Roku TV Disable WiFi (PERMANENTLY)
I own the 32" TCL 4k TV. I don't have an RF meter so can't verify this 100% but in another discussion thread on this same topic, someone said the following:
If when you set up the TV you do not ch...
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I just had to make one of my TVs a smart TV again, my sister needs to borrow it, long story.
Anyway, once I had the back off I did notice that there's a thin black wire coming from the wifi module, I hadn't notice it before when I initially disconnected the ribbon cable. But now I know for certain that it was there and I didn't disconnect or snip it, and disconnecting the ribbon cable was all that was needed.
If you have a multimeter/voltmeter that reads under 12v, check that wire for power while the unit is on, ideally do so with it connected to the board. Check it while powering up, dormant & searching.
It will be either at 5v (most likely on newer electronics) or 12v. That should be the power wire as on laptops so while it won't be transmitting data, but it'll radiating a signal regardless
Why not just go into your Parental Control in the Access Control of your router settings and just block the device from the internet there instead of tearing your tv all apart?
It's still active unless you do that.
That wouldn't work. Even when the router is turned off, the TV wifi module is still active, it's active even with the TV turned off. The only thing that deactivates it is unplugging the TV from power.
That's the one good thing about the annoying clear light at the base (might not be present on all models), when it's active the light flickers....which is all the time.
Once all the connections are pulled, no more flicker & you get the solid light that you can turn off.
