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[Shield Android TV General] hidroela:
just did the update and got stock in checking for additional updates for 20 minutes so far

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remove power and restart, now say checking for updates go figured out.

well disconnected the Ethernet cable a connect to House wifi and that did the trick uff got scare
[Shield Android TV General] andersh:
Does the official TWRP recovery work on 7.0.1 (Oreo)? If so does rooting with Magisk / SuperSU also work?
[Shield Android TV General] Klanac89:
Did somebody get the update with first gen shield tv?
[Shield Android TV General] lunchplease:
Working great on mine though has taken a little readjusting to get home screen where I want it, and Plex server took a few mins to reread the USB drive. In Perth, Western Australia on preview 7.0.1
[Shield Android TV General] balkerman:
Would like to know this too. Anyone had any experience with this so far?
[Shield Android TV General] jionny:
Developer image now live on Nvidia's site

Downloading Pro version as I am posting this

This is a developer only version of the Software Upgrade 7.0.1 OS image for the NVIDIA SHIELD ANDROID TV (16GB version). https://mega.nz/#!5HxVDADK!lNvE5CfmxrTDJDBlZgE_CaIMoHkh5an7U6_SmdXGFKc

This is a developer only version of the Software Upgrade 7.0.1 OS image for the NVIDIA SHIELD TV PRO

https://mega.nz/#!Nfoi0ZYB!HdRpLS4-rfrYot5EGFniGrN9VVRqqal24cZN2kAEBL4

This is a developer only version of the Software Upgrade 7.0.1 OS image for the NVIDIA SHIELD TV (2017, 16GB version). https://mega.nz/#!4ChASbrb!WjcL-Sfnzv9iuZ-PatzH2LRcGlN-w3zVfbcHKxj5zJU
[Shield Android TV General] dk1keith:
Anyone know yet if this can be flashed using FlashFire. TWRP gives an "invalid zip" error

thanks for posting images btw.
[Shield Android TV General] jionny:
I have not flashed mine yet, will do it later tonight but the last 3 upgrades I flashed with flashfire
[Shield Android TV General] dk1keith:
I flashed the last 2 upgrades with FlashFire, but now for some reason FlashFire opens and then closes with no error message. I'm on 6.3 rooted.
[Shield Android TV General] jionny:
which version of flashfire?
[Shield Android TV General] Builtfordtough1:
Change date to 2015
[Shield Android TV General] dk1keith:
0.73. and I went back to 0.72 which did the same thing.

thanks for the response btw.

---------- Post added at 06:05 PM ---------- Previous post was at 06:04 PM ----------

change the Shield TV's date? I didn't have to do that when I used FlashFire to flash 6.3? Did you change the date to 2015 and flash 7.1 upgrade?

thanks for response
[Shield Android TV General] jionny:
did you click firmware update because the last time I flashed when I clicked zip/ota it closed but when I clicked firmware it flashed that was on nougat
[Shield Android TV General] dk1keith:
didn't get to click anything because the app just opened went the the enumeration process and check for root (which I do have) and then just closed. However, I tried changing the date to 2015 and FlashFire opened. Haven't tried to flash the upgrade but at least the app opened. So thanks to Builtfordtough1.
[Shield Android TV General] jionny:
sounds good glad it worked for you
[Shield Android TV General] joelcool69:
Clean flash on my Shield TV 2015 (16 GB). Rooted sucessfully with latest SuperSU beta. Magisk stable and beta doesn't work for me. It gives me a error mounting /vendor partition. :(
[Shield Android TV General] STAIN0:
my mum says chocolate is no good for dogs, but you can have the rest of my milk.
[Shield Android TV General] Builtfordtough1:
2 of my 3 2015 16gb pros are dead after the upgrade no fastboot no adb. All were stock. Both updated from onscreen notification.
[Shield Android TV General] balkerman:
Official download:

https://developer.nvidia.com/shield-open-source
[Shield Android TV General] dk1keith:
So...has anyone flashed the update using Flashfire on the Shield TV Pro 2017?
[Shield Android TV General] jionny:
I was also rooted on 6.3 and my last 3 flashes were all developer images. I flashed with flashfire 0.73 clicked firmware, all boxes ticked except data, after flashing it took 15 min to set up and optimize apps, working great so far. I did not change the date nor did flashfire close on me
[Shield Android TV General] dk1keith:
Great! thanks for the reply.
[Shield Android TV General] andersh:
Then you have perhaps bought the Pro version of Flashfire? The standard free Playstore version has a built in time bomb that cause it to abort if the date is too recent. And since chainfire has stopped development, updated version with extended time limits will not be built.

Thanks for the thumbs up on the flashing - good to know that it is still working with 7.0.1
[Shield Android TV General] dk1keith:
wow...thanks for the info. it was driving me crazy that Flashfire was just closing. No crash error no nothing. Just closing.

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Flashed the update using Flashfire (after setting system date to 2015). Flash went fine and everything seems to be working well. Only issue is the remote won't update and has difficulty connecting and staying connected. Shield Controller updated and works fine.

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Anyone else notice if the Wifi Settings are missing under Network Settings? The only setting that shows up under Network is Ethernet. Ethernet seems to work fine but there is no Wifi Setting to turn Wifi on. Am I just missing something?
[Shield Android TV General] jionny:
I got this version from xda if I remember right
[Shield Android TV General] jionny:
My remote updated fine after the flash, don't use wifi as I use ethernet connection but I did install a app with adblink and that worked without a hiccup
[Shield Android TV General] SmartBrother90:
Updated mine through fastboot and i couldn't get through the welcome screen because the no wifi signals were showing up. Decided to try ethernet and it let me sign in and there'ss no wifi option in network settings even after i removed the ethernet cable
[Shield Android TV General] Arison:
I updated my Shield TV PRO (2017) yesterday using the developer image and FlashFire (did it this way a few times already with previous versions), and also marked to keep the root and recovery. The update went well, but I got an issue with flickering image once every maybe 30s. Just like HDMI cable problem, but same cable was always working fine with 6.3 and below. Also, I tried different cable. Both are rated to support 4k HDR which I'm using. What's more I tried switching to different modes: 23-60Hz, FHD or 4k, but nothing helps unfortunately.

I also tried flashing again the image, this time I downloaded a new SuperSu 2.82 SR3 which should support Oreo, this time I didn't preserve the recovery, so it should be stock. That didn't help us well.

I did the SSD mod some time ago, no issues so far (till yesterday), but maybe worth mentioning.

Any advice? Should I roll back to 6.3?
[Shield Android TV General] copticwalad:
Nvidia Shield 2015 16gb. Developer rooted version is now available so I'm going to try that tomorrow. See post above this for links to it.
[Shield Android TV General] Klanac89:
Still dead?
[Shield Android TV General] acupunk:
I updated my rooted Nvidia Shield 2015 16gb with the new developer edition using flashfire by setting the date to 2015. I got an error saying the system partition failed due to unexpected length. After the automatic reboot I'm stuck at the NVIDIA splash screen. I can't turn it off. I even unplugged it and it's still on the splash screen for the past 5 minutes... not sure how that works. :confused:

Any de-bricking advice would be greatly appreciated!

I'm OK losing root, but I would prefer not too.
[Shield Android TV General] jionny:
Look at this.....http://nvidia.custhelp.com/app/answ...hen-you-are-unable-to-access-android-settings

Also on a side note, noticed some have had problems after setting date back with flashfire, if it was me after noticing others have had problems I would buy the Pro version
[Shield Android TV General] acupunk:
Thanks. I tried this a few times already to no avail. I'll have more time to play with it tonight. ?
[Shield Android TV General] jionny:
How about this, I guess as a last resort.....https://xdaforums.com/shield-tv/general/shield-tv-2015-ota-5-1-feb-17-zip-file-t3559062
[Shield Android TV General] dk1keith:
Do you know what sort of problems people are having after setting date back. I set date back to allow Flashfire to open and I am having some odd problems like wifi setting missing. I'm thinking about buying FlashFire Pro and trying the flash again. Not sure if that will work or cause more problems though.
[Shield Android TV General] jionny:
Was talking about some posts I saw where it seems the shield was semi bricked? and flashfire was used. The wifi setting is not there, its not on mine either there are a lot of changes that need to be fixed for example restart is now in the about menu.
[Shield Android TV General] Builtfordtough1:
Yes 2 of the 3 bricked. And yes they are really bricked no fastboot show up as an apx device.
[Shield Android TV General] dk1keith:
did you flash the 2 bricked shields with FlashFire, with the system date rolled back to 2015
[Shield Android TV General] Klanac89:
Did you contact nvidia?
[Shield Android TV General] Builtfordtough1:
I have the 2015 models so no warranty
[Shield Android TV General] Arison:
FYI - it was caused by the fact that I forgot to flash the blob file (not sure what it does). I flashed this time from fastboot as in the flash-all.bat, first I didn't flash the blob file and had same issue, then flashed this one and that fixed it.

What's interesting this issue was happening only on LG OLED, on a 4k monitor everything was fine from the beginning.
[Shield Android TV General] Klanac89:
Sure but the update destroy your device...
[Shield Android TV General] jionny:
I decided to go back to 6.3 after updating via flashfire the 7.0.1 pro developer image, I flashed 6.3 it flashed fine then when rebooted it hung at the splash screen. I plugged in my laptop the shield and did a factory reset which of course took 3 hours because I have the pro version after the factory reset I did adb to install supersu went well without any hiccups. I will stay with 6.3 until Nvidia fixes the problems with 7.0.1
[Shield Android TV General] dk1keith:
wow sorry to hear you had to go to such extremes....did it take 3 hours because you had to re-lock your bootloader? Unless I could safely restore a backup from TWRP I think I will wait on the stable 7.0.1. My ethernet connection seems to be staying connected, but still no wifi. A few apps are giving me errors like Amazon Prime Video, but my Shield Pro 2017 is functioning decent enough. I just don't want to risk a brick. My bootloader is unlocked and I can boot TWRP. I made a backup just before I flashed the update but I doubt a TWRP restore will work since i'm now on 7.01. Would like to know if you notice any issues after rolling back to 6.3 once you have had a chance to test it out.

thanks
[Shield Android TV General] melo_mx:
Hey guys,

I was able to flash 7.0.1 no problem. Installed supersu & xposed oreo framework as well.

I developed a script to reboot the shield and auto flash everything (except userdata).

The script also installs supersu and xposed in sideload in a temp twrp recovery.

If anyone would like this. you can download it at the bottom (I've used this for 3-4 updates now, works pretty well)

https://1drv.ms/u/s!Aj31t1c6mSCOhJ0cp4pKBaYy2qxGqg

FYI- use at your own risk

I have a script that does all the command lines for me
[Shield Android TV General] jionny:
The bootloader stayed unlocked it took 3 hours because factory reset wipes and partitions data . If I had to do it again I would 7.0. 1 seemed great out the box but eventually the bufffering of live tv, I am a cord cutter, and netflix would not work which is a known issue by nvidia and netflix with some people helped make my decision. No issues so far works perfect.
[Shield Android TV General] dk1keith:
Thanks for the response. Glad it's working well for you.
[Shield Android TV General] dk1keith:
I'm thinking of restoring 6.3 on my Shield TV Pro. Apps and my internet connection are just too unstable. Has anyone tried to do a restore using TWRP? My bootloader of course is unlocked and I boot TWRP recovery. TWRP is'nt flashed to the shield. Has anyone attempted to simply do a restore using TWRP or does anyone know a reason restore would'nt work?

thanks for any replies
[Shield Android TV General] jionny:
I messed up my machine when I did a backup on 5.1 using twrp since then never tried backing up or restoring using twrp. Twrp is not flashed to my machine I also boot twrp recovery... I use a app called app back up and restore and just restored all my apps from there after the wipe, of course i backup the apps to external storage
[Shield Android TV General] dk1keith:
thats weird. I have done many backups and restores on my shield using TWRP and haven't had any issues even when I have restored back to a previous version. The only reason I'm hesitant now is because I don't know if restoring 6.3 from 7.0.1 will cause any problems since 7.0.1 is such an unstable build. I just want to avoid bricking the device.
[Shield Android TV General] dk1keith:
Did you ever roll back to 6.3? If so how? did you just flash 6.3 using FlashFire?

thanks
[Shield Android TV General] acupunk:
I have a 2015 brick. I can boot into fastboot mode, but my computer doesn't see it. I've tried flashing from within fastboot mode via USB and it gives me an error about bad headers.
[Shield Android TV General] dk1keith:
just wanted to share this for anyone who may have an interest. I was having too many issues with 7.01 on my Shield TV Pro 2017 so I decided to try and rollback to 6.3. I flashed 6.3 using Flashfire and the flash went fine. However when it rebooted it was stuck at the colorful circles. I let it sit there for a long time to see if it would boot. Tried restarting to see if it would boot past the circles with no luck. I decided to try TWRP since I made a backup just before flashing 7.01. Booted TWRP and ran the last restore I made before flashing 7.01 and it restored with no issues. So I'm back on 6.3 and I'll wait until 7.01 is more stable. Some people have said they had problems with restoring from TWRP so proceed with caution if you decide to attempt a restore from 7.01. Just wanted to share that it worked for me. Also not sure if it's because I'm not in the preview program, but I'm not having a problem with the shield trying to automatically do an OTA update to 7.01.
[Shield Android TV General] jionny:
Do you adb into twrp or is it on your machine? What steps do you use to backup?
[Shield Android TV General] dk1keith:
I connect the shield to my laptop using a micro usb cable. Then "adb devices" to make sure the shield is recognized. Then "adb reboot bootloader" to boot the bootloader. Then "fastboot devices" to make sure shield is in fastboot mode. Then "fastboot boot twrp.img" or whatever your twrp image is named. In TWRP select "Backup" select location for backup (I backup to micro sdcard) and give the backup whatever name you want. Then just swipe to begin backup. To restore.... all the steps are the same except you Select Restore instead of Backup. Select the backup you want to restore and swipe to begin restore. I have used this a lot on my shield and never had a problem with it. I always make a backup before i flash update firmware in case something goes wrong. This way I can completely restore my shield to the previous state. Not just apps.

note: it's best if TWRP image file is in your adb folder. that way you don't have to browse to find the image.
[Shield Android TV General] Cuttooth:
Is there a way to flash the new update without losing root? Can I flash the OTA w/ FlashFire?
[Shield Android TV General] jionny:
Flash the developer image for the type of shield you have and you will not lose root
[Shield Android TV General] Cuttooth:
Thanks. Can I do that with FlashFire? I saw some people mentioning that they had to set their date to 2015 to flash.

Two other quick questions: Will flashing the developer image in FlashFire keep my app/user data? Does the dev version of the OS have any disadvantages?

Sorry for the stupid questions.
[Shield Android TV General] jionny:
add

Yes, it will keep your data every box except data in flashfire is ticked, also flashfire Pro version does not require a date rollback only the free version. You have to download the developer's image from Nvidia site, if you can't it is posted on this forum. I flashed the developer image when it first came out and after a few days of use, I went back to 6.3. In my opinion still too many bugs in 7.0.1
[Shield Android TV General] Dhalsim43:
I've just received 7.0.2 (I'm not a beta tester)
[Shield Android TV General] dk1keith:
The 7.0.2 release is out. I got it OTA today. Seems most things are fixed. Especially the missing wifi, Amazon Prime etc.
[Shield Android TV General] Klanac89:
Flash it, factory reset but not good. Even youtube stop sometimes, for no reason.
[Shield Android TV General] jionny:
OTA installed with unlocked bootloader and root?
[Shield Android TV General] dk1keith:
I was on the rooted developer image and my bootloader is unlocked yes. I was surprised the OTA update installed too. The last update would not finish the install because I was rooted. I think with 6.3 though OTA update was implemented even for the rooted developer firmware. If I'm not mistaken. In the past if you were on the rooted developer firmware the OTA would attempt to update but would fail and everytime you rebooted it would ask if you wanted to update.
[Shield Android TV General] MWin123:
I keep getting the OTA update notification, and I tried installing it. It failed because it booted into TWRP and it couldn't install the update. I'm on the "nv-recovery-image-shield-atv-6.3.0-dev_rooted" image, is there a way to update to the latest one? I tried flashing "nv-recovery-image-shield-atv-7.0.1-dev_rooted.zip" through TWRP, but that didn't work either. I don't have the pro version of FlashFire.

Does it wipe my data if I flash through fastboot as it recommends in "HowTo-Flash-Recovery-Image.txt"? I basically want to keep root (through SuperSU) and my data. TWRP seems pointless, as it can't install the update.
[Shield Android TV General] jionny:
That is why it's better to adb into twrp and not install on the machine and from previous posts people that dont have the pro version of flashfire have to set the date back on their machines so flashfire will work
[Shield Android TV General] -Maverick-:
I'm not in the preview program, mainly by choice. I just received the official OTA update today and it's currently installing, so far so good....
[Shield Android TV General] Jleeblanch:
No issues updating to 7.0.2 official OTA. Update seemed to go smooth. Everything is working as it should be.
[Shield Android TV General] GrandStar:
Those on 7.0.2 now are you guys using the shield as a plex server? How is it? No issue at all?

How about those who are using NAS connected directo the the shield? No issue as well?
[Shield Android TV General] DanteXXL:
Did you have TWRP installed?
[Shield Android TV General] jionny:
I could be wrong but I dont think it will install the OTA if twrp is physically on the shield
[Shield Android TV General] Jleeblanch:
I did not, no. The official OTA's need the stock recovery to be installed.

Correct.
[Shield Android TV General] DanteXXL:
Yeah I figured as much, but still worth asking haha.

Anyone tried to upgrade using Flashfire? Some people got their devices messed up using FF last time I checked this thread, so I'm a bit concerned for mine.
[Shield Android TV General] dk1keith:
I've used FlashFire for the last couple of updates. You may have to get the Pro version because the free version requires you to set the shield system date to 2015. That has caused some people problems. Just be sure to get the correct update for your version of the Shield.
[Shield Android TV General] bubbablacksmith:
I was on 7.0.1 and rooted the Shield the other day (first time rooting it).

Few days later and nvidia released the 7.0.2 update. I upgraded via the System Upgrade menu and forgot that doing so would wipe the root.

However getting it back was rather simple? Being new to rooting, I thought it was going to be a pain again.

I just reconnected the Shield to my PC, rebooted the Shield into bootloader mode via adb and then used fastboot to boot into twrprecovery.img and reinstall SuperSU.

I honestly thought I was going to lose all my installed apps and everything again, but when I rebooted after installing supersu, I was rooted again and all my installed apps were still there.
[Shield Android TV General] jionny:
I am now just realizing that even though the OTA installed on my rooted device it did take away root. I fastboot twrp and sideloaded supersu it was successful but still not rooted. Root checker says superuser binary files installed but supersu app is not installed, but it is
[Shield Android TV General] jionny:
What version of twrp are you using?
[Shield Android TV General] bubbablacksmith:
The site I got it from has it listed as: TWRP 3.1.1-1; Shield TV

SuperSU version is SuperSU-v2.82-SR3-20170813133244
[Shield Android TV General] jionny:
found the problem.... I had supersu v2.79 obviously that doesnt work with oreo. I changed to 2.82 and root installed
[Shield Android TV General] bubbablacksmith:
Nice! Glad to hear you got it working.
[Shield Android TV General] tman777:
NOW AVAILABLE Developer Only OS Image New 7.0.2

NVIDIA SHIELD ANDROID TV Developer Only OS Image New 7.0.2 2018/06/28
[Shield Android TV General] sammarbella:
FINALLY.

Thanks for the heads up. :D
[Shield Android TV General] jionny:
I went to the download center and all I see is 7.0.1
[Shield Android TV General] sammarbella:
7.0.2 firmware downloads are there and normal recovery images are available but the three rooted dev versions are still locked. Arggggg
[Shield Android TV General] jionny:
Must be region specific because all I see listed is 7.0.1, hopefully it comes online soon because after rooting my shield has been acting up. I see the listings here https://developer.nvidia.com/gameworksdownload
[Shield Android TV General] pdaddy:
Just picked up a Pro. What SU app and version is included in the pre rooted dev images that are on Nvidia's site?
[Shield Android TV General] jionny:
From experience I would not mess with the 7.0.1 developer image, it is full of bugs
[Shield Android TV General] pdaddy:
Ok Thanks. I also have the 7.02 image.
[Shield Android TV General] jionny:
where did you get 7.0.2 from? I am on nvidia's download page and all I see is 7.0.1
[Shield Android TV General] pdaddy:
I signed up as a developer. Haven't had any issues. I actually downloaded it yesterday.
[Shield Android TV General] jionny:
Lol must be region specific I am also signed up as a developer.
[Shield Android TV General] pdaddy:
Maybe. IDK. Back to my original question, what version of SU does it have on the pre-rooted dev image?
[Shield Android TV General] pdaddy:
I found this. I'm learning.

"These packages are for*software developers only*and may provide: root level access by default; non-certified preview graphics drivers; beta system device drivers; or OS features that have not been fully tested. System images with root level access provide developers with root level privileges by default (ie running "adb root"*succeeds*but note that the*su*utility is*NOT included) to allow access to parts of the device typically restricted from users. Similarly, preview drivers may provide functionality not exposed in the final consumer release."
[Shield Android TV General] jionny:
I accepted OTA for 7.0.2 I was on 6.3 unlocked bootloader and rooted, every version before 7.0.2 I used supersu 2.7.2 well 7.0.2 would not root with 2.7.2 so I went to v2.8.2 and that worked
[Shield Android TV General] pdaddy:
Thanks! I guess I'm gonna give it a shot.
[Shield Android TV General] jionny:
Also I see that looking for it on my windows pc only shows 7.0.1 but when I went to my android tablet it showed 7.0.2