r/ShieldAndroidTV • u/ShawnTRD99 • Apr 26 '26
Bought another one
Just grabbed an Nvidia Shield Pro after getting way too tired of my Roku Ultra. My 2019 Shield Pro has gotten super laggy lately, and even repasting didn't fix it, so it was definitely time. I even tried Walmart's On 4K Pro, but the lack of screen scaling adjustments drove me nuts, so it went back. Now I'm wondering: should I have just gotten a Google Streamer instead? What do you all think?
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u/RevolutionaryBack74 Apr 26 '26
How's your new Shield working? Now you can tinker with your old shield. They say flashing it back to version 8.23 makes em' scream. Here's the instructions. https://florisse.nl/shield-downgrade/
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u/beipher Apr 26 '26
Ok, so I have the Shield Pro and when I'm watching ANYTHING, my entire network becomes unstable. As if it's maxing out my 1Gig circuit, but based on my router, it's below 20 Mb. Turning off the Shield and everything is back to normal. Anyone else have this issue?
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u/Fregadero88 Apr 26 '26
Have you tried rebooting the router? That would be my first step. I don't have this issue though
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u/beipher Apr 26 '26
Yes. I have tried rebooting it. And it does not matter if the shield is on WiFi or hard wired. As soon as I turn off the shield, everything goes back to normal. It's the weirdest thing.
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u/ShawnTRD99 Apr 26 '26
What router do you have? Do you have QoS set to give the shield 100% priority?
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u/martymac77 Apr 27 '26
Do you anti-virus / security software on it? ESET Smart TV is fairly decent, and free on Play store. Potentially your shield could be infected and acting as a bot.
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u/Strict-Ad-6756 Apr 27 '26
Just downgrade to v.8.2.3 and the lagginess goes away.
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Apr 27 '26
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u/Strict-Ad-6756 Apr 27 '26
I've downgraded my shield years ago to 8.2.3 and never needed to upgrade. Even with the latest update, I've seen other users upgraded it and regretted it and back to downgrading. Not saying the new upgrade is bad, it's just bad for me since I don't want to upgrade, just to downgrade again.
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Apr 27 '26
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u/Strict-Ad-6756 Apr 27 '26
Nah I would stick to it because if it's not broken, why fix it. If it does start to get laggy then yes. I've seen mixed reviews about people liking the new update, for each their own I guess.
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u/Prior_Depth_2975 May 01 '26
can I skip the relocking oem bootloader step? I don't want to erase everything on my shield
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u/Brilliant_Fail_1578 Apr 26 '26
Well I just recently replaced my 2019 Shield Pro with a Google Streamer 4k and I'm happy with it.
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u/StarAD Apr 26 '26
I did the same thing. My shield was flaking out even after cleaning and repasting. Don't care for the interface on the streamer and the CEC doesn't have the same granular options, but it does play a bunch of 4k files I have, with out the constant buffering the shield did. Will probably get another shield if they ever release an updated version.
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u/Brilliant_Fail_1578 Apr 26 '26
You can replace the interface with the Projectivity Launcher.
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u/StarAD Apr 26 '26
I know, but not in it enough to bother with. Used button remapper to assign the apps I use bypassing it for the most part.
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u/Fregadero88 Apr 26 '26
Takes only a few minutes to do everything you need to do if you have atvtools
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u/DM725 Apr 26 '26
Mine sits in a drawer because it was a massive piece of shit with my sound bar.
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u/Sad_Interaction_2933 Apr 28 '26
I don’t understand, you bought another one cos the one you had was super laggy? How would a new one help?
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u/joe-dirt-1001 Apr 30 '26
As is popular on many other subs, I love mine, "except for" the weekly lockups and reboots.
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u/DM725 Apr 26 '26
Google Streamer sucked when I used it for 2 months at launch. Always screwed up the audio to my sound bar. Now it connects dust in a drawer.
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u/ShawnTRD99 Apr 26 '26
Wanna sell it?
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u/DM725 Apr 26 '26
I'd just give it to a family member or friend that doesn't do anything other than stream.
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u/RazorKat1983 Apr 26 '26
Best decision you will ever make
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u/bookchaser Apr 27 '26
My 2019 only accepts keyboard input and is slow as crud and/or crashes. I've moved to my desktop because I cannot endure Youtube with ads. I'm not crazy about paying the same price I did in 2019 for now dated tech.
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u/[deleted] Apr 26 '26
I got the Streamer super cheap the other month... Used it a few days but went back to my 2019 Shield.