Root - Can it be rooted? More than likely as it has a mediatek processor and they are generally easy to root, has anyone tried? Not yet as far as I'm aware.
Rooting the TV would give you the ability to freeze or uninstall unwanted apps or add dual shock 3 support etc, but you will lose the ability to receive OTA updates.
The non root version of greenify will possibly work I haven't tried it yet.
Stock Launcher is currently mandatory, you CAN run Halauncher as an app, but the latest Leanback Launcher update disables Hallauncher to be chosen as the TV's stock launcher.
Out of the box and upgrades? A lot of people here will tell you to Factory reset for the smallest of problems, but as I'm also a heavy android user / modder, I have owned my TV for 3 and a half months and have NEVER factory reset it due to understanding that android generally gets quicker the more you use it and build up caches etc.
I have had to unplug the TV from the mains about 6 times in this period when android has frozen, but thats it, not perfect but not too much of a big deal.
I have upgraded my firmware over the air 3 times and NEVER factory reset once. My TV, apart from the above mentioned freezes has worked flawlessly since i have had it.........Looking at these forums, I appear to be the luckiest person on these forums in that regard.
I have installed stacks of addons into Kodi via the TV's Kodi app, and they seem to all work very well, I have not edited the advanced settings, so can't advise on that front.
As far as I'm aware, there are no custom roms for the TV yet, a working TWRP or equivalent would be the first step toward making custom roms, but I haven't looked into porting TWRP to the TV.
Hope you enjoy your purchase !
