r/ShieldAndroidTV

I’m building a remote-first Android TV launcher for people who bounce between Plex/Jellyfin/Emby and streaming apps. The pain I’m trying to solve is: "I don’t want to remember where I was watching something, what service it’s on, or which app I need to open."

For Shield users: what’s the most annoying part of your current TV workflow? Is it discovery, watchlists, continuing shows, Plex vs streaming apps, launcher clutter, or something else?

I’m looking for feedback first, and if there's interest, I'd be happy to offer early access when it's ready.

When I got my Shield (model in title) I slapped a low capacity SSD in to the main USB slot & left the second slot available for a games controller as I had Retroarch in the back of my mind (I know you can do wireless but I always prefer wired connections wherever possible).

I don't know the terminology but the hard drive was formatted/attached in such a way that the Shield saw it as its own capacity if you get me? As in I couldn't just disconnect it & attach to a PC. I could access it from a PC over my network but that was it.

FFWD some time & it was becoming a pain putting a handful of movies on there for Plex, removing them to free up space & add more new ones. So what I did was buy a mains powered USB hub & attach a new, larger SSD. FFWD some more time & I switched that SSD out for a large HDD.

What I'm thinking of doing is totally starting from scratch but I'm wondering what order I should do it in.

What I'm thinking of doing is removing the low capacity SSD & replacing it with the large SSD. Having all the system files, apps etc on that & the HDD purely for movies for Plex, nothing else.

Should I....

1. Disconnect everything. Erase the Shield. Attach the large SSD, set up as part of the Shield's storage & THEN attach the HDD.

2. Disconnect everything. Erase the Shield. Attach the large SSD & the HDD at the exact same time to the USB hub ... and I guess hope the Shield uses the SSD as its own storage & configs the HDD as being able to be removed (and attached to a PC directly)?

I'm sure there's better ways of doing things.......like NASs, but I'm dealing with this SSD & this HDD for now so I hope while it may not be 'the way', the question at least makes sense?

Bought a new Shield TV Pro thinking it would be the best option for streaming Steam off my PC and also replacing my old apple TV. I returned it after having random Shield remote dropouts and freezing after trying to download apps on google play and then starting a seemingly endless loop of rebooting itself. It was fully updated. I figured it was a faulty unit that was repacked as the control came with batteries already installed but reading some threads in here makes me think these issues are just the situation with the unit now as its unsupported. I know its old tech but it still seems to have the best specs for streaming steam. Should I try and get my money back?

Hi, is there anyone who has successfully been able to install brave browser in nvidia Shield Pro?

Thanks in advance

I have 2 Nvidia Shield TV media players that have worked flawlessly for a few years...I went to our Bonus room yesterday and went to watch a movie and the Shield would not come on at all... I tried different AC plugs and still nothing... I actually took the power plug from my 2nd unit wich is working fine and the box does not come on... so I know the plug works, I know the remote works still getting lights and I tried a resync... still nothing..... I have tried it on 2 different TVS as well... No lights at all...

The is just DEAD....any ideas other than spend another $200 for a new one...Is there no one that works on these?

I'm in the Nashville area

I randomly got a full screen pop up asking me to opt into the GlanceAI agreement. It looked very suspicious and some quick lookups showed this as some invasive malware. I declined the opt in and then found and followed this (Method 1 , the others were dead ends). I've never seen anything so malicious in my life. Worst part, is if anyone else in the household came across the pop up it would have been a very accept and move on scenario.

https://support.google.com/androidtv/thread/440469619/how-to-get-rid-of-the-glance-ai-screensaver-from-android-tv?hl=en

copy/pasted all the info below in case source link breaks.

Method 1: Change the Screensaver App

1. Open Settings
2. Go to Device Preferences
3. Select Screen saver or Ambient mode
4. Choose another screensaver such as:
   • Backdrop
   • Colors
   • Clock
   • Google Photos
5. Exit settings and restart the TV

This often removes the Glance overlay completely.

Method 2: Disable the Glance App

1. Go to Settings
2. Open Apps
3. Select See all apps
4. Look for:
   • Glance
   • Glance AI
   • Glance for TV
   • AI Screensaver
5. Open it and choose:
   • Disable
   • or Uninstall updates
   • or Force stop

If “Disable” is greyed out:

1. Open Settings > Apps > Special app access
2. Check if Glance has permissions like:
   • Display over other apps
   • System settings access
3. Turn those off.

Method 3: Clear Glance Data

If the popup keeps returning:

1. Settings
2. Apps
3. Glance AI
4. Storage & cache
5. Clear storage
6. Clear cache
7. Restart TV

Method 4: Disable Auto Updates

Some TVs reinstall the screensaver through updates.

1. Open Google Play Store
2. Settings
3. Auto update apps
4. Select Don’t auto update apps

Method 5: Use ADB to Remove It (Advanced)

If Sony or a carrier bundled Glance as a system app, you can remove it through ADB from a computer without rooting the TV.

You would:

• Enable Developer Options
• Enable USB debugging
• Use ADB commands to uninstall the package for the current user

Typical package names may look like:

adb shell pm uninstall --user 0 com.glance.tv

But the exact package name must first be identified.

I am very new to the world of online streaming and knowing which devices are recommended for whichever service you desire.

I am looking to buy the Shield TV Pro 4k and allegedly, download an IPTV to get Sports, Movies & all the rest of it.

If theres any advanced users on here i would appreciate some pointers on if the Shield is suitable for IPTV and if so, which IPTV service do you use? Again, just for educational purposes.

Thanks in advance

I’m moving into a new apartment and planning on getting the sceptre tv without any built in ad riddled crap. How is the shield tv pro working out now? It’s almost 8 years old and I was wondering if it’s still worth $200 in 2026. I don’t want anything that’s full of ads I just want to be able to stream plex and Disney plus in 4k. I’d like to use my living room PCs but unfortunately most streaming services limit the resolution to 480/720 when streaming from a pc.

Hello,

I'm an owner of Shield TV Pro 2019 since 2020, last 1 year my Shield was hooked up to my LG OLED via Marantz Cinema 60 receiver using certified HDMI 2.1 48 Gbps cables and all was working fine. Couple of months back (after the 9.2.4 FW update) I've had an issue where Shield has stopped to show any picture - the screen was black. I played around with the connections, changed cables, HDMI inputs on the receiver and it seemed to me that the fault was in the cable. Last week I ran in the same issue, this time around it resolves after unplugging and re-plugging for 1-2 days, after that another black screen. I've tried to connect it to a 4k non HDR monitor, same story - sometimes it works as nothing has happened, another time no picture. I did factory reset, cleaning and re-pasting, nothing helped. Did anyone experience similar issue? Any other idea what could I try to fix the issue? Or is it just bad luck...

It seems that it is quite difficult to buy a new Shield in my country right now (Europe/Slovakia), so I went with Apple TV 4k 128 GB for the time being, managed to grab it for 180 Euros, before the price hike.

BTW, I also did RMA the "faulty" HDMI cable at my local store couple of weeks back (the one from the couple of months back) and they told me there was nothing wrong with it, but they replaced it anyway. It seems that it wasn't the cable after all.

EDIT: I decided to let ChatGpt rephrase my post to fit the theme of it.

2015 Shield owner here.

Eleven years ago nobody imagined this timeline would end up looking like... this.

For years this sub begged for a real Shield Gen 2—not the recycled 2017/2019 refreshes. Every time I said NVIDIA would never build a true successor, I got buried in downvotes.

Now it's June 28, 2026.

AI is vacuuming up silicon, memory, and engineering talent. Everyone keeps waiting for prices to "go back to normal."

Normal has been permanently discontinued.

Keep telling yourselves GPUs, RAM, SSDs, and phones will get cheap again. Hope is free. Hardware isn't.

Maybe I'm wrong. Maybe next year 16GB RAM is dirt cheap again.

Or maybe in five years you're paying premium prices for yesterday's hardware while renting your computer from the cloud because ownership became a luxury.

Either way, you'll remember posts like this.

Optimism is renewable. Inventory isn't.

Over and over I see posts saying Double-clicking home will let you force-close background apps. This does not force them; it only removes them from the last-used list.

you can either go to Settings - Apps - App name - and click "force close."

or install an App killer like the TDUK App killer in the play store or sideload the Background Apps & Process List and use it to kill them.

I use the Tduk app killer; it kills all background apps with one click. and it has a whitelist. I add Projectivy to the whitelist, as that is my default launcher

Many topics on this already, but I'm curious if there's any new knowledge on a SHIELD 2017 device that mysteriously started waking its self (and CEC-connected TV) again.

I've experienced this problem before, and last time disabled user apps from waking the device which seemed to work for awhile. Currently, the wake reason is the dreaded Android system (1000). The Samsung TV is not internet connected so couldn't have been a firmware update. I haven't updated the shield's firmware recently either. Possibly a system app update? I've unplugged the device several times, but after watching media in the evening, it will return to this pattern of waking its self up. I'd prefer to keep CEC power on enabled if possible.

Any theories or advice?

Bonjour à tous,

Je souhaite enregistrer avec Tivimate sur ma shield pro mais je souhaite savoir s'il faut laisser la shield allumée/éteinte et si il faut que Tivimate soit en route ou pas?

Merci de votre retour

I've been holding off buying a second Shield Pro for about a month now because I was waiting for a discount but apparently that isn't happening this year.

Not a huge deal but I wish I had just bought the thing a month ago haha.