else too. It got so bad I returned it and bought an iPad mini w/retina until the next version comes out. Miss sending and receiving texts from my Android tablet but cannot stand that weird stuff.
[Shield Tablet General] aamir123:
I just got mine 2 days ago and so far everything is really good, just hope I can avoid cracks as the Wi-Fi works great on both 2.4 and 5. Thanks for all the input guys! If anyone who has it or doesn't wants me check or test something lmk. I'll go my best.

BTW I limited my CPU to 2 cores and 80% frequency and have noticed no performance decrease. Does anyone know if the settings work works? I do notice a difference when I limit the fps to 30 tho.
[Shield Tablet General] aamir123:
Well I think I spoke too soon it looks like the back casing is separating near the headphone jack. It's not bad but it looks like it will be. Gonna still wait this one out
[Shield Tablet General] EverythingPortable:
Found the first problem today after using it for weeks. Running GFXbench gives a high "buzz" sound from the speakers. The sound appears when the tablet gets really hot. No cracks, no wifi issue, not problems at all, only this buzz sound. Dont know if uts a hardware or software issue
[Shield Tablet General] aamir123:
If it occurs after the new update and all the time with any sound then it sounds hw
[Shield Tablet General] pencil316:
Yeah, I think they all are like that for repair. The backs are only snapped in place.

Tapatalk
[Shield Tablet General] rushless:
The inside core gets to 95 centigrade which is very hot for a passively cooled device. It will be interesting to see how the device holds up after a few months use. Anandtech did a follow up review and pointed out concern on the temperature since that is nearing the fail point for that silicon design.
[Shield Tablet General] aamir123:
Nvidia claims to have fixed the cracking issues which new units should have in a few weeks. Few weeks cuz it takes time to rotate stock.
[Shield Tablet General] alixinchains:
stylus
[Shield Tablet General] MRobbo80:
Sad day for me ? decided to return my shield reason being at the top of the case where it joins the main body has a couple of mm gap now and one of my 4 joins has not cracked but the seem has started to stretch. This is A great tablet ! But I feel nvidia has tried to rush it out of the doors! Before the nexus 8/9. I will wait for the nexus 8 and I recommend if you have not already purchased yet please wait for the 2nd batch and you'll have a great tablet.

Farewell Nvidia shield tablet!
[Shield Tablet General] lanwarrior:
I think this is a bug with Kit Kat. Even my T-Mobile Note 3 have this issue, regardless of the router I am connecting to.

Example:

http://www.androidpit.com/how-to-fix-android-4-4-2-kitkat-problems-galaxy-note-3

http://www.technobezz.com/fix-samsung-galaxy-s4-wifi-problem-updating-4-4-2/
[Shield Tablet General] aznmode:
I think in some cases it's hardware or a lose wifi connector. I opened mine up and reseated all the RF connectors I could see and it fixed my wifi issue even before the update. I did this because my 2nd replacement had good wifi but hated the pinkish screen which is going back.
[Shield Tablet General] aamir123:
Got my first crack last night, so it'll be going back until reviews state the problem has been fixed
[Shield Tablet General] MRobbo80:
What is so annoying is the tablet has all the makings to be a all round great device! In future I have learnt to be not so impatient and wait for the nexus lines, I think myself Halloween is going to be the release date for nexus 8/9 that's my next purchase.
[Shield Tablet General] aamir123:
It is annoying because this device overall is amazing I haven't had any other issues with it and may give it a try when they iron out the cracks. Also I wanna see where this k1 chip goes in that allot of apps are not compatible and have to be updated for it.
[Shield Tablet General] lanwarrior:
Wi-Fi issue here, and I just got the tablet today. I am testing it around my place and it's really sporadic. Sometime good connection, sometimes it's as if I am not connected at all.

I redid the test by also using my iPad Air at the same time. No issues there.

It HAS to be this tablet. Those who have no issues, you're lucky then. This is a known problem and make using the tablet unbearable.

I mean, imagine you're happily browsing XDA and then..... No connection. Playing games on GRID and then..... Lost connection.

I am going to eat with another router, but I don't have much hope. Suck really, considering this is a great tablet.
[Shield Tablet General] jimmyhauser:
I just returned mine. I was having flaky wifi issues. It would periodically lag, I would get "network issues" messages in some apps. Then last night, I closed it around 2am at 82% battery. Checked it this morning at 6am, it was dead. So dead, plugging in the charger didn't even activate the screen. It took about an hour of charging before it would even turn on.

Other issues: videos won't play in Tumblr. Microphone doesn't work in hangouts or Skype (even though it works when recording videos). Mightytext sometimes takes about 20-30 seconds to open up. My imap email won't sync correctly. That's just off the top of my head. Sure they are software issues, but they are issues I don't have on my other android devices. And I don't have the time or will to root/flash roms/etc.

Gameplay was very, very good though. It's clear they developed this for gaming, and focused on almost nothing else. If all you want this for is gaming, I would get it. (Although several times when playing Facebook connected games, it would crash back to the home screen with "facebook has stopped working") Unfortunately, I want my tablet to do a little bit more than just play games.
[Shield Tablet General] rushless:
The K1 seems too power hungry for a portable device with a smaller battery. When gaming, the core gets to 95C, which is very toasty for a device with no fan or vent. The portable does not get as hot, but has a fan and venting.

The wifi issue is what it is. Either folks need to tolerate it, or return it. Maybe they will correct it with future production.
[Shield Tablet General] aamir123:
Yea I just returned mine as well got a couple cracks. But seriously considering if I should buy again due to the limited battery life. But it's hard especially considering the performance difference between the k1 and snapdragon. Also there a lack of stylus tablets
[Shield Tablet General] npaladin2000:
That K1 almost seems like a laptop chip...in fact, they're also using it in Chromebooks, and it's turning out to be the equivalent of the i3 Chromebooks. We'll probably never see K1 in a phone, but it's nice to see a tablet with enough muscle to potentially take over for a laptop, I bet the SHIELD Tablet could easily do video and audio re-coding if someone would just come up with the apps for it.

Of course, yes, that could make for a toasty tablet.
[Shield Tablet General] lanwarrior:
And that's the biggest issue. Nowadays having a smart devices with unstable functioning Internet connection would make the device almost useless.

I just returned mine and the Best Buy rep asked me "Internet issue?" without me even telling her. That speaks volume on how many of these tablets have such issue.

Nvidia need to at least do some research and acknowledge the issue.
[Shield Tablet General] An Droid:
For those with Wi-Fi issues (and possibly battery drain related as well), check your advanced Wi-Fi settings and disable the Wi-Fi Optimization option.

My understanding is that this option steps down Wi-Fi speeds when a device is idle - even if you're currently using the device. My thoughts are that this will negatively impact your Wi-Fi performance (including apps losing connection due to limited speed) and also negatively impact your battery when sleeping when a background process is limited in it's Wi-Fi connection speed (making the process active longer, preventing the return to sleep).
[Shield Tablet General] adslalex:
Thanks for all the infos,

Just destroyed my previous tablet (I'll never buy an Archos product again).

I'm really seduced by the streaming PC game part of the shield, so it's either this or a tablet pc like the razer range (but they are not sold in france and I don't know their products).

Do you think I should wait for the second version ? I doubt I'll use 4G data connection, but can't be sure.

I have strong wifi at my various destinations and already see me with bluetooth gear playing diablo3 everywhere lolz

The shield is for me ? All versions ?

Cheers and thanks again
[Shield Tablet General] aamir123:
OK the shield is a great device if you can get one without problems. Only problem I had was cracks, Wi-Fi was as good if not better than other devices. Also battery life was not very good. I still may not it again considering android L will improve battery.

Also you can always use limelight to steam games from pc using the same technology ported from the shield tablet. Some even say it's better
[Shield Tablet General] Hashbang173:
This is why I'm waiting for the Nexus 9 (if comes out).
[Shield Tablet General] jimmyhauser:
I bought a lg gpad 8,3 today. At $200 I am anxious to see how it measures up.
[Shield Tablet General] npaladin2000:
I already own one. It lags playing Madden. Hence the ordering of the SHIELD Tablet. :)
[Shield Tablet General] tooshea45:
Hell Yeah.. I totally agree. I use this tab to multi-task and even on 2 cores @50% power it still rawks! Now I just wish that the multi-screen/multi-window or split screen apps become useable so I put this thing to the test! But I'm sure it'll be no problem..:cool:
[Shield Tablet General] aamir123:
You can get split screen with xposed few. Also I'm not sure the cpu and core limit works, I think I remember seeing a mention of nvidia admitting it in their forums
[Shield Tablet General] tooshea45:
I just want a version of Android with it built in!!

yeah, I think read that too. I'm hoping mine actually works:fingers-crossed::fingers-crossed::p:p
[Shield Tablet General] primetechv2:
I'd dare say Samsung has made a better 8" tablet in their latest Galaxy Tab S and the earlier, strangely discontinued Tab Pro, both of which have 8.4 inch screens. Speaking of multi windowing, yeah it has that. There is no multi window solution for "stock android" that works yet, even with honorable xposed attempts taken into consideration. L

Shameless plug aside, I have a Shield and am happy to report that I haven't seen a single issue with the device proper, no cracks, not even any battery issues... although, admittedly, I find that tough to gauge.

Edit: Well THAT was a short honeymoon with the tablet. I never even bothered typing out a message on it here to check...
[Shield Tablet General] rushless:
I respectfully found the Shield tablet to be inferior to my Shield 1. The wifi is much weaker, it runs hotter and the battery life is less than half when gaming.

The only thing they have in common is both have poor firmware updates.
[Shield Tablet General] ReiverBlade:
Totally worth it. I still wonder from where, these issues come... My Shield is perfect: no cracks, no battery issues (up to 1 day and a half in regular use, which involve ppsspp/web/movie/music. But if you set your "shield power control" wisely, you can get more of it.) , no excessive overheating, WiFi is perfect even with 2 wall and 1 room between the tab and the router...maybe nVidia did a "rev.2" and I got one xD and I had 4 firmware update since i got it... Also once 4.4.2 is stable : why update it... "Poor firmware update" is a wrong statement...
[Shield Tablet General] cosmicsanity:
My friend, you do NOT want this device. It is ****ing hell to deal with, starting from the software glitches to the cracked edges. I bought mine off of Amazon.com and 3 edges came out cracked after a few weeks of use. Other people have reported this in addition to their device cracking open. Do you really want to spend your hard earned money knowing how many issues currently plague this system? NVIDIA does not care and are doing their best to censor complains on their forums which is a terrible sign. Even my RMA started to crack, what a bull**** waste of money, if I were you I would cancel the order ASAP if it is not already shipped or return it unopened. It is NOT worth the hassle.
[Shield Tablet General] npaladin2000:
The Icera modem in the LTE version is terrible, now I see why Qualcomm has the market cornered. Sitting at the airport, my Xperia Z3 is getting full LTE, while my SHIELD tablet is flipping between H and EDGE (Both on T-mobile, no Band 12 involved). If the cellular connectivity was actually important to me I'd probably be looking to return it. But I mostly got it because it was the 32 GB version. so I'll live with it. Or turn it off.

They've got some serious work to do on their modems though, no question.
[Shield Tablet General] Shaky156:
It definitely is worth it, although I do feel bad by comparing the two devices, the unfortunate people who purchased the other device before public release, the device I'm talking about is the nexus 9, check the benchmarks on the device... http://www.engadget.com/2014/11/03/google-nexus-9-review/

So yes we have all made the right decision

Lower price

better performance

micro sdcard

etc ;)
[Shield Tablet General] ReiverBlade:
also worth to add : wait for early buyer to start to whine and manufacturer to react :D so the initial flaw are "gone" mostly. i mean ... why would i see so many complain about flaws and bugs, when my sample of the same device has none of them even with a full scale daily use (yep my ST is with me nearly 24/24 7/7 and used on a daily basis )

altho i can agree on "average battery life" even if 1 day in normal use is more than enough (right right gaming ... unless on AC not worth it ... well if hooked to a TV, for PPSSPP during my break at the job it still does fine)
[Shield Tablet General] bipoler:
I love this tablet, no issues on mines
[Xperia Z Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] pain51:
hello guys i rooted my xperia z using fastboot tool and i had a problem with it ,when i connect it with the flash tool it connect but the usb debugging is off !!!!!!! , i turn it on but it doesn't work ! , when i try to put the stock framware 4.4.2 .it stops it 0%!!, i used root checker and i found that i doesn't have a proper root access.:crying:i had a backup with sony pc companion but it didn't help , ,also i try SuberSU it tills me that 'ther is no su binary installed and supersu can't install it !! please help me i don't know any thing about root
[Xperia Z Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] mario_666:
At first you should check towelroot thread. Its simplest way to get root.

But the flashtool should start from the beginning. close flashtool program, install drivers from \flashtool\drivers. kill all processes that use adb.exe (all instances of adb.exe, pc compagnion in task manager) and start over.

I suggest you check what condition is the usb cable. Once cheap cable was fault of brick my xperia S.

PS. You do not need to have enabled debugging for flashing.
[Zooper Widget General] thinker5555:
Hello everyone,

I know the alarm free date #SAD...# is a beta feature at the moment, but I've run into a bug with it that I thought you should know about.

I have a section on a widget where I show the next alarm date and time, but I want to also show bedtime, which would be the alarm minus 8 hours. I know for standard dates, I can do something like #D-480...# if I want to subtract 8 hours. I can even do math within the variable, such as #D-$(8*60)$...# to subtract 8 hours. When I try this same sort of thing with the alarm free date variable, I find that it compounds amount added or subtracted each minute until something causes it to reset.

To make a simple example, if my alarm is set for 3:30 on Monday, and if I want to display the alarm time with 1 minute subtracted from it, I use #SAD-1 P:mm p#, and I should get 3:29am on Monday. It works correctly for the first minute, but as soon as another minute passes, I see that the the adjusted alarm time now shows 3:28am. So every time a minute passes, the adjusted alarm time gets multiplied by the number of minutes passed since I saved the widget. If I subtract 2 minutes at a time, then I see the time drop by 2 minutes as each minute passes. If I do 8 hours, then, well, it gets very strange very quickly. ;)

I have noticed that the adjusted alarm time will reset from time to time, going back to the correct calculation for a minute, but I'm not sure of what causes the reset. Sometimes it will go back to the correct calculation after editing the widget, and sometimes it won't. Other times it will go back to the correct calculation after my screen has been off for a little bit and then I turn the screen back on, but not every time. Also, it looks like it may not add or subtract additional increments while the screen is off. Again, with my example of subtracting 1 minute, if my screen timeout is 2 minutes, then by the time the screen turns off, I'll see 3 minutes subtracted in total. If I turn the screen back on 10 minutes later, it will still show the 3 minutes subtracted. The next minute that the screen is on, it will either reset to 1 minute being subtracted, or it will continue to 4 minutes subtracted.

FYI, I'm on a Samsung Galaxy Note 3, Android version 4.4.2, Sprint, rooted, but I am running on stock ROM and kernel.

I hope that this helps pinpoint where the bug may be. Please let me know if any other information is required.

Thanks,

Jeremy
[Zooper Widget General] CopKiller76:
Same problem here.
[General Questions and Answers] thc2013:
Is there a way to copy your system files or pull from the LG L34C reason I ask I got two one is straight from store but rooted and active other has packaging issues and can't share any files via bluetooth both rooted any ideas? are helpful

sent from towelrooted LG L34C
[Nexus 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] rootSU:
The issue is that while roaming and data enabled on roaming, Nexus 5 (stock 4.4.4r2) just shows the roaming "R" icon instead of showing E, H, H+ or LTE icons for data.

This seems to be a well known bug: https://code.google.com/p/android/issues/detail?id=71339 , but no proper solution seems to exist. Does anyone have any idea how to get rid of this "R" icon without flashing any 3rd party ROM, tried Mahdi under MultiROM, it's the same issue there under it's default settings. I'm rooted and running ART.
[Nexus 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] jdprocks:
if u r in roaming and network is 2g it will show R

if network is 3g it will be 3g,H,H+ or LTE
[Nexus 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] rootSU:
well network is 3g, connection speed reflects 3g, but it still shows only "R".. :(
[Nexus 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] rootSU:
anyone? any patch available for this bug?
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] shackwrrr:
Had my phone for a couple days and decided to root, safestrap, and flash alliance rom. Everything works great when the phone is running but I am running into an issue when I need to reboot or shut the phone down. If I use the power menu to shut down or reboot the phone screen will turn black like normal. The notification light and recent/back buttons light up like they normally do when the phone is shutting down but it just stays like that, no vibrate no sounds, Ive let it sit for 5+ min and it still stays like this. Any help would be appreciated.
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Chopstix9:
There are known issues with Safestrap... Without even asking, I will venture to say you have created a rom slot and that is where you have Alliance installed.... I found out the hard way too instead of researching what I was doing before installing it. You have to install it on the STOCK slot only and not a rom slot and you will be golden. Odin back to original (drop 5 yards and punt) and go back through the whole process but install on stock slot.
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] biggiesmalls657:
3 finger salute by hard resetting could get you out of the funk.
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] shackwrrr:
Thanks for the help, I tried wiping the cache partition, no help. I was on the fence about flashing to the stock slot. I wonder if I can safely restore my backup to the stock slot after wiping the slot1 without bringing the issue with it.
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] shackwrrr:
Just deleted my rom slot, wiped the stock slot, installed a fresh copy of alliance and all is great. Everything even runs smoother. Google app and settings restore worked like it should and didn't even have to use titanium.
[General Questions and Answers] Pawprints1986:
Just noticed that messages imported from my sim card have the year, but my Android ones don't. I don't see any settings to change it. I'm using stock ics messenger (at&t version).
[General Questions and Answers] carlbreen:
If the year is not saved on Android storage you might be at a loss here. Have you tried saving them to SIM and reiporting to Android? I mean the ones without a year?
[General Questions and Answers] Pawprints1986:
Not quite, but i have saved a couple to the sim card, and those couple I saved dont have the year on them either. So, I cant imagine saving them back to my android storage would change anything...

ETA: Im having another thought about this.. How does android distinguish one year from the other if you keep your device and texts for a long time?? I was just thinking about that today. I got a message today, and it made me think, what if i get a message from the same person on the same day next year? Would it end up being this wacky out of order mess at that point? even to click on the message and click properties, there is no year on the date. Im one to keep certain things because they were funny or whatever, but i dont want to end up with a garbled up mess in a years time. (well actually, i got the phone in march, so march/april/mayish will have a cuople of funny things i kept for sure.)