yashsingh1/xdaforums huggingface dataset:
[Shield Tablet General] zarish:
For Lollipop NVIDIA 3.1.1 Android 5.1.x and earlier that is correct.

Incorrect for Marshmallow - NVIDIA 4.0 Android 6.0.

See the screenshots from this post (First is with TegraOTA, second is without)(on Marshmallow the option changes names but is not removed entirely):

http://xdaforums.com/showpost.php?p=65166814&postcount=1206

The lack of it being removed entirely on NVIDIA 4.0 Android 6.0 is the reason I also block ota.nvidia.com in the hosts file.
[Shield Tablet General] quangv:
How to?
[Shield Tablet General] zarish:
Grab your favorite android text editor, open /etc/hosts and add the following line:

127.0.0.1 ota.nvidia.com

save the file (will require root).
[Shield Tablet General] zarish:
Bogdacutu, killswitch stopped at the moment? Asking because you've most certainly got more serials to check than I.

I see a known bad key come up as 'Next OTA: SHIELD Tablet Software Upgrade 4.0 - WiFi ' instead of its usual Urgent YY.

Further after manually feeding the right Android version, build, serial, etc data into the NVIDIA URL itself for the N4.0 A6.0 build, it returns '{"error":0,"branch":0}' which if my understanding is correct means no error detected, no update pending detected.
[Shield Tablet General] j4rp0:
My old tablet shows the 4.0 ota instead of the st-yy too

Enviado desde mi Nexus 6 mediante Tapatalk
[Shield Tablet General] unfortuN8:
Same here. Wondering if this means they've stopped attempting to push the killer update out?
[Shield Tablet General] brunosan7os:
I've just put my old one back into stock after I got that 4.0 ota in that link checker. I've updated to Official Nvidia MM and nothing happen so far.
[Shield Tablet General] p3dboard:
I just checked my tablets serial number and it no longer says the st-yy kill update is the next ota, at the moment it says that there are currently no Ota updates waiting for my device, i am running Android 6.0 / MM official with the nvidia ota update service removed. Possibly nvidia id no longer pushing out the device killing firmware?

I got my device off eBay, the person had received the replacement and sold their original device, but didn't advertise that he had done that.

Hopefully this is good news, no longer bricking the old tablets....
[Shield Tablet General] zarish:
All we can tell is that for the moment it does appear to be stopped.

Unless I miss my guess Bogdacutu updated his page and the way it makes the query to start asking NVIDIA based on the N4 A6 version and build strings. As such if you know you have a killswitched system I bet we can start watching his pages again.
[Shield Tablet General] lofas33:
Hi guys, I have simple question. Can I flash on my pyrotab update 4.0 (MM). Then use nomoreota.zip and modify hosts file and my shield will be safe? Or its more complicated in Update 4.0? Tegra Ota check says urgent to me. Is possible that the killswitch for my tablet is implemented in Update 4.0 or not? I'm really scared to do this but I really want Android 6.0. THX a lot for your answers...
[Shield Tablet General] topcat36:
I have the pyrotab and used the update package made by Harfainx (http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?p=65293479) with twrp and nomoreota included and I have no problem. Only once the WiFi did not want to connect but after restart, it worked again.

This new update works excellent. My tab used to lock from time to time and needed restarts. Not anymore....

Sent from my old SHIELD Tablet.
[Shield Tablet General] lofas33:
THX a lot man. I will flash Harfainx ROM. Tegra OTA is removed in this ROM by default right? I dont need to use nomoreota.zip. Am I right?
[Shield Tablet General] topcat36:
Yes. TegraOTA is removed in the installation.

Be advised though that my serial is NOT marked for deactivation because I removed TegraOTA in my new tablet as well before the first start. So my pyrotab would not be killed anyway.

Sent from my old SHIELD Tablet.
[Shield Tablet General] dj4n90:
pyrotab 3.1.1 > 4.0 (5.0.1 > 6.0)

Guy's need your help, tried to update pyrotab from 5.01 to 6.0 bij flashing the full ota trough twrp.

Flash went well but seems to fail boot (waited apox. 1hr.)

read some stuff about updating pyrotab trough ota

http://shield.bogdacutu.me tells me ,Serial number: xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx > Next OTA: None

leaving me unsure i can "safely" ota update to 4.0 (6.0) neither have i seen a confirmation by Bogdacutu this is "safe"

even better;

is there a (rooted) cwm/twrp installable zip available somewhere ?
[Shield Tablet General] drewski_1:
Link 3 posts above yours for TWRP installable with Root & Tegra OTA removed [emoji317]
[Shield Tablet General] dj4n90:
I gues you referr to the Harfainx ROM that has (temporary) no download links ?
[Shield Tablet General] drewski_1:
oops. didn't see that.

i flashed the Full OTA via TWRP and then deleted Tegra OTA & flashed SuperSU 2.67 all in the same session.

a few more clicks than something pre-packaged, but straightforward enough.
[Shield Tablet General] zarish:
Just a little warning. I believe there may be certain upgrade paths from versions below N 3.1.1 A 5.1.1 that could result in still getting a killswitch ST YY update. I've sent a message looking for confirmation. Then again if you've deleted TegraOTA all the time, you've nothing to worry about. Plus, not sure but I think the versions 3.1 and below require confirmation. Not that I'd take the chance.

So always, no matter what version, high or low, just delete TegraOTA, and do your upgrades via TWRP with a flash of NoMoreOTA. :)
[Shield Tablet General] dj4n90:
Let me get this straight,

did you have it rooted before upgrade?

you flashed productionBL-droid-signed-wx_na_wf-full_ota-41524_664.1902.20160211040949 from twrp-2.8.7.1 ?

wipe cache & dalvik ?

how long was the firs boottime? (aprox)
[Shield Tablet General] sunny520:
Can i do OTA update to 6.0 on Original Shield

Hello, My Original Shield is still Unrooted and on stock 5.1.1. Can i update it to 6.0 OTA now? Basically the question is does OTA update to 6.0 prevent the ability to root or remove the kill switch at a later date? Thanks in advance........
[Shield Tablet General] zarish:
Looks like Bogdacutu has updated the his amazing check tool to account for this upgrade path now and report ST YY when that possibility is there.

Thank you again Bogdacutu.
[Shield Tablet General] drewski_1:
i was rooted with the hacked K1 1.0 update so I had the Experimental TWRP from Steel01 installed for compatibility with the MM Bootloader

wiped System, Data, both Caches in TWRP

flashed the ROW LTE version (wx_un_do?)

removed TegraOTA folder from /system/priv-app in TWRP

flashed SuperSU 2.67

first boot time was ~10 minutes. maybe a little longer, but not 30

i have since dirty flashed the Harfainx ROM with the re-released 4.0 (alleged Wi-Fi fix)
[Shield Tablet General] termen:
Hi, can u please provide more details about nomoreota? Because I had Android 5.1.1 and I tried to flash Android 6 like:

1) flash official MM zip file over TWRP (2.8.7.0 i think)

2) flash new twrp (experimental 3.0.0.0)

3) flash supersu and nomoreota

4) boot to OS

If reboot finished, I checked Nvidia upgrade and the optiones are there - its different behavior then on oldest Android. Its OK? Or I have to expect same scenario? Thank you for answer!
[Shield Tablet General] Onyx1999:
Hello, i have deleted the tegra ota file from my Nvidi shield tablet some months ago but i wanted the marshmallow update so i re installed the tegra ota update and got tthe update, and it didn't deactivate, when i put the serial number of my tablet on the site but now it says that it doesn't have the urgent ota, when i did it months ago it had the urgent ota update, so now i left the tegra ota update on my tablet, is it safe? or Should i remove it anyway?

Thank you very much, sorry for my bad english :/
[Shield Tablet General] zarish:
Please see drewski_1's post here. On Marshmallow it does not remove the option completely, but changes it to stock.

If you have the first image (Green/Black w System Upgrades) that is BAD.

If you have the second image (Blue/White w System Updates) that is believed OK.

Also, recheck the page again today, I believe Bogdacutu made another update.
[Shield Tablet General] dzefo:
how to remove tegraota on android 6?
[Shield Tablet General] drewski_1:
If the Settings item says "System Upgrade" you still have Tegraota.

If the Settings item says "System Updates" you have removed Tegraota successfully.

---------- Post added at 09:53 PM ---------- Previous post was at 09:47 PM ----------

It's in /system/priv-app/

You can flash the zip too. Works on both LP and MM
[Shield Tablet General] dzefo:
nomoreota.zip ?
[Shield Tablet General] strangelf:
Hi everyone!

I have read thru many of the last pages of this forum but could not find the exact answer for my situation. Here it is:

- Old Shield 5.1.1 rooted on which I removed TergaOTA with the first version of nomoreota.zip

- Replacement Shield 5.1.1 stock unrooted so still with the TergaOTA

I would like to update the Replacement Shield with Marshmallow. Is it safe to update for both tablets?

And if later I want to update the Old Shield? I should then install the new nomoreota.zip after the update before connecting the Old Shield to the internet, right?

Thanks guys and especially Bogdacutu !!!
[Shield Tablet General] p3dboard:
I just updated to the latest version (Feb 10 Kernel build) of the LTE RoW Android 6.0 rom, (coming from the original Android 6.0 build), and manually flashing in TWRP 3.0.0.0 the nomoreota.zip didn't seem to remove the TegraOTA.apk file from /system/priv-app. I had to use the file manager in TWRP 3.0.0.0 to remove the TegraOTA.apk file manually, an then after using Root Access, I removed the /system/priv-app/TegraOTA folder.

Not sure if the script needs updating? Just providing some feedback.
[Shield Tablet General] zarish:
Sounds like you're using an old copy of the zip. It was updated Jan 11th. to handle that.
[Shield Tablet General] p3dboard:
Yes, your right, I just checked the contents of the zip I had on the sd card and it is out of date. Thanks
[Shield Tablet General] PurEvil666:
Question

What will happen if I don't activate my new replacement tablet and stick with the old one which is still perfect!!!
[Shield Tablet General] topcat36:
Theoretically, the kill switch would not activate and the old tab will live happily ever after.

Practically, there is a risk with TegraOTA. It is a backdoor and is safer to be removed on both old and new tab.

Sent from my old SHIELD Tablet.
[Shield Tablet General] PurEvil666:
I've removed tegraota manually and we say I leave the new one deactivated for some time. Activating it later

wouldn't cause any problems?

I'm on stock
[Shield Tablet General] topcat36:
Is no problem. You can activate whenever you want.

Sent from my old SHIELD Tablet.
[Shield Tablet General] PurEvil666:
Thanks.?
[Shield Tablet General] punifra:
Can someone please confirm that:

1) nomoreOTA.zip is still valid for OTA 4.0 (Marshmallows - Android 6.0)? It seems not actually (see post #1261, so what to do?)

2) the step-by-step procedure to migrate from 5.1.1. to 6.0 having old TWRP already installed on 'replacement' tablet?

2) EXPLAINED: which ROM to download? Is it ok old TWRP to flash nomoreOTA.zip and new ROM or is TWRP 3.0.0 mandatory? In which order to be sure to delete 'Tegra OTA updater'? Anything else new for 6.0?

Thanks a lot. I think it would be useful to make it clear. :good:

Goodbye.
[Shield Tablet General] drewski_1:
#1 read post 1262 ?

Sent from my Moto X
[Shield Tablet General] loick2728:
Hello,

I installed this rom: RoWWiFi_ShieldMM_RootedTWRP_NoOTA.zip

5.1.1 before I was having done all the work-around for the killswitch .

Since installing this rom , so good ... I just flasche the Roma and that's it .

For the moment no new updates .

Maybe the killswich can not settle when the tablet is Marshmallow ??
[Shield Tablet General] THEHOLYG0D:
Bro, It means it has deleted TEGRAOTA.apk and its a modifed image so you dont have to do the work. You should thank that OP for his hard work :)
[Shield Tablet General] loick2728:
Thank you very much for your answer.

Thank recess for all the work on this rom which in my case works great come a stock rom .

By cons I can not find the post this rom ... it disappeared

(sorry if i'dont understand all..i'm french)
[Shield Tablet General] Ruturaj001:
Can you share that image with me, the thread was closed and links were removed. I want to flash that image as well.
[Shield Tablet General] loick2728:
OK.

I have sent to you privately because if the directors have fenced the page may be they do not want to find this rrom available
[Shield Tablet General] THEHOLYG0D:
[MENTION=4937137]Bogdacutu[/MENTION] my *Next OTA: ST8 - WIFI - Vulkan Prerelease - 67.13*, basically i had applied for the Developer preview with the old tablet, But I still haven't received the KILL SWITCH, so can you please help me that should I go stock for that pre-release or just stick to a Custom ROM or a way where I can check if the Kill Switch is hiding inside that zip

Or anyone help me on how to capture the url so that I can download it separately and open and see it :333 sorry for too many questions :33
[Shield Tablet General] amnguerreiro:
Can someone point me to the right direction. I deleted Tegra OTA in my old tablet, but i'm still in 5.1.1. Is there anyway i can update to 6.0 and keeping it without Tegra OTA folder? Thanks
[Shield Tablet General] THEHOLYG0D:
Search the forums for the stock zip of 700 mb or something, you need to be on latest twrp 3.0.0 by romracer flash the zip, it'll take away your root and recovery also.

1)Be on twrp 3.0.0

2) Flash zip

3) flash nomoreota.zip

4) flash twrp again

5) flash supersu

[4 and 5 are optional]

Ohhhhh and yeah Recovery images are back flash them > flash twrp >flash nomoreota.Zip done :D
[Shield Tablet General] e.coyote:
could you share it with me as well?
[Shield Tablet General] igeigeige:
Count me in too bro! Kindly share to me also, thank you very much!
[Shield Tablet General] loick2728:
I put a link google drive :

Moderator Edit: link removed as the originator of the ROM has advised there may be Dragons within. Please do not relink. Thanks.

My shield is wifi 16Go ( Not LTE !!)
[Shield Tablet General] xabier-bo:
Upgrading replaced tab to 4.0

Hi!

I would like to upgrade to 4.0 my original (replaced) shield tablet (LTE RoW).

It's rooted, running stock 3.1.1, tegra ota removed, has 2.8.7.3 twrp installed, and is "ST - yy" marked (thanks for your good work!).

[The "new" one is already and happily updated]

I would like to know if it is safe to flash the shield_tablet_software_upgrade_4.0_--_lte__6.0.zip ota file with twrp.

After reading this thread and the "[ROMs] Stock Rooted MM - For US WiFi and RoW LTE Shield Tablet" one, I've not arrived to a clear conclusion about if it could be killed or not.

Any experience, idea or warnings about it?

Thkx

xabier

PS. If possible, and just for learning, why the links in the "[ROMs] Stock Rooted MM - For US WiFi and RoW LTE Shield Tablet" forum where removed and was also closed?
[Shield Tablet General] igeigeige:
I am also in need of the row lte link. I didnt manage to download it before it was removed, but it is indicated that the link is just temporarily removed, so at the moment ill just have to resort on a custom rom. We still have hopes for the link to be restored.

For flashing to MM, if you choose the pre rooted stock image, then ota wont activate. But remove it for your peace of mind.. As for the unrooted, you need to remove the tegraota apk. :good:
[Shield Tablet General] xabier-bo:
Thanks igeigeige. Which is (and where) this prerooted stock image? I have only found developer images for SATV.
[Shield Tablet General] igeigeige:
I also had a hard time searching for the RoW LTE link, but thanks to drewski_1 for being so helpful in providing the link, kindly check the it below, all you need for flashing to MM is everything there. Cheers! ;)

http://xdaforums.com/shield-tablet/general/stock-recovery-images-ota-library-guides-t2988881
[Shield Tablet General] jerrry:
Hello, can I make a hard reset of my Shield Tablet with kill-switch applyed? Will it remain on the tablet after hard reset? And is there any way how to get Android 6.0 to my Shield Tablet? :)
[Shield Tablet General] Knyteguy:
I think I just successfully did this on Marshmallow (OTA update hasn't been pushed yet. I just did the recall today). The only thing I already had done was an unlocked bootloader from before.

I flashed the OTA 6.0 update from settings.

I installed TWRP using this guide and binary: nvidiashieldzone DOT COM/shield-tablet/shield-tablet-root/root-shield-tablet-v1-marshmallow/ (this is not my site, nor am I affiliated) using the official Shield adb drivers. I actually flashed TWRP instead of just booting to it, though.

Instead of pushing supersu to the internal storage (which is the same as /sdcard/ in the guide), I pushed the nomoreota.zip file to the /sdcard/ directory.

Flashed the nomoreota.zip file

[optional] I flashed the supersu file after a reboot back into recovery

I think that does it. I used the "file manager" app to double check, and "System Updates" looks to be the default Google one under "About Tablet". It definitely looks different than it originally did.

Thanks a ton OP!
[Shield Tablet General] igeigeige:
So the nomoreota.zip file in the first page is updated to be also effective in marshmallow version?
[Shield Tablet General] lofas33:
Hi Guys, I have Update 4.0 (MM) from Harfainx. Removed TegraOTA is included in this ROM and my pyrotab works like a charm for almost a month right now.

But I have another question, I get another Shield tablet, but this one only lights green LED when I put it on charger, but nothing else, its impossible to turn it ON. Is this tablet already bricked from NVIDIA? Thx a lot for your answers.
[Shield Tablet General] topcat36:
Is bricked. If you cannot enter the bootloader, is gone.

Sent from my old SHIELD Tablet.
[Shield Tablet General] lofas33:
Oh thx a lot for your answer. Its a pretty shame that its bricked. :(
[Shield Tablet General] topcat36:
Yea, but I think is a good idea to keep it. Sure someone will find a solution to unbrick these.

Sent from my old SHIELD Tablet.
[Shield Tablet General] Ruturaj001:
I guess if you are on 5.1.1 twrp 3.0.0 doesn't work you have to use 2.8.7.1 (I have tried it)

Better way to update stock rom (to Marshmallow), twrp (3.0.0) and supersu is flashing this rom using 2.8.7.1

ROM image by Harfainx

Image credits [MENTION=2491106]Harfainx[/MENTION]

Thank you for sharing [MENTION=6206926]loick2728[/MENTION]
[Shield Tablet General] Harfainx:
People were complaining about the kill switch stuff, so that's why I stopped sharing those. Please don't reshare them.
[Shield Tablet General] Ruturaj001:
I have removed the link but I was asking for the same image few days ago, loick2728 gave me the link which is still in this thread, anyway it worked pretty well and OTA was removed so I guess it is safe and has been so far. Thank you for creating that image.
[Shield Tablet General] greg_r:
Am I missing Something?

Hi guys,

I've been following this thread, and I'm about to flash the nomoreota.zip kindly prepared by Bogdacutu.

My only concern before I do so:

I have a US-spec Shield LTE tablet, and I've unlocked the booloader, and I'm running TWRP 2.8.7.1 as a custom recovery.

I was using the file explorer in TWRP, and when I look into the contents of the "/system", I find no folders such as "/system/app/TegraOTA" or "/system/priv-app/TegraOTA".

However when I reboot into the system and use a file explorer with root permissions, I find them without issue.

Am I missing something? Do I have to enable permissions into TWRP to see the folders? Or am I just looking in the wrong place?

Sorry if this is a really stupid question.

Thanks for your help!

EDIT: Is it because I enabled "system read-only" access to TWRP? If so, any ideas how to disable? I can't find it on TWRP's site...
[Shield Tablet General] drewski_1:
did you mount System partition in TWRP? you can delete them in Root Explorer and accomplish the same thing as the Zip
[Shield Tablet General] greg_r:
Yeah - I don't think I did. When I installed TWRP, I think I installed it as system-read-only.

I'm assuming this is my issue?

Should I just re-install TWRP?
[Shield Tablet General] drewski_1:
two things:

mounting system is needed to see the folders in the TWRP File Manager. you don't need to do this to flash the Zip. the Zip will mount the System partition

if you did select "system-read-only" when you started TWRP, then in the "Mount" menu, you should be able to change this setting
[Shield Tablet General] greg_r:
Thanks! I found the settings in the "Mount" menu, as you suggested - I can see the folders now!

I realized that I can still flash the .zip, but the OP did recommend that if I do flash the .zip, that I verify that the folders were in fact deleted before rebooting back into the system. I realize that it isn't completely necessary since I could as easily re-verify the delete using Root Explorer, but I guess I'm a stickler for following instructions since I'm new to this.

Thanks again for the help!
[Shield Tablet General] Paharsahath JG:
Hi. I have a question. I freezed TEGRAOTA.apk on my old recalled shield tablet 3 months ago andò i saw a few time ago that the kill gas ben triggered. Can i copy the TEGRAOTA.apk file of the new shield tablet (no K1, i mean the new one) on the old one? Should i receive the MM update or the updates rekeases depend on other characteristics of the device? Thanks
[Shield Tablet General] topcat36:
TheTegraOTA.apk file is identical on both tablets. The kill switch is sent according to the tablet's serial number.

You have to flash manually the new update (MM) to the old tablet and remove TegraOTA.apk again before going online.

Sent from my old SHIELD Tablet.
[Shield Tablet General] Paharsahath JG:
So if i change the old shield serial number i coul receive the update and noto the Jill switch? Thanks forma the answer
[Shield Tablet General] topcat36:
Yes. But I see no way you can do that.

Sent from my old SHIELD Tablet.
[Shield Tablet General] lester crest:
noob alert

sorry can you tell me how i use this zip , i have installed twrp , fastboot ect .

what is the fast boot commands for the files in this zip ?

ps i appreciate everything you guys do and the time spent on this topic
[Shield Tablet General] drewski_1:
just install via TWRP
[Shield Tablet General] Themaniacboy:
So my old tablet just got killed after using it alongside my new tablet since september. I had to upgrade to MM after lollipop was giving me problems. I made sure to delete tegraota.apk, with the script and manually. I even made sure by checking my tablet was displaying software updates instead of software upgrade. It freezed while playing a game so i had to force shut down and it wouldn't turn on again after pressing multiple combinations with volume and power keys. I just made sure it got killed by connecting it to my pc and checking device manager recognizing the device as 'APX'.

Be careful people, i know i didn't miss any step to prevent it from being killed, but i think the MM update was a mistake. I double checked everything before i let it connect to the internet. RIP old tablet.
[Shield Tablet General] THEHOLYG0D:
Thanks for the heads-up brother. We'll be careful now, just try and drag your luck to see if you enter fastboot.
[Shield Tablet General] Bratinov:
Thank you, I was considering returning to Stock and deleting Tegraota, not risking it now.