This is Nvidia's own instruictions which I just followed works great! For new members please be aware that you may have to edit a command given in the instructions below which I will point out (depends on what OTA you have downloaded) for example
fastboot flash dtb tegra124-tn8-p1761-1270-a04-e-battery.dtb Highlighted in red is the name you may have to change within the extracted ota, Just look in the extracted file and locate the .dtb now just copy and paste the name of your .dtb and change the fastboot command --> example--> fastboot flash dtb tegra144-tn8-p1761-1270-a04-xda-battery.dtb
Please Read Carefully!
Follow here to get OTA
http://forum.xda-developers.com/shield-tablet/general/shield-tablet-otas-t2847116
What you must have
You need a unlocked boot loader instructions further below.
Also in cmw recovery, please wipe all partions! and reboot in to fastboot mode whilst still in recovery!
SHIELD RECOVERY IMAGE FLASHING INSTRUCTIONS
To follow the instructions in this guide, you will need adb and fastboot.
These tools are provided as part of the Android SDK:
http://developer.android.com/sdk/index.html
or you can just download this little .exe Minimal ADB and Fastboot this is what I used.please extract your recovery.zip into where you have installed Minimal ADB and Fastboot example c:\program files x86\Minimal ADB and fastboot.
https://docs.google.com/file/d/0B1S0LCuXCnnmSWh6NGJmSE1BUWc/edit?usp=sharing
Before flashing this recovery image to your SHIELD, connect your SHIELD
via USB to the PC where you downloaded this recovery image example same as above c:\program files x86\Minimal ADB and fastboot.
Next, put your SHIELD into fastboot mode using one of the following methods:
SW method 1:
- Boot to android home screen
- Connect the device to linux/windows system
- Open terminal (on linux); command prompt (on windows).
- Type "adb reboot bootloader" in terminal/command prompt
HW method 2 :
- Turn off the device
- Press and hold "Back"+"Home"+"SHIELD" buttons till device boots
To flash this recovery image to your SHIELD, run the following commands from
the directory where you extracted the recovery image package. If this is the
first time you have done this procedure, you must unlock the bootloader (see
below):
fastboot flash recovery recovery.img
fastboot flash boot boot.img
fastboot flash system system.img
fastboot flash userdata userdata.img
fastboot flash staging blob
fastboot flash dtb tegra124-tn8-p1761-1270-a04-e-battery.dtb <---------------------------------------------------------------------
Now restart your device
now wait a min or two and you have just returned to stock!
Unlocking the Bootloader
Your SHIELD may have shipped with a locked bootloader. To update the device,
you must unlock the bootloader using the following:
- fastboot oem unlock
- Press the Home button on the device to highlight "Unlock".
- Press the Shield button to confirm the unlock. Your device's bootloader is now unlocked.
Also worth noting that on Linux, you can install the "android-tools" package that gives you ADB and Fastboot anywhere.
For example, on fedora 20, run:
$ sudo yum install android-tools
Make sure you run fastboot with su- privileges (not doing this caused me no end of frustration before finding out why my device wasn't detected).
MRobbo80 said:
This is Nvidia's own instruictions which I just followed works great! For new members please be aware that you may have to edit a command given in the instructions below which I will point out (depends on what OTA you have downloaded).
Unlocking the Bootloader
Your SHIELD may have shipped with a locked bootloader. To update the device,
you must unlock the bootloader using the following:
- fastboot oem unlock
- Press the Home button on the device to highlight "Unlock".
- Press the Shield button to confirm the unlock. Your device's bootloader is now unlocked.
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Umm having a little trouble unlocking. Am I to understand that you unlock with the device turned on ? because otherwise there isn't a home button...and where is the shield button ? I only have power and volume
buttons. This looks like the unlock method for the Shield not the Shield Tablet.
Sent from my Shield Tab
Wulfpk said:
Umm having a little trouble unlocking. Am I to understand that you unlock with the device turned on ? because otherwise there isn't a home button...and where is the shield button ? I only have power and volume
buttons. This looks like the unlock method for the Shield not the Shield Tablet.
Sent from my Shield Tab
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Your device should first be turned on. Then connect to PC and open a command prompt in your Android tools folder (where the ADB file resides) and type, "ADB reboot bootloader" (without the quotation marks).
Can I flash a ROW image in a US device?
Hi,
I'm using moto g4 plus xt1643 with RR Custom ROM.
When i restart/Power ON/OFF my device it automatically goes into fast boot mode every time. at that time i have to press start for booting my device. Every time doing this task is getting irritation. Kindly anyone help me to fix this
Except this issue my device is working smoothly.
Thanks in advance.
Kind Regards
Kranthi Kanapala.
What happens if you connect your phone to your PC whilst in fastboot mode, open ADB (and use the command 'fastboot devices' to check if your device is detected), and in ADB run the command 'fastboot oem fb_mode_clear' (without quotation marks)? This command, as I understand it, should clear fastboot mode and permit you to boot properly.
echo92 said:
What happens if you connect your phone to your PC whilst in fastboot mode, open ADB (and use the command 'fastboot devices' to check if your device is detected), and in ADB run the command 'fastboot oem fb_mode_clear' (without quotation marks)? This command, as I understand it, should clear fastboot mode and permit you to boot properly.
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Thanks you friend.... Its working
I'm trying to install Google camera.. on trying to enable camera2api by adb method, PC isn't recognizing device at fastboot.. "adb devices " isn't showing any device.. what should I do ?
Can you be more specific. Which instructions are you following? Did you follow all the steps mentioned in it properly?
Method i followed
Power off your phone and enter the bootloader mode. (Hold power and volume down when booting to enter the bootloader screen.)
Open up a command prompt or PowerShell (Windows) or terminal window (macOS or Linux) in the same directory where the fastboot binary is located.
Enter the following command based on your OS:
Windows Command Prompt: fastboot oem enable_camera_hal3 true
Windows PowerShell: .\fastboot oem enable_camera_hal3 true
macOS or Linux Terminal: ./fastboot oem enable_camera_hal3 true
Reboot your device.
Now download the best Google Camera port for your Asus ZenFone Max Pro M1 either from our Hub or from the XDA forum.
I did exactly as above... Windows Powershell isn't recognizing device at fastboot..
.\fastboot oem enable_camera_hal3 true shows waiting for device
Krishjith said:
Power off your phone and enter the bootloader mode. (Hold power and volume down when booting to enter the bootloader screen.)
Open up a command prompt or PowerShell (Windows) or terminal window (macOS or Linux) in the same directory where the fastboot binary is located.
Enter the following command based on your OS:
Windows Command Prompt: fastboot oem enable_camera_hal3 true
Windows PowerShell: .\fastboot oem enable_camera_hal3 true
macOS or Linux Terminal: ./fastboot oem enable_camera_hal3 true
Reboot your device.
Now download the best Google Camera port for your Asus ZenFone Max Pro M1 either from our Hub or from the XDA forum.
I did exactly as above... Windows Powershell isn't recognizing device at fastboot..
.\fastboot oem enable_camera_hal3 true shows waiting for device
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Check whether the drivers are correctly installed. Go to device manager on your desktop / laptop and check whether your phone is showing on the list. If not first install the drivers than follow the above mentioned steps.
As the title says, how to boot to fastboot on CN versiom? I've aleady tried the usual power button + volume down combo but it doesn't work. Same with volume up, nothing happens but just restarts the device.
In Minimal ADB and Fastboot use command
"adb reboot bootloader"
I have a brand new Oneplus 8 Pro from China with global ROM installed.
I wanted to unlock the bootloader however there is no fastboot option in the boot menu.
There is Start, Restart Bootloader, Recovery and Turn Off.
The Fastboot option is missing.
I can connect the phone to my PC, adb recognizes the phone, but Fastboot is missing.
Any ideas?
Docomoco said:
I have a brand new Oneplus 8 Pro from China with global ROM installed.
I wanted to unlock the bootloader however there is no fastboot option in the boot menu.
There is Start, Restart Bootloader, Recovery and Turn Off.
The Fastboot option is missing.
I can connect the phone to my PC, adb recognizes the phone, but Fastboot is missing.
Any ideas?
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Sure. You are allready in that mode. Just type fastboot devices and check..
I did that but no response.
The cursor jumps to the next line but there is no response from the phone.
If I type adb devices the phone is listed but the fastboot command doesn't return anything.
Docomoco said:
I have a brand new Oneplus 8 Pro from China with global ROM installed.
I wanted to unlock the bootloader however there is no fastboot option in the boot menu.
There is Start, Restart Bootloader, Recovery and Turn Off.
The Fastboot option is missing.
I can connect the phone to my PC, adb recognizes the phone, but Fastboot is missing.
Any ideas?
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Restart to bootloader, then fastboot should work. If your phone is still on, and you can access adb, you should also be able to type adb reboot bootloader
Thanks.
So apparently the command "fastboot devices" returns nothing.
However I was able to unlock the bootloader just by entering "adb reboot bootloader" then
"fastboot oem unlock".
What confused me was that there is no "fastboot" option on the phone itself as there was on my Oneplus 5t.
Docomoco said:
Thanks.
So apparently the command "fastboot devices" returns nothing.
However I was able to unlock the bootloader just by entering "adb reboot bootloader" then
"fastboot oem unlock".
What confused me was that there is no "fastboot" option on the phone itself as there was on my Oneplus 5t.
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The option in the power menu is called bootloader (fastboot only will work there) the hint was in the adb command I gave you, adb reboot BOOTLOADER. Not sure why they changed what the menu was called but I'm glad you got it sorted. To give you a short summary, adb will only work when your phone is powered on and booted into android, or if you have recovery mode open and on the adb section, and fastboot only works in the bootloader hope that could help!
Edit: fastboot devices should work but only in bootloader mode, not when your phone is started normally
Docomoco said:
I have a brand new Oneplus 8 Pro from China with global ROM installed.
I wanted to unlock the bootloader however there is no fastboot option in the boot menu.
There is Start, Restart Bootloader, Recovery and Turn Off.
The Fastboot option is missing.
I can connect the phone to my PC, adb recognizes the phone, but Fastboot is missing.
Any ideas?
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You have to insert a SIM card, boot of the device and make a phone call to get it to register your device. Wait a few minutes and then restart your phone. Go into settings under about phone and enable developer options. Back out and go into developer options and you will see OEM unlock. You need to turn that on and USB debugging. Both of them must be turned on. Now you can boot into fastboot and unlock your bootloader. It will wipe the device so if you have any data you want to save you better do it now.
hey i am having this issue, i am able to adb reboot bootloader but when i try to oem unlock or anything else, it is just waiting for device and not finding it....
SourPower said:
hey i am having this issue, i am able to adb reboot bootloader but when i try to oem unlock or anything else, it is just waiting for device and not finding it....
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That's a driver issue.
Are you using Windows 7? If so use 10
If not then sort out your driver's and it'll be fine.
Theres a bug in 7 where the driver for ADB cannot be collaborated with fastboot drivers.
dladz said:
That's a driver issue.
Are you using Windows 7? If so use 10
If not then sort out your driver's and it'll be fine.
Theres a bug in 7 where the driver for ADB cannot be collaborated with fastboot drivers.
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thanks for the reply, i am on windows 10 and i dont know what is causing the issue when the phone goes in fastboot, but i went on my wife's laptop and got it working within a few minutes after installing adb...
Having similar problem here:
win10x64, drivers installed, USB debugging is enabled.
ADB sees the devices, reboots it correctly with "adb reboot bootloader"
then bootloader menu's shown:
START // RESTART BOOTLOADER // RECOVERY MODE // SHOW BARCODE // POWER OFF
Fastboot mode
Product_name - kona
Variant - SM8 UFS
BOOTLOADER VERSION - (nothing appears here)
BASEBAND VERSION - (nothing appears here)
Serial number - (appears 8-symbol sn)
SECURE BOOT - YES
DEVICE STATE - LOCKED
trying to communicate with smartphone via terminal "fastboot" command doesn't do much:"fastboot devices" doesn't return anything at all, "fastboot oem unlock" just shows <waiting for device>
tried to reinstall drivers
tema_ka said:
Having similar problem here:
win10x64, drivers installed, USB debugging is enabled.
ADB sees the devices, reboots it correctly with "adb reboot bootloader"
then bootloader menu's shown:
START // RESTART BOOTLOADER // RECOVERY MODE // SHOW BARCODE // POWER OFF
Fastboot mode
Product_name - kona
Variant - SM8 UFS
BOOTLOADER VERSION - (nothing appears here)
BASEBAND VERSION - (nothing appears here)
Serial number - (appears 8-symbol sn)
SECURE BOOT - YES
DEVICE STATE - LOCKED
trying to communicate with smartphone via terminal "fastboot" command doesn't do much:"fastboot devices" doesn't return anything at all, "fastboot oem unlock" just shows <waiting for device>
tried to reinstall drivers
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If you type fastboot reboot what happens? If nothing then either you're device doesn't have usb debugging on, could be the cable/usb slot (some people have had issues with this)
Or its the driver installed for fastboot.
Show hidden devices in device manager you may have multiple devices, remove them all and start over.
Your also need to have used ADB and have trusted the device (prompt will appear on your phone the first time you connect it successfully whilst in your phones system, not fastboot)
for windows 10:
firstly download the google adb driver:
Get the Google USB Driver | Android Studio | Android Developers
The Google USB Driver is required to perform adb debugging on Windows with Google devices.
developer.android.com
then do the following:
1. adb devices [you should see your device ] > adb reboot bootloader
2. device manager > update driver > chose from list [android device]
3. still in device manager got the newly populated Android device and then update driver > choose adb interface
3. fastboot oem unlock
etc.
hope this helps
i have similar problem
then bootloader menu's shown:
START // RESTART BOOTLOADER // RECOVERY MODE // SHOW BARCODE // POWER OFF
Fastboot mode
Product_name - kona
Variant - SM8 UFS
BOOTLOADER VERSION - (nothing appears here)
BASEBAND VERSION - (nothing appears here)
Serial number - (appears 8-symbol sn)
SECURE BOOT - YES
DEVICE STATE - LOCKED
i reached till fastboot. fastboot oem unlock is not working because SECURE BOOT - Yes.
any help will be highly appreciated
shweta007 said:
i have similar problem
then bootloader menu's shown:
START // RESTART BOOTLOADER // RECOVERY MODE // SHOW BARCODE // POWER OFF
Fastboot mode
Product_name - kona
Variant - SM8 UFS
BOOTLOADER VERSION - (nothing appears here)
BASEBAND VERSION - (nothing appears here)
Serial number - (appears 8-symbol sn)
SECURE BOOT - YES
DEVICE STATE - LOCKED
i reached till fastboot. fastboot oem unlock is not working because SECURE BOOT - Yes.
any help will be highly appreciated
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Secure Boot means your Bootloader is locked.
Setup fastboot correctly, open a cmd window, navigate to fastboot.exe and enter fastboot oem unlock, follow instructions on phone screen