man15h/tellyscope
Debloat your Android TV, install apps, browse and transfer files on it, all from your phone. Under 3 MB, no tracking, no root, no PC.
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Debloat your Android TV, install apps, and browse and transfer files on it, all from your phone. No root, no PC. [](https://youtu.be/NPeDw5GiCc) Rendered from the app's screenshot tests with sample data. The Install dialog and the Tweaks launcher row are drawn to match the app, and Advanced joins parts of its longer page. Tellyscope talks to your Android TV, Google TV, NVIDIA Shield or Fire TV over Wi-Fi using ADB, the debugging protocol developers use. Shield and Fire TV haven't been tested on real hardware yet. A TV after Tellyscope. Debloating a TV can break it if done carelessly. Tellyscope keeps to these rules, and contributions must too: You need a phone on Android 8.0 or newer, on the same Wi-Fi as the TV. Modules: :app (the…
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What this repository does
Debloat your Android TV, install apps, browse and transfer files on it, all from your phone. Under 3 MB, no tracking, no root, no PC.
Repository facts
- Owner
- man15h
- Primary language
- Kotlin
- Stars
- 640
- Forks
- 35
- Open issues + pull requests
- 11
- License
- GPL-3.0
- Archived
- No
- Default branch
- main
- Created
- 2026-10-22T19:51:46.000Z
- Last push
- 2026-10-29T12:06:00.000Z
Topics and intended use
Owner-supplied topics: android, androidtv, googletv, privacy
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