When the OUYA servers were still alive, I documented the OUYA store API, and many people downloaded ~100 GiB of game data, images and .apk files, which were finally uploaded into the internet archive.
Then @Szeraax and I spent many weeks combining the scraped API data into 1260 game files and each built server software that emulate the discover store. The last part was cracking the DRM, so that you can play the previously purchased games again on your OUYA.
Sadly, you canât purchase games with money. You can, however, make games think they are purchased, as noted already by Cweiske in the cracking DRM post.
If you want to support these developers who made the games that are new freely available, youâll need to purchase the developersâ games on other platforms (itch.io, steam, etc.).
hi guys, first of all I would like to thank you for the hard work you have done to bring this little console back to life, I recently bought an ouya on ebay but I canât go beyond the network choice page, I updated the firmware to the latest version through adb and I set the forward of the dns âdevsâ and âstatusâ on the address 83.169.45.222 because I think I understood it replaced the old address, I also copied the config file in the root but I am stuck with the message "please check your internet connection "both in wifi and lan, can someone help me understand the problem?
Hi did all the setting able to bypass the update page but on login when putting any username and password
Getting error message connection to https://dev.ouya.tv is refused
please help
Thanks
You should use the Domain Name -> IPv4 Address field, not the Origin Domain -> New Domain domain override. Clear out your existing entries for domain override and use the Domain Name IPv4 host override instead.
Your /etc/hosts file looks to have some bad data in it, its possible that it is getting totally ignored at this point.
Thanks for sharing and I especially thank you guys for all the work you put in bringing the Ouya back to life in a way.
My ouya recently ran into the network screen issue again when I accidentally clicked on the âAccountâ button under âManageâ options. Wish I could disable that button.
When I retried the same instructions it didnât solve the issue but fortunately the instructions at: http://ouya.cweiske.de/#hosts worked!
If Iâm correct the only main difference between the two methods is the config file, which uses Cweiskeâs server instead of âhttp://client.ouya.worldâ
I still used â83.169.45.222 devs.ouya.tvstatus.ouya.tvâ
I donât seem to have the same number of games in the discover section but thatâs fine with me. I can always side load from the archive site.
Hello!
Can anybody help me please?
I am struggling two days now to bypass the âChoose a Networkâ page on my Ouya (I bought it hard resetted) with no luck at allâŚ
I followed this guide:
Modify /system/etc/hosts on the OUYA
This method will surely work, but takes the most steps. You need to have the âAndroid Debug Bridgeâ (adb) command line tool installed on your PC. Have a look at Cyanogen Mod CM11 and the Ouya, it has installation instructions for adb on windows.
On your PC, run adb shell
Type su to become the root user
Make the system partition writable: mount -o rw,remount -t ext4 /dev/block/platform/sdhci-tegra.3/by-name/APP
Open the hosts file: vi /system/etc/hosts
Press the âdown arrowâ key until your are at the end
Press i to get into âinsert modeâ
paste/write that line: 83.169.45.222 devs.ouya.tv status.ouya.tv
Press return to add a final newline
Press escape
Type :wq (commmand, write, quit)
Press return to exit the vi editor
The connectivity check should work now without rebooting.
with one difference⌠It wouldnât accept the vi command, so as a workaround, I tried adb pull /system/etc/hosts C:\hosts to see what was in the hosts file (only the localhost 127.0.0.1 were there), then I removed it and created a new one executing:
echo â127.0.0.1 localhostâ >> hosts
echo â83.169.45.222 devs.ouya.tvstatus.ouya.tvâ >> hosts
After this I checked it with PULL again and it seems to be fine, as it should.
Unfortunately nothing changed on my Ouya. I tried rebooting it, adding the hosts to my DNS Settings on the router but nothing changed, I am still stuch on the choose a network screen.
I really need help!
I set the Ouya up and configured it using the fantastic guide on here on Monday evening- everything worked I couldnât believe what you guys have been able to achieve!
So 24 hours later I settle down to download the rest of my old catalogue of games ,only to find the store server could now not be reached.
So I waited an hour and retried only to find now I had been locked out at the network setup screen.
So I have been messing about for the past 24h with various host settings to no avail.
Can I flush out all of my host settings and start afresh ?
I have factory reset but all the various addresses are still in my host folder-or perhaps there is another fix you can suggest.
Just so bazaar that the lost the working server within a day .
Youâre absolutely right! Had an error on my end, nothing should be needed for you to get it working again now that Iâve fixed it. Working for you now too?
