Hacking the Philips Screeneo U4 - Philips, Sony, TCL Android TV

Hi, I am not sure, whether this is the right position to post for the Screeneo U4 because it is a projector and no TV. So if it is wrong here, sorry for that and the moderators might move it to the right place. But it is running Android TV.
I recently received a Philips Screeneo U4 ultra short throw projector. This projector uses Android TV and I did some research. I thought that somebody might be interested in the results. The screenshots show german Text but the steps should be self explanatory, so I did not change the language of the machine.
The first impression is that they use their own launcher on that machine which hides “normal” Android. But not totally .
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If you go to Settings and there to serial number, press OK on the remote five times. Then you find a hidden menu. Once there go to ABDDemo and you will find the standard Android developer options. On my machine they were already activated. Go to USB-Debugging, activate it and you have standard USB-Debugging access with all adb-commands working. I also activated file transfer as standard usb-setting. The projector then shows as maxtv on your computer with the standard directories in the internal storage.
If you transfer an apk-file to InstallableApps it can be installed on the machine with the app-installer in the hidden directory. You could also use adb shell commands for installing.
In that menu you also find an entry called settings which leads to another standard android settings menu. Showing for example Wifi-Settings although there is no Wifi on board.
So far the first research steps. I would be interested whether there are other owners of that projector who know more and would also be interested in suggestions to do deeper research. And might be suggestions for useful software to try.
Detlev

Hello and thank you for the information, I have connected a key with two apk, IPTV and Kodi in usb but I do not see them, you are talking about ADB shell but how to connect it since there is no integrated wifi or RJ45 network cable, can you help me please?
fabio

Hello,
you have to transfer the files to the Installable Apps directory (see above).
I use the connection to the projector which I have, when connecting an usb-cable to the computer.
Kodi would probably make sense for media on a connected harddisk or stick if Kodi recognizes those. I did not try this. But the installed vlc media player does quiet a good job in playing videos and music.
I do not see the point with IPTV without any Network connection. I did not manage to activate Wifi or ehternet via usb - did you?
Detlev

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mouse?

I have heard on some smart phones you could get a bluetooth mouse to pair and function with the phone. Does anyone know if this is possible with the dash?
Not that I heard of. What phone did you hear does this?
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=349464
bohb said:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=349464
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
It's for the Anthena 7500 if i remeber it's more like a UMPC than a phone?
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Yeah I couldn't find the thread I had read earlier. This was the closest I could find. I read somewhere that someone did get a bluetooth mouse to work with Excalibur. However now I can't find the article. He said the only problem he had was finding a mouse pointer program.
I was experimenting with something similar to his earlier today, although I desired the reverse method of control. I noticed that XP MCE device manager had a HID that was called Bluetooth Remote Control.
After a little search, I discovered a free application called Bluetooth Remote Control for Windows Mobile.
http://www.jaylee.org/remotecontrol/
I installed the application and was quite surprised that I could control my XP MCE laptop's Media Center as well as Windows Media Player with my HTC S620 (modded Dash). The application even utilizes the HTC display to display song information and also there is no line of sight requirement.
What I really wanted was to be able to control the PC's mouse and keyboard with the Smartphone. Not view the PC but just use the phone like a mouse and keyboard. The application has this ability (Screen Control) for PPC's but not completely for Smartphones. I was able to scroll up, down on a web page or application but that was all.
I installed FakeCursor and configured SmartToolKit to launch it from an extended keypress. Now I was able to move the mouse pointer on the laptop, a bit, and enter data via the HTC keypad. However, Fakecursor stopped sending data after it reached the edge of the Dash screen so I could not completely navigate the laptop.
If anyone is looking for a free remote control for audio/video application the application mentioned above would be a good start.
Any tips about the best way to use a Smartphone Standard without touch to control a PC would be welcomed.

[Q] File Transfer over Bluetooth

Ok, I've searched for about 3 days now and I can't find anything that answers my question.
My G2 is rooted and I'm running CM 6.1 RC2 and I would like to be able to pair AND connect to my Windows 7 laptop via bluetooth for file transfers.
I have the "Bluetooth File Transfer" app installed, but it will not connect to my laptop. It tries, but says that my laptop does not have the OBEX and/or OPP transfer protocol active. I've looked for answers on that and I can't find anything.
The phone does connect to other bluetooth devices without a problem (my car stereo for example). And my laptop connects to other devices without a problem (my mouse for example). There has to be a way to introduce these two crazy cats to each other - I know they will form a happy and fruitful relationship once they meet.
Thanks in advance.
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Clear all caches clear bluetooth up/download clear all that out reboot do not connect to anything else before u try ur laptop. You need to make your laptop discoverable in the bt settings its kind of hidden. Do one of two things..... 1. First set up a personal area network between the phone and the laptop. Once that's "paired but not connected" initiate a file transfer of a small file txt or even one picture FROM the laptop to the phone. You need to pay attention to the pairing code and try to simultaneously accept on phone then laptop or laptop then phone until it pairs and initiate the transfer from laptop to phone. The thing is Windows is a beast that likes to protect itself and your phone is quite promiscious so youu have to kind of appease Windows rather than your anything goes phone. I forgot what number two is..
It also depends on UAC settings in Win7.
If that doesn't work... I suggest trying a dedicated app like PDAnet bluetooth tethering because it will find your phone. Just to connect not to tether. (As a test)
But the bottom line is you have history of connecting to other devices so you gotta clear all that memory out on both laptop and phone. Reboot both devices start fresh.
If not then maybe someone has other ideas to help. Nice bump btw.
htc vision

Wireless connection to PC

I'd like to be able to wirelessly connect my 4G Touch to my PC. The machine I want to connect to is running win 7 64. Apparently, there is no 64 bit BlueTooth driver for the Epic 4G Touch, as I get a 'driver not found' error when trying to connect via BlueTooth. I have full USB connection functionality.
I have a wireless AP on my network and generally use it for my internet connection. The phone connects via Kies, but there is no ability to freely roam shares on the fly. You can add folders, but this becomes tedious.
I'm thinking that there must be a way to wirelessly connect to PC for simple two-way file transfers.
The only other method that occurs to me is VPN, but is this really practical for this instance? It is in the wireless menu. I'd have to get up to speed on VPN set up and security (I've been intending to do that anyway...), but I'm OK with that.
So, given that BlueTooth doesn't seem to be an option, what is the most efficient method of wireless phone to PC connection (and vice-versa)?
Thanks!
I use SwiFTP and it works great. It's free in the Market: https://market.android.com/details?id=org.swiftp&hl=en
I use Software Data Cable it is free and does a great job I use it all the time it is so simple to use, http://www.appbrain.com/app/software-data-cable/com.lyy.softdatacable
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Thanks to both of you for helpful responses...I don't know why I didn't think of ftp, but it sure did solve my problem! And I was able to use an an old favorite for a client...Filezilla.
I looked at swift. People seem to love it, but since it's no longer supported, I've installed Software Data Cable. Seems great. A nandroid backup (around 750mb) took about 4.5 mins. (over wi-fi, wrt54GL router (using wired only) with a WAP54G AP ) Connection was easy. Looks great!
I'd love to be able to use ftp to access online storage, but they all seem to be auto-syncing these days (with limited user control, from what I've read). Any suggestions for a free online storage server that allows user controlled FTP access?
AndFTP seems to provide an ftp server and client.
Thanks again!

Keep FireTV Stick running with TV in stand-by mode? SOLVED!

Hi, I'm facing a problem with my shiny new FireTV stick, preventing it to be used as intended:
I've been using a chromecast stick to listen to online radio streams without problems. That chromecast was connected to a HDMI-audio extractor, comparable to this one: http://www.amazon.com/dp/B013WOLL44/
The audio extractor is connected to the tv (video + audio) and to a stereo amplifier (audio only). That way I can listen to audio streams on my stereo, with the TV in stand-by mode.
When I got myself a FireTV stick about a week ago, I replaced my old chromecast with it. So now the FTVS is connected to the HDMI-audio extractor.
But the FTVS enters sleep mode as soon as I switch the tv into stand-by mode (using the tv remote). So it seems to be impossible to listen to radio streams without the tv switched on.
Is there anything I can do to keep the FTVS running with TV in stand-by? (I even could solder some custom HDMI cable if needed.)
Solution: See post #3!
@spacetaxi
try to install http://forum.xda-developers.com/fire-tv/themes-apps/app-root-home-launcher-replacement-app-t3118135
and set looong Sleep timeout in FireStarter settings
maybe this help
Problem solved!
@Kramar111 Thanks for your suggestion, but that does not work.
During the last days I did further investigations and came to the following conclusion: It is a hardware feature of the FTV stick to go into sleep mode as soon as the tv is switched to stand-by. Of course that does make a lot of sense if one is using the stick for video streaming. But it does make less sense if one wants to use it for audio streaming...
I've been searching for a method to "hack" the HDMI connection, so the FTV stick does no longer recognize when the TV is switched to stand-by... and I've found a solution!
There is a looong thread on the Microsoft Technet forum regarding a somewhat similar problem with some pc video cards: https://social.technet.microsoft.co...onitor-off-detection-how?forum=w7itprogeneral
I've made two screenshots from that page, so we are able to keep the crucial bits of information, even if that thread may be no longer available someday in the future. This is the problem description from the Technet thread:
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And this is the solution that's working for my setup (see post #1), too:

Help with my Android based kitchen robot Chefbot Touch

Hi,
I'm pretty new here and need some help/opinions on how to upgrade my kitchen robot running Android 7.0. I have recently bought IKOHS chefbot touch and it's a great machine apart from the recepy book is very low on recipes and the company is not updating them quick enough. So, I decided to look into possibly upgrading the recipe book/making my own new recipec and uploading them to the device. I have found two usb's on the bottom under small cover and one of them is to connect with the pc which I did. It only showes as removable storage but no folders. I have also found that if you click on the serial number on the screen in the about section, it comes up with system setting asking for password (I would imagine is to get into developer options) and of course I don't know the password. It's 8 characters minimum. So my question is, can I root this device to access the files and how? Also, is there any way to bypass the password and get to the system settings as I will need the usb debugging enabled I guess. I have attached some pictures. I don't know where to start with this and any help would be appreciated.
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Thanks
I wait some answer too. I want to add muy propierty recetes
I follow the discussion! Could be usefull customize the recype book!
Me too interesting..
. If some expert...
Following. My other annoyance with this product is it was originally advertised that you could use the screen for internet browsing and YouTube etc but there is no option to do this.
Touch screen SoftTouch Screen​TouchScreen full color touch screen, you will see the pre-installed recipes, play multimedia content and follow all the steps without missing anything.
Hi, I am in the same situation, anyone can help us? we need to see where is the receipts saved.
I have bought a kitchen robot from the TAURUS brand, the "Trending Cooking" model. It is exactly the same in this model and the recipes are the same. I put some photos. I am also waiting to find a solution to be able to put my own recipes via USB. Greetings
Incredible. I just found another brand of the same kitchen robot: SOGO. I put the link. Will anyone find a solution to put recipes? https://sogo.es/product-detail.aspx?id=1267
But how many brands are there of the same model? I have found two more. Locating the manufacturer is going to be more complicated than I expected.
https://robotcuiseur.naturamix.fr/
https://kuken.es/producto/robot-de-cocina-easychef-touch/
Hi all, I have an update on this matter. I still wasn't able to access the recipe book but have made small progress this morning by accident lol. I have managed to access the android menu and allow usb debugging. To do this, you have to tap on "Website" several times and straight after that quickly tap on "SN". This will open the android settings. I didn't try anything else yet as no time to research what I can do next but maybe somebody here who can take it from here? I'm thinking maybe to install android GUI? So can swap between the mixer gui and android and be able install different apps install and access file manager? Anybody who can help here? Any help would be much appreciated.
Btw, if you tap several times on "serial number" line, it will open a promt for password to open some OldTest and the password is 12345678, who would though about that haha
Thanks

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