Ouya
The Ouya was a kick-starter backed Android device with a gaming focus and a digital storefront. With the storefront no longer officially hosted however, the system fails to boot up for new users to create profiles or play games.
Getting your Ouya Back Online
A community-run archive server has been hosted to allow new accounts, and an Ouya can be easily modified to connect to this community service to restore full functionality using the following steps (on a Windows computer).
- Connect your Ouya as normal, to a screen and to power.
- Run a MicroUSB cable from the back of the Ouya to your computer, and power it on.
- Make sure you have the Android Debug Bridge (ADB) downloaded from Android's official website and extract the file somewhere to your computer.
- From the extracted ADB folder (the one which contains adb.exe) hold down the Shift key and right-click to bring up a menu, and select "Open PowerShell window here".
- Copy and paste the following code into PowerShell:
Set-ExecutionPolicy Bypass -Scope Process -Force;[System.Net.ServicePointManager]::SecurityProtocol = [System.Net.ServicePointManager]::SecurityProtocol -bor 3072; iex ((New-Object System.Net.WebClient).DownloadString('https://statics.ouya.world/ConnectYA.ps1')) - Once it's run, you'll have a set of options to choose from. Make sure you choose "Use Community Server". It's also recommended to root your device and unlock purchases to make games available.
In the event that Ouya.world is down and the script in the code cannot be executed because the URL in the download string can't be accessed, of if you're uncomfortable executing a script off a 3rd party website, a backup of ConnectYA.ps1 can be found on the Internet Archive. Simply download it to your ADB folder and change everything after iex to C:\[the filepath to your ADB folder]\ConnectYA.ps1.
When setting up new accounts on the storefront, you only need a username and can skip password creation.