How to STOP your LG OLED bombarding Ads & Notifications on you
Added 2023-01-18 20:08:10 +0000 UTC
In the last few years, LG webOS was filled up with repetitive and annoying Ads and Notifications everywhere in a much more invasive way compared, for example, to previous 2016-2019 models.
Getting rid of them has also become more complicated but if you're really full about them, you can still do it by following the suggestions below.
0. DO NOT CREATE/SIGN-UP WITH AN LG ACCOUNT
1. DISABLE THE RIGHT ADS SETTINGS
Go to Settings > General > System > Additional Settings
Untick "Live Plus"
Then
Click on "Home Settings"
Untick "Home Promotion"
and I also recommend to
Turn off "Home Auto Launch" (so it isn't the first thing you see when you turn on your TV)
Then press the back button on your remote, go to "Advertisement"
Tick "Limit Ad Tracking" and then click "Reset AD ID"
It's not over:
Hold the input/source button on your remote to bring up the dashboard
Click on "Live TV" and then press the mute button a bunch of times to bring up a secret menu
Untick "Show LG Logo when turning on".
Finally:
Go to All Settings > General > System > LG Account
Uncheck ALL the User Agreements
Apply
2. USE WI-FI & CHANGE YOUR DNS IN THE TV
Use a Wi-Fi Connection (as it actually provides better speed and stability compared to cabled)
Go to the Network settings and into the advanced options for your Wi-Fi Connection and Edit them
Change your Primary DNS to: 1.1.1.1 (Cloudflare DNS: faster and more reliable/clean than Google DNS). If the Secondary DNS is also asked, enter: 1.0.0.1
3. BLOCK ADS/NOTIFICATION DIRECTLY FROM YOUR ROUTER
Any modern router is capable of blocking specific URL/Domains from the network. Find and access this specific section of your router and block the following addresses/domains:
ad.lgappstv.com
aic.cdpsvc.lgtvcommon.com
aic.homeprv.lgtvcommon.com
aic.netflixvoice.lgtvcommon.com
aic.nudge.lgtvcommon.com
aic.recommend.lgtvcommon.com
aic.service.lgtvcommon.com
aic-ngfts.lge.com
cdpbeacon.lgtvcommon.com
cdpsvc.lgtvcommon.com
eic.cdpsvc.lgtvcommon.com
eic.homeprv.lgtvcommon.com
eic.netflixvoice.lgtvcommon.com
eic.nudge.lgtvcommon.com
eic.recommend.lgtvcommon.com
eic.service.lgtvcommon.com
homeprv.lgtvcommon.com
ibis.lgappstv.com
ibs.lgappstv.com
jp.info.lgsmartad.com
jp.lgtvsdp.com
jp.rdx2.lgtvsdp.com
lgad.cjpowercast.com
lgad.cjpowercast.com.edgesuite.net
lgsmartad.com
lgtvsdp.com
ngfts.lge.com
nudge.lgtvcommon.com
rdl.lgtvcommon.com
rdx2.lgtvsdp.com
recommend.lgtvcommon.com
smartclip.com
smartclip.net
smartshare.lgtvsdp.com
us.ad.lgsmartad.com
us.ibs.lgappstv.com
us.info.lgsmartad.com
us.lgtvsdp.com
us.rdx2.lgtvsdp.com
yumenetworks.com
You should now have a MUCH sleeker experience after all of this.
Let me know how it looks and works for you then ;)
Cheers,
-P
Comments
Thanks for this, as I had been planning on wiring it in.
xSTARRYxEYESx
2023-01-25 19:21:05 +0000 UTCHi and thank you for becoming a patron! :) Don't ask me why, but with the last few years' series of LG OLEDs: Wi-Fi has an higher transfer speed and stability (less/zero connection drops) compared to Cabled. This will mostly affect built-in apps and streaming services, yes. That said, for the consoles and other devices the opposite is still the case: a direct, cabled connection to the router will still provide faster transfer rate, better stability and last but not least: lower latency. Wi-Fi is still not bad there if you're not too far away from the router.
P40L0
2023-01-25 18:41:55 +0000 UTC"Use a Wi-Fi Connection (as it actually provides better speed and stability compared to cabled)" Is this true for consoles as well, or only for the built-in streaming services? If true for consoles, wow, that goes against a lot of things I've been told previously. Also, hi!
xSTARRYxEYESx
2023-01-25 18:36:07 +0000 UTC
