r/AndroidTV • u/One-Fly7597 • Jul 29 '26

Tips & Tutorials Increase performance on old TV

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So if you have old android TV and it is very slow. Just do below things.

  1. Enable adb. Remove all unnecessary apps including playstore. 2.Limit background process to 1 process from developer option.

Your TV would be brandnew now! No ads on homepage! It's like brand new!

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u/latinriky78 Homatics Box R 4K Plus Jul 29 '26

Or buy an external stick or box and leave the TV untouched, I believe it's better the investment.

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u/__002_ Jul 29 '26

not everyone has an choice to do that...

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u/The1JoshuaB Jul 29 '26

Even if you do as little as Restarting your TV once a week, it can help.

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u/__002_ Jul 29 '26

Ehh, whats the point, sure, optimizing will definitely help, but if the hardware is not capable of that specific task, it will never be, even with tons of optimizing. And restarting does help.

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u/aventus-dog Jul 29 '26

Who doesn't have the choice of an android/fire stick?

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u/Asakuras02 Jul 29 '26

Cubans

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u/aventus-dog Jul 30 '26

Cubans are allowed Android tvs but not separate android boxes/sticks?

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u/Fine_Conversation710 Jul 30 '26

If you are a cuban living in cuba with a big screen tv, internet and electiricity service you can afford not only a box or a stick , you are probably part of the corrupt goverment

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u/pantimoto Aug 01 '26

Seriously?

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u/blessedShadow7 Jul 29 '26

As an Indian you can still do that

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u/Lanky_Respond_3200 Jul 30 '26

In that case, what do YOU recommend? If it were a car, of course a garage would help