I have bought a pre - owned Shield TV.. And cant get access to the Nvidia Now games..
Any way to get it to Reg to my e-mail adress?
joeherlev said:
I have bought a pre - owned Shield TV.. And cant get access to the Nvidia Now games..
Any way to get it to Reg to my e-mail adress?
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I also bought a pre owned Shield without Geforce Now access. Once you log in to Nvidia games the Geforce Now access gets used up and bound to your login.
Just in case... have you done a factory reset?
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I've been messing with the SHIELD since day one. Trying everything from emulators to the beta PC streaming. We're limited to Nvidia GPUs unless you root, or use other third party apps and software. I recently purchased FFARR (XIV) because I heard it would have controller support. After about 20 minutes of messing with splashtop and kainy to to get it to work I found myself stumped. Then I remembered you can add non-steam games to the library of steam. So first I added the main .exe to steam with no luck, but when I tried the ffxivboot.exe it launches the client and I used the steam in-app keyboard to sign in and launch the game. It worked! Full controller support! You just have to go into configurations and make sure controller is enabled. FFARR gives you the option to setup your hud, which i would recommend because you're going to want the most possible visible space especially if you're playing on the SHIELD. I'm not very experienced with android yet, so I may not be able to answer questions on that end, but I own a PC tech business so computer-wise feel free to ask me anything. :good:
rockysmodernlife said:
We're limited to Nvidia GPUs unless you root, or use other third party apps and software.
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We can use non Nvidia GPUs with simply rooting no third party apps?
HobsonA said:
We can use non Nvidia GPUs with simply rooting no third party apps?
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no. Rooting will not alter the NVidia GPU limitation. Root isn't required for 3rd party apps (which do bypass the GPU limitation but dont perform as well). Honestly I havent a clue what the OP is on about in that regard.
SixSixSevenSeven said:
no. Rooting will not alter the NVidia GPU limitation. Root isn't required for 3rd party apps (which do bypass the GPU limitation but dont perform as well). Honestly I havent a clue what the OP is on about in that regard.
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No you're right, the third-party apps do work, but they don't work as well. I wanted a way to add non-steam games to steam and get them to work that way. Since I recently purchased FFXIV I figured I would start there.
EDIT: ok got it your using shield native app just and added a non steam game.
Wait are you saying you were able to use 360 controls natively on your shield using splastop by launching via steam(the controller detects xinput without gfe/shield app)?
im not sure what your saying. but it would be awesome if it worked that way
But root is not required at all, You can stream from any gpu with splashtop or splashtop thd.
nielo360 said:
EDIT: ok got it your using shield native app just and added a non steam game.
Wait are you saying you were able to use 360 controls natively on your shield using splastop by launching via steam(the controller detects xinput without gfe/shield app)?
im not sure what your saying. but it would be awesome if it worked that way
But root is not required at all, You can stream from any gpu with splashtop or splashtop thd.
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No I wasn't able to use the 360 controller natively with splashtop, thats why i was so frustrated with the third party apps. BUT when you go through steam by adding the ffxivboot.exe, you'll be able to login, launch the game and then the controller works on the shield.
Im just mentioning this on the off chance someone hasnt already thought of it and it may not even be possible anyway. If a dev ported the shield tablet firmware to the shield tv then maybe we could have full access to the library of games the tablet offers with gamepad functionality already built in. If not is there a way we can trick the playstore into thinking the shield tv is a shield tablet and let you install the tablet modified games to check if they work without any mods. NOVA 3 anyone.....
Actually you can install applications on a Rooted Device. But the problem is the Shield Controller.
I tried installing apps but i was unable to control it. I believe it may require some configuration
I would like this as well. There are many touch only games. I use Droidmote and like it(love it) but in my family I am the only one that takes time to load the server and click start, load the client, set the gamepadtotouch/touchpad, load profile, connect the client to 127.0.0.1, set the keyboard to droidmoteime then play the game I picked. Then if I choose another game reload a profile, if I have it. Then play the game.
Most of the time I just say forget it and only play controller enabled games. Sometimes I just want to play a game and move on.
It would be nice if the process was more automated. I am not sure if the tablet OS makes the process easier but it would be nice to see if it would work.
I have researched loading the tablet firmware some but I am hesitant to try it since I have the 500GB STV and do not want to wait 2 hours between firmware loads to try it out. One day I may purchase the 16GB to play around with. Maybe I will find a good used one on CL and give it a whirl.
ive tried usuing market helper to spoof android to android shield tablet and download NOVA 3 but did not work, and i have tried the custom roms with full android not 'android tv' support and i can use sixaxis bluetooth wirless with my ps3 pad but the right analog stick wont move correctly even when configured yet every other control i am able to map successfully. i dont know what to try next....
I have been told that Nvideas geforce now streaming service will run on the mojo although it wont recognise some of the titles. Does anyone have an apk file for this.
Thanks in advance.
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I don't see how. According to Nvidia's website:
*GeForce NOW is free for the first 3 months per SHIELD device.
Requires credit card registration on a SHIELD. Limited time offer.
1. Go to your SHIELD device
2. Log in to GeForce NOW
3. Start playing PC games instantly
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Apparently the service is built into the Shield's OS, and the Shield itself must be registered with Nvidia. Perhaps some dev could extract a .apk and maybe some dependencies and make it work, if you also had a Shield that met the requirements. Seems like a lot of work when you could just play on the Shield anyway.
I'm curious if anyone has gotten gamefly streaming to work on the shield box. Tried to sideload one method but it says it's incompatible with the device. I'm going to attempt it when I get some time, but wondering if anyone else can confirm that it's possible and working or not.
I'll take the plunge, and say no way in hell. nVIDIA in their finite wisdom have blessed the Shield with its own Streaming Service called GeForce NOW. I'm less sure exactly who, or what GameFly are. But, if a second Streaming Service were ever added behind GFN. I would hope it was Steam.
That doesn't mean all is Lost however, you could still get yourself a GTX650 (Or better!*), and stream the PC client side to the Shield using Game Stream.
Or barring the rest of it ask GameFly to add support for AndroidTV, as a hole.
*AMD/ATI Does NOT count as better
Thanks for the response, but that doesn't answer my question. I have GFN and already can stream most of my library from the PC and steam. GFN has a somewhat limited library available with it's subscription compared to Gamefly's, which is available on a simple firestick, fire TV box, smart TV, or emtec box. Obviously if it works on a firestick then just about any crapbox will do.
I get it. Nvidia shield is superior, that's why I got it. I would rather install an app on the shield to try out other available technologies that isn't proprietary to just nvidia instead of buying another box just to try it. Hence my question if anyone has successfully installed the app on the shield.
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Thanks for the response, but that doesn't answer my question. I have GFN and already can stream most of my library from the PC and steam. GFN has a somewhat limited library available with it's subscription compared to Gamefly's, which is available on a simple firestick, fire TV box, smart TV, or emtec box. Obviously if it works on a firestick then just about any crapbox will do.
I get it. Nvidia shield is superior, that's why I got it. I would rather install an app on the shield to try out other available technologies that isn't proprietary to just nvidia instead of buying another box just to try it. Hence my question if anyone has successfully installed the app on the shield.
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Well then I take it that it's NOT in the AndroidTV NMPlayStore then. To wit my personal advice would be to sideload it. But outta personal interest is it in the Amazon App Store? If that were the case I might try sideloading the Amazon Underground App first then if you can install it there.
If not, then I would use something like ES File Explorer to copy the *.apk to a MicroSD, or USB Stick and then install it threw ES File Explorer again, on the Shield TV. Which should be simple enough, even if it was a PitA.
CRoNeC said:
Thanks for the response, but that doesn't answer my question. I have GFN and already can stream most of my library from the PC and steam. GFN has a somewhat limited library available with it's subscription compared to Gamefly's, which is available on a simple firestick, fire TV box, smart TV, or emtec box. Obviously if it works on a firestick then just about any crapbox will do.
I get it. Nvidia shield is superior, that's why I got it. I would rather install an app on the shield to try out other available technologies that isn't proprietary to just nvidia instead of buying another box just to try it. Hence my question if anyone has successfully installed the app on the shield.
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Hey Man, I have the same issue that you. Did you found any solution?
Thanks in advance
I was able to download it from mirror play store, and side load it. It runs, but with no navigation from the NV TV remote or game remote. But I could use a mouse and keyboard with it. I didn't get a subscription yet to see if it will work, and it probably will with keyboard and mouse, but my assumption is if the app doesn't recognize the NV game controller to navigate, then it won't work for games as well. Didn't try a PS4 or other Bluetooth controller with it yet. If you've tried this, at all. Let me know.
Is there a way to connect iphone and/or android phone to act as a controller on nvidia shield? I have 3 xbox one controllers but apparently they are not bluetooth version like I thought. I don't want to buy new controllers just for the nvidia shield. I want to try out some party games like Sonic with my friends over the New Years eve. It would be great if anyone that wanted to play could connect their smartphone to use as a controller. I tried android app BTcontroller but it wasn't recognized as an accessory on nvidia shield.
is this possible? I played bomb squad game with my GF using their own app controllers. Other games like Sonic don't have that though.
Droidmote Server runs on the ShieldTV (requires root, and might have been broken by the 7.2 update) and the client runs on an Android phone. It can be tricky to set up, but the developer made a number of videos to help.
Mogster2K said:
Droidmote Server runs on the ShieldTV (requires root, and might have been broken by the 7.2 update) and the client runs on an Android phone. It can be tricky to set up, but the developer made a number of videos to help.
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It looks like there isn't a root available yet for 7.2. I did more research and I might try cetus play.