--- title: People Are Using AI to Get Rid of Smart TV Ads and Make... description: Android TV owners are using Claude Code and other AI coding agents to debloat their smart TVs over ADB, stripping out ads, telemetry, and bloatware while... canonical: https://daily.dev/posts/people-are-using-ai-to-get-rid-of-smart-tv-ads-and-make-their-tvs-faster-emxaxebrc twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:site: @dailydotdev og:type: website og:site_name: daily.dev og:title: People Are Using AI to Get Rid of Smart TV Ads and Make Their TVs Faster | daily.dev og:description: Android TV owners are using Claude Code and other AI coding agents to debloat their smart TVs over ADB, stripping out ads, telemetry, and bloatware while... og:url: https://daily.dev/posts/people-are-using-ai-to-get-rid-of-smart-tv-ads-and-make-their-tvs-faster-emxaxebrc og:image: https://api.daily.dev/og/posts/EmxaxeBRC.png og:image:alt: People Are Using AI to Get Rid of Smart TV Ads and Make Their TVs Faster og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 630 og:locale: en --- > ## Documentation Index > Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://daily.dev/llms.txt > Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further. # People Are Using AI to Get Rid of Smart TV Ads and Make Their TVs Faster **[It's Foss](https://daily.dev/sources/itsfoss)** · 6 min read · 1 upvotes · 0 comments ## Summary Android TV owners are using Claude Code and other AI coding agents to debloat their smart TVs over ADB, stripping out ads, telemetry, and bloatware while replacing the stock launcher with a minimal alternative. The trend started with a viral tweet from Ryan Doyle, followed by GitHub repos like tv-vibehack (1,300+ stars) and dumbtv, which target Android/Google TV and Amazon Fire TV respectively. The process involves enabling Developer Options, connecting via ADB, and letting Claude disable (never uninstall) non-essential system packages. Key gotchas include disabling the launcher before installing a replacement (which can brick the Home button), leaving debug ports open on the network, and over-disabling useful services like voice search, screencasting, or firmware updates. ## Full article daily.dev links to this article rather than hosting it. Read it at the original source: ## Questions this post answers ### How do people use Claude Code to remove ads from a cheap Android TV? They enable Developer Options and USB or wireless debugging on the TV, then run Claude Code or the Claude desktop app on a computer on the same Wi-Fi network, pointing it at the TV's IP address over ADB. Claude lists installed packages and disables (not uninstalls) ad, sponsored-row, and telemetry packages using pm disable-user, often alongside installing a minimal custom launcher. _daily.dev surfaces how other developers are turning coding agents loose on everyday hardware like this._ ### Why should I disable system packages instead of uninstalling them when debloating an Android TV? Uninstalling system packages on Android TV risks bricking the Home button or breaking HDMI input switching, so the safer approach is disabling them with pm disable-user, which is fully reversible. Order matters too: disabling the stock launcher before a replacement is installed sends the Home button to a factory test app instead. _Developers automating device tweaks with AI agents track these reversibility gotchas on daily.dev._ ### Does the Claude-based TV debloating trick work on Amazon Fire TV or Samsung and LG smart TVs? No single repo covers everything: tv-vibehack targets Android TV and Google TV brands like Sony, TCL, Xiaomi, Hisense, and OnePlus, but does not support Amazon Fire TV. A separate project called dumbtv was built specifically for Fire TV, tested on Fire OS 7.7.1.7, and disables around 65 packages including Amazon's ACR screen fingerprinting. Samsung's Tizen, LG's webOS, and Roku use entirely different systems where the ADB trick does not apply. _daily.dev helps developers comparing device-hacking projects keep track of which platforms each one actually supports._ ## Similar posts on daily.dev - [I turned my smart TV into a dumb monitor, and every app got better overnight](https://daily.dev/posts/i-turned-my-smart-tv-into-a-dumb-monitor-and-every-app-got-better-overnight-wwlx66387) · XDA Developers · 0 upvotes · 0 comments - [I turned my smart TV into a dumb TV with this hidden feature, and I finally have control again](https://daily.dev/posts/i-turned-my-smart-tv-into-a-dumb-tv-with-this-hidden-feature-and-i-finally-have-control-again-1sdjgmmzi) · XDA Developers · 0 upvotes · 0 comments - [Using LineageOS For Phones And DIY Smart TVs Is Pretty Nifty](https://daily.dev/posts/using-lineageos-for-phones-and-diy-smart-tvs-is-pretty-nifty-yy9oivycg) · Hackaday · 0 upvotes · 0 comments - [How to break free from smart TV ads and tracking](https://daily.dev/posts/how-to-break-free-from-smart-tv-ads-and-tracking-icx0wdnuz) · Hacker News · 0 upvotes · 0 comments --- Tags: [#ai-agents](https://daily.dev/tags/ai-agents), [#claude-code](https://daily.dev/tags/claude-code), [#android-development](https://daily.dev/tags/android-development) [View this post on daily.dev](https://daily.dev/posts/people-are-using-ai-to-get-rid-of-smart-tv-ads-and-make-their-tvs-faster-emxaxebrc) ```json {"@context":"https://schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Organization","@id":"https://daily.dev/#organization","name":"daily.dev","url":"https://daily.dev","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://daily.dev/apple-touch-icon.png","width":180,"height":180},"sameAs":["https://twitter.com/dailydotdev","https://github.com/dailydotdev","https://www.linkedin.com/company/daily-dev-ltd"]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https://daily.dev/#website","url":"https://daily.dev","name":"daily.dev","publisher":{"@id":"https://daily.dev/#organization"},"potentialAction":{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https://daily.dev/search?q={search_term_string}"},"query-input":"required name=search_term_string"}}]} {"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"TechArticle","headline":"People Are Using AI to Get Rid of Smart TV Ads and Make Their TVs Faster","url":"https://daily.dev/posts/people-are-using-ai-to-get-rid-of-smart-tv-ads-and-make-their-tvs-faster-emxaxebrc","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://daily.dev/posts/people-are-using-ai-to-get-rid-of-smart-tv-ads-and-make-their-tvs-faster-emxaxebrc"},"datePublished":"2026-10-19T11:15:07.210Z","dateModified":"2026-10-20T03:37:14.482Z","description":"Android TV owners are using Claude Code and other AI coding agents to debloat their smart TVs over ADB, stripping out ads, telemetry, and bloatware while...","image":"https://media.daily.dev/image/upload/f_auto,q_auto/v1/posts/6a201ff3eaea0734ae2bd19e5c88054c?_a=AQAEuop","thumbnailUrl":"https://media.daily.dev/image/upload/f_auto,q_auto/v1/posts/6a201ff3eaea0734ae2bd19e5c88054c?_a=AQAEuop","isAccessibleForFree":true,"articleSection":"It's Foss","inLanguage":"en","publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"daily.dev","url":"https://daily.dev","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://daily.dev/apple-touch-icon.png","width":180,"height":180}},"author":{"@type":"Organization","name":"It's Foss","logo":"https://media.daily.dev/image/upload/t_logo,f_auto/v1/logos/582e3faed71842bfb9d3840a787d6700","url":"https://daily.dev/sources/itsfoss"},"commentCount":0,"discussionUrl":"https://daily.dev/posts/people-are-using-ai-to-get-rid-of-smart-tv-ads-and-make-their-tvs-faster-emxaxebrc","interactionStatistic":[{"@type":"InteractionCounter","interactionType":{"@type":"LikeAction"},"userInteractionCount":1},{"@type":"InteractionCounter","interactionType":{"@type":"CommentAction"},"userInteractionCount":0}],"keywords":"ai-agents,claude-code,android-development","timeRequired":"PT6M"} {"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https://daily.dev"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"It's Foss","item":"https://daily.dev/sources/itsfoss"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":3,"name":"People Are Using AI to Get Rid of Smart TV Ads and Make Their TVs Faster"}]} {"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"FAQPage","@id":"https://daily.dev/posts/people-are-using-ai-to-get-rid-of-smart-tv-ads-and-make-their-tvs-faster-emxaxebrc#faq","mainEntity":[{"@type":"Question","name":"How do people use Claude Code to remove ads from a cheap Android TV?","acceptedAnswer":{"@type":"Answer","text":"They enable Developer Options and USB or wireless debugging on the TV, then run Claude Code or the Claude desktop app on a computer on the same Wi-Fi network, pointing it at the TV's IP address over ADB. 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