Worse is that the Samsung smart TV Wi-Fi Direct feature is enabled by default every time the device boots up. Researchers tested their attack on Samsung UN32J5500 Firmware version 1480, but. How to easily hack your Smart TV: Samsung and LG. Originally called 'Connected TVs,' and now they are called as 'Smart TVs'. Any television that can be connected to the Internet to access services, use apps and behave in some way as our computers with web browser. There is no technical reason why the firmware can't be flashed to an older version, the TV doesn't know or care what version the firmware is, but Samsung have coded the firmware so that if the flashing firmware version is less than the current firmware version it blocks it. Everything is on one page categorized by Country and Network. Searching for desired software is fully automatic. Download speed is very fast, all depends on location and network speed but everything is cachable and work really fast. Instruction how to use the database and how flash firmware to Samsung phone is here: MOD Edit:-Links Removed.
The new Samsung LCD TVs run Linux for their firmware I guess and here’s some guy who has hacked it so the Samsung TV can do other things such as networking and file share.
Their modified Samsung firmware is available as SamyGo but you will first have to learn to enable telnet into your Samsung TV.
I think this opens a lot of doors for people like me who love hacking linux-based systems. Perhaps you can even install a WordPress blog on your Samsung TV sorta like the Palm Pre.
SamyGO is a project for reverse engineering Samsung TV’s Firmwares which is partially Open Sourced. ( Literaly Samsung TV Firmware Hacking Project )
We try to fix problems that in the firmware. We don’t want money from you. We make this modifications for us and ourself but you are allowed to join us.