WIWithinReason·Oct 18, 2024
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https://github.com/RootMyTV/RootMyTV.github.io
In Ask HN: Tips for hacking a TV?RootMyTV
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RootMyTV is a user-friendly exploit for rooting/jailbreaking LG webOS smart TVs.
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What it is
RootMyTV is a user-friendly exploit for rooting/jailbreaking LG webOS smart TVs.
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| Period | Start (UTC) | End (exclusive, UTC) | Mentions | Submissions | Comments |
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| 2021 | 2021-01-01 00:00:00 UTC | 2022-01-01 00:00:00 UTC | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 2022 | 2022-01-01 00:00:00 UTC | 2023-01-01 00:00:00 UTC | 8 | 1 | 7 |
| 2023 | 2023-01-01 00:00:00 UTC | 2024-01-01 00:00:00 UTC | 5 | 1 | 4 |
| 2024 | 2024-01-01 00:00:00 UTC | 2025-01-01 00:00:00 UTC | 3 | 0 | 3 |
| 2025 | 2025-01-01 00:00:00 UTC | 2026-01-01 00:00:00 UTC | 1 | 0 | 1 |
What Hacker News says
3 sourcesPrior work for LG televisions: https://github.com/RootMyTV/RootMyTV.github.io
In Ask HN: Tips for Hacking a TV?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?
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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
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thub.io) looks pretty quiet these days.
RootMyTV is a user-friendly exploit for rooting/jailbreaking LG webOS smart TVs
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=33016217 (September 2022, 417 comments)