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[Shield Tablet Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] BlackLizrd:
Reset to factory settings and turn off updates

Guys, I was in NST hell for a long time, was really disappointed and hardly used the device at all. Then I decided to do a factory reinstall to its original KK and turn off updates. This is now and has been for several months the best tablet I could have hoped for. It's rooted and running Xposed/GravityBox up the wazoo. Pie controls = perfection. I totally recommend it. I like to stay up to date on my other devices but this device runs quite well at the stockest of stock. So I have no bug fixes to recommend, just stay with stock and use a great tablet instead of chasing the cutting edge and getting nothing but frustrated.

Favorite app: Greenify Pro - I have incredible battery life. Can sit for a whole day and still have 95%+ charge.
[Shield Tablet Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] berryman13:
I'm running "stock" OTA 2.2.1 with xposed and all the nice tweaks....Runs great for me
[Shield Tablet Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Snah001:
I am running latest 5.0.1. since it came out and have run all previous builds.

My shield runs just fine without all the here sometimes mentioned probs by some users.

Ony thing I did is root the thing so I could use Titaniumbackup.
[Shield Tablet Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] JarlSX:
when i got mine it was on 1.2 i think, updated it all the way up to 2.2.1

but i wanted more gold in RR3 (hush!) but GG doesn't work on lollipop

so went back to 1.2/4.4, unlocked bootloader, rooted and played for some time

had severe lag issues, really weird, sometimes the lag would cease for a bit if i hit the brakes in RR3 (by touching the screen)

updated to 2.2.1 again to be able to install tweaked BitO-K kernel

works almost flawless now!

this kernel doesn't have the 512mb swap...

thanks [MENTION=6411851]BitOBSessiOn[/MENTION] :)

edit: not it's not flawless at all, lag issues all over the place
[Shield Tablet Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Denonite:
This fekin think is going out the window soon. I have to restart it at least once a day, its incredibly slow and laggy, won't stay connected to my companies network, apps crash.

I've just about had enough - worst android device I've ever had.

I'm going to try a full reset and see if that helps but this is a truly awful experience
[Shield Tablet Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] hapihakr:
I got tired of waiting for the update to Android 5.1, so I enabled developer mode, disabled animations (there are 3 animation options in the developer settings; I disabled all of them), and set the background process limit to 4 (you can try lower). It seems to run smoother for me without so many freezes. However, Chrome does still occasionally freeze, although it seems to unfreeze much quicker. I think Chrome is just too big and you would do better with a lighter browser like Puffin or Lightning (or maybe even Firefox or Dolphin; anything but Chrome). Then again maybe I'm suffering from the placebo effect. Your mileage may vary. Note: I believe the zram swap space contributes to this problem and I sure hope Nvidia disables it or adds an option to turn it on or off. Zram is snake oil and has no place in a top performing device such as SHIELD. What on Earth were the developers thinking? If they thought that RAM was that critical, then they should've just added another gig. Instead they crippled an otherwise great device.
[Shield Tablet Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] NaminatoR1254jaime.sier:
If you have it rooted you can flash BioB kernel. It has swap disabled and, for me at least, runs a hell of a lot smoother.
[Shield Tablet Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] hapihakr:
Yeah, I've been holding off on rooting this thing. I'm waiting to see what the next update is like. Android 5.1 should be coming down the pipe.
[Shield Tablet Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] jasonpctech:
Still working perfectly, KitKat 4.4.2, Jrummy memory Mgr even running Facebook and SwiftKey over 300 apps installed. (set foreground apps to 200mb)

I do not miss anything about lollipop and finally can count on my NVS to replace my other tablets.

Recently, Dolphin browser started working again due to a update.
[Shield Tablet Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] gubbe:
You know, that was specifically my reason for leaving the dark side and finally giving my android phone an android tablet as companion. The iPad, for me, was just not right. Only jailbreaking it makes it really good, but at a cost: lack of stability, loss of upgrade options, etc.

I'm happy now that I can tweak a device to perform. My NST runs smoothly and is several steps up over the iPad.

Most importantly: it works my way rather than some random hardware manufacturer's way.
[Shield Tablet Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] sQeetz:
Re-installed Lollipop from the factory zip, flashed the Bit-O Kernel hoping for some improvement.

It does help.... but it still is laggy and reboots randomly. Cracked case....

Wish I had bought a N9 instead. I'm so disappointed with this thing.
[Shield Tablet Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] jeebuspwnz:
I was THIS close to getting rid of this thing. But with Cm it is finally worth using.
[Shield Tablet Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] SquireSCA:
I hear what you are saying, but reading the two posts after yours, and many others like it, I think I made the right choice. :)
[Shield Tablet Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] lupick:
are you able to sue the controller with CM ROM?
[Shield Tablet Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] bighuta:
So I just installed 1.2.1 after experiencing so much sluggishness on the stock 2.2.1.

It feels like a whole new tablet :)

Can't wait to install Android 5.1 when it releases though...
[Shield Tablet Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] jeebuspwnz:
Ugh, I just don't understand this device. Its performance characteristics defy logic. A few days after cm and it is a laggy pos again. Reboots don't really help, cache cleaning doesn't really help... It is like this thing just hates being snappy and usable. Yet it still scores well on benchmarks. My one plus one on cm12.1 flies. Nothing lags. My nexus 6 on aosp 5.1.1 screams. It is like butter all day every day.

This tablet pisses me off. My nexus 7 was so much better except for the fact that it bricked TWICE and I shot it 15 times with my BB gun after that.
[Shield Tablet Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] 3Dpixel:
Nice man foon killed bij BB gun

Show me the picture

Hahahaha
[Shield Tablet Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] jeebuspwnz:
Shooting and smashing a Nexus 7 (2013 edition): https://youtu.be/pdDPR2AokM8
[Shield Tablet Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] NinjaNeko:
I had the same problems as all of you have...

I did two things, the first one is :

Go to Settings -> Shield Power Control -> Apps -> then click on "disable all"

the second one is the trick mentionned on this topic on chrome.

the tablet is now running very well, just like before lollipop...
[Shield Tablet Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] stanglx:
Me too.. disabled all shield power control

Applied Chrome Tricks

Also limited in developer opetions number of open process to 4

AND I also have to regularly use an app killer.....

Doing all this the tablet works perfectly.... LOL!!!!!!

Honestly the biggest issue I see is that the tablet doesnt have enough memory. When it gets to about 50% used of memory I can clearly see thrashing when using chrome...
[Shield Tablet Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Denonite:
Its been just over a week since I completed factory reset, wiped caches etc. and I have to say its made a big difference. WiFi connection issues have gone and performance is much snappier. I've also not had to reset my Shield for over a week (was reselling due to it not waking up daily, sometimes a few times a day)

Seem to me that there is an issue in upgrading from Kit Kat to lollipop via the OTA updates. I got mine for Christmas all I did was added my google account and then let it do all the updates and its never worked correctly. Now its running fine.
[Shield Tablet Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] stanglx:
I always do a full wipe and clean upgrade.. after you start to install and use it will revert back to the sluggish performance. I have not for the life of me understand why (except for facebook its a POS) this happens.. I believe Android in general has VERY VERY VERY poor memory management - but I also hate the alternatives thus why I stay on the platform.
[Shield Tablet Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] tuzogt:
I use RAM Manager Pro, set on boot to more multitasking and swap to 1gb. It works for me really well.
[Shield Tablet Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] jeebuspwnz:
None of my other android devices behave this way and they are all lollipop. It is just the damn shield that gets sluggish for no logical reason. Every fix I do seems temporary... Every rom and or kernel seems to help briefly.

I refuse to do things like stop using chrome or Facebook...
[Shield Tablet Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] stanglx:
I suspect actually rather than being an OS level issue it being the customization's that Nvidia has layered on over Android.... Nvidia needs to fix this POS!
[Shield Tablet Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] enchanter100:
Weird, I have wifi 16gb version and it's always been super fast.. I have two friends here at work that were so impressed they each bought one and haven't had any issues as well..

I also have 3 accounts, my 8 yo and 5 yo sons each have an account on it and they play world of tanks, boom beach, etc.. So i'm sure there's tons of apps running. No matter what though, the thing is blazing fast. Keeps up with my shiny new htc one m9...
[Shield Tablet Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] gubbe:
You probably did make the right choice for you. It's just that what was right for you might very well be completely wrong for someone else...
[Shield Tablet Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] An Droid:
OTA 3.0/Lollipop 5.1 is out (if you haven't already noticed) - seems to have fixed the lag (so far) for most...

(Battery life in standby also seems improved!)
[Shield Tablet Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] sQeetz:
I'm also very happy since 5.1. Now that's how it was supposed to be from day 1
[Shield Tablet Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Pariahnoble:
I wrote a tutorial for getting the most out our shields on ota 3. Hope it helps!

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=3118187
[Shield Tablet Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] SkolVikings94:
I just bought the Nvidia Shield Tablet last week and was looking forward to what it could do. The reviews seemed good and it seemed to be able to do what I wanted out of it. But 5.0 had some major issues, battery life and just being sluggish overall. I was about ready to get a refund when I installed 5.1 and wow, what a difference. Such a much needed update. It's fantastic now.
[Shield Tablet Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] T1Pimp:
Holy crap... uninstall Facebook and Messenger and this thing flies. I always felt like it gamed "ok" but the UI was laggy as hell. Uninstalled FB and Messenger and now this thing is a beast.
[Shield Tablet Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] SwarajNandedkar:
When any Android Tablet is not performing well, then Flashing any Compatible Custom ROM can be very useful. The CyanogenMod is a popular ROM which is supported by many developers and available for nearly all tablets. If the Custom ROM cannot solve your problem, then you should move to the next option.

* The next option for Tablet Performing slower than expected, then going back to the Stock Version works pretty well.

* Another option open for you is to disable all kind of animations and transitions effects. You can do it by enabling the Developer Options and then turning OFF the animations.

* You are saying there are no bloatware, just essential Google apps. So, the Bloatware is not the biggest problem here. You can follow this guide to check out the solutions available to improve the performance of your Android Tablet.

P.S.:- before reading your thread,I had no clue that NVIDIA launched any Tablet. :p
[Note Edge Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Wall E:
Greetings,

I just got a new Note Edge from TMO. All nice and great until I got it in EU and I have noticed that the WiFi for NA version is neutered. It only sees channels from 1-11 whereas in EU the channels are from 1-14.

Here is the question: could it be (a) "locked by the carrier here in US (b) neutered out of the box for the US models by Samsung ?

Also, is there a way I can unlock this ?

Many thanks.

W.E.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy Note II] firewater88:
I am having this issue with my i605. I would up bouncing my sim between another phone and this one and when I cam back to the Note, I can't make/recieve calls. I have data and able to receive texts, but no calls. Not sure where something went arry, but I have tried everything. I odin'd back to stock and still no calls. Rooted the new image, still nothing. Tried all the fixes I could find. Flashed different modems, dialed *#*#4636#*#* and changd to 800mhz, changed apn's, changed type of signal and still nothing. I know the sim is fine cause it works in my Moto X 2014 and my wifes S5. The sim out of the S5 would not allow calls either, so it is phone based.

Details of phone:

SCH-i605

mfr date: 11-06-12

Bootloader: i605VRALJB

Baseband: i605VRUFND7

Rom: CM_i605-wilson3q 5.0.2 (currently)

My sd card took a dump before all this went down, could not save all my backups I had on the card. Only one on computer was right after I rooted, 3-2013. It is a TWRP backup, I did try to restore to it, but stuck at Samsung logo for a no boot. I tried to restore just parts of it (EFS, modem) and still no go.

What else should I try?
[XDA Assist] ZXain:
Hey guys Could you tell me that which is better Os for note3 sm-9005 kitkat or lolipop ...???:):):):):):):):):):):):):)
[XDA Assist] Heisenberg:
Hi :)

Thanks for writing to us at XDA Assist. Only you can decide that, but newer releases (Lollipop) are usually more polished and have more features.

Thread closed, thanks.
[Android] Peter1337:
AOSP 4.2.2 POP C7 [7041x]​

Flash via CWM Recovery!​

GApps include!

Download in the txt below

Screenshots:​
[Android] Breezer28:
Hi!

I've just installed your Rom on my 7041X and may I say WOW!

But I've got just two questions.

Is there a way to remove or disable the SIM2 check? The 7041X is Single SIM... The 7041D however is the Dual SIM version...

And, Is there a way to remove all the widgets? I hate widgets... the only widget I like in my 7041X is the Weather with the digital clock..

Thanks for the ROM!

It's the best one I've seen out there! :D

Vando S.
[G3 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] madi529:
Hi,

I recently factory reset my LG G3 but unfortunately forgot to do a backup. So the universal remote I had made for my digital box (in Quick Remote) obviously no longer is there. Because there is a lot of buttons I had put in I would rather not do it again. So I was wondering if there is anyway to send a remote to someone else. Because my father also has a LG G3, so I've also setup the same remote for him.

Surely there should be a way to transfer the remote information, or am I wrong? :fingers-crossed:

Thanks in advance!
[G3 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] ItsJacobee:
No...

But you can make the remote identical and just use his phone to program the new one (hold 4 inches away and activate the IR)
[Galaxy Note 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] egren58:
Hello I want to know if there is anyway to remove the brightness slider. On lollipop. I tried using sqlite but I got a weird bug where my quick settings get cut off. :( I will provide a pic of that..
[Galaxy S 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] grisly grizzly:
I am about to pay cellunlocker.net to unlock my Galaxy S5 and was wondering if anyone here has used to and knows if it works? Is it a scam?
[8125, K-JAM, P4300, MDA Vario ROM Development] ellicit:
Im very new and I've tried to search and find the right rom for my 8525,

can you give me a link to the thread

thx
[8125, K-JAM, P4300, MDA Vario ROM Development] double_ofour:
its a HTC Hermes.. you can seek in the Hermes thread..

http://xdaforums.com/forumdisplay.php?f=254

Welcome to Xda-Dev..
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S6] jimmiekain:
I am trying to figure out if I should buy the GS6 from AT&T or buy a factory unlocked phone from GSM Nation: http://www.gsmnation.com/samsung-galaxy-s6-unlocked.html or Expansys: http://www.expansys-usa.com/samsung-galaxy-s6-smartphone-unlocked-32gb-black-275005/

From what I've been reading if I buy a carrier unlocked S6 I will for sure lose out on VOLTE and HDvoice but I dont get those things now with my Nexus 5 so I dont think I will miss them. The question on I have is am I missing anything? Is there anything else I need to take into consideration when buying unlocked vs at&t branded? Yes, I'm aware it will cost a little more and I wont get support from AT&T if something goes wrong with it but is there anything else I should know?
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S6] @Class:
Well since the modem is probably the same across most North American / European / Australia varients hopefully the unlocked version is just packed with LTE bands!

It makes sense to buy it if you're buying it outright and your countries bands are included... Does anyone know the Bands / model name for the Unlocked ver?
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S6] alnova1:
For what its worth, I'm buying the 32GB Verizon S6 that is already unlocked for $599. Its cheaper than the AT&T. I won't get LTE if I stick with Cricket (which use AT&T towers) but thats fine. HSPA is fine and I can switch to Verizon prepaid if I so desire. Just an option I would throw out there.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S6] jimmiekain:
ahhh forget it, I think im just gonna have to bite the bullet and get the at&t one.

[MENTION=2092005]alnova1[/MENTION] i thought about getting the verizon one too but my whole reason for not buying the att one is to avoid having to wait for updates and to get around all the carrier bloatware. If I get the verizon one I will miss out on LTE and I will have to wait for updates. Its a lose lose situation.

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yeah the unlocked one they sell at gsm nation will work on att.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S6] @Class:
Yeah but AT&T = Locked bootloader so no rooting etc. Have fun with that.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S6] chasx003:
So I've been spoiled by the nexus 4/5 and haven't really paid attention to Samsung phones... If I got an S6 w/ an unlocked bootloader and rooted, would I still be able to use Samsung Pay (I've heard of something called Knox, i guess would rooting cause it to be tripped?)
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S6] jimmiekain:
Good question. I forgot about Samsung pay. I definitely don't wanna those that. Gonna have to do more research.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S6] djkinetic:
depending on the root method, the current root requires the unlock bl and will trip knox, which means you lose functionality of any features associated with knox...reason it trips knox is the way the SU binary is pushed to the phone is by temporarily injecting a recovery based on stock but with custom code if i recall.. you can google CF Auto to see how it works in detail.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S6] wiredmonkey:
Well crap. I was hoping one device would work across all carriers, like the Nexus 6 and iPhone 6 does. Oh well.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S6] sturmen:
Do we know if the AT&T version is crippled in any way? Possible pain points:

Wireless charging limited to PMA only (AT&T has a history of pushing PMA at the expense of Qi)

Unremovable AT&T bloatware (AT&T Navigator, AT&T Family Map, AT&T Smart WiFi, etc)

Removal of certain software features (On my LG G3, it's missing a few minor features like Quick Tips for no discernable reason)

Locked bootloader (I actually assume this one is a given)

Of course we know it'll get slower software updates and still has the ugly AT&T logo on the back.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S6] djkinetic:
well the s6 is suppose to include support for both PMA and Qi, as far as the bloat, if its like the nexus lp release those bloatware apps are sim related and can be removed as they don't reside on the /system as for the locked BL i think everyone has pretty much assumed that it will be shipped locked.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S6] jimmiekain:
I have no idea about the pma or qi wireless charging. I dont think they would mess with it but it wouldn't surprise me.

I assume we'll have to root to get rid of all the bloat.

I hope they dont remove features but as we know, they got rid of download booster on the GS5 so again, this wouldn't surprise me.

I too assume the boot loader will be locked but so was the GS5 and there are ways around it.

good questions, a lot to think about. I almost wanna just say ahhh forget it and just the att branded one to make sure I get HD Voice and VoLte but then every time I look at my wifes GS5 on AT&T and see that shes still got Kitkat I so NOPE!!!
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S6] thagabe:
Locked bootloader?

Shoot i guess i have been spoiled by the nexus :/ I jumped on the hype and bought a s6 (preordered really) because my n5 was getting old and the metal band and the curved display. Still kindof frightened of how it would look when watching a movie, bad experience with gamma curve on note 1 for the att note. I look forward to flash cm 12.1 on the edge and develop some apps or xposed modules to use that sexy edge :p ;)
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S6] robertkoa:
Yes.

I have my first ever factory unlocked phone and first Samsung phone ever

Galaxy Alpha 850M on MetroPCS/Tmobile Network.

It is a sleek phone, great Audio, no lag and has ALL the Bands for Tmobile( even 1700 UMTS not listed in it's specs).

BUT- the phone is NOT software optimized for Metro/Tmobile so no

VoLTE- which we have had on Metro since 2012 .

So make a call and instantly you lose LTE and drop to 3G and sometimes the

" hand off " back to LTE after the call takes a minute or so...

Sometimes Data is interrupted temporarily when on Internet and I get a call though I have voice and Data almost all the time.

These are not things I was warned about on Articles about BYOD.

I have no problems with Texts , MMS, Multiple Email Accounts and different Notifications for them all though- that is very good-often people have some problems , glitches with unlocked phones.

Because VoLTE is becoming more common it may eventually become more universal but we are not there yet so even an advanced phone like Alpha and probably S6 needs specific Carrier Software to enable the VoLTE for the specific Carrier.

So you won't stay on LTE during Calls .

Not sure if the Band switching wastes energy or not- the Battery is going to be the Achilles Heel on S6 IMO for heavy users- .

So that's the problem IMO with Factory Unlocked Phones- I also suspect the Software Optimized and precisely Band Optimized Carrier Devices are faster with better reception generally than similar Model Factory Unlocked Devices but no proof and it's probably complicated....lol.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S6] Goofytek:
I'm also on the fence about getting an AT&T Version of the S6 or not. Having a locked bootloader could be a deal breaker and from the last 2 Galaxy Units they had it should be locked too. Until someone gets a unit and lets us know, we'll be in limbo until then. I currently have a AT&T HTC M8, unlocked, s-off, the works, and i can pretty much do anything to this phone. I do keep my phone close to stock, but all the bloat removed and option to flash any type of ROM is a big plus.

Hopefully we can get a definitive answer on the Bootloader asap. :confused:
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S6] dligon:
We me I just want to know if I buy the S6 from Verizon to use on At&t will Verizon be able to track my Porn website cookies even if I'm on At&t?
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S6] jimmiekain:
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Too funny.

This is why I love forums.