so you just got yourself the brand-new
Nvdia Shield Pro like me or maybe
you've gone of the previous generation
and video shields and you're wondering
what's the best way to sideload
applications onto your new device well
there are a couple of different ways of
doing this guys so in this video today
let me go through some of those options
some of them are a bit more complex than
others but at the end of it you have
multiple ways of getting apks directly
onto your device so with all of that
being said let's jump right into it so
the first thing we can do to get onto
our Nvidia shield is to download them
directly onto your computer and then
copy them over to a USB stick now as we
know the Nvidia shield does come with
two full size USB 3 ports so you can
simply plug in a USB stick which I'll do
now but here is a 32 gig USB 3 memory
stick
let me now plug that into my USB 3 hub
which is obviously plugged into my
Nvidia shield let's plug that in ok so
here we can see that Nvidia shield has
actually detected my USB Drive but for
us to actually manipulate the files or
access the files on there I like to use
a different application and the
application I'd like to use to
manipulate files is an application
called
Explorer which you can get from the
normal Play Store I'll just installed it
now it's this one here so let's open
that up and here we can see the internal
storage of the shield and next time we
can see the Kingston your speed drive so
I can now open that up and I can now
access the two apks are placed on there
before one is an FTP server apk and one
is puffin TV so this is actually an
older version of puffin TV which you can
get from my downloads page on my website
and this particular version you can
actually download apk so let me click on
that let's go and give that permissions
let's go to settings and here we're
basically saying through the explore
applications we have the ability to
install other applications so let's give
that permission now let's press back on
the remote let's click on the apk again
and we can now click on install so it's
really a combination of two tips we can
use a USB Drive loaded with apks to
install applications and one of those ap
caid's can actually be an older version
of puffin TV and with this particular
version if we go over to our downloads
page tech doctor UK comm cat let's click
on the first one
we can now go straight to my downloads
page this just to show you that with
this particular version of puffin TV you
can actually download apks without any
problem let's try this one here this is
actually the version that you want to
download onto USB stick if you want to
follow this step here so for test
answers click on that just want to make
sure that this version is still working
and let's click on download now we can
see we get allow Commission start
downloading so no errors so that's the
first method of side loading
applications onto your new Nvidia shield
which is just use a simple USB Drive on
your computer
copy across some apks you can then plug
that directly into your shield and
install the applications from there
including of course an older version of
puffin TV which doesn't have any
restrictions on downloading apks the
next method of silencing applications
onto your new Nvidia shield is to use an
FTP server and an FTP client now if the
people I don't know FTP stands for File
Transfer Protocol and as a name implies
it's a protocol used to transfer files
from servers to clients and vice-versa
so what's going to happen here is your
Nvidia shield is going to act as a
server then you on your computer or
maybe even a cell phone on the same
Wi-Fi network can use an FTP client to
transfer files from your computer or
cell phone directly onto your Nvidia
shield and also vice versa the FTP
server I'm going to recommend is
actually called FTP server by a company
called the olive tree this is also
available on my downloads page under the
Nvidia shield section download the
application get it onto your Nvidia
shield I divide the USB method or from
the older version of puffin TV now when
you install application you'll see you
won't see on the home screen and even if
you're trying to add it as a shortcut
you can see there's no FTP server here
now for applications I don't appear in
your home screen or in the application
list here we need to use another
application called the sideload launcher
this would like to access all of your
third-party or your side loaded
applications and this is available on
the standard Google Play Store so
install the cited launcher let's open
that up and this will then show you all
of the third-party application you have
installed on your device and we can see
one we're looking for is called FTP
service so let's click on that now when
you start this application you can see
it's currently red which means the FTP
server is not running now before we
start here we need to double check the
configuration so let's click on settings
on the top right ok so the first thing
you want to do is confirm which network
interface you
using so in my case I'm using my shield
over Wi-Fi if you are doing over
Ethernet you need to select that so when
you click on it you can select Ethan if
you are doing over Ethernet and in my
case I'm going to leave it as Wi-Fi
let's click on that now typically the
default pool for FTP is actually 21 but
when we click here we can see they've
set up to triple to one so when you can
make sure we remember that because we
need to enter that into our FTP client
let's press back on that now by default
is a sheet set to anonymous login but
let's click on that and we can now
specify a username and password so for a
test I'm just gonna do my username as TD
UK that's me so let's just type that in
for the username and for the password
let's do let's do TD UK one two three
okay let's click on next now we can
select the home directory this is
basically the directory that will be
listed once you do make a successful
connection so let's click on that and
make sure you SEC you the SD card so
although it says SD card accession
internal storage this would be your
external cardiac style devices but make
sure your score SD card selected let's
click on that and that's it guys we're
pretty much ready to go
the rest of the options you can leave as
default let's back out of that and we're
now ready to start our FTP server so
let's make sure the power button is
highlighted let's click on that okay so
we can see that the FTP server is now
started but we can see it's nicely
updated the username and password so
they'll be interesting to see if this
actually works when you jump over to my
computer okay so we got the FTP server
running properly on our Nvidia shield
all we need to do now is find an FTP
client we can use to interface with our
FTP server as previously mentioned you
can find one for your computer one for
your cell phone wherever you can find an
FTP client you should be able to access
your Nvidia shield over FTP now on the
computer the one I recommend is actually
called FileZilla FTP client and like
always all of the Downloads mentioned on
this video will be in a special section
on my downloads page for NVIDIA shield
and also me boxes so go to my website
click on downloads
scroll near the bottom now we can see
here we've got dedicated section for
Nvidia shield and also me box and I will
be adding more and more stuff to this so
do regularly check for latest
applications latest tools latest tweaks
and other good stuff ok so here is the
FTP client let's click on that let's
download that and we can now install
that onto our Windows computer ok once
you've installed it let's open that up
and this way you'll see
now is create a new connection profile
to our Nvidia shield so to do that let's
click on this button over here and let's
click on new site so just call this
shield pro in color wherever you like
now the key thing we need to do is make
sure over here where it says the host we
entering the correct IP address of our
Nvidia shield and in my case it was
192.168.0.1 60 once you've done that you
want to change encryption to basic or
plain FTP now where it says logon I've
actually checked the only user names and
passwords it accepts is Francis so let's
enter those in so Francis and Francis
and for the port as we mentioned it
should be troubled to one okay once
we've done that let's now click on
connect and there we are guys we now
have full access to all of the internal
storage on our shield so we can navigate
and browse into these folders we can see
what stuff we got in here and of course
just like any other Windows Explorer
application we can now just drag and
drop content so for example in downloads
we can see up with the Puffin TV browser
which i previously downloaded let's say
now I want to send another apk into this
folder what would I need to do is just
drag the apk into that everything one
second that's now done and one of the
key things I did actually find in terms
of performance
I found FTP to be the fastest method of
transferring files out of all of the
different methods are tried in the video
today so I looking to transfer
especially large files then I'll
definitely give the FTP process ago hey
let's jump back on my shield okay so we
did have to use the username password as
listed here but maybe that might be the
limitation of the free application but
let's see if they actually work let's
back out of this so we saw we used the
FTP application to transfer simple apk
into my downloads folder let's go down
to downloads and there we are guys we've
now transferred that apk directly from a
computer over FTP onto Nvidia shield and
of course you want to install I can use
click on that and click on install so
that's basically the second way of start
loading applications onto your new and
video shield now the third method of
downloading or side loading applications
onto Nvidia shield is to actually use
your cellphone and an application called
Sita's plane now this is available free
on the Play Store but again I will
actually have a shortcut to this on my
downloads page now when you start the
application this
you'll see this will basically do a scan
of your network and show you all of the
devices that are currently available and
we know it mine videos showed the IP
address ends in 160 so if I click on
that now this should now remotely make a
connection through the Wi-Fi on to the
Nvidia shield and we can see we get the
message it's now connected so okay so
for example now if I click on my apps we
need to enter in this verification code
just to confirm that this device with
this remote device is large rumor
control our and video short so let's now
enter in that code so be e F click on OK
I get the message that's now paired
successfully that's nice if I can
control this with my phone and they were
here guys we are now controlling our
Nvidia shield with our smart phone and
really guys that's only the tip of the
iceberg because this application really
is like a Swiss Army knife of
applications because there really is so
much you can do with it but just in the
interest of time let's focus on gang
applications from our phone onto the
Nvidia shield so now to do that we need
to install the TV version of Sita's
plates let's go to the Play Store and
let's search for C Cetus play let's
click on open and let's give Sita's play
the permission to install applications
as well so let's click on that
let's press back on the remote click on
the hamburger menu go to play on TV and
here you can see your files option at
the bottom let's click on that now click
on apk and this will basically show you
the apk xeric on your device already so
if there's a particular apk on to Center
your Nvidia shield download that onto
your phone first you'll then see in the
list so for example if I want to send
across remote adb shell click on send
and there we are guys we have now been
the application from our phone onto the
Nvidia shield so that's the third method
we can follow to solid applications onto
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thank you now the last method I'm going
to show you is to utilize
sambhar
allows Windows and UNIX computers to
basically share file and print services
and the protocol used is SMB now the
great thing with the shoulders you don't
need to install any third party or any
other application to utilize Samba is
actually built into the system itself so
we go to settings device preferences go
to storage and we can see here we have
the option to transfer files over local
network so let's enable that now and
let's now turn on that option they
should now give us the IP address of our
shield which we can see here ends in 160
and it's also given us username and
password now unfortunately the shield
only supports samba v1 which is actually
an insecure protocol which is why on
most Windows computers it's disabled by
default so let's enable the samba v1
first then I'll show you exactly how you
can access all of the shield storage
from your computer without using any
third-party software
ok so for us to access the shield over
the network from a computer we need to
have their IP address and their username
and password now that previously
mentioned about SMB v1 being disabled
the way we can quickly check and verify
that is if you still right click on the
stop bar turn and go to run and type in
two backslashes and shield you should be
able to access the shield with this name
if this doesn't work if you get a
message saying it cannot find anything
with this name you could then use the IP
address paralysis due to back slashes
ahran shield s click on ok and this is
essentially saying that my computer
cannot make a connection to the shield
because unfortunately the shield is
expecting the old insecure SMB one
protocol which as previously mentioned
is disabled on most current or modern
Windows platforms so how do we fix that
or we can click on OK and the change we
need to make is basically enable the SMB
v1 protocol on our Windows computer and
quickly we can do it there is if you
just go to the add/remove programs and a
quick shortcut for that is just typing
in app whiz dot Cpl so as a double p wi
z dot CPL let's start that up and click
on turn Windows Features on or off and
if you scroll down the list and what
we're looking for is SMB 1.0 support or
file-sharing supports if you click on
that so just make sure that's selected
and click on OK this will now enable
this components and then will ask you to
restart the PC so let me do that now
let's click on restart let's open up
Alex
now if you click on network you may
actually see the shield in the list here
as something has been discovered on the
network in my case I can actually see it
so what I need to do is go to the top
here and again we can type in the two
backslashes and let's enter in the
network name of our shield which is just
shield and this time we can see we don't
get any errors regarding SMB v1 we get
actually prompted for credentials so I
can now entering the credentials that we
saw on the shield before the UK in the
center in that strange password it was
full of tweak here and there you have a
guys it's not only can I see the
internal storage of my shield from the
network and we see all the folders in
here I can also see my USB Drive ok so
let's say for example I want to transfer
some apks into my internal storage and
let's go into the Downloads folder I can
now from my computer just drag a cross
in let's delete this one here first just
to prove that we can actually delete
files are in there as well
don't read this yes so we've now deleted
a fault on our shield from our computer
and similarly I could not just drag in
apks and they get transferred straight
to it like that so this is also great
method because you can actually have
this as a map drive on your computer so
whenever you want to transfer any files
or even updating falls on your shield
you can do the literacy by drag-and-drop
and the way we can quickly do that is we
go back into the home button and click
on easy access you can see you get the
option to map a drive so this is give it
lets us select the s4 shield
she's here and a path for that we know
it's just two backslashes the name
shield icon browse you didn't choose the
internal storage under the internal one
click on ok click on finish and entering
the same credentials that we saw on the
shield screen before let's click on ok
and there we have it guys we now have a
brand new S Drive on our computer which
is going to be always mapped which will
give us direct access to our Nvidia
shield so we can easily drag and drop
and many play any of the files on there
well that's all for this video guys many
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