How To Install New Honeycomb Update On Your Logitech Revue (Video)

August 2, 2011

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Looking forward to the new highly anticipated Honeycomb update for your Logitech Revue? We can't blame you with the overall flop the device has been since its release. Let's not forget that the company had to drop the price down to a mere $100 dollars for the unit in hopes that you'll now buy one.

That being said, you might appreciate your device a little more if you could manually push the new Google update to it, wouldn't you? Well, you're in luck. The awesome dudes over at GTVhacker have put a little video tutorial for you on how to install the update with ease.

And as always, remember that TA is not responsible for any damages you may incur on the your unit. Do this at your own risk. This is not the official Google TV 2.0 update. The only other caveat we can give you is that this update will most likely wipe the Netflix application from your device as it is not in the new build. So, if you're bent on using that, don't udpate. However, if you do brick the device, remember, they're only $99 bucks now.

As long as you're cool with that we've supplied the step by step instructions below courtesy of our friends over at Android and me. Hit the break to give it a go and good luck. If you happen to install the update without an issue, feel free to drop us a line or two in the comments below. Check out the couple of video tutorials from Channel Android. The videos are different so be sure to watch them both before you proceed.

Instructions:

Download the update file from here.
Copy the update.zip to a Fat32 formatted USB drive, place it in its root (ie /mnt/usb/update.zip or E:\update.zip).
Plug USB drive into Revue.
Fully unplug Revue.
Plug it back in, count to one. (A long one. Say, “One Mississippi”).
Hold down the connect button and keep it held. The Revue logo will come up, and the box will reboot. Your TV will lose signal and come back to the Revue logo. Let go of the button.
The GTV logo will then show up, with an arrow and a horizontal “barbershop scroll.” On your Revue’s keyboard, press the FN key (in yellow) and the left arrow (to the left of the OK button). It will then display a recovery menu.
Hit “Apply update from sdcard:/update.zip”
The box will verify the update and reboot. This is normal. It is installing an updated bootloader and recovery image (both heavily encrypted).
The box will come back on and flash the latest kernel and system files. Once this is done, the box will reboot again.
This bootup may take a few minutes. At first you will see the Revue logo, then the Google TV logo, then the “new” logo (a grey TV over a ball glowing red). Just wait it out.
Begin setup as normal. You may notice some crashes; this software is still in beta. Just force close and continue.

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Joe was born in New Jersey and spent most of his childhood moving around from state to state. He eventually made his way to Pennsylvania where he met his Portuguese beauty and made her his wife. He now has three great kids and full access to all of the Portuguese food he can eat. Joe's love for mobile technology began when he bought his first Palm Pilot, a Palm M130 and left it on top of his car, driving off, causing it to smash into a thousand pieces. Forced to buy a new device, he quickly discovered that specs were changing so rapidly he was buying a new device every six months just to keep up. Since then, he has constantly felt the need to have the latest and greatest. When the "smartphone" revolution began and integrating cell phones and PDA's was the norm, he quickly jumped to Windows Mobile for several years until the first Android device was launched, the T-Mobile G1. Joe began appreciating all of the free utilities Google provided and sold his soul (his precious data) to Google long before they got into the mobile OS business. So, there was no hesitation at all for him to jump on board and ride the Android train as an early adopter. And boy has it been a blast. Joe now works in the Engineering & Operations dept for a major mobile carrier where he remotely troubleshoots cell sites and loves being an Editor for TalkAndroid.