[{"data":1,"prerenderedAt":561},["ShallowReactive",2],{"project-29938520":3},{"id":4,"name":5,"line":5,"line_source":6,"title":7,"url":8,"domain":9,"maker":10,"posted_at":11,"year":12,"points":13,"comments":14,"rank_in_year":15,"shown_in_year":16,"top":17,"tier":18,"category":19,"subcategory":20,"format":21,"keywords":22,"reception":27,"sentiment":28,"stance_mix":29,"scored_comments":34,"aspects":35,"strip":46,"post_text":48,"what":49,"said":73,"maker_in_thread":173,"shape":182,"grid":187,"attempts":522,"same_week":523,"maker_shows":43,"maker_hidden":553,"reader_version":554,"card":555},"29938520","RootMy.TV","title","Show HN: RootMy.TV","https:\u002F\u002Frootmy.tv\u002F","rootmy.tv","Retr0id",1642186412,2022,361,120,104,2570,5,"legend","hardware","smart tv rooting","other",[23,24,25,26],"webos","lg tv root","smart tv jailbreak","homebrew tv apps","curious",0.173,{"positive":30,"neutral":31,"mixed":32,"critical":33},20,31,0,7,58,{"privacy":36,"docs":38,"execution":39,"idea":41,"performance":44,"design":45},{"positive":37,"critical":37},1,{"positive":32,"critical":32},{"positive":33,"critical":40},3,{"positive":42,"critical":43},9,2,{"positive":37,"critical":32},{"positive":32,"critical":37},[17,32,40,40,32,32,32,32,32,32,40,40,37,47,17,17,17,32,37,40,40,40,17,40,32,17,37,40,17,32,32,17,40,40,47,40,47,47,40,17],4,null,{"problem":50,"audience":61,"pricing":48,"motivation":48,"time_to_build":48,"stack":70,"openness":71,"stage":72,"team_size":71},{"value":51,"source":52,"evidence":53},"LG webOS TVs cannot run third-party software or be fully owned without a root exploit","commenter",[54,58],{"id":55,"by":56,"text":57},"29941666","f1refly","I just got my hand on an early 2021 WebOS tv, very excited to try this tomorrow! I think it's a tragedy we can't even fully own tvs anymore without dirty tricks.",{"id":59,"by":10,"text":60},"29941971","Our \"killer app\" thus far, in terms of useful things that actually require root, is PicCap [1] - which enables low-latency framebuffer capture for DIY Ambilight systems. In the…",{"value":62,"source":63,"evidence":64},"owners of LG webOS TVs who want to run homebrew apps or block telemetry","inferred",[65,66],{"id":59,"by":10,"text":60},{"id":67,"by":68,"text":69},"29942073","alias_neo","How does one block telemetry? I rooted my TV with this and set up SSH but I don't see any telemetry blocking configuration. I also want to install my own CA to the TV but the…",[],"unknown","launched",{"praise":74,"objections":86,"requests":105,"questions":132,"alternatives":151},[75],{"value":76,"source":52,"evidence":77},"Works well on LG OLED; installing homebrew apps and ad-free YouTube client possible",[78,82],{"id":79,"by":80,"text":81},"29943909","anonymousiam","Just used this to root my 65\" LG OLED. Works great! Looks like you can't change the root password (error writing \u002Fetc\u002Fshadow), but as the documentation says, you can load your…",{"id":83,"by":84,"text":85},"29941887","gattilorenz","Installing the non-ad-crippled YouTube alternative client, for example",[87,94],{"value":88,"source":52,"evidence":89},"Exploit no longer works on latest webOS releases",[90],{"id":91,"by":92,"text":93},"29941333","k4rli","Unfortunately no longer works on latest webOS releases.",{"value":95,"source":52,"evidence":96},"Site is limited to LG webOS rather than general TV rooting",[97,101],{"id":98,"by":99,"text":100},"29940972","yjftsjthsd-h","Aw, darn; I was hoping for a generic wiki of TVs and how to root them and (in my dream world) alternative firmware options. Not that rooting webOS isn't cool, just not what I…",{"id":102,"by":103,"text":104},"29944852","account-5","It should be RootMyLG.TV I can here for general TV rooting advice hoping I could sort out my rubbish Samsung. Anyone know anything about that?",[106,119,126],{"value":107,"source":52,"evidence":108},"Support for other TV brands such as Samsung, Sony, Vizio, Roku, Panasonic",[109,110,111,115],{"id":98,"by":99,"text":100},{"id":102,"by":103,"text":104},{"id":112,"by":113,"text":114},"29945726","mberning","I wish this worked for Vizio Smartcast.",{"id":116,"by":117,"text":118},"29943058","trevcanhuman","Yeah. Anyone know how to root a Sony Bravia TV ? It’s running Android TV. But it’s slow and lags and don’t know why.",{"value":120,"source":52,"evidence":121},"WireGuard or other apps on the TV",[122],{"id":123,"by":124,"text":125},"29943903","aorth","Awesome project. You can already install third-party applications in LG webOS TVs after enabling the \"Developer Mode\" application, but you have to keep renewing your session…",{"value":127,"source":52,"evidence":128},"AirPlay or RPiPlay screen mirroring",[129],{"id":130,"by":117,"text":131},"29943079","Nice, I’d love to install software such as rpiplay [0] to mirror my iOS device, also would be nice to maybe gain some kind of low-latency wireless Linux-compatible screen share…",[133,140],{"value":134,"source":52,"evidence":135},"Can the exploit be run without connecting the TV to the internet?",[136],{"id":137,"by":138,"text":139},"29942574","johnx5c","Is it possible to root and install locally via a local network or USB key so I don't have to connect my TV to the internet?",{"value":141,"source":52,"evidence":142},"Can it block ads or the Trending section?",[143,147],{"id":144,"by":145,"text":146},"29954453","November-Echo","I only have a problem with the ads or so called \"Trending\" section. I do not have a subscription for Amazon Prime, Disney+ or whatever. Can I use this exploit to block the…",{"id":148,"by":149,"text":150},"29945882","hestefisk","This is very cool. What I hate the most about my LG is the ad bar that shows up on the left side of the screen as well as automatic installation of new apps. Will this jail break…",[152,163],{"value":153,"source":52,"evidence":154},"Dumb TVs, Apple TV, Roku and other streaming sticks",[155,159],{"id":156,"by":157,"text":158},"29941894","xanaxagoras","This looks really cool, but after I first learned about Automatic Content Recognition and all the ridiculous anti-privacy things these smart TVs do, I adopted a policy: A TV is a…",{"id":160,"by":161,"text":162},"29944237","madduci","Exactly, never ever connect a smart TV to internet. Instead, connect a Apple TV\u002FFireStick\u002FChromeCast\u002FAndroid TV\u002FRaspberry Pi to do the \"smart\" things and if they break, they will…",{"value":164,"source":52,"evidence":165},"Pi-hole and pfSense\u002FpfBlockerNG for blocking telemetry",[166,169],{"id":167,"by":68,"text":168},"29942270","I used to have everything blocked using PiHole but recently moved to a pfSense router, I guess I just need to block some hosts again. Thanks for the links!",{"id":170,"by":171,"text":172},"29945764","gerdesj","pfblocker-ng devel. Run the startup wizard to get a pretty safe ruleset running quickly.",{"comments":47,"answered":43,"key":174},[175,178,179],{"id":176,"text":177},"29941914","You might want to build a faraday cage for it too - one can also exploit TVs that are not connected to the internet at all, via DVB-T.…",{"id":59,"text":60},{"id":180,"text":181},"29942167","Some telemetry is blocked unconditionally during startup, although it is incomplete [1] (Perhaps I was a bit over-optimistic when I said a pihole was not required). 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