Is the Nvidia Shield unrooted?

davo2001

Asked this in the Nvidia Shield thread but never got an answer.

Is the Nvidia Shield unrooted when it's purchased? I specifically need it to be so it can run the Sky-Go application on it.

davo2001

Or failing this can someone point me in the direction of an Android box that is unrooted and run the Sky Go app.

Del2005

You root a box or if you buy from a dodgy site you might get a rooted box. If you buy from a legitimate store it won't be rooted, unless its advertised as being rooted.

The high horse brigade

davo2001 wrote: »

Asked this in the Nvidia Shield thread but never got an answer.

Is the Nvidia Shield unrooted when it's purchased? I specifically need it to be so it can run the Sky-Go application on it.

It's not rooted

Not sure if you can sideload the sky Go app or if it will run though. I don't have sky

chrislad

The high horse brigade wrote: »

It's not rooted

Not sure if you can sideload the sky Go app or if it will run though. I don't have sky

Sky Go does, or used to, check for a device being rooted. If it is, it won't allow playback.

donspeekinglesh

Sky Go does't allow it's video feed out over a HDMI connection, so it won't work on the Shield

gerrybbadd

& Now TV doesn't work when sideloaded either