It has just been released to the market....but only plays back over Wifi.
Just wondering whether it would be possible to spoof the app into believing that the route was Wifi when it was actually 3G?
Cheers
If I could see it on the market it would be a start.
Running TastyGingerbread 2.0 on my Hero
Here's the link
https://market.android.com/details?id=bbc.iplayer.android
i cant install it on my cm7 powered g2. doesnt show up in market.
We need someone to post the original apk.
Or we also need someone to fool it into not caring what country it's in. Haha
A friend with a stock UK HTC Desire HD just installed it and sent me the link .. it doesn't show up for me.
If anyone can post the apk would be great full
Here you go...
http://db.tt/o4SQ3f3
It installs itself to /data/app/
I've tried it out, it works but the sound is out of sync for me.
Also is there any chance that the Iplayer app could be spoofed into thinking it was in the UK even though you are in the US
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Also is there any chance that the Iplayer app could be spoofed into thinking it was in the UK even though you are in the US
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This.
Might we be able to remove it's check for location?
Or is it using the same check the website uses, and since we can't edit the website, we can't do this?
Thank GOD the BBC have finally done it!! Downloading now
Woah is it that bad? 2 and a half star rating!
APK if needed: http://db.tt/CgCD9fu
The WiFi check is done locally in the application - which is really just a fancy interface around a flash player.
If you know how to edit an APK, you need to edit bbc/iplayer/android/util/ConnectivityStatus.smali, changing line 126 from return v2 to return v4
v4 contains the wifi connection type value so the app will always think you're connected via wifi.
Hey Zibby,
Any chance you can post the mod'd apk?
doesnt work for me.. im in florida (usa) only works within the uk.. any fix for this?
so this doesnt work in the us?
Out currently doesn't work in the US but hopefully the smart folks at xda will figure a way around that
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Hey Zibby,
Any chance you can post the mod'd apk?
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Will post it later today when i have some time - it appears the UK check is done "locally" too. I *think* it sends a request to the BBC and that returns if the IP is in the UK or not. Question is, do the BBC protect the streams or not? (Can anyone outside the UK access the streams?)
EDIT: It seems my modified iplayer app continues to download what you were watching if you just press the back button to "exit" out of the app and churns through the data - can someone check a non-modified version to see if it does it too?
zibby64 said:
Will post it later today when i have some time - it appears the UK check is done "locally" too. I *think* it sends a request to the BBC and that returns if the IP is in the UK or not. Question is, do the BBC protect the streams or not? (Can anyone outside the UK access the streams?)
EDIT: It seems my modified iplayer app continues to download what you were watching if you just press the back button to "exit" out of the app and churns through the data - can someone check a non-modified version to see if it does it too?
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Just had a look using droidstats, and it does appear that the app does the same over wifi. My wifi data usage pretty much stopped when I killed Iplayer.
Just wondered if any progress has been made with this?
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I'm guessing iPlayer doesn't protect streams as my cousin, using a VPN, is able to stream iPlayer to the UAE. Hope this helps.
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Hey guys.
Looks like the new Skype app won't work over 3G in the US, probably because the carriers would whine about it.
I have put together a modified version of the skype apk from the market that *should* work over 3G anywhere. Be sure to uninstall the Market app first!
Download Here!
Brilliant
Great idea, but I can't sign in. Over both WiFi and 3G I get the "can't sign in" error: "We're sorry, but we couldn't sign you in. Please try again later." The stock app works for me, though. I'll be following this thread, though, and I hope you can get it to work!
A friend of mine had the same issue, but he couldn't sign in over the Market app either. Are you able to sign in using the new Market app? Or the verizon-specific one?
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A friend of mine had the same issue, but he couldn't sign in over the Market app either. Are you able to sign in using the new Market app? Or the verizon-specific one?
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Last night I was able to sign in without problem using the market app, but now it's not working either. I'll give them both a try when I get home.
Can you make this work over wifi?
I made a skype account, and indeed I cannot sign in, even with the Market app. I will update this thread later when I get home and I can try it on my Wifi at home. But i kind of doubt you wouldn't be able to sign in and view your account balance or something over 3G. I imagine they would just disable the calling itself.
Ok, I am able to sign in! Looks like it was just an issue with Skype's servers getting overloaded. Anyway - let me know if you can call over 3g!
I think this is working. I made a call from the skype app and the call went through fine and showed my skypeout number on the caller ID. Thanks!
working on my incredible, thanks!
Doesn't work on my Droid 1.
(SS 4.8)
great it works Thx
works on my evo!
Amazing! Thank you so much for figuring this out. We finally have a Skype app that works for any situation!
I tried decompiling the Skype app to figure out how it excluded U.S. users from using 3g, but it was way outside my area of expertise. I couldn't figure out what triggered the switch to display the "You need to use WiFi" message. I'm glad someone was able to do it!
sorry wrong forum!!!
Thanks !
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works on my evo!
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Same here. THANKS OP!
'tuna
I cant seem to get the video to work on the EVO... cant find anywhere that has "turn video on" settings like the PC version either. ????
(OTA Supersonic 3.26 Root)
Developer xeudoxus originally unlocked SKYPE for 3G use
Originally found in
http://www.droidforums.net/forum/xeudoxus/78843-apks-unlocked-apps.html
Props to you OP if you did the same thing.
xeudoxus was the original dev who unlocked the NFL app from Verizon too.
Works great on my Evo 2.2 stock have no trouble signing in
Using my HTC Evo phone which I'm using Xda app to post
x1208x said:
Developer xeudoxus originally unlocked SKYPE for 3G use
Originally found in
http://www.droidforums.net/forum/xeudoxus/78843-apks-unlocked-apps.html
Props to you OP if you did the same thing.
xeudoxus was the original dev who unlocked the NFL app from Verizon too.
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Are you sure? I unlocked the Skype app the day it came out. But I guess it is possible someone else did that too.
Just testing this on the Tab on WiFi.
The quality is superb. Works perfectly so far
Top Job BBC !!
Will have to try it here on the USA, i am running JME European rom. Lets see if i get denied access sin i am not in the UK.
Hopefully it will work for you.
Def gonna be one of my most used apps
Well what do you know, i can't find it on the market. Can you share the .apk with us?
EDIT: i have tried using market enabler but still can't find it on the market, i need a UK provider or the .apk
darrenjdoc said:
Just testing this on the Tab on WiFi.
The quality is superb. Works perfectly so far
Top Job BBC !!
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I have to disagree - it's a massive fail in the scheme of things!
The iPad streams are better quality than the Flash streams we have to put up with, and the BBC could easily make them compatible with all Android devices.
In addition, not being able to use the app over 3G is poor when you consider that you can from the "web" client.
Regards,
Dave
foxmeister said:
I have to disagree - it's a massive fail in the scheme of things!
The iPad streams are better quality than the Flash streams we have to put up with, and the BBC could easily make them compatible with all Android devices.
In addition, not being able to use the app over 3G is poor when you consider that you can from the "web" client.
Regards,
Dave
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i agree with you in regards to only having it on wifi, they should update it to be able to use it via 3g but then again if you are trying to view videos they would work better on wifi than 3g but but its early on Android so we will have to wait and see..
I have watched 2 programmes and they have worked flawlessly.
I am well happy.
The apk is attached
adinis78 said:
i agree with you in regards to only having it on wifi, they should update it to be able to use it via 3g but then again if you are trying to view videos they would work better on wifi than 3g but but its early on Android so we will have to wait and see..
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Yes, but I'd rather have the option of watching a slightly lower quality stream over 3G, than no stream at all when you're not near a WiFi hotspot.
The irony is that there were 2 perfectly good 3rd party iPlayer solutions (BeebPlayer and myPlayer) that did (and still do!) work over both 3G and WiFi using the 3GP streams intended for Nokia phones, but the BBC had them removed from the Market.
What they have replaced them with is a Flash based solution which only works on ARM7 class devices thus shutting off a good percentage of Android users.
Regards,
Dave
darrenjdoc said:
I have watched 2 programmes and they have worked flawlessly.
I am well happy.
The apk is attached
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Thanks....
Well as i imagined it did not work, it installs and all but the i get the dreaded message "BBC iPlayer is only available within the United Kingdom". Oh well it was worth a try.
Just tested it with a MiFi and it plays fine. I can only get 3G where i live but there didnt seem to be any problems.
Anyone else having formatting problems?
The video thumbnails overlay the text on some pages.
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Anyone else having formatting problems?
The video thumbnails overlay the text on some pages.
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Yep It all goes wrong when you change video quality and rotate when not in full screen
outside uk
is there anyway to get this working outside the uk?
we can trick the market app with marketenabler, can we do the same with this?
can anyone send me there uk service provider id number, the thing that gets changed in the market enabler, so i can try it out?
puccaso said:
is there anyway to get this working outside the uk?
we can trick the market app with marketenabler, can we do the same with this?
can anyone send me there uk service provider id number, the thing that gets changed in the market enabler, so i can try it out?
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There is a way, it's called VPN, but it's hard to find a free UK VPN. Most of them are paid VPNs.
and do these vpns work over 3g?
http://puccaso.com ¦ @puccaso
You could try the free trial and watch it through this site - http://www.watchuktv.co.uk/
darrenjdoc said:
You could try the free trial and watch it through this site - http://www.watchuktv.co.uk/
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They have stopped free accounts. Anyone know any others
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I agree that the ipad version stream is higher quality than the Android. Bit pissed off with the beeb for that... also as mentioned there are some oddities with presentation when using it on the tab. Hopefully these things will be addressed soon. Not a bad first effort though, and useful for the live tv feed if nothing else.
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can anyone help with keeping the iplayer app running?
On my 10.1, it opens a web browser. When i play something like a radio program, you need to keep on that page. If you navigate away from the page or even lock the tablet, the iplayer stops. This means you have to just leave the tablet displaying the page your listening too. This will obviously run down the powqer quicker. Surely you can multitask on the 10.1?
BBC just released their official News app for Android, but it's not available for US in the Market.
Can someone [probably in the UK] share the APK???
http://dl.dropbox.com/u/24917729/bbcnews.apk
Is there a way to get this to work in the USA?
c33v33 said:
Is there a way to get this to work in the USA?
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Yeah mine just says "Application not installed" on my HD2 running gingerbread.
Edit: With market enabler I was able to change my country ID to a UK one and eventually the market website recognized my phone as elligible. I was able to install it from my PC just now.
Double edit: The live stream portion of the app still doesn't work - it says "not available in your area" but the text news stories work.
They just released it? I've had this app for the past 6 months...I live in Canada, not sure if that matters?
08cherd4 said:
They just released it? I've had this app for the past 6 months...I live in Canada, not sure if that matters?
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This is the official BBC News App. The other one is not.
squish_123 said:
Yeah mine just says "Application not installed" on my HD2 running gingerbread.
Edit: With market enabler I was able to change my country ID to a UK one and eventually the market website recognized my phone as elligible. I was able to install it from my PC just now.
Double edit: The live stream portion of the app still doesn't work - it says "not available in your area" but the text news stories work.
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I'd never thought of using Market Enabler for stuff like this. Very nice. Thanks for the tip.
I ended up changing it to O2, number 23410. Installed without a hitch (or reboot).
mercado79 said:
I'd never thought of using Market Enabler for stuff like this. Very nice. Thanks for the tip.
I ended up changing it to O2, number 23410. Installed without a hitch (or reboot).
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I was pretty surprised a refresh of my browser did the trick - pretty neat indeed. That's the same code I used as well .
Not sure why the apk in the Dropbox link (633kb) didn't work, but here's the copy from my phone (591kb):
http://www.mediafire.com/?whi03mz89j5htua
Thanks, it works
Edit: Dammit, Live news and other videos doesn't work
No scrolling widget
Same here, but yours worked for me on my Atrix and Xoom Much appreciated.
Now, BBC just needs to give some real Honeycomb love.
mercado79 said:
Not sure why the apk in the Dropbox link (633kb) didn't work, but here's the copy from my phone (591kb):
http://www.mediafire.com/?whi03mz89j5htua
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It works. First time mine phone says "Application not installed" and second time the application was installed without any problems. Link to the livestream is missing unfortunately . Thanks for the APK File. Looks like a great app. I would consider about moving to the UK. lol.
As others have said, no live stream, but it works well otherwise.
any ideas how to make it landscape?
Hi guys,
There is a new BBC News app for tablets. Can someone from UK download it and post it here?
market.android.com/details?id=bbc.mobile.news.uk&feature=search_result#?t=W251bGwsMSwyLDEsImJiYy5tb2JpbGUubmV3cy51ayJd
Thanks
no one? c'mon guys
Espn goals was recently released on Northern hemisphere on 8/14 I think and for once we [soccer fans] on the Western hemisphere get no love. Well, Is there any vpn app out there (free or trial) to fool zune into thinking I'm in UK? Tried hotspot but it defaulted to U.S. Hidemyip doesn't work since I'm already here (U.S).
Anyone care to help. I'm sure someone out there will eventually upload it but I'm not sure if the app will work here if it isn't block by region.
Premier league started and I'd like to keep up to date with this app.
TIA
I managed to install it since my live account is set to UK. But any video that I try to start I get "unable to play the video". So we need someone from UK to confirm that this app actually work.
amaric said:
I managed to install it since my live account is set to UK. But any video that I try to start I get "unable to play the video". So we need someone from UK to confirm that this app actually work.
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Certainly works here in the UK. Have you tried using a UK proxy on your WiFi network?
Blade0rz said:
Certainly works here in the UK. Have you tried using a UK proxy on your WiFi network?
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I didn't, but if it works than they are obviously filtering those who are not in the UK. Proxy is not a very nice solution so I'm just going to give up on this.
This was one of my concerns as I predicted. I figured even if I had jumped all the hoops to get it installed, it may actually not work at the end. Well, I guess, I'll just resort to streaming highlights via the web as usual.
Thanks Espn for your lovely tease.
Boohoo, the nbc streaming app is not infinity compatible. Anyone find another app to get the live on this tablet. Or have the apk for the nbc app?
Sent from my ASUS Transformer Pad TF700T using Tapatalk 2
ricardo-droid said:
Boohoo, the nbc streaming app is not infinity compatible. Anyone find another app to get the live on this tablet. Or have the apk for the nbc app?
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I would email the developers and ask about it. And I'll look it up on my phone real quick
EDIT: But in the meantime...have at it: https://docs.google.com/file/d/0B3NObuszHotlZElDakhCQWJOd0k/edit
EDIT2: Sharing permissions fixed
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Here's a direct download link for the NBC apk. I'll put it on mediafire or something in a bit, but this will do for now.
https://www.dropbox.com/s/ib58i9dgbxzcn74/nbc.portal_143.apk
I just tested it on my Infinity and it works fine although it was definitely meant for a smaller screen.
Enjoy!
Yahoo Messanger = also DONT WORK on Infinity
Can someone install and do Voice+ Video chat using YAHOO MESSANGER on Infinity....
Seems when I install , the BASE yahoo ( without abiltiy to do video chats ) works ok
then when I try to install the " YAHOO VIDEO ADD_ON" , i get error = " not compatable with this version of hardware and or software"
its weird = as i have a Samsung Note with ICS = and yahoo works well even with video and voice
seems SKYPE works GREAT = all ther features , and functions ....................
can anyone help ?? any dev's ?
thanks in advance
Awesome app KillerG! Can anyone get the APK for the NBC Live Extra App? That app will have ALL the videos available for streaming video for the Olympics. Over 3500 hours worth when all said and done.
Lastly, anyone getting slow motion audio in the video section?
This is what I did: (jankey I know)
1) Install the app you want on your phone
2) Use ES File Manager (or similar) to back up the application (ES stores it in /sdcard/backups
3) Share that file (Google Drive, gMail, etc)
4) Download and install to your tablet.
Took me under 5 minutes once I figured it out. A lot less time than waiting for the developer to do something about it!
Live Extra apk link
I tried several of the Live Extra apk files, but most of them once installed still said they needed to be updated. Well, once I clicked "update" it went straight to the Play store and said it was not compatible.
I did some searching and found a apk file. I have successfully downloaded, installed and tried the app. It works fine on my Infinity tablet.
I can't post a link, so pm me for it.
Hope I did this right and you can download it from my dropbox folder.
Cheers!
Go USA!
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dfree71 said:
I tried several of the Live Extra apk files, but most of them once installed still said they needed to be updated. Well, once I clicked "update" it went straight to the Play store and said it was not compatible.
I did some searching and found a apk file. I have successfully downloaded, installed and tried the app. It works fine on my Infinity tablet.
I can't post a link, so you will have to pm me for it.
Cheers!
Go USA!
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xRevilatioNx, I had issue with sound when I first installed app. I closed the app, went to my task manager and found some "musicfx" running... well, I ended that particular app, musicfx... reopened the live extra app and video and audio were working fine. May work for you as well.
Sent! Thanks
Olympics on TF700 Infinity
I just logged into my Xfinitytv.comcast.com account and went to nbcolympics.com and watch the Olympics. I don't think you need any sort of special application. I've watched various TV shows on my Infinity and other Android apps as well as my wife's iPad and my PC. It just works.
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I just logged into my Xfinitytv.comcast.com account and went to nbcolympics.com and watch the Olympics. I don't think you need any sort of special application. I've watched various TV shows on my Infinity and other Android apps as well as my wife's iPad and my PC. It just works.
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I've trued all the apks including the one off my og transformer. Each stream plays correctly for 5 sec then goes slow mo. Anykne else?
dfree71 said:
I tried several of the Live Extra apk files, but most of them once installed still said they needed to be updated. Well, once I clicked "update" it went straight to the Play store and said it was not compatible.
I did some searching and found a apk file. I have successfully downloaded, installed and tried the app. It works fine on my Infinity tablet.
I can't post a link, so pm me for it.
Hope I did this right and you can download it from my dropbox folder.
Cheers!
Go USA!
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xRevilatioNx, I had issue with sound when I first installed app. I closed the app, went to my task manager and found some "musicfx" running... well, I ended that particular app, musicfx... reopened the live extra app and video and audio were working fine. May work for you as well.
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Where did you go? I sent you a PM yesterday
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I've trued all the apks including the one off my og transformer. Each stream plays correctly for 5 sec then goes slow mo. Anykne else?
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This is exactly what happens to me with every version I try, including pulling the .APK off my galaxy nexus, which works fine on the phone. No matter what I try, I get about five second of video, and the slow motion video and sound. Very frustrating.
Look at running apps
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I've trued all the apks including the one off my og transformer. Each stream plays correctly for 5 sec then goes slow mo. Anykne else?
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When I installed the app on my infinity tablet, it was in slow mo.. at first. But I found an app called musicfx or something like that running in the background. Once I disabled that, the app worked fine. audio and video worked great. Been watching olympics since 4 a.m. this morning.
How do you disable it? I pm'd you for the NBC Live Extra APK. I know everyone heard back from you my friend.
gottahavit said:
I've trued all the apks including the one off my og transformer. Each stream plays correctly for 5 sec then goes slow mo. Anykne else?
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I had this same issue on the Acer A700 the fix is to have the Olympic app running and when it slows down go into the square task manager on the bottom left, select something else and once that loads go back into task manager and select Olympic app and it will be normal speed.
You have to do this whenever you switch channels, a pain but a temporary fix.
Just turned on the app this morning. A "update" popped up and said goto Play store to get newer version. Obviously we can't because it tells us it's not compatible.
Can anyone get the updated APK? I'm hoping the update fixes the video feed.
UPDATE: without the newer version it won't let us in the app! So we definitely need the APK to continue enjoying the app... Ugh
Check your Pm's Killer G ;D
xRevilatioNx said:
Just turned on the app this morning. A "update" popped up and said goto Play store to get newer version. Obviously we can't because it tells us it's not compatible.
Can anyone get the updated APK? I'm hoping the update fixes the video feed.
UPDATE: without the newer version it won't let us in the app! So we definitely need the APK to continue enjoying the app... Ugh
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I have the latest, still does same thing
How did you get the latest!?
xRevilatioNx said:
How did you get the latest!?
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I downloaded it on my tf101 and then pulled the apk