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Hacking TVs was a favourite pasttime of mine. There's nothing quite like flashing a TV with AOSP such that it thinks it's 55" smartphone. Lock screen and all.
by Benjamin_Dobell 2y ago
Hacking TVs was a favourite pasttime of mine. There's nothing quite like flashing a TV with AOSP such that it thinks it's 55" smartphone. Lock screen and all.
See if you can find a service manual for your TV. You'll want to get UART as soon as possible.
Just remember crashes are for chumps: https://gist.github.com/Benjamin-Dobell/bb13f6169aaa486254537c5e973e53ec https://gist.github.com/Benjamin-Dobell/bb13f6169aaa48625453...
PS. I think that may be my favourite piece of code I've ever written. Mostly because it's completely absurd but worked just fine.
- rubyfan 2y agoI have a Samsung smart tv which I’ve never accepted t&c and never connected to wifi. I’d love to make it dumb or at least get rid of the nags to accept t&c or connect when someone accidentally hits the wrong button on the remote. Anything out there to do that?
- phkahler 2y agoSame. I'd be happy to turn it on and not have a menu over half the screen every time.
- rubyfan 2y agoIn a world where Raspberry Pi exists you’d think we’d be able to make such a TV happen.
- Loughla 2y agoI want that, so bad. Mine brings up the sign in screen every time you turn it on. I also want the ability to just change channels when you hit the channel button. My TV brings up a mini-guide when you hit the channel button, so that the down button goes up in station number and vice versa. Then once you select a channel, because it's not connected to the web, it blinks on and off for 5 seconds or so while it's trying to find program information from the internet connection it does not have. It's absolutely asinine. I miss the days when TV's were just screens to show whatever input I have connected to them.
- completelylegit 2y agoThere are often hidden menus for “Hotel mode” that allow you to config which channel / input to default to on power up. No need to hack them.