Submitted 9 hours ago by nibbler@discuss.tchncs.de to selfhosted@lemmy.world
I have a BRAVIA 4K AE1 android/google TV.
Since a few weeks I observe the following:
If it’s disconnected from the internet for some time, 1 or 2 weeks maybe, it hides all my installed apps. Enabling internet immediately restores everything for a few days.
I tried installing a custom launcher and set it as default launcher - TV still boots into its system launcher.
Any ideas what else to try?
avidamoeba@lemmy.ca 2 hours ago Good to know. I will make sure not to update as mine isn’t doing it yet.
Get an Apple TV or a Fire TV stick and bypass the TV’s os completely
Or just a cheap laptop.
sbeak@sopuli.xyz 20 minutes ago Or a mini PC! (little guy that can be a bit smaller + cheaper too, you will need to get a keyboard and/or mouse for it though)
This is awkward in most living rooms and the remote control sucks. Source: my house, and my job.
Less awkward, ironically, when using airplay to an appletv.
I’ll keep this in my head as plan B, thanks for the suggestion.
Arsecroft@lemmy.sdf.org 9 hours ago i have installed flauncher successfully on a google tv thing
the trick that has worked for me is after your custom launcher is installed you can disable the google one via adb
Is the custom launcher you use called “Projectivity”? That’s the one I use and it’s great.
Agreed; ProjectIvy is brilliant
yes. I run Projectivity on my other TV and it works like a charm!
Any chance you can open up a Shizuku instance to disable the system launcher? That should cause the TV to automatically boot into your installed launcher instead.
I used aShell to accomplish this on my device.
Have you tried Launcher Manager with the custom launcher?
Scroll down for Android TV options
Cyber@feddit.uk 7 hours ago
Is the TV still in warranty? (I don’t know that model)… if so, send it back, it’s “broken”
If we tolerate this stuff it’ll only get worse.
nibbler@discuss.tchncs.de 6 hours ago
sadly out of warranty :-(