Can I sideload a custom launcher on my Sony X91J

by TYKOB

Just as it says in the title.

More details: I have an older Vizio that I used with my Shield. I loved the experience until Google started feeding me ads at the top of my home page. So I sideloaded something else, created just a simple home screen with my most used apps and away I went, ad-free.

I just bought the X91J. Thought I'd give stock Google TV another crack. Its been 36 hours and I am already miserable. Besides the one big ad at the top, my home screen is filled with "top picks" and other "suggestions", which if we're being honest, are just more ads.

TLDR; Can I sideload a custom launcher on the X91J, the way I did with my Nvidia Shield ?

Deadpool-fan-466

Yes you can

shaqthegr8

Yes you can (did with a x85j)

Here the steps (the easy way)

1 - download the launcher you want on the play store and downloader if you don't have it

2 - search the launcher manager apk on downloader and sideload the app

3 - give yourself the developers options and activate adb debugging

3 - open the 3rd party launcher and customize it

4 - open launcher manager and disable the stock launcher in the menu (it will ask you for adb access and do the disable ) . You should see the name of your 3rd party launcher after that in the menu.

5 - reboot to check if the changes are made.

done !

Arnav_2467

Yes you can use any supported launcher on your Sony T.V, i am having MI Android TV and used many launchers on that, and i never got any problem.

bmore

In the settings on that TV you can turn off all recommendations and basically go back to an app drawer.

Cinderkin

There's actually a setting to switch the TV to App only mode. Settings > Accounts & Sign in > Apps only mode.

boozecan

@tykob, did you ever get this working? Every time I switch to a custom launcher, Google TV just revert back to the stock launcher. Tried all the steps below but still can’t get a custom launcher to run.