Are they anyone yet who has changed the harddrive.
If you look at this link so are they after a recovery on the Pro version
https://developer.nvidia.com/gameworksdownload
Should i just put into the harddrive and use flashboot and flash the stock version of it.
Would be awsome get a tech video some explaine it before i get my device to Sweden in 9-14 days.
Want to replace 500GB to a 4TB SSHD.
Things are smaller than they might appear to be
Hi Taggen
I got my Shield Pro early in europe and it is a really very small box, a normal laptop drive will fit inside your suggested 4TB 3,5 inch drive is almost as big as the shield pro itself and won't fit.
Your suggested upgrade method should work although i am not really shure because instead of the 16GB version the pro seems to have all storage concentrated on the disk, so unplugging the drive might remove your custom recovery partition too.
It a rather unique design for a android box
And don't forget that transferring large amounts of files to the shield is very time consuming, and sometimes just stops when transferring many small files, a NAS or external usb3.0 drive is possibly a more practical option i think.
Enjoy your box!
Greetings
Jostiband
Taggen said:
Are they anyone yet who has changed the harddrive.
If you look at this link so are they after a recovery on the Pro version
Should i just put into the harddrive and use flashboot and flash the stock version of it.
Would be awsome get a tech video some explaine it before i get my device to Sweden in 9-14 days.
Want to replace 500GB to a 4TB SSHD.
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I got my Pro 8 July, i saw was only 1TB SSHD 2.5 Tums up so far...
Bigger HDD
Well I took the pluge with attempting to replace the SSHD in the Shield. The device would only hit apx mode, expected that since the partitions are on the drive. Anyone found a way for reapply the image. I have attempted to look at the files system on a Linux box, but it reported the entire drive as unpartationed. Is that due to the bootloader being locked still?
waldoinc said:
Well I took the pluge with attempting to replace the SSHD in the Shield. The device would only hit apx mode, expected that since the partitions are on the drive. Anyone found a way for reapply the image. I have attempted to look at the files system on a Linux box, but it reported the entire drive as unpartationed. Is that due to the bootloader being locked still?
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What do you mean by apx mode? How did you go about attempting to use the bigger drive?
I'd do the following if you didn't:
Unlock the bootloader
Put your bigger hard drive in
Boot back into fastboot
flash factory images for the pro version
Luxferro said:
What do you mean by apx mode? How did you go about attempting to use the bigger drive?
I'd do the following if you didn't:
Unlock the bootloader
Put your bigger hard drive in
Boot back into fastboot
flash factory images for the pro version
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When I removed the Drive out of the device and placed in the SSD, the Shield would not boot. It would power on, and my Computer detected the shield as an APX device. I am unable to even see the device in the fastboot query. I have a sneaking suspecion that AndroidTV is installed on the 8GB SSD portion of the drive. The SSHD may have a modified firmware that allows the 8GB of smart cache to function as a fully fledged SSD independent of the HDD.
https://forums.geforce.com/default/topic/857143/shield-android-tv/replace-internal-drive/
The link to my thread on the GeForce fourms.
waldoinc said:
When I removed the Drive out of the device and placed in the SSD, the Shield would not boot. It would power on, and my Computer detected the shield as an APX device. I am unable to even seen the device in the fastboot query. I have a sneaking suspecion that AndroidTV is installed on the 8GB SSD portion of the drive. The SSHD may have a modified firmware that allows the 8GB of smart cache to function as a fully fledged SSD independent of the HDD.
https://forums.geforce.com/default/topic/857143/shield-android-tv/replace-internal-drive/
The link to my thread on the GeForce fourms.
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Have you see this, and played around with the NVflash utility at all?
http://forum.xda-developers.com/wiki/APX_mode
http://forum.xda-developers.com/wiki/Nvflash
Seems you'd need to get into APX mode with the HD installed, and use the utility to backup partition info... that's if it's not locked with a secure boot key.
http://http.download.nvidia.com/tegra-public-appnotes/flashing-tools.html#_nvflash
Luxferro said:
Have you see this, and played around with the NVflash utility at all?
http://forum.xda-developers.com/wiki/APX_mode
http://forum.xda-developers.com/wiki/Nvflash
Seems you'd need to get into APX mode with the HD installed, and use the utility to backup partition info... that's if it's not locked with a secure boot key.
http://http.download.nvidia.com/tegra-public-appnotes/flashing-tools.html#_nvflash
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Pardon me for being new to the whole, nvflash process. Where do you obtain that?
waldoinc said:
Pardon me for being new to the whole, nvflash process. Where do you obtain that?
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I'm not sure. I'm new to it as well. It might be linked in of those articles.
Nvidia also uses an utility of the same name to flash their videocards. I'm not sure if it a universal utility that works for all their products... but I guess doesn't hurt to see if it can detect an nvidia shield. http://www.techpowerup.com/downloads/2498/nvflash-5-218-0-1-for-windows/ My guess is it will be different, and we'd need a version specific for the shield.
Any progress with this? Can't believe someone hasn't cracked this yet....
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TechAnimal said:
Any progress with this? Can't believe someone hasn't cracked this yet....
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I wonder if they tried to plug in the old HD via a HD ribbon transfer cable (whatever you call that thing that's expensive and connects directly to the HD) to transfer everything over to the new SSD then attempt to boot it.
Anyone ever figure this out?
Pilz said:
I wonder if they tried to plug in the old HD via a HD ribbon transfer cable (whatever you call that thing that's expensive and connects directly to the HD) to transfer everything over to the new SSD then attempt to boot it.
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They have transfered all of the data basically directly. The device gets stuck in fastboot mode due to a probably custom firmware on the HDD.
TechAnimal said:
Any progress with this? Can't believe someone hasn't cracked this yet....
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Patrickmack89 said:
Anyone ever figure this out?
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Not yet.
Replace hard disk in Shield Android Tv
If you use Samsung magician for Samsung ssd and you remove the hard disk of the shield and connect it to a pc with the ssd or sshd you want. you can actually copy the shield hard disk onto the ssd or the sshd and after that just place the new drive onto the shield and it should do the work. Good luck. Contact me for further explanation. Samsung magician can actually copy the shield drive to the new Samsung ssd, cool :good:
Steel777 said:
If you use Samsung magician for Samsung ssd and you remove the hard disk of the shield and connect it to a pc with the ssd or sshd you want. you can actually copy the shield hard disk onto the ssd or the sshd and after that just place the new drive onto the shield and it should do the work. Good luck. Contact me for further explanation. Samsung magician can actually copy the shield drive to the new Samsung ssd, cool :good:
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"SHOULD" or it will do?
P.s. Some guys already tried some kind of manipulation on Linux known softwares for backup / partition editors and answer is nothing
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I think it will do the work because Samsung magician copy your files to the ssd exactly the same way with all partition at the place where it should be. So I think it will do the work. Try it and give me a feedback on succès, you know that Samsung has 500go, 512go and 1To ssd and you just need the right Connexion cable to the pc and you good to go. Here one from amazon : StarTech.com USB3S2SAT3CB Carte Contrôleur USB 3 SATA III 6.0 Gigabit/s Noir. You need two like that. And you will be boosting your Shield Android Tv.:good:
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After reflexion I think we have to perform a hard reset after changing the HD on the Shield Android Tv. Has it says it will take a bit longer. Here is the way to do it :
RESET USING NVIDIA BUTTON ON SHIELD
To access the fastboot menu:
Turn off your SHIELD.
Unplug the power cable from your SHIELD..
Connect your SHIELD to your PC/Mac/Linux machine's micro USB port.
Plug the power cable back into your SHIELD.
Wait 2 seconds, and then hold the NVIDIA button for 5-6 seconds until you see the fastboot menu on the display. After that yor drive will be set.
REINSTALL APPS AND GAMES AFTER RESETTING YOUR SHIELD
After you reset your SHIELD to factory settings, you need to reinstall any apps or games.
Go to the Google Play Store app .
Find the app or game, and select it.
In the window that opens, select Install.
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Steel777 said:
I think it will do the work because Samsung magician copy your files to the ssd exactly the same way with all partition at the place where it should be. So I think it will do the work. Try it and give me a feedback on succès, you know that Samsung has 500go, 512go and 1To ssd and you just need the right Connexion cable to the pc and you good to go. Here one from amazon : StarTech.com USB3S2SAT3CB Carte Contrôleur USB 3 SATA III 6.0 Gigabit/s Noir. You need two like that. And you will be boosting your Shield Android Tv.:good:
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After reflexion I think we have to perform a hard reset after changing the HD on the Shield Android Tv. Has it says it will take a bit longer. Here is the way to do it :
RESET USING NVIDIA BUTTON ON SHIELD
To access the fastboot menu:
Turn off your SHIELD.
Unplug the power cable from your SHIELD..
Connect your SHIELD to your PC/Mac/Linux machine's micro USB port.
Plug the power cable back into your SHIELD.
Wait 2 seconds, and then hold the NVIDIA button for 5-6 seconds until you see the fastboot menu on the display. After that yor drive will be set.
REINSTALL APPS AND GAMES AFTER RESETTING YOUR SHIELD
After you reset your SHIELD to factory settings, you need to reinstall any apps or games.
Go to the Google Play Store app .
Find the app or game, and select it.
In the window that opens, select Install.
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If not successful here another trick
You have to remove your old drive from the shield android tv and replace it by the new one and next reconnect the old drive by USB to the shield and then perform a hard reset. It might reinstalled the soft on the new drive hast it is in primary. :good: nothing to loose to try.
Steel777 said:
I think it will do the work because Samsung magician copy your files to the ssd exactly the same way with all partition at the place where it should be. So I think it will do the work. Try it and give me a feedback on succès, you know that Samsung has 500go, 512go and 1To ssd and you just need the right Connexion cable to the pc and you good to go. Here one from amazon : StarTech.com USB3S2SAT3CB Carte Contrôleur USB 3 SATA III 6.0 Gigabit/s Noir. You need two like that. And you will be boosting your Shield Android Tv.:good:
---------- Post added at 07:05 AM ---------- Previous post was at 06:40 AM ----------
After reflexion I think we have to perform a hard reset after changing the HD on the Shield Android Tv. Has it says it will take a bit longer. Here is the way to do it :
RESET USING NVIDIA BUTTON ON SHIELD
To access the fastboot menu:
Turn off your SHIELD.
Unplug the power cable from your SHIELD..
Connect your SHIELD to your PC/Mac/Linux machine's micro USB port.
Plug the power cable back into your SHIELD.
Wait 2 seconds, and then hold the NVIDIA button for 5-6 seconds until you see the fastboot menu on the display. After that yor drive will be set.
REINSTALL APPS AND GAMES AFTER RESETTING YOUR SHIELD
After you reset your SHIELD to factory settings, you need to reinstall any apps or games.
Go to the Google Play Store app .
Find the app or game, and select it.
In the window that opens, select Install.
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If not successful here another trick
You have to remove your old drive from the shield android tv and replace it by the new one and next reconnect the old drive by USB to the shield and then perform a hard reset. It might reinstalled the soft on the new drive hast it is in primary. :good: nothing to loose to try.
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I checked your theory and...nothing.
When sshd connected through usb and same time target ssd is in nothing happening...no power at all - in usb ports. Power appears only when os system is starts booted normally bypassing NVIDIA logo or , but not on first stage when power cord is connected with device - so this idea can forget. Another I tried backup or clone with last build acronis 2016 5634 and - nothing. Acronis even not see at all when sshd is connected - didn't tried Samsung magician coz I don't believe - when even acronis can't. NATIV Disk management in Window 7 or 10 says when shield sshd is connected - disc is not initialized. Only one way I see here how to get swap hhd - to get know more about "apx mode - how to prepare hhd from zero" - this when you connecting shield without sshd in it and Windows call for apx driver...
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Steel777 said:
I think it will do the work because Samsung magician copy your files to the ssd exactly the same way with all partition at the place where it should be. So I think it will do the work. Try it and give me a feedback on succès, you know that Samsung has 500go, 512go and 1To ssd and you just need the right Connexion cable to the pc and you good to go. Here one from amazon : StarTech.com USB3S2SAT3CB Carte Contrôleur USB 3 SATA III 6.0 Gigabit/s Noir. You need two like that. And you will be boosting your Shield Android Tv.:good:
---------- Post added at 07:05 AM ---------- Previous post was at 06:40 AM ----------
After reflexion I think we have to perform a hard reset after changing the HD on the Shield Android Tv. Has it says it will take a bit longer. Here is the way to do it :
RESET USING NVIDIA BUTTON ON SHIELD
To access the fastboot menu:
Turn off your SHIELD.
Unplug the power cable from your SHIELD..
Connect your SHIELD to your PC/Mac/Linux machine's micro USB port.
Plug the power cable back into your SHIELD.
Wait 2 seconds, and then hold the NVIDIA button for 5-6 seconds until you see the fastboot menu on the display. After that yor drive will be set.
REINSTALL APPS AND GAMES AFTER RESETTING YOUR SHIELD
After you reset your SHIELD to factory settings, you need to reinstall any apps or games.
Go to the Google Play Store app .
Find the app or game, and select it.
In the window that opens, select Install.
---------- Post added at 07:17 AM ---------- Previous post was at 07:05 AM ----------
If not successful here another trick
You have to remove your old drive from the shield android tv and replace it by the new one and next reconnect the old drive by USB to the shield and then perform a hard reset. It might reinstalled the soft on the new drive hast it is in primary. :good: nothing to loose to try.
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visitor29 said:
I checked your theory and...nothing.
When sshd connected through usb and same time target ssd is in nothing happening...no power at all - in usb ports. Power appears only when os system is starts booted normally bypassing NVIDIA logo or , but not on first stage when power cord is connected with device - so this idea can forget. Another I tried backup or clone with last build acronis 2016 5634 and - nothing. Acronis even not see at all when sshd is connected - didn't tried Samsung magician coz I don't believe - when even acronis can't. NATIV Disk management in Window 7 or 10 says when shield sshd is connected - disc is not initialized. Only one way I see here how to get swap hhd - to get know more about "apx mode - how to prepare hhd from zero" - this when you connecting shield without sshd in it and Windows call for apx driver...
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The thing you should do is try samsung magician and check if he can see the sshd of the shield normally he will do because you can choose the source HD before cloning the drive but for the target HD drive it must be a ssd Samsung or maybe a Samsung HD drive. What about trying to hard reset physically the shield and the new HD ? Do you still get access to the recovery ? Finally last though we might maybe need a same type of drive then the one in the shield. Only the size will be different. Tell me what you try.
Steel777 said:
The thing you should do is try samsung magician and check if he can see the sshd of the shield normally he will do because you can choose the source HD before cloning the drive but for the target HD drive it must be a ssd Samsung or maybe a Samsung HD drive. What about trying to hard reset physically the shield and the new HD ? Do you still get access to the recovery ? Finally last though we might maybe need a same type of drive then the one in the shield. Only the size will be different. Tell me what you try.
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no thanks but enough for me about Samsung magician software --- i did before cloning sansung ssd, hyperx,sandisk,intel (a lot done before -- my job is system admin) with acronis and paragon another words "magician is not a magic" time waste only. and about recovery --- everything is on sshd recover, fastboot, os etc --- only apx mode goes on when conected without sshd
check last comments, we already talked about this
http://forum.xda-developers.com/shi...-to-shield-pro-hard-drive-dies-t3235843/page2
sorry but im pass
i had already done a lot tests before since i buy, where in last moment console resurrected before i thrown through the window
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http://http.download.nvidia.com/tegra-public-appnotes/flashing-tools.html
http://forum.xda-developers.com/wiki/APX_mode
here will be some facts about this all APX
and there I --- don't know nothing yet....
Has there been any update on whether the Shield Pro HDD can be replaced and Android TV reinstalled on say an SSD ?
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I have a nextbook tablet running windows 8.1 that I got from black Friday. I hate windows 8 and bluestacks won't run on the tablet, so therefore I can't even run my android apps.
Is there a way to install android on this tablet and get rid of windows? I've searched online and came up dry.
Any help would be appreciated.
I also bought one form wally world and would love to run android on it
nolan714 said:
I also bought one form wally world and would love to run android on it
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This is where I got mine too.
Please anyone who can shed some light on this I would really appreciate it. This is a great tablet but windows 8 sucks.
For Bay Trail:
https://01.org/android-ia/ - Intel's build of Android for x86 devices. They have builds available for Bay Trail devices, which according to the specs I found for that device, should work.
It does support running as a live image, which will get it off the ground and running for testing to see if all of the hardware is supported, and an installer to drop the Android setup on disk as necessary.
Installing Google Play and such might be a bit more involved of a task, but it's doable.
Interesting... but how would I get the tablet to boot into the image? since I can't plug a flash drive into it or access a boot menu of sorts how do I do this?
I had a similar question. I got an HP Stream 7 for $80 on Black Friday, and it comes with Windows 8.1. The reviews on amazon were glowing, considering the low price and still running a 32-bit version of Windows 8.
However, I'm not a big fan of Windows 8. Perhaps some day it'll grow on me, but at this moment, I don't find it intuitive.
Since the HP Stream has Intel Atom, I found this page (which apparently I'm not allowed to share). Just do a google search for Atom and kit kat. That gave me an Intel page with some instructions, but it looks like virtualization, as opposed to replacing or dual booting the OS.
zonykel said:
I had a similar question. I got an HP Stream 7 for $80 on Black Friday, and it comes with Windows 8.1. The reviews on amazon were glowing, considering the low price and still running a 32-bit version of Windows 8.
However, I'm not a big fan of Windows 8. Perhaps some day it'll grow on me, but at this moment, I don't find it intuitive.
Since the HP Stream has Intel Atom, I found this page (which apparently I'm not allowed to share). Just do a google search for Atom and kit kat. That gave me an Intel page with some instructions, but it looks like virtualization, as opposed to replacing or dual booting the OS.
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This won't work because the tablet doesn't not have enough ram to run an emulator. If that was the case I would just use bluestacks :/
ItsJon said:
Interesting... but how would I get the tablet to boot into the image? since I cant plug a flash drive into it or access a boot menu of sorts how do I do this?
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Sounds like it's got a micro-USB port on it - given that the tablet is meant for running Windows, probably an OTG port.
Find a USB OTG cable and you should be able to plug a proper keyboard into it (to get into the firmware) or plug a USB thumb drive into it.
I think the same is true for the Stream 7 (a quick search tells me it's got the same sort of micro-B port on it).
As far as accessing the firmware for either (to do things like disable Secure Boot or change the boot device), I'm not sure - but the documentation for each device should have instructions on how to access the firmware.
For installation - the images I linked above are for direct installation, not running inside of a VM. (I don't think any of the images that Intel provides will run under virtualization because they expect certain hardware to be present that isn't typically provided by any of the VMs out there - graphics being the big one.)
android,ubuntu,windows?
irony_delerium said:
Sounds like it's got a micro-USB port on it - given that the tablet is meant for running Windows, probably an OTG port.
Find a USB OTG cable and you should be able to plug a proper keyboard into it (to get into the firmware) or plug a USB thumb drive into it.
I think the same is true for the Stream 7 (a quick search tells me it's got the same sort of micro-B port on it).
As far as accessing the firmware for either (to do things like disable Secure Boot or change the boot device), I'm not sure - but the documentation for each device should have instructions on how to access the firmware.
For installation - the images I linked above are for direct installation, not running inside of a VM. (I don't think any of the images that Intel provides will run under virtualization because they expect certain hardware to be present that isn't typically provided by any of the VMs out there - graphics being the big one.)
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i managed to get to the bios of it by trying android installer (wubi) but android wouldn't boot but it let me get into boot options it says it doesn't have usb connected when in fact i did via usb otg but still trying if it's possible to boot ubuntu i will report first thing lets hope the dev's figure this one out please note it has uefi bios ubuntu desktop maybe a possibility but that's just a wild guess
joeylikesubuntu said:
i managed to get to the bios of it by trying android installer (wubi) but android wouldn't boot but it let me get into boot options it says it doesn't have usb connected when in fact i did via usb otg but still trying if it's possible to boot ubuntu i will report first thing lets hope the dev's figure this one out please note it has uefi bios ubuntu desktop maybe a possibility but that's just a wild guess
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emergency i need a recovery image could someone that owns this create one and upload it to here i forgot to make a backup of os i'm not gonna lose any faith in xda not now anyways probally not ever i got this for a early christmas present and already screwed it up my own fault but i'm hoping we can all communicate and come up with a solution to solve these problems and figure out a way to get android or ubuntu on this device which can only be accomplished through unity
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ItsJon said:
I have a nextbook tablet running windows 8.1 that I got from black Friday. I hate windows 8 and bluestacks won't run on the tablet, so therefore I can't even run my android apps.
Is there a way to install android on this tablet and get rid of windows? I've searched online and came up dry.
Any help would be appreciated.
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Ditch Windows +1, I bought it with the intention of running XBMCLive on it (I have already tried the windows version of XBMC, Updated the HUGE library I have and it still runs at only 35% CPU usage and 76% RAM usage, so one can only assume that with the "Resource Pig" removed from the device XBMC should be in Idle 99% of the time) I found an article that said that if you press the Vol+ button and the Power Button at the same time it boots into what can only be described as a"Boot Menu" of sorts, which includes booting from Flash disk, DVD rom, etc. Now I just have to find my Micro USB cable to USB to test it out and see if I can destroy it, or alternatively the better option, install the live version of XBMC on to it. IMO this is the smallest form factor Quad core I have seen with HDMI out....... A bit of "Velcro" on the back, stick it to the back of the flat panel tv and hey presto.... XBMC I can't see, but works better than Winblows. If anyone has any info on this, it would be Greatly appreciated.... Before I go and brick the device or something, LoL.
MeM-TecH said:
Ditch Windows +1, I bought it with the intention of running XBMCLive on it (I have already tried the windows version of XBMC, Updated the HUGE library I have and it still runs at only 35% CPU usage and 76% RAM usage, so one can only assume that with the "Resource Pig" removed from the device XBMC should be in Idle 99% of the time) I found an article that said that if you press the Vol+ button and the Power Button at the same time it boots into what can only be described as a"Boot Menu" of sorts, which includes booting from Flash disk, DVD rom, etc. Now I just have to find my Micro USB cable to USB to test it out and see if I can destroy it, or alternatively the better option, install the live version of XBMC on to it. IMO this is the smallest form factor Quad core I have seen with HDMI out....... A bit of "Velcro" on the back, stick it to the back of the flat panel tv and hey presto.... XBMC I can't see, but works better than Winblows. If anyone has any info on this, it would be Greatly appreciated.... Before I go and brick the device or something, LoL.
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could you please make recovery file from inside windows and copy it an attach it to this thread
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joeylikesubuntu said:
could you please make recovery file from inside windows and copy it an attach it to this thread
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it has 3 options to boot from efiusb efidvd efi network i've pushed all of these and get the message system doesn't have usb boot option please select other boot option in boot manager menu my only option is to boot from a recovery partition on an sdcard it's a matter of making the partition in update & recovery and copying the root folder of the sdcard to a zip or img file shouldn't be that hardim stuck in a boot loop by the way
joeylikesubuntu said:
could you please make recovery file from inside windows and copy it an attach it to this thread
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it has 3 options to boot from efiusb efidvd efi network i've pushed all of these and get the message system doesn't have usb boot option please select other boot option in boot manager menu my only option is to boot from a recovery partition on an sdcard it's a matter of making the partition in update & recovery and copying the root folder of the sdcard to a zip or img file shouldn't be that hardim stuck in a boot loop by the way
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Are you referring to a windows recovery? I have this same tablet, I can make one for you tomorrow and post it if you'd like.
Re: Recovery
Silentwidow said:
Are you referring to a windows recovery? I have this same tablet, I can make one for you tomorrow and post it if you'd like.
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Any way you could do a "How To" on that? It would be great if I also had a backup of the unit before I decided to wipe it and maybe render it useless if something went wrong! Also then I could supply an alternative image for "joeylikesubuntu" or anyone else that is thinking of messing with it and isn't sure if it will work or not. Thanks.
ItsJon said:
This won't work because the tablet doesn't not have enough ram to run an emulator. If that was the case I would just use bluestacks :/
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Try installing this one:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/android/software-hacking/how-to-install-bluestacks-1gb-ram-t2885950
joeylikesubuntu said:
emergency i need a recovery image could someone that owns this create one and upload it to here i forgot to make a backup of os i'm not gonna lose any faith in xda not now anyways probally not ever i got this for a early christmas present and already screwed it up my own fault but i'm hoping we can all communicate and come up with a solution to solve these problems and figure out a way to get android or ubuntu on this device which can only be accomplished through unity
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I also uploaded the recovery files:
http://www.mediafire.com/download/mc9cbhntkpxqcgp/nextbook+recovery.rar
Having problems
I'm not able to get the device into any type of mode where it will read an external storage device. I've tried all sorts of combinations of power and volume and home keys with no results.
It just keeps saying "attempting automatic repair" and "diagnosing your PC"
any suggestions? None of the images posted in this thread seem to help me
Here my lead.
I recently saw this video in youtube (can't post the link since this is my first post) but video ID is /PG1_2MDYMtk
The specs of the device used in the video are by far surpassing the ones of the NCW8QC16G but I wasn't able to locate any minimum requirements so I think and hope it's doable.
I would only need a Micro USB OTG adapter to be able to plug in a wireless mouse and keyboard (which is currently in the mail).
I could load the installation image into a micro SD and then go to PC Settings\Update and Recovery\Recovery\Advanced Startup(restart now)\Troubleshoot\Advanced Options\ and try to make it boot into bios from there. or try pressing the usual combination of keys in my keyboard upon boot to access bios on a regular computer might work although I fear the chances are slim. Once we get into the boot menu and confirm that we can boot from SD I think the rest would be easy as shown in the video.
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brik.m3 said:
I recently saw this video in youtube (can't post the link since this is my first post) but video ID is /PG1_2MDYMtk
The specs of the device used in the video are by far surpassing the ones of the NCW8QC16G but I wasn't able to locate any minimum requirements so I think and hope it's doable.
I would only need a Micro USB OTG adapter to be able to plug in a wireless mouse and keyboard (which is currently in the mail).
I could load the installation image into a micro SD and then go to PC Settings\Update and Recovery\Recovery\Advanced Startup(restart now)\Troubleshoot\Advanced Options\ and try to make it boot into bios from there. or try pressing the usual combination of keys in my keyboard upon boot to access bios on a regular computer might work although I fear the chances are slim. Once we get into the boot menu and confirm that we can boot from SD I think the rest would be easy as shown in the video.
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that would be great if we can get some form of linux on it if we can figure out how to do so then this tablet would be great perhaps maybe using an old ubuntu recovery might work but that's just a guess and the recovery might have to be in the same format as the windows recovery or file type but that's good that others are working on this
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why cant we just use part of sdcard as ram to run vbox
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Sloogle_Flugelmann said:
I also uploaded the recovery files:
http://www.mediafire.com/download/mc9cbhntkpxqcgp/nextbook+recovery.rar
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thank you
@Sloogle_Flugelmann
Thx for the recovery image link.
I've tried all the options and I'm unable to get the recovery image to load after extracting them to a usb.
I actually managed to get Win10 build 9926 loaded on my nextbook via the OTG and usb drive. Got the internal wifi working after using a wifi dongle via OTG first then doing and update. Win10 doesn't seem to update drivers like Win8 does.
Also, anyone know what are the drivers for the different hardware on the NXW8QC16?
Sucks that touchscreen, etc don't work in Win10 preview, but it's probably to be expected.
I'm going to try my Win8.1 Pro image and to see if it picks up the drivers then.
Btw, I'm also trying the 64 bit version of Win8.1 since the processor in my tablet says it's 64bit capable and had a 32bit operating system loaded. Yes, I know that I don't need a 64bit OS since the tablet's only got 1GB ram, but while I'm playing around (struggling withit) so why not
First off i apologize if this is the wrong place to ask this, i couldnt find a Q&A thread for windows, also ive spent hours on Google looking and couldn't find anything that worked, but anyway my aunt a few days ago hit her computer( shes the kind of person where if it doesn't work just hit it) and it black screended on startup, like you press the power button and nothing, its a lenovo (i dont know what model) but i booted it into recovery, did a BIOS recovery, but it didnt finish, so i checked to see if the computer was reading the hard drive and it is, im taking my Toshiba to swap the hard drive to see if thats the problem, she wants to keep all her data but i said that may not be a possibility, i just want to know if anyone here can tell me what might be the problem, im convinced its thr hard drive as the toshiba had a similiar fate a few months ago. So any help would be great, also again if this is the wrong thread im sorry
EDIT: I don't know if its Windows 7 or 8, also its current state is it stops at the lenovo boot screen
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First off i apologize if this is the wrong place to ask this, i couldnt find a Q&A thread for windows, also ive spent hours on Google looking and couldn't find anything that worked, but anyway my aunt a few days ago hit her computer( shes the kind of person where if it doesn't work just hit it) and it black screended on startup, like you press the power button and nothing, its a lenovo (i dont know what model) but i booted it into recovery, did a BIOS recovery, but it didnt finish, so i checked to see if the computer was reading the hard drive and it is, im taking my Toshiba to swap the hard drive to see if thats the problem, she wants to keep all her data but i said that may not be a possibility, i just want to know if anyone here can tell me what might be the problem, im convinced its thr hard drive as the toshiba had a similiar fate a few months ago. So any help would be great, also again if this is the wrong thread im sorry
EDIT: I don't know if its Windows 7 or 8, also its current state is it stops at the lenovo boot screen
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Try windows start up repair. easiest way to do this, get the windows installation disc and boot into that and select start up repair.
id guess a HDD failure or more likely a corruption with windows if it wasnt shut down properly
could also try a fresh install of windows, just dont format the harddrive during installation. this way windows installation should save all the old data into a (old windows) folder on the c drive
Tonian1878 said:
Try windows start up repair. easiest way to do this, get the windows installation disc and boot into that and select start up repair.
id guess a HDD failure or more likely a corruption with windows if it wasnt shut down properly
could also try a fresh install of windows, just dont format the harddrive during installation. this way windows installation should save all the old data into a (old windows) folder on the c drive
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Thanks, the recovery just hangs, according to my aunt the computer was freaking out and started closinf things, and then nothing, i think the hard drive crashed, i told them to get a new hard drive ( i actually recommended an SSD)
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Thanks, the recovery just hangs, according to my aunt the computer was freaking out and started closinf things, and then nothing, i think the hard drive crashed, i told them to get a new hard drive ( i actually recommended an SSD)
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Before buying a new drive, put her hdd on your pc to see if it is still healthy, bad-sector-free. You check this with hdsentinel.
Also, try to boot her laptop with a hdd/ssd that is working properly.
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Before buying a new drive, put her hdd on your pc to see if it is still healthy, bad-sector-free. You check this with hdsentinel.
Also, try to boot her laptop with a hdd/ssd that is working properly.
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I tried looking for a hard drive adapter, i didnt want to put the hdd into my computer as i read it could crash it as the drivers are for a different computer, but if it works without harm ill do it, also finding an adapter here isnt easy, as i live in mexico and BestBuy is 2 hours away
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I tried looking for a hard drive adapter, i didnt want to put the hdd into my computer as i read it could crash it as the drivers are for a different computer, but if it works without harm ill do it, also finding an adapter here isnt easy, as i live in mexico and BestBuy is 2 hours away
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Hm, I don't think that plugging the hdd will crash your computer, but still, it's just a crash, unplug-restart and it's gone.
However, since I haven't been in a similar situation, you can try to plug it in a computer that runs any OS but windows, e.g. a linux pc, since win drivers won't affect a different OS.
Yet, I think it's obvious that if you plug it in your pc, you won't select it as a boot drive.
So, I know I botched the upgrade from Windows 8.1 to Windows 10 and when I boot the Trio PRO-8 it automatically goes to a Windows error screen with "press the Windows key to enter UEFI firmware settings. Error Code: 0x0000225"
There are several places to go, that tell you how to factory reset, enter boot mode on the Trio Stealth, but I have yet to find anything for the Trio PRO-8
Has anyone used or modified this device? I've contacted Trio, but I keep getting the run around because I mentioned Windows 10, they think I am still trying to install Windows 10 and keep telling me to call Microsoft. Microsoft can't help me with this issue, or I would have already known about it. There is no "Windows Key" on this tablet. All I want to do is figure out how to re-load either the Factory installed OS and start from the beginning, or install a fresh copy from the SD card.
The tablet itself, before I botched the upgrade WAS a decent little table especially getting it on sale on top of it being low cost, up until this point I had been using it regularly for the last 6 or 7 months without issue, maybe longer, can't remember how long I've had it now.
At any rate, I appreciate your time for reading this, and would be grateful to any help to get this thing back up and running before my Grandson comes up to visit next month, when he's here to visit, it is his movie player
With an adapter, I was able to hook up a USB keyboard, even pressing the Windows key did nothing. However, after trying every F key at boot, and a few others, I found that the [Esc] will get you in to the system's UEFI bios. I've been experimenting with settings. I left my card reader at work, but tomorrow I'm going to make the SD card bootable and put a LiNUX distro on it and install that over Windows. Since I don't know what my Windows 8.1 key was for this device.
Going this route because the keyboard has to be hooked up with an adapter and there is only one port. I may try a powered USB hub and see if I can boot from USB with the keyboard installed and a flash drive.
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With an adapter, I was able to hook up a USB keyboard, even pressing the Windows key did nothing. However, after trying every F key at boot, and a few others, I found that the [Esc] will get you in to the system's UEFI bios. I've been experimenting with settings. I left my card reader at work, but tomorrow I'm going to make the SD card bootable and put a LiNUX distro on it and install that over Windows. Since I don't know what my Windows 8.1 key was for this device.
Going this route because the keyboard has to be hooked up with an adapter and there is only one port. I may try a powered USB hub and see if I can boot from USB with the keyboard installed and a flash drive.
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This post is probably no longer in the right forum now, especially if I outline the procedure I used to get LiNUX on to this Intel based tablet.
Das Faust said:
This post is probably no longer in the right forum now, especially if I outline the procedure I used to get LiNUX on to this Intel based tablet.
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No luck as of yet:
- Can't get it to boot off of USB
- Can't get it to boot of the Micro SD card
- Will only boot to the Windows error message
- will keep trying
hi
Amigo gets a multi USB otg, a mini keyboard with pad and usb wireless connector. I have the same tablet trio pro 8 upgrade to windows 10 as well. I have another problem with the various touch screen controllers. I can not make it work. I am using it with the keyboard but I would like to use it free without loading keyboard.
Already solved your problem?
Hello everyone!
I just bought a real oldie - a HTC Shift X9500.
I owned one back in the days, and still remember it fondly. So I jumped at the bargain of getting another one for just 30 euros.
Unfortunately, this one's physical keyboard has some keys which don't work.
I thought I might reset it to factory settings, in the hope of solving the problem.
But!
Fn+ F3 asks me to confirm (Y/N) if I want the system reset - and the Y and N keys are among the ones which don't work! So it's just sitting there doing nothing, because I can't confirm the operation.
Is there any alternative way of resetting it - like running a command line or something , avoiding the use of the keyboard for confirmation?
Thanks!
Hi, congrats on reacquiring the HTC Shift!
I'm guessing you have already tried an external USB keyboard and that it doesn't work prior to the OS booting.
What OS are you trying to boot - which version of Windows are you trying to boot?
If you have an external USB DVD drive, you could boot directly from a Windows DVD and hope that the non-functional keys are not necessary. I would imagine the mouse can be used for most of the installation.
If it's Windows 10 that you are going to use, then you can search for "windows media creator" and download the windows media creation tool from Microsoft which allows you to create a bootable USB stick. Such a stick can be booted from the Shift by pressing DEL at power on and selecting the USB device for boot. You may also have to adjust your BIOS permit booting from USB. Again, I think the whole process would be possible by mouse interactions.
Flanimal said:
Hi, congrats on reacquiring the HTC Shift!
I'm guessing you have already tried an external USB keyboard and that it doesn't work prior to the OS booting.
What OS are you trying to boot - which version of Windows are you trying to boot?
If you have an external USB DVD drive, you could boot directly from a Windows DVD and hope that the non-functional keys are not necessary. I would imagine the mouse can be used for most of the installation.
If it's Windows 10 that you are going to use, then you can search for "windows media creator" and download the windows media creation tool from Microsoft which allows you to create a bootable USB stick. Such a stick can be booted from the Shift by pressing DEL at power on and selecting the USB device for boot. You may also have to adjust your BIOS permit booting from USB. Again, I think the whole process would be possible by mouse interactions.
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Thanks a lot - I didn't think about using an external USB keyboard! I'll also try the Windows 10 USB stick install, and keep you posted on how it goes!
Hey guys,
I build a new pc, first new build in 20 years.
I’m using an ASUs tug gaming x670e plus WiFi motherboard with and 7800x3d cpu.
I’m stuck with the windows installation from usb.
First attempt I used a SanDisk 8gb stick and windows media creator. That’s right load, but looking back that was probably because of bios settings.
second attempt I used a leef 16gb stick. Art the verify stage at 99% it failed.
Third attempt save stick same method created the usb successfully. Had to pay around a lot with bios settings to get the stick seen as bootable. But during the windows installation it reported a file inaccessible or missing. Soo I put the stick in another machine to check but the file in question was there.
Soo I tried again, but now it cannot start up from the usb stick.
I’m in progress of creating an iso usb using the 8gb SanDisk drive, but I think I’m missing something significant.
I’ve attached my bios settings for booting.
If anyone can give some clarification, that would be greatly appreciated! If I can’t die this tonight I’ll bring it in a shop this weekend (just for a windows installation, sigh)
This... happy hunting.
Make a cloned copy of the disk once loaded and configured but before adding data, antivirus or trashware with Acronis to a spare hdd for easy OS restore.
*Redundantly backup critical data, first*
Separate data drives + OS drive are best plus the backup drives that are physically and electronically isolated from each other and the PC.
Managed to get an install.
Had to change a few bios settings (apparently one of the videos I watched for the right bios settings was the exact opposite of what was needed). Agassi used an iso stick.
That seemed to do the trick.
Thanks for the suggestions. It’s much appreciated.
I managed to get things installed. My issues were a combination of bad luck with my usb drives (and how the bootable stick was generated), as well as some poor advice on YouTube that told me the opposite of what was needed.
I also had problems obtaining an activation key legally, but that got resolved as well, so I finally managed to get my pc up and running.
Thanks again for the suggestions!