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[Q] BBC iPlayer

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

little8020 said:
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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aidanbree said:
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.

BBC iPlayer App

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.

kikuratab said:
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?

Official BBC News APK Wanted

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

[Request] Canadian requesting the Garmin Pilot apk

Hello all,
I apologize if I'm in the wrong section.
I'm trying to get a hold of the Garmin Pilot app, but it's not available in Canada and thus it won't let me download it. I'm not actually sure if it would work in Canada, since they might not have the data for Canadian airports built in, but I still think it's worth a try, since there are no other good pilot apps on Android.
The app is a 30 day trial (free install) before having to subscribe to their service, so I imagine that all someone in the US would need to do is download the app, find the apk, and copy it. But I don't know too much on that subject.
Here's the Play Store link.
I would super appreciate if someone could help me out.
Thanks in advance

So, I am not sure if that is against the XDA rules or not - seems like a gray area and all. I am not taking the chance, but I will give you a way to do it yourself.
http://www.phnworld.com/android/download-apks-from-googleandroid-play-store-apps-using-computer/611/
This link shows you how to use Chrome to download apps from the market. I have used it quite a bit to have backups without having to use the phone. Kind of neat if you want to theme an app as well.
Hopefully this will solve your issue without having to ask others to possibly break a XDA rule.
Good luck!

That will actually would work perfectly. Thank you for showing that to me. I didn't mean to bend any rules here, I figured it would be alright since it's a free app (isn't the same thing being done with the Google Play Music app?)
Anyway, the only problem with that is that apparently chrome no longer allows you to install extensions outside of the web store -_-
Do you work around that somehow?

Good Morning,
I have tried multiple ways to access this app from the market but continue to receive the "not available in yoir country" error (I am also in Canada).
Any help in obtaining the apk is greatly appreciated. The current version is 2.4.1.
Thank you kindly,
- Audi.

Canadian Solution Garmin Pilot
Audi!
Took me few tries but i finally got it working. The IPad was much easier to set up as you only needed a ITunes account with a USA address. That was pretty easy to do, setup the account and ensure your ITunes on your apple product is setup using that account. From there it was no issue to download the program.
Now the harder one was to set up the Android. I just got an Asus Nexus 7 yesterday. First, the service from these guys was pretty minimal to say the least. The problem with the Nexus is that it automatically picked up my location through my IP address. I called Asus to remove the regional setting and they were no help. They basically were unable to change this setting. I have tried many different options including removing the GPS and locations access but it did not worked.
The trick was to drive over to a friend which has a setup with a US IP address to get US Netflix content. The moment i logged into his network, I had the ability to download the Garmin Pilot. I will travel next week to Montana and Idaho and will be able to see how the system works. The only way I was able to add different airports in Alberta and Saskatchewan was to add them one at a time under user waypoints.
Hope this help.
Hom
Audi2Audi said:
Good Morning,
I have tried multiple ways to access this app from the market but continue to receive the "not available in yoir country" error (I am also in Canada).
Any help in obtaining the apk is greatly appreciated. The current version is 2.4.1.
Thank you kindly,
- Audi.
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[App Request] NFL Game Pass

Can't access the download in the US for my SP3. Can somebody post the app here or suggest a workaround method to download

HemRoyd said:
Can't access the download in the US for my SP3. Can somebody post the app here or suggest a workaround method to download
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Any luck downloading it? I couldn't do so even when using a VPN in another country

onlinespending said:
Any luck downloading it? I couldn't do so even when using a VPN in another country
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I was going to try a VPN, thanks for saving me some time. Was next going to try searching for some UK Surface forums or something to see if I could get some love there. Will post if I come up with something

HemRoyd said:
I was going to try a VPN, thanks for saving me some time. Was next going to try searching for some UK Surface forums or something to see if I could get some love there. Will post if I come up with something
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I figured it out. Need to also change your country or region in Windows settings. Canada works. But to actually use the app you'll need to have a Game Pass account and use it with a VPN or outside of the USA.

onlinespending said:
I figured it out. Need to also change your country or region in Windows settings. Canada works. But to actually use the app you'll need to have a Game Pass account and use it with a VPN or outside of the USA.
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OK, I changed to Canada and was able to install Gamepass. I'm using Adfreetime DNS unblocking and its works fine with my subscription. Can even project from my Surface to my Sony Bravia TV. I'm ready for some football!