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[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] dh2311:
All I have to say is this;

I have a mate who has been an apple fanboy all his life. Who was going to get an iphone 4 but couldn't afford it.

I showed him the sgs ii, let him have a go on it and lent him my arc for a few days, and now he's sold on android.

All I have to say is if an Arc sold android to him then that's a thumbs up for android coz the arc is buggy as hell.
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Chalup:
Fanboys are annoying on both sides of the spectrum. It's like choosing between fascism and communism :-p
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] WhiteZero:
Person 1: "Apples are way better than oranges..."

Person 2: "Naw man, oranges are far superior in color and flavor!"

....

Repeat for eternity.
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] lgrace896:
Ha ha, and I am that lad, ha ha. Cheers dh2311
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] dh2311:
Oranges are much better!
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Furbious:
I converted to android after having my 3gs for 2 years.

The main part of defection was due to the constant worrying of losing the ability to JB and unlock.

New iOS? Wait god knows how long for someone to leak a custom FW or for the dev team to eventually address the part that not all people have a mac available to create your own custom firmware.

That, plus the fact that O2 wouldn't unlock mine at all, and so forced to use a baseband 5+ revisions out of date.

I also think that JB is not really a valid point to address the flexibility that android has - the holes are being closed off constantly, and eventually sealed off enough to prevent it completely. So you will eventually lose access to all those lovely JB apps you paid for, or lose functionality/security by not having the latest iOS.

Add the damn poor battery life and the thing was a brick constantly being left alone as you couldn't really use it without worrying if you'd got enough charge to actually make and receive calls.

I agree that the OS is more polished, and bulletproofed to make it "just work" in most cases. I'll also agree that we owe apple thanks for embarrassing the manufacturers into making decent phone OS's. But I think the others have raised their game enough for them to start opening up or they will lose out - for example, I was going to wait for an IP5, but the SGS2 made my mind up.
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Zorachus:
Macrumors is a gas to post on :p lol so many iSheep.

I started off with the iPhone1 and then iPhone3G for my first smart phones, the iPhone1 at the time could not be beat, was like from StarTrek future, was very happy with my Apple phone then. But time rolls on, and other companies come in to compete, and compete hard. Now in 2011, Android is superior, phones like the Samsung Galaxy S2, and HTC EVO-3D, are much better than the iPhone4, don't even know how you can say otherwise.

But I am open minded about the iPhone5, it could be a bad ass phone, and compete with the S2's and 3D's. Then main thing the iPhone needs is new OS, not so much hardware, that's easy to slap in a new dual processor, etc..., but a major overhaul of the Apple phone operating system is a must.
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] movieaddict:
very funny article! ty
[EVO Shift 4G General] tatonka_hero:
Now that the netflix app is officially out for android (but only for supported phones), is there any way to make it work on the Shift before it's officially a supported device?
[EVO Shift 4G General] davidperlik:
Using the attached apk, which is the market release, I can log in and view my queue. I haven't gotten a video to work yet, but I'm in the process of checking.

tldr;

App works on Evo Shift, so far. I am on CM 7.3.1 running ScaryKernel 1.8.

Edit:

Unfortunately, I cannot get a movie to play. I can choose a movie and it goes to the red loading screen but the movie will not start. Loads to black screen with a second of noise then crashes back to the Netflix app home screen.

There is the possibility that my data connection is at fault. I have no wifi connection where I am and my 3G speeds are lackluster here in mid-Michigan. I will try more later when I have a steadier connection.
[EVO Shift 4G General] tatonka_hero:
Ok. The apk I had found wouldn't load, thought it was an issue with compatibility. But it looks like it'll work with the version you posted, thanks.

It doesn't quite seem to work to play videos. I can hear sound, but no video. I tried it on 3G and on the WiFi here at work (26 down).
[EVO Shift 4G General] Lisabeth99:
Same issue here on 4g, 3g, and wifi. It seems to do everything except streaming. The video and audio begin to load and then crashes.
[EVO Shift 4G General] Deleted member 2173701:
i got it working on my rom. gotta have flash 10.3. only issue is volume kinda low. looking for a fix for that.
[EVO Shift 4G General] DonutGrunt:
What ROM are you using?

I'm using CM7 and it doesn't work and I have flash 10.3

Just get audio, no video and quits out after ten seconds
[EVO Shift 4G General] crump84:
I'm using MIUI and adobe flash 10.3, no dice. App opens then just sits on a white screen.
[EVO Shift 4G General] davidperlik:


Mind posting your methods for getting the app to work?
[EVO Shift 4G General] EmperorX:
http://techland.time.com/2011/05/13/netflix-for-android-workaround/

1) Download ES File Explorer (Or any other root file editor) *** I used File Manager in Cyanogen Mod because ES File Explorer would not work

2) In ES File Explorer, go into Setting > Root Settings and enable both check boxes

3) Navigate to /system/ and copy/paste build.prop to /sdcard/ (just in case)

4) Open & edit /system/build.prop

5) Change the following lines to make your phone think it is an HTC G2:

--ro.product.model=HTC Vision

--ro.product.manufacturer=HTC

OR

--ro.product.model=Nexus S

--ro.product.manufacturer=samsung

6) Reboot the phone

7) Install the netflix apk (if you haven't already)

Enjoy

Read more: http://techland.time.com/2011/05/13/netflix-for-android-workaround/#ixzz1MGV8oHZI

Enjoy Friends!!!
[EVO Shift 4G General] prboy1969:
Anyone confirm this working? Does it affect anything else?
[EVO Shift 4G General] tatonka_hero:
I can't get it to work. Every time I try to change the build.prop and then reboot, it reverts back to the original file. I got it to catch using ES, but it still doesn't work. I try playing, and it does the same thing as before. Sound (shaky), no video.
[EVO Shift 4G General] hdmunger:
I did the mod to build.prop above (just the HTC Vision one since the other was already there) and checked that the flash was updated to newest version of 10.3.

It worked fine for me so long as I did not use the Resume on the first page after login and didn't try to skip to far forward during playback (just skip a little at a time or let it play through).

I used it on wifi in my house to play Ron White - They Call Me Tater Salad all the way through (a little under an hour) and played another while on 4G and had no issues other than those above. 3G seems worthless (maybe if you get a really good connection)...my usual connection is sloowww.

Overall - great video and sound...probably even better with a headset...

Edit: Evo(Shift)Nonsense 1.0 rom and no special kernel, just one with Nonsense rom. That being said, I can't address any failures in other roms because I don't know why mine works and others don't...

Also, I included my build.prop (editted with Notepad++ and named buildnf.prop) in the attached zip file...

PS - I have two versions of the build.prop file in my system folder, the original and the modified version and just renaming them back and forth seemed to work even without rebooting. Also, so far I haven't noticed any drawbacks to just leaving modded version in effect.
[EVO Shift 4G General] davidperlik:
Could you be more specific about your Rom and Kernel and possibly upload your build.prop that works? Thanks.

I've tried editing my build.prop in every way possible that has been said to work and I cannot get anything to play for more than a second.

The video is loading, begins to play for a second, audio only, then crashes back to the Netflix home screen.
[EVO Shift 4G General] hdmunger:
Sorry, meant to include this info in original post (I'll edit it too):

Evo(Shift)Nonsense 1.0 rom

no special kernel, just one with Nonsense rom.

(See first post above for build.prop file)
[EVO Shift 4G General] thronnos:
I've tried a few things. Netflix is just broke

Sent from my EVO shift 4G running CM 7.0.3.1 via the XDA app
[EVO Shift 4G General] ktrotter11:
Its not broken, if you are on a gingerbread rom then that isnt supported by the netflix app on evos.. So u have to use the workaround, the supported devices list shows the requirements
[EVO Shift 4G General] crump84:
Not sure why but I can't get Netflix to work. Changed the build.prop as suggested and only get about 10 of audio.. no vid. I'm running MIUI and don't really want to change ROMs, any suggestions?
[EVO Shift 4G General] gearless:
I have it working on my girlfriends evo Shift. I did the g2 changes in her build.prop rebooted and turned on 4g thats it heres a pic of cheers it was the first thing that came up. it's a rooted stock evoshift. Havent got it working on my epic but since the nexus s requires 2.3 I'm resigned to thinking i won't have it till gingerbread.

can't post them though BAH!
[EVO Shift 4G General] ravenwing:
EmperorX it worked forced closed and overheated a lot , after adding the HTC Vision to build properties it worked much better . Thank you very much :) .
[EVO Shift 4G General] DonutGrunt:
I can confirm that it for sure works on the Nonsense ROM as stated by hdmunger.

I also used the mediaclient-1.apk found in this thread.

I also edited the prop build to HTC Vision

It did not work under CM7, but it DOES WORK UNDER NONSENSE ROM AND MEDIACLIENT-1
[EVO Shift 4G General] EmperorX:
Now if only I could stop using CM7..... nope... can't do it!
[EVO Shift 4G General] :
I had it working fine yesterday on NFX-Shift Stock. My kid got through a whole episode of Blue's Clues. No build.prop edits, etc. Just installed it and it worked. I Tried to load a couple movies today, but it just sits on the loading screen for a bit then takes me back to the queue. Might be the terrible 3G signal I have at work. I can usually get a poor-to-ok 4G signal at home, so I'll try that and wifi later tonight.
[EVO Shift 4G General] Fr3nZy:
Also running NFX-Shift Stock. Still haven't gotten it to work yet using the posted apk or by editing build.prop.
[EVO Shift 4G General] :
On wifi I was able to get it to work again, but I have to try 5 or 6 times before anything happens.
[EVO Shift 4G General] jesusice:
I can't either :) Try this link:

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1076150

The no device check version is working perfectly for me on CM7 latest Nightly.

^ Shift Faced
[EVO Shift 4G General] EmperorX:
Not working for me at all running the most recent nightly. The same black screen with audio then it kicks me back to the main menu.
[EVO Shift 4G General] jesusice:
Do you have Flash 10.3?

^ Shift Faced
[EVO Shift 4G General] EmperorX:
Yes sir
[EVO Shift 4G General] aldovanucci:
After installing Flash 10.3 the devicecheck-disabled.apk got is working for me on #77 nightly.
[EVO Shift 4G General] EmperorX:
Hmm, I wonder why it's still borked for me... oh well
[EVO Shift 4G General] EmperorX:
Disregard. Got it working on 77. Seems a bit laggy but awesome nonetheless!!
[EVO Shift 4G General] CodeMonk:
FYI - Stock shift, latest flash player update (last night or night before), rooted, put the apk from the first page on my phone and it started working after a reboot with no build.prop changes. All I did was reboot and it started working over WiFi. Now, it doesn't work EVERY time I go to watch a movie, but it definitely works ALMOST every time. I've only had it sit there and then cancel out once out of the 5 movies I started watching. I also let it go for at least 5 - 10 minutes each time.
[EVO Shift 4G General] bproduct:
It worked on my evo shift before I rooted. Stills works almost everytime on wifi and 3g. The movies look great
[EVO Shift 4G General] public acess:
It works on my phone no editing I am running cm nightly 85 I got flash player from market installed Netflix rebooted logged in and runs perfect every time. Rom cm nightly 85 not cm 7.0.3 it would not work for me even with editing build prop
[EVO Shift 4G General] grw4w34:
Works great on the shift deck gingerbread rom.
[EVO Shift 4G General] chugger93:
doesn't work for me. The first time I did the install and played a movie it worked, then I fast fowarded it, and it bombed out. Ever since then when I play a movie, it loads, then kicks me back out to the home screen.

I'm running stock sense, rooted and OC'ed with flash 10.3. I tried downgrading to flash 10.2 with no success, then re-upgraded. Also modified my stock build.prop to HTC Vision and HTC, but no success.

I'm at a loss I guess....
[EVO Shift 4G General] edgemaster191:
anyone get their hands on the latest update of the Netflix app? it doesn't do a device check anymore (no guarantee it will work on all devices, but worth a shot)
[EVO Shift 4G General] chugger93:
New version is 1.2.1, as opposed to 1.2.0. I tried it, no go for me...

attaching for others....

http://db.tt/rgEEPUV
[EVO Shift 4G General] DWake014:
New version not working for me on cm7 :/
[EVO Shift 4G General] bigdaddyaaron:
worked perfect after a reboot on my stock rom/kernel perm rooted shift. not sure what version of flash im running but i dont think im running 10.3. i went to the market and it said "update". maybe 10.3 is the issue?
[EVO Shift 4G General] public acess:
So I had to do the update it worked on the cm nightly so far haven't heard of it working on cm7.0.3 thanks for posting the updated apk. Anybody tryed it on NFX simi-stock would like a rom where the usb tethering worked also :)

Edit: app stopped working says no data connection :_( can't get it to work
[Xoom General] MRCANNADY:
Hello Xoomers! Netflix for android has been released today..unfortunately no 3.0 or 3.1 support but its coming soon! Streaming quality is great, plus you can advance on the app with minimal delay...enjoy!!
[Xoom General] bossjeeves:
"But for now, at least, the app will only be available on select Android phones. Those include the HTC Incredible with Android 2.2, HTC Nexus One with Android 2.2 and 2.3, the HTC Evo 4G with Android 2.2, the HTC G2 with Android 2.2 and the Samsung Nexus S with Android 2.3."

guess my evo with 2.3 is no good..... someone with one of the said 2.3 devices have the apk they would like to share?
[Xoom General] bronxknight28:
Install it from your PC on your 2.3 evo, thats what i did with my CM7 onboard
[Xoom General] timrock:
the day just keeps getting better. its like christmas.
[Xoom General] dubsjw27:
Love it...
[Xoom General] madsquabbles:
works fine on my evo with miui.

i dunno why i'm even in the xoom forum any more... i think i regret returning it.
[Xoom General] slack04:
I got excited, but you should update the title to say "not for xoom--yet" since this is a xoom forum.
[Xoom General] MRCANNADY:
yes but the point is that they have finally shown Android some love...this will look great and the Xoom when the update is released.
[Xoom General] jlgreen531:
I can't find it on my market, or the internet market.
[Xoom General] MRCANNADY:
I side-loaded the app and tried it on the Xoom, received an error message, come on Netflix...Tablet support is a must..I a drooling just thinking about using Netflix on the bus with our 10 inch screens!!
[Xoom General] alex2792:
Works fine on my CM7 Evo, I had to download it from the Evo forum though since it didn't show up on the market.
[Xoom General] Inphinitizeit:
I can confirm it doesn't work on Xoom. I sideloaded it, and it pops up a message This device is not supported. It lets me log in and then I try to play something again another message this device is not supported. :-(
[Xoom General] kcrudup:
What really gets me about the delay in getting it out to Android devices was Netflix' constant mantra about how they "needed a reliable DRM solution for Android'. Well I just downloaded it onto my EVO, which hasn't had an update since what- October?

IOW there's no new DRM code in the Froyo OS (unlike the Honeycomb 3.1 update, which has it), which means it comes via the app- and since we know the iPad has Netflix, there's no reason left why there can't be one for HC.

Like you said- come on, Netflix! What gives?!
[Xoom General] csseale:
I think it has alot to do with the movies google just released. Probably wanna give that awhile before allowing netflix in. Smart business is all.
[Xoom General] kcrudup:
I could put more weight behind this were it not for the fact that I've been able to watch Amazon Instant Movies since the day a Xoom-capable Flash was released.

Besides, Amazon's "all-you-can eat" pricing model for older releases isn't the same as Google's "new(er)-release, rent now" model.
[Xoom General] IndivisibleP:
I imagine it wouldn't be a bad idea for someone to post a link to the uploaded apk somewhere so that lazy people like me can sideload as soon as they get this news.

Maybe even edit the OP
[Xoom General] Charlie_Don't_Surf:
Just begging to be robbed. . .
[Xoom General] kcrudup:
A few have already tried and failed.
[Xoom General] kcrudup:
Not everyone looks like a mark, ya know ... you'd be surprised where I've brought out my X.
[Xoom General] PoLaRBe4r:
This can't be too far behind and I am really looking forward to abusing other peoples bandwidth
[Xoom General] Bauxite:
My attempts to decompile and make the offending 'isdevicesupported()' always return true just gives me an app that crashes on startup. If I can get that far without ever having decompiled an android app before, I'm sure someone with a lot more experience will be able to figure it out.

I can tell you however, that there are many places in the code where it checks for Android 3.1 devices and the appropriate Honeycomb DRM APIs... so I bet you it's not very far off. There is no tablet sized layout in the apk though.

My guess for right now is that the code to support android 3.1 drm just isn't in there yet, so even though I can skip the device check, it doesn't work.
[Xoom General] theberg:
I'm reasonably sure all the "approved" phones have one thing in common.

Snapdragon SoC

http://blog.netflix.com/2010/11/netflix-on-android.html
[Xoom General] Bauxite:
People have said they have it working on the Droid, Droid 2 and Droid X which are not snapdragon
[Xoom General] theberg:
Either way, the list of approved is snapdragon. Thanks for the info though I will pass that on to my buddy with the x. He was just a little green when I showed him.
[Xoom General] 513:
Nexus S don't have a Snapdragon. It's the Hummingbird from Samsung.

I think it's because Android 2.3.4 introduced some kind of DRM protection.
[Xoom General] jase33:
I sideloaded and it runs just fine on my HD2 running Hyperdroid GBX.
[Xoom General] Kcarpenter:
Your reasonably wrong.
[Xoom General] BlackDino:
Yea it works on my galaxy s with 2.3.4
[Xoom General] Testingchip:
I've got it working no problems on my dinc cm7 2.3.4.
[Nexus One General] mattpannella:
official app is up on the market for select phones

N1 is one of them
[Nexus One General] berlingoff:
Works nice and fast over 3G, so happy!
[Nexus One General] ZenInsight:
How about a Titanium Backup of the APK for us non Nexus owners? Pretty please?
[Nexus One General] jacindc:
Sure wish I was seeing it in the Market with my N1. (Especially since I have a Google Apps account that they haven't migrated yet, so I can't use the web-based Market to install)

EDIT: Never mind. A search for "Netflix" brought up about 60 apps, of which the true Netflix app was about 60% of the way down the list. You'd think an app with the search term in both the app name and the developer name might rise to the top!
[Nexus One General] ZenInsight:
Awesome. Upload it!!
[Nexus One General] mattpannella:
yeah if you search netflix its WAY down the list haha

google really needs to fix their market search
[Nexus One General] baseballfanz:
http://www.mediafire.com/?7k6ozredqdhxfsy
[Nexus One General] danger-rat:
Especially considering their "search giant" status! Lolz!
[Nexus One General] garrettc67:
Wow, it looks great on my N1!
[Nexus One General] du_bhai420:
Will try it, hope it works well on nexus one!
[Nexus One General] josemedina1983:
Works great but it froze my phone when I exit the app.
[Nexus One General] kpjimmy:
Running the latest vanilla MIUI 1.5.6 and runs great!
[Nexus One General] NexusDro:
I don't see it on my n1. is it because I am in Canada?
[Nexus One General] madballs:
Yes, it is because we live in an igloo =D Engadget reported Canada is not part of the roll out.
[Nexus One General] NexusDro:
if i install the .apk, it won't work, right?
[Nexus One General] msavic6:
Again no support for Canada. Hopefully its coming soon
[Nexus One General] msavic6:
I just installed the .Apk and it installed correctly but I don't have a Netflix account so I can't test it properly but I'm going to guess video play back will not work in Canada.
[Nexus One General] katiepea:
downloaded/installed i can view and browse, it just kicks me off when i try to watch over wifi or 3g. on a gingerbread sense rom.
[Nexus One General] NexusDro:
I have a netflix account. I'm gonna give it a try. :)

Successfully installed and logged in. But when I clicked on the videos it says I'm not allowed to stream.
[Nexus One General] sitinon327:
Works fine for me over 3G. Running CM7 Nightly #71
[HD2 Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting and Genera] Bedwej:
Running the rom in my sig. Downloaded and installed Wikitude world browser from the marketplace, and now I've got the black screen of death. It won't go away even after a reboot. What can I do? I haven't backed up my android in a LONG time and I'm not prepared to lose everything!! Any way I could recover it?
[HD2 Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting and Genera] samsamuel:
could try using 'android commander' to uninstall the app via the pc?
[HD2 Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting and Genera] shadephenix:
Hello,

I have a similar problem.

In my case, its truly "permanent".

I haven't installed nothing special, nor did I do anything special that could've triggered this screen of death. I just had the app LiveRadio on for less than 1 hour.

I turned off the screen with the end button, and when I pushed it again, the back lights went on, but no image at all, just black!

I googled this poblem, and tried some solutions, like turning off/on the device, taking out the battery and so on, nothing worked!

The most bizarre thing though, is that the screen is permanently black! It's always black, be it in bootloader mode, spl, mgldr, or something else, no image is displayed.

I even tried to hardreset my android soft (I managed to do it somehow), but this didn't chase away the black screen.

The screen responds though. I managed to use androidscreencast to control the device via my PC, everything works normally, touching the screen triggers the desired commands, it's just pitch black...

Do you think my screen is broken in some way? Or maybe there is a problem inside the phone, a linking issue.

Does anyone have an idea? Thank you in advance.
[HD2 Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting and Genera] dragonovus:
what you could do, as you are using your pc for doing tasks on your phone, is perform taks 29.. then flash the windows mobile rom (trough sd and rename .nbh file to LEOIMG.nbh) this way your HSPL is deleted aswel.. and then what i would do, is send it back to repair.. because i think your screen has a problem.

I don't know if you are able to do all those steps as if you have to pull down the volum (or pull up?) to proceed the windows installation when going first into the 3colored screen.