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> The blocking will come into effect when the user of a stolen television connects to the internet, in order to operate the television I purchased a Sony TV in
by dilippkumar 5y ago
> The blocking will come into effect when the user of a stolen television connects to the internet, in order to operate the television
I purchased a Sony TV in 2019 after giving up on looking for 70" "dumb" television sets that would only connect to my PlayStation and act as a screen.
I decided that I would buy a smart tv but never connect it to the internet.
Every few days when I start my TV, I get an annoying "set up your Android TV" prompt that takes over my TV. I have to grab my remote and dismiss it to go back to my PlayStation.
If I happen to have a stolen television set, I would never know the difference. (My TV is from Sony, article is about Samsung TVs)
- cr3ative 5y agoIn case it's helpful to you, you can ADB over the network to your Android TV and uninstall packages which are annoying to you. I'd wager there's one which this prompt comes from. I have disabled all but the essential apps (for HDMI-CEC function, etc) on my Sony Android TV. Alternatively, set it up once then ban it from the internet.
- dilippkumar 5y agoThis hadn't ever crossed my mind! Thanks for the tip. I wonder if I can adb root into my tv via some USB port. Some hardware hacker probably has figured this out - time to go look.
- Tijdreiziger 5y agoSad state of affairs when you have to hack a device you probably paid well over €1000 for...
- nyjah 5y agoCr3ative's comment is interesting and I am definitely going to look into that. I fixed my issues with Sony popping up the android crap by allowing the device I am turning on to control HDMI. I'm not the biggest fan of that setting being on, but I turned it off and started getting those android pop ups. It took me awhile to figure out why that was happening as my TV isn't on the internet. I use a Sony television connected to Apple TV with internet fwiw.