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[Android Apps and Games] Lennyuk:
right those of you with an sgs2, change your build.prop ro.build.version to 2.3.5 (regardless of rom) and you should be able to log into the app.

Now we need to work on fixing this root issue, it may be that we need (as a very basic fix) two update.zips on our sd card, one that removes root and one that adds it back then we just flash the one required before using the skygo app and then add root back after. (just an idea)
[Android Apps and Games] Zammo76:
So has anyone managed to get SKy Go to stream video content using Voodoo RootKeeper, as it doesn't work on my rooted HTC Desire?
[Android Apps and Games] Lennyuk:
OTA rootkeeper does remove root, but it doesn't seem to help skygo, I am wondering if there is a fault with the app. We need someone with no root to confirm that any channel other than SkyNews is working.
[Android Apps and Games] Kermagod:
3. Those on unsupported devices but rooted
[Android Apps and Games] mrjeffery:
Please don't forget the HDMI out restriction!
[Android Apps and Games] ItsTobias:
Sky Go More than 2 Devices

!!EDIT!! Some people have been finding when you create a new account when following this guide, the new account has the devices from the first account replicated into it, any modifications to the devices in the new account affect the original account, I am sorry but I think this is what is "meant" to happen when a new account is created. I dont know of any fix for this unfortunately. !!EDIT!!

Hey Guys, I made a post earlier in this thread stating I knew how to get round the 2 device restriction, several people messaged me asking me for instructions on how to do so, I didnt realise so many people had been restricted by it, however, I was at work and couldnt post a follow up then so here it is.

I am not sure where I should post this, but this thread seems a good enough place at the moment as here is where people will be looking at information about the android sky go app so here goes:

I am not sure if this should be possible via the sky system or whether its just a very unpublished "feature" but you dont have to do anything dodgy to do this, I noticed it was possible when i was setting up an additional user for my housemate.

Basically the gist of this workaround makes use of the ability to link multiple sky user accounts together, if you know how to create sky user accounts, the solution is as simple as to create some more accounts and add more devices to the other accounts. for those who dont know how to do that I have more details below.

I am not sure whether this works for people who pay for the online subscription rather than have the sky service installed in their house. I have sky installed and it works for me.

!!EDIT!! It seems people who only have sky go subscription cannot perform the verify your sky id step and therefore cannot create additional users, not sure if this applies to everyone but quote below from skimminstones says it doesnt work for him with just a sky go subscription !!EDIT!!

Go here and login using your original Sky ID /password:

(I dont think I can post links yet so you will have to make the link)

https:// skyid. sky .com/signin/mysky

Go to Profile & Settings > Additional Users

Click setup an additional user.

Follow the steps to setting up a new user, you need another email address and thats about it really.

Login on the unregistered device with the newly created sky ID/pw

you will now be able to register 2 new devices to this account, the original account will still have the two devices registered.

you can have 9 additional users so 10 accounts in total, meaning you actually register 20 devices, more than most people will need I would think ;)

Good luck, hope this helps those that where being restricted by two devices.

Please avoid replying to this comment in this thread, pm me replies and I will edit this post with information on peoples success with this if you would like. I dont want to hijack this thread at all as really want to see the Sky go app working on my phone.

If a mod wants me to move this somewhere else I am more than happy to do so, but I dont think XDA has a specific sky forum :S
[Android Apps and Games] dave_uk:
Have heard analogous reports that the app works fine if using a supported, unrooted device. However some reporting that previously rooted devices, that have since been unrooted, don't work either.

Sounds like this root protection is pretty severe stuff :(
[Android Apps and Games] gumbald:
Any chance of a clue? :)
[Android Apps and Games] dips44:
Desire_HD

So there is alot of information on the 100+ pages. I have a DESIRE_HD running android revoloution 6.3.1. What do i have to do to get SKY GO working on all channels? Thanks
[Android Apps and Games] italia0101:
Anyone heard of xcon? ... that's what apparently got sky go to work with jail broken iPhones...

My uncle has just come over to show me it working on his iPhone ... he was smug lol
[Android Apps and Games] Lennyuk:
Xcon is a series of hacked apps for iOS removing the checks, doesn't help us it just shows that iOS have to do the same as what we are trying to do here.

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[Android Apps and Games] italia0101:
Maybe we can ask them where the checks were so we can take them out
[Android Apps and Games] Lennyuk:
The iOS app is completely different, checks are different and where they are in the app will be different too.

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[Android Apps and Games] Zammo76:
The only way that this has been worked out so far is to run a stock ROM and then use Voodoo OTA and install skytest.apk then just switch to this via nandroid every time you want to watch Sky Go.

Luckily Sucramco has kindly created a nandroid backup doing just that:

http://xdaforums.com/showpost.php?p=23078353&postcount=1083
[Android Apps and Games] daz_2000:
Any joy with wifi tabs yet?
[Android Apps and Games] Zammo76:
Nope.

So has anyone managed to get hold of the stock HTC Desire Kernel and try this on a custom ROM (which uses Sense) to see if Sky Go works?

I can't find one for the life of me and though another forum member pointed me in the direction of a thread which shows you how to unpack a nandroid boot img, it was beyond me.
[Android Apps and Games] GingaB:
Which version are you looking for? HTC released a cut down version of GB ROM for Desire few months back. I wos hoping to test it's Sense Kernel on MIUI custom ROM (it probably wont work as its made for Sense ROM) but I cant find it anywhere!
[Android Apps and Games] Zammo76:
Yeah that one would have been OK.

Actually I just tried to search for it given the info you just wrote and came up with the following possibly Spanish website that lists every HTC DESIRE kernel, unfortunately every link is to megaupload and the arse hat FBI have closed it down.

Checkout the links in it, what losers.

http://www.htcmania.com/mediawiki/index.php/Índice_de_Kernels_HTC_Desire
[Android Apps and Games] gascomm:
murdoch really is an arse. how purile to block rooted devices on an app which requires a paid sky account to function anyway? how petty!

on HTC Flyer (officially unsupported device) running stock rom: everything is working perfectly with Gumbald's 0.1.5 test APK. whereas on my supported HTC Desire (rooted) neither Gumbald's or the official apk play anything other than Sky News. BOO!

the app itself really does need to include all subscribed channels available thru the boxes before it'll gain regular use.
[Android Apps and Games] GingaB:
That sucks!! Found something that might be worth looking into. Its on top of the list "HTC Desire Android 2.3 Upgrade" Perhaps we could source the kernel out of that RUU?

http://htcdev.com/devcenter/downloads
[Android Apps and Games] chrisw99:
On my HTC Sensation I've just updated to the latest Android HD revolution built on the latest stable HTC ICS rom, and with Voodoo to hide the root and Gumbauld's 1.5 I can play Sky News, but not the premium channels.

I wasn't expecting anything to work on ICS, not even Sky News, so that's promising.

So whatever Voodoo was doing to hide the root on Stock gingerbread worked, but not on Android HD ICS.
[Android Apps and Games] Bojanglez:
OK I have Sky Go fully working on a rooted S2 running a custom ICS Rom (Resurrection 9.5). Here is how I did it...

Installed ICS Rom (XXLPH based)

Flashed stock XXLPH Kernel using Mobile ODIN

Modified /system/build.prop so that android version is 2.3.7

Rebooted

Hid root with OTA Rootkeeper

Installed Sky Go from Market

A bit long-winded but it works on a nice custom ICS ROM, thanks for LennyUK for pointing out the build.prop adjustment in the google doc.

Hopefully this helps others (Willie_Heckerslyke) achieve the same as I know they have been trying.
[Android Apps and Games] Lennyuk:
Don't mean to be rude but this doesn't help at all, I said on day one this is how you get it to work on the sgs2.

What we really need to do is work out why custom kernels don't work and work out a way around that, then we could use it on say cm9.

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[Android Apps and Games] Willie_Heckerslyke:
Thanks for that Bojanglez ;)

Can you point me in the direction of where you got the stock XXLPH kernel plz?
[Android Apps and Games] Bojanglez:
I know, I was just confirming that it could be done on a custom ROM with the stock kernel (and how I achieved that). I agree this does not really help solve the 'why' but it might help some others with the 'how' for now.

Until I did it I had no idea how to do this other than flashing a proper leaked samsung ROM/Kernel, but as I hate the stock ROMs this was not an acceptable fix, just trying to help others that might want to do the same.

---------- Post added at 04:14 PM ---------- Previous post was at 04:10 PM ----------

Sure... http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1510560

I had to install busybox after I flashed that in order to be able to edit my build.prop using vi, as the traditional method of pull/push didn't work once that kernel was installed. I also had to temporaraly make the /system/ directory writable...

su
mount -o remount,rw none /system

then switch it back after editing the file

mount -o remount,ro none /system
[Android Apps and Games] Donna80:
The app works great on my HTC Desire Z (which annoyingly wasn't in Sky's approved list). Cheers!

It doesn't quite work on the Samsung Galaxy Y though as you cannot scroll to see an Accept option on the T&Cs screen following the login screen, possibly due to a different resolution, and I cannot find a way to bypass/accept the Terms message.
[Android Apps and Games] Stu|:
I'll join in on the attempting to crack this, had a quick look through the app at work. Do we have a proper thread to discuss without all the nonsense posts?
[Android Apps and Games] Willie_Heckerslyke:
Oh gawd....thanks again Bojanglez, but all that busybox stuff is alien to me I'm afraid... :(

I take it just flashing the stock kernel by itself won't get it working as it'll recognise the ICS ROM will it?? :rolleyes:
[Android Apps and Games] gumbald:
In a word, no. Better doing it out of Sky's view too... Drop me an e-mail to my username at gmail if you want a summary of what I know.
[Android Apps and Games] teosnew:
cannot getit the app working

hello lads,

just got myself a lenovo a1 tablet and trying to get sky go working. as i couldnt even find the app in the market i downloaded it from the first post kindly provided by the member. however, after an installation it asked me to log in and i did. then a message poped up saying 'the device isnt supported '

is there any other way to get it working?

many thanks
[Android Apps and Games] Donna80:
Page 66 of this thread.
[Android Apps and Games] mazimo:
What about on ICS Asus Tranformer

Ive read a lot of posts, but as far as i can see i have to root and hide roots on my transformer. This isnt a good thing to do if you want to stay under warranty is it? I cant see any way of getting sky go on my Tablet but then i saw a youtube clip with someone playing from his Asus. PLEASE HELP!!!
[Android Apps and Games] ac_utd:
Same here :confused:
[Android Apps and Games] teosnew:
hi thanks for reply, but as above do not feel like rooting the tab and then covering it all up just to get that stupid app working. i think ill just wait paitintly till someone gets fixes sorted or even better if sky people will take the responsinility and issue a proper working stuff
[Android Apps and Games] Zammo76:
I've just checked my phone and I have been running a stock Kernel all along, including all the times I was trying to get my phone working on a custom ROM. So I've hit a brick wall.
[Android Apps and Games] TheIntruder:
Anyone tried a rooted stock rom and kernel on the EVO 3D does ota rootkeeper work?

Int

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[Android Apps and Games] gumbald:
Is it wi-fi only?
[Android Apps and Games] mazimo:
yup sure is
[Android Apps and Games] daz_2000:
Youtube link?
[Android Apps and Games] gumbald:
Wi-fi only devices aren't working yet. Unless I've missed something...
[Android Apps and Games] Lennyuk:
One or two people claimed to have it working, can't work out how though.

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[Android Apps and Games] Amazing_Antony:
Yep - Works fine..
[Android Apps and Games] TheIntruder:
Great news cheers for the reply...

Int

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[Android Apps and Games] shedrule1:
iv done a pretty extensive search on youtube for the transformer using sky go and can only come up with one but its wasnt sky go they were using splashtop streaming software....

so i dont think anyone has it working on wifi only tablets just tabs that have 3g capability

Arabest

Dave
[Android Apps and Games] gascomm:
the wireless fairy must have updated my 16gb HTC flyer (wifi only) overnight.
[Android Apps and Games] Donna80:
Is the resolution issue likely to be unfixable, until Sky get round to it please?
[Android Apps and Games] gumbald:
Aha. Must be another manufacturer variation then. Great.
[Android Apps and Games] ICHAPMAN:
Hi,

For reference, I've a HTC Flyer (3G/Wifi - 32Gb) running Honeycomb.

The Honeycomb installation is GLOBATRON Honeycomb leak - which as I understand is effectively a rooted version of the released Honeycomb without any other tweaks.

Using Gumbald versions of the Sky Go Application I can successfully log in, and access Sky News. Premium channels just sit there with "Loading...".

I've tried to OTA Rootkeeper to hide my root status, but this does not help.

As I say, purely for reference in case any other HTC Flyer users are looking to try this.

Iain.
[Android Apps and Games] RED_:
Free thanks for above poster, i clicked the wrong thing haha :D

Anyway, have they let us register more devices now? I thought it was ridiculous that they created this app and still only let you register two devices. I have my laptop and my Dads PC at work. Pointless.
[Android Apps and Games] loganno:
Guys I would try "sky go" on my Galaxy Transformer or Nexus, there is news?

How do I use "go sky" on more than 2 devices?
[Android Apps and Games] bobjbain:
I'm guessing you live with your parents otherwise you may be getting a visit from Sky :D

Agree that 2 registered devices is a tad restrictive may have been more sensible to have 2 concurrent devices allowed to watch!
[Android Apps and Games] gumbald:
This is for Sky UK users, if you subscribe to Sky in Italy, you're in the wrong thread!
[Android Apps and Games] daz_2000:
Hey gumbald. Just wondered if you are still looking at getting it working on wifi tabs? Or should i give up hope?
[Android Apps and Games] TheIntruder:
Can confirm on a evo 3d that if I restore stock rooted backup then download ota rootkeeper and hide root install skygo_1.5_mod all channels work...

Int

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[Android Apps and Games] gumbald:
Not given up on anything!
[Android Apps and Games] Zammo76:
I managed to do this by going to sky.com logging on then clicking My Sky, then Profile & Settings and then Additional users. Then click Set up an additional user and add a person. Then you should be able to add two new devices.

I did hear a rumour that Sky has closed this loop hole but I can still do it. :confused:
[Android Apps and Games] bobjbain:
You must have been lucky, that hasn't worked for me :(
[Android Apps and Games] Lennyuk:
for this to work you cannot sign into a PC with the newly created account or it will block it, only use the additional account on the mobile app

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[Android Apps and Games] Slymobi:
Can you explain a bit more what you mean,

I have main account set up with laptop and iPod touch skygo.

1 additional users set up with pc and mobile.

2nd additional user set up with ipad

I don't want to lose any so can you tell me what NOT to ever do so I don't lose any.

Regards.

sent from the old xda app cos the new one sucks.
[Android Apps and Games] japester36:
LennyUK is spot on. I found the same when creating an additional user account.

The first time that you log in to the new account should be from your Sky Go app on your phone (interestingly, will also work from an Xbox 360) and this seems to be the trigger to allow two different devices from the main account.

Once this has been done then it doesn't seem to matter where you next log in to the new account...... although I don't want to mess with this too much and find I'm wrong!
[Android Apps and Games] Slymobi:
!! I have no problems using any of my registered devices,even my PC which Lenny says will trigger the device lists back to same 2 over all additional accounts. Am I misunderstanding something?

sent from the old xda app cos the new one sucks.
[Android Apps and Games] TheIntruder:
This thread is going way of topic it has nothing to do with devices.. If you're a sky customer go to their forum for device registration help...

Int

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[Android Apps and Games] johnpaul777:
installed it on galaxy I9000 but no sucees in Ist 2 attempts .. then it worked fine ... thansks ;)
[Android Apps and Games] Slymobi:
!!!!! My point was that my allowed devices hasn't been reset to 2.

Oh yeah lets go to sky officially so that they can see I have 5 devices and then they restrict my devices?? Not a very good piece of advice,if this is bordering on o/t then maybe the workaround method post should be classed as o/t too.

I'm not having a go but the device registration was a major factor of why some members,including myself couldn't get the app to work. so in my eyes is in no way off topic.

Regards.

sent from the old xda app cos the new one sucks.
[Android Apps and Games] TheIntruder:
If you have 5 devices registered you deserve all you get, nowt like taking the piss is there?

Int

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[Android Apps and Games] Slymobi:
Now your making this off topic,I deserve only to be able to watch my paid subscription in any which way I choose. If you class this as taking the piss then I suggest you remove skygo from your android phone as in the same respect,your taking the piss too then. End.

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[Android Apps and Games] RED_:
So looking at the last few replies there could be a way to get around the 2-devices thing but then we move onto the next problem. This app is not ICS supported so i keep getting FCs. Fantastic.

No chance i'm downgrading just for this app. Oh well!
[Android Apps and Games] gumbald:
Have you installed the patched version to get around the OS check or are you on the stock version?
[Android Apps and Games] vwvanman:
It works on SGS2 running ICS...

Just flash a stock kernel and hide root.
[Android Apps and Games] bobjbain:
I had 1.5 working on ICS on my HD2, just couldn't watch any channels except the News one :(
[Android Apps and Games] vwvanman:
using a stock kernel or one with CWM?
[Android Apps and Games] bobjbain:
No such thing as a "stock" kernel for the HD2, it's was designed for WM6.5 and some very clever people have "shoehorned" Android on to it.
[Android Apps and Games] Lennyuk:
Find a kernel that has ro.secure=1 set, you might need to get someone to build one for you.

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[Android Apps and Games] nbkhan:
hi

if flash custom rom will skygo count it as different device ? cause i want to flash different roms on galaxy s2

thanks
[Android Apps and Games] badboy365:
do you know anyone who could do this? i have been searching for help getting this on hd2 and could not find anything at all.

many thanks
[Android Apps and Games] Amazing_Antony:
Anyone got any ideas on why the sky go app stops working for me once I deodex my stock rom. Is there anything obvious im missing? The app works fine up until the point its deodex!!!!
[Android Apps and Games] Zammo76:
Yes it will but look a couple of pages back at the last post I made and it details a way to get more than two devices on your Sky Go account.
[Android Apps and Games] gumbald:
It shouldn't, they're checking against IMEI.
[Android Apps and Games] chrisw99:
Has anyone explored the possibility, instead of coming up with hacked Sky Go applications, actually hacking the underlying ROM so that Sky Go thinks you are running on an official supported non rooted ROM?
[Android Apps and Games] Lennyuk:
1) yes

2) much larger problem as think of how many different roms on different phones there are!

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[Android Apps and Games] chrisw99:
Do different roms/phones matter? You just need a little noddy app that you run on any rooted rom that saves your current rom info, then hacks android to make it think you are a non rooted HTC sensation for instance. Then another press of this app restores your rom info. An app like that should be generic, *if* the actual settings are possible to be changed to do this.
[Android Apps and Games] bobjbain:
Thanks lenny, I asked on the HD2 forum and someone gave me instructions for setting ro.secure=1 in the kernel I used.

I have done so and installed in my ROM.

I am now watching Aerobics OZ Style at my desk at work.

Must say the picture quality is excellent..
[Android Apps and Games] droid_1989:
Wondering if anyone could help me, I can't seem to find the sky go app in my market, i'm running a custom ROM/Kernel(yes I know it doesn't work yet).

But it would help if it showed up in my market, even if I can download the app and it doesn't work it's a start(i've got the apk, but I would rather have it from the market).

I've checked my market settings with marketunlocker and it's all fine, has the o2 UK codes. I'm wondering if it's anything to do with my build.prop file?
[Android Apps and Games] Donna80:
Does anyone know please?
[Android Apps and Games] mazimo:
17 days and no solution

Its been 17 days since the first post and still we dont have the app working on a fully licenced ICS phone / tab. And we were abusing them for taking 6 months to get it working! Maybe they (sky) didnt sell their soul to the d(A)e(P)v(P)i(L)l(E)
[Android Apps and Games] jamesking420:
Hi,

I have a SGS2 i9100 and I have a custom ICS ROM on it ("Simplistic" RC6 UP1). This is working fine for me, so if possible, I don't intend to upgrade until the proper release of ICS from Samsung. I have a kernel version XXLP6 that came with the ROM. I cannot see the stock kernel for this version in the stock kernel thread.

Can anyone tell me what stock kernel I can use with this ROM? Or, alternatively, if I can safely use Chainfire root kernel XXLP6. This would be great as I could then keep CWM!

Thanks,

James
[Android Apps and Games] zolah:
Gumbalds uploaded apk works perfect on my galaxy nexus....
[Android Apps and Games] mazimo:
Sorry, i was being selfish, ive got a Wifi Transformer on ICS and a HD2 on ICS. :(
[Android Apps and Games] Lennyuk:
Great news, fancy telling me how you did it as I am a kernel noob myself but want to learn. :-) I managed to find the fix but don't know how to apply it myself haha.

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[Android Apps and Games] Lennyuk:
Can't use cf-root as it is you need ro.secure=1 set.

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[Android Apps and Games] s2dh:
Will this work with any Kernel..?

I am on Siyah and wonder if this change (ro.secure=1) will make this work on my SGS2 or is this HD2 specific..?..?
[Android Apps and Games] Lennyuk:
Should work on all kernels, that was my thinking anyway. Not tested fully yet, but seems solid.

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[Android Apps and Games] darren1:
Is this the ro.secure= in default.prop? Could we not just edit it as root?