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Could you share a guide for how you did this? I've got a TCL TV, and it's constantly frustrating how it shows laggy ads.

by yosame 11mo ago

BLKNSLVR 11mo ago
I'll have to get back to you. I had to go through the process three or four times to get it to stick across reboots and not leave me with a useless TV just showing a black screen (I had a panic moment when that happened). You can ask Perplexity, but this doesn't give the adb commands to disable the default launcher (which you need to do so that it doesn't override what the user has chosen upon reboot): https://www.perplexity.ai/search/how-do-i-install-project-ivy-a-HbWLPhILQFyDjwVxjQxrNg https://www.perplexity.ai/search/how-do-i-install-project-iv... I should also mention: This may render some of the TV remote shortcut buttons useless. There's an app that's meant to help with this, but I've found it unreliable. I'll find my notes tonight...
gblargg 11mo ago
Disable Internet access. An Internet-connected smart TV is one update away from a bricked device.
aix1 11mo ago
Not the GP, but I have a TCL 65C845. I've removed all the crap from it and installed a third-party launcher. I LOVE the result, both in terms of picture quality and usability. The UI is clean, snappy, functional and there's zero crap on the screen that I didn't deliberately put there. Here are my notes: Enable Android developer options. Work through various settings (developer and normal). Connect wired Ethernet (I use a USB dongle), enable RDNIS in USB port dev options. Disable WiFi. Turn on Google TV. Log in. Disable auto-updates, work through permissions etc. Install ADB TV (PRO licence) Disable the following apps in ADB TV: AirPlayLaunchService AirplayAPK (two different APKs) BrowseHere Electronic card 5.0 Gallery GameBar Google (com.google.android.katniss) Logkit MagiConnect Media Player Message Box Overseaeva Prime Video Rakuten TV Reminder T-Solo TCL Channel (two different APKs) TCL Home TCL Home Passive TCSCore T_IME User Center Works with Alexa com.tcl.iptv.App DO NOT DISABLE or you might have to start from scratch: TV (com.tcl.tv) TvInputService Install FLauncher. Configure apps/panels/wallpaper. Using ADB TV (under “install”): $ adb shell pm disable-user --user 0 com.google.android.apps.tv.launcherx $ adb shell pm disable-user --user 0 com.google.android.tungsten.setupwraith Install a screen saver (Aerial Views), TV streaming apps, Plex, SmartTubeNext, f-droid, Mullvad etc. That's pretty much it. A bit fiddly but a one-time thing (I did this two years ago and have been using the TV daily). I keep auto-updates turned off and basically nothing ever breaks and there are no random regressions. I previously did the same on an older TCL TV. The panel was not as nice and the CPU was slower but the result was also quite good (it was what convinced me to get the 65C845 with its larger screen, better panel and faster CPU). I used to run a similar FLauncher-based setup on a NVidia Shield Pro, but the new setup is so nice that I don't use the Shield for TV anymore. Another experiment I did was replicating this exact setup on a Chromecast (I think GA01919). That also worked well, though having a second device was a bit inconvenient in terms of remote controls and such. P.S. Where I live I have FTTH; TV is delivered as MPEG transport streams over multicast. I don't have OTA broadcast TV or a cable box and so couldn't vouch for the ergonomics there.

Could you share a guide for how you did this? I've got a TCL TV, and it's constantly frustrating how it shows laggy ads.

by yosame 11mo ago

Could you share a guide for how you did this? I've got a TCL TV, and it's constantly frustrating how it shows laggy ads.

BLKNSLVR 11mo ago

I'll have to get back to you. I had to go through the process three or four times to get it to stick across reboots and not leave me with a useless TV just showing a black screen (I had a panic moment when that happened). You can ask Perplexity, but this doesn't give the adb commands to disable the default launcher (which you need to do so that it doesn't override what the user has chosen upon reboot): https://www.perplexity.ai/search/how-do-i-install-project-ivy-a-HbWLPhILQFyDjwVxjQxrNg https://www.perplexity.ai/search/how-do-i-install-project-iv... I should also mention: This may render some of the TV remote shortcut buttons useless. There's an app that's meant to help with this, but I've found it unreliable. I'll find my notes tonight...

gblargg 11mo ago

Disable Internet access. An Internet-connected smart TV is one update away from a bricked device.

aix1 11mo ago

Not the GP, but I have a TCL 65C845. I've removed all the crap from it and installed a third-party launcher. I LOVE the result, both in terms of picture quality and usability. The UI is clean, snappy, functional and there's zero crap on the screen that I didn't deliberately put there. Here are my notes: Enable Android developer options. Work through various settings (developer and normal). Connect wired Ethernet (I use a USB dongle), enable RDNIS in USB port dev options. Disable WiFi. Turn on Google TV. Log in. Disable auto-updates, work through permissions etc. Install ADB TV (PRO licence) Disable the following apps in ADB TV: AirPlayLaunchService AirplayAPK (two different APKs) BrowseHere Electronic card 5.0 Gallery GameBar Google (com.google.android.katniss) Logkit MagiConnect Media Player Message Box Overseaeva Prime Video Rakuten TV Reminder T-Solo TCL Channel (two different APKs) TCL Home TCL Home Passive TCSCore T_IME User Center Works with Alexa com.tcl.iptv.App DO NOT DISABLE or you might have to start from scratch: TV (com.tcl.tv) TvInputService Install FLauncher. Configure apps/panels/wallpaper. Using ADB TV (under “install”): $ adb shell pm disable-user --user 0 com.google.android.apps.tv.launcherx $ adb shell pm disable-user --user 0 com.google.android.tungsten.setupwraith Install a screen saver (Aerial Views), TV streaming apps, Plex, SmartTubeNext, f-droid, Mullvad etc. That's pretty much it. A bit fiddly but a one-time thing (I did this two years ago and have been using the TV daily). I keep auto-updates turned off and basically nothing ever breaks and there are no random regressions. I previously did the same on an older TCL TV. The panel was not as nice and the CPU was slower but the result was also quite good (it was what convinced me to get the 65C845 with its larger screen, better panel and faster CPU). I used to run a similar FLauncher-based setup on a NVidia Shield Pro, but the new setup is so nice that I don't use the Shield for TV anymore. Another experiment I did was replicating this exact setup on a Chromecast (I think GA01919). That also worked well, though having a second device was a bit inconvenient in terms of remote controls and such. P.S. Where I live I have FTTH; TV is delivered as MPEG transport streams over multicast. I don't have OTA broadcast TV or a cable box and so couldn't vouch for the ergonomics there.