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Ask HN: Tips for hacking a TV?

76 points fewgrehrehre | 3 comments | 16 Oct 24 03:44 UTC | HN request time: 0.698s | source

I've got a spare television lying around (specifically, a Samsung UN24H4500), and I thought it'd be fun to take a crack at seeing what I can do with it. The only hitch is that I've never really done any hardware hacking before, so I don't really know where to start!

Any tips and pointers would be much appreciated, in terms of common ways to search for and exploit vulnerabilities, or the exploitation of other televisions. Alternatively, if this is an absolute fool's errand, and the whole thing is locked down tighter than Fort Knox, a firm warning that this is not a good thing to dick around with over a weekend would also be appreciated.

1. walterbell ◴[16 Oct 24 04:12 UTC] No.41855528[source]▶
Prior work for LG televisions: https://github.com/RootMyTV/RootMyTV.github.io
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2. fewgrehrehre ◴[16 Oct 24 18:18 UTC] No.41862035[source]▶
Oh hey great! This might be really helpful. I've actually also got an LG TV upstairs, I'll have a peek at this, could be very helpful!
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3. laserstrahl ◴[17 Oct 24 06:30 UTC] No.41866960[source]▶
Rootmytv is Not working anymore if you are above a specific webos version. You can also try fiddling around with a USB to USB device and ADB shell.