Gen3 README
Overview
First you run one of the scripts in homebrew scripts
1. detailed instructions below
2. confirm palace is in homebrew mode
Copy the files to the root of a usb device (thumbdrive should be FAT32, EXT3 will work only if permissions are set correctly, NTFS will NOT work)
Files Needed are
1. 2.02.32-WDLXTV_Gen3-0.1.5.bin
2. runsit.sh
3. wdtvlivegen3.bin.mpm
4. wdtvlivegen3.bin.mpm.sha1.sum
SAFELY remove the usb device
Attach the usb with the bootstrap files & firmware files to the Gen3 Device
Power cycle the Gen3 Device
Go into setup -> about and verify the version says 2.02.32-WDLXTV_Gen3-0.1.5 or something similarly tagged
Detailed Instructions
On Linux:
requirements: curl
to execute: ./linux-homebrew.sh
Follow instructions of menu
You can hardcode the IP if you edit the script
On Windoze:
to execute:
Step 1) edit device-ip.txt and enter in the file ONLY your media players IP address
Step 2) win-homebrew-upload.bat
Step 3) win-homebrew-brewme.bat
Step 4) win-homebrew-status.bat
If everything works you'll see nice message, if you see a lot of HTML the theme upload failed
for whatever reason - probably wrong IP address
SO, if you see a lot of HTML edit device-ip.txt and make sure the ONLY thing the
file contains is your WDTV's IP address.
To return to stock (assumes steps 1&2 above already done):
Step 1) Run win-homebrew-stockify.bat
Upgrade Instructions
Step 1) use stockify command
Step 2) reboot to stock
Step 3) Safely Eject thumbdrive from WD
Step 4) Connect thumbdrive to PC
Step 5) Copy ALL new files to thumbdrive
Step 6) Follow install instructions to boot updated firmware
