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PHONE WALKTHROUGH / ANDROID 9+

Your phone.
Your TV’s fresh start.

Connect, review the plan and clean up—with the computer-pairing exception explained upfront.

By SaileeWritten & source-checked · 4 min read

YOUR SMALL SETUP KIT

A phone. A remote.
A little preparation.

  • Android 9 or newer on your phone, with a PIN, password, pattern or other screen lock.
  • A compatible Android/Google TV or supported Fire OS device.
  • Phone and TV on the same trusted home network, with the TV awake.
  • The remote to approve the connection and test the result.

The app is a separate community project linked by CleanYourTV. Read its current compatibility notes before starting.

CONNECT → REVIEW → CLEAN

Take it one step
at a time.

  1. Get the phone app from the linked project.

    Open the community app page on your phone. Follow its GitHub link to the latest release, download the phone APK and open it. Don’t install that phone APK directly on your TV.

    If Android requests permission to install from your browser or file manager, grant it for this download and remove that permission afterwards.

  2. Prepare the TV.

    Follow the app’s instructions for your model. On many sets, go to Settings → System or Device Preferences → About, select Build seven times, then return to Developer options. Enable the relevant USB/Network/ADB debugging option.

    Menu names vary. Some TVs expose Wireless debugging with a pairing code instead; see the pairing note below. If a USB Ethernet adapter supplies the TV’s network, debugging can temporarily interrupt it.

  3. Connect—and approve on the TV.

    Open the app, choose your TV and follow the connection prompts. Use the remote to authorise your phone when the TV asks. Confirm you selected the intended TV before continuing.

  4. Read the plan before applying it.

    Let the app analyse the device. Review what will be disabled and what will stay. Keep the apps, casting, voice features and updates your household uses; don’t accept a change you don’t understand.

  5. Apply the cleanup.

    Proceed when you’re happy with the plan and let the app complete its restore-point and cleanup process. Keep the phone connected. If the app says the TV gets cleanup only, that is a supported outcome—not a failed launcher install.

  6. Save your way back.

    Use the app’s restore and “Save a copy” options. Export the recovery instructions before changing phones or uninstalling the app, then complete the checks below.

Steps follow the community app documentation ↗; screen names can change between releases.

Two exceptions
worth knowing now.

Wireless-debugging-only TV? A computer may be needed once.

The app’s documented connection uses network ADB on port 5555. If your TV only offers code-paired Wireless debugging, follow the app’s one-time computer-pairing instructions or our computer pairing section. Don’t assume “phone app” means no computer for every TV.

The original home screen may stay.

The app deliberately uses cleanup-only mode on Fire TV, Android 7, some China-market or unknown vendor launchers, Chromecast with Google TV, Google TV Streamer and certain setup-wizard-sensitive devices. This avoids specific Home or casting problems. Follow the app’s explanation for your model.

Already use Obtainium? The app repository’s Obtainium link is another way to install/update the same phone app. It isn’t a different TV-cleanup method.

BEFORE YOU PUT THE REMOTE DOWN

Try the things
you actually use.

  • Open Home and Settings; use volume and remote shortcuts.
  • Play your usual streaming apps and try HDMI/live TV.
  • Check voice control and casting if you chose to keep them.
  • Keep firmware updates unless you deliberately chose otherwise.
  • Finish the app’s debugging-closure flow. Check that the debugging modes you enabled are off and revoke debugging authorisations.

Want to undo it? Use the app’s restore controls for one app or the full restore point. Keep the exported copy. If the TV is no longer reachable, consult the official recovery guidance rather than applying unrelated package commands.