I also pulled the little contact pads off of the back of the Netflix button and the other pairs services buttons that are a fixture on my remote that I don’t use. I kept accidentally hitting them and it would rip me out of whatever content I was watching and send me to a service I didn’t subscribe to.
I prefer using tape to cover the underlying traces because it’s a reversible process, it could help if you’re planning to sell the TV or if a button-remapping tool gets developed later.
The design of these particular buttons didn’t allow for that. That’s usually what I prefer too.
The button itself didn’t have any conductive material, it was a small piece of metallic material on the PCB, that when pressed, deflected to connect the circuit. The rubber/polymer buttons just mechanically pushed down on the small metal disc that made that contact happen.
It was easy enough to pull the small disc off of the PCB, but I don’t think the process can be reversed, or at the very least, I don’t think I’ll be able to keep track of the items removed in order to reverse it.
I don’t actually plan on replacing the TV at all. It’s job might change, from my main TV to a spare TV in the office or basement or something, but I don’t think I’ll be getting rid of it until it stops functioning.
I still do this.
I also pulled the little contact pads off of the back of the Netflix button and the other pairs services buttons that are a fixture on my remote that I don’t use. I kept accidentally hitting them and it would rip me out of whatever content I was watching and send me to a service I didn’t subscribe to.
Not anymore.
I prefer using tape to cover the underlying traces because it’s a reversible process, it could help if you’re planning to sell the TV or if a button-remapping tool gets developed later.
The design of these particular buttons didn’t allow for that. That’s usually what I prefer too.
The button itself didn’t have any conductive material, it was a small piece of metallic material on the PCB, that when pressed, deflected to connect the circuit. The rubber/polymer buttons just mechanically pushed down on the small metal disc that made that contact happen.
It was easy enough to pull the small disc off of the PCB, but I don’t think the process can be reversed, or at the very least, I don’t think I’ll be able to keep track of the items removed in order to reverse it.
I don’t actually plan on replacing the TV at all. It’s job might change, from my main TV to a spare TV in the office or basement or something, but I don’t think I’ll be getting rid of it until it stops functioning.
You can rebind the key to do something else, needs an app though
So you’re saying its impossible. Like when I had to sign up for Bixby to make the Bixby button do something else.
No, I’m saying it’s possible. It’s not like signing up to bixby, what are you saying??
https://github.com/keymapperorg/KeyMapper
I was unable to find a way.
In any case, the buttons don’t work anymore and I’m fine with that.