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[Philips, Sony, TCL Android TV] mafiaboy01:
I have an 43x800d. I've been trying everything and can't get Netflix to play on the tv. The app loads but video gets stuck at 25% most of the time. Netflix diagnositic menu shows everything is good. Netflix still works on all my other devices at home.

Tried emailing Sony but no response.

I'm just gonna buy a Nvidia shield and use the TV as just a screen. Just sucks because a bug factor in my purchase was having Android TV built in.
[Philips, Sony, TCL Android TV] djmulder:
The only need I have atm is a properly working 1Gbit adapter. I just can't get 4k to work over NAS and it frustrates me.

So I'm quite curious if this is possible without root? A custom rom that properly takes on the problem of underclocked cpu is just kinda an icing on the cake ofc.

Ps I have a Sony Bravia 2018 KD55XE8599B
[Philips, Sony, TCL Android TV] grcd:
I have a Kingston DataTraveler 50 (3.1 | 64GB) that I wish to use as extended storage for applications.

When I first put the usb stick (formatted as it was by the manufacturer, Kingston), the TV and ES Explorer recognized the device normally and I was able to browse the preinstalled files.

It gave me the option to keep it as a regular media disk, or format it for either use as recording device or extended storage. Extended storage was what I wanted. However, after trying to format the stick, it exits with an error "Format failed" (or something very similar). After that the USB stick becomes unusable, and Windows cannot format it with the built in format tool.

Partition Manager does work, and is able to see what seems to be going wrong:

The TV formats the stick to GPT (from MBR) and then attempts to create two partitions, one 16 MB (FAT32) and another for the remainder ("Other" - not EXT3/4, NTFS, etc.). The 16 MB FAT32 partition appears corrupted every time. The only option is to delete both partitions and revert back to FAT32 or NTFS, upon which point the stick becomes again recognized in both Windows 10 and the Bravia, but the TV keeps doing the same thing every time I retry to format the stick as extended storage.

I even tried a couple of impromptu hacks, such as reformatting only the first 16MB FAT32 partition in to FAT16 (because, AFAIK FAT32 isn't useable for such small partition sizes). I also tried deleting it and only keeping the "Other" partition. Nothing however.

Any known solutions? Has anyone been experiencing this? I cannot be the only one!
[Philips, Sony, TCL Android TV] novahob:
Does anyone know how the boot up the TV into recovery mode, so you can clear system cache?
[Philips, Sony, TCL Android TV] Stefan McSleaze:
When you put your stick into the Bravia, it ask you wheather you want to use it to see photos or videos or to format for recording....

Now simply take it for viewing photos...

Maybe a photo app wants to be opened. Then decline and return to TV.

Then in future you are always able to browse the stick with a filemanager....

I never formated my data stick as the Bravia offers.. ?
[Philips, Sony, TCL Android TV] grcd:
But how would that help me with my task? I know that I can use the stick without formatting it, if I am going to use it as storage for media.

But I am interested in using it as extended storage memory, which allows me to use the space for additional application installs and application cache. It is entirely different intended use.
[Philips, Sony, TCL Android TV] AlexCmb:
Hello all, i have my Sony Bravia Android TV KD43XD8005 for a couple of months and i see one the Sony's website there is a firmware update (no found by my tv). I don't know where's the link to download it. Can anyone help me ? Thank's.
[Philips, Sony, TCL Android TV] davidvv:
Try uninstalling es file Explorer.

Its crap and a lot of users have experience problems with external storage like you have mentioned.

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[Philips, Sony, TCL Android TV] grcd:
That is unhelpful. I am not even using ES Explorer in the context you suggested. I am using the TV's intended provided system software to perform the format - not ES. I only used ES to explore the contents of the stick. The problem I am having is completely irrelevant to ES and is in fact replicated even with it uninstalled (which makes sense, as I am not using it to "format" the stick).

Just to reiterate my problem:

1. My Bravia Android TV (Series 6, Model XD7005) allows the user to expand the paltry internal storage (8GB available to the user for application installs + cache) by means of external storage. This is for both regular external hard drives, as well as Flash sticks (my case).

2. When a flash drive or external HDD is inserted into any of the available USB slots on the TV, a system message pops up asking you what you want to do with this external storage medium:

a) Keep as is (for user's own media and file storage - cannot be used to install applications)

b) Format as extended storage (allowing the system to recognize it as storage available for application installs and caching; which is what I'm after)

c) Format as recording device (allowing the storage device to be used to record directly from the TV; not what I want).

3. When I click the option to Format as Extended Storage, the process starts and seemingly does stuff to the flash medium, but ends with an error. After this the card becomes unusable in both the TV and PC and needs a reformat from Windows in order to be revived. The same error occurred every time, resulting in a card with two partitions - one FAT32 but "corrupted" (reporting sector numbers in the minus region) and one "Other" partition.

4. I need help figuring out how to make the TV either format the flash medium correctly for use as extended Storage, or how to replicate the process via Windows.
[Philips, Sony, TCL Android TV] davidvv:
Have you try any other flash memory?

Maybe it's a problem with that specific brand/model

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[Philips, Sony, TCL Android TV] veggav:
My first post here and thanks for having me.

I'm the owner of a Sony X900E 2017 model with the X1 regular chipset, not the xtreme one.

Sony released a firmware upgrade for the X900F which has the "xtreme" chipset to enable dolby vision.

But the TV chipset can't actually handle it so players like the OPPO 203 had to get firmware upgrades to enable it on Sony "Dolby Vision capable sets".

Since the player is doing all the work there's no reason for the 900E to not be able to support DV too.

So my suspicious is that is just a matter of enabling it somewhere.

Or importing the firmware upgrade from 900F that enabled DV into the 900E.

This is the firmware:

sony_dtvota_2016_1605603100_naa_auth with sony_dtv0FA60A0AA0AA_00004300_16056031000175.pkg

So, first things first, Are we actually able to root this TV?

With the TV rooted are you able to change low level hardware settings like the EDID?

If someone with a rooted X900F share their OS, would be possible to import it over to the 900E?

Are sony TV pkg decryptable?
[Philips, Sony, TCL Android TV] dagrim1:
Rooting doesn't seem to be possible, here and there there are stories of people rooting it but this was either on a very early firmware or has never been confirmed. Blueborn (exploit through bluetooth) seemed to have worked for a while but I actually checked yesterday and this exploit is fixed in nougat so that's not an option anymore either.

About the pkg files, out of luck as well afaik...

There's just not as much development with (sony) androidtv unfortunately because the audience is way smaller and the risk way heigher...
[Philips, Sony, TCL Android TV] goodflood:
Hello!

Sony TVs have such a limited selection of apps, however, some sideloaded apps work... one that I am trying says "it is incompatible."

One method to overcome this is to have a rooted device (current general status: almost impossible)... and possibly another is to unpack the apk and modify it somehow. Does anyone have any input, links, etc. for me to try?

Thanks!

---------- Post added at 02:23 PM ---------- Previous post was at 02:19 PM ----------

Hello!

UPNP over kodi (kodi-kodi) on the TV (from laptop) works fine... but casting over wifi sucks! Problems are crackling, delay, pixelation, audio only, etc. etc. My caster is Windows 10 device and the castee (?!?!?) is android TV running version 7!~

Any advice on things to try?

Thanks!
[Philips, Sony, TCL Android TV] maybeme2:
For many, Kodi has been a cool way to obtain movies and other content for free. But, is kodi now essentially dead after the crackdown?

As I understand it using kodi for movies without a vpn is asking for trouble and using a vpn is just 'trusting' an unknown intermediary entity with your information. Finally, if one is paying for a 'trustworthy' vpn, why not just pay for Netflix or similar and not bother with kodi at all.

Am I missing something? Trying to understand.
[Philips, Sony, TCL Android TV] kecodoc:
Install magisk to sony TV ?

You please help me how to install Magisk to Android Tivi Sony 4K 49 inch KD-49X8000E ?

Thank you !!
[Philips, Sony, TCL Android TV] TKruzze:
First you'll need to unlock the bootloader... (which you cannot do)...
[Philips, Sony, TCL Android TV] yazayad:
Has there been any work done on blocking all the telemetry and data collection stuff that sony and Google do? Any tips on how to rout traffic through a tunnel to block all the stuff collected and sent back to sony and google?
[Philips, Sony, TCL Android TV] z@ck!:
I am an owner of a kd-55x8500e and unfortunately i am also facing the same issues with you guys.

not that i want to do much on in, just have some apps to work with and most important to uninstall a lot of unnecessary stuff that came preinstalled.

To be able to install other apps , i actually downloaded Aptoide, and installed several apps that i wanted from there. I still dont have them on them on the app list in the menu , but i open Aptoide and run them from there.

So far this is the shortcut that i use.

Edit*

I actually followed this post and i got a lot of things removed from the TV. In combination with the latest update firmware from the 12 Sept i must say that Everything runs way faster now and it is more "tidy" . I is a nice option for lightening up the menu and the storage a bit.
[Philips, Sony, TCL Android TV] KokkoM:
Use HAlauncher, it show all apps and better than original :)
[Philips, Sony, TCL Android TV] jockyw2001:
Did you verify the bootloader on a Sony is really locked? I could root my TCL Android TV which runs Android 8 just fine (fastboot flash boot boot-magisk.img using a usb A male to A male cable)

The original boot.img I could pull out of the encrypted pkg after I found the AES key after connecting a self-made service cable and logging the upgrade from nougat to oreo :)
[Philips, Sony, TCL Android TV] Alixbot:
I miss ICE CREAM SANDWITCH please forgive my rant.

:( Tbh it makes me very upset when people say you can't do something with electronic devices. It's 2018 ppl, let's learn some technical programming and do whatever we want.

I won't let these stupid companies make us out to be enslaved to their programming. This is android we're talking about.

:rolleyes:

Bootloaders are only bootloaders. You can program them.

Here:

https://www.quora.com/Is-it-possibl...an-Android-phone-with-something-like-GNU-GRUB

Here too:

https://javigon.com/2012/08/27/the-bootloader-understanding-modifying-building-and-installing/amp/

Here also:

http://newandroidbook.com/Articles/aboot.html

I'm currently learning java, brushing up on python and hopefully next I'll dive into C but there's a lot of resources on the vast ocean of the internet and it's just a matter of figuring out what needs to be done and asking how to do it and the rest is making it happen. I have never thrown a phone out for bricking except iPhones. Those things are evil.

I actually found my sony tv on someone's curb last week because it had an update glitch that made it reboot over and over. I can't believe how people just lose hope on something so great all because they don't wanna do any work. It was an easy fix. I just figured out the update directions on sonys website are wrong. You need to press the TV button with the Power and V- to get the green light to update from usb, not just the Power and V- like the website said. And within a day of pondering and messing with it I literally got a 500$ tv free.

If anyone needs a lab rat for their tv root ideas, I have an xbr55x850c running 7.0 :highfive:

I also was wondering if linux deploy from the play store here:

https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=ru.meefik.linuxdeploy

with Kali installed on a smartphone could anyway help us hack the kernel at all via usb?

I haven't had time to use it due to studies but I'll update my findings on this thread if I ever get to it. :good: :silly: I'm guessing after bootloader is hacked we will need to downgrade to gain easier root. If anyone can find any older update pkg files and other resources for this let me know.
[Philips, Sony, TCL Android TV] :
Has anyone elses tv slowed way down and stutter in all video apps since the latest update?
[Philips, Sony, TCL Android TV] :
Double post
[Philips, Sony, TCL Android TV] novahob:
I have a 2015 model and since nougat update my TV has been slow. Not sure if a reset would solve this?
[Philips, Sony, TCL Android TV] goodflood:
root --sony-android-tv

[MENTION=6210330]Alixbot[/MENTION]... I see you like color: LOL

That is a crazy story. Devices come with updates, auto-enabled, and when updates go bad... customers face problems. In your case, you have a TV to play with... LOL

"for bricking except iPhones. Those things are evil. " - ****Crapple, the trillion dollar company charging customers 3 times more!

Unfortunately, I don't have xbr55x850c, but another sony android TV running 7.0. No updates since, March 2018. I saved all the pkg files for my tv to begin with, but deleted them recently [ kept just the last few ]

There was some news of someone temporarily getting root using some apps, but it was not sticking after reboot. Also, dm-verity was discussed that [ if I understand correctly ] checks changes, if things have been fscked with... it is a NO GO.

One user said he got root, take a look here: https://xdaforums.com/showpost.php?p=66311033&postcount=595 This does not look for the faint of heart for an expensive TV... [yes, smartphones are expensive too... ASIDE: I wonder if it has to do with size of the tv (large screen) versus small screen] that puts people off OR that (TV is a shared device BUT smartphone is a personal device). [MENTION=7062343]banmeifyouwant[/MENTION] posted a few times, then disappeared.

Maybe you can figure out root for android tv... Good Luck!
[Philips, Sony, TCL Android TV] dagrim1:
Not that, for me both youtube and netflix sometimes crap out making me need to restart the tv though.

Any youtube video I then play will play for just a few seconds and then stop (not sure if sound continues), the picture freezes though

With netflix the preview videos will remain black and sound will play, when I start a video it will buffer endlessly (not even starting)

They always occur at the same time so seems a video/codec issue (I actually sideloaded netflix from a phone and that one seems to keep working, sideloading youtube failed)

I tried restarting the apps, relaunching in different way, clearing cache (not data, feels like it's just as much of a hassle to re-enter accounts as it is to reboot and rebooting every now and then can't hurt anyway). Even reset the tv to factory defaults but still happens afterwards.

Doesn't happen extremely often but still annoying every time it does...
[Philips, Sony, TCL Android TV] gowthamachandran:
This happens to me too on YouTube.

I'm using KDL-W95D and running Nougat. Never had this issue before Nougat update.

Couldn't figure out what's causing the problem. Anyone sorted this out??
[Philips, Sony, TCL Android TV] frake50:
YouTube apk on ATV really bad and stupid specially with 4K & HDR playlist. i installed "Smart YouTube TV" which its amazing and can do real HDR , you can find it here
[Philips, Sony, TCL Android TV] Sorden:
Could you please describe in details how to make service cable and procedure how to get AES key? I'm waiting nougat to oreo update for my 55XE9005 soon and can follow your experience.
[Philips, Sony, TCL Android TV] frake50:
Hacking and Rotting Sony Bravia TV became TRUE

GOOD NEWS

NTFS USB drive do the JOBs

Translated from Japanese Forum related to Hacker Team ,

well with NTFS usb format i can install any apk direct to the TV with out need of use ES Explorer for example. that mean my TV set had this hole.

if you want to check yours SONY GOOGLE TV had this hole, download attchec and extracted on root USB formatted with NTFS, put the apk you want to install inside "demo_apps" , if the apk install dont start automatically, go to setting ----- setting for handler ... and there you will find new option install demo apps.

what the Team promise

""This completely bypasses the signatures usually used by the system, including using another exploitable, we hijack the devices boot process and reload a new kernel. After loading our attached unsigned kernel you will notice a new splash screen ( featuring the Sony and GTV Hacker logo) as well as the following perks:

Modified flash plugin with random per box flash string for Content Provider Bypass.

Crippled update feature to prevent box from receiving automatic updates.

Completely RW system, cache, and rootfs partitions

Full ADB Root

Removed signature checks on kernel / init scripts / init binary

A few other surprises.
[Philips, Sony, TCL Android TV] goodflood:
[MENTION=1756020]frake50[/MENTION] Dude :) or dudess...

1. "Translated from Japanese Forum related to Hacker Team"... Can you provide a link??? We might read Japanese and want to check context of the forum.

2. "what the Team promise"... link you provided points to "https://blog.exploitee.rs/2012/root-for-sony-google-tv-with-unsigned-kernels/" posted in 2012. Does this still apply?

3. You mention "Hacking and Rotting Sony Bravia TV became TRUE"... this forum is Sony ANDROID TV... typo?

4. Write up matches this page: https://blog.exploitee.rs/2012/root-for-sony-google-tv-with-unsigned-kernels/. Care to explain?

5. What is in that APK? How do we know that there is no Monero miner in it? https://bitnewstoday.com/news/technology/android-tv-devices-infected-with-a-monero-miner/

- concerned dude
[Philips, Sony, TCL Android TV] goodflood:
[MENTION=1756020]frake50[/MENTION]

Note: I think you are using a translation website. I will keep my replies as simple as possible.

1. Your link points to an article on Tech Crunch Japan website. Here is the same thing in English: https://techcrunch.com/2012/02/20/g...-the-connected-tv-platform-interesting-again/. The date shows that it was written seven years ago. This article should not still be relevant. Can you tell me certainly that it is?

2. You are right. You did not post an apk file. You posted a zip file... I do not have root. I can still install apps that need root, without having root access. How does your method help? Why is it any better? I can install all the apps I want without using your method.

3. Thank you for trying to root android TV.
[Philips, Sony, TCL Android TV] frake50:
More discussing guide to idea...

back to yours points 2

yes there are many way to install apk, but some user don't like to sign in google accounts to downloads ES or activated developer option to use adb to install apk.

this is not the point to say which better method ,,, but i would love to know yours answer why the method i mentioned above working only on NTFS USB stick, FAT, FAT32 don't work at all.... ?
[Philips, Sony, TCL Android TV] goodflood:
[MENTION=1756020]frake50[/MENTION]

Like many users, I have updated android tv using pkg file. I can confirm I used FAT/FAT32 stick. I cannot say for sure, but I may have installed apps from my stick, probably FAT/FAT32 formatted.

So, you think that apk files can only be installed via NTFS formatted USB stick and there may be an exploit to root android tv. I don't know about this. You know better. We all wait for good news!
[Philips, Sony, TCL Android TV] frake50:
if you use EX explorer or any other explorer you can install apk with fat fat32

i am talking on my method ( zip file --- demo.app ) it work only on NTFS format.

also script can be run to stop the CPU watch_dog at least to cp or rename certain file such build.prop or hosts ... will update you here
[Philips, Sony, TCL Android TV] Frappoccino:
Recently Netflix started to just use 0.5mbps for bandwidth, which results in a poor 376p resolution.

Does anybody know a solution for this?
[Philips, Sony, TCL Android TV] yazayad:
I am so horribly frustrated with the networking on my TV. Do all Sony Android TVs have terrible ac wifi performance, and are all models limited to these shabby 100 Mbit ethernet controllers? Even the top of the line 2018 models?

Has anyone found a USB3 gigabit lan controller that works with these TVs? The two I have don't work, but work out of the box in Linux.

The ac wifi is so bad that even with the router right next to the TV I can barely eke out 200 Mbps, but it fluctuates wildly which makes it almost worthless. On ethernet I get a consistent 100Mbps. This is an NFS share on my local network.

Samba (SMB) performance is terrible. Max 60Mbps on both wifi and ethernet. On my laptop (connected through ethernet) I get 750Mbps on NFS and 240 Mbps on samba.

Does anyone know if the poor samba performance is just an android thing or what? Because on my other Android devices (2 phones + tablet) I also only get 50-80 Mbps on ac wifi.

It sucks so much since some of my files are very high bitrate. Can't believe Sony didn't spring for gigabit lan, cheapskates. And to have such terrible ac wifi as well.
[Philips, Sony, TCL Android TV] fragel:
Hi,

I've already dealt with this beforehand. As you, I realised that NFS has better performance, but any of this will improve the playback of my very high bitrate files. Then, I made some numbers and found out that, in my case, I was not saturating the bandwidth in either protocole, but the GPU processing of the TV. In my case, a X850C. The tests were done with "JellyFish" test files, you may connect by USB or download it directly to the TV memory to know the maximum of your TV unit and know if the problem is network-related or GPU-related. Link: http://jell.yfish.us/ . Currently, I'm using a new Panasonic Blu-ray player which can play very high bitrate files without problems. Also, with a Nvidia Shield or another powerful Android box you should arrive to the same results.
[Philips, Sony, TCL Android TV] Reconquista:
3D MVC playback with internal video player - almost working!

Hi everyone.

Still 3D-movie watchers around?

Recently I discovered that the internal video app of the 85C (2015) is capable to play GREAT 3D quality - even with DTS output!

Anyone else noticed that?

But there is one huge problem I am not able to solve: after some time the player shows a frozen image for a few seconds.

But when it works, the picture quality it shows is amazing. Especially the smoothness is much better compared to my external RasPi over HDMI. But also crosstalk is much less, almost zero. It's that good, that one has to concentrate to notice it.

It feels like the whole picture comes to life.

I noticed that the stuttering happens repeatedly at the same frame.

I tried to use different TSMUXER settings, but without success so far.

Here's what I do to make the internal player play back 3D movies in full hd (MVC):

MakeMKV to create 3D MVC in MKV container.

Then muxing the MKV with TSMUXER into a TS or M2TS file.

The internal video app plays them and automatically displays the video in 3D mode.
[Philips, Sony, TCL Android TV] FlaTEriC18041983:
Alexa to Bravia 2015

Hi,

trying to get Alexa to work with my Bravia 2015 KD-65X8505C, I got exactly the same problem as ljo13. Are there meanwhile any news, or newly pulled versions of the smarthomesettings.apk that I could try, or any other suggestions on how I could get it to work?

Thx a lot

Eric