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[Shield Tablet General] l337g0g0:
Ok i have rooted my device.

I haven't went on the internet yet but i don't know how to access the folder to be deleted.

I'm reading you have to DL an app to access the folders and files to delete them after rooting.

Is there a way to delete this folder and files without turning my internet on?

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So i did the serial number test and got...

Shield Tablet OTA Check

Serial number: ****

Next OTA: SHIELD Tablet Software Upgrade 3.1.1 - WiFi

Does this mean I'm not getting a kill switch? or they haven't released it yet for my device?
[Shield Tablet General] topcat36:
I flashed the zip file from this thread in cwm recovery. You can also use a file explorer (ES File Explorer) to delete the folder manually. See the first post where the file is located.

Now you will olny receive the latest update (3.1.1). The kill switch is not sent for now to any tablet.
[Shield Tablet General] j4rp0:
I just have check the next ota for my Y01 tablet (3.1, not updated yet) and it says SHIELD Tablet Software Upgrade 3.1.1 - WiFi... does this means that the ST - yy it's not being delivered now??

Enviado desde mi SHIELD Tablet mediante Tapatalk
[Shield Tablet General] topcat36:
Exactly.
[Shield Tablet General] Hellren:
Where did you get this info?

Odesláno z mého A0001 pomocí Tapatalk
[Shield Tablet General] YourWorstFears:
any news for the people that have thier old tablet bricked?
[Shield Tablet General] topcat36:
All the serials I have, including the ones that had the ST-yy update waiting for them now have the 3.1.1 update waiting. So the kill switch is not delivered now.

... Or.... Is included in 3.1.1 somehow. Wait and see if those that updated already are still alive in one week :p
[Shield Tablet General] guily6669:
If I install the full 3.1.1 stock rom wifi to my old stock tablet unlocking the fastboot will it get bricked? (I mean does the that OTA bring the update that lock the device?).

Thank You
[Shield Tablet General] Bogdacutu:
Updated the OTA checker, it won't show the 3.1.1 update anymore now.
[Shield Tablet General] An Droid:
Bogdacutu,

Do you know if the killswitch OTA file gets saved to the system partition or data partition when it's retrieved by TegraOTA?

I'm assuming it gets saved to the system partition because if it's on the data partition I believe you could be further immunized if your device is encrypted - recovery can't access the data partition if it's been encrypted.

Also, is it possible to see (not navigate) the download link to the detected OTA on your OTA check site? Could be useful to determine official link(s) to new OTAs (eg. the 3.1.1 OTA link) when released.
[Shield Tablet General] Pikus996:
Update

Hi!

I've got a question. I installed blisspop on my old tablet, the new one is working on stock android 5.0 and i dont know whether update it. Is there any chance to brick the new one? Is it safe to update the new one by OTA?

Sorry for my English :)
[Shield Tablet General] Skiller01:
Hi, i flashed a CM 12.1 on my second shield tablet (the one that was supposed to be deactivated) but wanted to go back to the latest official rom. Would this put back the tegraOTA apk and brick my tablet?
[Shield Tablet General] Paharsahath JG:
Do.you have a nandroid backup of your stock rom?
[Shield Tablet General] topcat36:
Yes. Flash the rom and immediately after, nomoreota from recovery.
[Shield Tablet General] Skiller01:
Unfortunately no didn't make nandriod backup. I kinda new to custom roms and all that so I didn't know about nandriod back up when I was flashing cm 12.1
[Shield Tablet General] l337g0g0:
SO the tegraota file is only for nvidia to update there firmware?

This in the near future won't stop updates from apps and android?

So pretty much we can keep using the tablet as normal without nvidia updating the firmware?

Thank you...
[Shield Tablet General] ssj3hulk:
Hi!

I have installed the latest OTA (3.1.1) and I have removed the TegraOTA with the linked zip file.

Is it safe to use the old tablet now? Or is there a chance that NVidia implemented a new method in the latest OTA to activate the KillSwitch ?
[Shield Tablet General] drewski_1:
Yes

Sent from my SHIELD Tablet

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Anything is possible, but that's what I've done too [emoji33]

Sent from my SHIELD Tablet
[Shield Tablet General] l337g0g0:
[MENTION=4752026]drewski_1[/MENTION]

I have Kernal 3.10, i flashed nomoreota.zip

Do i also have to flash a custom firmware or am i good to go with only flashing nomoreota.zip?
[Shield Tablet General] P00r:
2nd layer of protection...

There's aditional step people can take to protect the old (and ideally the new tablet as well)

If you use the tablet only at home, you can ban the domain ota.nvdia.com on your router if it has the feature (my netgear rooter does, it even allow 1 ip to bypass this so I keep my PC unblocked)

If you use the table on the road and on LTE, assuming you are on the stock rom (other roms may have the file located somewhere else)

On both the old tablet and the new one

edit the etc/hosts files to add

0.0.0.0 ota.nvidia.com

You need a software like root explorer to do this, path may be different if you do not use the stock roms.

by removing the OTA apps, and closing the road to the OTA site we should be pretty safe, would be a nice addition to the OTA script to modify the hosts.

I found the last update fixed some netflix freeze I had!
[Shield Tablet General] gashoneil:
I bought a Netgear Nighthawk router to use with gamestream as the one I got from BT in the UK was not up to the job. So the BT router is now on its own subnet acting as a modem and all my devices in the house connect to a Nighthawk and go via this for internet access. Just to be on the safe side I have blocked the Nvidia OTA URL on the Nighthawk router and if I ever want to do an update on the replacement tablet I can connect to the BT router for an unfiltered internet connection.
[Shield Tablet General] l337g0g0:
Can i block that address to a certain mac address so my new tablet can access the updates?
[Shield Tablet General] drewski_1:
May depend on router, but the hosts file thing suggested would be tablet specific.

Sent from my SHIELD Tablet
[Shield Tablet General] Skiller01:
So in twrp after flashing the official rom, i flash the nomoreota.zip immediately then reboot then ill be safe is that correct?
[Shield Tablet General] drewski_1:
Yes

Sent from my SHIELD Tablet
[Shield Tablet General] l337g0g0:
DO we have to flash a rom? can we just flash nomoreota.zip with out flashing a rom.

Can i just flash nomoreota.zip from where my tablet is currently?
[Shield Tablet General] Skiller01:
You dont have to flash a rom. I just wanted to go to official rom from a custom one. Just flash nomoreota.zip and you will be good.
[Shield Tablet General] l337g0g0:
Where do i get the official rom at?

I'm tinkering around with this rooting stuff now that i have this old tablet that lost it's warranty...
[Shield Tablet General] Skiller01:
You can probably get them somewhere here at xda because for some reason they don't have the stock rom on the nvidia website anymore
[Shield Tablet General] nbk1978:
Waiting for activation

Last week i have received my new tablet. It still is inactive until now.

My old Shield is well prepared: nomoreota.zip is flashed, the TegraOTA folder is deleted and the OTA check-page still says "none" for next OTA.

So my question is: Should I still wait with the activation of the new Shield tablet for any changes to come?
[Shield Tablet General] l337g0g0:
Ok Flashed nomoreota.zip and my Device is working great.

TY [MENTION=4937137]Bogdacutu[/MENTION] for all you work on this, did you build the nomoreota.zip?

I have a question about 3.1.1, has anyone installed it with or with out nomoreota.zip?

And what are your results?

Has anyone looked into the 3.1.1 and seen if there's a kill switch in the firmware?

And how long do we got roughly till the firmware will have to be updated before it starts causing incompatibility issues with android operating system?

Thank you... :D
[Shield Tablet General] fusedotcore:
Thank you very much for this.

I received my replacement a few days ago, and had already installed nomoreota.zip on my old one.

Until this morning it said that the 5.1.1 or something was the latest update for my old tablet, but now it's "None". So I assume the killswitch was supposed to have gone off already but it hasn't.
[Shield Tablet General] Fencey:
I have a few questions

Ok so i'm a little confused. If I delete the TegraOTA folder on my old tablet, once I turn on my new one it should be fine, right? Will I need to worry about it coming back by itself or will it be gone forever?
[Shield Tablet General] MusikMonk:
It will be gone until you manually* install a new OTA on your old tablet.

* Manually because TegraOTA is the updater. So without it the tablet can't check for updates and update itself.
[Shield Tablet General] P00r:
The host files is fairly standard across android but indeed some roms may use different location

the path I provided is for the stock roms, I'll edit my post
[Shield Tablet General] natescape:
How to delete the TegraOTA??

Hi all. Please pardon my ignorance, but I can't figure out how to delete the TegraOTA file. It's locked, so I can't delete it with a file manager.

The instructions say to delete the file before booting into Android, so that must be the key ... but how do I do so?
[Shield Tablet General] Frankenscript:
See the kill the kill switch thread.
[Shield Tablet General] natescape:
That's the thread we're in. I can't manage to find how to actually delete it anywhere.
[Shield Tablet General] l337g0g0:
misread
[Shield Tablet General] Frankenscript:
Hee hee. Oops. Missed that.

The first post in this thread contains a zip file that you flash in custom recovery (TWRP or CWM), and it will delete the TegraOTA application.

To do this, you need to be rooted, and have a custom recovery I believe. Generally this means unlocking the bootloader.

Some folks have managed to do it rooting via an exploit (Kingroot or somesuch).

On my new unit I just unlocked the bootloader, installed TWRP recovery, and flashed the nomoreota.zip file. Instructions for unlocking / recovery installation are here:

http://xdaforums.com/shield-tablet/development/root-root-nvidia-shield-tablet-lollipop-t2972316
[Shield Tablet General] nbk1978:
Read the first post again! It will be deleted by flashing the nomoreota.ZIP in Recovery Mode. Under Android it is locked.
[Shield Tablet General] Lettuce:
Hello,

I dont' do this much... so i have some questions, maybe some allready got answered, but i'm not sure if i understand everyting correctly.

1. My New shield is still unused (i thinking about selling it)

So if i flash nomoreota.ZIP to the old shield it will not be killed by the switch even if i have the nvidia apps allready installed but i dont upgrade them?

2. If i would install CM X on the shield and dont install any nvidia apps (dont need them, just playing 1-2 games reading PDF and browses on the internet) the tab would be save from kill?

3. If i do 2. can i upgrade CM or do i need some kind of version and hold it to make sure nothing happen?

I'n the end my goal is to use the shield for maybe 1-2 Games Read PDF and browse in the internet thats all.... I wand to sell the new one (waiting to buy nvidia shield 2) and i would be nice the old one would not be killed until the nvidia shield 2 is released and arrived :D
[Shield Tablet General] Skumbaggins:
Shield remote deactivation

Hi! So i recently got the replacement shield from Nvidia, and i have kept the old one in airplane mode to keep it usable. Is there anyway to disable the kill switch so i could keep using the old one aswell?
[Shield Tablet General] 0mn1us:
Wow! I think there will be reaction any minute :)
[Shield Tablet General] topcat36:
I give up. Guess some are just not made for this :eek:
[Shield Tablet General] Ywosiny:
If you're to lazy to read the first page of this topic. You're not allowed to keep your old shield alive...
[Shield Tablet General] d-style:
I'm choosing to exercise restraint this time. :banghead:
[Shield Tablet General] manuel.lopez8a:
Hey! This is a great idea!! We should definitely make a thread about that. I heard some page on the internet can do the trick. XDB development... XDC develops... Something like that.
[Shield Tablet General] c5satellite2:
You are what is wrong with xda and the world in general.

Your username says volumes about you.
[Shield Tablet General] mrblotto:
Thanks XDA. I have a second shield tablet now. Everything works great. Great job.
[Shield Tablet General] buffelen:
Cant fine TegraOTA files/folder on my tablet. But its rooted and its running Blisspop. Is my tablet safe to use, if i now activate the new one, could it still be killed?
[Shield Tablet General] SizeDrip:
My shield tablet isn't deactivating

I got the new tablet about 4-5 days ago (I can't remember exactly which) and it still works for some reason. On the 2nd day, I deleted all of my data off of the tablet because I wanted to send it back. I decided to wait a few more days and the tablet still hasn't deactivated. Is it supposed to take 5 days for it to deactivate?
[Shield Tablet General] topcat36:
It takes a while untill the killswitch is activated. I have mine for 15 days and nothing appeared on the OTA check page.

I guess you are not interested in keeping it if you waited this long.
[Shield Tablet General] TALOcommander:
I flashed nomoreota on my old tablet and all gone well. Now i must flash nomoreota on my new tablet too?

If i don't delete the ota folder on new tablet it will be deactivated?
[Shield Tablet General] SizeDrip:
I just checked the ota page, and it has the urgent update. I'm not too interested in keeping the old tablet because I never used it much before and wouldn't have much use for it now.
[Shield Tablet General] zotac1907:
Hi, i just wanted to do this. But now i have the problem that i can't enter the recovery. When im in bootloader, i go to 'Recovery mode', then the normal nVidia start screen appears for 5 seconds, afterwards an Android with an 'open heart' appears, and under that is written 'No command' (in german).

I don't have done any rooting stuff or something on this Shield Tablet yet. Is it possible, that i have to flash first a recovery? I'm on 5.1.1.
[Shield Tablet General] vrmuhr:
Please read first post.

You need to connect your tablet via USB to your PC thus enter commands via ADB just as it says in the first post.

I understand this is quite a challenge for n00b users but so is the great feeling after you accomplished. I come from there too.

You will succeed if you have the gutts to carry on.

Cheers

Another n00b
[Shield Tablet General] topcat36:
Where are you from? If you keep it from getting killed, I would be very interested in having it.
[Shield Tablet General] SizeDrip:
The urgent update arrived a few hours ago and my tablet is bricked as of now.
[Shield Tablet General] r3zon8:
Steps I took on my OLD Shield tablet before even powering on replacement:

(This was from a fully stock device that was never rooted/unlocked)

-Took 3.1.1 OTA

-Bootloader Unlock

-flash custom recovery

-flash 'nomoreota' zip

-Booted and ran through setup as new device

All looks OK; Am I ready to power ON the replacement tablet and setup? Im thinking of a friend I can gift this to that would enjoy it as long as it stays usable. Thanks XDA
[Shield Tablet General] TALOcommander:
nomoreota.zip also on new tablet?

I flashed nomoreota on my old tablet and all gone well. Now i must flash nomoreota on my new tablet too?

If i don't delete the ota folder on new tablet it will be deactivated?
[Shield Tablet General] Frankenscript:
Theoretically there's no need to flash nomoreota on your new tablet... it shouldn't be deactivated unless there's a mistake with Nvidia's database. However, I've removed the nomoreota from my new one because I don't want them to be able to shove updates at me without my approval.
[Shield Tablet General] TALOcommander:
Ok maybe i'll flash nomoreota also on my new one. But i have a question: it comes with lollipop 5.0.1. I update it (ota 3.1.1) and than I flash nomoreota or i flash before the 3.1.1 update (and than how can I update to Android 5.1.1 stock?)

Thanks
[Shield Tablet General] Frankenscript:
Let the new one OTA all the way to 3.1.1 before flashing nomoreOTA. OR, if you've already disabled OTAs, you can download the OTA and then flash it from TWRP, presuming you've got that running. I imagine you can also install the OTA via a PC (either ODIN or the minimal ADB/fastboot package) but I haven't done it that way. I updated mine from the shipped 5.01 to 5.1.1 via OTA immediately when I got the replacement. I then unlocked/twrp/noOTA. Not long after, the 3.1.1 OTA came out so I flashed that (the full package) via TWRP. Hit a snag the first time but second time was a charm. There's a thread on it in Q&A forum.
[Shield Tablet General] TALOcommander:
ok thanks a lot

i have one more question. Where i can find shield tablet's stock roms (relased and maybe future) ? i search in xda but i can't find it!
[Shield Tablet General] Bogdacutu:
http://xdaforums.com/shield-tablet/general/stock-recovery-images-ota-library-guides-t2988881
[Shield Tablet General] :
Hi :) my sister's tablet (old tablet) has been killed... (.-. she didn't want to unlock or modify it so I kept it as is, with stock rom). Then it does update and it has been killed. Now OS recognize it only as device without driver with name "APX"... which driver I should install and there is a patch that is good to be flashed with nvflash? Thanks :)
[Shield Tablet General] Hellren:
Once it has been killed, there is no way to fix it.

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[Shield Tablet General] topcat36:
Congratulate your sister for her whise choice !

Now she can proceed to dispose of her old tablet, as the paper said.
[Shield Tablet General] vrmuhr:
OTA survivor

Thank you so much Bogdacutu!

Database returned Next OTA: ST - yy (urgent) for my old shield.

Thanks to your procedure, it still lives - as the new one does.
[Shield Tablet General] DragonBS:
my device has no system/app folder or I cannot seem to find it (using TWRP) can someone help me out? (I prefer to manually delete the file, thank you)
[Shield Tablet General] An Droid:
In TWRP, be sure to mount the System partition as writeable first.
[Shield Tablet General] gerubu:
I have rooted my old shield and flashed the 3.1.1 full with cwm.

Then i flashed the nomoreota file through cwm.

Is this enough for stopping the kill switch at this moment?

And can i still use game streaming?

Sorry for my English ( i'm Dutch )
[Shield Tablet General] biffster:
Be sure to warn your friend that the battery might start on fire randomly some day. The odds are low, of course, but they are high enough that nVidia decided to give everyone who has that battery a free tablet...
[Shield Tablet General] WhereCoffeeFlowsLikeMud:
Looks like it is working. Enough time has passed folk to feedback, and there's not discernable chatter suggesting the mod doesn't work. GRID and game streaming still works here.
[Shield Tablet General] diafebus:
My nvidia shield wants the update "ST - yy" but I installed TWRP and removed the file from system>app OTA and it is still working!

Let's see how long it lasts! Is it safe to manually update to 3.1.1? I did the thing before this update was rolled out and obviously it didn't show up.

Thanks
[Shield Tablet General] half269:
Came new tablet

1) on the old Tablet ive I loaded "nv-recovery-image-shield-tablet-lte-row-update3_1_0"

2) then update to 3.1.1 gold

3) via adb ive loaded TWRP recovery

4) by TWRP loaded SuperSU v2.46

5) reset

6) installation from google play "quick boot"

7) by a quick restart to boot TWRP

8) installation nomoreota.zip

after these operations have enclosed new tablet, everything works

old tablet and new operating without problems:good:

sorry my english
[Shield Tablet General] topcat36:
Updating to 3.1.1 will restore the OTA file. Take care to remove the file immediately after the update and don't allow any connection to the internet before is removed.
[Shield Tablet General] TALOcommander:
so you don't flash nomoreota on new tablet? it's stock with no root?
[Shield Tablet General] half269:
nomoreota installed only on the old tablet
[Shield Tablet General] Frankenscript:
I disagree. The LAST thing I want on any computer/phone/tablet is to have a way for the manufacturer or others to push updates at me that I can't refuse.

My new tablet works fine; I've run nomoreota on it so that nvidia can't shove something down my throat that changes that.

Nvidia can have their defective battery tab back... The value in nomoreota for me is knowing I can keep my new one the way it is and not worry about an OTA backdoor.
[Shield Tablet General] mystreetspirit:
Just a quick question: if I'll active airplane mode on the old tablet the kill switch will not become effective, is it right?
[Shield Tablet General] gotbass:
Sorry this is going to be stupid question, havn't been on the android scene in a while.

I'm on stock, if i copy paste the attached zip to my mem card and boot up into recovery there should be an option to install the zip?

Thanks for your hard work =)
[Shield Tablet General] Rilen:
Just for letting you know

Inviato dal mio SHIELD Tablet utilizzando Tapatalk

---------- Post added at 20:49 ---------- Previous post was at 20:43 ----------

Double post sorry ...

I received on my old tab the St Yy upgrade.

Thank you bogdacu !!!!

Inviato dal mio SHIELD Tablet utilizzando Tapatalk
[Shield Tablet General] frenziedfemale:
If you have a custom recovery already, twrp or cwm. If not you need to either root and remove the files manually or install a custom recovery then install the zip through that
[Shield Tablet General] xavior00:
Rooting problem 3.1.1

hey guys,

I am having a stupid time trying to root my original tablet now on 3.1.1 with the stagefright update with kingroot 4.50 not working at all. It starts rooting and all of a sudden the app closes on me, upon reopening, continued for another few percent and fails. I have tried many times to get this to work but nothing. Have you guys had any luck? Am I using the right method to root the device? My other tablet before the new 3.1.1 update rooted no problem. Is rooting absolutely necessary in order to remove the OTA or can I boot into stock recovery and load from there?
[Shield Tablet General] Frankenscript:
Just unlock the bootloader with the ADB/Fastboot tool (wipes device), install TWRP / SuperSU and move forward from there. This is a much better way to root than relying on some exploit that may or may not work reliably. See the Root thread.

Marc
[Shield Tablet General] mystreetspirit:
No one answer so I have to motivate better.

Consider the concrete possibility that NVIDIA has a database with the new tablet activation information and the relative check about the old tablet deactivation.

We don't know what NVIDIA will do in this new scenario where a lot of users continue to preserve the old tablet working.

For sure will be someone (stupid) in the world that will resell the defective one.

What NVIDIA will do if one of these old tablet will cause damage?

In a couple of weeks/months NVIDIA will face in some way with who did not respect the rules of the replacement: all the users that will have not the check in the database of the deactivation.

So, as you all, I'd like to keep the old tablet running (continuing to use without stress it), but for the moment I wanna wait.

At the same time I want to check if the new tablet has no defects.

Then, the answer is again: if I'll active airplane mode on the old tablet and I'll put it in the box turned off, the kill switch will not become effective, is it right? Everithing depends by a signal sent from remote with internet, is it correct?

Thanks for the attention.