The Official NVidia Shield Thread

Bionic said:
How did you get your phone to control the shield with google. I don't see it with the native app?
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The native App is kak. Pair phone with shield. Go to Google assistant with hey Google. Press top right icon. It then opens "explore". Top right 3 dots, go to settings. Swipe right to assistant. Select Home Control.
 
CamiKaze said:
The native App is kak. Pair phone with shield. Go to Google assistant with hey Google. Press top right icon. It then opens "explore". Top right 3 dots, go to settings. Swipe right to assistant. Select Home Control.
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When I select home assistant, i don't find the shield even though I have successfully paired it
 
Download Google home. See if you can add through there.
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Bionic said:
Thanks. Ok getting there. I can see shield, added it to the room but it doesn't play to it.
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This is now when you go to ok Google and follow the steps above. You don't need to do anything in the Google home app anymore.

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CamiKaze said:
Same for me, even when casting from my PC (WiFi is definitely not a good option here).
Is there an Aptoide application on your Shield as well? I am trying to avoid unnecessary bloat like that.

I will go the emu route as soon as I buy a big enough flash drive, probably a 128GB.
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Yes I have Aptoide installed. Which flash drive are u looking at buying?
 
rawdog said:
Yes I have Aptoide installed. Which flash drive are u looking at buying?
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Thinking I'm going to use a 160GB external that's laying around here instead.

I don't like the idea of Aptoide and apkure. They add an unnecessary app and the apps are plagued by adware.
 
CamiKaze said:
Going to use my Samsung T3 250GB.

I tried my 160GB, but I see that once I make it an expandable drive on the Shield, it moves all of Kodi's settings, and some other files over automatically.
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Well..... Now that this is set up, the Shield is a bit laggy, and when I try to open DSTV, the Shield says "Can't open this right now."... wtf?

Edit: Ok, I can access DSTV Now through Kodi and from the App menu by long press circle. But I can't open DSTV Now on the customize channels reel on the DSTV icon itself. Odd. Also, not laggy anymore.

Now for RetroArch. I see that there is a normal one, and a 64bit version.
https://www.retroarch.com/?page=platforms#
 
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CamiKaze said:
Well..... Now that this is set up, the Shield is a bit laggy, and when I try to open DSTV, the Shield says "Can't open this right now."... wtf?

Edit: Ok, I can access DSTV Now through Kodi and from the App menu by long press circle. But I can't open DSTV Now on the customize channels reel on the DSTV icon itself. Odd. Also, not laggy anymore.

Now for RetroArch. I see that there is a normal one, and a 64bit version.
https://www.retroarch.com/?page=platforms#
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You should checkout Hyperspin, apparently it's the be all end all of frontend for emulators.
 
CamiKaze said:
Well..... Now that this is set up, the Shield is a bit laggy, and when I try to open DSTV, the Shield says "Can't open this right now."... wtf?

Edit: Ok, I can access DSTV Now through Kodi and from the App menu by long press circle. But I can't open DSTV Now on the customize channels reel on the DSTV icon itself. Odd. Also, not laggy anymore.

Now for RetroArch. I see that there is a normal one, and a 64bit version.
https://www.retroarch.com/?page=platforms#
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I have the same issue but on Redbull. I just formatted mine and installed an SSD.hopefully the lag is gone
 
CamiKaze said:
Thinking I'm going to use a 160GB external that's laying around here instead.

I don't like the idea of Aptoide and apkure. They add an unnecessary app and the apps are plagued by adware.
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I ordered the sdcz800-128G-G46 from Amazon two nights back. Awaiting delivery of same.

The sdcz80, is recommended, but that is the older version and I couldn't find it anywhere. Reviews indicate that the older version is better than the newer sdcz800.
 
CamiKaze said:
Well..... Now that this is set up, the Shield is a bit laggy, and when I try to open DSTV, the Shield says "Can't open this right now."... wtf?

Edit: Ok, I can access DSTV Now through Kodi and from the App menu by long press circle. But I can't open DSTV Now on the customize channels reel on the DSTV icon itself. Odd. Also, not laggy anymore.

Now for RetroArch. I see that there is a normal one, and a 64bit version.
https://www.retroarch.com/?page=platforms#
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The lag comes from your 250gig hard drive. It is for that reason that they specifically recommend those flash drives.
 
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