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[Shield Tablet General] bonkeng:
I'm having issues with my Shield after installing twrp and cyanogen 10.

1. Sometimes i lose touch screen function. Have to perform hard reset.

2. Battery drains very fast, around 7% per hour.

Do you guys encountered this problems?
[Shield Tablet General] punifra:
You have just proven nomoreOTA.zip works :). And yeah. Never remove it or your tablet will die :).
[Shield Tablet General] Bogdacutu:
apart from the fact that there's no CM 10 for the shield tablet, this is the wrong thread for complaining about CM anyway
[Shield Tablet General] punifra:
It doesn't need to root Tablet. Just to unlock bootloader. I succesfully installed the .zip without routing (you do everything from custom recovery).
[Shield Tablet General] RainerJ:
I used TRWP instead of CWM.[/QUOTE]

Hi,

first promblem on first step. Root does not work with towelroot, since 5.1.1 is on the tablet. Neither works King Root. Any idea ?
[Shield Tablet General] Michalko5896:
these root methods are not working on lollipop. Search for lollipop root
[Shield Tablet General] Codiox:
hey, ive got a strange problem over here, thinking it has something to do with the killswitch:

ive deleted the TegraOTA folder on my old tablet, then ive done a backup, flashed the backup on my new tablet and every time i turn the wifi on the tablet freezes and reboots. tryed it with my wifi router and my smartphone (as access point over LTE).

maybe the killswitch wants to trigger but cant?
[Shield Tablet General] manuel.lopez8a:
Hi,

first promblem on first step. Root does not work with towelroot, since 5.1.1 is on the tablet. Neither works King Root. Any idea ?[/QUOTE]

You have to root it the right way, unlocking the bootloader, and then flashing a custom recovery and SuperSU. All of that via fastboot. Check the link a few posts back.
[Shield Tablet General] Zuzuitu:
I don't think so. I had this strange problem in the past. Just go to recovery and delete cache.

Sent from my Nvidia Shield Tablet
[Shield Tablet General] K1llSh0T:
SMH

How about you stop being lazy and read the entire thread.
[Shield Tablet General] bonkeng:
Sorry if this is the wrong thread.

I'm not complaining about CM (CM for Kitkat, before 12), i was just wondering if it's CM or twrp, and if any of you guys had this problem. I chose to post here because this is the thread that got me to install both, to prevent the killswitch.

By the way Bogdacutu, thank you for your effort on the killswitch removal. If my problem persist, i will use the nomoreota.zip to save my Shield :)
[Shield Tablet General] Jarocks:
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[Shield Tablet General] Bogdacutu:
I doubt TWRP can cause touchscreen issues within Android, so CM is probably the problem. However, afaik older versions (anything before CM12.1) aren't maintained anymore, so I don't think there's any solution for your problem (that doesn't involve upgrading to the latest version).
[Shield Tablet General] punifra:
I think you did wrong in restoring backup in New Tablet. Do you really need restore? Just reinstall and resync everything. I changed even account to avoid conflicts

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Hi,

first promblem on first step. Root does not work with towelroot, since 5.1.1 is on the tablet. Neither works King Root. Any idea ?[/QUOTE]

You have to root it the right way, unlocking the bootloader, and then flashing a custom recovery and SuperSU. All of that via fastboot. Check the link a few posts back.

First: you don't need root to flash TWRP and .zip, you need just unlocked bootloader. I did not root and it works perfectely.

Second: you are following the wrong procedure to root.
[Shield Tablet General] Codiox:
Thats not the idea of a backup. It have to work. If not, there is no point in a backup. Imagine your devices breaks and you cant restore it though. Why bother then with a backup in first case?

i will try it again with the "delete cache" that Zuzuitu suggested me.

will report back.
[Shield Tablet General] punifra:
That's why now "SYNC" exists in stead of backups!
[Shield Tablet General] Codiox:
I dont want to "sync" or "reinstall" everything. I want to restore a backup and done.

Also the resync function will not get my settings / homescreen / alarms etc. back.
[Shield Tablet General] subsss:
Here's how i've done it :

- unlock bootloader (adb reboot bootloader then fastboot oem unlock)

- once back in bootloader in a way or another, i didn't flash TWRP, instead i asked fastboot to boot the shield on the image : fastboot boot twrp-2.8.7.1-shieldtablet.img

- in TWRP, browsed to /system/app/TegraOTA, and deleted the folder

Now, wait and see, i can finally turn on the RMA tablet !
[Shield Tablet General] kurtie:
I did exactly this a week ago. Tablet still working and the serial number is already flagged for the urgent OTA, so it seems to work! :good:
[Shield Tablet General] subsss:
mine is not yet flagged ... I wonder why ... Received the new tablet on 26th of August, the original tablet should have been flagged already. But I suspect stericycle didn't inform NVidia that they sent me the RMA, i never received any email from NVidia stating the new tablet was on its way.
[Shield Tablet General] TLCH723:
Can you reset after you apply the nomoreota??
[Shield Tablet General] salleq:
If you do a factory reset from recovery, it shouldn't bring tegraota back, since factory reset does not touch system partition. You can of course see for yourself after wiping if the folder is still missing, and if it's not just reflash the nomoreota zip again. Wipe does not also automatically delete data from the internal sd card, so if you had the zip file in the root, it should still be there after wipe.
[Shield Tablet General] brunosan7os:
Hello folks, I'm new here, so.. go easy on me =)

This is the thing. Today I received my replacement. Nvidia just said to dispose my old one, so I guess I don't need to send the old one back. Now the real question is: I have both tablets working fine, both up to date, I've entered both serial numbers in the link granted on the original post and both serials came with this result "Next OTA: None". What exactly this means? And can I still have the chance to keep the old one? Do I need to install any root software to prevent that?
[Shield Tablet General] Zuzuitu:
Yes, read post 1 and flash it asap.

Sent from my Nvidia Shield Tablet
[Shield Tablet General] bonkeng:
I see. Will try another method then.

WIthout the Shield Recall, I wouldn't have forced myself to learn flashing Custom Recovery and Custom ROMs lol.

Thanks again for everything :)
[Shield Tablet General] Narsil007:
Bog,

Thanks for the hard work and an awesome job! I sent a small "thank you" your way via the donate link.
[Shield Tablet General] oleg77:
Nice post for those afraid of rooting or using a custom recovery :good:

By the way, I used nomoreOTA.zip on my old tablet, and then a few days ago on the new one from the RMA process, before (ever) connecting it to internet. A check on http://shield.bogdacutu.me doesn't return any OTA waiting for my old tablet.

Edit 5 days later : both tablets still not flagged for urgent OTA, so flash your RMA tablet before connecting it to internet, it seems to succeed in impeding the kill switch to be sent
[Shield Tablet General] subsss:
thank you :highfive:

Forgot to mention that unlocking the bootloader wipes the user content on the shield ...

Edit : Also forgot to mention one has to mount the system folder. I wasn't sure until I tried a 2nd time
[Shield Tablet General] Marcus_de_zwarte:
I have recieved my replacement some time ago and activated it. The old one I have blocked in my router for internet acces., so I could freely use it in my home network.

Now I checked the killswitch check and found it tagged....

As far as I can read the fix does not work on stock devices as it is not a signed zip?

So it needs to be done as posthttp://xdaforums.com/showpost.php?p=62598201&postcount=510?

Because I couldn't see a fastboot command for it.
[Shield Tablet General] subsss:
Hey dude, the zip is to "ease" the hand made job. The aim is to remove a folder and an APK. It needs root if you want to do it when android is running. But you can do it w/ TWRP (either install the zip, either manually remove TegraOTA)
[Shield Tablet General] PedroPecos:
Sorry guys, really noob on this. What is CWM or TWRP? Is there a step by step guide to do this?

Thanks
[Shield Tablet General] brunosan7os:
Guys, I've installed bootloader, put a new recovery sysme and flashed shield with a new rom. Searched for the tegraOTA apk and nothing. I hope I'll be fine with this. There will eventually be a good and stable solution.
[Shield Tablet General] subsss:
Ever started your device in recovery mode ? There's the stock recovery (allows zip sideload, wipe dalvik cache, wipe user data, restore factory settings), and custom recoveries like TWRP (TeamWin Recovery Project) and CWM (ClockWork Mod i believe) that do much more than the stock one.

I have written a short tutorial a little earlier on how to remove TegraOTA without rooting your tablet. It needs some understanding about USB debug mode, adb, fastboot ... If you don't know and don't understand what you're doing, then don't do it.
[Shield Tablet General] PedroPecos:
Send me a link to the tutorial and i'll let you know if i'm able to do it

Thanks
[Shield Tablet General] Codiox:
what rom did you use?
[Shield Tablet General] brunosan7os:
I've flashed the latest rom from Blisspop, working fine so far.
[Shield Tablet General] Codiox:
ah alright, yes than you're good. There exist no TegraOTA on Custom Roms :)
[Shield Tablet General] brunosan7os:
It took me about 3 hours to complete all the procedures. It was my first time installing recoverys and flashing android devices . Did a few mistakes in the process that made me panic but in the end I kinda think it's all about doing it for the first time. Everything seems a lot more simple now. :good: At least I did't brick it and for that it's already a win for me xD
[Shield Tablet General] bonkeng:
What's the pros and cons with having stock + nomoreota.zip vs custom roms?

I flashed and old version of CM, realized too late. Now I'm thinking of going back to stock or move on to Blisspop. Can Blisspop use Nvidia apps like console mode? Will using nomoreota.zip mess up some Nvidia apps?
[Shield Tablet General] brunosan7os:
Unfortunately Blisspop don't use nvidia apps. You can have shield hub, open the app but as soon as you open it the app just crash. Anyway I think we have the new one to keep using nvidia apps and the old one I see it as a bonus ^^ even if it's just for normal use.
[Shield Tablet General] _Concat_:
I did it the easy way without having to connect to a PC:

1. Install Kingroot app and root it. Might need to try twice.

2. Install Flashify app and flash unofficial TWRP file (found on these forums I believe)

3. Reboot into recovery and flash nomoreOTA. Reboot.

Didn't take me long at all and it's the least confusing way to do it.
[Shield Tablet General] Marcus_de_zwarte:
i did it almost the same, nut than.

1. WinDroid Universal Android Toolkit

2.flash nomoreOTA

3.cross en double check if it was gone
[Shield Tablet General] Gilbot:
I had this issue after restoring my backup from my recalled tablet onto the replacement. I'm not sure if its related to the Android ID, but using Google apps caused freezing and reboots. I decided to factory reset through TWRP and start fresh. No issues since.

If wiping cache doesn't fix it, I suggest a factory reset. You can use titanium backup to backup apps and settings, though I'd be careful restoring Google app data.
[Shield Tablet General] PedroPecos:
Can you send links to those apps? And the TWRP?

THANKS
[Shield Tablet General] Aventura5:
At this point, not doing anything will have a worse effect than rooting wrong. if you root wrong you can unbrick it. if NVIDIA kills it it'll be gone forever.
[Shield Tablet General] jp.esteban:
[MENTION=4937137]Bogdacutu[/MENTION] - Might want to look into this, but take it with a grain of salt: Blocked even after deleting TegraOTA - GeForce Forums
[Shield Tablet General] topcat36:
Is possible that there is a backup trigger also in the latest firmware (5.1.1) since this one also included the recall form. I don't understand why would be necessary to copy codes in and out from and to the tablet (Serial number/confirmation number). Was enough to give them the Serial No. of the tablet and they knew if is recalled or not.

I want to keep stock firmware but 5.1.1 looks unsafe to me. I will flash back 5.1, where was no recall set in. What do you guys think ?
[Shield Tablet General] maldito-kyo:
I did exactly what _Concat_ did :

1. Install Kingroot app and root it.

2. Install Flashify app and flash unofficial TWRP file (found on these forums I believe)

3. Reboot into recovery and flash nomoreOTA. Reboot.

I checked twice to make sure the TegraOTA folder wasn't there anymore, so I'm 100% sure it's gone.

My question is, do I need to do a factory reset to be sure it won't be deactivated, or can I keep it this way?

I just received and configured my new Shield, however, I want to make sure I can safely store my first one without having a "surprise" when I start it back up.

Thank you Bogdacutu for your time and saving our tablets!
[Shield Tablet General] sinichi21:
I still have no info on my rma tablet I live in LA. I rma on august 2 and until now there is no email on me did you guys wait this long before you recieved yours?
[Shield Tablet General] Bogdacutu:
they do that because they need to confirm that you actually own the tablet

no, you don't need a factory reset
[Shield Tablet General] Bogdacutu:
discussing this on the nvidia forums is a pretty bad idea imo. in any case, one single case means pretty much nothing, as far as I'm concerned he could have not deleted it properly (also, my post explicitely says that you should delete it before booting into Android, if he didn't reboot afterwards there was no point in deleting it) or he could have flashed a stock ROM or something afterwards. no way to tell with just the info in that thread
[Shield Tablet General] topcat36:
You have a point there.

I saw something very interesting today on EBay: people start selling their deactivated tablets and receive very nice bids for them. Guess some still think these can be re-activated.
[Shield Tablet General] rageguy:
I wonder if my bricked tablet is worth anything on eBay.
[Shield Tablet General] FiftyPoints:
Selling a recalled product on ebay is both against the law, and ebay's terms of service. Great way to get your ebay account banned.
[Shield Tablet General] c5satellite2:
They won't ban scammers who lie, so I doubt they will ban anyone for this.
[Shield Tablet General] jgowell:
Hello. I went to the website in the OP (http://shield.bogdacutu.me/ ) and when I put in my original tablet serial, I get the msg "Next OTA: None". However, I still want to remove the TegraOTA to prevent my tablet from bricking in the future.

If I am running stock on 5.1.1, what would be the easiest way to me to remove TegraOTA? Would I need to root/ROM the Shield tablet? Do I just run the script in the "nomoreota.zip" file in the OP? Do I follow the method posted by Concat here (http://xdaforums.com/showpost.php?p=62618319&postcount=533)?

Thanks in advance.

edit:

my kernel version is 3.10.33 as of Wed Jul 1 21:22:13 PDT 2015 if that has any significance. I am guessing that is the latest OTA stock update from Nvidia
[Shield Tablet General] topcat36:
Yes, that is correct. But do it fast! The fact you did not see the killswitch on the OPs site is why your old tablet still works.... But not for long.
[Shield Tablet General] jgowell:
I assume you mean root it quickly and follow the steps posted by Concat. Since I am running 5.1.1, where can I obtain Kingroot? It seems it does not work for 5.1.1 as found here: (http://xdaforums.com/android/apps-games/one-click-root-tool-android-2-x-5-0-t3107461)

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Any chance you did this on the latest 5.1.1 KK 3.10 Kernel version? If so, can you help walk me through it?
[Shield Tablet General] topcat36:
I personally took the long way: unlocked bootloader, flashed cwm recovery, flashed nomoreota.zip.

I suggest that until you get the tablet patched one way or another, you take it offline from internet, just to be on the safe side (delete WiFi connection and -if LTE- remove sim card). It cannot retrieve the killswitch without an internet connection.
[Shield Tablet General] AndroidGrappler:
I thought I'd post my experience with this guide for everyone:

I had enlisted in the recall program within the first week that it had started.

I had then recieved the shipping confirmation in 3 weeks after submitting the RMA, which told me that the tablet would be due to arrive in a week (I live in the Vancouver, Canada).

I thoght that it would be cool to keep my old tablet as a TV console, the battery has never gotten more than slightly warm in the past year of usage (I'm still going to keep it in a Li-Po bag just to be safe ;) ).

Since I had no experience in rooting, I gave Kingroot a try, as it promissed an easy solution.

Kingroot 4.5 worked on the first try, with the rootchecker app confirming root access.

I then gave ES File Explorer (current version) access and deleted the TegraOTA folder manually. I also ran a search of all files with OTA in the fole browser and deleted a few other misc. files that I was fairly certain were useless to begin with, or were empty directories.

After deleteing the folders, the Update option in the Settings menu stopped working, and the file names replaced the actual Update option. Upon restarting the tablet, the Update option completely disappeared from the menu. This was all prior to having recieved the tablet, and the serial number check listed no OTAs. I am still on stock rom with OTA 3.1, with the stock recovery and locked bootloader.

Once I recieved my tablet, i immediately turned it on and did the regular setup (shippingnotice stated for me to dispose of thetablet on my own btw). Two days after turning on the new tablet, the old tablet's serial number listed the urgent ST-yy update on the OTA check site.

It has been a week since the ST-yy update popped upon the OTA checking site, but the tablet still works fine. I have restarted it a few times over the past week, and everything loaded up normally. Grid, Gamestream and Console mode (the only reason I decided not to flash a custom ROM) still work on both the old and new tablets. The old tablet has been connected to the internet the entire time.

Thanks Bogdacutu for the guide!
[Shield Tablet General] jgowell:
Alright I made it forget the Wifi network it was on plus put it in airplane mode. I have the 16 GB version so no LTE.

Would you mind helping me out a bit, especially since it seems like you had yours on 5.1.1 (3.1) also? I am a novice when it comes to rooting/flashing. Would I follow the instructions here first to root/unlock bootloader: (http://xdaforums.com/shield-tablet/development/root-root-nvidia-shield-tablet-lollipop-t2972316)?

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Which version of Kingroot did you use with OTA 3.1 The Kingroot thread I found on here says it does not work with 5.1.1 OTA 3.1

edit:

Nevermind you wrote that you used Kingroot 4.5. Is that the version found here: http://xdaforums.com/devdb/project/dl/?id=14250 ?

You didnt experience any issues of it getting stuck on reboot with 3.1 on Lollipop?
[Shield Tablet General] topcat36:
Yes, that is the exact guide I followed. Only place where I had a little problem was to make my Windows7 laptop install the fastboot driver. Maybe they updated the archive since then (I rooted my shield 6 months ago for another reason, now I just flashed the nomoreota.zip).
[Shield Tablet General] logoster:
So, I'm confused, what's all this kill switch stuff about in the first place?
[Shield Tablet General] subsss:
Nvidia remotely deactivating your Y01 shield.
[Shield Tablet General] greeeeefvik:
can sb please post a video on how to do it?

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Can sb Please make a how to video for beginners on how to root and kill the kill switch ?
[Shield Tablet General] AndroidGrappler:
I found the apk by searching Kingroot in Google. I'm not sure if it's the original or not, but it didn't install all regular bloatware everyone is talking about, just the one app that manages the permissions. When I was rooting the old tablet, the Kingroot app hung a bit at the 20% mark, but finished quickly afterwards. It didn't even reset during the process. Once it reached 100%, it just said that it had successfully rooted the device. I then restarted the tablet myself and confirmed it with rootchecker.

Edit: I got the app from AndroidXDA's listing. I used version 4.5.0.803
[Shield Tablet General] maldito-kyo:
Yes, I did it on the latest 5.1.1 KK 3.1 Kernel version.

I pretty much followed this video: youtube.com/watch?v=Ocar8LJZlt0

Kingroot worked for me after 3 tries. It froze once, got in a loop boot a second time and finally it worked on the third try.

Once you are in TWRP, just install the zip and you are good to go. Double check to make sure the folder is gone within the TWRP explorer and that's it !

Hope this helps.
[Shield Tablet General] caaruizbe:
Thanks

First of all I want to thank Bogdacutu and everybody who made possible to "save" the old tablet fom NVIDIA.

I am on Spain and I made the recall on 8 august and haven´t receved anything (just the rma confirmation) since then. Is that normal? how long does it take it here in Spain?
[Shield Tablet General] Primetime_de:
What is the result of the OTA check page if the ST yy OTA has already been flashed? Anyone knows?
[Shield Tablet General] Konstrictus:
I'm from Brazil and yesterday I received a new message from Nvidia saying that they are trying their best to replace all the tablets, but it will probably be delays in some cases (past the 2 to 4 weeks initial schedule).

I applied to the RMA on 08/07...:crying:
[Shield Tablet General] walix3po:
bye bye tablet hello for change screen ^^

all on titlle :)

I dont change rom, i want to change batterie but no time and when i reboot my tablet nvidia kill him ^^ huhu :p

well i have screen now for change ^^ wait and break i can now :p
[Shield Tablet General] Beauenheim:
Update:

Finally flashed 3.1 on the original tablet and used the zip, it's been working great for awhile, blisspop started to get buggy.
[Shield Tablet General] Samuelgentl:
What is the difference between kingo root and kingroot?

Can I use kingo root in order to root shield tablet 5.1.1. (3.1) or it must be kingroot ?
[Shield Tablet General] jgowell:
I'm trying to run "adb reboot bootloader" within the cmd prompt in Windows 7 but when I do that it says error: device '<null>' not found.

Not sure where I am going wrong but I did notice that when I plug my Shield into my computer (I am running Windows 7), it recognizes the tablet as "Android Device --> Android Bootloader Interface" rather than something like "Shield". I think it is because I am not sure if the Nvidia ADB drivers installed correctly but when I try to right click on the tablet within the Device Manager and select "Update Driver" and get to the point where I can manually select a driver folder and point it to where I downloaded the "SHIELDTablet_WHQL_USB_driver" drivers, Windows tells me the device is up to date/cannot be updated.

Let me know if it will be easier to show screenshots. Thanks.