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Explanations about slow Android TVs and Google TVs, a VPN that keeps stopping, ads on the home screen and more.

TCL TV Guard closes your VPN

Why a VPN or other app keeps stopping on a TCL TV, and how to turn off TV Guard.

VPN on your TV keeps stopping

Why a VPN on Android TV and Google TV drops when you switch apps, and what to do about it.

Slow Android TV: causes and solutions

Why an Android TV gets slow after a while, what you can do yourself and how VYS TV makes it fast again.

Slow Google TV: what happens and what helps

The Google TV home screen keeps loading recommendations and previews. How to make your TV fast again.

Slow Sony Bravia: how to make it fast again

A Bravia with Android TV or Google TV that responds slowly: the causes and the steps to make it fast again.

Slow Philips Android TV: what helps

Older Philips Android TVs have little memory and fill up. How to make them fast again.

Slow TCL TV: how to make it fast again

The TCL start page, extra TCL apps and TV Guard make a TCL TV slow. How to clean that up.

Android TV buffering while streaming

Video that keeps loading or stutters: check the Wi-Fi signal first, then the background apps.

Removing ads from the Google TV home screen

Why the home screen is full of recommendations and ads, what the TV itself allows and how to keep only your own apps.

Your own home screen for your Android TV

What a launcher is, why the standard home screen is slow and how to arrange your own home screen.

Profiles on your Android TV

A home screen per person, with their own apps and background, and choosing who is watching at power-on.

Your iPhone as a remote for your Android TV

All keys, typing text and a screenshot of the TV, directly via Wi-Fi from your iPhone.

Restoring the original home screen

Back to your TV's original, restoring a backup, or fixing the home screen after a system update.

Enable developer options on your TV

For each brand, the steps to enable developer options and USB debugging, and where to find the IP address.

Install an APK on your TV

Put an app on your Android TV yourself (APK, XAPK, APKS), and what a message from the TV means.

Storage full on your TV

Why a TV's storage fills up, how to clear the cache and what you had better not touch.

Play Store: no internet, but Wi-Fi works

Why the Play Store reports "no internet" while streaming works fine, and how to fix it.

Shorter animations on your TV

Set your Android TV's animation scale to 0.5x, by hand or in one go with VYS TV.