I basically gave up on finding a custom ROM for this TV so I'm looking for alternative TV apps to at least change the default app. Do you know if there is an app like this exist? It should work with satellite, I'm not looking for IPTV or streaming services, just something that supports plain satellite TV.

Edit: Currently experimenting with KODI, no luck yet though. If you also have suggestions regarding to it, I'm all ears.

Edit 2: KODI (and so Jellyfin, Plex etc.) needs a backend server for Live TV so add-ons alone won't work. According to KODI Wiki, currently there are no backends that work on Android. I also tried Google's older app called Live Channels but Google doesn't let you to run it because it's old ~~more useful~~.

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[–] refalo@programming.dev 6 points 1 day ago (1 children)

By "default app" I assume you mean the launcher. Just google for "android tv launcher".

If by "plain satellite TV" mean using one of the input sources on the TV (like HDMI, component, RF etc.)... this is unrelated to the launcher and would still work regardless of which one you used.

[–] muhyb@programming.dev 5 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago) (2 children)

No, I'm not looking for a launcher. For example this is FLauncher but it doesn't change the default TV app, it just changes the UI.

This is a built-in TV app along with the other apps where Google pushes things I don't want to see.

[–] refalo@programming.dev 3 points 17 hours ago* (last edited 17 hours ago) (1 children)

What "TV app" is this exactly? I've never seen or heard of that before, and none of my google/android TVs or dongles have anything like that.

Also what make and model TV is this?

[–] muhyb@programming.dev 1 points 16 hours ago (1 children)

They basically hid the satellite tuner behind this with an app and it's plagued with Google stuff. Now I have checked the app details and it says com.tcl.tv. It didn't occur to me before since I don't know any other Android TV, so thanks for this. That's nice to know. So what is the default TV app on standard Android TVs?

The TV is TCL P635 by the way.

[–] refalo@programming.dev 2 points 13 hours ago (1 children)

By satellite do you mean like a dish physically plugged in with a cable? I wasn't aware of any "app" used for that on any TV... I just switch the input with the remote to like HDMI/component/RF/etc. and the normal android tv interface goes away completely.

[–] muhyb@programming.dev 1 points 3 hours ago

Exactly. The DVB-S tuner is included in the TV. There is indeed input switch that includes HDMI 1,2,3 and AV and yet they made the TV input only accessible through an app.

[–] thezeesystem@lemmy.blahaj.zone 2 points 23 hours ago (1 children)

Not sure about that launcher as I use Projectivy launcher, but I have the ability to hide certain apps. On it, my home screen only has the apps I use, nothing else no ads no "suggestions"

[–] muhyb@programming.dev 2 points 23 hours ago

Launcher is not the problem here. The built-in TV app is the problem, as you cannot watch satellite without it and I couldn't find alternatives for it. So it's not possible to remove those "suggestions" from the whole TV list.