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I pretty much just want to use my Ouya for emulators/roms and XBMC.. is it worth the hassles of rooting the Ouya? I know it doesn't take much to root it, but seems like you have to manually update it from another site every time an update does come out.
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"Worth it" is relative. I use mine for Slingbox, watchESPN, droidmote app as my ouya remote, and other apps. I also use the remote launcher to start XBMC (useful in the event of a crash) from my phone and that may or may not require root. I also needed root to mount a Samba share so my downloads go directly to my NAS.
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So all those you mentioned requires root?
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I don't exactly remember. I do know that cifs support for a Samba share mount requires root. I think the alternative app stores require root but don't quote me.
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Problem is the next time ouya sends an update you lose your root and you have to do it again. Which as of late is about every week and a half or so with updates.