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    [–] [email protected] 131 points 1 month ago (1 children)

    Saving this for when people ask why I need root access on my devices.

    [–] cm0002 73 points 1 month ago (17 children)

    Lol I love the "You don't need root on modern Android, it does all the things you used to root for!" People. No, no it doesn't lmao

    [–] [email protected] 23 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago)

    That's generally what you hear from people who have basic use cases and simply can't fathom other people may want or need different things from their devices.

    Which is fine, they don't have to understand. If stock is good enough for them nowadays, more power to them.

    What I'm sick of is the condescension. This bizarre thing where they somehow think a person wanting control over a device they paid for is worthy of derision or shame.

    It's like if someone who only checks their email on their laptop laughing at someone using a desktop for heavier work, for no real reason other than thinking using technology differently than themselves is silly.

    That other comment is a perfect example, and indictive of this weird subculture in Android spaces that hates Google but seems to be drinking from the same user-hostile Kool aid.

    Personally, I'm an odd case, in that I didn't used to root or use custom ROMs at all until recent years. Basically since Android 10, simply to get around the needless roadblocks and restore the functions I want. I was fine with stock for a long time, until Google started becoming Apple.

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    [–] friend_of_satan 65 points 1 month ago (2 children)

    I would love to have this for my smart tv remote that has dedicated buttons for subscription services I will never pay for. /me heads to thingiverse to search

    [–] EnragedKnight117 18 points 1 month ago (5 children)

    Install a button remapper You can disable the buttons, or reuse them for custom actions :P

    [–] friend_of_satan 7 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago) (2 children)

    Please provide a link to a TV remote button remapper.

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    [–] [email protected] 11 points 1 month ago

    For most squishy remotes, you can disable the buttons by taking the remote apart, and putting tape on the underside of the rubber button.

    [–] [email protected] 32 points 1 month ago

    Boomer mode

    [–] [email protected] 24 points 1 month ago (1 children)

    Ok, now I kind of want this. I only have my PC connected to the TV, so I only need the power button, volume controls, settings and the D-Pad. A specialized cover would make hitting the right buttons in the dark much easier and also remove the ads disguised as buttons.

    [–] [email protected] 7 points 1 month ago

    I figured out my tv starts on the last used channel if it receives power after a power cut. All I need to control it is a smart plug

    [–] [email protected] 20 points 1 month ago (9 children)

    Neat.

    The thing that bothers me whenever I see a TV remote is that there doesn't seem to be a remote control with illuminated keys, like on a computer keyboard. That way you can see the buttons even under dim lit conditions. Also, why aren't there any remotes with a built-in battery that could be charged like a smartphone?

    I don't own a TV, but I know that back in the days of bulky CRT TV's there were some remotes that could be iluminated. White LEDs weren't a thing back then, so they used incandescent lamps which drained the 9V battery fast.

    Why aren't back llit and rechargeable TV remotes a thing today, especially because white LED's and batteries are quite efficient today?

    [–] [email protected] 21 points 1 month ago (1 children)

    Didn't this used to be common? One button glows in the dark, and if you push it a few seconds of backlight illuminate the rest of the buttons?

    I swear half the remotes when I was a kid did this.

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    [–] [email protected] 7 points 1 month ago

    If you want rechargeable batteries, just put some eneloop batteries (or some of the cheaper, rebranded ones) in the remote. They are not like the old NiMH batteries, they hold a charge for a years.

    I certainly don't want a remote that I have to throw out in a few years because the non-replaceable lithium battery wore out.

    [–] [email protected] 3 points 1 month ago

    The box Comcast sent me that I never asked for had all the features you asked for.

    [–] [email protected] 3 points 1 month ago

    We have a TV remote with a solar panel on the back... Turn it over and let it recharge.

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    [–] edgemaster72 18 points 1 month ago (2 children)

    Do you need access to the Exit button if all the other menu and guide etc. buttons are covered?

    [–] [email protected] 31 points 1 month ago (1 children)

    "Smart" tvs pop things up for no reason sometimes.

    [–] edgemaster72 7 points 1 month ago

    Oooof, thankfully I've never had that happen with mine, but I've also never connected mine to the internet

    [–] [email protected] 6 points 1 month ago
    [–] [email protected] 17 points 1 month ago (1 children)

    That... is a really shitty meme that misses the point?

    If you actually look at what the overlay exposes, the User still has the ability to pick specific channels, control volume, power, etc. All they really lose are the DVR (good example) and all of the user friendly stuff related to tv guides and the like (bad example).

    I assume this is just AI engagement farming bullshit that someone fell for and posted to lemmy but... I would actually say it would make more sense if the overlay were almost inverted.

    [–] [email protected] 5 points 1 month ago

    You also lose the ability to access the TV settings, leaving you stuck on the default settings, which is one of the reasons why most people root their phones.

    [–] [email protected] 13 points 1 month ago (3 children)
    [–] [email protected] 45 points 1 month ago

    Don't make me tap the overlay.

    [–] [email protected] 16 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago) (2 children)

    One is for all, the other is just the TV. It's probably a remote for a smart box or something, you can program some of the TVs commands on them, like on/off, input switching, etc... so you don't have to juggle with 2 remotes in your hand.

    [–] jqubed 4 points 1 month ago

    Yes it’s for a cable box/DVR. The Spectrum logo is for Spectrum cable, the brand that resulted from the Charter Communications purchase of Time Warner Cable and Bright House Networks.

    [–] Telodzrum 4 points 1 month ago (7 children)

    Doesn't CEC fix all of the issues requiring multiple power buttons?

    [–] cm0002 5 points 1 month ago (1 children)

    On paper, but it's pretty hit or miss IME on its implementations

    [–] [email protected] 3 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago) (1 children)

    I want to play switch and turn it on using a controller, CEC turns TV and switch screen is on, then the turning on TV triggers CEC that wakes up Apple TV, which in turn starts sending video over HDMI, making TV show Apple TV screen 🥴

    I have no TV remote (only use it in dump mode for AppleTV which is controlled using siri remote) and turning off apple TV turns TV and Switch off.

    My solution: Shortly undock switch so it’s hdmi get excited and TV switches input to Nintendo switch

    It is just so wonky, lol

    [–] [email protected] 2 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago)

    I have the same issue with my switch, I usually mash the button for its port on my receiver remote until the other devices give up but about 10% of the time that refuses to work and I have to redock.

    [–] jqubed 3 points 1 month ago (1 children)

    If the TV supports it. I haven’t come across many in the wild that really use it, or at least situations where a TV and device both work well with the protocol.

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    [–] AreaKode 6 points 1 month ago

    The left one is labeled TV. The right one is probably for the DVR.

    [–] [email protected] 10 points 1 month ago (1 children)

    Does the clip to remove the cover has label “sudo”?

    [–] [email protected] 7 points 1 month ago (1 children)

    As sudo applies only for a single command, removing the cover is more like su, no?

    sudo would be more if above every covered button there was a tiny hole through which you could push it with a needle or so.

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    [–] [email protected] 8 points 1 month ago

    Yoooo, that is sick. I need it for my grandma.

    [–] niktemadur 8 points 1 month ago (1 children)

    What's with the number buttons being available with no "OK" or "Enter" option?

    [–] [email protected] 14 points 1 month ago

    Just enter a channel number and it will auto switch

    [–] [email protected] 5 points 1 month ago (2 children)

    We need a rootless linux distro

    [–] [email protected] 11 points 1 month ago (1 children)

    ChromeOS? And MacOS? (If UNIX is good enough)

    [–] [email protected] 5 points 1 month ago

    No Linux with libre components. No having root would make a immutable distro actually immutable. You could just give permissions to daemons that the user could connect to

    [–] cm0002 4 points 1 month ago
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