Experimental Widget Installer (winstall) for Samsung H Series – Feedback Welcome
Posted: Wed Jul 08, 2026 5:39 pm
Hello everyone,
I've been working on a small experimental command-line utility called winstall for Samsung H-series TVs with root access.
Current features:
Installs a widget package from a ZIP archive.
Extracts it into the user widget directory.
Optional automatic deletion of the ZIP package after a successful installation (--ad).
Verbose mode (--verbose).
Lists detected installed widgets after installation.
Displays a completion message reminding the user that a TV reboot is currently required before the widget appears.
Example:
winstall -wp /dtv/usb/sda1/Widgets/MyWidget.zip --verbose --ad
At the moment, the only limitation is that the TV must be rebooted before the newly installed widget becomes visible. The installer itself works correctly, but I would like to eliminate the reboot requirement.
Does anyone know if there is a process, service, or API on Samsung H-series firmware that refreshes the widget database or reloads the widget list without a full reboot?
Any suggestions or information about the widget manager, Smart Hub refresh mechanism, or related binaries would be greatly appreciated.
Thank you
I've been working on a small experimental command-line utility called winstall for Samsung H-series TVs with root access.
Current features:
Installs a widget package from a ZIP archive.
Extracts it into the user widget directory.
Optional automatic deletion of the ZIP package after a successful installation (--ad).
Verbose mode (--verbose).
Lists detected installed widgets after installation.
Displays a completion message reminding the user that a TV reboot is currently required before the widget appears.
Example:
winstall -wp /dtv/usb/sda1/Widgets/MyWidget.zip --verbose --ad
At the moment, the only limitation is that the TV must be rebooted before the newly installed widget becomes visible. The installer itself works correctly, but I would like to eliminate the reboot requirement.
Does anyone know if there is a process, service, or API on Samsung H-series firmware that refreshes the widget database or reloads the widget list without a full reboot?
Any suggestions or information about the widget manager, Smart Hub refresh mechanism, or related binaries would be greatly appreciated.
Thank you