Posted: October 19th, 2011 | Author:resno | Filed under:Uncategorized | Comments Off on Updating to future USB updates from HC “User-Debug” leak
Below is a method to flash the old “un-neutered” HC recovery onto the new userdebug build. This will allow you to update by USB to the official HC build that Google will hopefully release in the coming weeks. The method below requires that you have installed adb from the android sdk. Please make sure to enter the commands below after entering the directory that the recovery.img was extracted to (or to change the “adb push recovery.img /tmp/recovery.img” command to “adb push /path/to/recovery.img /tmp/recovery.img”).
Warning: Using any recovery other than a properly signed recovery will brick your box, only use the recovery supplied. You also may to ensure you have a good network connection to your revue before continuing.
Recovery:
http://www.multiupload.com/BLFDQYH354
Note: recovery.img(sha1) = 14c31dc6db2d8f9ec15f94f2f929dbb68142d16c
Step 1.) Get IP Address of Revue (settings->network->status).
Step 2.) Enable adbd (settings->applications->development), then check “Remote Debugging”.
Step 3.) Add the IP Address of the computer you are connecting from (“Debugger Ip Address in settings->applications->development).
Step 4.) Connect to adb from computer using the following (Replacing with your ip) adb command:
adb connect
Step 5.) Restart adbd as root by executing the following:
adb root
Step 6.) Reconnect to adbd on the revue using:
adb connect
Step 7.) Paste each line of the following (one at a time).
adb push recovery.img /tmp/recovery.img
adb shell flash_image recovery /tmp/recovery.img
Successfully running the last line should output something similar to the following:
Greetings to our friendly overlords at Logitech? It turns out our work here hasn’t gone entirely unnoticed by the corporate androids; we recently found something very well hidden and quite unexpected in the recovery binary on the Logitech Revue. Namely, we’ve stumbled upon our own names, along with this interesting message:
“@gtvhackers pbatenghyngvbaf vs lbhe ernqvat guvf cyrnfr cbfg n abgr ba lbhe sbehz gb yrg zr xabj ;)”
When decoded from rot13, the message reads:
@gtvhackers congratulations if your[sic] reading this please post a note on your forum to let me know 😉
After a little poking around in recovery, [mbm] managed to grab the screenshot to the left showing the easter egg in context. We’re quite amused to be immortalized in such fashion, and we’re curious to see what other easter eggs will show up.
Plus at the time of this posting you will also receive free shipping!
Even though, the recent Honeycomb update to the Revue has been slow and much anticipated we remain hopeful that its right around the bend. In the meantime, if you have a virgin box you can Root it, or Install HC3.1 leaked.
If you buy a few extras, we are always looking boxes to work on/with.
Posted: August 31st, 2011 | Author:resno | Filed under: Uncategorized | Tags:GTVHacker | Comments Off on GTVHacker Needs You!
We’ve recently sent out the call in request for you all to send us your devices for us to work on. W
e h
ave Revues, but some of you have other devices. Its expensive for us to get our hands on all devices in order to figure out how pop them open. So, we are looking to you!
As you all may know we do not currently take cash donations but any hardware donations you make save the team money and guarantee (unlike cash) that your donation will be used to help further all future GTV hacking. Tdweng and pcgeil listed a few things already that we need but we are also looking for
Software donations of:
The Intel CE 31xx/41xx SDK
Any documentation regarding the CE 31xx/41xx processors.
Hardware donations of:
“Fishtank” development units (if they aren’t required to be sent back)
Any of the CE 31xx/41xx development units from Tatung.com or Videon-Central.com
If the donation is a software donation please email me at zenofex at gtvhacker.com and we can work out a way for you to get us the software. If you have a hardware donation please contact us and we can arrange to have the item shipped to one of the members (In most cases we can provide compensation for shipping charges).
Thanks,
Zenofex
Tdweng says
Guys/Gals the gtvhacker team is looking for broken or reduced GTV both the Logitech (Revue) and Sony, but mainly the Sony so we can work with and help get those the Sony boxes rooted, among other things.
If you are willing to help us out please either message one of the core team members, join us in irc on channel #gtvhacker, or just leave a comment below.
We appreciate however you can help!
We’ll even create a listing for those who helps us out in the future!
Posted: August 26th, 2011 | Author:resno | Filed under:Uncategorized | Comments Off on New Devices for UK
Reports are, there are some new devices on the horizon for our friends across the lake. (The Atlantic Lake). Reports arent saying much yet, but GoogleTv isnt going anywhere!
This is BETA, it is not meant to be widely used and has bugs. If that’s something you don’t care about and would like to risk it anyway, install the update. Also, If you want to help Logitech and Google out buy another Revue ( preferably from logitech.com ), at $99 its worth every penny.
If you want to help, mirror this file in as many places as possible. I’m sure it’ll be taken down quickly
Posted: July 25th, 2011 | Author:resno | Filed under: Uncategorized | Tags:forum, GTVHacker, newest addition | Comments Off on Welcome our newest addition
So, we’ve opened up the forum. There are still some hiccups and a few more things to setup. However, its up and running.
We are still working out how the layout and some things are going to be. So, yea, get to it. Visit our forum now! Its a little barren of course, but in time, itll feel just like home.
For many moons now, GTHacker has been quietly looking for the next way into those little GoogleTV boxes and also furthering what progress has already been completed. As we progress forward, we have been considering adding a forum to our little family of sites, (wiki, and blog)
Apparently, some people have been looking for a forum to call home. In some cases, adding GoogleTv sections to other sites. Is this something we must add?
Leave me your thoughts and comments below. We’d love to know what yall think.