It seems that the Onn. Boxes are receiving an update that activates the geoblocking, if we activate or reset it will tell us that it cannot be used outside US or Puerto Rico.
It seems that Onn. has activated the region lock for its popular Google TV-Box economic that so many good reviews have received, ours included in several reviews. Some products that we have seen as they were put on sale internationally with brands like Thompson at abusive prices. Undoubtedly, the release of this hardware to international markets has prompted them to block the boxes sold by Wallmart in the US, thus preventing them from being used outside their sales area and not entering into competition with other distributors.
In the following article we discuss possible solutions and alternatives to bypass this blockade, so you can continue using your product without restrictions.
Onn and new update that activates geoblocking
The new update that activates the geo-blocking of Onn TV-Boxes, with a weight of 749 MB, only indicates that it fixes bugs and security issues, but hides this geo-blocking.
After the update, if we perform a reset or start the Onn. for the first time, we will get a geoblocking message, the system will go into loop until we apply a solution.
How to bypass the geoblocking of the Android TV-Boxes of Onn.
Thanks to the reddit community and other users, different solutions are being offered to bypass this geoblocking after the update.
Possible solutions to disable Onn geoblocking.
- Do not connect the box to the network in any case during the first start or reset.
- Disable the “Location service” option at startup so that it does not geolocate.
- Connect the Box through a VPN connecting from US.
- You can try Proton VPN with the option “-OpenVPN (TCP)”
- Block the address “acs.sdmc.tv” in your router or firewall to make the update inaccessible.
- See other solutions and discussion on the topic
