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#Samba interactive tv sony update
#Samba interactive tv sony android
#Samba interactive tv sony software
#Samba interactive tv sony Pc

Otherwise make sure you update that first.

#Samba interactive tv sony software

If the version number is "" or higher, you already have the most recent software version and updating is not required.Ĭhances are that you already have the latest firmware available.

On the TV screen, the firmware version number should appear.

It's easy to check which version of software you have - follow these instructions: Now first check to see if your TV is running the latest firmware revision. Soon you will see yourself in a TV shop spending again £1,000 on a different brand and model, just to discover that that didn't make any difference as our world runs on software. Then you will be left with nothing at all to start with. But despite their bad beaviour, we still love them! The second thing is to make sure you don't break the telly with your glass of wine. Telly's are just like young kids, as much as you'd like them to behave they keep misbehaving. Welcome to the Sony Community! The first thing to do is not to get mad at the telly. What is the version number of the firmware that fixes this bug?

How do I get a working update that fixes this crashing issue? It reminds of Windows' blue screen of death or Linux kernel oops.

#Samba interactive tv sony android

The sound suddenly goes when it happens, then the screen goes black, and then 30 seconds, the spinning Android circles appear on the screen. It happens 5 minutes when I switch it on. The telly crashes at least one evening every week. I re-entered my WIFI, Netflix, Amazon TV credentials. I did a factory reset last month just before the World Cup.

#Samba interactive tv sony Pc

It is out of the warranty, because I bought it from PC World / Curry in April 2016. This telly keeps crashing ever since there was an Android TV upgrade. I am an IT engineer, but this is ridiculous.

I guess if make a TV smart and add a CPU, general purpose computing, firmware then it is I should know that there are going to be bug. It caused me to have a furious row and now I am mad as hell, I wish I never bought the damn thing, curved or not. I wanted to throw a glass wine at the telly. I’m sorry but to me, that’s just creepy as hell and I’m frankly unsure why Sony would opt to put this on their TVs.Last night was the final straw for me and my partner. So while Samba TV might not directly see you, it sure can know a lot about you, including what content you’re watching, your political preference, and even the equipment/brands you prefer to purchase.

The big draw for advertisers - which have included Citi and JetBlue in the past, and now Expedia - is that Samba TV can also identify other devices in the home that share the TV’s internet connection. Samba TV has even offered advertisers the ability to base their targeting on whether people watch conservative or liberal media outlets and which party’s presidential debate they watched. Samba TV can track nearly everything that appears on the TV on a second-by-second basis, essentially reading pixels to identify network shows and ads, as well as programs on Netflix and HBO and even video games played on the TV. Samba TV declined to provide recent statistics, but one of its executives said at the end of 2016 that more than 90 percent of people opted in.Īs for what exactly the app does once enabled: When people set up their TVs, a screen urges them to enable a service called Samba Interactive TV, saying it recommends shows and provides special offers “by cleverly recognizing onscreen content.” But the screen, which contains the enable button, does not detail how much information Samba TV collects to make those recommendations. However unlike most apps, Samba comes preinstalled on most new sets and is part of the initial TV setup process where most people are clicking ok/next as fast as they can so they can use their TV and the numbers show it. There’s a bit of news gaining traction regarding Samba, an app offered on Android TVs from a dozen TV makers, including Sharp, TCL, Philips, and Sony. With Samba enabled, it’s certainly reporting on you