topic Re: Can any off the new android Bravia be rooted in Android TV

Can any off the new android Bravia be rooted

Kenny324410 — Tue, 29 Dec 2015 03:55:53 GMT

Has anyone been able to root any off these new android Bravias yet

Re: Can any off the new android Bravia be rooted

Anonymous — Tue, 29 Dec 2015 11:25:36 GMT

Hi there

Yes, you probably can. But i dont have the instructions how - only to put the tv into developers mode.

Cheers

Re: Can any off the new android Bravia be rooted

Kenny324410 — Tue, 29 Dec 2015 18:23:58 GMT

I got it in Dev mode and no how to side load apk it's root I need so I can map ps4 controller bottoms to android games that have not been ported to the tv is in thay run but you can't play them becos thay tuch screen bottoms like mc5 or racing rivals but you can map out bottoms on screen and link them to a ps4 controller so that tuch screen bottom is now the controller button I have been able to do it with a android phone and a ps4 controller but sucks playing on a small screen but for it to work I need root

Re: Can any off the new android Bravia be rooted

Kenny324410 — Tue, 29 Dec 2015 18:31:43 GMT

See this is the ps4 controller runing on a phone would like to do the same for tv witch would alow people to run games that have not been ported to the tv format but as I sed I need root to be able to map the botton on screen

https://www.youtube.com/watch?app=desktop&persist_app=1&v=DbAFSSwws28

Re: Can any off the new android Bravia be rooted

dobooth13 — Tue, 29 Dec 2015 18:33:31 GMT

what next? custom ROMs for the TV e.g. cyanogenmodTV

can't be worse than Sony LOL

Re: Can any off the new android Bravia be rooted

Kenny324410 — Tue, 29 Dec 2015 18:37:41 GMT

Custom rom doesn't matter at this point it's just there a crap ton off games that the tv could run but thay devs will probly never port over to the tv format but maping on screen tuch points and so that thay points are concted to a button on the ps4 controller would alow for thay games to be ran on the tv but to do it you need root

Re: Can any off the new android Bravia be rooted

Anonymous — Tue, 29 Dec 2015 18:39:22 GMT

@dobooth13 wrote:

what next? custom ROMs for the TV e.g. cyanogenmodTV

can't be worse than Sony LOL

It could.... Sony Windows 8 TV anyone ?

Re: Can any off the new android Bravia be rooted

Bio007 — Sat, 01 Apr 2017 06:27:04 GMT

Were you able to root your tv after all? I would be interested in rooting mine as well but can't find reliable info how 😞

Re: Can any off the new android Bravia be rooted

Anonymous — Sat, 01 Apr 2017 09:34:25 GMT

@Bio007 wrote:

Were you able to root your tv after all? I would be interested in rooting mine as well but can't find reliable info how 😞

No one has managed to do it - as far as I am aware.

Re: Can any off the new android Bravia be rooted

Jecht_Sin — Sun, 02 Apr 2017 09:15:41 GMT

Even if it was possible, I am not sure I would try it myself. If anything goes wrong, like if the tv goes in bootloops (it did happen quite few times with my phones) do we have a tool to reinstall/repair the OS? Or just putting the latest installation package in a USB will reinstall it?

Because at that point a reset to factory settings wouldn't fix anything. That resets the /data and when we root a phone we modify /system.

Re: Can any off the new android Bravia be rooted

IBarahonaI — Sun, 19 May 2019 12:16:05 GMT

I want to root my Tv too! I can not use the USB drive the way I want or need to do it. I have a 256Gb USB, and I can not download anything direct to that USB, because the Tv does not format that USB. And only read that USB, but not write on it. I think the Tv can not format it because of the size. I don't know.
But those tv are very expensive. Sony could (and should) put inside the tv a 256Gb HD disk (7200rpm). That way the users/customer could install games, emulators and a lot of rom. There are free emulators and free rom, but not the machine to use it.
And if some one (Sony, LG, Samsung or whatever) come with that idea (the one with 256Gb internal HDD 7200rpm) will be the number one in/on the market. Every one would like to have a Tv with a lot of space to do what (we) want to do. A Tv it is not the same as before. We use internet in our tv. We want to do more!
Any way! Because the tv use Android OS, the speed of the HDD does not has to be 7200. Could be 5200. And one made for laptops could (do) the job.
(I don't know much english: I hope you got the idea).