Spiffy Hacks - InnoTV

firmware update

Thu, 04 Nov 2021 19:21:12 +0000

Hi,

I have a inno tv which after a reset will not allow me to create profiles, its asking for a firmware update, i have downloaded the fw from the UK site, however it keeps failing.

I have tried formatting the sd card to fat and fat32

It is version 68 of the firmware, any ideas why its keep failing to update?

Thanks!

How do you play YouTube videos on a InnoTV?

Fri, 10 Apr 2020 00:22:31 +0000

How do you play YouTube videos on a InnoTV?

installer sur storio tv

Wed, 01 Apr 2020 13:49:45 +0000

bonjour j'aimerais savoir si il est possible d'ajouter sur une storio tv des jeux Gratuit

Ma Fille vous remercie D'avance

Bricked innotv

Mon, 04 Nov 2019 23:20:09 +0000

Hi, after downloading and install the latest over the air update I got an install error and it said to try again later, then powered off.
Now it won't power on.
After reading these post it seams there is an internal SD card. Would anyone be able to provide an image I could write the the internal SD card to get it going again?
I purchased it used and was going to do a factory reset after the update so there is no data to be lost.

Simple game for the Inno TV

Thu, 12 Jan 2017 09:50:19 +0000

This is a version of my BLT example app, from the SuperPlay library, that will work on the Inno TV. The input keys have been remapped to the Inno TV controller. The orange button is fire, the green button is pause, and the red button will exit when paused.

I have included some windows ADB bat files to install/uninstall and run the game.

Here's an example of the game play.
http://superplay.info/BLT/

Flash

Thu, 10 Nov 2016 13:37:04 +0000

Hi,

Thanks for your great job.

I have already use tuto for flash Inno Storio Baby without problem

Now I try flash Inno TV but I don't understand how make.

Maybe you can try help me on forum or skype (best for me)

My skype : live:entertainmentnetwork_2

I speak EN or FR.

Thanks for your help.

innotv flash ?

Tue, 23 Aug 2016 15:22:22 +0000

hi

they have any method to flash this machine for launch game in iso ?

thank you

InnoTV Play and Learn Cart Internals - Fake Cartridge

Sun, 03 Apr 2016 22:47:38 +0000

The InnoTV Play and Learn cartridge is just a marketing ploy.
The content is actually already installed on the device, and is just activated by the software sensing a short circuit between two pins.
This is the same as the read play create cartridge for the innotab 2.

Mick

KODI running on the InnoTV

Mon, 28 Mar 2016 17:08:06 +0000

Hi all,
after gaining adb access to the device (see other thread), I tried installing KODI.
Had to do a couple of minor adjustments due to the controller not having a working "back" key, and some flickering when playing back video at the top and bottom of the screen.

I managed to resolve both problems by firstly editing the keyboard.xml file which lives in
/data/data/org.xbmc.kodi/cache/apk/assets/system/keymaps/keyboard.xml

and adding the following lines at around line 50 in the file:
Back
Back

The above sets the red and green buttons to act as a "back" key. I did try the "exit" key but for some reason KODI wasn't recognising the key when pressed and was showing an error in the adb logcat.

The flickering issue seemed to be solved by un-ticking the
system..video..acceleration..Mediacodec(surface) checkbox.

To start kodi I had to issue the following command from an adb shell prompt via the pc.
root@android:/ # am start -n org.xbmc.kodi/.Splash
Starting: Intent { cmp=org.xbmc.kodi/.Splash }

It's possible to add it to the launcher apps via the database, I just haven't bothered as yet.

Video below.

Mick

Enabling ADB on the InnoTV

Mon, 28 Mar 2016 10:30:13 +0000

*** Warning ***
Please note that this is at your own risk, and you could potentially damage the unit or end up with a brick of a device.
Although you shouldn't if you backup everything like I suggest in the instructions below

What you will need:
preferably a linux machine, virtual machine, or such.
A micro sd reader or sd reader with micro sd adapter.
A screwdriver to disassemble the innoTV.

Disassemble the innotv (remove 4 bungs at the left hand side with a pushpin or needle) then remove the 4 screws.
Remove the opposite side of the innotv with a long screwdriver through the 4 holes.
You should be able to unclip the two halves, and access the internal micro SD (may need to bend the pcb down slightly as the metal piece catches on the white plastic part). The metal piece also has "open" and "close" arrows printed on it.

Next I'd recommend you backup the sd card, just in case you screw anything up.
On your linux machine, insert the sd into the usb reader (mine showed up as /dev/sdb) and do:
cd ~/Desktop
sudo dd if=/dev/sdb of=innoTVsdBackup.bin

From here, I dropped this file into a hex editor and found the partition table, which looks like this:
mtdparts=rk29xxnand:0x00002000@0x00002000(misc),0x00006000@0x00004000(kernel),
0x00006000@0x0000a000(boot),0x00010000@0x00010000(recovery),
0x00020000@0x00020000(backup),0x00040000@0x00040000(cache),
0x00002000@0x00080000(kpanic),0x00004000@0x00082000(app),
0x00300000@0x00086000(system),0x00140000@0x00386000(system2),
0x00100000@0x004c6000(data),-@0x005c6000(userdata)
The above is SIZE @ Address, BUT you have to add 0x2000 onto it, as this is how much the bootloader takes up.
So the system partition starts at 0x00088000 (after we add 0x2000) and is 0x00300000 bytes long.

So now we know the position and size we can dump it.
We need to convert the 0x88000 and 0x300000 to decimal (I found out later that linux dd doesn't like hex).
0x88000 = 557056
0x300000 = 3145728

cd ~/Desktop
sudo dd if=/dev/sdb of=innotvsystem.img skip=557056 count=3145728

When this has finished, we can mount the dumped image, and edit the files we want to change.

cd ~/Desktop
mkdir /tmp/system
sudo mount -o loop -t ext4 innotvsystem.img /tmp/system
cd /tmp/system
sudo gedit build.prop

Find the following lines and change
persist.sys.usb.config=mtp

to (and add the debuggable line underneath it like below)

persist.sys.usb.config=mtp,adb
persist.service.debuggable=1

next change the line below from

persist.service.adb.enable=0
to
persist.service.adb.enable=1

save the file and close gedit.

delete the backup file gedit automatically made with:
sudo rm build.prop~

cd ~/Desktop
sudo umount /tmp/system

write back to the SD:
***** IMPORTANT!!!! Do not do this (the mistake I made dd, doesn't support hex) *******

sudo dd if=./Desktop/innotvsystem.img bs=512 obs=512 seek=0x88000 of=/dev/sdb

The above will actually seek to 0 times 88000 which = 0, and overwrites the bootloader!
(Good job I made a backup)

***************************************************************************************

You actually have to use decimal and not hex for seek, so 0x88000 = 557056 so the correct command would be:

sudo dd if=innotvsystem.img bs=512 obs=512 seek=557056 of=/dev/sdb

When completed it should say something like:
3145728+0 records in
3145728+0 records out
1610612736 bytes (1.6 GB) copied, 558.687 s, 2.9 MB/s

Re-Insert the SD card, power up the InnoTV and hopefully if everything was done correctly you should be able to connect with adb to your device.

C:\Users\mick\AppData\Local\Android\sdk\platform-tools>adb shell
root@android:/ # ls
acct
bcm4329_cybertan.hcd
bcm4329_samsung.hcd
bcm4329_usi.hcd
cache
charger
config
....

Mick

InnoTV Internal PCB Picture

Wed, 02 Mar 2016 12:27:48 +0000

Picture of the internal PCB in the InnoTV.

It uses the same chip as the Innotab Max, and has the same internal SD arrangement.

Full res image here : http://i.imgur.com/zhPS3Q5.jpg
Mick