Replacing Leanback Launcher on Sony Bravia X93E

by _fmm

Hey I'm trying to replace the default launcher on my new TV. It's running Android 7.0 currently and I was able to connect to my computer following these instructions ( https://android.stackexchange.com/questions/162935/completely-change-home-screen-on-android-tv )

Everything worked fine until the step 

adb shell pm hide com.google.android.leanbacklauncher

Where I get an error saying I don't have the required permissions. Wondering if anyone has had success replacing the default launcher on a newer 7.0 Android TV and if so how they did it (ideally without rooting)

I found information saying that disabling (rather than hiding) the launcher will likely work on 7.0, however does anyone know if a factory reset can bring it back?

EDIT:

For anyone else with this issue who googles this I ended up using the following to remove the launcher rather than disable it 

 adb shell pm uninstall -k --user 0 com.google.android.leanbacklauncher
ifixpedals

Ironically, as someone running Android 8.0, I wish I could get the leanback launcher from 7 back.

baj8881

It will come back with a factory reset.

Fantastins

Enable developer mode, on PC using ADB

ADB connect (ipaddress)

ADB root

ADB shell

setenforce 0

... and continue?

ADB should work over wifi with 7. You may need to ADB root and setenforce 0 at every reboot. This is how we screw with mi box on nougat leak, steps by memory and may not be in right order.