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[Android Apps and Games] sheepybach:
What i think it means is " we are not happy that somebody has been able to do this to us:( what is even more upsetting for us is that you have had the cheek to spoof the N 10 into thinking it's now an N7 and so we can't block the N7 thank you very much as its the only android tab we support"

They know their hands are tied as there would be mayhem if they blocked the n7 at this stage lol. IMO sky will have its own back some how/time over this. I wonder how much they wasted trying to undo this and not on other development.

iechyd da
[Android Apps and Games] LarsenB:
What are the noticeable drawbacks of this in day to day usage?

Sent from a Nexus⁴
[Android Apps and Games] vwvanman:
None that i have noticed...
[Android Apps and Games] wolfboy1984:
Sky TV to offer local downloads of TV content through Sky Go - http://pulse.me/s/huF7n

Sent from a Nexus⁴

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My post from August.

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?p=30528288

It would seem quality improvements from Sky and monetising go hand in hand. £70 a month but you still won't get nothing for nothing...
[Android Apps and Games] charliemcc:
GS III rooted but no sky go :(

been trawling all and this looks like to most sensible place to post my question ive read through as many of the threads on here but still not sure on what to do!!

My question is: I have just rooted my galaxy sIII but when opening the skygo app its telling me its not supported the only reason i can see why they don't want us to use it is maybe down to app that can record the screen or something but anyways im loving having root access but hacked off at not being able to have my sky go! I couldn't see a thread that i think will help so if someone out their has any ways around this or can point me in the direction of a thread that can help it would much appreciated Cheers

my devise is a Samsung galaxy SIII with the carrier Orange in the UK i have root access but havent installed any custom ROM yet

Model is GT I9300

Android version 4.1.2

baseband version I9300xxella

Kernel version 3.0.31-742798

Build number jzo54k.I9300xxella

thanks again:fingers-crossed:
[Android Apps and Games] gumbald:
Sky Go doesn't work on rooted devices.
[Android Apps and Games] charliemcc:
Thanks for your quick reply.

I was wondering if their was a work around to be able to get it to work with out have to un-root my phone?
[Android Apps and Games] Charlie3999:
I've tried it and it crashes every time you try and load it.

HTC Sensation rooted
[Android Apps and Games] sheepybach:
Charlie's,

gumbald's apk worked from Feb till around June last year then Sky released an updated app which blocked gumbald's from working ever since. Nobody has ever been able to get the app to work on any rooted devices and believe me it's not for the want of trying by the guys on here.

There is an update coming next week and if you trust what the CC's have told customers on the forum then Tab 2's, kindle fire hd and nexus 10 are going to be supported plus other devices, I'm going to wait and see as I no longer trust anything sky tells customers these days.

iechyd da
[Android Apps and Games] Zammo76:
So Sky are finally going to offer the ability to download its content starting this week but there's a slight catch, it costs £5 extra a month! Cheeky barsterds.

While their at it why don't they make the app link content from your Sky+ Planner for an extra £10 a month.
[Android Apps and Games] bobjbain:
Just installed from Play Store on my N7, rooted, 4.2.1, works until you play content then say "can't play on rooted devices"

Voodoo OTA don't work either, bugger
[Android Apps and Games] sheepybach:
Sky Go Extra is out and it's nothing but a pathetic joke:--

New device support for HTC One X+, Motorola RAZRi and Samsung Galaxy Tab2 7.0

You can download on any/all 4 devices but still only stream live on 2 devices all for £5 a month extra, Sky are taking the p...

The deal with apple that sky says is not there, must make sky only support ipads as large screen devices as there is no other reason for sky not to.

iechyd da
[Android Apps and Games] voyager_s:
Just upgraded to the latest version on the GNEX. Sky can do better for sure. Seems a joke with this £5 extra thing. I won't be signing up for that.

For now I can't really complain though. I get all...well most of my sports channel anywhere really. Wish they would add Eurosport 2 also, but so far nah.

Watching the Australian open at work all morning. :D
[Android Apps and Games] daz_2000:
I must say I was surprised/pleased that apple/android were given the versions of sky go extra at same time. Although was disappointed with the fiver fee. Have taken up the 2 month trial though.
[Android Apps and Games] sheepybach:
Sky really must believe all their customers are Muppets, Stupid, Idiots Thick et al and don't know anything when you get things like this post:-

"Although Android has a high penetration of sales in the UK, we assess the penetration of devices into the Sky TV customer base as this gives us a better insight into the most popular devices.

We regularly include questions about device ownership and usage in customer research which gives an on-going pulse/update of what customers are using and how.

We have identified the devices we support as being the most popular and will continue to build on our device list.

We have dramatically increased the volume of devices we support and plan to push out further updates on a regular and more frequent basis.

We've focused on the 7inch tablets first as they have been the most popular and for Sky Go to be available on 10" devices, we need to ensure that we can provide our customers with a richer viewing experience than is currently offered on 7" tablets.

This takes some time to implement but rest assured, our teams are working on this and we are looking to support this later this year.

We are currently experiencing difficulties surfacing the Galaxy Tab2 7.0 (3G Variant) and Galaxy S3 Mini as supported devices in Google Play.

Please bear with us whilst we work on a temporary fix which we hope to have deployed tomorrow which will allow users to download the Sky Go app from a dedicated URL"

Stacey

Community Engagement Manager

So 10.1 android tabs are few and far between and not many people in the UK have them that use Sky but a lot of Sky Customers have and Use RAZRi phone? Odd that on a survey done on the forum Nobody asked or have this phone lol Sky at it's best dishing out LIES

iechyd da
[Android Apps and Games] TheIntruder:
What a crock of c**p they truly think their customers are idiots...

Int

Int

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[Android Apps and Games] sheepybach:
Hey there's more

Hi all,

Just to try and answer some of the questions which have been raised.

The Motorola RAZRi is our first device on our whitelist. It has been rated really well in tech press and we look across the customer base for popularity and take input from multiple sources including the forums, app reviews and many others.

It is a high spec phone and a flagship device which we have previously said we would be aiming to support across all platforms.

As previously advised, we've focused on the 7inch tablets first as they have been the most popular and for Sky Go to be available on.

The highest stream we have on Android is currently is on the Nexus 7 and it is an acceptable viewing experience.

Therefore we need to ensure that we can provide our customers with a better viewing experience than is currently offered on 7" tablets, which will mean there will be no support on 10" devices until later this year.

We develop Sky Go for new devices on a platform agnostic basis. As we have already advised we have absolutely not entered into any deal with Apple or any other platform provider.

Stacey

Community Engagement Manager

Even more bull sh1te
[Android Apps and Games] TheIntruder:
They talk out of their arses don't they... Waste of time and they know they have us by the balls vermin more expensive for full package if you can get in your area..

Int

Int

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[Android Apps and Games] sheepybach:
Yes they are full of sh1te and have dropped off packages and am going to say bye all soon, I can watch all I want on the net any way. I tell you what it's nice at long last that since July 2011 when they released Sky Go and told us the 2 devices limit was due contractual obligations and couldn't be changed and yet today the cat was let out of the bag:--

Hi everyone,

Thank you for all your comments here. I can see that this news is upsetting to some of you. I would like an opportunity to explain.

We understand that customers who have a lot of devices in their household were frustrated by the two device limit and this was one of the key factors that drove us to develop Sky Go Extra.

To bring the new service to our customers we’ve invested a significant amount of time and effort to enhance Sky Go,

the supporting technology and ensure as much of our customer’s favourite programmes are available with the new service.

The launch of the new service represents a significant step change compared to when we originally launched Sky Go in July 2011.

We’ll continue to work with our content partners to ensure we can bring more channels to Sky Go, add more value to the service and deliver future product innovations.

Sky

Magda Sky 23 Jan 2013 09:22 PM

The charge is to cover their costs of developing the app for android lol. I rest my case.

iechyd da
[Android Apps and Games] wolfboy1984:
Prediction - They'll cut it to one device with 1 year or cut it completely.

SkyGo (and Extra) 'adds value' to the package so we should all be cool with it yeah? They are softening us up. I assure you of this.

Its all about the money, money, monetising.
[Android Apps and Games] hshah:
Just written another stroppy email to the Sky executive team asking whether the 2 device limit due to contractual reasons was rubbish or not.
[Android Apps and Games] sheepybach:
You could be right about the limit. Email to CEO will not reach him but his Exec, Support Team and they will do nothing believe me. After reading that about Sky invested a significant amount of time and effort to enhance Sky Go (Which means MONEY) and reading the forum CC's post et al and more so with the one that say's 10" Android Tablets later this year, I believe Sky are already laying the groundwork for them to come back and say support for 10" tabs is going to cost £5 a month. The only other reason for saying later in the year is that come July 2013 any contractual obligations they have to push Apple ipads will come to the end of a 2 year deal and yes ok I know Sky have said there is no deal with apple but what other reason can there be to not support 10" tabs, gee whiz a person from here have got sky go working on N10 and I've read that others using his apk have it working on their tabs 10.1 and that's 1 person in his spare time, think of the money sky has to develop an app. Amazing

iechyd da
[Android Apps and Games] hshah:
The CEO won't reply but the Exec Team have the ability to give me Sky Go Extra at no extra charge (see what I did there? :p)... which is what I am going to press for.
[Android Apps and Games] skezza:
+1 This.

It will become a premium added extra. Sky Go won't be the free thing that Sky throws in for the good of their hearts. It will become a premium service for 5 pounds a month.

The only good thing about this, people will be pushed ever more towards net streams for football etc.
[Android Apps and Games] sheepybach:
Ok got it now, due to all the money sky spent on the app they will drop the Free device limit to 1 and then charge a £5 a month to add an extra 2 devices and it will become known as Sky Go Premium . Yes sky will/would do something like that.

iechyd da
[Android Apps and Games] combat goofwing:
Here is the latest sky apk

http://db.tt/hddob0xc
[Android Apps and Games] sheepybach:
Beat me to it combat lol, maybe some one on here can have a nice long look at it. Lol

Iechyd da
[Android Apps and Games] JL94x4:
Hi guys, I work for sky, and believe it or not, we at Sky are trying to push 6 devices per Sky Go account within this next 11months, and there are no plans in the long term future to make Sky Go a premium feature of sky.
[Android Apps and Games] wolfboy1984:
What is your role? Why would that take until the end of the year?? Another example of management indecision?

I believe - once the quality and availability of service is service on all OSs you will umbrella SkyGo as a paid extra. It just makes sense. But due to your lopsided, slow and misguided development you can't even begin to justify that at the moment... It isn't an option.

Also; the many bill payers that don't use SkyGo will see they are subsidising the service and the many shiny adverts that goes with it. No one likes paying for something they can't/ don't use. And do remember, that's why this thread exists mostly.
[Android Apps and Games] gumbald:
Why is everyone getting so stressed? It's still a two device (at a time) limit. They could have renegotiated contracts for all we know...? If you don't approve of their service, stop being their customer.
[Android Apps and Games] dave_uk:
You're quite right, obviously, that people can vote with their feet but I think a big part of the issue is communication and dishonesty. That the device limit has been renegotiated, given that it has only been restored to four again as it was before they reduced it to two, seems pretty implausible. They just wanted to monetise it. Which is fair enough in itself but the web of lies and disinformation starts to grate after a while.
[Android Apps and Games] sheepybach:
JL94x4

See the thing is we don't know you work for Sky do we and also as Sky Staff keep on telling their customers LIES why should we believe you? Sorry people who just pop-up on a thread and say things means nothing to me. I also concur with everything Combat say's Just look at your shiny new Sky Go ad On ipad iphone and selected android devices?? Some of those devices are 7.0 tabs but no you can't put that on there or you will have problems with your deal with Apple..

iechyd da
[Android Apps and Games] creamy:
Sky must think android owners are simple

What service??

I have just moved over to Android from WP and i'm loving it. Part of the deal though for me was to have this service as it was advertised as being "now available on Android" no mention though that it was device specific. Maybe i should have researched this a little more but as i have friends that have working SkyGo on both apple and Android handsets i presumed that i would be ok........more fool me.

Sky are purposefully giving out the expectation to customers that this service is available for everyone when in actual fact the Android side of the service is very limited indeed (device type, root check etc) but apple owners just have a click and go solution for every availble piece of hardware if they are jailbroken or not. Now i like many other commenters before me am not a fool and would be very surprised as mentioned before if Sky did not have an exclusivity deal with Apple tucked away somewhere.

It seems to me a tad flippant to say "if you dont like the service, stop being their customer". You may as well have said; "If you want working SkyGo buy Apple"

Like the UK SkyGo Ad says ".....and so i had some of it"

Like UK Android owners say ".....and so i was fed ****"

Sort it out Sky, giving feeble excuses and talking in circles makes you look underhanded and shows complete disrespect to your largest (potentially) SkyGo user base.
[Android Apps and Games] hshah:
People are getting annoyed by the ridiculous limits because its the equivalent of saying that only 2 family members are allowed to watch TV at the same time. There are 4 of us in my family and since I pay my Sky subscription all 4 members should be allowed to watch TV on their devices whenever they chose to do so.

The excuse of contractual obligations is a load of crap... a company like Sky should be able to negotiate better contracts and if they can't because it costs too much money then at least step up and develop decent software.

I mean come on, even non programmers understand how the Android platform works and a program can be developed to work on a platform rather than individual devices.

:confused:

:mad:
[Android Apps and Games] sheepybach:
That's the problem Sky thinks is the right way to do things and that all their customers are thick and don't know anything, and as long as they use this stance then we have no chance. My bet is there is a deal with apple on 10" tabs being supported and it's only ipads and nothing else IMHO. There are a lot of customers venting their anger at sky over this.

iechyd da
[Android Apps and Games] gumbald:
There was a technical explanation about the encoding being used not providing high enough quality on a 10" Android tablet - which they are forced to use to support Android 2.x devices. Frankly, I have no reason to disbelieve this. So, I would ask - would you rather they supported 10" tablets at the expense of all the people that are still running 2.x?
[Android Apps and Games] wolfboy1984:
Or with some foresight and they could have started working on a SkyGo tablet/4.+ app 12+ months ago.

They are always playing catch up. That's the problem. And it's by their own design.
[Android Apps and Games] sheepybach:
Well I think it's nice to see that Sky has once again told their customers lies that 10" Android Tablets will not be supported until later in the year due to this and that problems they are having, and yet if you are not a Sky Customer you can use Galaxy Note's 10.1 with Sky Go Extra:--

http://www.handbag.com/life/news/a4...ch-a-new-form-of-in-flight-entertainment.html

Found this last night and forget the website as I've had enough stick already lol The link was removed from Sky Forum by the CC's who also happened to fail to answer the question lol this report is also on other websites, So not only do they want us to pay for SGE but only use devices dictated by Sky.

iechyd da
[Android Apps and Games] TheIntruder:
Money grabbing, lies they are total incompetents..

Int

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[Android Apps and Games] stevemacer:
Some of you guys are just a joke. A fiver a month to download unlimited movies on 4 devices is completely reasonable. Are they money grabbing? Sure they are, they're a business, not a charity. You should expect to pay for additional services. This is meant to be a "development" page, not somewhere to ***** about something you have no control over. If you have nothing constructive towards to progress of the app then shut up. And if you really hate sky that much, f#*ck off to virgin, I'm sure they will give you a much better and cheaper mobile streaming and download service.....NOT.
[Android Apps and Games] wolfboy1984:
Oh hello OBVIOUS SKY EMPLOYEE. (Google+)

Welcome to the thread...

Its NOT SkyGo Extra *most* here have issue with. Its slow/non development for Android devices for normal SkyGo. Its the mis/non information Sky has fed us over a long period of time. The only reason they have improved it recently is because of SkyGo+. Android out sells iOS yet they have consistently said otherwise. Obvious tie in.

You aren't a mod here don't try to be. It's quite unbecoming.
[Android Apps and Games] TheIntruder:
Kiss my a***

Back to the den of liars with you...

And try reading the thread its got nothing to do with Sky now blind or just ignored the thread title....

Int

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[Android Apps and Games] superward:
To get back on topic...

I successfully managed to get Sky Go installed on my Samsung Galaxy Tab 2 10.1 using the method someone mentioned a couple of pages back. Was fairly simple and all done within a few minutes.

1. Rooted my device

2. Installed device spoofer from Google Play

3. Spoofed device to Samsung Galaxy Tab 2 7.0

4. Accessed Google Pay, downloaded Sky Go

5. Logged into Sky Go, got the 'we do not support rooted deviced' message

6. Unrooted device using SuperSU

7. Restarted tab

8. Access Sky Go and it all worked.

The quality takes about 30secs to settle down and it isn't great (as it is set up for a 7 in screen obviously) but it is certainly good enough to watch and I am delighted with the result for now until it's officially supported.
[Android Apps and Games] sheepybach:
Update for you. Email from Sky to some Tech sites say the trial are using ipad mini's and Tab2 7.0, but as they didn't not have any Tab2 7.0 with them they put an ipad in a case so it didn't stop the launch of the trial. Now if that is the case then some one from Sky PR needs to be sacked due to what they say they did but also in the fact that an ipad was being used not an ipad mini like they claim, also it says Samsung Galaxy Note Tablet and not as Sky is trying to say an Samsung Galaxy Tab 2 7.0. Now 5 yr old's can tell the difference and Sky wants us to believe that the who shooting match was a bust, wrong devices, wrong written information come on we know sky lie but to try this is beyond crazy.

iechyd da
[Android Apps and Games] combat goofwing:
Posted that on the sky forum for you sheepy,seeing as they have banned you off
[Android Apps and Games] sheepybach:
Thanks lol. I was just reading it on the forum and thinking to my self that sounds familiar but I couldn't think from where lol, so checked on here and seen your post lol old age don't come on it's own. Twice in a liitle over a week Sky have been caught lying to customers and now they have closed ranks. Just like Sky lol

iechyd da
[Android Apps and Games] bam82:
Alright, I got sick of not being able to watch the football in the office on a Sunday so I unrooted my desire s.

Just realised that as I am on a panther plan from Orange (uk) I can watch sky sports through the swapables website http://orangeworld.co.uk/r/swapable/.

I previously thought you still watched through the sky go app so it wouldn't work if rooted but I wonder if the root checks are still as bad through the orange website.

Has anyone tried this on a rooted device? Can anyone who is on orange and rooted give it a go and report back? Cheers
[Android Apps and Games] Darkfunnyguy:
I manage to install the spoofer device and installed succesfully the sky go app but can you tell how to unrooted device using SuperSU please as I get the 'we do not support rooted deviced' message when I logged in?

Did you open up SuperSU and then clicked on Full unroot then rebooted your smartphone/device please?
[Android Apps and Games] sheepybach:
http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=2045403 Have a look here as he is the person that has done this. It also answer your question.

Iechyd da
[Android Apps and Games] Darkfunnyguy:
Yes I did a full unroot and rebooted but it still came up with the same message on sky go. I am it assume the problem my xperia v is on unlocked bootloader which maybe the reason it still detecting as rooted. Also tried OTA Rootkeeper but that did not work either.

Unless there is a another reason I probably have to try to root the device without unlocking the bootloader.

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Then again maybe I need to do Full Unroot and reboot then goto playstore and install the skygo, maybe it work that way.
[Android Apps and Games] chrisw99:
I just started a thread asking if there is a way to toggle S-ON in my bootloader in case Sky Go was checking that, but I was reliably informed apps from the OS cannot check bootloader secure status.

Today I reverted to stock kernel, stock recovery. Uninstalled Voodoo. Unrooted. Renamed /system/xbin

Wiped cache+dalvik

Installed SkyGo fresh from store

And still it says cannot use on rooted phones! Yet everything else needing root now fails.

Just what is it checking? I am determined to find out...
[Android Apps and Games] wolfboy1984:
Apple's tablet market share now down to 43% for the last quarter...

Still 95% if you ask anyone at Sky HQ tho.