Shield Experience Upgrade 5.0 (Android 7.0) Is Rolling out to 2015 Shield TV Owners Today

by Andrroid
Bigsam411

Why must they start the roll out while I am at work? Now I gotta wait 7 hours before I go home and can update it.

ShortFuse

BE SURE TO COMPLETELY POWER OFF YOUR SHIELD TV AFTER UPDATING YOUR DEVICE AND CONTROLLERS

This will solve any issues you may have with laggy input and HDMI flickering issues

tonyreilly

Also... Is there Anyway to change the wallpaper? I've this horrible green blood cell wallpaper and I don't know where it's from!

Andrroid

Pro tip for logging into the Amazon app if you have a long password/don't want to type:

Skip the initial login. Then go into settings and choose to log in device or something like that. This will give you a code that you can use in a browser on a computer/your phone. Much easier login.

Chief_Pounderhard

After you update make sure to update the firmware on your remote and controller too.

fraseyboo

Just saw your post and checked, 1.04GB update downloading now :)

EtherBest

Can we finally change the wallpaper in the leanback launcher?

OttoNormalRedditor

DAE expirence the bug where the apps reorganise itself on the home screen?

kjb86

quick question - do we now have USB tuner support with this update?

OttoNormalRedditor

Did they say anything about USB tuner support.

ShortFuse

Be sure to check out available resolution/color spaces.

TV defaulted to YCbCr 4:2:0 10-bit Rec. 2020 , but YCbCr 4:2:2 12-bit Rec. 2020 works for me.

rolmos

I'm getting the dead android when updating. I'm not even rooted or anything.

Nothing is helping. I tried freeing disk space and deleting a bunch of apps. I may have to factory reset

Edit: factory reset worked

antiduh

Installed it this morning.

Confirmed, launcher is now more vanilla. NVidia hub row is gone, and netflix is just another app in the app row.

NVidia hub is now a single app (so it seems), appears in a row below apps.

Haven't tried external SD card access for plex/etc yet.

ShortFuse

Still no HDR in Youtube. My Samsung TV would popup saying "An HDR Video is playing" but it's not happening here. Netflix does work properly.

I'm comparing the native Youtube app on my Samsung TV vs the Android App.

You can compare in: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tO01J-M3g0U&t=25s

The sequin on her dress shines more vividly when on HDR.

Edit: Coincidentally, Google uses the exact same scene as a reference . Apparently, YouTube HDR is only available on Chromecast Ultra and Samsung UHDs so far.

Edit2: To support YouTube HDR a TV needs to feature hardware support for VP9 Profile 2. Looks like Shield doesn't support it (nor will it). MiBox apparently does...

zipdoom3

Anybody figured out how to do PIP?

Andrroid
Andrroid
feverjunk

Bricked my remote. After the update, my remote updated. Received a message that the update failed. Now I can't get my remote to work.

bossrulez

Finished installing mine too...

  • Amazon video doesn't seem to be at 4k
  • PIP works with Live channels
  • New task manager works well

Anyone able to get the Amazon video to work in 4K ??

someonlinecreep

Has anyone had success writing to removable USB storage? Opening the attached USB drive in a file manager still appears to be read only and I cannot add files locally or over the network. What am I missing here?

pipopipz

1st Generation Shield Pro but I'm having the 5.0.2 version when all other posts are saying the 1st Gens are getting only the 5.0. And I don't think I'm the only one. What possibly could be the reason for the discrepancy re: versions.

Andrroid

Feedback thread: https://forums.geforce.com/default/topic/990134/shield-tv/shield-experience-upgrade-5-02-feedback-thread-for-shield-2015-/

Interesting to note:

The SHIELD Hub row disappeared. What happened to it?

To simplify the SHIELD TV home screen and to maintain consistency between SHIELD TV (2015) and the new SHIELD TV, the SHIELD Hub row has been removed. Now, all the apps are on the apps row and the games are on the games row. The SHIELD Games, GeForce NOW, and GameStream apps have been unified into a single experience called NVIDIA Games which can be found on the Games row. Netflix has been moved to the apps row.

Note: SHIELD TV (2015) owners will get updated to the NVIDIA Games app on a rolling basis over a period of weeks starting January 26th, 2017. After this update, the SHIELD Hub row will be removed. Until this app update, the SHIELD Hub row will still be present. Those who don’t want to wait for the app update, you can choose to join the NVIDIA Games beta community to gain access to the app

d0o0m

ah man... i upgraded my nvidia shield tv tonight when prompted and it was a big mistake... all i get now is severe lag and a crap tonne of leanback launcher failures.. system app also failing to respond.

I am not happy. How do i roll-back??

godthermit

since the update my shield freeze all the time. my controller is down and i need a mouse but i can't do anything becaus she freeze Sometimes immediately or after a few seconds... with a keyboard I managed to reset but it is always the same: on the installation screen I have the choice of the language I have no time to select that the shield is already freeze.

It worked perfectly before this fucking update

cheeshead78

Don't see any Amazon Video in Canada yet. It has been available for phone/tablet since December.

LawHero4L

Excited about this - hopefully it solves the random picture freezing I get in Sling TV.

I use Fire Stick remotes with Sideclicks with my Shields, but I wish somebody would make a remote that is compact and has a programmable IR function to control my TV and sound system. I just want one remote. The Sideclicks work fine but the Nvidia remote is so much nicer.

demonguard

Does this include more direct support for steam streaming? I swear I read about that being a feature back when this was announced but it's been lost to the internet.

Chesskid1

i see a little note to the very right of the screen but i can't figure out how to select it, went away when i restarted the shieldtv. anyone know what that was? edit: it's back and i can't get it to go away, it's even there playing a movie in kodi.

tanvirh5

Is there any way for the Amazon video app to automatically change the display frame rate for 24p playback?

tonyreilly

the Nvidia apps keep popping out of the app row and going above the apps / games. Anyway to merge them in? Or move them below do you know?

OttoNormalRedditor

I just ordered the new controller. Perfect timing 👍

crazyg0od33

I might be dumb, but where is the steam app?

Was that a later, rollout app?

groovy55

Just got mine....Whoop whoop!!!! AMAZON PRIME bitches!!!

Pyrepenol

Can't wait to start watching Unsolved Mysteries on Amazon Video

jscat1

My gamestream is gone. Anyone else have it? Fresh install.

DeNovoGene

Anyone have issues with their app rows constantly rearranging? I have it set to reorder rows manually. I keep reordering them and every time I open an app it keeps changing

kchristainsen

Loving the new update. I like the new large icons.

fredthomsen

Someone with a HDHomeRun prime confirm live channels are still working fine? Wife will kill me if they're not

jaxbucsfan

[WARNING] And there goes the Xfinity TV app experience... again!

Alpocalypse

Anyone know about DVR functions in live channels yet?

pjaysalt

quick question: has anything changed in terms of upscaling 1080p contet to 4k? I simply want my tv to do all the upscaling part. (Had to set my shield at 1080p in the past)

mohjahdoh

My Google home still won't play netflix am my shield and the Google assistant on my shield isn't launching any of my routines

tdawg1313

Anybody else getting popping sounds coming through your speakers randomly with the update?

kamintv

So I started the upgrade. Downloaded, rebooted said it was updating and when it finished it was back to the old version. And no more Ethernet connection.

Connected to wifi and upgrading now.(started downloading the update again) But I'm worried about I'm worried about the missing Ethernet connection.

OttoNormalRedditor

Is always on microphone for the new controller not enabled yet? Does it come with the Google assistant update?