• Druid@lemmy.zip
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    3 months ago

    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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      3 months ago

      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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      3 months ago

      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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        3 months ago

        malicious mp3 files on a USB

        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.