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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.

<Request> Videos App Hack

New Google Videos app today lets you rent movies
but playback won't work on rooted devices, which are most of our devices
Is there anyway to disable the check (like that was done on the Netflix app)
Here it is:
http://hotfile.com/dl/121184492/69bc78b/com.google.android.videos-1.apk.html
EDIT:
WARNING: Trying to playback from the Videos app itself seems to be freezing Tab, atleast for me (im in canada) but it works thru browser as described below)
Original message:
Guys its working for me, even tho rooted (some people can't playback cause it will say you are rooted, if it works, then great)
how?
After renting from the video app (install manually above)
go to 'market.android.com/movies
and play it from there, itll play in the browser
if u get desperate, get Dolphin Browser, make ur UA String desktop, and go to youtube.com/movies and watch it there
(Flash needs to be installed ofcourse)
Cool thing is im doing this on the wifi samsung tab 10.1 (officially only xoom), installed the apk manually

should be possible...
could u put up the app here so i can have a look at it?

All the security checks are actually done in YouTube.apk. that apk is so obfuscacted, all I can say is good luck. However, it may just do a simple call to ro.secure

bigrushdog said:
All the security checks are actually done in YouTube.apk. that apk is so obfuscacted, all I can say is good luck. However, it may just do a simple call to ro.secure
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does something similar happen with the books app that may prevent it from reading other epub files not downloaded from market?

ralle.gade said:
should be possible...
could u put up the app here so i can have a look at it?
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Added link, good luck!

obfuscacted...
Nice word.

Stupid double post

Got it working
can a dev move this to general

Skype and Opera news

Apparently skype released a client for android that does video. Don't think our transformer is officially supported but it might work?
If someone can get the apk to test.....
Also opera updated the browser today also and now includes experimental flash support in honeycomb. Will try it out and get bak to you all. Since it works using different engine than stock browser perhaps flash performance will be better?

its working on TF
i installed on my dell streak and then to my TF looks great
http://hotfile.com/dl/122688570/0cf8fd6/com.skype.raider-2.rar.html

When you say "it looks great"..do you mean the video is working?

that the new skype?
Sent from my Prime'd TF101 from the far reaches of space

Doesn't seem to work..
Or maybe I'm stupid.

No worky here, either...

works well for me no video calling though

TomAnkcorn said:
no video calling though
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Video calling was the point of this thread. We'll just put this down as freepal not understanding OP.

sorry guys i didnt mean the video calls i ment the new ui

the hacked skype over on the SGSII forums don't work for me
I can launch and install, but I can't log in
it just crashes without force closing (goes back to homescreen or whatever you were doing if you try loggin in)

Same here.
Can not login.

same. works on my Nexus S though

i too couldn't sign in but after going into applications>manage apps>skype and deleting the cache, data and then doing a reboot it signed me in fine, shame about lack of video though.

There was another Skype update today... I think we will get it sometime soon. I dona lot of Skype video for business and it would love to have it. Hell, the old N900 has had it for over a year!
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Skype update just installed on my TV.
No video but UX way better.
Skickat från min ASUS Eee Pad TF101

I tried Opera Mobile 11, but I have a problem since I can enter gmail in standard mode in opera, only html. I saw that google do not support opera, but is important to me to be able to use is, as an alternative to the native app. Another issue I saw is when opening the app, it will be to the foreground, and I have to change to it trough the task manager...
Can you help me overcome the first and/or noticed the second?

Still nobody got Skype to work on the TF?
On the homepage there was friday a second post about Skype, saying it would work on other devices so im hoping the TF was one of them.

Homefront said:
Still nobody got Skype to work on the TF?
On the homepage there was friday a second post about Skype, saying it would work on other devices so im hoping the TF was one of them.
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the hacked apk won't allow me to log in at all on the TF
official 2.0+ apk works though...no video though

Forget about the hacked APK. If you wipe cache and data you will get in and still no video. Just install 2.0. Now that Microsoftis behind Skype, I wouldn't be surprised to see updates more frequently. They added Nexus support overnight.
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[MOD] Spotify tablet mode

Good evening!
If you're reading this, then you for sure know what Spotify is. We all love listening to music and, ugh, that's the synonym of Spotify!
Unfortunately, this work could be used for two fully opposite reasons, one of which is against the XDA rules, so I had no other choice but to close this thread (and remove links). I hope you understand me and sorry for the inconvenience.
Feel free to read the history below. It was a fun ride!
Time ago, the app landed on our lovely Android platform for both tablets and phones and honestly who wasn't excited?
Soon after, forced shuffle mode and limited number of skips were also introduced and I agree that there must be a reason to purchase Premium after all. Luckily, this restriction was not enabled on tablets, but a problem that appears is that far from all tablets are detected as ones - mainly the "smaller" ones. This [bug/miss-code] activates the restriction on your tablet, and as a fix was needed from either side, here was my solution.
This mod was created for all those "small tablets" that are incorrectly recognized so that you can use Spotify the way it was meant to be used.
ViRb3 said:
Regarding Facebook log in issue:
The signature/private hash (or not) of this app was not matching the original one Spotify had registered on Facebook. Absolutely understandable since this was a modified version.
As suggested by Romain12345 (thank you!), can you log in with your Facebook credentials instead of clicking on the "Log in with Facebook" button.
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Credits:
APK Multi Tool - everything was processed through this amazing software.
APKTool - the core of the above tool and pretty much everything hacky-related.

Thanks for finding use of this mod! See you in my next thread!

Great work!! Thank you so much!! ???

Thanks for updating!
Works beautifully on my tablet ?.
Facebook login still not working for me.

Thanks man. Gonna try this later
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Works great. Now I don't have to be afraid to let KitKat go.

Thanks
virb3 said:
good evening!
If you're reading this, then you for sure know what spotify is. We all love listening to music and, ugh, that's the synonym of spotify!
Time ago, the app landed on our lovely android platform for both tablets and phones and honestly who wasn't excited?
Soon after, forced shuffle mode and limited number of skips were also introduced and i agree that there must be a reason to purchase premium after all. Luckily, this restriction was not enabled on tablets, but a problem that appears is that far from all tablets are detected as ones - mainly the "smaller" ones. This [bug/miss-code] activates the restriction on your tablet, and as a fix was needed from either side, here is my solution.
this mod has been created for all those "small tablets" that are incorrectly recognized so that you can use spotify the way it was meant to be used.
current version: 1.9.0.1273
download: https://mega.co.nz/#!obbxftjy
key: onwk2v-q6329md_ctll5ogtqdneisuc7robrp-wkotq
known issues: Facebook login does not work.
Update requests are kindly accepted as i never follow them myself.
credits:
apk multi tool - everything was processed through this amazing software.
apktool - the core of the above tool and pretty much everything hacky-related.
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thank you!!! :d

Mirror
I'm not being able to download it. Could anyone mirror please? Thank you
Edit : I downloaded from the computer. Thanks anyway

Isn't working @ zenphone 5 (intel x86)
I just get a black screen, no force close, weird

What!? I didnt know thats even possible! Spotify app for android got 100000x more useful for me. I can finally skip forever and even fast forward the music. Its sooo much better. You deserve a medal and million likes. :laugh:

Op pls can you upload this mode in a diff site cos mega is down. And secondly can you help me with little explanation as to how to install this or all I need is to just install the apk after the download. I haven't installed spotify b4 that's why . Thanks for the response in advance

kunlegzy said:
Op pls can you upload this mode in a diff site cos mega is down. And secondly can you help me with little explanation as to how to install this or all I need is to just install the apk after the download. I haven't installed spotify b4 that's why . Thanks for the response in advance
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MEGA is never down, it only needs the app for android if you want to download from phone. That's the reason I personally won't mirror.
About installing, you need to have "Unknown sources" enabled in your Security settings. Then just open the APK and install it as normal. If you still can't figure it out check YouTube for thousands of tutorials.

Server is down
ViRb3 said:
MEGA is never down, it only needs the app for android if you want to download from phone. That's the reason I personally won't mirror.
About installing, you need to have "Unknown sources" enabled in your Security settings. Then just open the APK and install it as normal. If you still can't figure it out check YouTube for thousands of tutorials.
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I've downloaded the apk for mega, and also tried to access the website. But it refuses to open the website or allow me to login to the app. Hence the servers are actually down. Op if possible can u post it on a different cloud?. Thank you for this amazingly brilliant apk!

ViRb3 said:
MEGA is never down, it only needs the app for android if you want to download from phone. That's the reason I personally won't mirror.
About installing, you need to have "Unknown sources" enabled in your Security settings. Then just open the APK and install it as normal. If you still can't figure it out check YouTube for thousands of tutorials.
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Op u can as well check again, it's no longer a news that mega is down for now. You see people testifying. You can check up urself

@ViRb3 It doesn't work on gingerbread android again...
I think it's a problem of apk version because on Google play it was written that the version varies with device.
So please If you give me your email, I'll send the last apk version of spotify compatible with gingerbread to you.

kunlegzy said:
Op u can as well check again, it's no longer a news that mega is down for now. You see people testifying. You can check up urself
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I'm uploading my photos there right now
doratos said:
@ViRb3 It doesn't work on gingerbread android again...
I think it's a problem of apk version because on Google play it was written that the version varies with device.
So please If you give me your email, I'll send the last apk version of spotify compatible with gingerbread to you.
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I'll investigate further when I get home and I'll PM you.

ViRb3 said:
I'm uploading my photos there right now .
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OP I could possibly kiss you all day and it wouldn't be enough. Worked like a charm.
Also the server seemed to be down only in parts around the world. So anyone being unable to connect simply use a VPN. Works perfectly with a VPN.
Though it is currently up again.

Op finally I got it downloaded. Thanks so much but I have a question. Is it possible for me to download for offline for free with this mod?

kunlegzy said:
Op finally I got it downloaded. Thanks so much but I have a question. Is it possible for me to download for offline for free with this mod?
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Absolutely not. I am not "hacking" Spotify and making it Premium-free and that will never be my aim. I am just making it possible to run in tablet mode on smaller tables.

Works like a charm, thank you
Logged-in with facebook, why does the op state it's not working

Dish AirTV and Adapter, post your findings! Here's mine...

After searching around, I couldn't find any place people were really talking about these things... So here we go.
After finding out about the AirTV player and adapter from Dish, I purchased one. Here's what I've learned.
The adapter is a Hauppage WinTV-HVR-955Q. I tested it on my laptop and it works just fine. Best Buy sells that model for $59. Dish sells them for $30. Bonus.
I haven't tried sideloading the Amazon VOD app, but that's next on my list. Also, hoping that AT&T will release a DirecTVNow Android TV app soon. My question is, when they do, is there any way for Dish to block it on their AirTV box? Considering it is their direct competition. Or can we just root this thing and do it anyway? I'm thinking about just keeping the AirTV adapter and getting a SHIELD and going that route.
Anybody else messing around with these things?

Can you tell me what chipset it uses and how much RAM and storage space it has?

CPU: 4x ARM Cortex-A53 @ 1200 MHz
64 bit ARM
Ram: 1GB
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They don't have any factory images available, but I got word that they are planning to push an update OTA by end of February.
We'll have to grab that when it's downloaded.
You can access recovery by plugging it in and holding down the "find remote" button.
Android recovery
Technicolor/uiw4010ech
6.0.1/MUF05/1.0.2.111816
Then you can reboot to bootloader, which then just starts up Android.
You can disable the sling app in settings and it won't then auto launch.
I like the remote of n the device. It automatically integrates with your TV using infrared. I am going to try it on the Nexus player to see how compatible it is.

Can one of you pull the sling apk from your airtv box? TIA
**edit
Guess that was too difficult for you guys, thanks for nothing

Behold_this said:
Can one of you pull the sling apk from your airtv box? TIA
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Guess that was too difficult for you guys, thanks for nothing
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Haha, I didn't see that you replied on here. If you still want it I can try and grab it. I'm not at home right now, but I'll look at it later tonight.

maamdroid said:
Haha, I didn't see that you replied on here. If you still want it I can try and grab it. I'm not at home right now, but I'll look at it later tonight.
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haha no worries. If you have a time that would be great. I'd like to take a look at the APK. And if sling ever gives you guys the promised update with full integration, I'd like to have a look at that one too. TIA

maamdroid said:
Haha, I didn't see that you replied on here. If you still want it I can try and grab it. I'm not at home right now, but I'll look at it later tonight.
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Could you get the sling apk for this. I'm having scaling issues with SD content on Android TV version. Want to see if this is any better.

Stock Rom option
I'm curious if it's possible to get rid of the built in interface and move to stock android tv. And still allow us to use the OTA dongle

Has anybody been successful at rooting this device?
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napogi said:
Has anybody been successful at rooting this device?
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I was wondering the same thing, and how close this is / can be to vanilla Android TV. Thinking of taking advantage of the SlingTV promotion to get one.

jhedfors said:
I was wondering the same thing, and how close this is / can be to vanilla Android TV. Thinking of taking advantage of the SlingTV promotion to get one.
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I have been using it for about a month and purchased because of the Sling promotion (Model UIW4010ECH). Works pretty well and has a good tv guide interface that combines the Sling and OTA channels. I am very annoyed that it blocks several apps including xfinity and amazon video. I'm trying to get amazon to work. I have ES file explorer installed and pulled the amazon apk from my nexus. Tonight, I plan to spend some time tinkering. If there is anyone with advise, I'm all ears.

I downloaded the Amazon instant video for android from API dot.com and side loaded it. it was version 4.1.20 which I think is the apk for Sony smart tv and after reset of airtv player , it has worked fine.

DirectTV app for tablets works, until I click on a channel to watch....lol
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rodri157 said:
I downloaded the Amazon instant video for android from API dot.com and side loaded it. it was version 4.1.20 which I think is the apk for Sony smart tv and after reset of airtv player , it has worked fine.
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APK, not API correct sir?

remote codes for airtv remote
Any body know where I can get the remote control codes for my airtv remote? A bin file would be great. Thanks
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budies3 said:
DirectTV app for tablets works, until I click on a channel to watch....lol
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APK, not API correct sir?
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Yeah, apkdot.com
Sorry about that.
Any chance you know where to get remote control files for airtv . To load to my slingbox so I can control it via IR. Thanks.

rodri157 said:
Any body know where I can get the remote control codes for my airtv remote? A bin file would be great. Thanks
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Yeah, apkdot.com
Sorry about that.
Any chance you know where to get remote control files for airtv . To load to my slingbox so I can control it via IR. Thanks.
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No sir, I have never ventured down that path of knowledge....lol

Has anyone figured out how to record OTA channels on the AirTV? I got the tuner through the Sling promotion and it pulls in all my local channels fine in both the Sling app and the Live Channels app. I put a 32gb USB thumb drive in the second USB to test if I could record anything but there does not seem to be an option to do that. My understanding is that in the Live Channels app guide shows that can be recorded should say something like "DVR recordable" in their listing. I didn't see that for any of my OTA channels.
I also tried sideloading the Plex Server app from a ShieldTV just for ****s and giggles but that wouldn't even install.
Has anyone had any more luck than me?

rodri157 said:
I downloaded the Amazon instant video for android from API dot.com and side loaded it. it was version 4.1.20 which I think is the apk for Sony smart tv and after reset of airtv player , it has worked fine.
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Thank you! It's been a while since I visited the thread. Just pulled the apk and will try tonight. no word on the rooting though?

d-pyron said:
Has anyone figured out how to record OTA channels on the AirTV? I got the tuner through the Sling promotion and it pulls in all my local channels fine in both the Sling app and the Live Channels app. I put a 32gb USB thumb drive in the second USB to test if I could record anything but there does not seem to be an option to do that. My understanding is that in the Live Channels app guide shows that can be recorded should say something like "DVR recordable" in their listing. I didn't see that for any of my OTA channels.
I also tried sideloading the Plex Server app from a ShieldTV just for ****s and giggles but that wouldn't even install.
Has anyone had any more luck than me?
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I'm also curious about this.. I have seen a couple reviews indicating they have disabled any kind of external USB support.. however, they do say on their website, "OTA DVR coming soon". That leads me to believe that they are looking into allowing external storage but that that haven't made it that far yet, which makes me sad.
I'm going to try and see if it can locate my NAS drive and get a 3rd party tuner app to record shows to it over my network. Other than that I don't think there's any way to get it working unless someone roots it and gets USB storage working natively.

Sorry if I am not knowledgeable on these things. I want to download and enable the apk for setvnow on the AirTV. Right now it only allows apps from the play store. I need to access the apk via a website. If i can then this box might just be what i need to combine IPTV and OTA TV.

Maybe the wrong spot, but I was trying to get the USB tuner to work on my Nexus. No such luck. I plugged it into my window 10 comp and had to manually download the drivers to get it to work since it's a Haupaugge (sp) adapter. Any idea to get it to work on the Nexus player. Those adapters are cheaper than it's own ones. Thanks
Edit. Just a thought. Been playing with it (Xbox one, etc) I wonder if dish blocked any device from Auto detecting it to find drivers??