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What to do with Shield Tablet parts?

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I just received my replacement Nvidia Shield tablet (had the bad battery model) and it came with a note saying to dispose of the old one. I thought better and dismantled it for a looky looky inside and took out the cameras, battery and screen to potentially use for a raspberry pi project.

 

The problem is I'm not familiar with the internal connectors and am not sure where to look for breakout connector boards or electrical wiring identification to actually make these parts usable.

Can anyone point me in the right direction?

Note: I probably should avoid using the battery as it is the reason the tablet was replaced, and it's Lithium-based (I think).

 

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Screen connector:

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Also, the Tegra K1 thermal solution for those interested:

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You have a shield and you pulled it apart?

haha, my friend said the exact same thing when I told him. Nvidia sent me a replacement, the one I opened was the old one and was automatically disabled when the new one was activated unfortunately. Definitely wish I could keep both though :(

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haha, my friend said the exact same thing when I told him. Nvidia sent me a replacement, the one I opened was the old one and was automatically disabled when the new one was activated unfortunately. Definitely wish I could keep both though :(

Remove the battery.

Buy a new battery from Nvidia.

Now you have 2 tablets!

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Remove the battery.

Buy a new battery from Nvidia.

Now you have 2 tablets!

But the old one is deactivated, which means he wouldnt be able to power it up unless he finds where the switch is

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As with a lot of newer electronics, there isn't going to be a premade break out board or anything and it's not always the case that someone else has documented it for you. So that's where the fun part comes in! Grab your multimeter and figure out the pinouts!

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But the old one is deactivated, which means he wouldnt be able to power it up unless he finds where the switch is

What do you mean?

How could they "Deactivate" it so it cannot power on?

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What do you mean?

How could they "Deactivate" it so it cannot power on?

When you request them to send it to you, you have to accept to the terms, one of them is that you have to deactivate your old tablet in order to activate the new one, so you cant just disconnect your old one form the internet, flash a new OS and activate the new one

Alteast that is what ive heard

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But the old one is deactivated, which means he wouldnt be able to power it up unless he finds where the switch is

Should have turned off wireless and fked with the settings so you can't do it by accident. Then at least you'd have some sort of movie tablet :D
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I installed cryogen on my old one... now i have two works like a charm xD 

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You have a shield and you pulled it apart?

i dont know if OPs is one of them, but shield tablets sold between july2014-july2015 were recalled due to baterries overheating and potentially catching fire. if they just sent him a new one and told him to get rid of the old one himself, i'd probably tear it apart to look inside to. not worth setting shit on fire to keep using it

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What do you mean?

How could they "Deactivate" it so it cannot power on?

When you activate the new one a kill switch update is enabled for your old device, that update is automatic and will install the moment you turn on your old device after activating the new one.

 

You can avoid getting said update if you root it and remove something from the system, can't remember what it was, but XDA forums have a guide if you want to do it, you have to do it before activating the new one though, since the old one will get the update when it connects to the internet.

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when i sent my shield back it came with instructions on how to return it... and now i'm here with only one.  :(

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But the old one is deactivated, which means he wouldnt be able to power it up unless he finds where the switch is

Pretty much this.

 

As with a lot of newer electronics, there isn't going to be a premade break out board or anything and it's not always the case that someone else has documented it for you. So that's where the fun part comes in! Grab your multimeter and figure out the pinouts!

This is what I'll be doing hopefully soon, I'll need to get power reconnected to test it and see what it all does. I love tinkering and learning from new stuff :)

 

When you request them to send it to you, you have to accept to the terms, one of them is that you have to deactivate your old tablet in order to activate the new one, so you cant just disconnect your old one form the internet, flash a new OS and activate the new one

Alteast that is what ive heard

Yea, not exactly sure how it's deactivated but I'm sure someone will get around it.

 

Should have turned off wireless and fked with the settings so you can't do it by accident. Then at least you'd have some sort of movie tablet :D

Was thinking about doing this, but seeing as there's a potential fire hazard involved I thought I'd stop using it as a tablet. Great idea though, hopefully someone sees this and does that instead.

 

i dont know if OPs is one of them, but shield tablets sold between july2014-july2015 were recalled due to baterries overheating and potentially catching fire. if they just sent him a new one and told him to get rid of the old one himself, i'd probably tear it apart to look inside to. not worth setting shit on fire to keep using it

Yea this was my thought process, not everyday you get to take apart modern-ish electronics and not worry about putting them back together :)

 

When you activate the new one a kill switch update is enabled for your old device, that update is automatic and will install the moment you turn on your old device after activating the new one.

 

You can avoid getting said update if you root it and remove something from the system, can't remember what it was, but XDA forums have a guide if you want to do it, you have to do it before activating the new one though, since the old one will get the update when it connects to the internet.

Hopefully someone in the same position will see this and look at doing that first.

 

Thanks for all the responses, great to get some opinions :)

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When you activate the new one a kill switch update is enabled for your old device, that update is automatic and will install the moment you turn on your old device after activating the new one.

 

You can avoid getting said update if you root it and remove something from the system, can't remember what it was, but XDA forums have a guide if you want to do it, you have to do it before activating the new one though, since the old one will get the update when it connects to the internet.

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http://forum.xda-developers.com/shield-tablet/development/root-root-nvidia-shield-tablet-lollipop-t2972316

 

http://forum.xda-developers.com/shield-tablet/general/kill-kill-switch-shield-tablet-xx-t3179489

 

Here you go, I followed the first link to root it and install CWM Recovery, and the second to disable the kill switch update.

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http://forum.xda-developers.com/shield-tablet/development/root-root-nvidia-shield-tablet-lollipop-t2972316

 

http://forum.xda-developers.com/shield-tablet/general/kill-kill-switch-shield-tablet-xx-t3179489

 

Here you go, I followed the first link to root it and install CWM Recovery, and the second to disable the kill switch update.

Thank you! This will save me hours of work (not that great with rooting)

 

Also, with

If you're on stock, delete TegraOTA (/system/app/TegraOTA if you're on 5.0 or newer, or /system/app/TegraOTA.apk if you're still on 4.4) before booting into Android (the attached ZIP file does this for you, but please check with the file manager in recovery before rebooting and let me know if it didn't work), then reboot

Does he mean that i should already have done that before i even turned on the device after wiping it?

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You should do that before turning on your old device to avoid it getting the kill switch update, as it says in the post, that update is automatic and it won't ask you if you want to update or not, it will do it, reboot and won't turn on again.

 

You can check if your tablet has been flagged for the update here

 

http://shield.bogdacutu.me

 

Mine has already been flagged, but since I installed the zip (that removes TegraOTA) it won't get updates anymore, if I want to update to a newer version of android, I will have to do it manually, but I have been doing that already with my phone with Cyanogenmod, so I have no problem there, this is how it looks:

 

http://shield.bogdacutu.me/check?serial=0424814602900001b6cb

 

I have been using both tablets the past days and I have not had any problem.

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You should do that before turning on your old device to avoid it getting the kill switch update, as it says in the post, that update is automatic and it won't ask you if you want to update or not, it will do it, reboot and won't turn on again.

 

You can check if your tablet has been flagged for the update here

 

http://shield.bogdacutu.me

 

Mine has already been flagged, but since I installed the zip (that removes TegraOTA) it won't get updates anymore, if I want to update to a newer version of android, I will have to do it manually, but I have been doing that already with my phone with Cyanogenmod, so I have no problem there, this is how it looks:

 

http://shield.bogdacutu.me/check?serial=0424814602900001b6cb

 

I have been using both tablets the past days and I have not had any problem.

So if my old tablet is working after installing the zip, and i havnt powered on my new one yet, i should be fine, since they only send the update after i turn on my new tablet?

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So if my old tablet is working after installing the zip, and i havnt powered on my new one yet, i should be fine, since they only send the update after i turn on my new tablet?

Yeah, they can't (or shouldn't) activate the update for the old one before you activate the new one, but you better check first the link I pasted in the last post, the second one has my serial number so you can see how it looks when it is activated.

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Yeah, they can't (or shouldn't) activate the update for the old one before you activate the new one, but you better check first the link I pasted in the last post, the second one has my serial number so you can see how it looks when it is activated.

Thanks for this! you saved me 1000 euros (i and my family has 3 tablets)

Hope it works, and that nvidia doesnt kill the new ones though

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