1y ago

Nvidia Shield owners, how have you configured your device?

I have a Shield pro 2017 that is running really slow with a bunch of issues. The 9.0 update (ads on home screen one) killed performance and now it's slowly been getting worse. I was thinking of just reformatting but have been looking into debloat it as well ( https://florisse.nl/shield/). Anyone have any other tweaks they've done on these? I just use it as a client for Plex and YouTube mainly.

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I found this amazing tool to remotely debloat any Android phone or box. I used this one to remove the google launcher full of ads and crap and install a very clean and beautiful call projectivity launcher.
Here is the link : https://adbappcontrol.com/en/
- Can you confirm works well with shield?
  
  I own the shield and I have done it and it works just perfect.

Once they rolled out ads on the home page (Shame. Shame. Shame.), I installed "Launcher manager" and "Wolf launcher" to give it an interface I really like. A big background picture, some large buttons for the commonly used apps, and then progressively smaller buttons as you scroll down the screen for the less commonly used features.
It broke once when an update rolled out, but since then has been running fine and I never once see the bloated monstrosity that is the default home screen.
The only qualm with my setup I have is that access to the configuration sidebar isn't as intuitive as it was with the pre 9.0 version (which frankly I don't remember anymore aside from the general impression). That's a very minor price to pay to have an interface without ads.

Reformat, install Flauncher, and run the adb commands to disable the default launcher. My 2019 pro was getting slow and formatting it fixed it. It's running 9.0 but I haven't really had any issues with it after replacing the launcher.

Look into Linux 4 Tegra or L4T and configure it to be easily usable with the remote. I wonder if there is some already documented way of making Linux into a TV OS.
- I was thinking about finding a SoC that could do x264 and x265 natively and doing something like Linux into a tv box but haven't taken a deep dive into it yet.
  
  I was thinking of buying the cheapest x86 mini pc on aliexpress and use it with a keyboard to play my totally legal media with mpv. But idk
  
  Same here man. Once the how-to’s start mentioning ffmpeg and stuff like that in the build phase… My heart crumbles.
  I found it extremely complicated just to get airplay functionality.

I flashed LineageOS in it and works like a charm!!
- What about certified apps such as Netflix and Prime Video?
  
  To be honest with you I don't use such apps. I either stream from Kodi - Elementum plugin any shows or movies i want, or download my stuff.

I use sideload launcher 3 on my shield pro and it's super simple and no frills but fast and does what I need. I did kind of miss the recently played automatic bookmarks that I think you can only get on default launcher (correct me if wrong!) so I left default on my other shield. Recently it has been more gunky so I'm planning to install another launcher. May try projectivity.

I connected to mine via ADB over ssh to remove the stock launcher and install FLauncher. It kept trying to launch the google launcher anyways so I removed play services and some other stuff also and just replaced the stock youtube with some third party client. Its been working ok so far! Every so often it will boot to a black screen (I think it fails to start the launcher) but a reboot fixes that.

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