Spiffy Hacks - LeapTv

How to install YouTube App on LeapTV (has anybody compiled a version for it?)

Fri, 22 Jan 2021 18:06:50 +0000

Hello, I'm new here. Has anyone compiled a version of YouTube for LeapTV? If so, I may need the instructions for installation. Thank You.

How do you play YouTube videos on a LeapTV

Fri, 10 Apr 2020 00:21:16 +0000

How do I play YouTube videos on LeapTV?

Flashing LeapPad Ultimate (or LeapTV)

Fri, 16 Nov 2018 00:42:51 +0000

I have got my hands on a LeapPad Ultimate. Tried to do the usual routine with DFTP>surgeon>flash, but I cannot get surgeon to work.

I see that elinux mentions an alternate flashing procedure (using fuse updater) and googling shows that some of you were using that for flashing LeapTV. As Ultimate seems to have a similar architecture to LeapTV (the main chip is the same), could someone share the procedure for flashing firmware with fuse?

Unfortunately, the touch screen and the cart slot are not working well anymore (don't ask), so this might limit my options. Still I have a serial connection, if that is needed.

Backup roms

Sun, 28 Oct 2018 11:48:55 +0000

New to the forum and just bought a LeapTV for my 3 year old.

Does anyone have details on how to backup existing cartridges that I have already bought and how they can be played

Thanks

LeapTV Games

Fri, 01 Dec 2017 08:47:16 +0000

Hi

New to the forum and just bought a LeapTV for my 3 year old. I seen on another post that someone dumped some games to download. Does anyone have a link or can share any games to download?

Thanks

how to delete blank menu entries?

Sat, 17 Dec 2016 14:08:10 +0000

hi all,
i have deleted some 'apps' on the leaptv console via ftp (videos that are not working correctly and the app store app and trainer app) but i'm left with the icons (which are blank) on the menu....i tried removing them by editing the 'SharedPackageInfo.db' file but it has made it worse as it made all the icons blank and had to use putty to execute the meta.inf to bring back every app....and the deleted ones are still there and remain blank?

could anyone help please?
thanks.

trouble adding menu items to launcher

Wed, 14 Dec 2016 18:36:43 +0000

hi all,
i've ftp'd into my Sons leaptv and backed-up a game to my pc...i'd like to put the game into the leaptv as in xboxexperts guide...i can ftp it back into "/LF/Bulk/ProgramFiles" but having trouble running "lfpkg2 /LF/Bulk/ProgramFiles/*/meta.inf" from console....
ive installed putty and contected but when i type "lfpkg2 /LF/Bulk/ProgramFiles/*/meta.inf" it says not found... can anyone offer assistance please?
thanks.

how to add videos and what type?

Wed, 14 Dec 2016 15:51:26 +0000

hello all,
ive managed to ftp into my Sons leaptv...
i would like to know how to put videos onto it and what type of file do they need to be (avi etc)
if anyone could help i'd be most grateful

thanks in advance

Possible dev unit?

Wed, 18 May 2016 21:59:05 +0000

So, I have 3 of these now. Funny story, but that's for later. It also led me here, which is awesome! I purchased one of these about a week ago, plugged it in, hooked it up. After it powered up (seemed normal because I've never used one before) it had the message "Use Controller FPO" and appeared to already have user names. Called Leap, they asked me if it had any errors, and I told them that it seemed fine, I just can't sync the controller and the screen says "Use controller FPO". They informed me that I was following the proper procedure, and that the unit needed to be replaced. He seemed to know what the problem was right after I read it to him. Unknowingly, my wife also called toys"r"us after I called Leap, and that's why we now have 3. After the new unit came, the start-up is completely different, and the controllers sync now. Anyone else ever seen this? I've looked all over google and can't find any information. I'll get some pics and a video of the start up to post. I'm also curious if the hardware may be different. Probably gonna open it up and compare to the other unit or the pics I found in this forum. Board photos;

LeapTV apps/games download/sideload

Mon, 25 Apr 2016 20:45:57 +0000

Hi guys.. new here. And dont have a big budget for leaptv games.

Can we sideload the leaptv games? Is there a library available online to download games/apps for free?

Thanks

Just got Leap TV, anything special that needs done first?

Sun, 24 Jan 2016 03:20:02 +0000

Just bought this for my kid. I see that somebody is working on a home brew launcher that allows the backing up of games. (Very interested in that!). My wife and I bought about 5 or 6 games to go with it. Since our child is a little over 3 years old, having all the games in 1 spot (like Wii-flow) will be very nice! It's also too funny that inside the cartridges are just tiny micro SD cards.

Do firmware updates prevent all the cool home brew stuff from working or has Leapfrog abandoned this product? I think it came out about a year and a half ago so I don't know if any updates will kill the home brew app.

Thanks

(de)bricking NOR flash on a dead LeapTV

Mon, 18 Jan 2016 21:35:15 +0000

While attempting to get a more accessible u-boot setup, I entered a 'saveenv' command and reset the LeapTV. The system failed to boot after this.

Apparently U-Boot is misconfigured as it is in the LeapTV, as it saves its environment in NOR flash at 0x4000. There is binary code at that location, which prevents bootup when overwritten.

I used flashrom and a Raspberry Pi to reflash the NOR device by connecting to the test points surrounding U700 and powering the board up to ensure the IC has power.

Having a copy of /dev/mtd0 as a backup saved my day, and being able to read the NOR flash before writing it helped a lot as well. /dev/mtd0 only returns 504k, while the other 8k wasnt backed up by myself. Some binary slicing was done with my backup and the additional 8k of data, and rewritten to the NOR flash afterward. The LeapTV is alive again!

Code:
flashrom -p linux_spi:dev=/dev/spidev0.0 -r 2016010801.bin

dd if=2016010801.bin of=last8k.bin bs=516096 skip=1

cat mtd0 last8k.bin > rewrite.bin

flashrom -p linux_spi:dev=/dev/spidev0.0 -E

flashrom -p linux_spi:dev=/dev/spidev0.0 -w rewrite.bin

My website at http://pix.jbevren.net/e/LTV/leaptv-debrick has my original post including a picture of the setup for reflashing. It went without a hitch in spite of flashrom's notes about the NOR chip being untested.

building linux kernel and modules

Mon, 18 Jan 2016 08:35:58 +0000

So I wanted to rebuild linux kernel for leaptv to enable some extra kernel modules like
usb HID - for usb keyboards,mouse and gamepads
usb storage - flash sticks, card readers, hard disks, dvd roms
framebuffer console - to have shell console on screen with keyboard or just to see kernel output garbage on screen ;-)

the kernel source is inside the source code drop https://mega.nz/#%21pNoxUSjI%21SyAS6O_Um...ebFIv6lit4 as archive linux-3.4.5+svn-r1382-patched.tar.gz

The device has 3.4.24 version but luckily the archive name is misleading and it really contains this version. The device code name appears to be glasgow so I built it like this

Code:
cp arch/arm/configs/nxp4330_glasgow_defconfig .config

make ARCH=arm CROSS_COMPILE=/mnt/resource/leaptv/buildroot-2015.11.1/output/host/usr/bin/arm-linux-

So far so good the result builds fine.
Then I enabled usb hid, framebuffer console and usb storage via menuconfig

Code:
make ARCH=arm CROSS_COMPILE=/mnt/resource/leaptv/buildroot-2015.11.1/output/host/usr/bin/arm-linux- menuconfig

bu so far I have mixed results. The framebuffer modules build fine and can be 'insmod'-ed correctly but usb storage and hid are missing other modules which current kernel source does not build for me.

For usb storage I need scsi support, so even if I enable both as a modules it only builds scsi cdrom.ko module for me

scsi.JPG (Size: 95.74 KB / Downloads: 1182)
No scsi and scsi disk kernel modules get build. And when also enabling usb storage I see error when building it

Code:
 CHK     include/linux/version.h

  CHK     include/generated/utsrelease.h

make[1]: 'include/generated/mach-types.h' is up to date.

  CALL    scripts/checksyscalls.sh

  CC [M]  drivers/usb/storage/scsiglue.o

  CC [M]  drivers/usb/storage/protocol.o

  CC [M]  drivers/usb/storage/transport.o

  CC [M]  drivers/usb/storage/usb.o

  CC [M]  drivers/usb/storage/initializers.o

  CC [M]  drivers/usb/storage/sierra_ms.o

  CC [M]  drivers/usb/storage/option_ms.o

  CC [M]  drivers/usb/storage/usual-tables.o

  LD [M]  drivers/usb/storage/usb-storage.o

  Building modules, stage 2.

  MODPOST 8 modules

ERROR: "scsi_get_host_dev" [drivers/usb/storage/usb-storage.ko] undefined!

ERROR: "scsi_host_alloc" [drivers/usb/storage/usb-storage.ko] undefined!

ERROR: "scsi_normalize_sense" [drivers/usb/storage/usb-storage.ko] undefined!

ERROR: "scsi_add_host_with_dma" [drivers/usb/storage/usb-storage.ko] undefined!

ERROR: "scsi_cmd_get_serial" [drivers/usb/storage/usb-storage.ko] undefined!

ERROR: "scsi_eh_restore_cmnd" [drivers/usb/storage/usb-storage.ko] undefined!

ERROR: "scsi_is_host_device" [drivers/usb/storage/usb-storage.ko] undefined!

ERROR: "scsi_scan_host" [drivers/usb/storage/usb-storage.ko] undefined!

ERROR: "scsi_host_put" [drivers/usb/storage/usb-storage.ko] undefined!

ERROR: "scsi_eh_prep_cmnd" [drivers/usb/storage/usb-storage.ko] undefined!

ERROR: "scsi_sense_desc_find" [drivers/usb/storage/usb-storage.ko] undefined!

ERROR: "scsi_report_bus_reset" [drivers/usb/storage/usb-storage.ko] undefined!

ERROR: "scsi_remove_host" [drivers/usb/storage/usb-storage.ko] undefined!

ERROR: "scsi_report_device_reset" [drivers/usb/storage/usb-storage.ko] undefined!

/mnt/resource/leaptv/linux-3.4.5/scripts/Makefile.modpost:91: recipe for target '__modpost' failed

make[1]: *** [__modpost] Error 1

Makefile:1096: recipe for target 'modules' failed

make: *** [modules] Error 2

So it looks like for some reason the scsi code is not built and then it fails.

And similar for usb keyboard mouse, it does not build generic HID support. This time at least modules build fine but usbhid.ko cannot be inserted because it misses symbols from generic hid modules (hid.ko, hid_generic.ko) which do _not_ get built even if enabled in config as modules.

hid.JPG (Size: 73.14 KB / Downloads: 994)

I guess it can be related to usb gadget storage modules being enabled and conflicting with the host mode drivers in some way but this should work in general. Maybe leapfrog/nxp engineers broke something in the kernel dependencies when adding their drivers.

I'll continue with this and let you know when I get it working. If someone finds the reason why it does not build those (scsi, generic hid) modules then let me know too.

Bought a LeapTV today - can I rip the games off the carts to internal storage?

Thu, 14 Jan 2016 16:50:32 +0000

Hi guys, bought a LeapTV for my kid that's turning 4 tomorrow and I know he's going to be VERY excited about this thing. With that said I'm concerned about losing cartridges and I'd like to rip the images/roms/etc off the carts we just bought to the internal storage. Is there a simple way to do this with a shell command or the like?

I also see that they have digital downloads from their catalog, which we might do going forward, so I have to think there's a pretty straightforward way to store a game in there. Thanks!

opengl ES, Qt

Wed, 13 Jan 2016 09:43:29 +0000

So far I only saw pure SDL with software rendering homebrew (doom, duke3d)

Anyone tried to build Qt application? Possibly with OpenGL ES integration? Or pure framebuffer EGL/openGL ES? Or with SDL GL integration?

Looks like the device has MALI 3d chip and games are written in Qt 4 and use accelerated 3d via QT.

I started with enabling Qt and mesa3d in buildroot and will try to build some Qt based example (preferably with 3d) and test it on the device but if anyone already tried and has some results then don't hesitate to reply.

controller features?

Wed, 13 Jan 2016 09:29:02 +0000

Anyone already discovered how the controller motion works? is there some accelerometer or anything active in the controller that sends some motion events or it is only about passive light and camera detection of light movement? Are there some libraries on device to detect it and translate it to movement events?

Anyone tried to pair it with other devices?

Mame (Arcade Emulator) running on the LeapTV!

Wed, 06 Jan 2016 23:15:13 +0000

Cross compiled advance mame, and advance menu, did a few patches to make the controls work etc..

Seems to run quite well

If anyone wants to try this, you can download a copy from here:
http://www24.zippyshare.com/v/lKT231d6/file.html

You will also need to install my patched SDL libs here:
http://www64.zippyshare.com/v/zrBKgiNJ/file.html

You will need to activate FTP and Telnet. See Josh's tutorial here:
http://spiffyhacks.harmonypogo.com/thread-616.html

copy the libs to /lib folder and copy the THDS-0x00310035-000000 into /LF/Bulk/ProgramFiles.
(you may want to backup your original pointer training game first)

Alternatively install it to THDS-0x00310023-000000 which shows as the app store preview thing on my LFTV.

You will have to make sure that advmame's permissions are set to 755 (so it can execute). to do this, telnet into the box go to where advmame is, and type
chmod 755 advmame
or if you are using filezilla, right click on the advmame file, and select "File permissions" and type 755 in the box, press OK.

Feedback welcome

Mick

Duke Nukem 3D! on the leap TV

Mon, 04 Jan 2016 16:56:45 +0000

Hi,
I managed to cross compile Duke 3D and patch in the controls etc

If anyone wants to try this the files can be downloaded from here:
http://www52.zippyshare.com/v/OjIk9cIe/file.html

Note this will overwrite pointer training: THDS-0x00310035-000000 so back it up first if you want to keep it.

There are a few other files that need to be copied into the correct directories. I've set up the files in the zip into the correct structure.
So files in the zip in usr/share get copied to /usr/share on your leaptv.
files in etc get copied to /etc
and files in LF get copied to /LF

You will also need my patched SDL libs, which if you haven't installed already can be downloaded from here:
http://www64.zippyshare.com/v/zrBKgiNJ/file.html

These need to be installed in /lib or /usr/lib should work also.
On my system to save space in the root directory (as there's not much free), I created a folder called /LF/Bulk/lib and just created symlinks to them in the /lib folder.
Just ignore the above line unless you know what you are doing!

Mick

PondLewder Pre-Alpha RELEASE

Sat, 02 Jan 2016 00:17:32 +0000

Happy New Year Everyone!

I feel like this is at a point I can release and people test it.
PondLewder is a Homebrew/Backup Loader.

# INSTALL #
First follow the tutorial in the LeapTV section to get FTP access (Needs to be updated but should still work)
Copy both "LF" and "PondLewder" folders to the root directory of your LeapTV using your favourite FTP manager.

Assuming you haven't run any homebrew on your console before you will need to copy
ALL the libs from "libs (IF YOU NEED THEM)" to "/usr/lib"

* This will overwrite the "Pointer Training Games" *

# HOW TO USE #
After you have "installed" PondLewder restart your system.
Once your system has restarted you should see the "PondLewder" icon on the menu.
Simply run it like you would any other game.

Once PondLewder has loaded and scanned the entire system you will be presented with a basic menu showing all applications installed on your LeapTV.

Currently hidden system apps are shown, in future released these will be hidden with the ability to show or hide them.

Find the homebrew or game you wish to load and press A on it.

PondLewder will exit back to the main menu and where your game cart is normally shown, the Homebrew/Game will be shown there.

Simply launch it like you normally would and enjoy!

Any issue you have, I would love to hear your feedback.

# DOWNLOAD LINK #
v1.01-02-01-2016
http://www.mediafire.com/download/xyuz82...1-2016.zip
v1.02-10-01-2016
http://www.mediafire.com/download/7mcitb...1-2016.zip

# FEATURES IN NEXT VERSIONS #
Ability to backup game carts(priority) 90% DONE
Show disk usage(priority) 85% DONE
Configuration loaded from file( not hard coded) (priority) 20%
Repos(download homebrew directly to console) 0%
Custom themes 40% DONE
Cross-Console Launcher 40% (Works with LeapPad Ultra etc)
Game Icons will show if Camera is needed or optional or not needed at all. Will also show the amount of players that can play.

1.02 Changes

Started coding basic cart backing up. For now press B on the menu. It should say COPING... PLEASE WAIT! until finished. Then restart PondLewder
Backups are stored @ /LF/Bulk/PondLewderBackups/

Started coding disk volumes
Changed way menu is handled
Emulated Carts now unmount upon launching PondLewder
House keeping.

1.01 Inital Release

KNOWN ISSUES
Backed up carts have a "giant" icon within PondLewder. This will be fixed in later versions and does not effect game at all.
Emulated Carts don't show on LeapTV menu if you (insert or have inserted) then remove game cart.

Enjoy!

No more needing to blocking hosts

Fri, 01 Jan 2016 21:14:29 +0000

If you modify /etc/package-manager.conf and modify the line below it will ignore any changes you make to system and not remove your stuff.

RequiredPkgsFile="RequiredPackages2.xml"

This directs to a new package file and doesn't allow the system to see changes.