tellyscope
by man15h
Tellyscope is an Android phone app that connects to your Android TV, Google TV or Fire TV over Wi-Fi using ADB. It lets you turn off unwanted pre-installed apps, install apps, send files and check how the TV is running, with no root and no PC.
Hidden gemIt lets you debloat an Android TV, install apps and move files from a phone alone, with no PC or root. The README describes safety measures that are unusually careful for this kind of tool: nothing is uninstalled from the system, a protected list is enforced, every change is undoable, and you see it all first. Best for android TV, Google TV or Fire TV owners wanting phone-only debloating.
New and promisingUnder two months old. Expect rough edges and fast changes.
- Stars
- 170 +42 a day, est.
- Licence
- GPL-3.0
- Runs on
- A phone
- Setup
- Easy
- Language
- Kotlin
- Age
- 4 days
What you can do with it
- Disable pre-installed bloat apps on an Android TV, with a review step and an undo history
- Install apps and send files from your phone to the TV
- Check the TV's CPU, RAM, storage and temperature, and set up a different home screen launcher
Ways a business could use it
- Clean up and speed up Android TVs used as digital signage or in waiting rooms, without needing a PC
- Set up and maintain TVs in rental properties, hotels or cafés by installing apps and a custom launcher from one phone
Can you use it commercially?
Free to use. Anything you distribute that includes it must be open-sourced under the same licence.
Not legal advice. Read the project's licence file before building a product on it.
Getting it running
Download the APK from GitHub Releases (or use Obtainium or Orion Store) and install it on an Android 8.0+ phone, then turn on developer options and debugging on the TV.
Follow the official instructions in the project README.
Things to check
- Needs developer options and network debugging turned on in the TV, which lowers its security while enabled
- Disabling the wrong apps could affect TV behaviour, though protected system apps are blocked and changes can be undone
- Checks GitHub for updates every 30 minutes by default (can be turned off)
Checked 26 Oct 2026. Summary drafted by AI from the project's README.
