Anyone who owns an LG smart TV must inform all guests and family members that they are being monitored – this is required by LG’s current terms of use. Meanwhile, LG monitors install potential malware and surveillance software on a connected Windows computer.
Omg you can jailbreak smart TVs now? HELL yeah
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.
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
Thanks so much for the rootmy.tv recommendation, exactly what I need but didn’t know to look for!
on my 5+ year old TVs that didn’t work. you need a developer account, an app, and a few commands over SSH
I had to put malicious mp3 files on a USB for my newer C2, but my older C8 was rooted in the browser
LOL, this is hilarious, while simultaneously infuriating that the owners of hardware are required to install a Trojan Horse to uninstall the malicious software installed by the manufacturer.
https://github.com/throwaway96/dejavuln-autoroot#instructions
That phone was the coolest thing, it’s such a shame how it died. I’ve still got mine lol, I can get it to boot and play that one flight sim game you could buy on the app store.