Android 7.1 for Ouya

2020 · operating-system · driver · recovery · Android · i12bretro

Main source for reference: i12bretro on YouTube | Github secondary source Copied instructions with some changes by me: Caution: Proceed at your own risk. This process has a higher chance of potentially bricking your Ouya console. This process uses a modified version of TWRP recovery that switches the cache and system partitions. Make absolutely sure that you follow the steps exactly and that Ouya boot menu gets installed as it can allow to get back into recovery should something go wrong Things You Will Need A USB flash drive, at least 4 GB of free space. A USB hub with external power (OUYA Does not provide any power during recovery menus, only when booted into an OS). A USB keyboard (NO BLUETOOTH). Prerequisites and Downloadsz: Download i12bretro_OUYA_Android7_commands.7z Download i12bretro_OUYA_Android7_image.7z Format the USB flash drive to FAT32 Extract the downloaded i12bretro_OUYA_Android7_image.7z file to the root of the USB flash drive Extract the downloaded i12bretro_OUYA_Android7_commands.7z Safely remove the flash drive and set aside for later Installing Ouya USB Drivers *Important, this is only for Windows Hosts. You also must use a system that predates secure boot. In my case it worked for Windows Vista. A better solution is using a Linux system like Ubuntu 24.04 where you can just install adb and fastboot using apt-get and ignore this part. 01. Right click Start ≫ Command Prompt (Admin) 02. Paste the following commands to disable driving signing checks temporarily bcdedit -set loadoptions DISABLE_INTEGRITY_CHECKS bcdedit -set TESTSIGNING ON shutdown /r 03. Your PC will reboot 04. Connect a USB cable from the micro USB port on the back of the Ouya to your PC 05. Connect the USB hub to the USB port on the Ouya ≫ Plug in the USB keyboard and prepared USB flash drive 06. Make sure the Ouya is connected to a display via HDMI 07. Power on the Ouya 08. After a few seconds you should hear Windows chime that a new device has been detected 09. Right click Start ≫ Device Manager 10. Expand Other Devices and you should see OUYA listed 11. Right click OUYA ≫ Update Driver 12. Select Browse my computer for driver software 13. Click the Browse... button 14. Navigate to the extracted i12bretro_OUYA_Android7_commands\files\driver 15. Click OK 16. Make sure "Include subfolders" is checked, click Next 17. Windows should find the correct driver for the Ouya and install it 18. Navigate to the i12bretro_OUYA_Android7_commands in windows explorer 19. Right click i12bretro_OUYA_Android7_commands.bat ≫ Run as administrator 20. The script uses the Android Debug Bridge (ADB) to boot the Ouya into TWRP recovery 21. When the command prompts to "-- Setup the fastboot driver", go back to Device Manager expand Android Device 22. Right click Android Bootloader Device ≫ Update Driver 23. Select Browse my computer for driver software 24. Click the Browse... button 25. Navigate to the extracted i12bretro_OUYA_Android7_commands\files\driver 26. Click OK 27. Make sure "Include subfolders" is checked, click Next 28. Windows should find the correct driver for the Ouya and install it 29. Press Enter at the command prompt once the driver is installed to continue booting the Ouya to TWRP recovery HIGHLY IMPORTANT: Within the i12bretro_OUYA_Android7_commands.7z there is a recovery-clockwork-6.0.4.8-ouya.img file. YOU MUST INSTALL THIS ON YOUR OUYA OR IT WILL BE BRICKED! if you did not run the i12bretro_OUYA_Android7_commands.bat early, like if your on a Linux system, follow these steps. cd into where recovery-clockwork-6.0.4.8-ouya.img is located. run "adb devices" run "adb reboot bootloader" run "fastboot devices" run "fastboot boot recovery-clockwork-6.0.4.8-ouya.img" On your ouya: Select backup and restore with USB Keyboard with its own source of power (such USB hub with own power supply) Follow the menus to backup the current device Restore i12bretro Android 7 Image via TWRP Recovery 01. With the OUYA in CWM Recovery: 02. From the main menu select Install zip ≫ Install zip from USB disk 03. Select UNOFFICIAL-twrp-3.2.3-0-SxC-ouya.zip 04. Select Yes to confirm installing recovery 05. From the main menu select Install zip ≫ Install zip from USB disk 06. Select ouyabootmenu-mql-v2.0.4.zip !!!This is critical!!! 07. Select Yes to confirm installing Ouya boot menu 08. From the main menu select Advanced ≫ Reboot recovery 09. The Ouya should reboot into TWRP recovery 10. Click Restore 11. Click Select Storage ≫ Select Storage 1 12. Click 2020-05-17--20-43-21_N9F27M_test-keys 13. Make sure System, Cache and Data are checked ≫ Using the mouse slide Swipe to Restore 14. Click the TWRP logo in the top left to return to the main menu 15. Click Install 16. If you are not already viewing Storage 1, Click Select Storage ≫ Select Storage 1 17. Select UNOFFICIAL-twrp-3.2.3-0-SxC0-ouya.zip 18. Click Add more Zips 19. Select ouyabootmenu-mlq-v2.0.4.zip 20. Click Add more Zips 21. Click ouya-keylayouts.zip 22. Using the mouse slide Swipe to confirm Fla