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Google TV hack!

Greetings Programs!
I have found the recovery menu for Sony's Google TV/BluRay player!
Here are the details on how to access it (from my original post here: androidforums.[COM]/google-tv/201827-sony-google-tv-hack.html)
OK... so I found out how to get into recovery mode on the Sony Google TV/BluRay player that was released yesterday.
1.Have everything plugged into the unit except the power coord. Have the power coord in your hand.
2.Press and hold the power button and plug the unit in.
3.Continue to hold down the power button for 3 seconds after plugging it in, then release the power button.
4.Wait a couple of seconds and it will say Sony, then you will see the recovery screen.
5.After it loads, press and hold the connect button on the unit. Then follow the directions at the bottom of the screen (Press and hold ALT+ENTER) for 8 seconds/until the bottom message changes. It will change back to it saying that you have to press the CONNECT button, but your remote IS connected.
6.You can now press the numbers assigned to the commands!
WARNING: This could possibly brick your unit and could possibly void your warranty. I am not responsible for anything that happens to your device.
I am going to work on trying to find working drivers and I am going to try to use the Android SDK Tools to install some applications, or at the least try to execute some shell commands. Hopefully we can root it!
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Lets start hacking!

awesome, I will have to keep my eye on this. google TV plus angry birds would be awesome.

Looking forward to seeing this thing cracked! I'm hoping someone will be able to get a USB tuner to work on one, so those without cable or satellite will be able to get TV content without the hassle of another set-top box.

Nice.... Wonder what the possibilities are
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OK Guys, I am still working on it. Heres a video of me booting it into the recovery mode.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L21guovXDsc

Thanks for the information about recovery, I tried it, and was able to get into recovery. I tried writing the logfile to USB, and it "seemed" to work, but after mounting the USB stick on my linux machine, I didn't see any files there.
I bought the Sony NSZ-GT1 so I could port my Android app Better Terminal Emulator Pro onto Google TV. I already ported it to Android-x86 in preparation for this, but seems like I could not ADB into the Google TV over Ethernet. Frustrated, I decided to take a screwdriver to my Google TV, and did a "teardown" as a result. You can see what the guts look like here:
http://www.magicandroidapps.com/wiki//index.php?title=Main_Page#Sony_NSZ-GT1_Google_TV_Teardown
Sorry the pictures are not that great, I used my Moto Droid to take them, and the lighting was terrible.
-Howard

hharte said:
Thanks for the information about recovery, I tried it, and was able to get into recovery. I tried writing the logfile to USB, and it "seemed" to work, but after mounting the USB stick on my linux machine, I didn't see any files there.
I bought the Sony NSZ-GT1 so I could port my Android app Better Terminal Emulator Pro onto Google TV. I already ported it to Android-x86 in preparation for this, but seems like I could not ADB into the Google TV over Ethernet. Frustrated, I decided to take a screwdriver to my Google TV, and did a "teardown" as a result. You can see what the guts look like here:
magicandroidapps.com
Sorry the pictures are not that great, I used my Moto Droid to take them, and the lighting was terrible.
-Howard
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ETHERNET? Hasnt anyone tried USB A to USB A cable? I've been busy all day. Gonna go get one tomorrow and figure it out for myself I guess. Can't stand that they have ALREADY corrected the hulu fix for the thing. Why shouldn't I be able to access my paid July plus account? Oh well.
Try USB a to USB a!!!!!

USB A to A will definitely not work. All of the USB ports are connected through internal SMSC 4-port hubs. There are two hubs in the unit, one in the back with 3 ports going to external connectors, and one going to the WLAN module. Up front there is another 4-port hub going to the front USB connector, and presumably to a BT module, but I didn't take mine far enough apart to be sure.
There is one large connector over near the CPU that might have some debug stuff on it.There are also about three 4-pin connectors populated, one of which might be a UART. There is also a footprint for another. Tomorrow I'll get my oscilloscope out and see if any of those pins wiggle on boot.
-Howard

hharte said:
USB A to A will definitely not work. All of the USB ports are connected through internal SMSC 4-port hubs. There are two hubs in the unit, one in the back with 3 ports going to external connectors, and one going to the WLAN module. Up front there is another 4-port hub going to the front USB connector, and presumably to a BT module, but I didn't take mine far enough apart to be sure.
There is one large connector over near the CPU that might have some debug stuff on it.There are also about three 4-pin connectors populated, one of which might be a UART. There is also a footprint for another. Tomorrow I'll get my oscilloscope out and see if any of those pins wiggle on boot.
-Howard
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Yeah, the big long/wide plug. I was looking at the inside of my box too. First day jitters. Anyway, I was also going to start looking for a serial port connection through one of those ports. Good luck and post right away if you find something!

If somene with an ethernet sniffer who has not booted their box yet can catch a sniff of the update download, it might be possible to get the update.zip URL, then we could try hacking the update and install it via recovery. This method was very popular with Android devices... but there you could get the update URL from the logcat
-Howard.

Have we not figured out how to use log copy? It doesn't seem to like anything i plugged in to copy to...

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Great job guys! My friend is going to be getting a GTV later this week, and I will try to get it from him before he boots it up. Guess I will stop trying USB A to USB A.
Will post results later tonight.

Another possibility is to try and find the kernel source. If you look in Settings, system Information, Open Source Licenses, there is a site on Google Code that is supposed to contain the GPL'd components:
http://code.google.com/p/googletv-mirrored-source/
Going there doesn't show much except one user space component, and a link to a Sony mirror site:
http://products.sel.sony.com/opensource/
I couldn't find anything useful on the Sony site, but maybe someone else will have better luck.
I'll also try plugging in a USB Serial adapter, but my expectations are pretty low that I'd be able to get a console from that. It's interesting that there are so many USB ports on the Google TV. I wonder what other USB peripherals might be supported? I can see the front port being used for a USB memory stick, and maybe one on the back for a camera, but that still leaves two unused ports. Any idea what Sony/Google might have intended them for?
-Howard
http://www.magicandroidapps.com - Home of Better Terminal Emulator Pro

hmm
I have this unit and usb keyboards and mice do work . Also iremember a rep saying the logitech cam would work with the sony blu-ray also. I think you would need to wait for the android store to open though for an app that uses it.

hharte said:
I couldn't find anything useful on the Sony site, but maybe someone else will have better luck.
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Did you look here : sony.net/Products/Linux/TV/NSZ-GT1.html

That looks like it, thanks! Nice that they have minicom and busybox listed there, so there is hope that some hacking tools are preloaded on the Google TV.
-Howard

Not sure if this helps anyone or not, but i ran a port scan on my box and there are 2 ports 9551 and 9552 that are accepting TCP connections.
nmap -p - <IP address of NSZ-GT1>
result :
PORT STATE SERVICE
9551/tcp open unknown
9552/tcp open unknown
I tried to get ADB to connect to those ports but did not work.
Steps that I tried :
1) export ADBHOST=<IP address of my PC>
2) adb kill-server
3) adb devices
No ADB devices were returned
4) adb connect <IP address of Sony NSZ-GT1>:9551
5) adb shell
Got error "error: device offline"
6) repeat steps 4 and 5 except with port 9552 and got same result
I am no expert in any of this stuff so the above might just be sending someone down a rabbit hole but I figured I might share in case it might be helpful to some of the smarter people on here.

Try "adb devices" and see if it show anything.
I looked at the kernel from the Sony site:
http://www.sony.net/Products/Linux/TV/NSZ-GT1.html
Here are some findings:
Linux kernel version: 2.6.23.18_nl-btv
Kernel config:
arch/i386/configs/btv_defconfig
CONFIG_USB_SMSC9500=m
Note the SMSC 9500 USB/Ethernet is one of only two loadable modules in the kernel config. Maybe this has some significance, like maybe they use a second Ethernet port for development.
-Howard

Very interesting.... I am thinking of getting a second unit to try to intercept the update.zip.... would anyone be able to tell me how I would do this?

Xoom screen on PC

Hi Guys,
I was wondering if there is anyway yet to view the Xoom screen on PC..
Something like this...
I did search the forums but couldnt find anything..
Thanks,
Abhinay

What you could probably use is a VNC server on your device and then connect to it via a VNC Viewer on your PC.
Something like this should work: https://market.android.com/details?id=org.onaips.vnc&feature=search_result

Thanks.. i will try n let u know

Cant this be done without rooting?

Try connecting to the HDMI pc port. Every modern gfx card has one. After that just select on your tv HDMI as source

abhinayp said:
Hi Guys,
I was wondering if there is anyway yet to view the Xoom screen on PC..
Something like this...
I did search the forums but couldnt find anything..
Thanks,
Abhinay
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You could just use android screencast. I normally just use it for my cell phone, but I connected my xoom to it and it works with that too. You need to have the android sdk installed and the xoom has to be detected by adb first before it will work. The keyboard works, but I haven't been able to get mouse control to work with the xoom. The menu buttons in screencast work though.
It's a little slow, but it's free and works for giving control through the PC. There is also an app called WebKey that you can get from the market, but you have to have a rooted device.

SPIDERTECH said:
You could just use android screencast. I normally just use it for my cell phone, but I connected my xoom to it and it works with that too. You need to have the android sdk installed and the xoom has to be detected by adb first before it will work. The keyboard works, but I haven't been able to get mouse control to work with the xoom. The menu buttons in screencast work though.
It's a little slow, but it's free and works for giving control through the PC. There is also an app called WebKey that you can get from the market, but you have to have a rooted device.
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ya, i tried the screencast, but for some reason the abd couldnt see my Xoom.. is urs rooted?

abhinayp said:
ya, i tried the screencast, but for some reason the abd couldnt see my Xoom.. is urs rooted?
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You have to turn on USB Debugging first, goto Settings -> Applications and then there should be a USB Debugging option under there.

Almighty1 said:
You have to turn on USB Debugging first, goto Settings -> Applications and then there should be a USB Debugging option under there.
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thanks, i was also missing the motorola usb drivers..
Everything working fine now

[Q] Control my phone with my computer?

Hi! First of all, sorry for my bad english, I speak french...
I want to control my phone using my computer, I want to be able to use my mouse on my apps.
My phone is: HTC One V (rooted)
My computer: windows 8.1
I would want something like this: youtube /watch?v=-C-SOEqr6-8
But I dont understand how to install it.
Can anyone help me?
Thanks!

trexiic said:
Hi! First of all, sorry for my bad english, I speak french...
I want to control my phone using my computer, I want to be able to use my mouse on my apps.
My phone is: HTC One V (rooted)
My computer: windows 8.1
I would want something like this: youtube /watch?v=-C-SOEqr6-8
But I dont understand how to install it.
Can anyone help me?
Thanks!
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what about something like this.

Try this http://www.fjsoft.at/

trexiic said:
Hi! First of all, sorry for my bad english, I speak french...
I want to control my phone using my computer, I want to be able to use my mouse on my apps.
My phone is: HTC One V (rooted)
My computer: windows 8.1
I would want something like this: youtube /watch?v=-C-SOEqr6-8
But I dont understand how to install it.
Can anyone help me?
Thanks!
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Actually, android supports bluetooth mouse so you can try to connect one to your device. It will show a crappy windows-like mouse arrow, I have tried it on tablet devices. For other cases like third party apps the device that should be controlled (not the controller device) must be rooted so that the app could do full range of work (swipe the status bar, click on home button, etc).

MyPhoneExplorer is exactly what I was looking for!
But I have a problem, I can't control my phone using it...
I installed it on my phone and my computer, I connect my phone via usb (I really need to be able to control it via usb, not wifi/bluetooth), then I can see all my contacts/phone infos etc... But when I click on "extras>control phone", nothing happens
Can anyone help?
Thanks!

Im sure adb debugging must be enabled, so goto settings>developer options>enable usb debugging , if you can't see dev options do > goto settings>about> tap on build a few times

USB debugging was enabled.
I found a solution: I connected my phone using Wifi, then I clicked on "control phone", it asked me to plug the USBcable, I plugged the USB cable, then disconnected my internet, and it worked!...
...for few minutes, then I got this error: "Couldn't receive FrameProperties".
Now every time I launch the application, I get this error

Try VNC
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VNC is perfect! It's the first app that didn't crash!
Thanks!

No problem my friend

Android Auto on Mate 9

Hi,
I am not sure if this problem is related to
- Mobile Phone
- Android Auto
- Car
So my question is: Does someone already has a working Android Auto connection with a car´s radio with this phone?
If so, I will continue this in Android Auto section.
Today I upgraded build to: MHA-L29C432B138
Car/Radio: Opel Astra K (MY2017)/ Intellilink R4.0
The connection could be established. But screen of car stays black. When touching screen or saying "OK Google" it accepts voice command.
My Mate 7 works perfectly...
Best regards,
Robert

no idea... working oke on my golf 7 2015 mib2 unit..
u using original cable... i also try ith lumia 950 cable, also usb-c but random disconnecting with this cable.

P9 is also working. I guess the problem is Mate 9.

Mine works with Pioneer but doesn't work well. It Will not play anything already downloaded to the device unless you connect phone to head unit forest and actually play something through Bluetooth first and THEN connect it. All permissions are set correctly etc. And what is with having to give it permission to use the data on the phone EVERY SINGLE TIME?

US model working flawlessly with 2016 VW Golf R... I did have to reinstall audible and spotify after connecting the first time in order for them to show up in the menu, but other than that, no issues with connecting, audio skips, etc. Very happy! Samsung S7 Edge was unusable with AA.

Got the International Mate 9 Pro and AA is working perfectly fine with my Pioneer 4100nex. I'm on the latest Pioneer firmware 1.09 if that helps anyone.

Works like a charm

What settings do you guys have? Do you have usb debugging or anything like that enabled in dev settings? Every time I hook up it comes up with the dialogue box to enable data access. Whether I click enable or not it will not play anything stored on phone. I've had this confirmed by Huawei Australia. They couldn't get it going either.
I have all the correct permissions set for all apps including android auto.
Any hints?

MontAlbert said:
What settings do you guys have? Do you have usb debugging or anything like that enabled in dev settings? Every time I hook up it comes up with the dialogue box to enable data access. Whether I click enable or not it will not play anything stored on phone. I've had this confirmed by Huawei Australia. They couldn't get it going either.
I have all the correct permissions set for all apps including android auto.
Any hints?
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In developer options I do have "Always prompt when connecting to USB" turned off and "Select USB Configuration" set to MTP. I don't get prompted for anything on the phone. USB Debugging is off. I don't try to play anything from USB though, just use AA, Spotify, and Audible.
Other than that, I do have an Automagic script that when car ui mode is entered, the screen gets turned on, Waze is launched, slide to unlock keyguard is dismissed, and wifi is turned off. I won't need to do most of this when Waze is AA compatible, but until then, I can't live without it. This script works about 90% of the time, still haven't finished tweaking it for 100% success. Worst case, I have to turn the phone back on, swipe down on the notification panel, then select waze from "Notification Shortcuts".

bwillet said:
In developer options I do have "Always prompt when connecting to USB" turned off and "Select USB Configuration" set to MTP. I don't get prompted for anything on the phone. USB Debugging is off. I don't try to play anything from USB though, just use AA, Spotify, and Audible.
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Seems this is possibly the issue. Whenever I connect usb it automatically changes the usb connection type to charge only. Won't let me change it to mtp, audio or anything else. Wonder if there is a hidden setting somewhere in emui that does this... Tried it in dev settings. Same issue. Charge only

MontAlbert said:
Seems this is possibly the issue. Whenever I connect usb it automatically changes the usb connection type to charge only. Won't let me change it to mtp, audio or anything else. Wonder if there is a hidden setting somewhere in emui that does this... Tried it in dev settings. Same issue. Charge only
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I couldn't find anything else that I changed that seems relevant. I'm just using a standard USB to USB-C cable (Anker PowerLine+) plugged into the USB port in my VW Golf.
Did you change both of those settings I mentioned? If so, when you go back into dev settings does "Select USB Configuration" still say MTP, or did it default back to Charge Only? Maybe you have to reboot after? dunno...

bwillet said:
I couldn't find anything else that I changed that seems relevant. I'm just using a standard USB to USB-C cable (Anker PowerLine+) plugged into the USB port in my VW Golf.
Did you change both of those settings I mentioned? If so, when you go back into dev settings does "Select USB Configuration" still say MTP, or did it default back to Charge Only? Maybe you have to reboot after? dunno...
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I changed those 2 you said but as soon as I plug in the Huawei cable (thought maybe it needed the Huawei cable) it changes itself to charging...
I'll keep looking into it. Thanks for your help though. This is obviously the issue.

I'm having the same issue in the US version on a 2017 VW GLI. My last two phones worked flawlessly.

MontAlbert said:
Seems this is possibly the issue. Whenever I connect usb it automatically changes the usb connection type to charge only. Won't let me change it to mtp, audio or anything else. Wonder if there is a hidden setting somewhere in emui that does this... Tried it in dev settings. Same issue. Charge only
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Mine goes to charge only as well however my android auto is working perfectly.

It connects and on the phone side it seems fine but the head unit screen goes black and doesn't do anything.

Hi.. Is there anyway to prevent WhatsApp notifications showing up in android auto?

Mate 9 L29 - B156 in a Seat Ibiza 2016.
Android auto working fine.
You have reviewed android permissions, or if Google app or maps are set to close when the screen is turned off And enable activation?
In my old zenfone 3 that was the problem

Did any of you guys tried to enable the USB debugging mode?

Emil Borconi said:
Did any of you guys tried to enable the USB debugging mode?
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JA! This was first thing, but no success.
I am also disappointed by Huawei customer care. They just point at Google and say it is not their fault.
Does anyone know how to log / where to find the log when "Force logging" is enabled in dev options in AA?

debart said:
JA! This was first thing, but no success.
I am also disappointed by Huawei customer care. They just point at Google and say it is not their fault.
Does anyone know how to log / where to find the log when "Force logging" is enabled in dev options in AA?
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Open android auto, go to about, tap the Android auto title 10 times, you will see a toast saying your developer. Now from the 3 dotted menu on the right select developer options locate force logging and make sure it's enabled

Android Auto

Hi,
Did somebody try to use an android auto function? My car (Peugeot 308SW 2018) and the phone not connecting with latest (8.1.0) android version. I tried to enable an USB debugging (as workaround recommendation), but nothing changed...
Have you other idea or working solution?
thx!

rawen69 said:
Hi,
Did somebody try to use an android auto function? My car (Peugeot 308SW 2018) and the phone not connecting with latest (8.1.0) android version. I tried to enable an USB debugging (as workaround recommendation), but nothing changed...
Have you other idea or working solution?
thx!
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Yes, it works perfectly in my mid 2017 Kia Cee'd SW. Check if you have android auto enabled(i have the option to disable it and the apple car play). Also, the usb cable is working properly when connecting to a pc?

At the car side is enabled, at phone side i didnt found any additional options...
The best result was the android auto icon at phone appears and disappears continously with 2-3 different cables.
Is it possible the car head unit firmware not compatible with N7P latest SW version?

rawen69 said:
At the car side is enabled, at phone side i didnt found any additional options...
The best result was the android auto icon at phone appears and disappears continously with 2-3 different cables.
Is it possible the car head unit firmware not compatible with N7P latest SW version?
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Doubt it. The car is from this year, it seems unlikely(to me) that the firmware wasn't up to date.
Stupid question, you have the android auto app installed on the phone right? Android has a Car Mode but to use android auto you need to install the app 1st(https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.google.android.projection.gearhead&hl=en). If the link says that you have no compatible device, download the latest version from here(https://www.apkmirror.com/apk/google-inc/android-auto/)
For almost a year I thought my head-unit wasn't up to date as the android auto would freeze, the app would say that the head-unit wasn't up to date, waze would display random artefacts, etc.
Now with the N7p it is butter smooth, no funky stuff and way more responsive that when I was trying to use it with my Redmi 4 Prime(same cable but with a micro-b to usb c adapter)...

No issues with AA in Seat Ateca 2018.
Everything works like a charm.
For phonecalls, you need to select default sim first, otherwise the call hangs on a sim selection prompt on the phone.

I write to nokia support and they send:
- clear the bluetooth cache
- do a soft reset
after this steps working fine...

what is Bluetooth cache?

Tequila.CZ said:
what is Bluetooth cache?
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You found here, how to clear: http://support.hereplus.me/hc/en-us/articles/115003497328-Clearing-your-Bluetooth-Cache-Android-/

Do you install android auto app on your smartphone ? some lands doesn't have android auto on the play store, so you need to download manually on apk mirror web site (arm64 version)
A good quality cable is also needed.

I'm having similar issues.
This phone won't work in both my VW cars.
If I clear all settings it works fine.
I get to my destination, unplug and then when I head out on my next trip it doesn't. Just a blank screen on the head unit and the phone has the green screen saying launch Android Auto on the head unit.
Tried the BT cache clearing as above. Will try a factory reset of the phone shortly too otherwise wait for pie and if still no go then sell the phone which I will miss
Though can't work without Android Auto now

It is definitely problem with Nokia 7 plus. In my car it connect and after few minutes black screen and solution is only disconnect and connect again.

matonka007 said:
It is definitely problem with Nokia 7 plus. In my car it connect and after few minutes black screen and solution is only disconnect and connect again.
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I've found the bluetooth with my N7P poor anyway. This is my second one and the same as the first.
All HMD will do is send you a list of the bluetooth protocols they support.
So you may need to change your car ?

My 7+ works perfectly now.
Enable USB debugging and disable the extreme power saving settings.