How to set up Android TV with the ResetVPN app
Installing ResetVPN on an Android TV set or box, signing in with a QR code or a code from your phone, and using it with the remote.
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The ResetVPN app runs on TVs and boxes with Android TV, including Google TV (Android 7.0 and newer). It signs in with a code you approve on your phone or computer and takes one place in your device limit. Samsung and LG TVs (Tizen, webOS) can't run VPN apps — see Samsung, LG and Apple TV: how to connect.
How to install#
Download the TV build from resetvpn.com/download/android-tv (opens in a new tab) — in the TV's browser or on your phone. Many budget boxes need "Android TV · 32-bit"; the processor type is in the TV's settings under "About".
Copy the file to the TV if needed — for example, on a USB stick.
Open the .apk on the TV. If the TV asks, allow installing from unknown sources.
How to sign in#
Open ResetVPN on the TV: it shows a QR code and an 8-character code. Approve the sign-in where you're already signed in:
"Subs" → "Android TV" on the subscription → "Scan the QR code" or "Enter the code manually" (the code, then "Continue") → "Link". A computer has no camera: enter the code straight away, then click "Continue" and "Link".
Scan the QR code with your phone's camera, or open account.resetvpn.com/device (opens in a new tab), enter the code and click "Continue". Check the subscription under "Subscription for the TV" (pick one if you have several) and click "Connect this TV".
Subscription card → "Smart TV" → enter the code in "Code from the TV" → "Continue" → "Connect this TV".
The bot can't approve a TV — open the Mini App with the "ResetVPN App" button in @ResetVPN_bot, or the website.
The code is valid for 10 minutes; if it expires, choose "Refresh code" on the TV. Any active VPN subscription works, including a trial; Premium and Router can't be sent to a TV. You can also use "Sign in with email".
Approve only your own TV. If someone sent you the code or link, don't approve it — that TV would get access to your account.
Using the remote#
"Connect" is on the left, "Locations" on the right. Pick a location with the arrows and press OK: a running VPN switches to it by itself.
On the first connect, approve the system VPN prompt with the remote.
Back minimizes the app; the VPN keeps running.
The account pill at the bottom left opens settings: "Auto-connect on launch", "Apps and VPN", "Language", "Sign out".
"Connected, but no internet" — choose "Reconnect" or another location.
To switch subscriptions, choose "Sign out" and link the TV again. You can't buy or renew on the TV — use your phone, computer, the website or the bot.
If something goes wrong#
The app won't install
Try the 32-bit build, or connect the TV through the Happ app — see How to connect a TV via Happ.
The TV says "No active subscription"
Get a VPN subscription or the trial, then sign out on the TV and link it again.