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[Shield Tablet General] dexpid:
Did anyone else get notification of another package being sent from stericycle? I received my replacement tablet already but the ups tracking number states its the same weight as the previous one they sent. It might be the return box though. It should be here in a few hours was just wondering if anyone else has had this happen.
[Shield Tablet General] romracer:
Yea, Stericycle is the return box. I received mine last week. Its a pretty neat box. Flame-retardant and all.
[Shield Tablet General] theoriginalslick:
I just received my 2 LTE replacements and they are immaculate brand new tablets, for anyone interested I started the recall process on the 31st of July and I'm based in the UK. The units were delivered with all the boxes/bags/packing to return the old tablets.

I shall give it another week before turning on, just in case nvidia have another means of deactivation.

Thanks for the fix, you can always trust XDA developers. ;)
[Shield Tablet General] Devjd:
Excellent work Bogdacutu!!! I am new to this forum and a noob, my question is.. Would it be wise to disable configUpdater under apps and disable notification/s for tablets running stock ROM. Thanks.
[Shield Tablet General] alucard_xs:
Thanks dude but do we need to use your apk even if we've deleted the TegraOTA folder ?
[Shield Tablet General] dexpid:
Yeah I just got it a few minutes ago it was in fact a coffin for my old tablet. I'm not sending mine back though. Even if it was damaged I legally can't send back the tablet without removing the ssd from it.
[Shield Tablet General] AndyAndreas:
TegraOTA renamed

Dear OP,

Thank you so much for your time, I appreciate your work.

I rooted the tablet using KingRoot. According to Root Checker my tablet is now rooted.

But I have the following issues:

1. Using a file manager I was able to rename the folder TegraOTA into _TegraOTA_. I had to do that since ES File Explorer wasn't able to delete it. I also renamed the "TegraOTA.apk" app into "_TegraOTA.apk", just in case.

2. How I can check if the TegraOTA.apk is running?

3. There is a service called com.nvidia.ota and it's running. Is it important?

Can you explain or share a link to see how can I delete the folder TegraOTA before running into Android?

I hope you can help me. I was checking Google for some answers, but since the procedure is new to me, I would like some support. I hope others can benefit from post :)

Thank you so much!

P.S.: I live in Italy and I don't have to return the tablet back. There was a piece of paper on the package of the new tablet that told me to dispose of the old one.
[Shield Tablet General] Bogdacutu:
that will not work, the apk needs to be deleted

Settings -> Apps -> All -> look for System updates

that's from TegraOTA

install a custom recovery (such as TWRP or CWM) using Flashify or similar, then reboot into recovery and flash nomoreota.zip
[Shield Tablet General] abzboi:
I didn't bother doing it right after I got it. But a few days later after activating the new one, my old one still works and a few days ago, while left it on charging, I couldn't seem to turn it back on and computer won't recognize it either.
[Shield Tablet General] AndyAndreas:
Thank you so much! According to you, which one is better, TWRP or CWM, for the Nvidia Shield Tablet?

I thought I didn't have to install a custom recovery, in order to delete the file, since you proposed two ways, one for stock and one for non stock devices.
[Shield Tablet General] speed45:
Need Replacement Recall Help

Anyone can help me out please. I can not submit for the recall because I do not have internet service on the tablet and battery died. I filled out online and got Claim Number. Can anyone try to help me and see if they can enter in my Claim Number and see if they can get me the RMA Comformation number so I can finish the process online.

Thanks
[Shield Tablet General] Bogdacutu:
TWRP is my personal choice, but both can do the job. You can delete it without a custom recovery too (just try another file manager in Android), but you asked how you can delete it before booting into Android.

[MENTION=876796]speed45[/MENTION], PM me if you still need help
[Shield Tablet General] AndyAndreas:
I asked that because I read this:

So I was looking for a way to do that before booting on Android :) I tried ES File Explorer. Do you suggest a file manager in particular?

So far I tried:

File Manager

Total Commander

X-plore

ES File Manager

File Manager

Thank you so much for your time and your fast reply ;)
[Shield Tablet General] Bogdacutu:
only said before booting because if you have already activated the new tablet, it's not safe to boot into Android before deleting TegraOTA. I use FX File Explorer (with the root addon)
[Shield Tablet General] MusikMonk:
Not sure if it's related to killing the old tablet or just a different NVIDIA issue, but yesterday the SHIELD hub kept logging me off every few minutes while I was streaming from my PC. I was still using my old tablet which does have the urgent OTA of death waiting for it since yesterday.

But on the other hand when that happened and I logged back in, my PC mysteriously disappeared and I had to log out and back in on the PC to get it to show up again in the hub

So, it could have been a GameStream server issue of some kind.
[Shield Tablet General] AndyAndreas:
I tried FX File Explored (I also installed the root addon) and it says:

Anyway, inside the folder, there isn't the apk anymore. The tablet also told me that the process had a problem and it was closed. I am confused :) Maybe it's not enough since you told me to delete the folder as well (which as a new name, now: _TegraOTA_)

I try to reboot and check if the service is on.

I am sure it's a root problem. I used King Root to root and Root Checker to confirm the device was rooted. But somehow I am not convinced that the tablet is properly rooted.

I don't know if you can still help me from now on, but I really appreciate your time :)
[Shield Tablet General] Bogdacutu:
by now it would probably be easier to just flash TWRP and nomoreota.zip, but in any case, try mounting /system read-write (from the options menu in FX) first

edit: if the apk is not there anymore, it's probably fine (check to see if system updates is still an option in Settings -> About)
[Shield Tablet General] AndyAndreas:
It seems the option is completely disappeared. I also can't find the process anymore, which I think is a good thing.

Thank you :)
[Shield Tablet General] subsss:
Hi !

Thanks OP for all the info, it's precious !

I was wondering something : in the updater-script, it checks for the device name ... Why not just change it to the Shield TV for example ?
[Shield Tablet General] Bogdacutu:
the updater script runs in recovery, which is separate from Android (and thus doesn't care what the device name in Android is), and changing the device name there would break most updates (both from Nvidia and from custom ROM developers)

if we change the device name in Android, sure, the device won't get the urgent OTA, but it won't get any other ST OTAs either anyway (and there's the risk of a Shield TV OTA bricking your device). + you might encounter various issues with Play Store and such
[Shield Tablet General] subsss:
Even if it's run in recovery, it still checks for the device name. Well, whatever ...

But any nvidia update may restore the TEGRAOTA, how to set up a "clean defense" ?
[Shield Tablet General] Bogdacutu:
flash nomoreota.zip (or delete TegraOTA) before booting into Android after updates
[Shield Tablet General] subsss:
can't there be a root app that runs at boot and delete anything related to tegraota ?
[Shield Tablet General] Bogdacutu:
after OTAs you won't have root anymore anyway. since you'll need to flash SuperSU (or another root management tool) anyway, you might as well just delete TegraOTA at the same time and be done with it
[Shield Tablet General] subsss:
You're pretty right ... The thing is not to forget to reflash the zip at the 1st boot once the update is complete. That may be a real concern with kids (or even myself !)

Or flash a custom ROM and probably loose half of the shield functionnality
[Shield Tablet General] AndyAndreas:
There is a new service in town*. It's called NVIDIA Tegra Service Updater.

From the description (translated from Italian):

Considering the following:

1. I have successfully deleted the folder /system/app/TegraOTA and the file TegraOTA.apk inside it,

2. The service com.nvidia.ota is not running,

3. If I check Settings -> About, the option of upgrade is not available,

should I be worried?

I am not sure about this, but it seems it activates itself once I connect the tablet to the internet.

I haven't turned on the new tablet yet, which arrived me this week.

*probably it's quite old, I haven't noticed it before.
[Shield Tablet General] Bogdacutu:
that service takes care of updating stuff such as application profiles, and I'm fairly certain that Nvidia stuff will break if that's deleted

not really
[Shield Tablet General] P0t:
hello

Yesterday i was still using the tablet.playing some streaming with twitch and so on.Today the battery was at 15% i put on the charger .now i came back ,picked the tablet and its dead.nothing..

wont boot up.quiet as ****.

Anything i can try?

Greets
[Shield Tablet General] LanthesX:
sounds like kill switch to me
[Shield Tablet General] justmoe:
same thing here. my tablet is a brick now. happened overnight.
[Shield Tablet General] Hellren:
Have you had TegraOTA.apk deleted?

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[Shield Tablet General] matula2k:
Sad news. :(

Can you please confirm first if you deleted the APK and Folder.

Secondly, if you Flash a custom rom on the tablet.

Thank you,
[Shield Tablet General] LanthesX:
Well have you folllow up all the route giving by Bogdacutu? If not have a go with it have you checked if your effected by the kill switch you can try that by going to website again done by Bogdacutu so guys just read the posts and I think all of you will be allright but need to do some reading instead of direct blaming yourselves go on chop chop ready steady lets do some searching....
[Shield Tablet General] oliwek:
by stock you should understand tablet with stock ROM (Android as delivered by Nvidia, with Nvidia apps), and non stock is tablet with custom ROM (Blisspop or another community ROM) ; nothing related to (stock or community) recovery ;)
[Shield Tablet General] AndyAndreas:
Thank you so much for your clarification :) I would like to study a little bit more the developers' world so I can take care of this kind of issues. But I read about some issues about some recovery mods (it seems the touch doesn't work as usual with TWRP somehow, maybe I am wrong).

I am just worried about the last posts of people who are not able to use their tablet anymore. Let's find out if they did everything right.

Thank you for your time ;)
[Shield Tablet General] K1llSh0T:
Got The Urgent one of my my Tablets

First of all, would like to thank Bogdacutu for all the research and work done.:good::good::good: Never rooted or flashed anything Android, the last experience I had with any type of root/jailbreak was with an Iphone 4 - redsn0w (no longer an Apple user). Anyway, I have 2 Shield Tablets, so did the whole recall process, got my replacements in the mail and left them untouched. I'm not anywhere near developer or programmer level, but I can work my way around PC's (built 5 desktops), but figured someone would figure out how to bypass this killswitch. Honestly I've had my original tablets since last November, and never really had a problem of them getting super hot, so definitely did not want to send these back. Followed Bogdacutu's instructions and with some simple research (Not asking on this thread) I first had to root, flash TWRP, flash 3.1 OTA, then flash nomoreota.zip to remove the TegraOTA folder and TegraOTA.apk, and today, via Bogdacutu's link, noticed one of them is pending the "Urgent update of Death!" So. out of curiosity..just restarted the tablet with the killswitch and booted up fine. :victory:. Been reading this thread since it was only 1 page and haven't really found stating if this actually worked after following Bogdacutu's instructions and then activating the new tablet. Well, so far my tablet restarted and all is well, i'll try again and restart tomorrow to see what happens. And guys, stop asking Bogdacutu how to root, flash, etc. Youtube is an amazing thing nowadays. Follow these links for those instructions and lets keep focused on results! Again, thank you Bogdacutu. Here's youtube links to root, flash, etc. and of course DON'T forget to flash nomoreota.zip (download link via OP) , literally this is all you need.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ocar8LJZlt0

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5BZGleRdqPk

3.1 OTA, click on Download>OTA>Full, pick your model ...

http://xdaforums.com/shield-tablet/general/stock-recovery-images-ota-library-guides-t2988881
[Shield Tablet General] P0t:
I have not done anything of this and i had a stock rom. too bad i didnt noticed this earlier.

What u guys think? will there be a way to get it working again? :(
[Shield Tablet General] alucard_xs:
does it still boot ?

if no, it's too late ...
[Shield Tablet General] btrax:
Hi people !

I was scarry I just finished to save all my data and do a factory reset and the tablet didn't rebbot :(. But I can go to fastboot mode and I successfully rewrite the ROM with the stock ROM (5.0.1).

Now I wonder if I can update to the update 3.1 and after erase the necessary or I should install a custom ROM by precaution?
[Shield Tablet General] K1llSh0T:
SMH

Did you even bother to read the entire thread? As of right now, your tablet is pretty much bricked.
[Shield Tablet General] drunk_coler:
ST-yy finally triggered on old tablet 10 days after receiving replacement. I only rooted and deleted tegraota folder including the apk file and have rebooted tab a few times with no bad results. I want to thank bogdacutu for figuring out how to save tablet from self destruction.:D
[Shield Tablet General] alucard_xs:
hoping Nvidia won't find another trick to brick the old tablets ... but I'm doubtful ...
[Shield Tablet General] btrax:
I'm still on 5.0.1 firmware. Can I update to update 3.1 ? I so affraid that I desactivate the wifi for the moment ^^

Edit : I read carefully the first Post and I know what I do sorry ^^
[Shield Tablet General] spliffstar1904:
well i had mine boxed and was just getting ready to take my box to the UPS store to drop it off and then i came across this post and decided to see if the old tablet still turned on. and it did. booted up like nothing was wrong. should i root it and put a new rom on or will it be fine as is?
[Shield Tablet General] Bogdacutu:
it won't be fine as it is, the kill switch doesn't get triggered right away
[Shield Tablet General] spliffstar1904:
so root and new rom?
[Shield Tablet General] Bogdacutu:
check the first paragraph of the first post of this thread
[Shield Tablet General] d-style:
This is what I'm worried about. That's why I installed a custom rom although I'd rather be on the stock rom.
[Shield Tablet General] mushikipt:
urgent OTA was finally triggered for my old tablet a couple days ago.

The tablet still works fine after rooting and taking care of the tegraOTA.apk, thanks again for your research ^^
[Shield Tablet General] kickbutkuss:
Just wanted to say I'm amazed by your patience and kindness [MENTION=4937137]Bogdacutu[/MENTION]. Thanks from an appreciative lurker..
[Shield Tablet General] manuel.lopez8a:
I still don't receive the new tablet, and the kill signal is not triggered yet; I just rooted and flashed the nomoreota zip, but I have this question: can I root the new tablet and flash the nomoreota on it before the setup, so that the kill switch signal doesn't trigger for the old one?

Or is this a stupid question because I have to set the new tablet up and connect it to the internet in order to boot into recovery and root it?

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[Shield Tablet General] Bogdacutu:
Nvidia has plenty of ways to know if you're still using the old tablet that don't involve TegraOTA (such as the various other apps they include with their stock ROM), so no, I don't think this would work.
[Shield Tablet General] oliwek:
yes, update to 3.1 but install nomoreOTA.zip in the same process, from recovery

Yes btrax, you can update to 3.1, as long as after flashing the 3.1 ROM you install nomoreota.zip from recovery, and then check with TWRP file manager that the folder /system/app/TegraOTA is well deleted. Ideally you should flash everything from recovery in the same process : go to recovery -> flash 3.1 -> install nomoreOTA.zip -> check with file manager -> reboot and enjoy with peace in mind. Edit : I forgot the most important : pay a beer to bogdacutu (I sure did).

Donc pas de problème pour l'update 3.1 ; idéalement tu flashes l'OTA puis nomoreOTA depuis le recovery, sans rebooter la tablette entretemps, pour être assuré que le kill switch n'ait pas le temps d'être activé. Une donation modique à Bogdacutu qui le mérite amplement serait un chouette geste, il sauve nos tablettes après tout.

;)
[Shield Tablet General] punifra:
Hi guys I have read the thread, I have both my new and old tablet working. At old I am now running stock latest ROM but I have set Wi-Fi off to not receive the update 'kill switch'.

I have just a question: with nomoreota.zip do I really need to ROOT the SHIELD Tablet or can I just flash the .zip from custom recovery? Actually according to procedure I don't think root will matter. Am I correct? If yes, why to choose to root it too then?

So I will just USB debugging the old tablet, flash TWRP, reboot in recovery and WITHOUT rooting flashing nomoreota.zip + reboot. Ok? Am I safe lifetime like this? Which differencies with rooting? And is it useful to keep 'custom recovery'? If yes why?

Thanks. Goodbye.
[Shield Tablet General] Bogdacutu:
you can delete it from Android using various file managers if you have root

yes

you'll want a custom recovery anyway if you plan on upgrading to future Android versions released by Nvidia
[Shield Tablet General] punifra:
Ok (because OTA updates will be avoided by nomoreOTA). Nice. I'll do it without rooting then and let you know.

Regards.
[Shield Tablet General] subsss:
Just curious ... Can it be done without flashing TWRP, but just booting it through fastboot (fastboot boot twrpimagefile.img) ? Can't try that right now ... As far as i remember, the device needs to be unlocked in order to flash anything on it ?
[Shield Tablet General] MysticDeth:
I have a question. I am running Blisspop rom on my old tablet but want to go back to stock without activating the killswitch. Now, would I be able to disable wifi after flashing the stock firmware for 5.1.1 while sideloading the apk for kingroot and the .zip for twrp without my tablet shutting itself down and bricking itself?
[Shield Tablet General] punifra:
DONE IT

- with wi-fi OFF debugged USB the tablet

- used adp to access fastboot & unlock bootloader

- flashed TWRP image through fastboot

- recovery reboot and install nomoreOTA.zip with TWRP (i did the wipe too just to be sure before just for fun)

- rebooted: no more UPDATE under Settings -> About (first line is disappeared, now first is SEND NVIDIA FEEDBACK)

- I did 'restore factory settings' from SHIELD Tablet just to be sure OTA won't install after this 'soft reset' and first run with Wi-Fi: i confirm no matter what you do you won't get OTA again (maybe with full recovery?)

WORKS FLAWLESSLY, I feel quite sure NVIDIA won't manage to make my Tablet receive the Kill Switch.

Thanks a lot for a two tablets in stead of one NVIDIA.

GAMEPAD WORKS (no root) and GRID\GAMESTREAM services too (I made a new NVIDIA Account just to be sure to avoid conflicts).

/update: SHIELD HUB WORKS but GRID actually doesn't load games (neither the LIST).

/update2: cancel update1, now with SHIELD HUB updated from Play Store it works flawlessly. EVERYTHING WORKS.
[Shield Tablet General] Technogen:
If you don't chose a wifi network it wont have anything to confirm the kill code to, and obviously if it's an LTE one remove the simcard.
[Shield Tablet General] c5satellite2:
I wouldn't recommend flashing future system images from Nvidia. They will most likely build the kill switch activation right into them and brick it on first boot. Nothing confirmed in any way, just a heads up.
[Shield Tablet General] Sir_Brizz:
I'm sure seeing as there are many timebombed tablets roaming around that some enterprising people will start making de-bloated, de-timebombed flashable versions of each update.
[Shield Tablet General] Djolbar Joe:
I have a level 1 noob question :

How should i use the .ZIP file provided in the first post ?

Do i have to put the .ZIP in internal memory, enter recovery press power to flash and check with a file manager in recovery mode if TegraOTA is gone then reboot and factory rest ?

Do I need AROMA.apk for this or is there another one more reçent ?

Thank's for your help.

I quickly looked into XDA flashing guide but couldn't understand a thing.
[Shield Tablet General] ssj3hulk:
Does anyone know if the latest official rom(Android5.1.1/ OTA 3.1) has the kill switch already preinstalled or is it safe to use the linked zip with this rom to to disable kill switch?
[Shield Tablet General] kenkiller:
Of course it's there, that's what the zip is for.
[Shield Tablet General] punifra:
Actually the kill is not preinstalled in those OTAs but it would be sent as 'next OTA' as soon as the device is connected to internet (if it has been triggered to that serial). If you flash 5.1.1 (3.1 OTA) and BEFORE CONNECTING TO INTERNET you flah TWRP and install nomoreOTA.zip you should be 99% safe.
[Shield Tablet General] Michalko5896:
Is connecting to internet with CM 12.1 safe? I'm coming from 3.1
[Shield Tablet General] garrettcorn:
You should be good. There shouldn't be any Nvidia OTA software in CM 12.1
[Shield Tablet General] Michalko5896:
thank you, I was worried because of nvidia closed source bootloader and radio..
[Shield Tablet General] Zuzuitu:
I want to buy you a beer bud and thank you for this trick so we can keep the old tablet. Can you please confirm your donation e-mail:

me@bogdacutu.me

Cheers.

Sent from my Nvidia Shield Tablet
[Shield Tablet General] guesserit:
Android noob here..

Hi, can someone walk through what to do with the zip?
[Shield Tablet General] mushikipt:
1- first you need to root your tablet

i used a guide in the shield tablet android development called "[ROOT] Root NVidia Shield Tablet - Lollipop (also locked bootloader)"

Note: in step 11 - There is no need to flash the custom recovery if you don't want to, just do a fastboot boot recovery <recovery.img>

(You can flash a costum recovery later with flashify like i did, if you want)

2- then flash nomoreota.zip or simply delete the tegraOTA folder using root explorer or es explorer after root.

(note: if you use es explorer you need to give it root permissions first, theres an option for that)

3- Reboot tablet and in the settings menu the "check system updates" option should be gone by now

now the first option should be "send nvidia feedback", something like that.

Done, worked for me.

I never rooted / unlocked a bootloader on a device or for that matter never flashed any costum rom, hek i dont even know what exactly is a costum recovery so i think this steps are simple enough for you too.
[Shield Tablet General] Hellren:
Hi, please dont be lazy and read this thread through. Its been here like 10 times . Man, people are so lazy these days!

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[Shield Tablet General] Bogdacutu:
[MENTION=5303324]Zuzuitu[/MENTION], yes, it's correct. Thanks!

[MENTION=4729936]Hellren[/MENTION], I can see why people probably wouldn't want to read all 49 pages of a thread, however you are right, and a simple search would have given him what he is looking for
[Shield Tablet General] gavin-phelan:
I presume this means my tablets killswitch has been activated. Luckily I flashed this before hand. Will turn it on later to see what happens