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How do I stop Samsung SmartTV Hub from Updating?

by Aug 23, 2014 2:51AM PDT

Its official. After over 2 years of owning a Samsung 46" TV (UN46ES6150), I spend more time watching Spinning icons that say "Updating", "Installing" and "Connecting" then I do actually Netflix in SmartHub

These updates add and arrange icons for apps that I don't care about (Netflix is all I am interested in), but don't provide any capability that helps me.

I would love to stop updates for the hub... not the individual apps, but the Hub itself. I did disable the feature that updates in standy by, but it still pops up messages that updates are available, and those messages must be acknowledged. This is annoying because I have a cable tuner, and the remote is set for controlling the cable turner not the TV when this happens.

I would love to know if I can stop Smarthub from updating all together. Can a port be blocked on my router, or some setting? Thanks

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So far, you can only switch off the Smart Hub
by Forum moderator Aug 23, 2014 2:54AM PDT

But that would remove the Netflix and more. As to port blocking, my bet is that the TV would then display, "limited connectivity" or the rather famous "Error Model Bind."

For now, my choice is to turn off Smart Hub and use another device like the Roku, Apple TV, Amazon FireTV, etc.
Bob

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So far, you can only switch off the Smart Hub
by paul.bates Aug 23, 2014 3:41AM PDT

I had a suspicion that it was "working as designed"

To your point R Proffitt, I have been looking a devices as replacements to the smarthub...which do you like better between the Roku vs Amazon?

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We use the Fire TV a lot.
by r. proffitt Forum moderator Aug 23, 2014 5:16AM PDT

In fact I think we were an early adopter so we learned that the same demons haunt the new device but I see Amazon working hard to eradicate them or at least put what to do when it happens up rather than a non-sense message (nod to Samsung's "Error Model Bind.")

We had the Roku and Fire TV but 98% of the time we use the Amazon box.

Some want these to replace the PC and web browser on a PC. So far, nothing does that but a PC.
Bob

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