It was the last time when we saw on how you can Root, hack and update Logitech’s Revue Google TV and now in the coming days we will be checking out on how to rip apart your SONY’s Google TV with a host of tips and rooting tutorials which will help you to hack in to runt the device on your terms. The best part of this is that this process which we will be looking is a total reversible process and there will be no damage happening to the device if you follow the procedure as mentioned in the article. Over a period of this article we will be checking out on what are the list of pre requisites you need to have before performing this step followed by which we will be checking out the detailed tutorial. We sincerely extends our thanks to GTV Hacker who has come out with this workaround.

Disclaimer: We should not be held responsible in any manner in whole or in parts if anything wrong happens to your device after following the instructions though it is very unlikely if you follow the instructions which are mentioned in this article carefully.

Pre Requisites:

The Sony NSZ-GS7 Digital Media Streamer provides your favorite streaming content from the web without the need for a cable subscription. As long as your television has the proper port, you can watch any streaming shows or movies that you would normally have access to over your wireless connection. Virtually brand new, excess to need. Sony NSZ-GS7: No iPlayer, Spotify or LoveFilm. If your (not unreasonable) expectation is that the NSZ-GS7 will have all the functionality of Sony’s other media streaming devices as well as a Google skin, you could end up a bit disappointed. As of right now there’s no iPlayer app, for example. LoveFilm and Spotify are missing, too, as is.

• Ensure that you are on the latest version of OTA Firmware of Honeycomb 3.2 firmware which you can find it out in the “Settings > About Google TV”.
• All the data in your Google TV like applications, data partition and personal settings will be erased. This should not be a big deal as you can anytime restore everything with the help of Internet.
• Be informed that the warranty will be void, so be prepared for the same. The only way with which you can reclaim the lost warranty is by applying the official firmware update again which we will try to come out with very soon.
• In the process, you will be needing 4 USB Drives of 512 MB each and an obvious Sony NSZ-GT1 (Eagle) or Sony 24″,32″,40″,46″ Google TV (Asura)

So, assuming that you have gone through all the above mentioned pre requisites, you are now ready to proceed with the detailed guide for both Windows, Mac as well as Linux users.

Pre Setup Instructions for Windows Users:

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• Before proceeding, label all the 4 USB drives as 1, 2, 3 and 4. After this, open the Command prompt in your computer by pressing “Win logo key + R key”, enter “cmd” to press enter.
• Navigate to the directory that the files in this archive are placed which you can do by following the tutorial.
• Now, rename the USB1-Asura.img or USB1-Eagle.img file depending on which device you have (Eagle = Blu-ray Player & Asura = Sony GoogleTV Panel) to USB1.img.
• Now, navigate to the tools/directory folder and then you need to plug the USB Drive 1 and enter the below mentioned command in the command prompt as shown below,

dd.exe –list

• Up next, you need to find the matching volume info from the inserted USB cdrive which you can find it out from the “My Computer” to the corresponding “. e: or say “e:” drive. The format of the list should have the same syntax as the following:

.Volume{046ee4df-3db8-11e1-836e-000c29b70b00}

link to ?DeviceHarddisk1DP(1)0-0+11

removable media

Mounted on .e:

Syntax: dd if=USB#.img of=<volumeinfofromabove> bs=4096

Eagle Example: dd if=./USB1.img of=.Volume{046ee4df-3db8-11e1-836e-000c29b70b00} bs=4096

Asura Example: dd if=./USB1.img of=.Volume{046ee4df-3db8-11e1-836e-000c29b70b00} bs=4096

• Once you have successfully completed the above command sets, you will get to see the below message as completion.

rawwrite dd for windows version 0.5.

Written by John Newbigin <jn@it.swin.edu.au>

This program is covered by the GPL. See copying.txt for details

10240+0 records in

10240+0 records out

The above commands needs to be repeated with the correct volume info (of=) and USB#.img (if) until you have 4 USBs flashed with the corresponding USB1.img USB2.img USB3.img and USB4.img.

So there you go, you have now successfully downgraded the rooting successfully.

Pre Setup Instructions for MAC Users:

• First up you need to connect your USB Stick and open the “Disk Utility” application. Open the command prompt and enter the below mentioned command.

Diskutil list

• Make a note of which disk corresponds to your USB Stick with the below mentioned command.

ex: dev/disk1

• Now, you need to view the “Disk Utility” application and select “/highlight” your thumb drive partition.
• Click on the “unmount” tab at the top of “Disk utility” tab.
• In the terminal window type the following command replacing the “/dev/disk1” with the disk name obtained from step 3 and the USB#.img with the location of the .img file you are going to flash:

Syntax: dd if=USB#.img of=/dev/disk1 bs=4096

Example: dd if=/Users/usernamehere/Desktop/USB1.img of=/dev/disk1 bs=4096

Now, you need to enter the command until you have created all the 4 USB Drives. The settlers 7 offline crack mac no survey.

Pre Setup Instructions for Linux Users:

• First up you need to label all the 4 thumb drives as 1, 2, 3 and 4 after which you need to open the Linux terminal and plug in the USB 1.
• Now, you need to go to the .img files which are stored and then rename to the USB1-Asura.img or USB1-Eagle.img file depending on the device you have Eagle = Blu-ray Player & Asura = Sony GoogleTV Panel) to USB1.img.
• Now, you need to find on which device is your USB thumbdrive by using the command “dmesg” and then look at the output “sdc/sdb/sdd/etc”
• Now, you need to verify that the the device is correct or not by matching the device name to the appropriate mount point in the following command:

“cat /proc/mounts”

• Now, up next you will have to have the correct device and use the below commands with the syntax for dd:

Syntax: dd if=USB#.img of=<volumeinfofromabove> bs=4096

Eagle Example: dd if=./USB1.img of=/dev/sdc bs=4096

Asura Example: dd if=./USB1.img of=/dev/sdc bs=4096

• Now, repeat the above processes and commands to all the 4 USB drives as in the corresponding USB1.img USB2.img USB3.img and USB4.img.

Now, let’s head to the next page where we will check out on what are the downgrade or rebooter process.

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Key Specifications. Review Price: £190.00.

External receiver for Google TV platform. HDMI throughput. USB multimedia playback. Android app download support.

Netflix, Youtube and Sony Music/Video Unlimited apps built inIntroductionConsidering it supposedly represents the future of AV, there isn’t much to Sony’s NSZ-GS7 Google TV box. Having finally – after a series of firmware update-related delays – got one perched on our test benches, we can’t help but be struck by just how small it is by AV standards; roughly the size of a standard paperback novel.It’s also light thanks to its extensive use of apparently inexpensive plastic, and while it’s certainly not ugly in its glossy black finish and textured top panel, it’s also hardly a design classic.ConnectionsMore clues to its cutting edge nature are found on its rear, with its connections. Alongside a pair of multimedia-savvy USBs you get two HDMIs, one in, and one out, so that the Google TV box’s services can ‘piggy back’ on top of the HDMI streams from another AV source – most likely a Sky box or Freeview/Freesat receiver. This facility for ‘overlaying’ the Google TV functionality over a normal TV feed is key to its idea of integrating internet and Android features with your normal telly viewing experience.After all, as well as making it more likely you’ll actually use the Google TV functionality, putting it on the same AV input as your external TV source potentially enables ‘enhanced’ TV viewing.

For instance, you could Tweet or get extra information about something you’re watching on TV without having to turn to a secondary device such as a tablet computer or smartphone.Tablet-replacing potentialGiven that recent research shows that around 45 per cent of tablet owners use these devices at the same time as they’re watching TV, it’s easy to see the potential appeal of Google TV’s ‘overlaying’ approach.And yet we still have our doubts before actually starting to use it about the commercial viability of Sony’s Google TV box. For starters, we can’t help but think that most people would rather not clutter their TV picture up with a Twitter feed box or Internet feed when they can use their separate personal smart devices to ‘multitask’, especially as other family members are likely to be watching the TV screen as well.TV competitionAnother concern is that Smart, online functionality is now already built in to a great many new TVs. So if you have or intend to get a Smart TV, is there any point adding the clutter of an external Google TV box? Especially when that box costs the best part of £200?Next there’s the simple argument of whether people really want open Internet functionality as potentially extensive and sophisticated as that offered by Google TV on their TV. Plenty of research has been done suggesting that a streamlined, ‘ring-fenced’ interface is deemed preferable by most TV users to an open approach.Of course, though, Sony and Google are both fully aware of all these arguments, and have been working hard to counter them.

So it becomes clear the moment you start to use the Android-based (it uses a version of the Honeycomb OS that’s been optimised for HD TVs) Google TV device that lots of time and effort has been ploughed into making the latest Google TV service a much more intuitive and useful addition to your TV life than a basic web browser. Particularly noteworthy are the large, colourful icon-driven interfaces, and a startling two-sided remote control.Easy to set upWe’ll talk much more about this remote presently, but first we should stress that the Google TV box isn’t difficult to set up considering how much it’s got going on, thanks to an initial guide that holds your hand through all the potential pitfalls. The process is quite time consuming, though, especially if you need to set up a Google Mail account.The only area that felt a bit clunky was the set up of the IR extender that ships with the Google TV box. In particular, we struggled to track down our Sky HD box on the long list of receiver options until we twigged that you have to search for it under BSkyB rather than SkyRemote controlIt’s also worth adding here that we opted not to make the Google TV remote capable of operating our TV and AV receiver, even though the option for this is there. Because frankly using the remote just for doing all the Google TV stuff is complicated enough without adding the demands of two further products to it.The remote is, as noted before, two sided, with a touchpad and a relatively small selection of buttons on one side, and a full backlit QWERTY keyboard on the other.

This keyboard is reasonably responsive, and features robust, tactile rubberised buttons.The remote also carries volume and channel up/down rocker switches on one of its edges, plus a mute button. Surprisingly, one thing it doesn’t have is a mic so that you could issue the system with voice commands. This feature is being saved for the upcoming NSZ-GP9 step-up Google TV box, which also features a Blu-ray player.Touchpad issuesThe touchpad side of the remote is nicely balanced and easy to hold, with the touchpad being sensibly sized and positioned for easy thumb use, so you don’t need to use both hands at once. However, the touchpad doesn’t feel like it responds particularly accurately to your finger movements, and so can become quite frustrating if you’re trying to get the cursor over a very small onscreen selection.The keyboard side is quite intimidating, at least initially, thanks to the sheer number of buttons it carries and the way that many of the buttons have more than one use.

Even after a couple of days of solid use we still often found ourselves staring blankly at the keyboard trying to remember what key(s) we needed to press to achieve a desired effect.Overall Sony/Google probably deserves praise for the effort they’ve put into designing a radical remote to go with the Google TV box. But it nonetheless often feels like a ‘blockage’ between you and the Google TV service.Onscreen interfaceThe onscreen interface is more effective. Pressing the Home button on the remote darkens the TV picture (a bit too much for our liking), and calls up a row of icons along the bottom of the screen providing shortcuts to the full set of Android Apps installed on the box; a TV option then simply removes the overlaid menu; YouTube; the Google Play Store; the Google Chrome browser; and Sony’s own ‘Entertainment world’, comprising the brand’s Video and Music unlimited subscription services.One immediate aggravation we had with this menu was that you can’t change which icons appear on it.

So you can’t for instance, replace the Sony Entertainment World icon for Netflix if that’s your video streaming service of choice.Bug alertWe also uncovered a major bug, whereby simply pressing ‘back’ from one of the online content menus to return to the home page caused the TV to stop showing the TV picture, eventually resulting in an error message. This – and another bug that regularly prevented the box shutting down properly – is exactly the sort of thing that Google TV simply cannot allow to happen if it wants to convince people that it’s a no-hassle addition to a normal TV experience.Heading into the All Apps section to see what’s pre-loaded onto the box, there’s surprisingly little of any real substance there. The only things worth mentioning are Netflix, Twitter, and Sony’s TrackID system for identifying songs playing on the TV. Just as well, then, that the box has 8GB of built in memory for accommodating extra apps obtained through the Google Play Store.What no catch-up services?Having got used to Smart TVs offering ‘apps’ for catch-up TV services like Demand 5 and, of course, the BBC, as well as access to, it’s very disappointing to find such services not immediately available on Sony’s Google TV box.

Instead you have to access them on the open internet using the Google Chrome browser – a situation which quickly proves to be far from ideal.For starters, you frequently come across text on web pages that’s painfully small. There is a magnify button on the remote, and you can swipe your fingers out on the touchpad to magnify pages too.