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Solder the antenna to ground on the wifi module. It's what I'll be doing on my next TV.
by coryrc 7y ago
Solder the antenna to ground on the wifi module. It's what I'll be doing on my next TV.
- RandomBacon 7y agoOnly if ripping out the wifi module isn't feasible first.
- coryrc 7y agoI could see firmware failing to boot or crashing if an assumed device is missing.
- reilly3000 7y agoOr you could just block the TV’s MAC address on your router.
- allannienhuis 7y agothey'll just connect to your neighbour's router, or their car, or their phone...
- kstrauser 7y agoThat’s a legit concern. If Samsung made a deal with, say, Comcast to connect to the ever-present “xfinitywifi” SSID, then it wouldn’t matter if you’re blocking the sly TV from your own network.
- choward 7y agoHow does that solve anything? Your WiFi should already be password protected anyway. It's other people's routers with open networks you need to worry about.
- lostgame 7y agoI don’t see an awful lot of open networks anymore... :/
- zo1 7y agoThe antenna will probably be inside the TV case and very difficult for the "average" user to try. They'd be too-scared to do so. Heck, I'd wager that a good chunk of electrical-minded individuals, even trained ones, would be scared of doing anything to their expensive device that requires them to open it.
- coryrc 7y agoOh, it surely is. I'm lucky enough to be one of those trained people who can and does do such things (one reason my technology (laptops, TVs, etc) is old is because I continue to repair old stuff instead of getting new shiny).