Hacking Can we port nvidia shield tv OS on Nintendo switch?

[Kubas_inko]

We might not be able to overclock the Tegra X1 SoC, but I'm pretty sure we will be able to remove Switch's underclock so its SoC can run at X1 maximum clock speed (which is equal to Shield TV's clock speed) at some point.

Switch is stock Tegra X1. Shield TV is overclocked.

 

[Selim873]

Search for Rainway. I think it's pretty much what you are asking here.

He means running the Shield TV's operating system on the Switch. Meaning Android. There'd be no point in having homebrew on the Switch OS itself when you could just dual boot using FG/ShofEL2. Plus, once it's working, you could literally go into the Play Store, buy Half Life 2 and Portal and have a great time.

 

[Fadi5555]

He means running the Shield TV's operating system on the Switch. Meaning Android. There'd be no point in having homebrew on the Switch OS itself when you could just dual boot using FG/ShofEL2. Plus, once it's working, you could literally go into the Play Store, buy Half Life 2 and Portal and have a great time.

You're absolutely right if it happens. I'll gonna buy resident evil 5 , tomb raider , metal gear solid 5 and much more.
It'll be amazing to play these on the go.

 

[Imancol]

This is what I have when unzipping Shield TV China.



The truth is not how to order all this, not even to run it in a Virtual System. Apparently they are specific files for flashing in FastBoot mode on Shield TV

 

[natinusala]

This is what I have when unzipping Shield TV China.

The truth is not how to order all this, not even to run it in a Virtual System. Apparently they are specific files for flashing in FastBoot mode on Shield TV

It's an Android fastboot image.

 

[Imancol]

It's an Android fastboot image.

What could we do to configure it for Switch?

 

[Kubas_inko]

What could we do to configure it for Switch?

Learn how to port android.

 

[natinusala]

Learn how to port android.

Exactly

 

[Dr.doom]

Exactly

There is way too many hardware mis matches it take for ever to get it to run .

 

[Imancol]

That's not the way to respond ... hopefully someone who already spa "port for Android", whatever that means, get to run it. It will be a pleasure to follow him

 

[Dr.doom]

https://androiddatahost.com/6nygm if you want Android running here's the best place to start building an image for switch to run .Think Linux when booting it have fun .

 

[DarkOrb]

Switch is stock Tegra X1. Shield TV is overclocked.

Wrong! An A57 core has a stock frequency of 1.9GhZ (the same frequency the Shield TV is using). Switch's A57 cores are downclocked to 1.02GhZ.

 

[Deleted member 388531]

If we can select which apps/emulators want to port them on switch:

In my opinion:
Dolphin
Ppsspp
Damon pro ps2.

What about you guys?

Damonps2 uses stolen code from both PPSSPP and pcsx2.
Also it's violating GPL license (breaking the law) and being sold by sketchy Chinese developers for $10.

 

[The Real Jdbye]

Hi there.
I just really wondering about getting nvidia shield tv os on switch. It'll be more reasonable to get it more than Linux.

Imagine guys you can run all apps and games like (resident evil 5, tomb raider, metal gear solid 5). And other games.
Of course besides emulators like (dolphin, ppsspp, damon ps2 pro, and retroarch most of all).

Actually nvidia shield tv is open source. See here:
https://developer.nvidia.com/shield-open-source

So it'll be great idea to have that amazing os on the go besides Nintendo switch os.

Please tells me your thoughts?
Thanks....

For sure. Linux is already working, that's a big step towards getting Android running since Android also makes use of the Linux kernel. Not all the features are working yet though, for example sound doesn't work IIRC.
If we can get everything working correctly on Linux without using closed source drivers, then that should translate across to Android since the drivers should be reasonably easy to build for Android with some modifications. That is, if appropriate Android drivers don't already exist for the hardware.
Android is rather different from GNU/Linux so it would be easiest to find existing drivers for Android that will work, but in some cases that might be difficult.
f0f seem the most interested in Linux, but I'm not sure if Android counts as that to them. It will no doubt happen eventually though, by their hands or someone else's. We might just have to wait for CFW to mature to attract more devs or to give the existing devs free time to work on something else.

 

[Centergaming]

...Not all the features are working yet though, for example sound doesn't work IIRC...

@gbazone claimed he got sound drivers working on Arch-Linux at https://gbatemp.net/threads/tutorial-how-to-dump-switch-nand-using-linux.502201/page-7

 

[natinusala]

It was over a week ago

 

[Fadi5555]

For sure. Linux is already working, that's a big step towards getting Android running since Android also makes use of the Linux kernel. Not all the features are working yet though, for example sound doesn't work IIRC.
If we can get everything working correctly on Linux without using closed source drivers, then that should translate across to Android since the drivers should be reasonably easy to build for Android with some modifications. That is, if appropriate Android drivers don't already exist for the hardware.
Android is rather different from GNU/Linux so it would be easiest to find existing drivers for Android that will work, but in some cases that might be difficult.
f0f seem the most interested in Linux, but I'm not sure if Android counts as that to them. It will no doubt happen eventually though, by their hands or someone else's. We might just have to wait for CFW to mature to attract more devs or to give the existing devs free time to work on something else.

You can't imagine how I liked your answer. And was enjoying reading. Thanks a lot for your answer and these information.
I really hope to get nvidia shield tv os running on switch.

 

[Imancol]

Reading some threads today, I found information regarding the RCM mode. http://http.download.nvidia.com/tegra-public-appnotes/tegra-boot-flow.html where a file called "BTC" is configured, probably the same one used in Atmosphere, and also Hekate. If someone of the scene still will not be doing it (Maybe in private), this could be implemented to boot Shield TV OS in Nintendo Switch configuring the BTC file, which contains data about the hardware configuration, including Overclocking

 

[Fadi5555]

I hope we can install nvidia shield tv on switch.

 

[jakkal]

I hope we can install nvidia shield tv on switch.

It's damn android
Not Nvidia os