Everything from the previous i12bretro Ouya images
Ouya Discover Store 2020 fix
Factory Reset Fix
Discover Store full games unlock
Root access
What's New
Updated RetroArch to v1.9.0
Installed Aptoide app store
Installed Dig Emulation Frontend
Semi-working Google Play store (Frequent crashes / apps can be installed, but some don't work due to missing Google services)
Things You Will Need
Prerequisites and Downloads
Extract the downloaded i12bretro_OUYA_image_v3.0.zip file
Copy the contents of the /Copy_to_USB folder to the root of the USB flash drive
Safely remove the flash drive and plug it into the USB hub connected to the Ouya
Plug in the USB keyboard to the USB hub connected to the Ouya
Installing Ouya USB Drivers
Right click Start > Command Prompt (Admin)
Paste the following commands to disable driving signing checks temporarily
bcdedit -set loadoptions DISABLE_INTEGRITY_CHECKS bcdedit -set TESTSIGNING ON shutdown /r
Your PC will reboot
Connect a USB cable from the micro USB port on the back of the Ouya to your PC
Make sure the Ouya is connected to a display via HDMI
Power on the Ouya
After a few seconds you should hear Windows chime that a new device has been detected
Right click Start > Device Manager
Expand Other Devices and you should see OUYA listed
Right click OUYA > Update Driver
Select Browse my computer for driver software
Click the Browse... button
Navigate to the extracted i12bretro_OUYA_image_v3.0\files\driver
Click OK
Make sure "Include subfolders" is checked, click Next
Windows should find the correct driver for the Ouya and install it
Navigate to the i12bretro_OUYA_image_v3.0 in windows explorer
Right click i12bretro_OUYA_image_v3.0.bat > Run as administrator
The script uses the Android Debug Bridge (ADB) to boot the Ouya into CyanogenMod recovery
When the command prompts to "-- Setup the fastboot driver", go back to Device Manager expand Android Device
Right click Android Bootloader Device > Update Driver
Select Browse my computer for driver software
Click the Browse... button
Navigate to the extracted i12bretro_OUYA_image_v3.0\files\driver
Click OK
Make sure "Include subfolders" is checked, click Next
Windows should find the correct driver for the Ouya and install it
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
With the OUYA in CyanogenMod Recovery:
Select wipe data/factory reset
Select Yes to confirm wiping all user data
From the main menu select advanced > wipe dalvik cache partition
Select Yes to confirm wiping the dalvik cache
Select Backup/Restore > Restore from USB disk
Navigate to and select the extracted i12bretro image from the USB disk clockworkmod\backup\i12bretro_v3.0
Select Yes to confirm restoring the backup
Wait several minutes for the various partitions of the image to be copied to the Ouya
From the main menu select install zip > choose zip from /storage/usbdisk
Arrow down and select RC-OUYA-1.2.1427-r1_ota.zip > Press Enter
Select Yes to confirm the install
From the main menu select mounts and storage > mount /system
While at the mounts and storage menu, make sure /data is mounted, the menu should say unmount /data. If it does not, mount it as well
Back on the PC Press Enter to continue with rooting the Ouya and fixing the Discover store
Copy each of the adb shell commands one at a time into the command prompt to gain root access
Once the process completes the Ouya will reboot
Completing Root Access
Once the Ouya boots, navigate to Make > Software
Launch Superuser > Select Install
Select Remember choice forever > Allow
Click OK
Exit Superuser and navigate back to Make > Software
Launch Xposed Installer
Select Framework > Check Don't show this again and Click OK to the popup > Click Install/Update > Click OK to reboot
After rebooting Discover Store games that used the Ouya purchase API will be unlocked
Setting Up Google Play
Navigate to Make > Software
Launch Mod Collection for Ouya
Arrow down to Install Play Store
Wait for the installation to complete
Back out to Make > Software and select Quick Boot
Select Reboot to complete the Google Play install
Once the Ouya is back up go to Make > Software > Google Play
Go through authenticated with Google and the Play Store will load (The Play Store is pretty unstable, but it does allow apps to be installed pretty simply when it plays nice)
Cleaning Up
After successfully flashing the image to your Ouya, do the following
Right click Start > Command Prompt (Admin)
Paste the following commands to re-enable driving signing checks
bcdedit -set loadoptions ENABLE_INTEGRITY_CHECKS bcdedit -set TESTSIGNING OFF shutdown /r