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tv-vibehack
Reverse-engineer any Android TV / Google TV: 100% fail-safe direct boot launcher, remote hotkey remapping, Realtek hardware passthrough & offline media player.
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tv-vibehack 📺✨
Transform any ad-bloated Android TV or Google TV into a lightning-fast, tvOS-inspired, fail-safe experience — without root, without bootloop risks, and without losing access to stock features.
图片:Android 14 Ready 图片:License: MIT 图片:Root Required: No 图片:Zero Bootloop Architecture
📐 Architecture & Transformation Overview
[ STOCK GOOGLE TV ] [ NLRC TV VIBEHACK ]
┌──────────────────────────────────────┐ ┌──────────────────────────────────────┐
│ Sponsored Ad Banner (70% Screen) │ │ NLRC Home · Ambient Clock & Date │
│ [Trending Shows] [Paid Promotions] │ │ │
│ 50+ Bloatware OTT Apps │ ➔ │ │
│ Remote Buttons Lock You In Paywalls │ │ Dock: [HDMI 2 (Cable)] [Media Vault]│
└──────────────────────────────────────┘ └──────────────────────────────────────┘
• 2.5 GB RAM used • 120 MB RAM used
• Heavy telemetry & tracking • 0 Ads · 0 Telemetry · 100% Fail-Safe
🎯 The Motivation
Modern Smart TVs ship with:
- Sponsored ads covering 70% of the screen.
- Sluggish bloatware and 50+ pre-installed background apps consuming memory and tracking habits.
- Unremappable sponsored remote buttons (Netflix, Prime Video) that elderly family members hit by mistake, throwing them into subscription walls.
- Overly complicated navigation that makes switching to Cable/HDMI or playing personal home videos a headache.
tv-vibehack solves this permanently. Originally built to give aging parents a distraction-free, one-touch TV experience, it provides a universal blueprint for taking back control of any Android TV without root.
⚡ What Makes This Different?
1. 🛡️ The 100% Fail-Safe Architecture (Zero Bootloops)
On Android 14 Google TV, disabling the stock launcher (com.google.android.apps.tv.launcherx) breaks Direct Boot, tripping Android’s RescueParty service and bricking the TV into a black-screen recovery state.
tv-vibehack never disables launcherx. Instead:
- The custom launcher is
directBootAware="true". - A lightweight native Accessibility Service (
HomeKeyService) intercepts Home key events and window transitions in under 10ms. - If the custom launcher is ever uninstalled or crashes, Google TV seamlessly takes over. Zero chance of bricking your TV.
2. 🔀 Hardware Passthrough (Direct HDMI Switching)
No more opening 4 nested TV menus just to watch cable. Through reverse-engineered Realtek RTD TvContract passthrough URIs, the launcher switches directly to HDMI inputs programmatically:
Uri uri = TvContract.buildChannelUriForPassthroughInput(
"com.realtek.tv.passthrough/.hdmiinput.HDMITvInputService/HW151519744" // HDMI 2
);
context.startActivity(new Intent(Intent.ACTION_VIEW, uri));
3. 🎮 Sponsored Remote Key Remapping (No Root)
HomeKeyService intercepts hardcoded hardware remote buttons (KEYCODE_BUTTON_3 for Netflix, KEYCODE_BUTTON_4 for Prime Video, KEYCODE_PROG_RED/GREEN) and redirects them straight to HDMI 2 / Set-Top Box in <150ms without root.
4. 🎞️ Offline TV Media Vault & Legacy Transcoding
Many families have legacy home videos or recordings stored on USB drives encoded in older formats (e.g., DVD MPEG-2) that native modern Smart TV chipsets cannot decode inside standard MP4 containers.
How to Add Your Own Media:
- Transcode to Hardware-Accelerated H.264:
ffmpeg -i "MyVideo_Part_1.mp4" -c:v libx264 -preset faster -crf 23 -c:a aac -b:a 192k "Part_1.mp4" - Push Directly into TV Internal Storage:
adb shell mkdir -p /sdcard/Movies/NLRC adb push Part_1.mp4 /sdcard/Movies/NLRC/Part_1.mp4 adb push Part_2.mp4 /sdcard/Movies/NLRC/Part_2.mp4 adb push Part_3.mp4 /sdcard/Movies/NLRC/Part_3.mp4 - Instant D-pad Remote Navigation:
Launch PenDrive / Media Viewer directly from the dock. No USB stick needs to remain plugged in; videos play natively at 60fps with intuitive remote controls:
- ◄ / ►: Seek -10s / +10s with real-time HUD.
- ▲ / ▼ or CH+ / CH-: Switch to Next / Previous part.
- OK: Play / Pause toggle.
🚀 Quick Start
1. Enable ADB on your Android TV
- On the TV: Settings → System → About → Click Build 7 times to enable Developer Options.
- Go to Settings → System → Developer Options → Turn on USB Debugging (and Network Debugging if available).
- Connect your computer to the same Wi-Fi network as the TV.
2. Connect via ADB
adb connect :5555
Accept the “Always allow from this computer” dialog on your TV.
3. Safe Debloat
Safely disable ad-trackers and bloatware using model-specific profiles:
# Example for Acer / Realtek QLED Android 14 TVs
adb shell pm disable-user --user 0 com.google.android.tvrecommendations
(See examples/ for model-specific profiles).
4. Build & Install the Launcher
cd launcher
./gradlew assembleDebug
adb install -r app/build/outputs/apk/debug/app-debug.apk
5. Enable the Accessibility Interceptor
adb shell settings put secure enabled_accessibility_services com.gathin.tvhome/.HomeKeyService
adb shell settings put secure accessibility_enabled 1
📁 Repository Structure
| Path | Description |
|---|---|
launcher/ | Native Android TV launcher with Apple tvOS aesthetics, D-pad navigation, ambient glow, and Direct Boot awareness. |
launcher/.../HomeKeyService.java | Fail-safe Accessibility Service intercepting Home button and sponsored hotkeys. |
launcher/.../HdmiHelper.java | Direct Realtek / Android TV hardware passthrough input launcher. |
launcher/.../PenDriveActivity.java | Media viewer card UI for offline TV storage / USB playback. |
launcher/.../VideoPlayerActivity.java | Hardware-accelerated full-screen player with remote seek HUD and episode switching. |
examples/acer-v-pro-32-qled/ | Comprehensive teardown and architecture notes for Acer / MOKA Realtek RTD QLED TVs. |
tools/ | Helper scripts: safe_switch.bat / safe_switch.sh for one-click toggle between stock and custom launcher. |
📖 Deep Dive Hardware Case Studies
- Acer V Pro 32” QLED (Android 14 API 34, Realtek RTD, MOKA R3G)
- Xiaomi Mi TV 4A (PatchWall Debloat)
🤝 Contributing
Contributions are warmly welcomed! If you’ve reverse-engineered input IDs or debloat profiles for your specific TV brand (TCL, Sony Bravia, Hisense, OnePlus, Nvidia Shield), please submit a pull request under examples/.
See CONTRIBUTING.md for details.
📄 License
This project is licensed under the MIT License. Outfit typeface licensed under SIL Open Font License.
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