yashsingh1/xdaforums huggingface dataset:
[Shield Android TV Android Development] zulu99:
i don't need thanks, really. But i'm happy that you like. And i say thanks to you.

I share only what i use. In reality i create this firmware for me but i share also to others.

For me this firmware is really necessary, because Shield TV have the best hardware in the world but Android TV can be only a toy for my grandfather. :)

http://www.futuremark.com/hardware/mobile
[Shield Android TV Android Development] ikgarcia:
I think its necesary to all people express (I do)his/her gratitud because you share your work without charging anything and you reply very quickly all dubts and question.

Adn this room is increible and wonderfull.

Ciao Master!!!

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You have reason its not a big problem,it was only a dubt.

Thanks for your help.
[Shield Android TV Android Development] kickassdave:
People should be banned for such pointless non-constructive comments on development forums. This ROM is free, if you don't like it, go away, if you like it and have a bug to report, produce a log and assist, again, otherwise go away.

Welcome to XDA!
[Shield Android TV Android Development] jb_alphamale:
+1.
[Shield Android TV Android Development] tailslol:
no one said it but you can use the shield tv to play ps4 games.

by using remote play and the ps4 controller.

it works nicely and find no input lag on ratchet and clank.

http://xdaforums.com/android/apps-games/ps4-remote-play-android-thread-t3068225

take the apk with invisible touch buttons and don't forget to plug the ps4 controller after booted the app or the app will crash at launch.
[Shield Android TV Android Development] dabanhfreak:
Hey Zulu thanks for the ROM, I was using the Nexus Player but I wanted native x265 and wmv support so I bought the NS.

Just a question with the LED light, I like to leave the device on 24/7, no standby, no power off nothing. Hopefully it doesn't use too much power since it's a rather powerful machine. But in stock there is an option to dim the LED (4 levels I think) or turn it off completely.

Since the shield is in my bedroom I prefer the light to be off/lowered. In the dark the green can fill the whole room up :P

Is there an app or workaround to mess with the LED? Xposed? can you backward engineer how Nvidia do it in stock?
[Shield Android TV Android Development] tailslol:
Yep would be good.

The shield hardware was originally made first for self driving cars before tesla switched to pascal.

So in max charge the shield is using 20w/h

But if stay generally around 4 to 5 w/h so it is really ok.

It is around the same amount as an insect killer diffuser you plug on the wall.

The led being a low powered one will not change a lots of thing.

But I guess there is a xposed module for the shield led if I remenber correctly.
[Shield Android TV Android Development] dabanhfreak:
Oh, I wasn't asking if the LED draws a lot of power, since obviously LEDs don't :)

I was asking if it can be manually controlled for this ROM (dimmed, turned on/off). It's in my bedroom so it's a little annoying in the dark.

Power consumption was a different question. Sounds like the Shield uses very little, so I'm glad to get that such a good device uses so little power.

I'll have a look at Xposed and see what I can find. (UPDATE: nothing)

PS the story about Tesla and Nvidia.... very very interesting ;)
[Shield Android TV Android Development] tailslol:
i think it can be controlled you will find some info about it in the old full android 5.1 thread i guess.

buried somewhere inside the 200pages... good luck.
[Shield Android TV Android Development] zulu99:
In the full Android Lollipop thread you should find a way to control the led manually. I not remember the precise post. I'm on phone out of my office now.
[Shield Android TV Android Development] dabanhfreak:
THANKS... :p

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Is it this? Confirmed working on MM? I'll give it a go in any case. Thanks :)

http://xdaforums.com/showpost.php?p=65360796&postcount=1821
[Shield Android TV Android Development] RebelebeR:
I tried this, but I'm not so good using a terminal window to issue commands and most likely it was a syntax problem, but I did figure out how to change the led brightness if you are rooted. Just edit the file /sys/class/leds/led_lightbar/brightness and change where it says 255 to any number between 0 to 255 and save the file. The brightness instantly changes. 0 = off and the higher the number the brighter up to 255.
[Shield Android TV Android Development] dabanhfreak:
No joy, LED is still burning after OFF command. No idea about shell commands so I'll need some pointers from here.

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I went to /sys/class/leds and found a file led_lightbar (no /brightness)

Clicking on it in Root Explorer gave me options to open it in various ways. Text viewer/editor shows it's empty.

Was your solution for LP? Perhaps they changed things in MM
[Shield Android TV Android Development] RebelebeR:
My solution is for MM. led_lightbar is a folder. the file "brightness" is in that folder

The file should be there. I tested something in terminal. You must have root for this to work. If you are rooted and have a terminal app installed do this

su root

echo "0" > /sys/class/leds/led_lightbar/brightness

If you have root this will turn the led off or it did for me. Change the 0 to any number from 0-255
[Shield Android TV Android Development] tailslol:
look like it but not confirmed mm compatible.

time to test and try i guess

thx for the find :highfive:.
[Shield Android TV Android Development] banderos101:
Yep, i can confirm that it still works on MM

Seems like Rebel has found a much easier solution, but looks like you gotta do it manually everytime which is fine if you only want to change it once to a more ideal brightness, whereas tasker can automate this, based on triggers, i.e shield awake=full brightnes/shield asleep=0 brightness

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by chance are you using the stickmount app?
[Shield Android TV Android Development] dabanhfreak:
Yep, confirmed working too. Worked fine in Terminal, but didn't show in Root explorer, strange.

Going with intensity of 15-25 gives me a faint glow, about the same as the yellow LED for my PS4.

Perhaps zulu can add this solution to OP?
[Shield Android TV Android Development] tailslol:
heh yes or just put a piece of electric tape on the green line is an easier solution ;)

jk.
[Shield Android TV Android Development] dabanhfreak:
lol

Okay for fun I was going to share my Tasker .xml.... then saw "Export as App" and thought 'why not?"

Never installed the factory before.

Here is my .apk set at 25. If I'm feeling nice I might post values for 0, 125, etc... you know, for efficiency (lazy folk)
[Shield Android TV Android Development] zulu99:
In the stock firmware the green led values are:

/sys/class/leds/led_lightbar/brightness

High = 255

Medium = 80

Low = 20

Off = 0

Personally i prefer the green light always on at 255 max level because when i not use the device i completely power off it.

In this way i can understand also if the device is completely powered off or in standby.

If you prefer you can change, but i suggest to power off the device when you not use it, for a longer life of the device and to save money. ;)
[Shield Android TV Android Development] dabanhfreak:
That's a good point to think about.
[Shield Android TV Android Development] McDirty:
VPN issue

firstly, Thanks for the great work Zulu. this firmware is excellent

I am having issues getting vpn to connect.

i have tried open vpn for android, I was using this on the shield before going to this firmware.

ive tried open vpn connect

and also torguard

I cant get a connection with either of them. I am using my configs that were working perfectly before

The vpn setting in mm doesnt work either. it connects then drops straight away

im stumped

cheers Mark
[Shield Android TV Android Development] tailslol:
wifi or ethernet?
[Shield Android TV Android Development] McDirty:
Wifi havent tried ethernet yet
[Shield Android TV Android Development] banderos101:
There are some legitimate situations where some folks might need the shield on 24/7, like for instance, to act as a server for something, a low powered one at that, now im not a 100% sure on this, but im guessing the shield, with the arm archutecture designed for phones with limited battery is more power efficient then say a full blown pc, or dare i guess, htpc, even unthrottled as the shield console is..........thats a guess mind you, the shield might not be as power efficient as i assume in comparison to the best power effient pc like device, if one exists

Edit

I dont personally use it for this case, but its nice to know that its there for the future perhaps, and that its one of the most power effient options out there...im guessing :)

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Probably not the same issue, but have you checked androids time and date settings, are they correct?

I was having a pretty annoying time once, trying to figure out why openvpn was not connecting, and i must have seen mention somewhere about the time and date, and low and behold........putting the right time and date allowed me to connect.......vpn apps, or at least the one i use must use the system time or date to synchronise things perhaps

Time and date sometimes gets reset after a system crash/reboot

Like i said, might not be your issue
[Shield Android TV Android Development] tailslol:
ok is your shield rooted?

does the apps need root?

did you tryed the apps on marshmallow before?
[Shield Android TV Android Development] j-m-s:
I always thought wifi is very fast.

But I have tested a few android boxes now (https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.pzolee.android.localwifispeedtester) and I get only rates of 5-10 MBit/s.

So I switched to ethernet cable.
[Shield Android TV Android Development] IamSonoma:
I agree. I only use wifi if a game refuse to use Ethernet to update. The i sit and wait.
[Shield Android TV Android Development] McDirty:
Yes it's rooted.

Apps worked fine on marshmallow (stock)
[Shield Android TV Android Development] tailslol:
i see,strange...

did you see the vpn settings in the setting panel?

and you should look at the perms of your apps,to see if everything needed is enabled.
[Shield Android TV Android Development] zulu99:
about vpn, some times i use the app touch vpn https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.northghost.touchvpn&hl=en and it work well

I tested also some others free vpn apps, included Hola vpn and all are working well.
[Shield Android TV Android Development] McDirty:
I checked all the settings i could. its odd, it worked on stock android perfectly. i have read it may be to do with exposed framework, but i wouldnt know where to start.

it need more investigation after work tomorrow i think

Cheers Zulu, i shall give them a look. i just need an app that works so i know the kids are not using the shield without the vpn running
[Shield Android TV Android Development] tailslol:
same here i am sorry,you should look in the apps zulu tested,they are confirmed working.
[Shield Android TV Android Development] webstar332:
is this for 3.0 for shield tv
[Shield Android TV Android Development] tailslol:
Yes but please read first and 2nd post carefully. And title too.

Kinda tired of same questions filling threads.
[Shield Android TV Android Development] q-rz:
Hello,

I've a problem with Play Store updating automatically. Already tried the following solution:

After uninstalling the updates, Play Store works for a couple of minutes, then it gets re-updated automatically.

Do you have any solution for this?

Thanks!
[Shield Android TV Android Development] tailslol:
try to install latest one

http://www.apkmirror.com/apk/google-inc/google-play-store/
[Shield Android TV Android Development] sinekm:
i suggest everyone to use apple magic trackpad as controller. your tv screen turns into tablet with multitouch...
[Shield Android TV Android Development] tailslol:
lol ho god i totaly forgot this XD

blasphemy!!!!!!

but yea multitouch trackpad compatibility .

i guess it is detected as a 7 point touch screen.

to bad it is almost same price as the shield...
[Shield Android TV Android Development] McDirty:
I have rechecked permissions. Everything is as it should be.

I noticed when I click on the profile in openvpn a pop-up appears for a split second that says connect to vpn. It's not there long enough to click on

Maybe something is blocking pop-ups?
[Shield Android TV Android Development] tailslol:
no idea sorry,zulu should look into it.
[Shield Android TV Android Development] sinekm:
it detects 10 point touch. you can buy second hand half price and it worth it...
[Shield Android TV Android Development] McDirty:
I have been trying various things. I have disabled all the closed modules I was running and now it works. Now I have to restart them one by one and see which one causes the problem

Thanks for your help
[Shield Android TV Android Development] sinekm:
zulu thank you so much. i am grateful to use your rom on my shield tv. it works perfectly...

i suggest leanbak launcher with mouse support for android tv apps.
[Shield Android TV Android Development] tailslol:
NP happy we can help. I assume you had no modules in stock so it is just app/module conflicts and not ROM related.
[Shield Android TV Android Development] sinekm:
tailslol thank you for explanation about trackpad. i suggest it because of my usage experience. i allready have one. i should suggest if you have one , just try with shield tv .
[Shield Android TV Android Development] banderos101:
Nice to know theres a third party controller capable of multitouch, as there are rare occasions where multitouch on an android tv is required.

Hoping, now knowing its possible, that a cheaper alternative comes to market

Edit

Looks like there are cheaper alternatives already, confirmed working ones though.....
[Shield Android TV Android Development] McDirty:
Now I'm even more puzzled.

I have turned the 3 items off. Rebooted. Turned them on one at a time with a reboot in between each

It works everytime
[Shield Android TV Android Development] zulu99:
Just for INFO

I already looked inside the 3.1 update. Nothing for us, nothing for full android.

You can install full android 1.2 also over 3.1 stock.

Don't forget that full Android 1.2 have also android 6.0.1 source code inside that is more updated of 6.0

For now i skip this patch.

If you know something very interesting fixed with the update, let me know. But i already added some patch from 6.0.1 source code.
[Shield Android TV Android Development] joebobfrank:
As a hopefully longer term fix to the play store auto-updating to an incompatible version, install this one: http://www.apkmirror.com/apk/google...tore-6-4-13-c-0-2754070-android-apk-download/
[Shield Android TV Android Development] RebelebeR:
For the record, I suck at tasker. If this is not the case for you would you consider making a task that can use a variable input to set the brightness? I sorta figured out how to do it, but it is more complicated than my brain wants to understand right now. Long ago I was good at this, but I guess the phrase "Use it or lose it" is more accurate than I gave credit.
[Shield Android TV Android Development] dabanhfreak:
What do you want to trigger, and to what intensity. I could walk you through it
[Shield Android TV Android Development] RebelebeR:
I was thinking about a tasker widget that pops up a slider from 0 - 255 that runs a root shell command ( echo %Sldr > /sys/class/leds/led_lightbar/brightness ). I know how to make the task that sets the brightness just not sure how to use the input from a slider.
[Shield Android TV Android Development] TylerDurdenK:
Shall I install this or the Android 5.1 version?
[Shield Android TV Android Development] tailslol:
Same post in 2 thread...
[Shield Android TV Android Development] TylerDurdenK:
Almost the same.....
[Shield Android TV Android Development] justkidding2009:
Hey zulu,

there is one interesting feature in my opinion:

- Adds mouse navigation using SHIELD controller’s right stick

Some of us are using the Shield Controller wired so this would be a really nice addition.

Do you think it is possible to also have this in your firmware?

Apart of that I recognized a small issue in chrome browser. The double tap feature doesn't seem to work.

When I am using chrome on my phone and double tap on a special place it zooms in to exactly where i tapped.

This is not working in your rom.

Can you please check?

Thanks and best regards,

justkidding
[Shield Android TV Android Development] tailslol:
without the shield controller source code and protocols.

this feature cannot be ported to full android.

in fact this rom takes a lots from aosp and pixel c code and they just dont support the shield controller.
[Shield Android TV Android Development] zulu99:
The mouse on controller, is not a new feauture. It was present also before the 3.1 small patch.

As you know on full Android we don't have drivers for shield controller in wireless mode. Explained in first post. The Shield controller work only in usb mode as standard controller, and a standard controller is not a mouse.

Personally I use the mouse and multi touch on all Android tv box from long times and in better way: http://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL2E8D73B9D757086B

In better way because the mouse on shield controller is slow and not work on all apps and games. Is also not a real mouse because the left button is not a real mouse button. In general it is not comfortable use a controller as mouse, a touch surface is many times better.

P.S.

Apart the generic aosp code that is in common with all android devices, the Shield TV, despite the Pixel C is also a Nvidia X1, have almost nothing in common with Pixel C tablet . I use nothing of the Pixel C to develop full Android for Shield TV. I use onlly source code published by Nvidia for Shield TV, patch of aosp source code and compiled binaries in stock firmware.
[Shield Android TV Android Development] tailslol:
Well the kernel of the pixel c is the same as the shield tv and it is the one you see in aosp...

And it is a very important part.
[Shield Android TV Android Development] justkidding2009:
Don't get me wrong droidmote is just fine but sometimes I use the Logitech K400 for browsing and writing as it is just more comfortable in certain cases .

The mouse of the shield controller i only need for one specific case.

Sometimes I take the shield to my girlfriend and access my files via vpn.

If you loose connection while connected to vpn it is sometimes cumbersome to gain the connection to the droidmote server again. In this case it would be nice to use the wired controller to stop the vpn connection until droidmote is connected again.

But of course I understand now that it is also a driver problem from NVIDIA :)
[Shield Android TV Android Development] tailslol:
same here,i use a microssoft all in one media.
[Shield Android TV Android Development] justkidding2009:
Are you able to use the double tap feature in Chrome?
[Shield Android TV Android Development] tailslol:
not realy.it does it when it want but 2 finger scroll and left right swipes works.
[Shield Android TV Android Development] justkidding2009:
So it's exactly the same behaviour as the logitech.
[Shield Android TV Android Development] zulu99:
If you have spare time, try this game.

Beautiful graphics and simple to play.

Very nice.

Warhammer 40,000: Freeblade on Shield Android TV

https://youtu.be/A9xrszsEOdA
[Shield Android TV Android Development] Zacharybinx34:
I am getting a message that my Playstore is not compatible, and to uninstall updates or something. Any ideas?

Also, everything in showing the back home bar at the bottom now, even with exposed app settings settings apps to immersive mode.
[Shield Android TV Android Development] Dramosith:
download latest play google by mirrorapk then install new one then you r done
[Shield Android TV Android Development] shentheory:
So i flashed this bad boy, and on the initial google account set up i signed in and i checked some of my apps for it to also download. but once it finished and the home screen boots, none of my apps are installed, and i also get an error when i try to open the play store about version compatibility. I'm new to flashing stuff on the Shield, how would i go about installing the mirrorapk playstore app, i have no file manager to access it. I'm probably overlooking something simple but any tips/advice would be greatly appreciated.
[Shield Android TV Android Development] Zacharybinx34:
What about getting rid of the bottom control bar while watching movies?
[Shield Android TV Android Development] zulu99:
to hide bottom bar, you need xposed framework with Gravity box or App Settings modules. ( explained in second post )

Gravity Box module have a functionality to hide navifation bar and status bar for everything, App Settings can be used to go in immesive mode only for some apps.

To update at first start the google play app, open the browser, go to apkmirror https://www.apkmirror.com/apk/google-inc/google-play-store/

download the last google play app and install.
[Shield Android TV Android Development] Zacharybinx34:
What about adblock? I get a debugg error when running it.

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Also, some apps I set it to immersive mode, and it still doesn't do it. VidAngel, for example.
[Shield Android TV Android Development] tailslol:
it has been a long time addblock has not been updated so it does not support fully marshmallow.

they focus on their android browser now.

try adaway.it is free and it is marshmallow compatible.
[Shield Android TV Android Development] Zacharybinx34:
Thanks!
[Shield Android TV Android Development] zulu99:
strange, i tested VidAngel now with xposed v. 82 and App settings v. 1.13 and it go in immersive and landscape.

but i not tested the video play, but should work.

Anyway with Gravity Box everything go in fullscreen also the android UI. also if you not use App Settings.
[Shield Android TV Android Development] Zacharybinx34:
Gravity box solved my issues. Gravity box is amazing.
[Shield Android TV Android Development] shentheory:
so i've installed Google Play Store 6.3.16.B-xhdpi [8] 2697688, and it will work for a while and then i get a compatibility error like a few others have mentioned, and it wont open. So i disable the app in settings and it asks "would you like to replace app with factory version.' it then replaces it with the same	Google Play Store 6.3.16.B-xhdpi [8] 2697688, and it works for a bit again until it starts all over again and eventually the error comes back. any help/tips/advice would be greatly appreciated!
[Shield Android TV Android Development] tailslol:
Yes me I replaced with the version just before this one and it seems to work fine,it seems the latest version tru to push after a wile the Android TV market mode and cause the crash...
[Shield Android TV Android Development] TylerDurdenK:
I have a problem.

I have a 5TB Hard Drive attached to my NSTV which I store UHD TV Shows and Movies which I later watch through Kodi. I used to be able to send the files from my server PC via FTP but since installing this ROM that has become impossible.

Can anyone help?
[Shield Android TV Android Development] tailslol:
what is the HDD format?
[Shield Android TV Android Development] darktyroll:
I enabled immersive mode from gravity box, but nothing changed.

1. Gravity box - Display tweaks - Expanded desktop mode - Immersive. Is this correct? If yes, nothing happen. My display settings is on Landscape mode.

2. I installed Rotation Lock Adaptive, set to Landscape, works, not my apps are Landscaped, BUT, for example, i installed Tom Cat and the screen in landscaped but also larged, no fit size. Is normal or is from the Tom Cat app?
[Shield Android TV Android Development] TylerDurdenK:
It's NTFS