Comment on Nvidia Shield is getting Auro 3D audio support, full-screen ads
machinin@lemmy.world 11 months agoSo it could get the same update that makes the launcher an ad-riddled cesspit?
How easy are these devices to root and install alternative roms? Are there alternative roms available to install?
I really wish these devices were more like desktop computers. I want the freedom to install anything I want.
What I posted is a generic Android TV box that you can switch launchers and stuff on. The Shield is so popular and is/was the only good STB that they pumped it full of ads, just like any other popular platform.
IDK the modability of it, but it’s gotta be better than what I have currently.
Thanks, I appreciate the response.
NarrativeBear@lemmy.world 11 months ago
My solution last weekend when I saw this post was to downgrade both my sheilds to 8.2.3, I never linked the adds on the sheilds main homepage tbh but have gotten used to the as time passed.
In this process though once I downgraded I noticed the adds displayed once again on both my sheilds. This was because the android tv launcher app downloads a update. To get around this I disabled auto upgrade of apps on my sheilds and denyed the upgrade of the Google tv launcher and removed the update. No more adds on the launcher.
I have a feeling this is how google will push full screen adds through their launcher app in the play store.
Here is a well written guide how to downgrade to 8.2.3 that I followed.
florisse.nl/shield-downgrade/
Took about 30min on my second sheilds once I figured out the first sheild after 2 hours.
machinin@lemmy.world 11 months ago
Thanks - this makes me hate Google TV even more. You shouldn’t have to go through that much work to keep your devices useful.