yashsingh1/xdaforums huggingface dataset:
[Shield Android TV General] armitagebron:
And it works! I'm really excited. Shield becomes fast and smooth. Everything works right.

I'm really appreciate your work, guys! This is fantastic! My educational kit is almost done.

Here's photo-proof: http://i.imgur.com/SYDvnOw.jpg

And the lastbin for 120 Gb SSD (Samsung EVO 750 SSD 120Gb) as an attachment.
[Shield Android TV General] hallydamaster:
Good job getting it working, I'll put your lastpart.bin in first post along with the others.

Thank you for contributing!
[Shield Android TV General] bobzer:
Hi,

unfortunately my sshd died :(

i bought a ssd to replace it hoping that i could ddrescue the original one .... but sadly it's look like i will not be able to :(

So i wonder if i could get a backup somewhere ?

thanks
[Shield Android TV General] hallydamaster:
You should be able to find a backup in this thread:

https://xdaforums.com/shield-tv/development/nvidia-shield-tv-ssd-t3402580

Unfortunately widevine will be lost, but you'll have a working SATV. ?
[Shield Android TV General] bobzer:
thanks,

I don't really understand widevine, i understood that it's a drm stuff that make netflix not able to work

but be side that what does it mean ? other problem or limitation ?

is it possible possible to get back widevine ??

do you now a solution to get it back to work (buying a 16GB to fix the 500 is it possible ?)

thanks for your help
[Shield Android TV General] Ichijoe:
Widevine is Google's DRM Service, which is needed for all the premium OtT VoD (Over the Top, Video on Demand), Services. (e.g. Amazon, Netfiix, VuDu*, or HBO Go*, and NBC TV*)

Essentially to use any of the above you have to have a certified Widevine Level 1 Device. Which under normal conditions the Shield TV is. As this Key is VERY UNIQUE to each Device.

If you should ever ~lose~ it, than that's it, and you will only be stuck at Widevine Level 3. Which will not allow you to use most if not all of the above Services.

Some of this stuff, also applies to Kodi, and Plex as well (I'm thinking here of the NBC TV App of course). But, seeing as most (of what's left of Kodi), never relied or even uses any DRM anyhow. Would this affect your 'enjoyment' Kodi?

No probably not.

Also this shouldn't stop you from buying stuff like Games, or Movies from Google Play. Though I'm less sure about the latter as I have never bought anything Movie wise from the PlayStore.

* Probably of little to no concern for you
[Shield Android TV General] hallydamaster:
Essentially apps and services that utilizes Google Widevide DRM will stop working. Otherwise it shouldn't have any other impact.

I think I read a post some while ago. Another user tried to use the secondary board from a salvaged Pro unit in his 16 GB unit, but the SATV refused to recognize the HDD connected.

I don't really have a solution for you. Try to revive your unit with another disk, and the backup that's publicly available. Then try it out, see if you miss something.
[Shield Android TV General] bobzer:
I received a new satv pro do you think it's worthy do to a backup right away ? (like event before the first boot ?)

if i copy the hdd of the new in the ssd of the old both shield should works ? or because of the widevine none will work ? or just the new one ?

thanks
[Shield Android TV General] hallydamaster:
I would certainly do a backup if it was mine. Instead of using the backup copy of your new satv, I would recommend you use the publicly available bin files. Just in case you break winevine on the new one. I really have no idea how widevine works, so can't really advise you about it.
[Shield Android TV General] bobzer:
How do you plug back in the tiny connector which go to hdd?
[Shield Android TV General] hallydamaster:
The black piece is a latch or clasp you have to peel it up in the rear of the connector.
[Shield Android TV General] qqhorus:
I mainly did this to back up the firstpart.bin and lastpart.bin and in case I want to move to a larger drive. I have a 500GB Samsung Evo that I'm switching to. I've flashed firstpart.bin on Windows via DD. I'm not sure what DD command would I use to flash the lastpart.bin? The example is for a 2TB drive so I'm nor sure what the seek value would be for a 500GB drive.

Would it just be easier to clone the drive with DD and then flash the ssd?

Thanks!
[Shield Android TV General] hallydamaster:
The value of seek should be 976773158

To write this to a 500 gb drive, you do:

dd if=lastpart.bin of=/dev/sdX seek=976773158

But yes, you could as easily clone the drive.
[Shield Android TV General] qqhorus:
Thank you very much! I'll try this when I get home. Your help is much appreciated.
[Shield Android TV General] qqhorus:
I had something weird happen. After flashing i reinstalled the SSD and it booted up fine. It was at the choose language screen. I powered the unit off so I could screw everything down and put the bottom back on. After that now it won't display any video. Windows device manager shows up as APX. Anyone encounter this? Even happens when i put the original SSHD back in.
[Shield Android TV General] Makenshi2k:
Hello,

first thank you for the guide and all the work put into this.

Unfortunally I ran into some trouble while dumping the original SATV HDD.

Some details:

OS Windows 10 Pro

DD for Windows at Version 1.0beta1

SATV 2017 HDD. Freshly bought device.

Unlocked bootloader

HDD was working fine before removal from case

SATA to USB connector is used (This one: https://images-na.ssl-images-amazon.com/images/I/41xssDEstpL.jpg)

dd if=\\?\Device\Harddisk3\Partition0 of=firstpart.bin count=6899870 --progress

This worked great and yielded an firstpart.bin at 3,29 GB.

dd if=\\?\Device\Harddisk3\Partition0 of=lastpart.bin bs=512 skip=976773158

This just give me the following error message:

What exactly am I doing wrong?

Best regards
[Shield Android TV General] qqhorus:
I was having the same issue using DD with Windows. I had to make a virtual machine with Ubuntu and do it in Linux.
[Shield Android TV General] Makenshi2k:
Thank you for the advice. I tried it this morning with my Ubuntu vm. There everything worked fine, apparently.

Sadly my Shield TV will not boot up anymore. Doesn't matter if I use the original HDD or the new SSD. This morning the original HDD was still working fine.

Whenever I connect the Shield TV to HDMI and Power cable there is no visual output anymore. The green led shines as it should but there is just no picture. I tried to get into fastboot by connecting the gamepad and holding A + B while connecting the power cable. To no avail. As far as I can judge it, the cables should be all in tightly and are not visibly damaged.

Windows still recognize that the Shield is connected via USB. But only as an unknown device.

Maybe someone could suggest a course of action? I'm kind of afraid that I ****ed up my Shield.
[Shield Android TV General] qqhorus:
The exact same thing happened to me. I swapped to my SSD and booted it up. I was able to get to the setup menu where I choose language. I thought everything was good so I powered it off to move it back into my living room. Plugged it in and the exact same thing as you.
[Shield Android TV General] hallydamaster:
Sorry guys, haven't been available for some time.

Did any of you get your SATV's up and running again?

Unfortunately I cannot pinpoint anything in specific, other than you have to check every connections in your SATV.

It could be the SATA connector/cable that's damaged somehow.

Unfortunately these symptoms will occur with a bad HDD/SSD or the connection or if the SATV is hardbricked for some strange reason.

A few weeks ago, I put some childrens show on for my kids, and suddenly the SATV just froze. Since then, the SATV shows up as APX device.

I checked everything, but all was good, even the SSD. And now using it in another computer that I own, so the drive is good.

I think the most likely culprit to be the SATA cable, so when I get the time, I'm gonna try and solder a new cable on.
[Shield Android TV General] Makenshi2k:
Unfortunally not. The device proved resistance to any attempt to revive it again. I have talked to Nvidia support as well, but they couldn't offer any assistance.

Paying for the repair was also not an option, as they only do that to warranty cases. After modifying the device that doesn't apply anymore.

So the device now is a brick. But I knew the danger and you warned explicity that this could happen.

The only thing that continous to bother me, is that I don't know which mistake led to the malfunction.

Maybe you're right and the sata cable is really flimsy and got a cable break.

When you replace your sata cable maybe you can report how it fared for you?
[Shield Android TV General] NiHaoMike:
For those who have problems getting the device to boot with the new disk, try zeroing out/secure erasing the new disk, repeating the steps to write the image, and then try again.
[Shield Android TV General] jionny:
From previous experience in contacting Nvidia if it shows up as apx device then it is hardware failure
[Shield Android TV General] Codename_Falcon:
In case anyone else experiences this problem, I solved this by going into bootloader and running 'fastboot format userdata' command.
[Shield Android TV General] easyc:
Can anyone post their lastpart.bin from the factory drive on the latest update? My drive has corrupt sectors on that.
[Shield Android TV General] ClintE1956:
Just received my new sata SATV Saturday. Unit shows 453GB total space.
[Shield Android TV General] Codename_Falcon:
As I mentioned above, I was seeing this amount of space with a 512GB SSD.
[Shield Android TV General] BadAndyAndroid:
i bought a 2017 pro edition (used) and the HDD is sort of DOA (it sits at the logo screen for forever) i have tried going into the recovery kernel and it comes up to the no command screen, but then just goes back to the nvidia logo. is there anyway that i can build my own bin files on a SSD ? or image someones copy or is the bin file unique to each machine and locked tot hat machine as well?
[Shield Android TV General] hallydamaster:
If the logo comes up, the HDD is probably fine. You could try to take the drive out and migrate to an SSD

The bin files are dumps of the machines HDD, and are therefore unique to each machine.

If you rather want to try revive the Shield as it is, you should try to boot into fastboot and do:

fastboot oem unlock

This will effectively wipe the drive. If that doesn't work you can flash the factory images from Nvidia or TWRP recovery to do a factory reset.
[Shield Android TV General] BadAndyAndroid:
YUPP!!!!

that worked loaded the 6.2 recovery files over and booted like a charm (after i went into fastboot) thanks for the information saved me from returning it.
[Shield Android TV General] pnkiller78:
I have some questions...

1. Are the originals SSHD partitions 4K aligned?

2. If I just clone the firstpart.bin and lastpart.bin onto a same size SSD, will be a performance gain if the partitions are 4K aligned onto the new SSD?

3. Is there a performance gain if the partitions are 4K-aligned while using a 2TB SSHD? or even a pure mechanical HDD?

4. Does a 9.5mm z-Height drive fit on the SATV or just 7.0 mm ones? I know somebody else asked for 4TB HDD, but obviously that would not work since those are 15mm z-Height.
[Shield Android TV General] hallydamaster:
1. As far as I can tell, the partitions are not 4K aligned. But in my guide its described how to manually 4K align the partitions.

2. The user supplying me with the details to 4K align, claimed that he had better performance, if I remember correctly.

3. In theory, you should have a gain, but I believe it's minimal.

4. Only the 7mm disks fit snuggly in the SATV, the back cover will not close if a larger drive is used.
[Shield Android TV General] pnkiller78:
Thanks for your answers. By the way, excellent guide...

One more question... which programs could I use to benchmark the HDD performance?
[Shield Android TV General] Drrobot:
Hi all!

So I had tried doing a manual update to the 6.2 dev image via fastboot, on my 2015 pro 500gb.

Well, it went bad after its first part of the blob and boot flash. And if rendered my device a brick.

So no fastboot, and only apx mode detected. I decided to come here for revival.

I backed up my drive now, first part and last part. But since my bootloader ok so guffed, I assume dd'ing it to the new drive will yield the same apx mode result.

Is there a way for me to inline patch my firstpart.bin and another users firstpart.bin with bootloader partition intact, so I can keep my drm keys?

In theory this should work, right? Just needing to know the correct beginning and end offsets to patch?
[One (M8) Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] jellomonster54994:
ive read alot of threads this is literally my last resort but i dont know what could be wrong or how i can fix it

ive tried new charging port and battery ive tried the battery reset/calibration button combo

i connect it to computer all i hear is the windows noise that says a device has been connected

all stock new screen and everything

all that happens is i connect it to charger and i get a solid red light for .5 second and the led turns back off ive left it charging with original charger and everything

PLEASE HELP :crying::crying::crying::crying::crying::crying:
[Galaxy Tab 2 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] RenaldiDroidXDA:
Hello, don't post here often, but have no better choice.

My younger brother somehow (he denies doing it, though I'm skeptical) contracted a nasty app that rooted his Tab 2 and installed as a system app, proceeded to download and install other apps, and generate several annoying overlays that grind the poor device to a halt. I've attempted to factory reset the device and sent it in to a repair shop, but the infection remains.

I think flashing the factory firmware through Odin could fix it, but I can't manage to find the image for his tablet. Can some point me to a link/tutorial/download to help me get it back to stock?
[Galaxy Tab 2 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] champ1919:
Check out sammobile.com. registration is free download is slow unless a paying member
[Samsung Galaxy J5 Questions & Answers] Amir3022:
I got my j5 for just a month i would be so pissed if something bad happened to it

My j5 screen began lagging and jumping and scrolling became extremely choppy and laggy

And when i watch a video on youtube it isnt smooth as it should be could this be a faulty lcd

Side not here i have a glass protector attached to my screen it got some scratches and i tried to reattach my scree protector but it now has a side which isnt rightly attached to the screen could that cause the problem
[Samsung Galaxy J5 Questions & Answers] Amir3022:
This problem is really a pain in the guts can anyone help me
[Samsung Galaxy J5 Questions & Answers] Amir3022:
Updates on the matter

I tried wipe the cache and do a factory reset and install a fresh stock rom bit it didnt help

I aslo noticed that the samsung logo at start up is laggy as hell and isnt smooth as it used to be and help???
[Samsung Galaxy J5 Questions & Answers] Amir3022:
This problem is becoming very bothering i dont have enough money to buy another new device please help me
[Samsung Galaxy J5 Questions & Answers] rjrulz007:
Might be your unit have some fault in it. You can go to service center if you are under warranty. If you don't care about warranty you may install TWRP recovery in your phone and flash CM 12 by Nick Verse. CM 12 is the best Rom for J5. No lags at all. But you will Void your warranty if you install TWRP and CM 12. So do it on your own risk. Hope it will help you. Best of luck.
[Samsung Galaxy J5 Questions & Answers] Amir3022:
I already rooted my device and got tripped by knox so warranty is already gone for me but the problem isnt that tje mobile lags at gaming its great and everything but when scrolling or watching a video its choppy and laggy and frameskips and isnt smooth at all even the logo is laggy at start up

However i will try the rom but can you provide me with a link for a guide and will it format the data on my device or not
[Samsung Galaxy J5 Questions & Answers] rjrulz007:
http://xdaforums.com/galaxy-j5/development/rom-cyanogenmod-samsung-galaxy-j5-t3404569.

Download the CM Rom for your J5 model. Other instruction you will get it there. And yes it will format your data so do a nandroid backup.
[Samsung Galaxy J5 Questions & Answers] Amir3022:
I will try that maybe tomorrow and tell tou the results

Another thing i noticed is that sluggish scrolling accures when the page is heavy with pics and material if it is only text page there are no lags or whatever what might be causing that
[Samsung Galaxy J5 Questions & Answers] Amir3022:
I didnt try to instal the cm12 but another thing i tried was to do a factory reset and install a fresh stock os and remove the scree protection but none of that seemed to help so i dont think that the cm12 will help but i will try none the less
[Samsung Galaxy J5 Questions & Answers] Amir3022:
Ok now i tried installing the cm12 mod but as i thought it didnt help and the problem still presists still sluggish and choppy scrolling it is really uncomfortable for my eyes to scroll with this problem so any other thoughts for thia
[Samsung Galaxy J5 Questions & Answers] rjrulz007:
Than might be there is some problem in your device. Coz J5 is running good in Stock as well as CM 12. Sorry Couldn't help you.
[Samsung Galaxy J5 Questions & Answers] Amir3022:
Could any hardware priblem cause this problem inhave searched a lot for something that looks like my problem and didnt reach anything might the ldc screen be damaged??
[Samsung Galaxy J5 Questions & Answers] wadhah1000:
dude i am just like u and my phone hit up very easly
[Samsung Galaxy J5 Questions & Answers] Amir3022:
My phone didnt even hit anything i left charging al night and when i woke up it was like this and it might not be a deal breaker but hell is it annoying
[Samsung Galaxy J5 Questions & Answers] wadhah1000:
i think it s mostly storage related try to trim it
[Samsung Galaxy J5 Questions & Answers] Amir3022:
Can you please give me a hint of how to do that i need your help
[Samsung Galaxy J5 Questions & Answers] wadhah1000:
What i did was a full wipe to the phone using twrp then flash official firmware it s not as good but a lot better
[Samsung Galaxy J5 Questions & Answers] Amir3022:
I tried doing a full wipe using the official stoc recovery i will try doing that with the custom recovery and see if things will change
[Samsung Galaxy J5 Questions & Answers] Amir3022:
I tried doing the factory reset using the twrp recovery and its the same

I dont know what happened but i think my screen is faulty i will have to bear it until i have enough money to get a lcd replacement
[OnePlus 3 Accessories] SedyBenoitPeace:
Hi mate...the durability is amazing (i'm still using this cover and it doesn't have any problem) the unique thing that can be bad is that in my clear version the TPU became yellow (not too much like my previous experience) then maybe you can dislike it....i think that the clear version is better for soft gold...but also the black should be fine...i think that you need to find out what is the version that you like better :)
[OnePlus 3 Accessories] SedyBenoitPeace:
I can't deny.. It saves my phone a lot of times :)
[OnePlus 3 Accessories] mj_diamond:
Nice review buddy, i actually got the Ringke Fusion Smoke Black two months ago, when i bought my OP3, i prefer the dark borders because the front of the phone is black, so they fit better together

Also, i can confirm that you can use the official oneplus curved tempered glass with this case, because that's what i'm using

Some pics:

Full album
[OnePlus 3 Accessories] xkhen0017:
[MENTION=5115422]Ashish.akc[/MENTION]

Here buddy! :)
[OnePlus 3 Accessories] Ashish.akc:
Does your's too got yellow and is it TPU + hard plastic or full TPU? Any scratches?
[OnePlus 3 Accessories] SedyBenoitPeace:
The yellow is a problem for the clear color...but honestly things were worse with cover for other phone (the one for my nexus 5 was horrible)...pick the smoke black and you will be sure of no yellow...after some months however mine hasn't any scratches..
[Verizon Note 7  Questions & Answers] V@no:
Anyone heard anything about verizon Note 7 being unlocked in BestBuy?
[Verizon Note 7  Questions & Answers] Gargamel198024:
What he probably meant is that it is SIM unlocked. Almost all Verizon smart phones now are classified as World Phones which means they are SIM unlocked to be used anywhere in the world on a GSM network. This does not mean that they will have the bootloader unlocked.
[Verizon Note 7  Questions & Answers] cadcamaro:
Yeah as mentioned above he probably just meant carrier unlocked. Even as far back as the S5 Verizon phones have been unlocked to use any carrier, apart from sprint because they suck.
[Verizon Note 7  Questions & Answers] neyenlives:
Best Buy employees don't even know a bootloader exists.
[Verizon Note 7  Questions & Answers] Gargamel198024:
When I was an SES at a few different best buys, we had a guy that was telling Customers that if he liked iOS, he could just install it on a Samsung. After calling him out on it, he told me I was an idiot and that he has done it. LOL
[Verizon Note 7  Questions & Answers] cadcamaro:
The idiot probably thought an iOS theme for nova is the same as iOS. Unless it actually has been done, I remember years ago my friend had to dual boot Android on his iPhone 3G to jailbreak his ps3 lol.
[Verizon Note 7  Questions & Answers] shag_on_e:
Lmfao that's hilarious
[Verizon Note 7  Questions & Answers] le0.br4zuc4:
4G Verizon phones are always sim unlocked but that's the only unlocked we'll have. No bootloader unlocked or anything else
[Verizon Note 7  Questions & Answers] PartyDroid:
So question would be is it or would it be best to buy from Samsung or Verizon? because i am hoping if i buy from Samsung then i will get all the missing stuff that verizon took away?
[Verizon Note 7  Questions & Answers] cpufrost:
Part of Samsung's new security features, unlocked bootloaders will never be offered on major carrier networks in USA regions. This is why TMO devices have locked bootloaders today.
[Verizon Note 7  Questions & Answers] cadcamaro:
If you buy a Verizon phone from Samsung it will still be the same as any other Verizon N7. If you want it to work on Verizon and have all the original features you'll need to wait on the N930U to be released.
[Verizon Note 7  Questions & Answers] Bern612:
So the question... The oem unlock toggle doesn't do anything.. Just curious.. Mine toggles
[G4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] ptick:
Hi! Is it possible to install Marshmollow on LG G4 H731 vigor?

When I go in the Update Center, no updates are available. So can I get a firmware somewhere?

My phone is unlock and rooted.
[Remix OS for PC] sindrefyrn:
When I boot up Remix OS I get huge black bars on the top and bottom of the screen. Like this:

I can get it to full screen by enabling Settings - Remix OS options - Always keep apps in landscape mode. However, then it's stuck in portrait mode. :rolleyes:

I've tried using vga=ask in the grub menu, with no difference. The tablet is a Lenovo Miix 300, and the resolution is 1280x800, however Remix OS seems to think it should be 800x1280. Is there any way I can force it to the desired resolution?

Cheers
[Remix OS for PC] danerrickcuba@gmail.com:
try this:

alt+f1 (to enter Console/terminal)

then type: wm size 1280x800

then press enter

and exit terminal/console with: alt+f7

that xud be enaf!
[Remix OS for PC] sindrefyrn:
Thank you.

However, that made little differende. It increased the resolution, but the orientation and black bars remained.
[Remix OS for PC] danerrickcuba@gmail.com:
did u try diff resolutions apart from the suggested ones?

and provide a pic to see!

<<<New World Order (NWO)>>>
[Remix OS for PC] danerrickcuba@gmail.com:
yeah its not reading it right obviously!

<<<New World Order (NWO)>>>

---------- Post added at 01:39 AM ---------- Previous post was at 01:37 AM ----------

dd u try 1288x728 or 1024x768

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[Remix OS for PC] sindrefyrn:
I tried them both now, with similar results: resolution changes but the black bars and wrong orientation persists.