![]() ![]() If you’re familiar with XBMC or Boxee you know that the original version of Boxee was a fork of XBMC (which is why Boxee violated the GPL), but stripped down with fewer features and functions. Luckily the demand was still there, and a fork of Boxee+Hacks was created and is still being actively developed and enhanced. The original developer of the Boxee+Hacks repository probably gave up on the Boxee Box and therefore has not made any updates in about 10 months or more (last update was Feb 2013). The original method and updates to the Boxee Box was called Boxee+, later it was renamed to Boxee+Hacks (assuming trademark issues). The new, and still actively developed fork, website, and forums is: The original Boxee+Hacks Repository, website, and forums was: The easiest and most feasable way to root the Boxee Box is using the software method which I will describe below. ![]() How to root the D-Link Boxee BoxĪt DEFCON20 GTVHacker demonstrated two ways to get root on the Boxee Box, a software method that runs a shell script every boot, and a hardware modification that requires the user to cut two traces and solder wires to a UART adapter. Well luckily someone found an exploit and was able to gain root, which has now enabled us to be able to root the Boxee Box, and install XBMC. Not to mention the fact that Boxee and D-Link violated the GPL and would not provide root access to the device even though they were using Open Source code from XBMC. What few updates were released had problems they refused to fix, and eventually they ended up just dropping all support for the Boxee Box to focus on their newer release with the Boxee Cloud as those customers are now left high and dry after Samsung purchased Boxee Box and basically gave the middle finger to existing customers. I originally purchased the Boxee Box because I was using, and liked, the Boxee fork of XBMC…unfortunately the support from Boxee was horrible, and they basically in my opinion didn’t care about their customers. After the device reboots back to the menu, you can now use the device.If you happened to be one of the ones (like me) who jumped on board with purchasing the first generation Boxee Box manufactured by D-Link, you probably ended up being just as disapointed as I was. Give it some time to install the software. After leaving that section of the menu, the Boxee Box will begin installing (you will see the logo on the Boxee Box turn red). Under “Enable Windows file sharing”, enter On the Boxee Box, go to Settings -> Network -> Servers and check “Enable Windows file sharing”. After the files are finished transferring, unplug the flash drive and bring it over to the Boxee Box. After formatting the drive, unzip all of the contents from the file we downloaded from the boxeehack github page and move all of its contents to the flash drive. After downloading the file, get a USB flash drive, format it to a FAT variant and name the stick BOXEE. Īfter you updated to the latest firmware, go to and download the zip file. If you don’t have the latest firmware, you can get it at. When you obtained the Boxee Box, check to see if the device has the latest firmware installed onto the device (firmware version 1.5.1). The first thing we need to do is get the Boxee Box. ![]() As the Boxee Box is basically a modified version of XBMC, it has a lot of useful features behind the software not enabled in the frontend of the software.ĭisclaimer: This is a outside modification to the device and there is no warranty if the device fails. Fortunately, you can root the device and get some features you had and some you never had. Although the company said that they are trying to “ensure there’s minimal impact to your devices”, it is unknown which services will just drop. ![]() With the recent announcement that Boxee has been bought by Samsung and the termination of its service, there has been lots of consideration of what to do with the existing hardware that is out in people’s home. ![]()
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