COMMENT "TV"
Rebuild your smart TV with no ads (free, with Claude Code)
Smart TVs ship covered in ads and quietly sell your attention. With Claude Code you can rebuild the home screen the way YOU want it, no ads, your apps, even a note board or an assistant, for free. This is for a TV you own.
01Quick steps
- 1Turn on developer mode (ADB) on your Android TV.
- 2Connect it to your computer, open Claude Code.
- 3Tell it what home screen you want; it writes and pushes it.
- 4Start small: kill the ad rows first, then customize.
02Your ready to use prompt
I connected my Android TV to my computer over ADB. Walk me through, step by step, how to disable the ad rows and bloatware safely, then help me build a simple custom home screen with only the apps I use. Tell me exactly what commands to run and warn me before anything risky.
03Full tutorial
Smart TVs push ads onto your home screen and track what you watch. Rebuilding the software puts you back in control, no ads, no spying rows, just what you actually use.
This works best on Android TV / Google TV, which let a computer connect over a tool called ADB. Search your TV model plus 'enable ADB' first.
In the TV settings, enable developer options and USB/network debugging (free guides walk through the exact taps for each brand).
Connect over USB or the same Wi-Fi, so your computer can send commands to the TV.
Open Claude Code and tell it what you want. It can disable the ad rows and bloatware and build a clean home screen, writing and pushing the changes for you.
First just disable the ad rows and apps you never use. Confirm the TV still works, then move on.
Add a simple home screen with only your apps, and if you want, extras like a note board or an AI assistant, one piece at a time.
Note how to undo each change (re-enable an app) so you can always roll back if something looks off.
Only do this to a TV you own, and check that your model supports ADB first. Not every TV does. Low risk if you start small.