Looking for what I can do with my android TV (lemmy.dbzer0.com)

submitted 1 year ago by SadSadSatellite@lemmy.dbzer0.com to c/opensource@lemmy.ml

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I've got a Sony android TV and it... Kinda sucks with the constant 'reccommended content's (ads). Every update just adds more scrolling shit I don't want to see.I want to know what different programs I can try out, and maybe a different os I can put on it. I'm looking at smarttubenext currently, and I want to know of other things I can use to customize my experience.

Any recommendations?

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[-] Dariusmiles2123@sh.itjust.works 1 points 1 year ago

Could you tell us if your TV is now any slower?

I’m a little bit scared of some things not working properly afterwards.

[-] SadSadSatellite@lemmy.dbzer0.com 0 points 1 year ago

I limited the background processes when I was customizing everything, so because of that apps take about 2 seconds longer to open, because they weren't on standby. Fewer background things mean it starts up a lot faster though. The apps all work as they should.

The ADB commands I used just disable the default launcher, it's still there if something goes wrong. If you switch over and something doesn't work, you just send the same command with 'enable' replacing 'disable' and it's back to normal.

[-] Dariusmiles2123@sh.itjust.works 1 points 1 year ago

Thanks for the answer. I might give it a try soon.

It’s a shame you can’t just format the TV and put some Linux distribution on it.

But I guess a lot of TV’s wouldn’t work afterwards and it would be more difficult to fix than a normal computer.

[-] SadSadSatellite@lemmy.dbzer0.com 1 points 1 year ago

I believe that's exactly the case with most of them, which is why I wanted an android in the first place. It's a known architecture.

[-] Dariusmiles2123@sh.itjust.works 1 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

I’ve now installed Flauncher and ADB and it works really well.

The only problem I encountered was that the colors now seemed way too warm on my TV.

I guess I may have unintentionally uninstalled or disabled something I shouldn’t have..

Edit: Finally had to go back to factory settings as I now couldn’t select the sources..so it’s back to normal Google experience..

[-] SadSadSatellite@lemmy.dbzer0.com 1 points 1 year ago

In the settings menu for flauncher there's a button for Android options. If you open that you should be able to adjust the picture settings, it at least find the Bravia settings that can control the picture.