Need help changing Fire Sticks (gen2) screen saver over to chromecasts ambient. - Fire TV Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting

If someone could provide a short guide I would be very grateful (I have ADB and all tools necessary, I just don't know the correct commands to get it working).
All I'm working with is This and I can't seem to get it to work. Right now I have it set to never black screen (which is nice) but it's lacking the google chromecast clock and temperature.
This is the home I want

http://www.aftvnews.com/how-to-change-the-default-screensaver-on-the-fire-tv-or-fire-tv-stick/

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When I had the first FTV, I had to go to the Display settings and adjust it to compensate for my TV's overscan (yeah, I know, I have a crappy TV in my bedroom) to avoid having a good inch cut out from every edge of the screen.
Now with the FTV2, the option is there in the menus, but it (most ironically) does nothing and simply tells you to fix the thing on your TV (which it can't).
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Not to derail, but why can't you disable overscan on your TV? There's usually a mode OTHER than the default one that is pixel perfect.
Sizzlechest said:
Not to derail, but why can't you disable overscan on your TV? There's usually a mode OTHER than the default one that is pixel perfect.
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Yeah, I know, "1:1", "Just scan", etc.
Trust me, if the TV had a way to disable overscan I'd know.
It just doesn't.

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I described my experiences because maybe somebody would be willing to take advantage of this ?
EDIT: Something went wrong with loading the image so I'm writing commands to run with Tasker:
1. Run shell
Command echo 1 > /sys/devices/virtual/sec/sec_touchkey/brightness
2. Wait
2 seconds
3. Run shell
Command: echo 0 > /sys/devices/virtual/sec/sec_touchkey/brightness
And you have to check "Use root"

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