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How to get "ProMode" on a Consumer Sony BRAVIA TV
This guide will show you how you can get "ProMode" on a Consumer Sony BRAVIA TV without having to purchase one of their "Pro" displays.
Sony TV
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Information
The requirements, known supported models or potential models, and about the guide.
Getting Started
This chapter is so we can get our TV ready, check to see if it's maybe supported if it's not in the "Known supported models" list and to get the software we need on our computer to extract the firmware and get our apk.
About
Hey there, this guide will guide you through getting your Sony TV working with "pro mode". For people who don't know, pro mode is a mode on Sony professional displays that allows you to do things like have a remote web UI, which is like iDRAC for Dell servers,...
Getting the APK
In this segment we are getting the APK from the firmware by extracting it.
Requirements
So in order to do this, you'll need to following: A computer running either Windows, Mac OS, or if you run Linux like me, I had to get a Windows VM for this. 30 - 45 minutes at minimum but can vary for different people. A supported model, more below. You...
Installing the ProModeTool.apk app
This chapter we will install the "ProModeTool.apk" file we just extracted from the firmware.
Supported Models
These are the known supported models that use the same firmware or have the requirements already installed on them. Just know it could be more since these are the only ones I checked, and I think more of the XR series could be functional so far. KD-43X80K ...
Starting ProMode and Permission Prompts
This chapter will explain how to start ProMode and any permission prompts that will come up or anything that you need to know in general.
Prepare your TV
Check to see if your TV is supported Now we can check if your TV is supported by checking to see if "ProMode" and "ProSettings" is installed or not in your "All apps" section in your settings menu. On your TV go to the settings app and in order go to: App...
Getting the software ready
On your computer follow these steps on a Windows based PC. Installing 7zip The first piece of software we need is 7zip, we can install it like this: You can get 7zip here: https://www.7-zip.org/ Notes: You need to download to correct one for your system. F...
Getting ready to extract the firmware
Extract the firmware zip files Before we can do anything, we need to extract the "payload.bin" file from the .zip file we downloaded for the firmware. The firmware that was downloaded should be named something like "sony_atvotafull" at the start. Now we nee...
Extracting the firmware
Extracting the "system.img" partition In the command prompt window type this as follows to extract the "system.img" partition from the firmware file we downloaded. Also when typing this below, you can press the "tab" key to autocomplete the names of the file...
Getting the APK
Getting "ProModeTool.apk" Now we need to open our new system.img file that we just copied out of the system.img partition file. We need to do the same thing as earlier and open it with 7zip. It should look like this. Now go into the "system" folder in the...
Getting ADB tools ready
Getting the android platform-tools To install the apk file, we have now for "ProModeTool" we have to install it over ADB (Android Debug Bridge). To do this you need to download the adb tool to your computer, instructions for both Windows and Linux are below....
Installing the APK
Connecting to the TV Now for both Operating Systems, the command is similar to each other. First we need to connect to the TV over adb. Windows: Windows: Type this in Command Prompt: adb.exe connect Your-TV-IP (Replace "Your-TV-IP" with the TV's IP we got...
Starting ProModeTool
Launching ProModeTool Now when you go back to your TV, if it's not on your home screen in the "Apps" section then go to your Settings -> Apps -> See all apps Then look for the tool we just installed. It should be named "Pro settings" (com.sony.dtv.b2b.prom...