The TV debloat prompt

The full prompt from our reel "Claude Code can now hack your TV". Two setup steps, then paste one prompt. Works on Android TV and Google TV only (for example most Sony, TCL and Xiaomi smart TVs, some Hisense and Philips models, and Chromecast with Google TV). If your home screen says "Google TV" or "Android TV", you're good. Not for Samsung (Tizen), LG (webOS), Roku, Fire TV or Apple TV.

You need: a laptop with Claude Code (the terminal or the desktop app's Code tab), on the same Wi-Fi network as the TV.

Step 1: on the TV, turn on USB debugging

1. Settings > About (on some TVs: Settings > System > About).
2. Scroll to Build (on Google TV: Android TV OS build) and tap it 7 times, until it says you are a developer.
3. Go back: a new Developer options menu appears (under Settings or Settings > System).
4. Open Developer options and turn on USB debugging (on some TVs it's called Network debugging or ADB debugging).

When Claude Code connects, the TV will ask "Allow USB debugging?". Choose Allow.

Step 2: on the laptop, paste the prompt

Open Claude Code on a laptop on the same Wi-Fi and paste this:

My Android TV is slow and full of ads. Find it on my Wi-Fi, connect over ADB, and debloat it: disable the manufacturer's ads, telemetry and junk (reversibly, never uninstall), asking me first about apps and features I might use. Then build and install a fast, minimal Apple TV-style home screen with a dock of my favourite apps and rotating nature wallpapers. Back up before changing anything, check every step with screenshots from the TV, and give me a restore script.

Claude Code will ask before it installs tools (such as ADB) or runs commands. Read what it wants to disable and say no to anything you use.

Safety note

• Android TV / Google TV only. Other TV systems don't have ADB.
• Nothing is deleted. The prompt tells Claude Code to disable apps, which can be switched back on, never to uninstall them.
• It backs up first and gives you a restore script, so you can put the TV back the way it was. Keep that script.
• Turn USB debugging off when you're done (Settings > Developer options), so nothing else on your Wi-Fi can connect to the TV.
• A factory reset also brings back every app the TV came with, if anything goes wrong.