id: androidtv-andersson-shandao
title: "Andersson Android TV (Vestel, MediaTek m7632)"
contributors:
  - PicaPicaDev
platform: androidtv
status: partial
tested_on: "UKNV.260304.001 (Android 14, sdk 34); first done on RTMA.250416.082 (Android 11)"
models:
  - "Andersson Android TV (Vestel, device shandao)"
adb:
  port: 5555
  transport: wifi
developer_mode: >-
  Settings > Device Preferences > About > Build, press OK 7 times, then Device Preferences > Developer options > USB debugging: ON; adb then listens on port 5555 over the network.
ip_location: "Settings > Network & Internet > the connected network"
prompts:
  - name: "Google Play Protect: app built for an older version of Android"
    blocks_automation: true
    fix: "adb install of dumbtv home waits until someone presses Install anyway on the TV (targetSdk 28 is deliberate)."
data:
  packages: data/androidtv/packages.txt
  protected: data/androidtv/protected.txt
  never_disable: data/androidtv/never-disable.txt
  user_apps: data/androidtv/user-apps.txt
launcher:
  mechanism: set_home_activity
  package: tv.dumbtv.home
  reason: >-
    Classic Android TV home (com.google.android.tvlauncher, HOME at
    priority 2). dumbtv home answers HOME once the stock launcher is disabled.
  fallback: "pm enable --user 0 com.google.android.tvlauncher"
  quirk: >-
    launcher/install.sh was not used: its Guard is for Fire OS. The 1.8
    release APK was checksum-checked against launcher/version.env, installed
    with adb install, then com.google.android.tvlauncher was disabled with
    pm disable-user (it is in never-disable.txt; a deliberate,
    owner-approved exception).
quirks:
  - "Vestel OEM set (Andersson is a Vestel rebrand). ro.product.model is just 'Android TV' and ro.product.brand is 'My'; the board is MediaTek m7632, device shandao."
  - "com.vestel.smartlogger and com.vestel.vestelreporter run as the system uid (1000), start on boot and stay resident; smartlogger bundles Firebase and has receivers for channel changes, external sources, settings, Bluetooth and CI modules. Both disabled with pm disable-user and stayed disabled across reboots."
  - "Only com.google.android.tvlauncher (priority 2) and the Settings FallbackHome answer HOME, so setupwraith did not need touching. Disabling tvlauncher after installing dumbtv home made HOME land on dumbtv home across reboots."
  - "Private DNS (hostname mode, dns.adguard-dns.com) works on this build; blocked hosts answer 127.0.0.1."
  - "A Vestel OTA took this set from Android 11 (RTMA.250416.082) to Android 14 (UKNV.260304.001) as a 960 MB A/B delta that downloaded in the background with update_engine at most of a CPU core. User-disabled packages and the dumbtv home swap survived it, except com.vestel.vestelreporter, which the update re-enabled. Re-check pm list packages -d after any Vestel update."
  - "Android 14 brings com.android.adservices.api, com.android.ondevicepersonalization.services, com.android.federatedcompute.services and com.android.tv.feedbackconsent; all four disabled with pm disable-user and stayed disabled across a reboot."
  - "The TV took a new DHCP address after the OTA reboot, so adb connect to the old IP failed with No route to host; reserve the address on the router."
notes: "Disabled by hand, all surviving reboots: vestel smartlogger, vestelreporter, smartcenter, google feedback, partnersetup, tvrecommendations, mediatek leanbacklauncher partnercustomizer, fusion.android.tv.demo, katniss, tvlauncher for the launcher swap, backdrop (screensaver set to com.android.dreams.basic/.Colors first), tts and syncadapters.calendar; on Android 14 also adservices.api, ondevicepersonalization.services, federatedcompute.services and tv.feedbackconsent. MemAvailable went from about 590 MB to about 880 MB on Android 11."
verify:
  blocked: data/blocklists/verify-blocked.txt
  allowed: data/blocklists/verify-allowed.txt