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[Shield Tablet General] Harfainx:
If anyone wants to sign up, the Vultan OTA is available. It's a Developer Preview ROM for the Shield Tablet, Shield Tablet K1, and the Shield TV.

It's rolling out now for those of you that are interested.

https://developer.nvidia.com/shield-developer-os-images

Don't just go and run with it though. Be sure to read what it is, and what the point of it is.
[Shield Tablet General] Harfainx:
Android 6.0.1 as well!
[Shield Tablet General] sinichi21:
So the vulkan is the 6.0.1?
[Shield Tablet General] Namaless:
I sended too for partecipate to testing :D
[Shield Tablet General] Nintonito:
Do you have the OTA link for this update so it can be manually downloaded? Would like to try it ASAP once Talos Principle on android receives the Vulkan support update soon.
[Shield Tablet General] fards:
Already posted a thread on this ;)

http://xdaforums.com/shield-tablet/general/vulkan-api-based-update-t3317336

You have to supply your serial to obtain the update.

This way they can track who is sharing builds.

The Vulcan build is coming for everyone. According to nvidia it is obtaining certification before general release.

I presume this means passing Google CTS.

To access the Vulkan Developer Preview OS, please?*email us.Please include:Your name and companyYour SHIELD's 20 digit serial number and a screenshot of the Settings->About pageYour SHIELD's device model and nameFor technical support and recovery info, please visit the?*NVIDIA support site.
[Shield Tablet General] En Kee:
Hi !

Someone has received an answer ? How long does it take ? I sent my demand few days ago.
[Shield Tablet General] MrPhilo:
Received mine today and installed it, hopefully the 6.0.1 should make the device snappier and better
[Shield Tablet General] En Kee:
Received mine too :)

Édit : First impression with this update. No bug so far, everything is smooth. Autonomy is much better.

Antutu score : 93220 kernel@stock
[Shield Tablet General] Exile1975:
Is there a version of twrp that works with this build, or did Nvidia just get rid of the benchmark blocker? If you did get twrp installed, could you let us know which one? Thanks
[Shield Tablet General] En Kee:
Benchmark blocker is still here, I removed it.

For TWRP you can use this one : http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?p=55446061

It's still a bit buggy but it does the job.
[Shield Tablet General] djkinetic:
dont suppose anyone can upload a TWRP backup of system and boot of vulcan.
[Shield Tablet General] NiXiNiX:
Dunno if this works, but just register on their website. They're very kind in case something is missing or went wrong. Also fast response. I admitted two devices which were accepted and got the OTA within a day.
[Shield Tablet General] razorseal:
Very cool! I had a feeling shield wasn't going to get marshmallow. I'm curious when the public release will be... Dunno if I wanna get the beta version yet?

is it an OTA once they give access, or a local download? I don't mind waiting a month or so if that's what it's going to take.
[Shield Tablet General] Exile1975:
The shield has had marshmallow 6.0 for a while now. This is 6.0.1, still marshmallow, just an update preparing for the Vulcan graphics engine I think.
[Shield Tablet General] En Kee:
It's an OTA, that's why they need your serial number, and I've waited only few days to have an answer. I'm still happy with it.
[Shield Tablet General] awes0me1:
I like how the Nav buttons separate in landscape mode for better thumb usage in this version.
[Shield Tablet General] Nailyouh:
I tried to get it on my pyro maybe it will override the killswitch :b
[Shield Tablet General] MrPhilo:
Does that TWRP work for the K1 version?
[Shield Tablet General] razorseal:
So how come I'm on 5.1.1 and it says I have the latest update? 6.0 isnt only for the shield k right?

I have the regular shield with LTE. I won't get the K because the LTE is a must for me.

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What did you guys put for the application name and application URL? I'm not working on any games lol
[Shield Tablet General] THEHOLYG0D:
To all the guys who are saying Register, Please; some of us are just testers not developers we don't own a Play store App or Working on it. Would be very kind is someone just did some R&D and provided the link or File :33. Thanks you for your time to read such a long comment :P
[Shield Tablet General] fards:
And what impact would that have on those who gave nvidia their serial ?

Either wait or complain to Nvidia about it.

I don't have an app in the play store either so I'm happy to wait even though I'd like to use it to experiment with.
[Shield Tablet General] Exile1975:
You don't need an app in the play store, and where it asked for company name I just put self. Got my copy 2 days later. It really isn't hard...
[Shield Tablet General] levizx:
It only takes two to figure out what traces back to the serial and remove it.

Some of us can't use OTA due to obvious/or other reasons.

Just sayin'
[Shield Tablet General] En Kee:
I have the K1 so, yes ! :)
[Shield Tablet General] razorseal:
I'm not sure if you and I are on the same place then. I need an app name and link to it to complete the form. it has the * so it won't let me submit form without.
[Shield Tablet General] FoxyDrew:
I linked them to Minecraft Pocket Edition haha, and I got the E-mail the next day. They don't check they just send out the emails, just fill in whatever you want.
[Shield Tablet General] razorseal:
I just put none... We'll see what happens lol
[Shield Tablet General] THEHOLYG0D:
The main thing is, I'm gonna test it in the tablet which is going to get killed, cause the other one I've installed L4T because of my college purpose, + even if I go Stock I'll have to do the Kill-switch stuff :3,basically my tablet is sterile. So I cant receive updates. Anyways, March ending they are gonna release their next official update, I'll wait so that my favorite Rom developer merges it :D
[Shield Tablet General] Harfainx:
I don't think i put anything for the apps. Whether you have anything or not is irrelevant. Just put garbage info in the fields.
[Shield Tablet General] awes0me1:
I just made up a name and URL and i got it OTA the next day.
[Shield Tablet General] xanthrax:
Has been 5 days since and no bloody answer/email from vulkan... The lava went cold
[Shield Tablet General] romaninja:
Sorry for the rookie question but what is the difference between nvidia shield k1 normal ota to Vulcan ota? Is it really matter so much? I don't experience any bug execpt fast battery drain...
[Shield Tablet General] zarish:
Just got my notice on my copy.

Interesting note, if you have a Vulkan approved serial, and know how to query the OTA servers you can get the ROM for the models you did not request.

Example your request could be say for RoW LTE, but once you've been approved you could send the OTA server a request saying that serial was on a 2015 K1 and it will send you to the right file for that.

Grabbed the wx_un_do, wx_na_do, wx_na_wf, and sb_na_wf for the Vulkan Prerelease - 67.13|6.0.1 build.

EDIT: so far running the wx_un_do and initial WiFi results for me are much better with only having had 1 slow start WiFi boot (more than 2 minutes but less than 10) and 1 No WiFi start. In each case, WiFi worked next reboot just fine. No loss of known access points either so far. That is much better to me.

Also, 90880 AnTuTu is rather nice.
[Shield Tablet General] capoooro:
Can you explain how to query OTA server? Tnx
[Shield Tablet General] fards:
I've had my email but not the ota, will get in contact with them after the weekend.
[Shield Tablet General] xanthrax:
Same here, after 6 days

Sent from my Darkside of Edge plus
[Shield Tablet General] Exile1975:
Just a silly question but, did you guys disable the ota checker? I did and even when I did a manual check it didn't show up. I re-enabled if and got the notice as soon as I rebooted. Hope it helps

On a side note, has anyone tried the WW kernel with this?
[Shield Tablet General] zarish:
Very good point. On N4 A6, if you used NoMoreOTA or deleted TegraOTA you'll still have that ASOP looking blue check which will not find the OTAs as it does not contact NVIDIA.

If your system shows Black with Green text for OTA checking then you're running TegraOTA which is NVIDIA, if it is Blue with White then that is the ASOP that does not talk to NVIDIA.
[Shield Tablet General] xanthrax:
Yeah, I was thinking about the Tegra ota apk but isn't the case, the app it's in its place, not deleted not frozen

Could be related to the root access and / or xposed that I have or, maybe the geographic area I live, Malta, in the middle of the Mediterranean Sea

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[Shield Tablet General] fards:
Mine isn't rooted since the mm update, so I haven't deleted the ota
[Shield Tablet General] xanthrax:
It's finally here, I've send them by their request some terminal emulator results, let's see how it goes

Sent from my Darkside of Edge plus
[Shield Tablet General] THEHOLYG0D:
Made my old tablet receive the OTA, it has to receive the *DEAD PILL* but still haven't because thanks to all the Custom Rom Devs, somehow I even managed to get the .zip. **** YES IT WAS STILL ROOTED AND HAD TWRP. It got installed god knows how Now I'm very scared that if it boots or *DEAD PILL* was included in it :33;

If any rom dev wants the .zip for *EXPERIMENTAL PURPOSE* PM me.

And a request to my other brothers is that if they receive other previews just gimme a heads up, cause i'll be deleting the TegraOTA to be on the safeside :P.

Thanks :)

DAMN! It's using OPENRECOVERY SCRIPTS , so scary; which means that even if i have a custom recovery they can dose me with the *Dead Pill* and kill my this Old Fella :33
[Shield Tablet General] zarish:
Mohammad Siddique, nothing special in the Vulkan preview for killing the tablets if that is what you are afraid of. Besides as long as you're coming up clean on the killswitch check page, you should be good at the moment from as far as anyone outside NVIDIA knows.

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I find it interesting one can get the Vulkan US LTE but NVIDIA still has not released the 4.0.1 for it. I know the initial 4.0 release was real bad, and the AT&T cert probably takes some time but seriously.
[Shield Tablet General] THEHOLYG0D:
Yep I'm on that Vulcan Prerelease, on that page, thanks to [MENTION=4937137]Bogdacutu[/MENTION] I keep checking everyday if it's gonna delivered or not, so far all good :D
[Shield Tablet General] zarish:
Some more information related to the Vulkan Prerelease 67.13 as found in the Stock ROM thread:

Some folks might find the data elements useful.

Extra thanks to subarct1c.
[Shield Tablet General] THEHOLYG0D:
Might had been very heart breaking to had that APX? you might have blaming yourself for nights

*DAMN WHY DID I ROLLED BACK* your that signature man it warned me ;) Thanks
[Shield Tablet General] zarish:
It is the chance taken flashing up and down as much as I do. It happens, waiting to see what NVIDIA says (technically their warranty is non-transferable), if not it'll go through the secondary warranty purchased specifically to protect the used device.
[Shield Tablet General] Gilbot:
Is there anything not working in the vulkan preview? I know it's not meant for consumers, but if it's functioning perfectly, I'd rather have 6.0.1 than the current 6.0 release.
[Shield Tablet General] fards:
Tbh I think it's a much better build than the 401 release.

Can't see why it isn't usable as a daily.

I guess it just hadn't passed cts yet, which is why it's not pushed
[Shield Tablet General] capoooro:
It works like a charm. No problem at all
[Shield Tablet General] dickerpatti:
Hallo, was muss man eigentlich tun um aus dem Vulkan Programm wieder heraus zu kommen.Ich würde gerne wieder die offiziellen Updates bekommen. Ich finde nirgends eine Antwort darauf.

Ist das mit den den Buttons in der Taskleiste eigentlich so gewollt oder ist das ein Bug

Hello , what is to be considered to do from the volcano program again would kommen.Ich out love to get back the official updates . I find nowhere an answer.

Is this with the buttons on the taskbar, actually so intended or is this a bug
[Shield Tablet General] zarish:
3 options:

Option 1: Use the released full recoveries to re-install the OS clean and restore the backup you made before trying VulKan (you did make a backup right?)

Option 2: Over The Air (OTA) will update it eventually. Wait for the Official Update and then it will get updated normally via OTA when VulKan goes live for everyone and thus it will update back to stock.

Options3: Use TWRP and flash the full OTA for the latest Marshmallow over it. (NOT recommended but listed for completeness as the versions are likely close enough this may work with a Davlik/Cache wipe). -- I have not tested this, you may end up boot looped and then resorting to Option 1 anyway when trying this (as I've done many times switching versions like that (down via OTA is not always viable)).

Each option has their own pluses and minuses and it all depends on how quickly you want to get back to stock and for what reason.

tldr - short answer: OTA will update it back to stock eventually
[Shield Tablet General] An Droid:
Thanks... :thumbup:

Running this now and liking it so far.

How have you found the Wi-Fi on this version? For me it's still cutting out intermittently on reboots (no MAC address). Haven't RMAed yet, but if nVidia can't find a definitive fix that might be the only true solution.
[Shield Tablet General] zarish:
I found no real improvements in the WiFi over the 4.0 re-release from 2016-02-18. On the Y01 units everything is good, on the B01* unit I tested on until I went APX it was the same as 4.0 with rebooting sometimes having no WiFi after starting (have no B01 only units).
[Shield Tablet General] Adrixan:
Hi,

I just put together the name for the download as: http://ota-downloads.nvidia.com/ota...do-full_ota-40827_664.8165.20160223102001.zip but my tablet only reports Android 6.0 . Did I misunderstand something about the post, or should they have been for the Vulcan Preview?

Cheers,

Adrixan
[Shield Tablet General] zarish:
Are you sure you picked the right zip to install? If you installed that zip you linked (good work on the clues), your version should match the following (note: baseband may be different depending on if you have a true wx_un_do or wx_na_do but the rest should match):
[Shield Tablet General] hbar98:
Question about the Vulkan update...

Has anyone used Retroarch on this? I was fiddling around with the settings and I saw that it can use the Vulkan APIs, but since I'm not on the preview I didn't tell Retroarch to use them. Was wondering if anyone had tried that and what their experience was.
[Shield Tablet General] Adrixan:
Stupid me, loaded the right file, flashed the wrong one. Thanks for the pointer, got my update this way as well! :)
[Shield Tablet General] zarish:
LOL, NP, we've all picked the wrong file during flash once or twice I'd imagine. I know I have at least.
[Shield Tablet General] yreham:
I received the vulcan update but I wanted to know if it would flash with twrp or do I need official nvidia recovery

thank you
[Shield Tablet General] THEHOLYG0D:
It'll flash through TWRP and revert it to Stock recovery... Very Scary..
[Shield Tablet General] yreham:
Flashed it with twrp and no problem it didn't change the recovery and didn't even die while I was online the time that I realized that I didn't even flash the nomoreota.zip, whitch scared the hell out of me. Now I'm rooted and nomoreota.zip flashed
[Shield Tablet General] Nailyouh:
Killed switch?

I signed up and look at the Screenshot my next update is the Vulkan ota do u think it's safe?:fingers-crossed:
[Shield Tablet General] THEHOLYG0D:
It is i did, just flash nomoreota.zip to be on the safer side
[Shield Tablet General] Son-j:
Hi guys. It was my first time to do ADB sideload using the US LTE version (thanks!!!!) and it was successful. Apps and my settings/data were intact. I didn't experience intermittent lag and app crashes like in 5.1.1. I never went rooted and it was first time for my unit to unlock the bootloader. Antutu score went from 70k+ to 90k+!!! HDMI and controller works flawlessly as well. Confirmed 6.0.1 and pleasantly surprised at that!!! Couldt not wait for the OTA update for US LTE so I thought I'd try this Vulkan thing :) WiFi obviously works and my cellular data works as well. Didn't know the difference with RoW LTE version until I tested it here in the Philippines (bummer!, should have bought the RoW)

Some annoying changes:

1. When the device rotates to landscape mode, the back and home button stays on the leftmost side of the screen while the recent app button is alone in the right side. Is this a marshmallow thing?

2. Quick settings has more entries, but they ditched the cellular button. I have to go to the settings to activate it every time. Also it looks like the placement of the buttons can be rearranged but it's a hit and miss thing from the settings.

3. Can't write to SD card and USB using ES Explorer. I understand that there is a workaround if the device is rooted but I'm holding off for now. I'm able to write however if use the stock explorer of Shield. Bummer.

Anyone can help me to address these? Also can others state their experience as well esp in the little changes good and bad? Thanks :)
[Shield Tablet General] Flash-User:
Is there anyone who own the preview file for LTE ROW (OG shield tablet) ?
[Shield Tablet General] zarish:
second link below (wx_un_do)

Meh, here, no point beating around the bush anymore, anyone can use the info in the thread to get all the links now. Might as well just list them,

wx_na_do - 2014 LTE US - link courtesy of subarct1c

http://ota-downloads.nvidia.com/ota...do-full_ota-40827_664.8165.20160223101322.zip

wx_un_do - 2014 LTE RoW

http://ota-downloads.nvidia.com/ota...do-full_ota-40827_664.8165.20160223102001.zip

wx_na_wf - 2014 WiFi

http://ota-downloads.nvidia.com/ota...wf-full_ota-40827_664.8165.20160212085332.zip

sb_na_wf - 2015 K1

http://ota-downloads.nvidia.com/ota...wf-full_ota-40827_664.8165.20160214121109.zip

It is actually a darn solid build. Although if you are having an issue with 4.0, you'll likely have the same with this build (at least all my B01* units have the same issue with it losing WiFi on reboots like they do with 4.0).
[Shield Tablet General] grv00711:
clean flash in twrp 3.0.0-0. ? currently using stock rooted.. ROWlte shield MM rooted TWRP .with bito k4 kernel..with no problems .anxious to give this a go..
[Shield Tablet General] yreham:
No i just flashed over the marshmellow update no wipes. Yes with trwp 3.0.0.0 the one found here, because on the official trwp page the one I downloaded from there didn't load at all. just flash SuperSU to get root afterwards and if you're on the pyrotab flash nomoreota.zip if you want cause I was able to browse the web and all without risk as I forgot to flash nomoreota.zip at firts .. I haven't flashed any kernel yet
[Shield Tablet General] grv00711:
will give it a go when charged ..you are running 6.0.1 MM now?
[Shield Tablet General] yreham:
Yes on both tablets
[Shield Tablet General] grv00711:
worked super smooth ! running well> bito k4 kernel > supersu v2.68 > twrp 3.0.0-0> v4a> dolby atmos> thank you !
[Shield Tablet General] yreham:
How did you install v4a and Dolby. Please... hey tell me the max cpu speed you can set. And the same for the gpu thank you ...I can propose to install hackers keyboard very nice better than google .
[Shield Tablet General] grv00711:
the bito k4 kernel is probably the best way to mess with kernel and cpu settings his presets work well for me check out his thread http://xdaforums.com/shield-tablet/development/tweaked-kernel-nvidia-shield-tablet-t3069776 > i havn't really messed with these settings personally... so for audio ...... i used SElinux changer set kernel to permissive> i flash extremebeats http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=2634729... wipe cache /dalvic cache... reboot ..then get http://xdaforums.com/nexus-6/themes-apps/viper4android-t2952137.....i use the ViPERAtmos 4.8 Sony Beats Edition.zip....now go back into twrp ..wipe dalvic/cache first then flash your v4a zip ..reboot should be good ..working for me...i might try a clean flash .found a few bugs with my setup from yesterday.. navigation buttons all wonky on landscape mode ..not able to arrange tiles on status pulldown ..gettings setting force close . hackers keyboard is nice!
[Shield Tablet General] Son-j:
Anyone has issues with external storage and USB otg write access via es explorer?
[Shield Tablet General] xanthrax:
This is what is happening not only on the shield tablet, I'm afraid that on most of the marshmallow roms for devices equipped with sdcard

I'm using solid explorer, when trying to copy to external sdcard or otg, a pop-up asks me to grant access

As soon as you grant the access then everything goes fine, I don't know if this es Explorer has this function
[Shield Tablet General] yreham:
I use total commander with paragon ums app you can't miss it on the play store.. t can read write to anything..i have root
[Shield Tablet General] xanthrax:
yup , apparently it`s up to the file manager application`s developers to fix it
[Shield Tablet General] yreham:
Es file explorer was good but fame got to there head and they have lost contact to reality and there app is now an all in one app soon we will be able to cook bread with it
[Shield Tablet General] Son-j:
Thanks guys! I've tried solid explorer and total commander but sadly I still couldn't write to sdcard and worse on USB (sometimes they coouldnt detect unless I eject the USB from es explorer and then the system will detect it's presence. Weird)

I'm stuck with MM native explorer which is a bummer. Hope ES fixes this
[Shield Tablet General] yreham:
Did you install the paragon usb mounter for total commander...reboot after install and it should be good
[Shield Tablet General] Son-j:
Yes I did, I'm also rooted.
[Shield Tablet General] skooter32:
Just got my vulkan ota fast still monitoring the batt stats but yea a used twrp 3.0.0.0 to install it lets hope battery life is better?
[Shield Tablet General] skooter32:
How did you remove benchmark blocker?
[Shield Tablet General] m666p:
Nvidia did not give me access but I downloaded it from here, wifi seems better and battery life is much much better on this build especially the standby time.
[Shield Tablet General] sinichi21:
Can I flash this over lolllipop or I need to be on MM to flash this over?

UPDATE: Just tried it and it works flawless I did clean install though same as how you flash the 4.0 ROW LTE on lollipop then flash some recovery or the stock recovery of ROW LTE will give you the stock recovery of US LTE
[Shield Tablet General] Son-j:
Storage permission problems

I decided to roll back to 5.1.1 because of sdcard and USB otg write access restrictions. Even if I'm rooted, USB otg doesn't work unless I use the stock file explorer of MM which is very limiting for me. No group selection and file/folder renaming functio to name a few.

I think this is a MM issue and not just ES explorer issue. I don't understand why they make these accesses possible flawlessly in lollipop and not in marshmallow. Too bad because I think the Vulkan/MM update made my shield tablet faster. There's a few other issues as well, like stylus management and notifications management. I also feel like the power saving feature of MM like they promised doesn't work.

I find it weird that I've been googling this MM sdcard write problems for a while and there's not enough articles clarifying it (or maybe I'm not googling enough). If anyone has the answers kindly enlighten me. :)

I'm also wondering why a powerful tablet such as Shield doesn't have native floating Windows feature like the (lower-spec'ed) LG G Tab and some Samsung and Sony tablets. I wish there's a feature like this without rooting the tablet. :p
[Shield Tablet General] sinichi21:
Im using root explorer I dont have any issue but i am using my sd card as my internal sd card though have not tried it on a normal storage