More on: TCL Google TV Tools
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 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.
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.
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.
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.
