Flashing the OUYA with i12bretro Image v2.0 🌱

What's Included

Things You Will Need

Prerequisites and Downloads

  1. Download i12bretro_OUYA_commands.zip Download
  2. Download i12bretro_OUYA_image_v2.0.zip Download
  3. Format the USB flash drive to FAT32
    1. Right Click Start > File Explorer
    2. Right Click the USB flash drive > Format...
    3. Select FAT32 from the File System dropdown
    4. Make sure Quick Format is checked
    5. Click Start
  1. Extract the downloaded i12bretro_OUYA_image_v2.0.zip file to the root of the USB flash drive
  2. Extract the downloaded i12bretro_OUYA_commands.zip
  3. Safely remove the flash drive and set aside for later

Installing Ouya USB Drivers

  1. Right click Start > Command Prompt (Admin)
  2. Paste the following commands to disable driving signing checks temporarily
    bcdedit -set loadoptions DISABLE_INTEGRITY_CHECKS
    bcdedit -set TESTSIGNING ON
    shutdown /r
  3. Your PC will reboot
  4. Connect a USB cable from the micro USB port on the back of the Ouya to your PC
  5. Make sure the Ouya is connected to a display via HDMI
  6. Power on the Ouya
  7. After a few seconds you should hear Windows chime that a new device has been detected
  8. Right click Start > Device Manager
  9. Expand Other Devices and you should see OUYA listed
  10. Right click OUYA > Update Driver
  11. Select Browse my computer for driver software
  12. Click the Browse... button
  13. Navigate to the extracted i12bretro_OUYA_commands\files\driver
  14. Click OK
  15. Make sure "Include subfolders" is checked, click Next
  16. Windows should find the correct driver for the Ouya and install it
  17. Navigate to the i12bretro_OUYA_commands in windows explorer
  18. Right click i12bretro_OUYA_commands.bat > Run as administrator
  19. The script uses the Android Debug Bridge (ADB) to boot the Ouya into CyanogenMod recovery
  20. When the command prompts to "-- Setup the fastboot driver", go back to Device Manager expand Android Device
  21. Right click Android Bootloader Device > Update Driver
  22. Select Browse my computer for driver software
  23. Click the Browse... button
  24. Navigate to the extracted i12bretro_OUYA_commands\files\driver
  25. Click OK
  26. Make sure "Include subfolders" is checked, click Next
  27. Windows should find the correct driver for the Ouya and install it
  28. Press Enter at the command prompt once the driver is installed to continue booting the Ouya to CyanogenMod recovery

Restore i12bretro Image via CyanogenMod Recovery

  1. With the OUYA in CyanogenMod Recovery:
  2. Select Backup/Restore > Restore from USB disk
  3. Navigate to and select the extracted i12bretro image from the USB disk clockworkmod\backup\i12bretro_v2.0
  4. Select Yes to confirm restoring the backup
  5. Wait several minutes for the various partitions of the image to be copied to the Ouya
  6. From the main menu select wipe cache partition
  7. Select Yes to confirm wiping the cache
  8. From the main menu select advanced > wipe dalvik cache partition
  9. Select Yes to confirm wiping the dalvik cache
  10. From the main menu select reboot device
  11. Select No at the flash recovery fix prompt

Unlocking Full Discover Store Games

  1. Once the Ouya boots, navigate to Make > Software
  2. Launch Xposed Installer
  3. Select Framework > Check Don't show this again and Click OK to the popup > Click Install/Update > Click OK to reboot
  4. After rebooting Discover Store games that used the Ouya purchase API will be unlocked

Cleaning Up

  1. After successfully flashing the image to your Ouya, do the following
  2. Right click Start > Command Prompt (Admin)
  3. Paste the following commands to re-enable driving signing checks
    bcdedit -set loadoptions ENABLE_INTEGRITY_CHECKS
    bcdedit -set TESTSIGNING OFF
    shutdown /r
  4. Your PC will reboot

Special thanks to https://www.s-config.com/cyanogen-mod-and-the-ouya/ and Christian Weiske https://ouya.cweiske.de for helping to keep the Ouya alive