@Skynet , That's a great discovery! (Roku should hire you.). I have my doubts about the average person being able to solder that without overheating the component beneath. (It requires the right soldering iron, etc.).
I wanted to mention: if someone wants to try this fix, there are no-heat solder compounds that should work (especially for a stationary tv, little vibration/stress). Google for "no heat solder electronics" or "liquid solder". Some of these products may be for plumbing. Be sure it's for electronics, or has conductivity.
I don't think the wire needs to be very large either. Just thin 24ga. It's not going to carry large current. (Thick wire would be ok too. I'm just saying that if someone had thin wire, they don't need to go out and buy battery cables or anything. 🙂 Thin wire would probably be easier to work with, route it to where it's going. Heavy wire could stress the solder joint.).
I'm skeptical this is going to work for everyone with the all-zeros mac addr problem. There's a lot of update-induced Roku problems (green screen, perma-reboot loop) where one solution works for some people, but not others. If this does work for for most people, I think class-action litigation should be more in people's vocabulary. This problem has existed for years. It's inconceivable that you could discover it, but Roku couldn't. The net effect is: Roku's been selling a buggy hardware design for all this time, uncaring. "Buyer beware" is certainly the best route (and people should be leaving reviews on all the retail sites). But, there's a point where things look deliberately predatory (irresponsible). I'd say this (and some others) rise to that level.
"People are often amazed at how much we’ve done with the number of engineers we’ve got." (Roku CEO Anthony Wood, Austin Statesman, Oct 4, 2019). "Amazed" is one way of putting it.
