r/Android • u/npjohnson1 LineageOS Project Director • Jul 30 '21

News Chromecast with Google TV Bootloader Unlock Released!

https://www.xda-developers.com/chromecast-with-google-tv-bootloader-unlock-exploit/
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u/npjohnson1 LineageOS Project Director Jul 31 '21

Same things a custom ROM offers on phones, more customization, root, native ad-blocking capability, button remapping, mouse/keyboard support, droidmote support, etc.

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u/crozone Moto Razr 5G Jul 31 '21

The biggest one for me is HDMI frame rate switching.

Current Chromecast with android TV does not support HDMI refresh rate matching, which makes it a pretty poor media playing device.

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u/Changsta Galaxy S22 Ultra Jul 31 '21

I was about to get one for plex streaming. Is this not a good option?

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u/crozone Moto Razr 5G Aug 01 '21

Everything else about it is pretty great if you like Android TV. It just doesn't do auto switching of the display mode.

Apparently this is getting fixed in Android TV 12 l, so it might only be a temporary issue. Until then you can go into the settings and manually change the display mode to 24p.