Sony · Android TV 8.0.0 · Sony BRAVIA KDL-43W950D (2015/2016, SVP-DTV15, MediaTek), India ("PA") firmware

Remove ads from the Sony BRAVIA KDL-43W950D

For this TV there are 17 steps. Together they switch off 71 things you do not need, and leave 16 services alone that the TV needs to work. Nothing is deleted, and every step can be undone. The list comes from owners who tested it on their own TVs; we have not re-tested it on yours.

What the first step does

Step 1: Hospitality / commercial

Small extras that most people never use.

No description from the testers com.sony.dtv.b2b.importexport
No description from the testers com.sony.dtv.b2b.prosettings
No description from the testers com.sony.dtv.b2b.rs232csupport
Control4/SDDP discovery; keep if you need it com.sony.dtv.b2b.vendorprotocol
No description from the testers com.sony.dtv.b2b.noderuntime.normal
No description from the testers com.sony.dtv.b2b.noderuntime.privilege

The rest of the guide

Step 2: Help, tutorials, retail demo mode
Step 3: Sony/partner content, ads and recommendation feeds
Step 4: Telemetry, tracking IDs, remote support
Step 5: Unused sync adapters
Step 6: Unused secondary keyboard
Step 7: Camera support
Step 8: Wake-on-LAN helpers, unused
Step 9: Voice assistant / Google Assistant search
Step 10: Chromecast built-in
Step 11: Miracast "Screen mirroring" + DLNA home-network
Step 12: HbbTV interactive-broadcast launcher entry
Step 13: Netflix-specific remote-button integration
Step 14: Leftover action/automation plugin, still enabled though
Step 15: Streaming / media apps the owner does not use
Step 16: Utility apps the owner does not use
Step 17: Home handover ONLY after installing, launching and
What is left alone, the Mac and Windows files, the undo files and the testers' notes

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