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LG TVs and monitors said to surveil users and install bloatware without asking (www.notebookcheck.net)
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[–] 22 points 1 month ago (13 children)

Same! I jailbroke mine and can watch YouTube and Twitch ad-free, and it's got Jellyfin on the homebrew channel, so I can access my server off my TV :)

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  • [–] 22 points 1 month ago* (10 children)

    Omg you can jailbreak smart TVs now? HELL yeah

    EDIT: I am especially interested in LG webOS because I was a Palm Prē enjoyer back in the day and I rooted the fuck out of that phone (still have it somewhere)

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  • [–] 18 points 1 month ago (7 children)

    Check out rootmy.tv to jailbreak your LG smart TV. Depending on the model and firmware, there could be additional steps you need to take, but in my case, since I still had the stock firmware installed, it was just a single slide of a button on the TV's web browser.

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  • [–] 6 points 1 month ago (2 children)

    I had to put malicious mp3 files on a USB for my newer C2, but my older C8 was rooted in the browser

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  • [–] 2 points 1 month ago (1 child)

    So are there downsides to rooting? Like do the apps no longer work or is there functionality limited?

    I'm running pinhole on my network currently so I think most if not all of the bad LG behavior is restricted and I use a Shield for most things, but I'm still tempted to root it anyway. Just want to know the downsides, if any, before I update my family's TV

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  • [–] 1 point 1 month ago

    I'm probably an unsuitable person to ask this since my TV is basically a glorified monitor, but from what I could tell there are no downsides except for the obvious one being that I can't update my TV. But considering much bloat and spying is going on with (LG) smart TVs, I don't mind it all.

    I use Twitch, YouTube, and Jellyfin on mine, and it's been awesome. I hadn't used any other functionality or apps the TV comes with before rooting and I likely won't in the future. So even if some of them didn't work, I couldn't care less.

    Maybe do some research and find out for your specific model?

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  • [–] 4 points 1 month ago* (1 child)

    That's awesome. Mine is 42" and I'm using it as my monitor for my desktop. I had no idea you could jailbreak TVs now, what a time to be alive. I recently picked up a Raspberry Pi 5 and I'm planning on using it to replace my stupid Chromecast on my living room TV. As long as the Pi can stream from my Jellyfin server and watch YouTube then that's all I need.

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  • [–] 4 points 1 month ago

    There's a website called rootmy.tv that can help you find or execute roots right off the TV's web browser. When I bought the TV, I hadn't connected it to the Internet a single time, so it still had the stock firmware. I could just type in the URL and click a single button - that's it. Depending on the firmware, model and brand, this could look different for you. Also I'm not sure if this only works for LG TVs - might have to do some research to find a suitable method for yours.

    That also sounds very practical. I'd love to get into Pis sometime, but the RAM fiasco is making them quite expensive for my current budget, sadly.

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