Shield Kill Switch
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STILL haven't gotten my replacement. It's been over a month, no email, nothing. I've tried calling them and they say they don't have a tracking number for me. This is BULLSH!T.
I did the same like Paul describes...according to the website the "kill switch command" has been triggered already but with this guide and the latest blisspop everything still looks fine...
the replacement unit asks for the OTA 3.1 update but as far as i understood this guide..not doing that rom update will prevent the shield from being able to recive the "kill switch command"
Many thanks for writing this guide
the replacement unit asks for the OTA 3.1 update but as far as i understood this guide..not doing that rom update will prevent the shield from being able to recive the "kill switch command"
Many thanks for writing this guide
Where are you from?
I have completed the registration in weekend, and so far nothing
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Chill, folks. Just because they set our expectations for "2-4 weeks" doesn't mean that the world is ending if it's 4.5 weeks and you haven't received your tablet. Sure, they should ship within their stated timeframe, but it's not unusual for programs like this to take longer than expected.
It's not a good thing that it's going slowly, but for gosh sakes give them some slack and don't get so frustrated. They probably got more RMA applications than expected. Eventually they will catch up. IT's not worth a coronary over.
Pretty much everyone who reported getting their RMAed tablet is from the first day or two of the recall. I didn't fill mine out until almost midnight on Aug 3rd, and I haven't yet seen anyone post that they filled it out so "late" and already received their tablet (U.S.A., LTE version). So, I'm just chilling out and waiting patiently. If it gets to six weeks, that's when I'll complain to Nvidia.
Keep Calm
and
Carry a Fire Extinguisher
Marc
It's not a good thing that it's going slowly, but for gosh sakes give them some slack and don't get so frustrated. They probably got more RMA applications than expected. Eventually they will catch up. IT's not worth a coronary over.
Pretty much everyone who reported getting their RMAed tablet is from the first day or two of the recall. I didn't fill mine out until almost midnight on Aug 3rd, and I haven't yet seen anyone post that they filled it out so "late" and already received their tablet (U.S.A., LTE version). So, I'm just chilling out and waiting patiently. If it gets to six weeks, that's when I'll complain to Nvidia.
Keep Calm
and
Carry a Fire Extinguisher
Marc
Where are you from?
I have completed the registration in weekend, and so far nothing
USA. Did mine July 27th.
I got the same email today. UK.
I filed for RMA on the first day.
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I filed for RMA on the first day.
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Same email in Canada. Was starting to get annoyed but at least they sent that update, so I know my rma isn't lost in the process. I'd say the email was a good call on nvidias part. Just as an FYI, gmail had stuck it in the promo folder. Didn't find it until I searched after reading others had gotten one.
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got the email then a tracking the next day, Canada LTE unit. Not delivered yet as it's stuck at the fedex location awaiting for me...
Still haven't gotten the tracking email for mine. I'm in the USA. Hopefully they send it out soon. Can't wait to get it so I can flash KitKat AOSP on my old one and play the Chaos Rings games again. Never did finish the first one since it doesn't work on LP.
unbrick tablet
is there anyway to unbrick my shield tablet, or retrieve the data? i had a lot of music on it.
is there anyway to unbrick my shield tablet, or retrieve the data? i had a lot of music on it.
Search for @Bogdacutu's thread regarding this. I think it's the "NoMoreOTA" thread, not sure. He might have figured out a way to unbrick.
If the tablet wasn't previously bootloader unlocked before it was killed, I believe it is completely impossible to recover it without Nvidia-prorietary tools. I believe there is some hope for folks that had bootloader-unlocked their devices prior to being killed. There are a few posts of people being able to interact with their tablets but only if the bootloader was unlocked.
Yeah, that seems to be the key. Otherwise you can't even use most fastboot/bootloader commands.
I can't seem to find that thread anymore.. Do you have a link to it? I'm not sure if I got the kill switch or what but my tablet internal memory is coming up as 0mb, but I can get into fastboot and recovery. This was on a stock, bootloader unlocked, custom recover, nomoreota.zip flashed tablet.
I was using the tablet as normal when it froze up, when I hard shut it down and restarted it internal memory was 0mb, so I'm looking for some kind of fix.
UPDATE: seems that everything is ok now.. Must have had something to do with encrypting my tablet recently (why the internal memory is showing up as 0mb). I flashed the boot.img from the 3.1 full ota and was able to boot into android.
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How'd you figure that out, flashing the boot.img?
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Well I read here "boot.img contains the kernel and ramdisk, critical files necessary to load the device before the filesystem can be mounted." which seemed to be my issue. I was stuck on the nvidia screen at boot,so it seemed to me that my tablet was having trouble mounting the filesystem.
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8Just managed to confirm that I have indeed found the kill switch. Stay tuned guys, more info coming soon.
EDIT: http://forum.xda-developers.com/shield-tablet/general/kill-kill-switch-shield-tablet-xx-t31794896It's up Thanks for waiting
http://forum.xda-developers.com/shield-tablet/general/kill-kill-switch-shield-tablet-xx-t31794894Bog, could you tell us if having cwm or twrp is enough to avoid being killed?
No, it's not enough.
It's a lot uglier than it looks. I imagine that after seeing my findings, many people are going to be using the solution on their new tablets too.33
Evidently you don't understand that these companies HAVE TO do this, by law, even if they find it completely "unappealing." There are strict laws concerning product recalls, and so the company has to eat the cost whether they like it or not. That's the price they pay for releasing a product with problems that led to a recall in the first place.
They don't' get to NOT do it, so how appealing it is to them is irrelevant.
