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[Shield Tablet General] MidgetMob:
Recovery images format everything while full OTAs act as patches. Recovery images are flashed via fastboot so it doesn't matter what recovery you have.

Yes, OTAs will let you keep user data and are flashed via TWRP/CWM/sideload.

You cannot flash a recovery image via flashify, only fastboot. Yes, OTAs are flashable via TWRP/CWM/sideload.

If you want to flash to a stock image, I'd recommend using a recovery image. It's cleaner and it lets you start from ground zero. It literally wipes everything but your unlocked bootloader.

Explanations have been added to both the recovery image category and the OTA category.

TWRP v2.8.6.0 has been added.
[Shield Tablet General] Mojar7070:
[MENTION=6279337]MidgetMob[/MENTION] thanks for the explanation.

So, is it technical "Safe" to flash (twrp) the full OTA as a temporary fix to get a stock rom experience?? I'm currently on unofficial cm12.

Thanks.

Sent from my 1+1
[Shield Tablet General] MidgetMob:
Flashing an OTA via TWRP/CWM/sideload is the rooted-man's way of updating the stock ROM. Do not apply any of the OTAs from this guide to a third-party ROM like CM12. Doing so will most likely break something, if not everything.

The CM12 team will probably release update packages for their ROM.

Just to be clear:

OTAs -> updating the stock ROM

CM12 specific update packages -> updating the CM12 ROM
[Shield Tablet General] Mojar7070:
Thank you sir. I was about to do something stupid... ?

Sent from my 1+1
[Shield Tablet General] bleached45:
Just a slight warning, I was using the romracer version of TWRP 2.8.6.0 and I would get bootloops afer every flash trying to flash an ota or viper/xposed/supersu. Maybe it was just a bad download on my end, I went back to 2.8.2.0 because it was stable for me. I never got any errors, just never a successful flash.

I thought I was having an issue with the OTA but it turned out to be recovery.
[Shield Tablet General] MidgetMob:
Have you tried 2.8.5.0 by any chance? I know for a fact that 2.8.5.0 works for OTAs, but I can't test 2.8.6.0 yet to see if it was a corrupt download on your end.
[Shield Tablet General] NapalmDawn:
Midget-I just wanted to say thank you for all your help in getting my shield tablet up to the latest updates.

It seems my wifi issues are going away as I adjusted my antenna slightly and aimed them differently. I also discovered that sometimes, my shield was flipping to my 2.4 broadcast instead of sticking with my 5. Has anybody here used any aftermarket, high gain antennae? I'm curious if it's worth spending 10-20 to get a 3 pack of 9 or 12dBi antennas to replace the stock ones on my ASUS Dark Knight. I still have the rotation issue where sometimes the tablet "sticks" on whatever is the rotation currently up when I open the cover. I found an app that allows me to force an orientation and then set it back to auto.
[Shield Tablet General] MidgetMob:
Yea no problem.

As far as antennas go, I can't help you there. I'd suggest just browsing google.

Regarding the rotation issue, that must be irritating. Mine used to stick but if I just shake the device a little it seems to correct itself. At least you found a way around it.
[Shield Tablet General] lords8n:
This, 1000 times. I spent the better part of my evening last night wiping, flashing, restoring, rooting, checking md5's etc., all with resulting bootloops. I also discovered that all my Nandroid backups I made with 2.8.6.0 are corrupt in some way and result in bootloop back to recovery. This morning I woke up and remembered I flashed romRacer's TWRP 2.8.6.0 last week. I flashed back to 2.8.20 and everything flashes, roots, restores, etc., with no issue. As much as I applaud romRacer's efforts with trying to port 2.8.6.0 to the NST, I recommend sticking with 2.8.2.0, as 2.8.6.0 isn't stable enough yet to perform any of the tasks required of a custom recovery.
[Shield Tablet General] sinichi21:
I just have a quick question. I am currently still on kitkat do I need to need to flash update one by one or I can just flash full OTA 2.2.1 to get all the update? Thanks
[Shield Tablet General] FoxyDrew:
You can just flash the OTA.
[Shield Tablet General] MidgetMob:
From my understanding you should be able to simply flash the full 2.2.1 OTA.

Last time I checked, NVidia supplies the updates by jumping from 1.2.1 to 2.1 so you should be okay. Make a backup just to be safe though.
[Shield Tablet General] bkrieger674:
I have a couple of questions:

When rooted on stock rom, it is not possible to get OTA updates through Nvidia Update? It has to be flashes and all data wiped?

I was on Cyneganmod 12, and was having issues, mainly controller didn't work, so I went back to stock. If I have to wipe everything every time there is an update, am I better off staying stock and I rooted?

What is the point of being rooted if I stay on stock Rom?

Thanks.
[Shield Tablet General] Mojar7070:
Hello, not sure about flashing ota through the system... There's a couple of threads out that explain them.

Unfortunately, if you have the nvidia controller the best way to utilize it is through stock rom. I believe There are no apps that supports the nvidia controller at the moment.

Sent from my 1+1
[Shield Tablet General] koop1955:
I am rooted on Stock ROM. Here are the advantages that I find:

1) I can use apps that require Root - Greenify for example. There are several others.

2) I can back up the entire ROM. This is more a quality of custom recovery (TWRP) but I use several apps that require Root to facilitate back ups.

3) I can remove any apps, bloatware, that I don't want.

You should NOT need to wipe data installing an OTA update. I download to PC, move to my Shield, flash and there I am. All apps and user data has been maintained.
[Shield Tablet General] MidgetMob:
As explained in previous replies to this thread, you cannot flash incremental OTAs if you are rooted but you can flash full ones just fine through TWRP or CWM. No data wipe required. This is for all stock OTAs.

If you're looking for ease of use then yes, staying stock is recommended. Rooted just adds extra features.

There are quite a few upsides to being rooted on stock. I like having startup management, access to xposed modules (a lot of functionality here), and some other little things here and there.
[Shield Tablet General] thomasamas:
No navbar? No statbar?

I reinstaled stock three times today after FULL WIPES. And every single time, for some reason it boots perfectly aand goes through setup all breezy...but then the statusbar and navigation bar are absent and there is no way to get them back! No, its not in console mode and no its not in fullscreen mode either. Its impossible to legitimately use this way. Ive tried 2.2 and 2.2.1 and no success. Im in the US wifi variant and flashed the US roms. PLEASE HELP!:crying:
[Shield Tablet General] NapalmDawn:
I had this happen myself. It means you flashed a wrong rom.
[Shield Tablet General] thomasamas:
Yea....But...

I would agree but the rom IS (listed as) the NORTH AMERICA WIFI ONLY ROM and I tested two seperate versions of the wifi only rom. Any other ideas? If not, I guess ill just be using LMT for controls and some notifications solution to get my notifications.
[Shield Tablet General] NapalmDawn:
Have you done full wipes or are doing dirty flashing? ALso, one of the links for a bit was actually linking back to the wrong rom. Try re-downloading the correct rom for your device.
[Shield Tablet General] MidgetMob:
Along with this, always remember to verify the checksum.
[Shield Tablet General] MidgetMob:
Uploading the 3.0 OTAs now. Links will be up soon.

Recovery images won't be available until NVidia posts them :(
[Shield Tablet General] Mojar7070:
Hello again, downloaded the incremental ota from 2.2.1 - 3.0. Is it really only 11mb??....

Sent from my SHIELD Tablet
[Shield Tablet General] runandhide05:
No it's should be around 200Mb
[Shield Tablet General] Pariahnoble:
Links for full WiFi ota 3 not up yet? Mega links bring up a blank page.
[Shield Tablet General] Mojar7070:
OK. Maybe something wrong with the server. Thanks. I wouldve done something real stupid

Sent from my SHIELD Tablet
[Shield Tablet General] peej06:
Usually how long does it take for the full 3.0 be posted?
[Shield Tablet General] drewski_1:
There's links for the Full OTA posted in this thread in the General section

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=3115536

Worked for me on Rooted LTE
[Shield Tablet General] peej06:
Is that US or RoW version? How do i know what version is my device?
[Shield Tablet General] Singularity_iOS:
I'm assuming they are still uploading. All I can say is finally they fix the effing thing. Hopefully it is actually fixed though. Cant wait any longer!
[Shield Tablet General] MidgetMob:
Links for OTA 3.0 full and incremental have been posted as of now.

Sorry for taking so long guys, was out at the bar. Those were placeholders (hence no actual file linked) for the downloads. Everything should be kosher now. Although, not sure where the 11MB came from...
[Shield Tablet General] bluegizmo83:
Is it possible to just flash the incremental? I'm current on 2.2.1 and rooted, but I hate losing all my settings DPI, sound boost, xposed stuff, etc when flashing a full ROM.
[Shield Tablet General] MidgetMob:
If you're rooted then I believe all you can do is flash a full OTA or flash a recovery image.
[Shield Tablet General] linuxct:
[MENTION=6279337]MidgetMob[/MENTION]

Where can I get the 3.0 full-system in .img format? To flash via fastboot... I'm having some trouble and I'd like to reinstall from scratch :)

Never mind, I see the files are pick up from here: https://developer.nvidia.com/gameworksdownload

Let's wait :D
[Shield Tablet General] MidgetMob:
I have the recovery images posted on the first post of this thread, however the 3.0 recovery image isn't available yet. You could start at 2.2.1 and then just update to to 3.0 though.
[Shield Tablet General] linuxct:
Yes, I saw them... I don't mind waiting tho. Thanks :good:
[Shield Tablet General] Neodreamer24:
Please help. After update full ota 3.0 wifi, my otg function disappear. I try the otg cable with LG g3 and works with mouse, xbox 360 pad like tablet before update. Please, anybody confirm if otg works or posible solution. Thanks

Enviado desde mi LG-D855 usando Tapatalk 2
[Shield Tablet General] linuxct:
Known issue. To fix it turn off your shield, plug in the usb cable with a USB flash drive, and turn it on. Then disattach it and insert whatever you need. It will work, but, you won't be able to charge after you reboot the tablet again with nothing attached in the microUSB.

Looks like 5.1 fault.
[Shield Tablet General] Neodreamer24:
Thanks. I just downgrade to 2.2.1 and reinstall all. When they fix it I will update again because I confirm it was more stable :(

Enviado desde mi LG-D855 usando Tapatalk 2
[Shield Tablet General] Durhill:
Hi, I want to thank you for this work, and l have a question about the differences between the "incremental OTA" and the "FULL OTA"

:rolleyes:
[Shield Tablet General] MidgetMob:
Full OTAs can be used to update any version of the stock ROM to whatever version number the OTA is. They also work to update rooted devices.

Incremental OTAs can only be used to update your device from a very specific software version.
[Shield Tablet General] Durhill:
So..a full OTA could it be flashed from fastboot?

Thanks again
[Shield Tablet General] MidgetMob:
Both can be flashed from sideload mode or from a custom recovery.
[Shield Tablet General] MidgetMob:
Added the new SHIELD Family drivers.

I have not tested them yet however NVIDIA just released a new driver for the SHIELD family of devices. The link is in the main post.
[Shield Tablet General] Pilz:
I restored back to 5.01 because I flashed the WiFi ROM accidentally on my LTE Tablet. Does anyone have the 5.1 US LTE image that I can get? My Tablet is barely moving on 5.01 now no matter how many clean flashes I do its slower than my older Samsung S3.... It worked perfectly on 5.1 I just wanted my LTE back

---------- Post added at 07:53 ---------- Previous post was at 07:51 ----------

I should also mention that the updates listed on the OP won't work for me for some reason. I tried to sideload the OTA and it didn't work so I flashed it and it wouldn't boot... So I restored back to 2.2.1
[Shield Tablet General] stanglx:
Look at the first post under OTA FULL.. its there... thats where I got it from.

Download it to your internal storage then go into your boot loader then fastboot into CWM.... install from zip ..... Takes about 10 minutes for everything.
[Shield Tablet General] Pilz:
Do you flash the zip via recovery? I have TWRP installed so I could give it a go
[Shield Tablet General] stanglx:
Yes.... Thats how I do it.. it wont wipe out anything... HOWEVER.... You may have to restore to default once your in the OS if you have issues.
[Shield Tablet General] MidgetMob:
Sorry man, NVidia still hasn't posted the recovery image for 3.0
[Shield Tablet General] Pilz:
Yeah I know and they pulled the OTA because it was frying peoples speakers.
[Shield Tablet General] MidgetMob:
Oh wow, didn't even realize that. Guess I'll take them off of the main post...
[Shield Tablet General] Pilz:
Yeah I've been reading about it on their GeForce forums. https://forums.geforce.com/default/topic/834884/shield-tablet/speakers-damaged-after-3-0-update/
[Shield Tablet General] HSuke:
Oh, so that's what happened to my speakers. I had to get mine RMA'ed.
[Shield Tablet General] MidgetMob:
Included link for the fixed TWRP v2.8.7.0.

Re-added the OTA 3.0 links as there have been requests for those. Flash at your own risk.
[Shield Tablet General] romixer:
new image version 2.2.2 on nVidia Centre
[Shield Tablet General] MidgetMob:
Yup, I'll be testing it out before posting seeing as my tablet isn't getting any kind of 2.2.2 OTA lol.
[Shield Tablet General] Durhill:
Hi everyone, could anyone give me the link to the nvidia center

Thanks
[Shield Tablet General] MidgetMob:
https://developer.nvidia.com/gameworksdownload

You'll have to register and wait for the confirmation though
[Shield Tablet General] MidgetMob:
Uploading the 2.2.2 Recovery Images now. They'll be up within the next hour or two

MEGA links are up and so are the google links.

Still no idea where the OTAs are. The build number definitely is between OTA 2.2.1 and OTA 3.0 but I cannot find any downloadable OTAs related to it.
[Shield Tablet General] frenziedfemale:
According to a NVidia rep on the geforce forum, the 2.2.2 is just 2.2.1 with an updated recovery (the one now on newly shipped tablets)
[Shield Tablet General] MidgetMob:
Ahh makes sense now, thanks
[Shield Tablet General] Zuzuitu:
If i will flash full ota 3.0 on my wifi version, with a custom ROM, i will still have the twrp recovery inside after that ?
[Shield Tablet General] MidgetMob:
You should keep it as long as you don't flash a recovery image.
[Shield Tablet General] Enzlaved:
sorry but.. whats the difference between full OTA and recovery image.. beside the size of these packages...? sorry, dont get it.
[Shield Tablet General] MidgetMob:
A full OTA is just a patch that can be applied to any previous version of the stock ROM. Full OTAs do not seem to wipe anything as far as I can tell.

A recovery images overwrites all partitions on the device and reverts everything back to stock (excluding an unlocked bootloader).
[Shield Tablet General] stanglx:
Recovery Image wipes ALL partitions - you lose all data. This is a true factor stock/clean device after this.

Full OTA ONLY updates the non-data partitions - you keep all your data. the only down fall is sometimes (very rare) you need to do a full reset of the device after you upgrade. Early on I had to do this but the last 2 OTA full updates I did not and kept all my data with no issues.
[Shield Tablet General] Enzlaved:
Okay thanks. just a little confusing about the sizes of those packages. OTA only has a little more than 700mb while recovery image has more than 2.5 gb... i can't find any differences after i flash both.. and i'm always doing full partition formats before flashing new versions, so formatting/wiping everything and flashing an OTA makes no difference to formatting/wiping everything and flashing a recovery image... well at least, i dont see any differences ;)

Thanks for the answers!
[Shield Tablet General] stanglx:
If you changed your recovery partition to something like CWM that would get wiped and reverted back to stock using the recovery version... in fact ALL partitions are wiped out and rebuilt.

the OTA version will not affect any other partitions other than the system partition.... <--- I always go this route.
[Shield Tablet General] Enzlaved:
that makes it clear for me, thanks.

but why is the recovery image so big instead of the OTA?
[Shield Tablet General] stanglx:
The OTA only has system partition - the operating system and other apps

the recovery has boot, system, recovery, data, cache & misc partitions - more data = larger distro. Those other partitions are more utility in nature (maybe a bad analogy but close enough).

hope this helps..
[Shield Tablet General] MidgetMob:
The OTA doesn't have a full partition image, only files that have been changed (Full=files that have been changed since factory, Incremental=Files that have been changed since the last OTA)

The recovery images have full images of each partition.
[Shield Tablet General] pkeo602:
OK so im looking to unroot becuase i flashed to the slim rom for this and it does not have the option to use the shield controller so im having an issue with unroot when i open the cmd it says 'fastbo;t is not reconized as an internal or external command. so is there a way to get my controller functionality back without unrooting or a way for me to fix this issue?
[Shield Tablet General] stanglx:
No... You will lose root the moment you reload the OS.

My suggestion would be to load the Nvidia Recovery. That will bring you back to total stock setup. Then just reload CWM and then reroot using SuperSU.

Its a 15 minute job... of course backup all your stuff if you dont want to have to manually reinstall.
[Shield Tablet General] pkeo602:
How do i go about doing I tried reading through this multiple times and still nothing has worked maybe you can dive a littler deeper with me through Skype or team viewer?
[Shield Tablet General] MidgetMob:
Well for starters, judging from the error that you provided (fastboot is not recognized as an internal or external command) you should probably start by installing fastboot and adb. The main post does mention this but maybe you missed it. You can find one installation method here: Minimal ADB and Fastboot
[Shield Tablet General] Kingdavid7:
I want to completely wipe my tablet to see if I'm affected by the recall. I manually updated to 3.0 ota and flashed bitio kernel. Is it possible to downgrade to the 2.2.2 recovery image to wipe all partitions? I have unlocked my bootloader so I'm not worried about losing root. I have the US LTE version.
[Shield Tablet General] amartolos:
I'm in a similar situation as yourself, but I still managed to get the full OTA 3.1 (haven't yet flashed) officially. I'm guessing after flashing it I'll lose root, but I can just flash through my custom recovery. Not 100% sure if we really need to do a full wipe/unroot etc.
[Shield Tablet General] Kingdavid7:
Its just I'm getting an error when trying to update through the OTA notification. I'll guess I'll wait for the zip to be posted.
[Shield Tablet General] MidgetMob:
It will be up very soon. I'm uploading it now. If they hadn't changed the links it would have been up sooner...
[Shield Tablet General] MidgetMob:
Yup, you can definitely flash down to 2.2.2. Just follow the guide on the main post. You may also just want to wait until NVidia posts the 3.0 Recovery Images, but that's my opinion lol
[Shield Tablet General] MidgetMob:
Don't think so. I was able to download and install from the built-in updater. Reflashed SupersU and TWRP (b/c of the NVidia updater) and I'm rooted again!

I also had to reflash and reconfigure Xposed, but that's not too big of a deal.
[Shield Tablet General] Kingdavid7:
Thanks for uploading the OTA. I found out my tab is affected, oh well. At least I'll get a new battery over this.

Edit: Oh apparently they're sending a new one and just remotely disabling the other one. Cool because I bought this one used. As long as I can still unlock the bootloader I don't mind.
[Shield Tablet General] MidgetMob:
Did they give you an ETA at all?
[Shield Tablet General] Kingdavid7:
No I just sent form, got no response yet.
[Shield Tablet General] mmad81:
Which xposed are you running for this tablet?
[Shield Tablet General] MidgetMob:
this one

Also, 3.1 full OTAs are up
[Shield Tablet General] gqukyo:
any mirrors, can't use mega right now
[Shield Tablet General] MidgetMob:
What's up with MEGA?

Tell me what file you're looking for and I'll upload it to google
[Shield Tablet General] gqukyo:
US LTE, much appreciated it if you could but if you can't it's fine too. I'm at work with my tablet and I guess my work blocks mega... lol I just want to reflash since after the update my tab is lagging like crazy. Want to start fresh.
[Shield Tablet General] MidgetMob:
Here's the 3.1 OTA

Since you're starting fresh, I'm assuming that you've already downloaded the 2.2.2 recovery image, correct? Making sure I don't need to upload anything else.
[Shield Tablet General] gqukyo:
oh, I thought I could just wipe in recovery and flash the full 3.1 OTA and be done with it. Guess it's not the full rom huh? Lol
[Shield Tablet General] MidgetMob:
Yea lol. Although, you could do a factory reset. I'm just not sure how thorough it would be lol.
[Shield Tablet General] gqukyo:
Actually I tried that after I read your post and it seemed to work. I downloaded through the Google link anyways just in case. Much appreciated! Thanks!
[Shield Tablet General] Sh0X31:
Someone please upload the stock recovery for 3.1?
[Shield Tablet General] MidgetMob:
Np man

As previous posts have mentioned, recoveries aren't posted for a week or two normally. They'll be available as soon as NVidia posts them.
[Shield Tablet General] ay7ylamo:
Is the LTE RoW broken for anyone else?
[Shield Tablet General] MidgetMob:
What do you mean by broken? Did you check the MD5 by any chance?

I re-downloaded the OTA from NVidia and the checksum matches so it's not an upload issue.
[Shield Tablet General] moman2000:
are these full ota's flashable in custom recovery, if not how should u update as i have custom recovery?

Thanks,

Mohamed
[Shield Tablet General] drewski_1:
i sideloaded the 3.1 Full OTA with MultiROM TWRP
[Shield Tablet General] moman2000:
Thanks bud

BTW multirom is so fricking awesome
[Shield Tablet General] MidgetMob:
3.1 recovery images are up as well as TWRP 2.8.7.1

Uploading the images to other sources as well
[Shield Tablet General] GuyInDogSuit:
Which recovery image(s) is (are) KitKat?
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Miloti:
Hi everyone im new here,i wanted to ask if someone knows a mettod to boost volume for gt i9500 stock rom but rooted ? thanks ...
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] BigBugHmb:
Better sound AND boost volume is ok, too? Then look for "Viper4android". (Google search is your friend)

MfG/best regards

René

(Send with SM-T805)
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Interface23:
Wrong section mate, for Q&A, troubleshooting and help here http://xdaforums.com/galaxy-s4/help;)
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] BigBugHmb:
That's right, too…
[Nexus 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] hounter17:
I create this threat to collect roms with black material, because i think they are more atractive than stock white and to make it easier to differentiate because in some cases is not clear.

I would also like us to put if they cm or AOSP to differentiate them.

Thanks and do not be too hard.