Jio Ads Have Become More Dynamic and Extended

[Karthik-beta]

The Jio Set Top Box now displays ads that last around 10 seconds and often play consecutively during boot. The current implementation, which sends a single Alt+Escape HID keycode, only skips the first ad and fails to handle the rest.

Steps to Reproduce:

1. Power on the Jio Set Top Box with the Raspberry Pi Pico connected.
2. Observe that ads now last longer (10+ seconds) and play consecutively.
3. Notice that only the first ad is skipped.

Expected Behavior:
The Raspberry Pi Pico should skip all ads, regardless of their duration or sequence, and proceed to the home screen.

Actual Behavior:
Only the first ad is skipped, leaving subsequent ads unskipped.

Proposed Solution:

• Update the firmware to handle multiple ads.
• Add a loop or delay mechanism to send Alt+Escape multiple times.
• Optionally, make the timeout configurable to adapt to varying ad durations.

[Sb09897]

I think adding a ok sequence would work as by default the control is on home selected while playing the ad.

[awizard5002500]

I think adding a ok sequence would work as by default the control is on home selected while playing the ad.

You know you could just press the power off button on the remote that makes the led on the stb red than press it again to turn it on immediately after to skip all the ads right

[awizard5002500]

Actually that's and issue since that makes this repo useless

[shreyask21]

Hi all,

Can someone please let me know the exact correct escape sequence along with timings which works properly now?
I currently do not have access to a jio STB for since last few months.
I will push an update to the repo.

[Sb09897]

@shreyask21 Please go through the youtube video-
https://youtu.be/X86RIDCJUoc?si=9RCWFq-nQfYObT-H
At 2:33 second the person shows exactly how to disable the background app which triggers it.
So there is no point anymore spending extra pennies for the electricity to generate it
It removes the very soul of this project but yeah it is a better solution to the problem.

[awizard5002500]

@shreyask21 Please go through the youtube video- https://youtu.be/X86RIDCJUoc?si=9RCWFq-nQfYObT-H At 2:33 second the person shows exactly how to disable the background app which triggers it. So there is no point anymore spending extra pennies for the electricity to generate it It removes the very soul of this project but yeah it is a better solution to the problem.

Doesn't work i tried it . Also i 1 second delay should be fine so first its power off in the provided remote than 1.5 second delay than press again

[shreyask21]

@shreyask21 Please go through the youtube video- https://youtu.be/X86RIDCJUoc?si=9RCWFq-nQfYObT-H At 2:33 second the person shows exactly how to disable the background app which triggers it. So there is no point anymore spending extra pennies for the electricity to generate it It removes the very soul of this project but yeah it is a better solution to the problem.

The github repo only has half of the code which I used to use on my device.
The other half sent timed IR commands to TV and speakers to turn them on and set inputs automatically when STB gets powered on.

Plus mota bhai tends to patch out any documented work arounds people share on social media through OTA and or newly released box revisions.
Hardware solution will always be much difficult to patch out, console hacking modding community knows that pretty well.

[shreyask21]

@shreyask21 Please go through the youtube video- https://youtu.be/X86RIDCJUoc?si=9RCWFq-nQfYObT-H At 2:33 second the person shows exactly how to disable the background app which triggers it. So there is no point anymore spending extra pennies for the electricity to generate it It removes the very soul of this project but yeah it is a better solution to the problem.

Doesn't work i tried it . Also i 1 second delay should be fine so first its power off in the provided remote than 1.5 second delay than press again

I will make this modification in a new branch, check if it works out properly. I will let you know once done.

[Sb09897]

@shreyask21 Please go through the youtube video- https://youtu.be/X86RIDCJUoc?si=9RCWFq-nQfYObT-H At 2:33 second the person shows exactly how to disable the background app which triggers it. So there is no point anymore spending extra pennies for the electricity to generate it It removes the very soul of this project but yeah it is a better solution to the problem.

The github repo only has half of the code which I used to use on my device.
The other half sent timed IR commands to TV and speakers to turn them on and set inputs automatically when STB gets powered on.

Plus mota bhai tends to patch out any documented work arounds people share on social media through OTA and or newly released box revisions.
Hardware solution will always be much difficult to patch out, console hacking modding community knows that pretty well.

Also noteworthy to mention, Mota bhai hasn't patched the Stb since June of last year as shown on the info page. I think so Airtel has a richer experience than Mota bhai's NorthKorean version of stb.

[Sb09897]

@shreyask21 Please go through the youtube video- https://youtu.be/X86RIDCJUoc?si=9RCWFq-nQfYObT-H At 2:33 second the person shows exactly how to disable the background app which triggers it. So there is no point anymore spending extra pennies for the electricity to generate it It removes the very soul of this project but yeah it is a better solution to the problem.

The github repo only has half of the code which I used to use on my device.
The other half sent timed IR commands to TV and speakers to turn them on and set inputs automatically when STB gets powered on.

Plus mota bhai tends to patch out any documented work arounds people share on social media through OTA and or newly released box revisions.
Hardware solution will always be much difficult to patch out, console hacking modding community knows that pretty well.

Also noteworthy to mention, Mota bhai hasn't patched the Stb since June of last year as shown on the info page. I think so Airtel has a richer experience than Mota bhai's NorthKorean version of stb.

I can't even play Netflix on my Jio stb as it's not updated. Imagine paying for a subscription which is unaccessible using my tv only🫠 They are only winning in terms of cost effectiveness.