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[Shield Android TV Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] aas88keyz:
I answered my own question. I have the subscription. I have both beta and standard app. I am able to use beta without invitation. I also turned off root temporarily to run the apps successfully. I do have surround sound with beta, which everyone already said and have not tried the standard app. I am very happy with my setup and I thank you for the resources to making this thing work. Any one know of a good app for hiding root effective for Directv Now?
[Shield Android TV Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] ACHILLES R32:
Magisk works perfectly for my pixel 2 as far as holding root in concerned and it's systemless root but I'm not sure and the shield tv

Sent from my Pixel 2
[Shield Android TV Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] aas88keyz:
thanks for that. something I will look into. But I spoke too soon. after disabling su both apps could be logged in. I can watch live tv but both apps error out when trying to play ondemand. Beta says that I need to be subcribed. when I open the beta app with the login saved, I get an "Oops . something went wrong. Please try again later." I then attempt to start one of my ondemand shows and says I need to be subscribed. But I am subscribed lol. So I moved on to the standard app login went ok. . When I click on one of my episodes on standard app i get "This show failed to load. Restart the app and launch your content again. Or search for error 40 in the help center. (QP1404)" Both apps I can watch live tv. Ideas?

UPDATE: Hiding root was not successful for me. I removed root and recovered to stock image. and can now watch my ondemand shows on beta. Still an error 40 on standard release. Also I confirmed the audio is not good on my beta app. too bad. good sound is important to me. Oh well, its beta right. Probably will eventually have an update with a fix.
[Shield Android TV Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] ACHILLES R32:
I must have a strange shield tv lol. I just tried running both apks that you made and same error installs fine but can't launch it.

I even side loaded lucky patchers on my shield tv and nothing . Which version of lucky patchers are you using are you also installing anything else in addition to lucky patchers like a specific module for lucky patchers. Also what patch modes have you select to disable it, is just the Amazon verification one?

I'm curious if others are having better luck than me with running your apks hopefully someone responds .

Thanks

Sent from my Pixel 2

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Just curious what's the primary reason your chose to root your shield tv? I have rooted every android phone that I owned primarily for custom roms , adblocking and some other things.

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[Shield Android TV Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] aperture:
Yes, i just used the auto mode (Amazon Market) in Luckypatcher v7.2.1. No custom patch or any addons.

both standard and beta works with my Shield and Mi box.

installed both standard and beta just now with my nexus player and it also worked.
[Shield Android TV Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] aas88keyz:
The 4 main reasons I chose to root shield tv was because I wanted the latest developer released roms, choosing and trusting my vpn's, titan back ups and using a more preferred launcher for my needs. I thought of a 5th one just now that I use often. So my file manager had read and write privileges for the root folder. maybe most aren't needed but it was nice to have the options available.
[Shield Android TV Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] ACHILLES R32:
Wow this is bizarre I did everything like you and it won't work for me. I'll re download your apks again and try it once more. What shield tv do you have my is a 2017 16gb. Is yours rooted?

Update : figured it out, finally.

I still had the Amazon appstore preloaded so that was the reason it failed to launch it.

Well this is great news for everyone no more amazon appstore needed.

Sent from my Pixel 2
[Shield Android TV Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] bousquet:
FYI... for my 2015 Shield, I wasn't able to get Magisk to work reliably. I was also looking to hide root for this app, and I think I had issues getting the manager to work. If I remember correctly, the SU binary kept crashing too? However, you might have better luck.
[Shield Android TV Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] aperture:
Oh thats great! I'm glad its now working for you. :)

Yup, im using the 201 7 16gb shield.. not rooted.
[Shield Android TV Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] ACHILLES R32:
It is, was bothering me all weekend lol

To everyone else go update your apps [emoji1]

Also to those that installed the NHL app that has also been modified. No more amazon app store[emoji16]

https://m.mediafire.com/folder/ezc6ki36dp34f/Apps

Sent from my Pixel 2
[Shield Android TV Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] jonsharky:
Thank you R32!
[Shield Android TV Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] jackburtonhero:
Apps on longer work

I woke up today to find the my DitectTV Now apps no longer work on my shield tv. Im switching to sling.
[Shield Android TV Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] psufan5:
Did you try an updated APK? Anyone else having this issue? This thread is devoted to the Shield, and you are the only person saying it so far. Hopefully it is just an isolated issue with your Shield, and not a blocking from Directv.
[Shield Android TV Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] jackburtonhero:
No I didnt that may work idk I already canceled because it was both my shield tv that stopped working.
[Shield Android TV Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] music_man185:
Does anyone else notice the audio and video being slightly out of sync with the 5169 update? I don't think I noticed it on the previous build, but with 5169, mouths and voices are just slightly not matching up
[Shield Android TV Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] psufan5:
My father said the apps on his shield stopped working also. I can't check mine since I am at work. Looks like they might be actively blocking the app on unsupported platforms?

That being said, the Apple TV sucks - only does stereo. Does the app on the FireTV run surround sound?
[Shield Android TV Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] GhostRider5666:
Still works for me on both my Mi Box and Nvidia shield.
[Shield Android TV Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] psufan5:
Hope I have the same outcome when I get home to test it. This would be a kick in the nuts if it stopped working on my shield.
[Shield Android TV Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] IcerJo:
For me only ESPN was out of sync, and thanks R32! I'll install your apps when I get home and remove the app store and give an update!
[Shield Android TV Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] ACHILLES R32:
Both versions of the app beta and stable work fine on my shield tv . I have the latest versions installed

Sent from my Pixel 2
[Shield Android TV Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] chronometal:
thank you ACHILLES R32 so much for the modified version. I installed DirecTVNow_1.0.22.5006_modified. The beta lets me login then says come back later or something. will not work.

does anyone notice that the quality of the video is not as sharp as it was? i was using version 1.0.12.3714
[Shield Android TV Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] IcerJo:
I got both installed and as usual some channels fail to load on the regular app, but with the Beta everything loads up perfectly! Thanks again!
[Shield Android TV Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] ACHILLES R32:
I didn't have any issues playing channels on the beta version . On the stable one I did get the occasional message saying can't load the channel and then I come back to it and it works.

Both versions that I'm running are modified, haven't noticed the different in picture quality since don't think.i tried that version # before.

I know the audio isn't as good as it used to be but this has been for a few versions now

Sent from my Pixel 2
[Shield Android TV Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] music_man185:
This may have already been mentioned, but is there a difference between the 5169 build on the Amazon fire download page and the 5169 build on the modified page? I understand that the Amazon app store isn't required for one, but is the app itself any different or function differently? The audio and video is out of sync on my 5169 build and I would like to resolve it.
[Shield Android TV Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] ACHILLES R32:
It's the same app just the Amazon appstore verification removed nothing else done to it

I can uploaded the previous beta version with verification removed if you would like

I'm not experiencing and audio sync issues at least on few channels that I watch.

Update :

Music man, I uploaded the modified version of 04242

I know that for some 04250 was buggy so I didn't bother with that one.

https://m.mediafire.com/folder/ezc6ki36dp34f/Apps

Sent from my Pixel 2
[Shield Android TV Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] jzh797s:
Has anyone had success running this on a TV with Android TV built in? I have been trying to get it to run on a Sony A1E and everything loads, but keep getting "It's taking longer than expected to load your video". Guide works. Tried both of Achilles R32's beta files (much appreciated btw).
[Shield Android TV Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] ACHILLES R32:
I'll try it on my x900e and let you know.

Was getting the same issue as you with the beta app . But installed the stable one. It works, however it takes a bit to load and the picture quality seems lower than 720p with certain channels .

So It should work on the A1E think you have a better processor than the x900e so yours maybe be quicker to load and better picture quality.

Sent from my Pixel 2
[Shield Android TV Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] jeffhatton:
Keeps telling me sorry for the inconvenience, please try again later when I select any channel. I installed the latest beta from the link above. What would the problem be? I am using a completely updated Nvidia Shield.
[Shield Android TV Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] ACHILLES R32:
Did you also try version 04242? I know at one point when I side loaded a abblocker I was getting that message with the beta version

Sent from my Pixel 2
[Shield Android TV Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] jeffhatton:
I did try both beta versions out there. Both of the betas seem to do the same thing. Do I have to be enrolled in the beta program? Overall, the beta app does let me bypass that amazon login and get into direct TV, just nothing streams at all. It gives me the sorry for the inconvenience message.

I did try the stable version and it seems to stream except for my local channels for whatever reason. I had trouble with Animal Planet and a couple of others. It was giving me a code 40 mostly. Not sure if there is anything else I need to do that I am missing.
[Shield Android TV Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] music_man185:
I've recently started having errors too. In the middle of watching a channel, it stops and a message appears that says "we're working on it". Other times, when I select a channel from the guide, I get a message saying "the owner of this program does not allow it in your area", or something along those lines. Usually closing the error message and trying again seems to fix it temporarily. I uninstalled 5169 and returned to 4250, but immediately got an error on 4250 as well. Also, 5169 started becoming slow to load when pulling up the guides. It would blink for a few seconds before finally loading.
[Shield Android TV Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] jeffhatton:
Have you heard anymore about them developing a version for nVidia Shield? Obviously, the stable version mostly works. From everything I have read, they were supposed to upgrade to version 2.0 towards the end of March 2018. This has obviously passed and no platform has the upgraded version or service yet. It is awesome that someone was able to make these versions work. I would love to learn how to do that myself. The sideloaded versions are pretty frustrating though and I don't really want to go buy a fire stick or chromecast just to watch directv now. Just curious if anyone has heard the latest and greatest regarding availability or time frame. Thanks!!
[Shield Android TV Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] ACHILLES R32:
I heard the same thing as you that they were supposed to release the the 2.0 update in March / April.

I use Android adb to pull the apk from my fire TV and then use a app called lucky patcher to remove the verification.

Sent from my Pixel 2

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Sent from my Pixel 2
[Shield Android TV Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] jeffhatton:
Thanks for the tips. The things you guys do on here amaze me.
[Shield Android TV Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] aas88keyz:
Hey guys. Anyone having issues with watching shows on the watchlist on demand. the standard version will error out 40 when I click to play. I checked help through the app to find what error 40 entails. Says there is a service issue and to try restarting the app. Which I do with the same result. Roku version plays the watchlist just fine and is up to day on episodes. The amazon beta version will allow me to play my watchlist shows but newest episodes are 2 weeks out. I am not subscribed to DVR feature through Directv now service but I don't need it on Roku app. Any ideas?

Oh and btw. I am no longer rooted and just relocked the bootloader on my Shield TV last night. No change. Not to mention after I locked bootloader It reset the whole thing to factory and had to start setting things up all over again.
[Shield Android TV Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] psufan5:
Go into the directv now live chat and ask them to refresh your account.
[Shield Android TV Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] boldfilter:
Anyone get this working on the nexus player? Was on an older version and it seemed to work fine. Now it loads but stays on the channel loading screen with the flashing blue thing and never loads the channel. Tried 4005 same thing. If I try the 5xxx version or any betas the app crashes immediately when I open it.
[Shield Android TV Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] music_man185:
Is anyone else having a problem with buffering lately? I was on 4250 due to some other problems I was having with 5169. The last couple days, I've had fairly frequent buffering even with 75mbps internet connection. I wondered if the problem with the buffering may have been due to an out of date version, so I went back to 5169. Hopefully that fixes it.

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I also still notice a slight delay in the audio/video syncing. Voices are slightly out of sync with lips.
[Shield Android TV Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] music_man185:
I'm still getting loading and buffering issues even after installing 5169. Anyone else getting this?
[Shield Android TV Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] esema1o:
Reboot the box
[Shield Android TV Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] ACHILLES R32:
Stable Version updated to 1.0.25.5100

Downloads links below for both modified and non modified versions. Modified just has amazon verification removed.

https://www.mediafire.com/folder/ezc6ki36dp34f/Apps

Update: history channel fails to load for me with the latest stable version get error code 40. Beta app works fine

Sent from my Pixel 2
[Shield Android TV Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] aas88keyz:
Thanks for this. Even though it didn't happen right away the account was recently refreshed and I can now us VoD on any of my boxes; Beta or not.
[Shield Android TV Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] rohin_adalja:
I read through the last 20 pages. Using Nvidia shield 2017, Everything is perfect on 2.0.10.04242_modified.apk. Make sure to remove ALL previous DirecTV apps and Remove Amazon app store as well (some kind soul uploaded the modified file so app store is not needed, will cause issues). Everything works 99.99 - 5.1 surround, Audio in Sync, No buffering, no error 40! Finally. Thanks for uploading it. [The only issue would be when browsing by specific network listings is prone to app crash]
[Shield Android TV Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] xdadel:
Is the staple version work without beta invite? I don't have beta account.
[Shield Android TV Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] ACHILLES R32:
Yes , just download the modified apk so that you won't have to sideload amazon app store.

Sent from my Pixel 2
[Shield Android TV Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] chronometal:
I'm getting an error 40 on a lot of channels now including CNN.

This is getting very bothersome. I might switch back to amazon tv.
[Shield Android TV Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] ACHILLES R32:
The latest stable version sucks for me as well . The one prior to that works better.

Sent from my Pixel 2
[Shield Android TV Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] chronometal:
i have no idea why direct tv just wont get a generic app out there.
[Shield Android TV Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] wakeen1966:
Tonight I can't play anything on the Shield with either version (stable or beta) while playback is normal on the Fire TV. This is aggravating that the best streaming box isn't supported officially by the app. AT&T just needs to support it.
[Shield Android TV Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] montajd:
Same here ****ing bull****
[Shield Android TV Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] esema1o:
Cut direct tv now and get gears tv zero problems and cheaper more channels 1080p:cool:
[Shield Android TV Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] ACHILLES R32:
I have to agree that gears tv has some great channels and a good price to channel ratio.

But it's as legal as torrenting lol

I also can't get over the gears of war COG that they use as their symbol. But that's just my ocd lol

Sent from my Pixel 2
[Shield Android TV Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] wakeen1966:
As of today things are working. I knew that behind the scenes updating was going on and maybe that's why things were not working well yesterday. I'm using the Beta version 4242.
[Shield Android TV Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] ACHILLES R32:
Good to know will need to downgrade, last night I tested every channel on beta 5169. Every single one played no issues this morning not a single one plays . Get the sorry for you inconvenience message. Like you said they must be doing some updates

Sent from my Pixel 2
[Shield Android TV Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] psufan5:
Rebooting the shield always fixes this for me.
[Shield Android TV Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] anis_ber:
both stable version have a lot of stuttering on my nvidia shield, the beta gives me (username reset error, maybe because I'm not registered in beta)

had to go back to dtvnow-1.0.20.4606-m.apk to get it to work without stuttering
[Shield Android TV Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] montajd:
Yeah the stable version framerate is terrible for some reason and I get error 40 on a lot of different channels

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I finally got it working again had to uninstall and reinstall, then I only got audio, no video. Then I opened it on my phone and magically it started working again correctly on the shield. Welrd
[Shield Android TV Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] chronometal:
i took the plunge and tried gears tv per someones recommendation above. It's much quicker than DTV, but it's not 1080p for sure and it isnt exactly stable. i know it isnt extactly kosher either so i only got a month until DTN get's an official app for shield or things go back to the way they used to be with the amazon tv apk. as of today the app is unusable for me and error 40 on 90% of the channels i watch.

sad reality of desperate times calls for desperate measures lol
[Shield Android TV Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] bousquet:
It's been almost a year and a half without any confirmation about AndroidTV what-so-ever. I seriously doubt they will cave in before your IPTV sub expires... I personally haven't upgraded the beta for some time, but it was still solid for me last night.

Not to deviate the conversation, but I too am seriously considering those IPTV subs. There are quite a few of them though. It's hard to weed through what is actual quality service and not. They all seem to be ran by gang-bangers some how the more I look into them though.
[Shield Android TV Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] esema1o:
When will the official direct tv now be out for nvidia shield
[Shield Android TV Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] praveenvj:
So what is the best Apk to use for getting this working on Shield TV. I seem to have missed that link.
[Shield Android TV Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] sask3m:
They all suck big time and aren't worth bothering with believe me. The stutter like crap, unwatchable basically. I have an android phone and casting works excellent, tv like quality and all 60 fps. If you really want a streamer for directv now I'd suggest an amazon fire tv saw one working and it was great.
[Shield Android TV Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] patt2k:
DTV Now employee on Jan 24 posted that it should be now working for Nvidia Shield TV

https://forums.att.com/t5/DIRECTV-NOW-App/Android-TV-nvidia-shield-support/td-p/4987518#M125

Did you guys check playstore by any chance?
[Shield Android TV Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] nintari:
Still nothing on the AndroidTV Play store, went to play store on my browser and tried to remote install and still not able to. Tried backing up the app from my S7 Edge and sending it over via ES Explorer, installed it and app just crashes on launch for me. I'm trying to login now on that thread to reply back to let them know they are FOS :) And that they need to add the app to the AndroidTV play store (and hopefully get it working with Live Channels... drool... hdhomerun for OTA and DirecTV Now all in Livechannels with easy EGP....)

everyone try to reply to that thread and push them :) flood them with requests.
[Shield Android TV Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] chucktaylur:
The employees are idiots. They probably meant working for Nvidia shield as in casting to it. I bet they dont even know theres a difference between android and androidTV.
[Shield Android TV Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] nintari:
lol They posted a response after a few people complained that no it wasn't working:

Hi,

*

We tested on our systems, and you should be able to use the built in Chromecast feature and just cast it to TV. Let us know what errors you are getting if it is not working.

*

-DIRECTVNOWCare

Really... casting is the solution? LMAO
[Shield Android TV Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] nintari:
I extracted the latest fireTV APK from my firestick last night and will be messing with it on my shield today. did anybody else ever get a hold of this?

Edit:

Same result as porting the apk form my phone, app instantly crashes will never launch. Wonder if I should learn to program :)
[Shield Android TV Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] bousquet:
[MENTION=5110388]nintari[/MENTION] - There are a few tweaks that need to made to the that APK before it will work. Specifically, there are Amazon authentication check for FireTV applications that need to be bypassed. Can you please upload your APK and PM the link to [MENTION=5105249]JJ-KwiK[/MENTION] and possibly myself?

I am personally very eager to see how the app performs on the latest Nougat update that dropped last night! ;)
[Shield Android TV Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] nintari:
let me look in to this
[Shield Android TV Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] bousquet:
I am not familiar with XDA policies to linking APK's. It could be considered copyrighted content. I have seen people link to Mega before. That's probably okay to share.

Cheers!
[Shield Android TV Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] nintari:
cant seem to PM, not showing up in my sent items
[Shield Android TV Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] bousquet:
Got your PM's and the link. Thanks so much [MENTION=5110388]nintari[/MENTION]!

I have relayed it off to JJ-Kwik. Hopefully, we'll see some magic happen very soon!
[Shield Android TV Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] BillTheCat:
I'm in. Those chuckeheads at AT&T dont know their arses from a hole in the ground. Watching this thread with interest.
[Shield Android TV Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] nintari:
Meh, it's a new service I expect there to be bugs and quirks. Sling TV was the same way. I remember sling going down on walking dead and game of thrones premiers... But they had the apps out at least lol

Just dumb DirecTV has the Android and firetv working but not Android TV.