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[Shield Android TV Android Development] banderos101:
Okay, think i might have made a booboo

Are you suppose to flash 2.1 stock then reboot into android, THEN go back to bootloader and flash 2.1 full............as i kinda flashed stock and full right after one another in the sames bootloader session plus two adb installs.......i get the feeling i shouldnt of done that, but impatience won out

After fastboot reboot i got stuck with a "no cable connected" on my tv screen, also when unpluging and plugging the power cable to restart the shield

Im trying to reboot into bootloader now with the hardware method, unplug power cord/plug back in/and press the power button on/off for three seconds, but thats not working, ive read some users say this is problematic, as it hardly works unless you do it exactly, ........so does someone happen to know this sure fire way?
[Shield Android TV Android Development] reflog@gmail.com:
I agree that wifi remotes are an awesome options, but for kids (my 3 year old uses Kodi on Shield TV) it's not convenient. They need a simple remote...

Anyone else up with suggestions? :)
[Shield Android TV Android Development] zulu99:
You can, also with the remote control of your TV via HDMI CEC functionality. Yes the remote control of your TV can navigate Kodi via hdmi CEC. So is good also for your grandfather, because your soon can prefers other way to interact with your TV. I have a 3 year old son and i know what he like. He prefer the DroidMote mouse, especially to see cartoons on youtube, (the classic youtube app) i'm not joking.

you can connect also all the others standard remotes that you want. bluetooth, wireless dongle, IR, power of thought, black magic....

There is only one limitation with Android: "How many things you know"

For sure an advanced user can do more things than an Apple user :) ooppss a non expert user.

But You're never too old to learn. -> ( for the dear grandparents )
[Shield Android TV Android Development] zulu99:
Don't forget that you can create also backup of your entire firmware with TWRP. So you can have both firmwares in very easy way.

Stock rom -> backup with twrp on external usb storage or internal sd card

Full Android -> backup with twrp on external usb storage or internal sd card

Switch between the firmwares just with TWRP
[Shield Android TV Android Development] zulu99:
Is very simple donwload this game from Google Play, also for this reason i like full Android

[YOUTUBE]jRqidCXrWMQ[/YOUTUBE]

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[Shield Android TV Android Development] zahir32:
Strauzo !

What a delight to find you again, to see your trademark brilliance in the Shield's first custom rom and to find your irrepressible humor in full sway. I remember those nights on Freaktab when we raced to test your custom kernels for the MK908 in order to fix its stutter...We've come a long way from that wretched stick to this magnificent new hardware...

Thank you for all that you're doing here - and for your divine sense of comedy...
[Shield Android TV Android Development] zulu99:
Strauzo is dead, but the work is still continued :) There was never a free minute, even to go to the bathroom.

Take a look also to the Nexus Player LolliRock firmware. The Nexus Player as second device can be very good, and with LolliRock is a bomb.

(LolliRock was also the first custom rom on Nexus Player like all others device that you know, because i like too much Android in TV )

I consider all the old friends, dear friends, even those that I argued more harshly.

Yes, new life with better hardware, we were waiting for a while.

I still have the first MK802 of four years ago. I can open a museum now :) More than 80 android tv box.
[Shield Android TV Android Development] zulu99:
New version 1.7 in first post.

Changelog:

Support for usb DAC 24 bit 96khz

Fix build.prop

Thanks to [MENTION=3095703]boboskins[/MENTION] for tests on his DAC and that warned me of the problem.

p.s.

Hey friends, i tested the full backup (system data cache) from TWRP of stock firmware and of this firmware, all works very well when you restore the firmware and is very easy switch between firmwares with a backup because you do not have the hassle of reinstalling all the basic apps + google account setup.
[Shield Android TV Android Development] zulu99:
Off-Topic Information:

In the last version of Youtube, Google removed the support of the scroll functionality with an hardware mouse or similars.

Very bad behaviour, remove accessibility from a popular app like Youtube.

This not take in account many people with physical problems, that can use an app only with specials input devices.

Dear Google the accessibility of an app, is something serious. You can not play this way. Good developers should know this.

For DroidMote users:

This is not a big problem for DroidMote, you can still use two fingers very close to scroll in all multitouch apps incluse the new Youtube version.

But don't forget that you can also use this beautiful Youtube MOD, that permit you to listen music in background, download videos, have full quality 1080p / 1440p and more... http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=2213945

Make your voice heard in Google Play about this bad thing.
[Shield Android TV Android Development] weaver11b:
Just bought one today [16gb] and am very excited for it to show up tomorrow to install this!!

*subscribed*

Thanks [MENTION=1469500]zulu99[/MENTION]
[Shield Android TV Android Development] zulu99:
Modern Combat 4 and Six Guns on Shield Android TV with Hardware Controller

Many Gameloft games of last years support just Moga controllers.

But when you have DroidMote Server started, also if you don't use the Client, you can use your preferred hardware controller with these games.

Tested on Shield Android TV with the Nvidia hardware controller.

Valid for Android and Android TV.﻿

[YOUTUBE]yztn7F9ysiE[/YOUTUBE]​
[Shield Android TV Android Development] Idan73:
Just to report that FlashFire by [MENTION=631273]Chainfire[/MENTION] works fine for this firmware image update. (for those that don't want to mess with adb for updates)

[MENTION=1469500]zulu99[/MENTION] can you please make live wallpapers work. Some of them work fine on nexus player, while here on nvidia it says 'App isn't installed'

Note 4 ?
[Shield Android TV Android Development] zulu99:
It works wonderfully. And is the easy way to switch between Android TV and Full Android firmwares.

p.s.

For Live wallpapers. get LiveWallpapersPicker and LiveWallpapers folders from any arm firmware, copy in the system/app assign permissions reboot.
[Shield Android TV Android Development] leasing:
Still want to use the mouse to touch all the programs like bluestacks
[Shield Android TV Android Development] Idan73:
[MENTION=1469500]zulu99[/MENTION] is there known issue with hangouts in general, or usb camera (logitech usb with mic).

My audio gets picked up just fine, but camera is a no go. 30 seconds into a call, hangouts freezes as well. Only way to get it back is reboot.

Also on bluetooth some of my bluetooth stereo headsets show only as a headsets, and not also headphones, therefore connecting only as media. Consequently, I can not use microphone function on these.

Those that can, connect as a phone as well and can use google search and hangouts audio, but audio is such a low quality, that it might as well not exist.

For example of I click on Google now search, mic gets recognised (those headsets that connect as phone profile), but there's some awfully screech instead of sound to start talking, and it usually ends with 'google can not recognize anything...)

To be honest, this is the first time I tested these, so that's why I ask and report so late since release.

Other than occasional freeze on reboot, followed by system auto clearing dalwik, and having to wait. (probably xposed fault), everything else I came across is superb.

I Freakin wish my phones were as fast and smooth as this device.

Note 4 ?
[Shield Android TV Android Development] Bboy486:
Is there a post to explain the uses of Xposted? You recommended it via post 2/5 but before I root my Nvidia tablet to test I want to see what it will do.

As a reminder, I am trying to get the androidtv experience on my shield tab without the walled garden. Mainly to replace my appletv which is not cutting it.
[Shield Android TV Android Development] zulu99:
Usually i use webcam + mic without problems Logitech C525 in Google Now search, Hangouts and in all apps to record audio.

To have the video working i have to connect the webcam before boot, or i reboot when i connect the first time.

Bluetooth a2dp audio works well, i use this model http://www.amazon.it/gp/product/B00PVL3EQA , but as a mic no. I will test bluetooth mic better.

Bluetooth mic works on stock firmware ?

I'll do a more thorough test on the issue. Thanks for your suggestions.
[Shield Android TV Android Development] zulu99:
There are many threads on xda, how to use xposed framework.

Please for Shield Tablet use another thread. Here we discuss only about Shield Console.
[Shield Android TV Android Development] drilus:
[MENTION=1469500]zulu99[/MENTION], Does the webcam in this rom only support 480p like on the Nexus Player?
[Shield Android TV Android Development] zulu99:
The webcam HAL in Nexus Player was compiled from a public source. so is experimental but work with hangouts and skype. in skype you can have more than 480p.

In the shield console, instead, is closed source binary from stock rom. So should work better, because was made directly from nvidia.

But today night i will check better webcam and bluetooth mic and if a fix is necessary i will work on it.
[Shield Android TV Android Development] Idan73:
Lol. Probably that's why. I pulled my old quickcam orbit from the dustbin. It was a resource hog on my old pc, back in a day, as well.

I can get another quickcam pro 9000 from my inlaws duster to test. But I have a feeling these older generation webcams are a no go. Saw nvidia promo page on g+ that uses for example logitech cams, to say how usb webcams support is there built in for this device, but in example mentions only logitech c 200 something (which is their lowest cam from current lineup), to c920 (highest).

Yes for me a2dp and avrcp are superb on any device I have used. It's just that Sony for example took off headphone profile from their bt stereo devices a while ago, so they alway relied on a phone to initiate phone connection, in adition to media player. Because we don't have phone app I guess here, that particular headset, or any from some I have, connect only as media device and contact sharing. Last Sony Ericsson device that had full bluetooth was w800 which I lost last year.

Funnily Sony Bluetooth speakers have full bluetooth with phone profile and connect fine with phone profile, and mic working (but garbled as I said before). Same goes for samsung stereo headphones that I have as well as couple single in ear bluetooth headsets that I have tested. It's as though it defaults to lowest compression quality (just a speculation).

None of this is urgent for me in particular (with so many devices around home, there's no shortage of hangouts) , but I appreciate that you said you will look into it.

Note 4 ?
[Shield Android TV Android Development] tailslol:
well yes each flash is made 1 at a time and verified everytime if everything works,flash everything in same time in any device is the best way to brick it...

and yes the timing is kinda tight,don't unplug the hdmi cable and press directly on top of the nvidia logo (it is the button.)
[Shield Android TV Android Development] zulu99:
I repeat in case someone not know the story.

many users in the update from an old stock official firmware to the 2.1 stock official firmware, bricked the device.

i suggest to user to flash back an old stock firmware and after update to the last 2.1 stock firmware, just to follow the regular update process of Nvidia.

Some devices brick also in this way, also my and of others developers in the past.

We sended to RMA to have new one.

Some users of the forum said that Nvidia is retiring in this way some devices that may have problems.

We don't know what happen, because when you install a stock recovery firmware all is rewritten from scratch on the device and expecially if you have an old stock Nvidia firmware, the update process follow the same process invented by nvidia.

With our new devices, in this moment, without TWRP recovery and full Android inside all is ok.

Maybe is true the story, that some devices was retired in this way with the update 2.1

One thing is sure, we should have an official advise by Nvidia about what happen on the update 2.1.

Apart this bootloader problem, the device works very very well. It's a shame that this happened.

But if was a thing programmed by nvidia we should know, otherwise this can be used to scare users to install custom things.

if someone know an official advise or something that confirm this, please share.
[Shield Android TV Android Development] netvlada:
Can it play 4:2:2 YUV videos?
[Shield Android TV Android Development] zulu99:
i don't know share a link i will see.

All video formats tested by me are working well. I use the bench video files extracted from Antutu vidoe bench
[Shield Android TV Android Development] tailslol:
if vlc or kodi can,it can.
[Shield Android TV Android Development] amarok:
has anyone gta 5 tested with Xbox 360 Wireless Controller for PC , my boy stops never quiet . He always turns
[Shield Android TV Android Development] zulu99:
i understand. share a video sample.
[Shield Android TV Android Development] netvlada:
Here it is:

https://drive.google.com/file/d/0Bzv2DPznhAwXMkNWSTRqY29FUmM/view?usp=sharing

I test it on several Android boxes ,but all with problems.
[Shield Android TV Android Development] zulu99:
In MX Player and VLC works well, in kodi 15.2 no
[Shield Android TV Android Development] netvlada:
Nice

It is the first box which i know where it works.Does it works in SW or HW MX player mode?
[Shield Android TV Android Development] banderos101:
Learned my lesson, although im a little more weary now........dont wanna brick the next one, as 1.8 full showed what a nice addition the shield console could be........liking the hardware, the microsd, the gigabite ethernet, the 3.0 usb ports, the x1, opengl, the codecs, the formats, the high def, the wifi a/c............ive said it before and ill say it again, impressive piece of kit..........just wished it was more developer friendly, where these issues might have been identified and easilly fixed...........if nexus player and shield console had a baby:p

Just waiting for replacement now........i think this time, ill use the official OTA to update to 2.1, THEN flash 2.1 full android system.img and leave it there for a while..........assuming i dont run into the official stock firmware brick issue
[Shield Android TV Android Development] zulu99:
SW mode in MX Player and VLC. Work very well. This device is a monster for this reason i love it.

I have more than 120 android tv boxes :) I love only the Shiled TV. BIG LOVE :)
[Shield Android TV Android Development] zulu99:
My friend is not your fault. I think very strong but i can't be sure 100%, that bricked devices was retired from Nvidia with the 2.1 update.

Otherwise the story was different.

I flash devices every days from more that 5 years. And i never seen a story like this.

now with the new device, all seems OK. I flashed my system.img many many times.

( but i not flashed the stock firmware the second time because i'm already on 2.1 stock after automatic OTA and i not flashed the TWRP)
[Shield Android TV Android Development] tailslol:
the baby will come,it is called pixel c so wait for it.
[Shield Android TV Android Development] zulu99:
I will buy the Pixel C, but a device with battery, i don't think can be so strong like a device without battery :)

to maintain this power, you need the battery of the car :)

I'm joking but not too much.

If the Shield TV was more developer friendly, can be the most sold device in the world.
[Shield Android TV Android Development] banderos101:
i thought pixel c was a tablet

Im sorted in that field for now tablet/phone.......still got my s3........until they break down, the one thing missing is what the shield fullfills, my main hub, something hooked up to the telly, fast connections, main network storage, kodi, emulators, and the other goodies to test down the line

What im really interested in, is the project ara devices, ara phone, ara tablet, ara console...if ara succeeds, is as open and configurable and easy to produce/implement modules as i hope, and once its matured enough think ill be going that route for sure
[Shield Android TV Android Development] zulu99:
I found this useful information:

[12:51:41 PM] : Only few devices, which already had some issues, got bricked with 2.0 update. This was already predicted by NVIDIA, just to get those devices replaced for the customers.

[12:52:45 PM] : Few devices had some hardware issues, but they were working fine. To make that issue prominent and get them detected and to replace them, NVIDIA has released 2.0 update.

[12:53:34 PM] : For other devices, 2.0 update will add many new features and will boost the performance. But for those lot, it will brick them

[12:55:38 PM] : It was a strategy from NVIDIA to provide perfect devices to our customers

http://xdaforums.com/shield-tv/help/shield-bricked-update-t3216081

Many of us not updated to 2.0, but only to 2.1 for this reason we know the story after some times.

And many of us have also the first models. We bought the device before others. first models.
[Shield Android TV Android Development] tailslol:
well yes it will be a LARGE tablet.

with same cpu and gpu as the shield tv,the problem is not the power because the tegra x1 can shut down cores at will,but more a cooling issue.the tablet will have an active cooler instead of passive.

the good thing is,it will be a google product so most resources will be open. just like nexus devices.
[Shield Android TV Android Development] SeanMurphy:
cannot load system.img

I notice that the link is a goo link but takes me somewhere else to download. I was successful in updating to 2.1 OTA and then unlocked the bootloader with fastboot. After placing the system.img in the adb folder I keep getting "error cannot load system.img" on both the PCs I have. I see the shield attempt to be flashed with a "please wait" but only for a second.

I'm at a loss, nothing else fails to load from the adb folder. Is there a mirror for the .rar? I tried downloading it twice.
[Shield Android TV Android Development] zulu99:
For skype i tested now the last version from apk mirror with my webcam Logitech C525 and it work well

https://www.apkmirror.com/?s=skype&post_type=apps_post

Start the device with webcam connected to have the video working.

I tested also hangouts and work well.

Why Nvidia doesn't sell a Special edition Shield TV with Android inside ? so I could work less :)
[Shield Android TV Android Development] tailslol:
ask them :silly:

but yes most logitech cams work,i got a c930 here and it is cool.

you can ip voice call in some apps with a bluetooth headset.
[Shield Android TV Android Development] lartomar2002:
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[Shield Android TV Android Development] gsmarena1644:
that was it! turned the unit off and on and problem was solved. Thank you very much !
[Shield Android TV Android Development] kdb424:
Another user asked too, but it reminded me. Any chance we can get a function to turn the light off? I forgot it could do that in stock firmware, and now that I remember, it's bugging me. Still friggen love this rom.
[Shield Android TV Android Development] farmerbb:
If you have Tasker installed and are rooted, give this profile a try.
[Shield Android TV Android Development] zulu99:
for the led read my post #574

http://xdaforums.com/showpost.php?p=63476426&postcount=574
[Shield Android TV Android Development] amarok:
I LEDs also controlled by tasker.

there are several steps.

not only ON and OFF
[Shield Android TV Android Development] tailslol:
low led level would be nice. it kinda bother me here.
[Shield Android TV Android Development] TunaFlapjack:
[MENTION=5223651]SeanMurphy[/MENTION] try putting the system.img wherever your cmd loads up from defult would be the root of C:\>

Tried again to day on anothe tv screen still no joy i cant get passed the welcome screen, has no one else had this issue? i can scroll through the languages but im not able to select on and contiune!

Its strange the volume button and navigation works but the A select button dosent???

Any ideas peeps?
[Shield Android TV Android Development] banderos101:
That would be something, if the led light level could be controlled with tasker,

off=powered off console

(stock behaviour)

Lowest level = standby

(Tasker>when display off> do this

Highest LED LEVEL = Android "awake"

(Tasker>when display on>do this

So at a glance, i could quickly check if the shield is off, sleeping, or on......without having to change the tv channel source

Come to think about, didnt get the chance to test that far before my brick mistake, but, does taskers Display On/Off trigger even work with a device without a display

Edit

Yep, for those interested, tasker's display on/off trigger does work on our shields
[Shield Android TV Android Development] kdb424:
I don't have tasker, but that script was what I needed. Just stole the off line and made it a runable script. Thanks a lot.
[Shield Android TV Android Development] banderos101:
Can flashfire create twrp like backups(mirror image)?

Has anyone tested it working on our shields? Backup and restore using only flashfire?

Im assuming it does, but confirmation would be nice
[Shield Android TV Android Development] Grippen50:
Don't know why but I stopped receiving notifications for this thread lol, had to read around 10 pages since last Friday.

Anyway one question anyone tested the Shield with an Harmony remote? The Shield doesn't have an IR receiver right? Works with proprietary wireless only correct? I own a flirc universal IR receiver also, anyone knows if this works ok with it?

Thanks
[Shield Android TV Android Development] banderos101:
The shield has this thing in the front that suspiciously looks like a ir reciever............i dont know for sure, but im sure a google search will confirm it or not "shield tv spec" or "shield tv ir" should do it

Yep just googled it, its an ir reciever, how compatible it is, i dont know
[Shield Android TV Android Development] Grippen50:
Thanks also found some topics related to Harmony and Shield. Seems that the Shield is in the Harmony DB, thats good news :)

I won't need the flirc IR pen anymore.
[Shield Android TV Android Development] banderos101:
You could always try the pen just to see if the shield recognises it.......just to get an all round idea of external accessory compatibility and curiousity
[Shield Android TV Android Development] Grippen50:
I will once I have it in my hands but I'm guessing that with full android the pen should work. I've read it worked fine with other Android boxes.

Now changing a bit the topic....

Just contacted Nvidia and gave them the suggestion to add Full Android FW deployment. I didn't go into much details only said this was possible and there were several people doing it. Also gave my reasons which are basically the same of everyone else, being able to use the full capabilities of the Shield HW.

I suggest everyone else does the same. Sometimes these suggestions are handled by numbers, the more persons suggest a feature, more likely this gets implemented.
[Shield Android TV Android Development] drewbuchman:
My harmony ultimate works great with it... Just cant play games that is the only limitation i have found so far
[Shield Android TV Android Development] Grippen50:
That's ok I have an ipega BT gamepad which I bought thinking of my Media Center upgrade. At the time I was considering the Minix solution. I only want to use the harmony while navigating in certain apps like Netflix and specially Kodi.
[Shield Android TV Android Development] banderos101:
https://android.stackexchange.com/questions/28296/full-backup-of-non-rooted-devices

I did not know that there was a twrp like backup feature with fastboot/adb......called adb backup

Has anyone used this before?