yashsingh1/xdaforums huggingface dataset:
[Android Apps and Games] rferrett:
Sorry dude getting a wee bit carried away there!
[Android Apps and Games] gumbald:
Have they really got nothing better to do? Decompiled, made no changes, recompiled with test keys. Error "1" when you open it.

Sky, please spend this time working on being useful AND SUPPORT ICS that you know it will work fine on, then we wouldn't be having to do this! Especially now as you allow people to install on ICS from the market, that'll lead to a few confused people!
[Android Apps and Games] hshah:
Have they really done nothing? :confused:
[Android Apps and Games] CR5N:
Sky suck. Not working here anymore - knew i shouldn't have posted on here as the incompetent fools are reading this thread.

We wouldn't need a hacked app if they pulled their fingers out of their bscksides.

There are additional permissions on the official update.
[Android Apps and Games] gumbald:
Ho hum.

That's from "INITIALIZATION_STATUS_RESOURCE_ALLOCATION_FAILED" which seems to come from their DRM stuff.
[Android Apps and Games] hshah:
Is that real?
[Android Apps and Games] hshah:
Meanie! Confusing me :p
[Android Apps and Games] bombaybadboy:
"We aim to launch Sky Go on Android OS v4.0 as soon as possible once it has been rigorously tested, to ensure you will get the best possible Sky Go experience. We will provide further updates once testing has been completed." In short there is no ETA on an update for 4.0

We will be on jellybean b4 sky get there act together
[Android Apps and Games] aliburns:
Their development times aren't exactly helped by their policy of starting with customised phones. It should be Nexus S and Galaxy Nexus first as these are the vanilla versions of ICS. But it won't be, it will be a small selection of HTC and Samsung devices each with a manufacturer customised version of Android.
[Android Apps and Games] Camel Chops:
So sky manage to make the required changes that ensure we can't use the 0.1.5 apk but still can't release it for ics. It's an absolute joke! Sky are a disgrace!
[Android Apps and Games] bombaybadboy:
i read that the only change is a on demand service on the apk now
[Android Apps and Games] Camel Chops:
"There is a problem parsing" - keep getting this error message. Any reason why?
[Android Apps and Games] Restorer:
Not only that but seems we can't use apps like OTA Rootkeeper any more to hide root on supported devices even running stock ROMs :(. Looks like they have found a way to force us to unroot permanently or do without Sky Go :crying:.
[Android Apps and Games] Demus007:
No longer working on Samsung Galaxy Tab 10.1 3g

Hi Gumbald,

First of all, I'd like to thank you for the hours of viewing pleasure that you'd given with your original apk. Just to let you know the v2 version as shown above (downloaded via Dropbox) installs but says its an unsupported device and doesn't log in.
[Android Apps and Games] bombaybadboy:
if you downloaded the one on my post that one wasnt Gumbalds, that was just one i borrowed off of the market to open up to see how it worked, i was on my mobile and was an easy way to transfer to my pc to take apart, sorry i should have deleted it, sorry if i caused any confusion, just wanted to see if the root detection in it could be minipulated, deleting now
[Android Apps and Games] Demus007:
No problem Bombay, we're all working towards the same goal, the original Gumbald apk now points me to an update which I can't install from the market so i tried your upload. Basically Sky seem to be forcing all users to update the app and then once you've updated, Sky seem to know which devices aren't supported and block access again.
[Android Apps and Games] bombaybadboy:
Old apk is dead now i think, some people who already have it installed may get away with update for short while but we do need a new apk now, im ok for cracking games but this is new for me so i wanted to take the new app apart see what makes it tick so to speak
[Android Apps and Games] Crofty79:
Xperia S

Hi all I have been running the skygo app, one from here with the device detection deleted.

Sky have released an update and now it won't work.

Am I going to have to root my device to get it to work?

I have a Xperia S unrooted
[Android Apps and Games] hshah:
If anything, unrooted is better as the Sky Go app checks for rooted devices and is designed not to work with them :mad:
[Android Apps and Games] KingfisherUK:
Sky have updated the app description on Google Play with the following:

**Sky Go support for Ice Cream Sandwich will be released later this month**

Based on past experience with Sky, I won't be holding my breath.....
[Android Apps and Games] sheepybach:
sky

To true and it makes no sense the way sky are going about things.

iechyd da
[Android Apps and Games] bryansandrew:
my sky go needs updating!

I have a Samsung galaxy s 3. I had recently downloaded the sky go app from the xda site. It worked fine till I tried this morning. It is now asking me to update the app. Does anyone know how to do this.

Please help.

Thank you!!!!!
[Android Apps and Games] hshah:
Well boo hoo for you... it works for everyone else :rolleyes:
[Android Apps and Games] aliburns:
Even when it is released it will only be for the phones the lead developer's grandson and mate down the pub have.
[Android Apps and Games] gumbald:
Download it from Google Play. It won't work, but that'll mean you're using the actual version.

Shame they couldn't have just kept it hidden from ICS devices until it was actually supported...

No, that just makes it more unlikely to work.

Drop me an e-mail to my username at gmail.
[Android Apps and Games] Jim255:
It was great to have the Sky Go app from here on my Galaxy Note. Same as above for me. The app now asks for an update which disables it on my phablet. So now I cross my fingers and wait for Sky to include my device, or (more likely) XDA saves me again!
[Android Apps and Games] x2srj:
I'm sure you'll be happy by the end of the month as long as you're not rooted ;-)
[Android Apps and Games] Jim255:
No rooting here for me. I had rooted my SIII to ICS before the official update, but Mrs. 255 now has that bit of kit. The Note is my main concern, but I do have a Galaxy Tab and also an S Advance. I am hoping that I can get the Sky Go on the Tab ideally. I have a Slingbox set up, but Mrs. 255 doesn't take to kindly to me switching channels from down the pub when she is trying to catch up with 'Pro celebrity dancing on X voice factor' or whatever.

I look forward to the end of the month immensely!
[Android Apps and Games] Restorer:
Yeah, it would be great if the few of you who know what you're doing got together ;).

Any donkey work you need from us non-dev types - testing ,logging , diffing files etc - just put out the word :good:.
[Android Apps and Games] italia0101:
End off July they have announced ics and on demand support ...

Which is great but by that time I'll prob on on jelly bean ...
[Android Apps and Games] Tonesav:
Sky go app was updated today to play some anytime plus as well as the limited tv.

unfortunately the update now believes my unrooted phone to be rooted and will not play any thing

Originally my phone was rooted but unrooted for this app

Great move sky lol
[Android Apps and Games] bombaybadboy:
I had a play around with this new apk and no luck, i tried to patch and it just blocked streaming. Think this update is more a security update. There is a message on the market saying another update by end of the month for ics, so any work done on this apk may be for nothing. Dont think hiding root with.voodoo will be any use too
[Android Apps and Games] voyager_s:
Great...just when I finally got gumbalds apk to work on my rooted non stock note, they go and release another update.

Now the app is prompting me to update before o can stream. Obviously that's a sure no no.

Oh well...I guess I'll just wait for another xda modified apk to try out again based on the new updates.

Thanks everyone for ur continued good efforts. :o
[Android Apps and Games] flakjak:
Good awakening by sky. Otherwise they would have encouraged hacking.
[Android Apps and Games] maxbiaggi30:
Well I was "forced" to update the Sky Go app yesterday and sure enough it's pinged the Voodoo Rootkeeper and is giving the dreaded "Sky Go not supported on rooted Android devices"

I've a Galaxy S2 running the speedmod kernel 2.6.35.7 and Gingerbread 2.3.6

What are my alternatives to get Sky Go working?

Will "unrooting" do it and if so are there any "How to" or youtube guides if so?

Thanks.
[Android Apps and Games] Jim255:
From reading back in this thread, it is apparent that unrooting will not help, since the modified version of the app is no longer working as Sky have increased the security. As it stands, you have to have a non-rooted (as opposed to unrooted), supported smart phone. (Please correct me if I am wrong on the un-rooting, anyone!)
[Android Apps and Games] rferrett:
These things are always a bit cat and mouse anyway.

In time we will get a solution for a bit, then Sky will block it, rinse and repeat....
[Android Apps and Games] bombaybadboy:
from what i see unrooting wont help so far, taking back to stock GB 2.3.5 because 2.3.6 didnt seem to like the apk (could just be my copy of 2.3.6)
[Android Apps and Games] Restorer:
I may be misunderstanding what you are saying. The new version will surely work on a supported device which been fully returned to stock condition. Sadly it looks like this is what I will be having to do once the official ICS update for Desire HD is released. SkyGo has become pretty important to me over recent months.

Not sure about the Samsungs, but running an official RUU on currently supported HTC phones will cause them to lose root and custom recovery (though s-off state should not be affected). Pretty sure the Sky app is not so clever it can tell if a phone was once rooted but has been overwritten by official stock files.
[Android Apps and Games] Jim255:
That's the bit I am not sure about either.
[Android Apps and Games] bombaybadboy:
That means if you have a root but hiding it with voodoo, it has to be an unrooted phone
[Android Apps and Games] mossywell:
To get Sky Go to work again, you have to reinstall a stock rom AND do a full wipe. For example, if you take a rooted phone, apply a stock rom (including stock kernel), it still complains that the phone is rooted. Presumably the app is now checking data as well as system. And maybe more that that.
[Android Apps and Games] Restorer:
Yes, I'm thinking now that this thread and a bit of goading in Sky's own help forums have stung the Sky developers into spending these months doing everything they can think of to lock out rooted devices.

What a pity they couldn't have spent just some of that energy in developing a decent app that worked well across the Android system instead of trying to beat down the tiny, tiny number of us who (perfectly legally and ethically) prefer to have administrative rights over our own operating systems :(.
[Android Apps and Games] bombaybadboy:
i have tried everything i no which aint a lot i no, at the point of giving up with it, even had the daft idea of making a hybrid of the new and test apk, doomed idea with the files having a 4 year difference, any one else what to have a go

http://www.4shared.com/android/FwfTOoXs/combskybskygo-4.html?

downloaded for the GS2 and untouched
[Android Apps and Games] gumbald:
4 year difference? What does this version do?
[Android Apps and Games] bombaybadboy:
stops the iphoners from using xcons constantly updating hack i guess, apk tools didnt want to decompile this apk, tried few other apk tools, but maybe because im not use to them or they didnt work i am not sure. on the plus side i found out that sdk manager has had a new 4.1 update. all i could do really was look around with programs like quick view, attempt a few adjustments and failed, everything i tried came back with error codes. what i ment by 4 years old was date of original signed test apk. i will still keep reading away for an answer just because i find it educational but i cant seem to do it
[Android Apps and Games] AdzUK:
I used the original skygo_test.apk from these forums to get Sky Go working on my rooted Galaxy Note months ago, thanks to whoever was responsible for that app. :) I've now got an S3 (rooted) and I tried 4 different Sky Go apk files but non worked, I gave up with it. Will be keeping an eye out on this thread, keep up the great work gumbald and others. :good: Sky really are a useless bunch of $%^*&
[Android Apps and Games] chutneylad:
Well there is a fix out for IOS devices so gonna transfer my account over to my iPad for the time being. Hope there will be a fix soon as would prefer it back on my G Note. :good:
[Android Apps and Games] sheepybach:
sky

Can I ask you please what Fix for idevices are you talking about, as sky updated to Ver.2.2 for IOS and all the bugs from the last year are still there plus a few new one's.

Like what has been said on here I also wish sky had spend more time sorting the app's out and not on locking it down. All sky seem interesting in doing is upsetting their customers. I came upon this on their forum and think it's great and am still a bit shocked that the post has not been pulled by the mods:--

"Just to let you know: we're testing the BBC iPlayer app on Android 4.1 Jellybean & will be releasing an app update soon."

I checked the blog and it's true lol

iechyd da
[Android Apps and Games] combat goofwing:
sky have no interest in android and only supply the most basic restricted app so they can say android is supported,we all know it works on ICS,god even the sky official app worked on it for a while until they added the restriction again, now they are saying end of the year for it working on the GS3 with ICS a full year after ICS was released.With jellybean on they way then it will be even longer to wait,they quote all these lies as to why it doesn't work and they are working to agreements with stuios etc yet they allow lap tops no restrictions, i don't think i will ever see it working on my HTC one X due to the media link function not requiring any hard ware link direct to the phone.In short sky will support IOS all day long they now hav F1 split screen etc , while on android it works officially only on phones most of which are over 12 months old,no support for Gnote,one x one s GS3, etc all top end android handsets,yet as soon as a newr version of ios is out it works that day
[Android Apps and Games] bombaybadboy:
this is the decompile of the new sky app, i have tried changing it and it doesnt like tampering, you need a proper dev for this but they mostly run ics so doubt they will be interested yet. anyone want to look this is link

http://www.4shared.com/rar/eQee5ZbN/combskybskygo-4apk.html
[Android Apps and Games] TheIntruder:
Just a thought but are they checking bootloader status ie locked unlocked or re locked? Don't know how they would go about it but seems possible to me, more so on HTC devices...

Int

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[Android Apps and Games] bombaybadboy:
Dont think thats the case because im using SGS2 and they dont have locked bootloaders like a lot of phones
[Android Apps and Games] TheIntruder:
Yeah thought about that two... Just bouncing ideas about..

Int

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[Android Apps and Games] laneyofdeath:
Also I doubt the app would be able to get permission to check loader status
[Android Apps and Games] nuclearmonkeyuk:
To be fair the old SkyGo app that was patched here before ran on my Galaxy Note with Stock ICS on it.. Should work once its been tampered with :)
[Android Apps and Games] proxmty:
unrooted (not non-rooted) is fine

I stupidly first thought you meant NEVER been rooted. Of course you didn't mean that they're not psychic.

Agree. Unfortunately it does mean that. I would go non rooted but I can't wireless tether. Screw SKy anyway, it was only the sky go app keeping me with them so they clearly don't want my custom anymore I'll just switch to a cheaper competitor.
[Android Apps and Games] TheIntruder:
Sadly they have us by the balls more so if you have the full package, vermin are more expensive....

Int

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[Android Apps and Games] proxmty:
foreign sattelite it is then...

True. But if it's just sports you're after (because we can all download high quality movies), a friend of mine gets all the sports games in HD (plus the ones not aired in UK) using the foreign, pub-style sattelite option. One for a different forum I guess but that's my next direction. Plus I guess if you're really determined there would probably be a way of streaming your TV reception to your phone, but the savings of cancelling Sky alone would be enough of a carrot for me.
[Android Apps and Games] nk33:
If its sports your after its easier to install sopcast for android then use wiziwig for all the links. More variety than sky as u can literally watch ANY event for free
[Android Apps and Games] bombaybadboy:
I personally wanted sky 1 but thanks for advice i will give that a go:)
[Android Apps and Games] Jim255:
I have a Slingbox HD, and with my fast broadband connection it works really well. However, if the Mrs. is home, it's a bit much stealing the Sky off her whilst at the pub!
[Android Apps and Games] rferrett:
Sopcast for Android? You got a link?
[Android Apps and Games] TheIntruder:
Play Store

Int

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[Android Apps and Games] Leg-Bye:
After having used the previous apk published here (you guys are wonderful!) on my stock Desire Z I kind of got hooked on using Sky Go and I now miss it a great deal thanks to their "upgrade". Unless someone here can find a workaround I may even have to consider changing my phone (which is just ludicrous since Sky say they support "the Desire range", except one :( ).
[Android Apps and Games] TheIntruder:
Evo 3D was supposed to be supported but it's not...

Int

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[Android Apps and Games] Sinbad_NI:
Complete shambles from Sky. We're obviously very low down their priority list which is a joke when the size of the android user base is factored in.
[Android Apps and Games] bombaybadboy:
As far as i could tell the old test apk from here was exactly that skys first test apk from 2008 build, everyone was lucky to use it so long before they decided to do something about it. Plus new apk so say due in a few weeks for ics, well thats what they claim
[Android Apps and Games] SatAmnesiac:
Unsupported devices?

I understand from this thread that the new app requires an unrooted phone

My SGN was fine and I imagine that it would be fine (technically) with the new app also, but, I can't see the apk on the market and I assume there isn't a hack for it.

I guess the question I'm trying to ask is - is it possible to hack the new app to work with un-rooted handsets other than the very limited number that Sky allow, or, not?

Thanks
[Android Apps and Games] bombaybadboy:
New apk has a few encrypted files so not the easyest apk to work with plus a lot of security and then they say new ics apk in the coming weeks so it will all be changed again
[Android Apps and Games] wolfboy1984:
Well done Sky developers.

I've been through a whole operating system for 9 while months while you are still upgrading. I know of 6+ single person developers that had Jellybean fixes and optimisations for their apps THE VERY SAME DAY it came out.

It's strange what can get done when you actually care about an app.

****ehawks.

Sent from a GT-I9300 running 4.1.1
[Android Apps and Games] Zammo76:
I just thought i'd relay my story it actually sounds funny as its so ridiculous.

I tried since day one to get Sky Go working on my rooted HTC Desire (and also my rooted Motorola Xoom) and finally found out, the first person on here too, that if I flashed my Desire with my stock Clockwork mod image it'd work, however this was still pretty inconvenient.

So as I had an upgrade option I decided to get a Samsung Galaxy S3 (which BTW is a brilliant phone), however I couldn't run Sky Go off the bat as I had to remove one of my two Sky Go devices, I then had to wait until I could add a new one as I had exceeded my monthly limit of changing devices. Sky give you know indication how much of the month you have left to wait so its just a case of trying every day.

Finally after several months of trying to get the app working across three different devices it started working in a way which was practical. Unfortunately the very next day I went to use it and got a message saying an update was required, when I clicked this and went to the market I got the message that my device wasn't compatible! In all fairness it does say that Ice Cream Sandwich support will be available by the end of the month but if that ever happens is any ones guess and then what happens when I upgrade to Jellybean?

Frankly Sky Go on Android has been nothing short of a joke and the way Sky have treated its Android customers is insulting. They DO have the know how to offer upgrades to support most Gingerbread + phones & tablets but are just limiting the service so they can stay within the guidelines of the BS shady contract they've drawn up with Apple and Steve Job's rotting bloated corpse.
[Android Apps and Games] stoney73:
Looks like they are playing the same tricks with their new app, sky go http://community.nowtv.com/t5/NOW-TV-Android/bd-p/Your_Questions_SettingUp
[Android Apps and Games] wolfboy1984:
http://www.asa.org.uk/complaints/how-to-complain.aspx

You have probably seen adverts for SkyGo for 'selected android phones' whilst showing a lovely new Galaxy S3; which as we are all aware is not and has never been supported.

I'm no lawyer but I'm sure at least 1 rule is being broken here.

EDIT! My complaint text was along the lines of...

'SkyGo advert for 'selected android devices' shows GalaxyS3 which is not and has never been supported as it runs Android version 4.0 and higher. I believe this is unacceptable as this 'suggests' the latest Android phones are currently supported on the phone model and/or operating system shown. The adverts have already been running for around a month. And official compatibility with 4.0 for SkyGo is still (by Sky's own admission)(todays date 17/07/12) some weeks away.' EDIT END.

You can complain along with me to the Advertising Standards Agency and (possibly) have the satisfaction of your complaint being upheld.

Even when ICS support does arrive i believe they are still in the wrong as they should have had at the very least had a caveat displayed during the last month. Eg. at bottom of screen... '#phone model shown not currently supported'. I believe the ASA would at least agree with this point and make recommendations to Sky.

MY AIM is to at least make Sky back down on their 'no hdmi out on Android' mantra. (Even tho lap tops are fine) And at most make them speed up updates and optimisations for the latest operating systems.

I enjoyed 7+ months of SkyGo on ICS with no official support; which for a company as large as Sky is frankly embarrassing.

Please take literally 2 mins to complain at the link above and with a bit of luck we might get noticed.
[Android Apps and Games] sheepybach:
Yes they are still at it with their new now tv, the Google play page for the app shows S3 phones using it when it's not an allowed device lol.

The best BS on now tv web page is that they are telling people this on the How It Works Section:--

Watch on your TV by connecting your PC or Mac with the right cable

The same they are telling customers they not allowed by contract to do. The best bit I heard the other day was that Sky were trying to find out why the Sky Go usage has dropped off so much since 2nd July lol Inept sky

iechyd da
[Android Apps and Games] wolfboy1984:
Websites are covered by ASA too. Another breach in my book. Please add this to your complaint.

ASA give you a personal reply to your initial complaint. And then keep in touch with you during the process btw.
[Android Apps and Games] gumbald:
Can someone draft a template letter to send to ASA stating the facts that we could each send?
[Android Apps and Games] wolfboy1984:
No real need - just fill in your details on link. Then fill each box with where you saw advert, on which channel...etc.

Copy and paste the complaint part from my long post but maybe mention the new app Sky Now and its website.

Your support will be appreciated.