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[Nook Color General] chinly43:
I have two build.props on my sd card that I switch in the terminal, "nookcolorbuild.prop" and "nctmobbuild.prop". I also keep a third one for MLB.tv. The commands I use in terminal are:

$ su
# busybox mount -o remount,rw /system
# cp /sdcard/[WHICHEVER FILE I WANT TO USE].prop /system/build.prop

Then a restart, which applies it!
[Nook Color General] Divine_Madcat:
I am still getting the "not supported" error, even with the changed build. Have you ever done the framework mod to give yourself an IMEI number?
[Nook Color General] FractalSphere:
VERY cool solution. I don't doubt I could follow those instructions, but does keeping the netflix-compatible build.prop file on there break anything else?
[Nook Color General] chinly43:
nope, this was the only change I made.

EDIT: this was aimed Divine_madcat.
[Nook Color General] chinly43:
Probably? Things run a little slow, but I haven't tested thoroughly. I'm pretty used to switching build.props on a regular basis for use with mlb.tv, so it doesn't bother me to have to switch often. I plan on switching back when I'm done watching just in case (or until others can show that it doesn't hurt anything).
[Nook Color General] aowendoff:
Nevermind, I figured it out. I ended up just copying the build.prop file to my SD card, made the change there and then copied it back to the system fold.

Netflix is working perfectly.

If anyone was wondering, my NC is running CM7 7.0.3 stable without the overclocking kernal (having youtube issues with the overclock kernal) and I used the Nexus S and samsung names.
[Nook Color General] spdsl:
Use the file expert like you have been but when you go to the build.prop file select build.prop for a few seconds and a box will appear that says "file operations". Click on "permissions" and select check "write" for all and group.

Go back to the build.prop file in file expert select it for a few seconds and choose open with, file editor and the save button should be active.
[Nook Color General] miniaturepeddler:
+1 Totally agree with the above post!
[Nook Color General] jaysckap:
Worked perfect thanks!
[Nook Color General] richdaley:
I see your reasoning (it is what Apple lives by) but they can filter the availability of the app in the market based on hardware.

It seems like Netflix is in bed with Microsoft, either by choice or habit. They require silverlight so no support for mac or linux, they are supported within Windows media player, and they are dragging their feet releasing the app for Android possibly to improve desirability of WP7 devices. The only kink in my theory is that there are apps for iPad and iPhone.
[Nook Color General] japzone:
Netflix doesn't want to Promise people streaming in the App unless they're sure it will run smoothly. Remember Netflix has a Large user base and if they released a Universal Android App then people will expect it to work on any device, if it didn't Netflix would be blamed even though they have no control over the fragmentation in the Android platform. I see it all the time on Android Market but since usually the Apps there are stand alone and they don't have a large user base from the get go, it isn't as bad as it could be with an app made by a Large Company like Netflix.

Stop making it look like a conspiracy.

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[Nook Color General] zenaxe:
Quick question: Where are people picking up the apk for this? Does it show up in the market after you mod the build.prop or is the apk just floating around the net? I can't seem to figure it out by searching the thread...
[Nook Color General] Nburnes:
https://market.android.com/details?id=com.netflix.mediaclient&feature=search_result

Also just available in the market on the device.
[Nook Color General] zombieflanders:
You don't need to mod anything, you should be able to just download it from the market.

BTW, the story has now hit the Gizmodo sites, which means a response from Netflix will be incoming. Whether it's in the form of "you could mess your device up, but we don't care" or "here's a new app and/or back-end that screws everyone over" is unknown.
[Nook Color General] japzone:
It's in the Market. Any Android Device can download and use it for the Queue management, but if you want to Stream, Netflix has limited which devices can do that. So the build.prop mod is so the Nook can trick the Netflix App into thinking it's a supported device.

Use my HowTo somewhere around page 11 for exact Instructions on Performing the Mod. Don't follow the first Mod on page 1-2 because it modifies the fingerprint(which screws up Market), when only the device name and manufacturer need to be moddified.

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[Nook Color General] craigkahn:
Autonootered Nook Color

Has anyone tried this on an autonootered NC? Seems like most people are running a CM7 build on their NC.
[Nook Color General] SCWells72:
Silverlight is cross-platform...not as ubiquitously so as Flash, but there's first-class Mac OS X support and limited third-party support for Linux via Novell's Moonlight (kind of like MONO/.NET). And Netflix Instant Watch plays fine on PS3 and the Wii as well. If memory serves, the PS3 and Wii players were upgraded recently to native apps (rather than requiring a disk to be inserted) because Microsoft's exclusivity agreement had expired.

My understanding of their delay/reluctance to release a player for Android was more around DRM/licensing risks for the streaming content because of Android's more open (and unfortunately therefore susceptible) nature, not because of anything between Netflix and Microsoft...
[Nook Color General] philburkhardt:
Is everyone able to purchase apps in the market after editing the build.prop file?

I am using the Nexus S edit. My market opens and shows all my apps. I can install free apps, and reinstall my purchased apps. However, trying to purchase an app gives me an fc.
[Nook Color General] frankawesome:
if you can't download root explorer or don't have access to a computer, download the free version of liberty toolbox. it can edit the build.prop easy.

be careful though, you screw something up, well, that sucks for you.

but you should buy root explorer and/or liberty toolbox. those guys work hard.

also, backup your build.prop!
[Nook Color General] danbutter:
Having the same issues here. CM 7.0.0 OC'd kernel from 4.4 and I can't get any root explorer to work at all. SU has both ES File explorer and File Expert listed as having root permissions, but I can't mount as R/W. File expert says mount failed! and ES tells you to mount as R/W, but I can't figure out how.

Furthermore telling File expert to remember permissions doesn't work either.

I can check allow to all nine boxes, hit apply and then nothing. the dialog disappears and nothing happened.

Ad Free doesn't work on this either so maybe I messed something up somewhere, but I doubt it...haven't done anything other than install gapps and a few games and such.

Any suggestions (other than get root explorer)?
[Nook Color General] ExploreMN:
I used ES and it works fine on my Nook which is CM7 and running off emmc.

If you are running off the SD card though, just pop it into your computer and edit the file there.

At any rate, I went with the Nexus S/Samsung tag and it works. I didn't try the HTC tag in the build.prop though.
[Nook Color General] japzone:
Download Remount by Steven from Market. Open app select /system and rw then hit the Remount Logo.

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[Nook Color General] zombieflanders:
Just confirmed that this works for CM7 SD card install. Frakkin' A!
[Nook Color General] dvanburen:
ro.product.model=HTC Vision

...

ro.product.manufacturer=HTC

Got it working on my NC w/BN 1.2. Some movies have no video, some work fine.
[Nook Color General] danbutter:
Are you saying liberty explorer works or root explorer?

Liberty is supposed to be for liberty roms only...says so in all caps in the app description.
[Nook Color General] danbutter:
Result was... failure system cannot be remounted as RW.

I think I'm gonna have to start from scratch or something here as that is the fourth app that can't do what it is supposed to even after having root permission
[Nook Color General] HarleyChick:
Quick question - is there a specific way to backup the build.prop? And if all I'm doing is changing the device name and manufacturer name, can't I just remember "NookColor" and "bn" and change it back if it doesn't work?
[Nook Color General] danbutter:
Yes, yes you can. If something else happens though...you'd better have a backup or you will run into some issues.
[Nook Color General] execdab:
I used the HTC device in build.prop on MN 4.5.2. B&N Market is fine so are Magazines as well as B&N store purchases.
[Nook Color General] Deaks2:
Can any fellow Canadians confirm if Netflix is available in the market? I don't see it. Could someone post the apk?
[Nook Color General] philburkhardt:
Here ya go.
[Nook Color General] clocdubb:
this isnt working on moto atrix, have tried htc and nexus s

anyone got it working for atrix........
[Nook Color General] markawashington:
Works on 1.2 MN rooted thank you I am going to make new thread for this
[Nook Color General] t10:
I installed the APK on the fido nexus s, the app lets me log in, but I cant play anything, get the "unavailable in your area" error.

this is bull hist.
[Nook Color General] Yadah:
How the blanky blank are you guys editing the file? I have my NC on root on the sdcard not the emmc. Do I just remove the sd card and put it in my mac and edit that way or do I use some tool on the device itself to edit it? I tried using Jota but it said it could save the file.
[Nook Color General] japzone:
HowTo guide for those that don't understand what build.prop is.

Android 2.3 ROMs(CM7 Stable, Phiremod, ect...)

ro.product.model=Nexus S

ro.product.manufacturer=samsung

CM7 nightlys + Android 2.2 ROMs(Stock, Froyo, ect...)

ro.product.model=HTC Vision

ro.product.manufacturer=HTC

Just make sure you backup your build.prop file before editing just in case you need to switch back.(Copy it somewhere and rename it build.prop.bak)

For Newbs:

-Remount /system as RW using Root Explorer

-Backup the /system/build.prop to /system/build.prop.bak

-Edit the file /system/build.prop with a text editor (Hold down in Root Explorer for Popup then tap "Open in Text Editor" )

-Replace each line with it's above replacements

-Make sure there are no extra spaces at the ends of lines as that can cause problems

-Save the file

-Hard Reboot

TaDa! Netflix Works!

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[Nook Color General] frankawesome:
i guess liberty toolbox works for this because it gives you a dialog to edit the build.prop. I don't suggest it for anything else, but it does the job.

And for some reason, the market still works for me! :D
[Nook Color General] japzone:
Market still works because you didn't edit the fingerprint in build.prop. The fingerprint is what is registered with Market to ID your device. If you change your fingerprint you'll have to reset Market on your Devive which is a pain. The Netflix App, however, only uses model and manufacturer to figure out what device your using. Since Market only cares about your fingerprint it doesn't care what you do to your model and manufacturer records.

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[Nook Color General] frankawesome:
I did change the fingerprint tho.
[Nook Color General] japzone:
Zero problems with Market after editing the fingerprint odd, always gives me issues. But nothing happened to you so alls well. Just saying you didn't need to edit the fingerprint.

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[Nook Color General] EverythingNook:
does changing the ro.product.model and ro.product.manufacturer mess up flashing nightlies and stuff?
[Nook Color General] philburkhardt:
No, but you will have to re-edit your build.prop after flashing.
[Nook Color General] Deaks2:
Awesome. Thanks.
[Nook Color General] Deaks2:
Bah, the app tells me I cannot stream to this device from my region. Meanwhile it works on my iPhone, PC and PS3 just fine.
[Nook Color General] quags:
This might sound stupid so I apologize.

I was having a hard time with this until I realized by CM 7.0.3 build.pro did not say ro.product.manufacturer=. It said ro.product.brand=. I changed brand to manufacturer, rebooted, and finally go it to work.....
[Nook Color General] Midnitte:
Actually (atleast for me) the HTC Vision doesnt work on stock. Any reason for this?

heres my build.prop for stock 1.2.

ro.product.model=HTC Vision
ro.product.brand=tmobile
ro.product.name=vision
ro.product.overall.name=NOOKcolor
ro.product.device=vision
ro.product.board=vision
ro.product.cpu.abi=armeabi-v7a
ro.product.cpu.abi2=armeabi
ro.product.manufacturer=HTC
ro.product.locale.language=en
ro.product.locale.region=US
ro.wifi.channels=
ro.board.platform=omap3
# ro.build.product is obsolete; use ro.product.device
ro.build.product=zoom2
ro.build.sourceversion=full
ro.build.description=1.2.0.434.int.enc.rrdp.s37221
ro.build.updatetype=Full
ro.build.fingerprint=tmobile/htc_vision/vision/vision:2.2/FRF91/277427:user/release-keys

Is there something different between stock and CM7 that causes this?
[Nook Color General] viper3ez:
ok, i have been working on this all day.

i am rooted and running the latest CM7.

i dont get the device approval message,

everything works normal until i play a video and after about 3-7 seconds of playing, it quits and goes back to the video selection page.

anybody else?
[Nook Color General] capnron65:
Seems to work for me...

I'm on MN 4.4.28 and using the HTC Vision and HTC changes to the build prop it worked for me. Also, the B&N app store seems to work as well. I downloaded a free app and it installed and it worked. Did not try with a paid app.

BTW GabrialDestruir, I messed up my build.prop backup (I tried the Nexus S and samsung option first and it did not work. When I changed it to HTC Vision and HTC somehow Root Explorer changed my backup copy - user error most likely.)

Can you please tell me what those two lines should read in the build.prop for MN 4.4.28? Thanks. (I guess I could just reflash MN and it would fix it - then carefully make this Netflix change again.)

Thanks, Ron
[Nook Color General] phrogman26:
thank you devs. installed on my OG Droid, edited build.prop, works flawless no FC's

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Liquid Gingerbread v1.7

Slayher 1ghz Lv Kernel
[Nook Color General] rhorton:
No tweaking!!

Worked on my rooted Incredible running Skyraider-Sense 4.0 as soon as I instelled it from the market! I din't have to edit a damn thing!
[Nook Color General] capnron65:
nevermind...found them

In MN 4.4.28 the original build.prop lines are NOOKcolor and BarnesAndNoble. I still had the zip file on my PC and moved them over to my nook.

Ron
[Nook Color General] Yadah:
Finally got it, The ro.product.manufacturer line is down a bit further and it not right under the first one :) Good to go thanks guys!!

From now I will Root every Android device I own. Thanks guys seriously.
[Nook Color General] mkm1126:
Thanks for pointing this out! You saved me lots of frustration as no sooner had I edited the brand line instead, then I saw this post. I open the build.prop again and edited the manufacturer line instead and all is well.

Great work everyone!!

PS: Running CM 2.6.32 Beta 3.1 (with latest OC kernal from Dalingrin)
[Nook Color General] HarleyChick:
Thank you for the reply. But, I guess what I should have asked is - other than a nandroid backup, is there a different way to backup the build.prop info? I saw in another post where someone said to simply copy the entire build.prop file, change the name to build.prop.bak, and paste it "somewhere". Somewhere - really? I don't know where that is.

Honestly, this is the coolest thing (for me anyway) to even think about modifying a system file on my NC. Believe me, I'm just beyond the "flashing a ROM stage," but I love the education I'm getting on the ins-and-outs of this great little machine. For me, its not so much what the NC can do, its what I can do with it.

No fear.....
[Nook Color General] danbutter:
Since there seems to be something wrong with my CM7 install and I couldn't get five different apps to mount system as RW or change any permissions...no clue why...I tried this:

http://xdaforums.com/showpost.php?p=13773300&postcount=174

Works great on NC.
[Nook Color General] danbutter:
You are taking this too literally I think...they just mean somewhere that you can find it again. You can put it anywhere as long as you remember where it is IF you need it again.
[Nook Color General] Goferbroke:
For those of you using linux...here's an alternative way to edit the build.prop file on your PC (if you're loading CM7 from the micro sdhc card). I'm using Linux 10 gnome, but this should work on other distros.

Shut the nook down, pull the sd card, put it in your micro reader, but DON'T plug it in your PC yet!! You need to log in as root. Some distros let you assign a root login when you setup, others don't...for example, Linux Mint is an offshoot of Ubuntu, and they use sudo, which is fine if you are comfortable with terminal and the command line.

If you want graphical tools, and don't have a root account, then log into your distro with your normal password, open up a terminal and type in sudo password root

Mint/Ubuntu will ask you what your new password is. Then log off your regular account, and then log in as

root

(your new password for the password prompt).

THEN plug your micro reader to your Linux box. The card should auto mount, and the partitions show as individual windows (your distro may require manual mount). I found the build.prop file after looking around (it's not in a subdirectory), made a couple of copies and saved them on my PC, then used gedit to edit the text file of another copy with the corrections already posted.

Copied the "new" build.prop file to over write the old one, safely removed the card, put it back in the nook, booted the nook, and got Netflix!!! I'm guessing this works on Macs as well, but I don't know how to get into root mode on a Mac. As always, make backups, and follow all the usual cautions when altering system files!!!
[Nook Color General] japzone:
Just copy the file somewhere and rename it. My backup sits right next to the old one just named build.prop.bak

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[Nook Color General] japzone:
You don't have to do that in Ubuntu. I'm running Ubuntu and I can just Pop my card in like Normal and every thing shows up. If I ever do need a Root File Browser I just type:

sudo nautilus

into Terminal, type in my normal password, and I get a New Window with Root privileges.

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[Nook Color General] Goferbroke:
Duh! Thanks Japzone, I forgot about running sudo Nautilus. That makes it even easier for Linux! I wonder if you could do the same if you're running Ubuntu under windows using Wubi, as accessing the card for Windows users seems to be an issue.
[Nook Color General] japzone:
I use Wubi myself and it works great(Performance is just a little less then normal and you can't hibernate Ubuntu), although I recently discovered 18gb of my harddive aren't partitioned(I got the laptop with Windows installed) so I've been debating whether I should move to a Full Install in that empty space.

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[Nook Color General] Goferbroke:
Not to hijack the thread, but you might want to consider running Ubuntu on a USB...it runs nicely once you've booted, and it makes a great diagnostic/repair tool that you can set up exactly the way you want and carry around! I can't count the number of Windows PC's I've rescued with my Mint USB, I have all the utilities I need pre loaded.
[Nook Color General] japzone:
Sadly I don't have a spare thumb drive that's big enough and I can't spend much on a new one. I'll stick to my LiveCD until I can afford spending money on a new one.

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[Nook Color General] Ronin3178:
Just to let people know if they goto Dalingrins .32 kernel on 3.2beta of CM7.1, you need to use the HTC,Vision settings in build.prop to avoid chipmunks. I personally went into the zip file and edited/replaced build.prop before flashing. Haven't had any problems otherwise those changes either.

Ronin
[Nook Color General] philburkhardt:
Public Service Announcement:

If you lose your build.prop backup, you can always extract it from the ROM you are using. Just move the ROM to your PC, unzip it and grab it from the system folder. You can even do this on the device if you have an app for unzipping (I believe Astro Pro unzips).
[Nook Color General] AnomalyInk:
Works fine on manual rooted 1.2, using...

ro.product.model=Vision

ro.product.manufacturer=htc

(changed via root explorer)

Set this yesterday and still holding after several hard reboots. Android market and BN market working normally. Just bought a BN app, launched netflix and streamed a movie, backed out and bought and downloaded another BN app. BN app market is showing all (151) available apps.
[Nook Color General] jpierini:
Anyone have this working on AT&T Inspire? I've tried using both Vision and Nexus S and neither work.
[Nook Color General] clamhandsmcgee:
Just a heads up, but the netflix apk has been modified to disable device check. It can be found on Xda forums at

xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1076150

I haven't tried it on my nook yet, but I have on my DX rubix focused and it works great.

Edit- I'm an idiot. already posted. sorry.
[Nook Color General] JohnnyTheRed:
Hey all, I have a stock Samsung Galaxy Tab. I modified the build.prop to ro.product.model=Nexus S and ro.product.manufacturer=samsung, and I also tried changing it to ro.product.model=HTC Vision and ro.product.manufacturer=HTC and both times I get the following error when trying to play a movie:

"The Netflix service is not available on your device. Please check the Netflix website at netflix.com/NetflixReadyDevices for information regarding support for your device"

Is it because my Tab is stock or could it be something else?
[Nook Color General] japzone:
Try the Thread the guy above you posted.

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[Nook Color General] gshadow325:
thanks for the info guys...edited builb prop and got it working on my cm7 tmobile hd2 and my stock rooted sprint galaxy tab!!
[Nook Color General] rigy73:
Anyone tell me how to get it working outside U.S ??
[Nook Color General] dexx0008:
.32 kernel this won't work because you get chipmunk voices and speed but others could try the galaxy tab settings. I ran this perfectly on my 7.0.2 stable non OC

ro.product.model=SPH-P100

ro.product.manufacturer=samsung
[Nook Color General] Ronin3178:
It works on. 32 kernel, I am running it right now. You need to use HTC/vision to not get the chipmunk voices.

Ronin
[Nook Color General] dexx0008:
Yep, I meant, the galaxy tab settings won't work on .32 but have netflix working fine on .32, but for clarity you are right htc/vision works on .32 fine.
[Nook Color General] Deaks2:
Spoke too soon. Over the weekend Netflix Canada enabled Android streaming. My nook is happy.
[Nook Color General] Drachen808:
Why, oh why can't I hit thank you a ton of times. I started reading this thread when it was a page long, purchased root explorer specifically to get this to work, and haven't been able to do so. Kept getting the "this device not supported" error over and over again. Saw this post, replaced "brand" with "manufacturer" BOOM! Louis CK will make my workday go by faster. Thank you so very much!