webosbrew-autostart
Companion app to fix WebOS 4.4 broken autostart.
- Sideload / dev mode
- Abandoned
- Low brick risk
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Before you start
- How hard is it?
- HardUses the command line or developer tools.
- What you need
- Comfort with the command line
- A computer
- Another hack installed first
- Can it break my device?
- Very unlikely to break anything.
- Can I undo it?
- The project doesn't say. Assume you can't.
Did it work for you?
Did webosbrew-autostart work on your LG OLED C3?
No reports yet.
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Compatibility
Devices: LG OLED C3.
No compatibility information yet.
Getting started
From the project's README ("Installation"):
Getting SSH
You need to have an active SSH connection with the TV first, so that you're able to install the companion app.
Add this repository https://repo.webosapp.club and install Telnet.
Once you have started it, telnet lgwebostv.local then start original SSH with luna-send -n 1 "luna://org.webosbrew.hbchannel.service/autostart" "{}".
Download and install the app
SSH in the TV with ssh root@lgwebostv.local and run:
wget -O /home/root/webosbrew-autostart.ipk https://github.com/kopiro/webosbrew-autostart/raw/main/org.webosbrew.autostart0.0.2all.ipk luna-send-pub -i 'luna://com.webos.appInstallService/dev/install' '{"id":"org.webosbrew.autostart","subscribe":true,"ipkUrl":"/home/root/webosbrew-autostart.ipk"}'
Rebuilding and installing the app
In case you want to make some modifications, install ares-cli tools with npm install -g @webosose/ares-cli, then setup your connection with ares-setup-device
Read more here.
Now cloen the repo with git clone https://github.com/kopiro/webosbrew-autostart.git, then:
cd ./webosbrew-autostart [make your changes] ares-package ./app ares-install ./org.webosbrew.autostart
Risk and recovery
- Brick risk
- Low
- Requires opening the device
- No