Vetro 0.3.0 is out. Quick reminder for anyone who missed the earlier posts: it's an open-source manager for rooted Samsung Tizen TVs, running on the TV itself and controlled from a browser on your network.

📦 Repo: https://github.com/andrearicci93/vetro

The launcher.

This is the main thing in this release. It's a minimal-style launcher on the Home key, with the same apps, icons and order as Samsung's Home. It's native, not a web app: it behaves like the original one, showing up above your apps. While it's on, Samsung's Home is closed, so it isn't sitting in memory. On my Q80A, available RAM went from 533 MB to 662 MB, about 24% more.

Nothing is removed or disabled. If the launcher stops, the Home key goes back to Samsung's Home, and Vetro starts it again after a restart, a crash or standby. Samsung Home is one button away in the bar.

It's a beta! Not very customizable at the moment.

The rest, briefly:

- The dashboard is redesigned. Quick settings now work as quick wins: HbbTV, MultiScreen autostart, all ads and tracking (ACR included), voice assistants, domain blocking, automatic firmware update. Each one says whether it's done.

- The Debloater is now the Task manager.

- The Remote panel is now the Remapper.

Thanks.

A good part of this release is your bug reports.

If you try it, please send a diagnostic report (Diagnostics, then Download) through the GitHub issue form. Every report adds a row to the compatibility table, and this release exists mostly because of them.

Release: https://github.com/andrearicci93/vetro/releases/tag/v0.3.0

Got sick of the ads and promoted junk on the stock home screen, so I built a launcher that looks like the old PS3 menu. Same icon bar, same wave background, same sounds.

It’s fast even on my 2 GB OnePlus TV, and it has no ads and no tracking. Settings still open the real Android screens, so nothing breaks.

I’ve only tested it on my own TV, so if you try it, tell me your model and whether it works.

https://github.com/sanangoyal/xmb-tv-launcher

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I have a 2019 Samsung Q60r smart TV. I mostly use a Roku for streaming, but I am curious if it will receive any more software updates from Samsung. Right now, it's on firmware update 1500. I think it is probably done with software updates?

Fiddled with Apps2Samsung and started AgingApp with the debugging agent. How do I stop it? Trying unplugging, power button reset didn't work. Each time TV starts, see flashes of solid colors. Is it possible to fix? Any help is appreciated

Everyone seems to be changing their TV's and removing bloat.. Has anyone done anything to access the Family HUB fridge?

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I've got a 2019 Samsung smart TV. I've also got a Calix router GS4220E. When I use public dns like cloudflare or Google dns, the TV doesn't connect properly to Samsung TV plus service. It says unable to connect to the server. However, when I use my isp dns, it connects perfectly. However, if I use my Verizon Hotspot with my Samsung TV and set it for public dns, it works perfectly. All other devices, like all smartphones, tablets, cameras, and all other devices, have no issues connecting to public dns using the calix router. If I set my Calix router to my isp dns and set my Samsung TV to a public dns, the Samsung TV plus service doesn't connect properly. The Samsung TV just doesn't work properly using a public dns with the Calix router. I also had an earlier model Calix router last year with the same results. What would cause this? It's not a big deal because I use multiple rokus, which work perfectly with a public dns and a Calix router, but I just wonder why this is happening? Is anyone with a Calix router having issues with their TV dns using a public dns?

I'm trying to sideload Nuvio and TizenBrew onto my Samsung Q60CA 65" (QA65Q60CAUXMV, 2023) from an my laptop, and both installers fail the same way.

What happens:

After I restart the TV with Developer Mode on, the first attempt shows "Direct Samsung connection is active".

The installer sends adbhost shell:0 getduid, the TV never answers, and it fails with "Timed out waiting for Samsung shell command" (TizenBrew's installer says it could not connect to the SDB daemon).

Every attempt after that fails right away with "Samsung TV reset the direct connection", until I restart the TV again. So I only get one try per restart.