What is the exact filename / path of the update you are using? Also, is the flash drive FAT formatted?

Do you have the box set to auto-shutdown after 30 minutes? It might be a bug in the auto-shutdown, that is set to well, shut down after 30 minutes of inactivity. Of course watching something isn't inactivity, but it might be picekd up wrong. Also - can you provide an adb logcat after it happens? Tha...

Well, to start - at least the Gen 1 Sony box would only pass thru when it was on. However, you can try going into the Settings -> Unit Settings menu, there is a HDMI input mode, it's suggested to change this to the other setting if you have having issues with the HDMI input. Not sure if this will fi...

Boot into recovery mode, and try doing a factory reset perhaps? Instructions are on the wiki here:

http://gtvhacker.com/index.php/Sony_NSZ ... treamer%29

Thanks for sniffing it out! I've also noticed it going out on my box the other day. Update is a bit interesting, the "scrambled.prop" in / to start, furthermore all of the files do appear "scrambled", with the exception of ota.prop / scrambled.prop / anitrollback.prop / system/bu...

RawisTheGameHhH wrote:maybe some how we can get it to talk to the DirecTV receivers like it integrates with Dish?

Dish boxes "talk back". So you would need to hack the DirecTV receiver too, and that gets "interesting" to say the least. Needless to say, it's not advised!

Custom recovery is a nope, at least for now. Namely, the recovery kernel, recovery ramdisk, and system kernel, are all encrypted/signed. The bootloader refuses to boot a non-encrypted image. There is yet no way around the encryption/signing thing. If there was, we could do a little bit more (custom ...

No, the latest Sony Update blocks root, as posted on the blog here:

http://blog.gtvhacker.com/2012/rumor-ne ... v-exploit/

It should not. I don't have a 3D TV to test, but it should work without issue.

The base system is still Android 3.2.

The downgrade only downgraded the recovery to an older, exploitable version. The running system remains at 3.2!