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# Android

## [A TV remote from the command line](https://www.dealmobile.co.uk/writing/a-tv-remote-from-the-command-line.md)

Published 2026-10-23

Pairing a Linux computer with a Google TV over the protocol phone remotes use, what the six-character code on the screen really checks, and why a remote that can’t change anything is worth having next to ADB.

## [The packages I kept on a Google TV](https://www.dealmobile.co.uk/writing/the-packages-i-kept-on-a-google-tv.md)

Published 2026-10-23

The other half of decluttering a TCL Google TV: a keep-list of 35 packages that debloat lists remove or that only look disposable, how each one got there, and the script that refuses to touch them.

## [Letting an agent drive the TV](https://www.dealmobile.co.uk/writing/letting-an-agent-drive-the-tv.md)

Published 2026-10-23

The rules a coding agent worked under while it changed a TV we were still watching: only changes that can be undone, small batches with a person testing in between, a log of everything, and the mistakes that added the rest.

## [A fourth screen on the living-room TV](https://www.dealmobile.co.uk/writing/a-fourth-screen-on-the-living-room-tv.md)

Published 2026-10-23

Giving a Linux laptop an extra 4K screen that only exists while the TV is watching, with Sunshine and Moonlight to stream it, a virtual display driver instead of a dummy plug, and the black screens and lost layouts on the way.

## [Decluttering a TCL Google TV without rooting it](https://www.dealmobile.co.uk/writing/decluttering-a-tcl-google-tv.md)

Published 2026-10-22

Switching off 34 packages on a TCL Google TV over ADB, replacing the home screen, and finding the TCL-only permission that stopped the replacement surviving a restart.

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