I can't seem to install this firmware update. On the ouya the download gets to about 60% done and then stops. I've tried twice and it seems to stop in the same place each time. I am on a really old firmware, like 1.0.5 or something, so that may have something to do with it.
Is it possible to download the update to my pc then update the ouya with adb?
Ok this worked. I put RC-1.0.346.zip onto /sdcard. Originally I tried to push it to / but I got an error about a read-only system.
$ adb push RC-OUYA-1.0.346-r1_ota.zip /sdcard
Then I downloaded the OneClickRecovery tool and ran the InstallOuyaCWMRecovery.sh script, which worked fine. The ouya rebooted into recovery mode. I connected my keyboard with usb but it didn't work at first. I had to press sysrq+r sysrq+i and then somehow the keyboard worked. Before the sysrq's I did an adb shell and cat /dev/input/event1 and saw some data from the keyboard so I know it was working properly.
I'm just asking a question to ask not a suggestion or anything like but I've wondered how come ouya just doesn't use the patch system? Cyanogenmod doesn't either and I've been curious as to why? Seems like it would be easier to just do that as well as save some bandwidth.
@bobbyjohnson82 no problem asking at all. I don't know the answer really, but strongly suspect that it means we can build out updates in a way that suits us and our customers, whereas using a canned solution means you're stuck with whatever functionality that solution provides. Just guessing though.
Release management is a pain with patch systems. And if users go too long without updating, there's a diminishing return. Patches are akin to differential back-ups. Every update has to be relative to the update prior to it, and there needs to be a base frame.
For example... Have you ever went to Windows update, performed the update, only to discover it just unlocked a bunch of other updates to install? If you haven't been good about keeping your Windows up to date, you can end up going back to Windows update a half dozen times and 3 reboots later before it indicates you have nothing more to update.
That's because they use a patch system. Since Windows is monolithic, they really have no choice but to use this strategy, but the same challenges exist on smaller OS's like Android.
If there's an emergency and a rollback has to be applied in there somewhere, that has to be carefully managed as well. Also, customized components by end users can conflict with these differential patches and create problems. If the update fails due to a rogue component or some other system failure, it can be pretty catastrophic and difficult to recover from. Windows creates a restore point image at the start of each windows update transaction in anticipation of a graceful fall-back for most of those failure cases. If it can't recover and determine where it is in the patch cycle, then usually the only recourse to get things back on track is to go back to the last stable full frame (which would be some sort of back-up image.. I believe Windows tracks one of those automatically. Or in the worst case, a full re-install of the OS)
So.. if you can get away without patching, it's best to do that. Often times the only way to ensure stability is to wipe and re-establish the base image.
In OUYA's case, this probably annoys those who've rooted and customized the image because it clears all of the things they've applied. But then, if the update patched, and the patch conflicted with any of their installed custom components, it might brick the device to the point that would require a base image re-install/factory reset to get it back on track. I imagine that would probably annoy them even more. But not before they've wasted a lot of time trying to manually fix it and contacting OUYA support :)
@Piers or anyone else, any word yet on moving Ouya games to external hdd? I'm growing tired of not having enough space on the internal memory and wanting to buy more full games. I may soon give up on the Ouya because, after all, Ouya Team advertised that Ouya would have this ability right from the start and in fact, release date came and went and this ability is still not yet available. In my eyes Ouya Team falsely advertised this information. Please let me know. Thank you.
Hello support, i still have not bought the ouya but might hold off now because seems like some basic functionality is missing how can you honestly think that 8gb internal memory is enough space for the 400+ games available on OUYA LOL ?????
Ability to save to external HDD or even better to a network location such as a NAS would be fantastic and is needed in the rapid shortage of drive space.
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I'm growing tired of not having enough space on the internal memory and wanting to buy more full games. I may soon give up on the Ouya because, after all, Ouya Team advertised that Ouya would have this ability right from the start and in fact, release date came and went and this ability is still not yet available. In my eyes Ouya Team falsely advertised this information. Please let me know. Thank you.