a world of FUN FUN FUN!- Lots O Hidden Apps On Your D Series

[Spoza]

Ummm, I don't see any "Info Link Service Type" item in my Service Menu...
Also, there is no "OTA Duration Test" item... but there is an "OTN Duration" item...
Am I doing something wrong?

[prairie]

Thanks for the find! It worked as described above on PN51D8000 (plasma, US model). Haven't tried any of the apps yet except Version Flex View since I have a Fios account. Unfortunately it reported "Device is not supported" when I ran it.

[prairie]

Interesting, I running BIGSTAR and hit MySettings, TV crashed and I ended up with open RS-232 line (full keyboard).

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VDLinux#> cat /proc/cpuinfo
Processor       : ARMv7 Processor rev 2 (v7l)
BogoMIPS        : 798.72
Features        : swp half thumb fastmult vfp edsp neon vfpv3 
CPU implementer : 0x41
CPU architecture: 7
CPU variant     : 0x2
CPU part        : 0xc08
CPU revision    : 2

Hardware        : Samsung SDP1002 Evaluation board
Revision        : 0000
Serial          : 0000000000000000
VDLinux#> 

[Spoza]

w/samygo i ftp and backed up mostly all though i am not sure if i am allowed to post a link to d/l

Sure you can post a link!
I want to try Fling and manual installation over FTP is my hope now...

[sbav1]

TV crashed and I ended up with open RS-232 line (full keyboard).

Very interesting. Disabling "Serial line manipulation" kernel restriction generally requires patching some crucial bytes in running kernel image; virtually impossible to happen by pure accident with some random crash. Perhaps:
- new (unrestricted) kernel image got flashed from OTN upgrade server after setting it to "development" (?) - I wonder if authld is still active in your TV..
- there is some kind of hidden built-in mechanism we don't know of, for disabling serial console manipulation, possibly included in Samsung production-level kernel images (but apparently not included in kernel open sources released by Samsung).

EDIT: Just to make sure: you ended up with unrestricted RS232 console without executing SamyGO widget hack for D-series, right? I mean - with hack applied, it wouldn't be exactly a mystery

[prairie]

TV crashed and I ended up with open RS-232 line (full keyboard).

Very interesting. Disabling "Serial line manipulation" kernel restriction generally requires patching some crucial bytes in running kernel image; virtually impossible to happen by pure accident with some random crash. Perhaps:
- new (unrestricted) kernel image got flashed from OTN upgrade server after setting it to "development" (?) - I wonder if authld is still active in your TV..
- there is some kind of hidden built-in mechanism we don't know of, for disabling serial console manipulation, possibly included in Samsung production-level kernel images (but apparently not included in kernel open sources released by Samsung).

EDIT: Just to make sure: you ended up with unrestricted RS232 console without executing SamyGO widget hack for D-series, right? I mean - with hack applied, it wouldn't be exactly a mystery

No, with hack applied my RS-232 console is restricted (can only enter 0-9ABCDEF) in TDM and normally if TDM crashes console is still restricted. This time only with App crash I could type "reboot" for instance to restart the TV. After that it went back to restricted. So something to do with the crash itself disabled restrictions.

[brunogts77]

Ummm, I don't see any "Info Link Service Type" item in my Service Menu...
Also, there is no "OTA Duration Test" item... but there is an "OTN Duration" item...
Am I doing something wrong?

Go to the hideen menus with ruSamsungTVCommunicator click 3Speed (service menu appears again, with hidden options visible).
I got it, my tv is UE46D5700ZF.

[prairie]

EDIT: Just to make sure: you ended up with unrestricted RS232 console without executing SamyGO widget hack for D-series, right? I mean - with hack applied, it wouldn't be exactly a mystery

nevermind, I didn't realize this was normal when hack is applied.