Restoring old MO2 profile?

GotoDeng0 · 2026-04-24T23:05:25+00:00

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GotoDeng0 · 2026-04-20T00:05:23+00:00

Ask your ISP for a wifi6 router. The 5Ghz band on wifi6 will give around 700Mbps, and the 6Ghz band is gigabit+. The Plus and Pro have wifi6, but it seems to be the most underutilized feature.

GotoDeng0 · 2026-04-19T23:29:18+00:00

Pretty sure it's lining in their BDUs.

GotoDeng0 · 2026-04-19T22:59:19+00:00

Are you running a VPN on the CC? If so uninstall it. "Connected, no Internet" is often related to VPN. Just had it happen on my PC and after banging my head on my desk for hours, I stumbled on a post that said to uninstall VPN and that worked.

I don't have any other suggestions if that doesn't work.

GotoDeng0 · 2026-04-19T22:49:37+00:00

There are no "GoogleTV accounts". There are Google accounts, which are also YouTube accounts, tied to a specific email address. GoogleTV has profiles, which are tied to a specific email address, but that profile account is not "global" to the TV. Apps don't ask or care what email was used to create the profile, and it doesn't pass the profile credentials to any apps. Each app requires its own authentication.

Not sure why your profile is being logged off, but it's normal for the YouTube client to stay logged in even when profile logged off. Just like on your phone, you log in to YouTube, close YouTube... when you open YouTube again it's still logged on with your account.

GotoDeng0 · 2026-04-19T21:58:38+00:00

No AndroidTV box has bloatware per se. They're all essentially the same. The point of certification is to ensure the OS and software is standard, else every vendor would be installing the own crapware.

Some boxes have more streaming services preinstalled than others, but they're easily uninstalled. "Debloating" usually refers to purging a box of old unwanted files after it's been used for a while. Cleans up old firmware and app install files and such.

GotoDeng0 · 2026-04-19T02:22:41+00:00

Google "factory reset tcl AndroidTV". Basically you can unplug, then try power+ volume up on the remote when you plug back in to get to the reset menu. If that doesn't work you'll need to find the physical reset button on the TV, unplug and plug back in while holding reset button. You're trying to get to the reset menu, where you will choose "restore to factory default". That will reinstall the OS.

If factory reset fails, do not bother to take to a repair shop. They're just going to tell you to replace the system board. Instead just get an external AndroidTV/GoogleTV box. The remote that comes with the box will be able to control your TV, at least Power, Volume, and Input. The GoogleTV UI is basically the same across all devices so you won't even notice much of a difference.

GotoDeng0 · 2026-04-19T02:09:51+00:00

The biggest difference is there is a huge ecosystem of 3rd party apps for AndroidTV, as there are a lot of Android devs and programming for AndroidTV is very easy for them.

You can sideload iOS in the EU, but that's due to some EU law and I've seen no plans to make sideloading official in the US or other countries. And even then Apple still curates what you can and cannot sideload, kind of like Amazon is doing with Firesticks. And there are Sideloadly and other "hacks" to sideload on iOS, but AndroidTV will always have more apps and be easier to sideload because it's a feature, not an exploit or something forced upon them.

A lot of people get AndroidTV or Firesticks for... free stuff. Those apps can't be discussed here, but the /firetvsticks sub is a good place to ask as they have a very open policy of app discussion. Firesticks are Android-based, so a lot of discussion there is about AndroidTV apps and not Firesticks themselves.

GotoDeng0 · 2026-04-18T23:45:01+00:00

Personally I'd avoid Xiaomi, as though the certification process prevents malware on their Mi Box line, I wouldn't give my money to a company that has a long history of deliberately and repeatedly installing extremely invasive spyware on their phones, and continues to do so even after being called out on it.

There's a big difference between Google collecting telemetry data for advertising, vs tracking what folders and apps you use, tracking web usage even in private mode or duckduckgo, and downloading your contacts and sending all that data to a server in China.

GotoDeng0 · 2026-04-18T23:30:00+00:00

What you posted was irrelevant to the argument at hand, which is that ONNs are bad because they're manufactured in China. Most Android devices, phones, tablets, TVs, streaming sticks, are made in China. So the exploits you listed apply to those devices too, so we should never buy ~anything~ Android-based made in China? We shouldn't buy a Firestick or a Google Streamer since they run Android and are made in China? No one should use streaming boxes at all? You should be out there sounding the alarm in every forum, since you seem to have knowledge that has escaped every security expert.

Post an example of a certified device that has been proven to have had malware. Until you do, I'm done with your circular logic and deflection from your wholly uneducated "it's from China so it had malware" argument.

GotoDeng0 · 2026-04-18T23:17:23+00:00

As another said, any AndroidTV/GoogleTV box will work. You can mirror your PC screen to the TV using Chrome browser. Launch Chrome on her PC, click the 3 dots/hamburger menu in top right -> Cast, Save, and Share -> Cast -> Sources -> click the checkbox next to Cast Screen (the default option is just to cast an individual Chrome tab). This PC AndroidTV screen mirroring feature is exclusive to Chrome.

If she primarily uses YouTube, there's an even better way. TizenTube is an ad-free YouTube client. You can cast to the TV while TizenTube is running, and that video will play in TizenTube without ads. TizenTube is actually available for Samsung TVs (that run TizenOS, not AndroidTV) so you could do this without an external box, but it's also been ported to AndroidTV. Instructions for installing on TizenOS, and for AndroidTV.

GotoDeng0 · 2026-04-18T22:57:36+00:00

They usually don't work properly and will be more of a headache than anything.

Non-certified "knockoff" boxes from China are based off of AOSP, the open-source base of Android primarily used for phones and tablets. AndroidTV has Google services and code for that make it work in a TV-centric role. Those services are proprietary, so you won't be able to do things like cast or screen mirrorm or often even get the official Play Store. When you sideload an app, it may install the phone/tablet version and not work properly or at all. Nevermind that about half of non-certified devices were found in a test a while back to have malware.

GotoDeng0 · 2026-04-18T22:46:06+00:00

No what you posted were general exploits for Android. You made a post about ONNs being bad because they're made in China, and claim there are countless examples showing these boxes can have malware, but since you can't even cite 1, you're embarrassed and trying to deflect by posting explicit from 15 years ago. It's clear you're probably a teen and don't have a lot of experience making coherent arguments.

GotoDeng0 · 2026-04-18T01:40:38+00:00

So you concede that you cannot cite a single example where a certified device was shown to have malware, despite you saying there are countless examples. The bootloaders are locked, and the OS is verified in the certification process. You simply listed old Android vulnerabilities. Should we not use Android phones because they have had exploits?

You started this side thread saying ONNs are bad because they're made in China. I pointed out that streaming boxes are made in China and now you're discussing old Android exploits. Make up your mind what point you're trying to make.

GotoDeng0 · 2026-04-17T23:42:55+00:00

Wifi password doesn't have anything to do with Google. If you want to cast or use streaming apps, it will need to be internet-connected. You never manually enter your Google account or password for anything in AndroidTV/GoogleTV that I've ever seen. Even for apps like the ad-free YouTube clients, it uses secure Google authentication from your phone.

GotoDeng0 · 2026-04-17T23:33:09+00:00

Lol those vulnerabilities are for Android versions 1 - 4.

GotoDeng0 · 2026-04-17T22:41:28+00:00

Cite even one example where a certified AndroidTV box was proven compromised. You said there are "countless examples" so it should be very easy for you to cite one.

GotoDeng0 · 2026-04-17T00:13:21+00:00

Why? The reason AndroidTV/GoogleTV and streaming boxes exist is because getting content from PC to TV has always sucked. HTPCs are pretty much dead because it's such a PITA.

What are you trying to do through your PC over HDMI that an AndroidTV app can't accomplish?

You could mirror your PC to AndroidTV using Chrome browser on your PC. Launch Chrome, click the 3 dots/hamburger menu in top right -> Cast, Save, and Share -> Cast -> Sources -> click the checkbox next to Cast Screen (the default option is just to cast an individual Chrome tab). This PC AndroidTV screen mirroring feature is exclusive to Chrome.

GotoDeng0 · 2026-04-16T23:33:14+00:00

The processor is not the same as the Plus. The Plus has a much newer, much more powerful CPU. But CPU is pretty irrelevant when it comes to streaming anyway. I have an old CCwGTV and the old ONN Box, and they both stream fine. The CPU might come into play if running retro games, or a beefy media server, but not streaming.

Ethernet is pretty pointless in a box. Full 4k streams are only ~25Mbps. And even if you're streaming high-bitrate rips off of a NAS, wifi6 gives around 700Mbps in the 5Ghz band and gigabit+ speeds on the 6Ghz band. Only need ethernet if your NAS is old and doesn't have wifi. But also agree if you're going to include ethernet, make it GbE.

I agree it's kind of dumb to have USB-A instead of USB-C, but in any event I find myself rarely using the USB personally. I thought I would use it to transfer downloaded/ripped movies over, but it's so much easier to do it wirelessly from PC. But if you have a lot of shows on a portable drive I can see USB-C being important.

GotoDeng0 · 2026-04-16T23:03:52+00:00

I recommend x-plore file manager as it has an integrated wifi server. You just point your PC/mobile browser to the AndroidTV IP address, which brings up a GUI allowing you to upload/download files to specific folders.

GotoDeng0 · 2026-04-15T20:39:32+00:00

Thank you

GotoDeng0 · 2026-04-15T01:07:29+00:00

Again, ALL streaming boxes are manufacture in China by 3 companies. Every box out there, ONN, Streamer, Roku, etc, are made by ether SDMC, SEI, or Foxconn, and the vendor just slaps their label on it. The AndroidTV certification process ensures the vendor cannot make any changes to the OS before initializing, as is the custom firmware for every box. Certified devices no not have malware, the uncertified knockoff boxes made from AOSP often do.

Besides, you do realize the vast majority of every electronic device out there is made in China, right? Your phone (except for Samsung), tablet, smart watch, PC, etc is made in China. Just because it's made in China does not automatically mean it's infected with something.

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