RootMyTV.github.io

If, by chance, you're not running the latest version RootMyTV [0] may be an option. Or downgrade might still be an option [1]. [0] https://github.com/RootMyTV/RootMyTV.github.io [1] https://github.com/throwaway96/downgr8

There is this: https://github.com/RootMyTV/RootMyTV.github.io

Prior work for LG televisions: https://github.com/RootMyTV/RootMyTV.github.io

The solution is simple: Don't hook up / connect your TV to the Internet. This has been discussed many times on this site in a continual basis for years :). https://hn.algolia.com/?dateRange=all&page=0&prefix=true&que... My setup with a 2020 LG OLED and both Apple TV and Google TV devices attached is stable and works great. The extra $250 for the external devices was worth it (Apple TV - $200, Google TV - $50). Now I'm curious - For anyone here who's attached an LG OLED television to the Internet and received webOS updates: Does the unit now work better or worse than when you first purchased it new? -- On a related note, how many people have applied the LG webOS jailbreak? I remember reading about it on HN a few years ago and then not thinking about it again until now. The project got repository (https://github.com/RootMyTV/RootMyTV.gi

My wife and I bought a Fire TV for a particular use case: - The hot tub room in the winter - The outdoor patio in the summer It was so cheap, we don't mind the ads on the home screen. If it dies from the moisture, we'll just buy another one. The apps are the key anyways, as I use a few totally ad-free apps to stream stuff: - JellyFin - VLC - HDHomeRun (for my antenna on the roof) PlutoTV is not ad-free, but has so much amazing shit, I don't mind it much. Meanwhile, the big LG OLED we bought, I have been on a crusade to neuter all the ads without causing issues with downloading apps/updates/streaming. The RootMyTV exploit no longer works: https://github.com/RootMyTV/RootMyTV.github.io I have found blocking the IP of the local Akamai peer works for blocking some ads and the OS update check, but at the cost of other things which also use

A reminder ha LG webOS can be exploited by visiting a website https://github.com/RootMyTV/RootMyTV.github.io

FYI, if your TV is rooted (rootmy.tv, or if it's too new: https://github.com/RootMyTV/RootMyTV.github.io/issues/85#iss...), you can remap the remote: https://github.com/andrewfraley/magic_mapper

The article says that regular "smart" TVs are being sold at or near cost. That means conceivably sone manufacturer could sell a dumb TV at just 50% markup and still make a nice profit. I think that's what the grandparent post is wishing for. It's true there are those expensive reference monitors and so forth, but those are overpriced because they're geared for the corporate market. There's nothing comparable geared for the ordinary consumer. Honestly despite the frequent calls for their production, there probably isn't enough demand to sustain a dumb TV consumer market. It's like how small-screened smartphones never sell as much as you'd expect given the Internet's seeming love for them. Anyway, I know nothing about the project but there is a WebOS root/jailbreak that works on some LG models. GP might want to look into it. https://github.

https://github.com/RootMyTV/RootMyTV.github.io > RootMyTV is a user-friendly exploit for rooting/jailbreaking LG webOS smart TV. It bootstraps the installation of the webOS Homebrew Channel ... At the time of writing (RootMyTV v2 - 2022-01-05), all webOS versions between 4.x and 6.2+ we tested (TVs released between early-2018 and late-2021) are supported by the new exploit chain.

I just used https://github.com/RootMyTV/RootMyTV.github.io not sure it’ll work on the OLED TVs, I got a $200 50’ on clearance and didn’t want all the crud. I’m thinking of adding some cron jobs to it that disable it during certain hours so my kids can’t watch tv all the time and fun stuff like that.

Hah I literally googled it and used this exploit in the browser. Someone else did the hard work for me. For the ads there’s some python scripts that aren’t working but it’s not super difficult to figure out. https://github.com/RootMyTV/RootMyTV.github.io

So, I have the same model, besides using a pihole another option is to use rootmytv https://github.com/RootMyTV/RootMyTV.github.io + edit the hosts file blocking looke calls. I have successfully rooted my tv and will try to find which calls should be blocked, but might be only a few set of hosts

Some (all?) LG webOS TVs are now rootable, and I think this enables you to remove ads. https://github.com/RootMyTV/RootMyTV.github.io