LeapTV Host File Information/Recommendation

[Joshtech]

Hey guys,

You're LeapTV on boot and every now and then communicate with leapfrogs servers.

Your leaptv uploads logs, profile, what you have installed etc, etc.

Now this can be annoying because any modifications that you make to your device will be reverted.

To prevent this you can change your HOST file, your HOST file basically overrides your DNS allowing you to redirect domains to any desired ip.

This file is located @ /etc/hosts and can be opened with any text editor. I use notepad++

There are several urls that leaptv uses:

Code:

Package Management:
https://services.leapfrog.com/upca/package_management

Device Management:
https://services.leapfrog.com/upca/device_management

Device Log Upload:
http://devicelog.leapfrog.com/upca/device_log_upload

Device Profile Content:
http://services.leapfrog.com/upca/device_content_management

Rewards Store:
http://rewards.leapfrog.com/device/data/leaptv/en_us/games.xml

LF Connectivity Check:
https://services.leapfrog.com/rest/v1/setup

Now the urls you need to block are, Package Management, Device Log Upload(Just don't like uploading logs ok lol),  Device Profile Content.

To do this open your host file and you will see something like this

127.0.0.1 localhost
127.0.1.1 LF-4A1030000001100BC165
# end LF-4A1030000001100BC165

what you want to do is redirect those urls to 127.0.0.1 (localhost/your device) so it looks like this

127.0.0.1 localhost
127.0.0.1  devicelog.leapfrog.com
127.0.0.1  services.leapfrog.com
127.0.0.1  services.leapfrog.com
127.0.1.1 LF-4A1030000001100BC165
# end LF-4A1030000001100BC165

You can undo these changes at any time by simply removing the entries, but I would suggest to just back up your host file and restore it if necessary.

Once these changes are in place keep in mind that you won't be able to download any new purchased games.