yashsingh1/xdaforums huggingface dataset:
[Samsung Galaxy J3 (2017) ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries] loisilgasnel:
I need a custom Nouga for my phone
[Samsung Galaxy J3 (2017) ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries] beakal:
Yea my friend this problem also happened for my sm j327u phone the data keeps on 2g anybody can help.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note 8 Questions & Answers] Shadow Assassin:
I have yet to find anything about getting root for official ota oreo. Is there anything out there or in the process?
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note 8 Questions & Answers] disturbd1:
This is all handled via SamFAIL, and as of now the answer to your question is no. https://xdaforums.com/galaxy-note-8/development/root-samfail-galaxy-note8-t3685340
[Samsung Galaxy S9+ Questions & Answers] Syakx:
Hi all, I got a s9+ Exynos like 2 days a go,I have a question, does anyone else have rear camera issue on 3rd party apps like WhatsApp or Instagram? When taking pictures with flashlight on? it does not take pictures with the flashlight. In Auto mode works fine but when you do flashlight on is like the flash goes first dan the picture shot, I am not sure if it is my device or apps are not fully compatible yet.

Some feedback would be nice,

Thank you!
[Samsung Galaxy S8 Questions and Answers] Igyarmat102:
Hey everybody!

I have got an S8 in Hungary (Europe), but they send me an SM-G9500 model, so it's the asian type, from Hong Kong. My question is, will this modell get the OREO update? Or I'm just waiting for nothing? Thanks for the answers.
[Samsung Galaxy S8 Questions and Answers] totofabs:
Hi! I also have same problem.

Hi! I also have same problem. My S8 is already running on Oreo. But until now my Note8 N9500 is still way behind.

What's more? Note 8 has no native video call in contacts! WTF!
[Fire TV Android Development] rainman74:
Modified version of SkyGo for Fire TV

Sky-Go-2018.04.12.apk

Modifications:

App is up and running again

Updates blocked

Icon customized

This is the German version, the UK app cannot be patched.

.
[Fire TV Android Development] callanish:
Wish there was a U.K version of this.
[Fire TV Android Development] TheFixItMan:
Unfortunately this is for German users - not UK
[Fire TV Android Development] sparker781:
not even USA?
[Fire TV Android Development] Vivigens:
Hello Rainman74,

thank you for modifying the Sky go App. It works perfect.

One question: Is there any way to modify the Vodafone Giga-TV-App to install and use on Amazon Fure-TV-Stick2 the same way? That would be great. On Telephone the App works. Install via Sideload is possible but it won`t start...

Greetz

Viv
[Fire TV Android Development] rainman74:
I assume that the Vodafone Giga-TV-App needs Google Play Services to locate the country. You have to install Open GApps for that, if you're on a rooted device.
[Fire TV Android Development] sork1:
Hi, does this SkyGo App need the Google Play Services installed on the FireTV or does it work without them?
[Fire TV Android Development] rainman74:
Google Play Services are not needed! ;)
[Fire TV Android Development] Papa D.:
Big THX, works also fine on my LOS15.1 Handset without root, where playstore skygo app said i have root.
[Fire TV Android Development] elementarteilchen:
thanks a lot. app starts well but i can´t navigate through the menue. only scrolling down and up.
[Fire TV Android Development] rainman74:
Mouse Toggle for Fire TV
[Fire TV Android Development] Benman2785:
Hi

1. I have a much better icon (I upload tomorrow)

2. Does it remove the ads?

3. Is there a way I can do that on my own

4. What version was used? 1.9.2 or later?

It's 2:41 now - so I check it after I slept.

TY
[Fire TV Android Development] Benman2785:
???

pls make clear to my why you use appcloner - it makes no sense for me...

its possible it will read out the user and pw

to "avoid" updates you only need to change VersionCode and VersionName

if you want a 720p load-animation and a better icon - ask me ;)
[Fire TV Android Development] rainman74:
to prevent blacklisting by Amazon, no user and pw will be read either.
[Fire TV Android Development] Benman2785:
for the one with the GIGA app

you need to "landscape" it - there is a free app here https://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=2331514 // otherwise it will be portrait stretched to landscape (looks horrible)

ps i use the "Vodafone Kabel-TV App" - but i think Giga worked when i tested it some month ago
[Fire TV Android Development] schorsch9999:
Thx a lot, but one question - can you make the same with the Sky go Version 1.5.2 please?

Because this Version is

ad-free

and run faster :)
[Fire TV Android Development] Benman2785:
watch my thread instead

he doesnt provide any more updates

i use 1.9.0 (but i can add 1.5.2 if you want)

btw - i try to remove ads from 1.9.0

https://xdaforums.com/android/help/help-skygo-1-9-2-remove-ads-mod-layout-t3786017

EDIT: 1.5.2 isnt working right now - SKY blocks it from loading ;(
[Fire TV Android Development] schorsch9999:
It would be great :gut:

Btw:

A little workaround for the newer Versions :

When the add starts just go back and start the movie again, then it will start immediately

without adds :)

But for Sure, more better without adds by stock.

One more question, when you patch the 1.5.2 for me, can you change the old icon also, please (to this from actualy skygo app)?
[Fire TV Android Development] Benman2785:
pn

test it - much better icon
[Fire TV Android Development] rainman74:
Please no more requests regarding the UK version. This version cannot be patched.
[Fire TV Android Development] dom019:
I don't remember now if I had some other issue, because I had no time to try to check things, but I have some ideas to check in a more code-friendly way the smali code I edited to undestand better the edits by statto, maybe before I have some free time statto will come back and help us xD
[Fire TV Android Development] gb160:
No problem mate, thanks again for this. It would really be useful to know exactly what is done to the stock Rom to get this working.

I understand Statto was dealing with some personal stuff in his life shortly before he last posted. I only hope everything worked out good for him.
[Fire TV Android Development] dom019:
The only difference between the stock rom and statto's rom are 3 smali files, if someone has experience with smali language probably would be able to understand the changes made to the rom and help to solve the quality issue. Another way could be translating in some way this smali code in Java so It would be a bit more readable

By the way I managed to get the services.jar also for 6298, unfortunately persists the bad quality issue
[Fire TV Android Development] gb160:
Well I’ve had an eventful afternoon 😂 I flashed the rom, something went terribly wrong (most probably my fault) and I had a bricked device. I had to short the pin again and run the kamikaze scripts and I have twrp and it’s back up and running.

However after the initial boot I’m going through the setup and it can’t find my remote...I have the version with Alexa button, volume buttons, no app shortcut buttons.

So I’m kind of stuck for now as I can’t progress past this point...any suggestion?

Edit: forget that the remote is now working !
[Fire TV Android Development] gb160:
I think I need some help with this part mate... how do I enable zygote? I can only see ‘enable zygist’ in the magisk settings.
[Fire TV Android Development] dom019:
:) I don't know why appeared a "zygote", Yes It is zygisk hahaha
[Fire TV Android Development] gb160:
All good buddy. I guessed thats what you meant !

When trying to play a sky channel I had the 'sky isn't supported on Rooted Android devices' error, I just added SkyGo to the blacklist in magisk and now its all playing ok.

Only issue I now have is the picture is very squashed, im guessing the app doesn't know its in landscape mode or something similar...I know when I followed Stattos instruction he used some wmdensity command, which although solved the problem in SkyGo, it kind of adjusted the entire interface in all the Firestick menus and other apps.

How did you get around that? If the wmdensity fix is the only solution then thats fine, just thought id ask incase there was some other fix?

BTW I really appreciate your assistance with this. Its great having SkyGo working on a more recent Rom than I was using.
[Fire TV Android Development] dom019:
Can you send a video or something?

👍if I can in next days I'll upload the NS6298

Are you also having bad streaming issues while playing the channels?
[Fire TV Android Development] gb160:
Its not easy to tell the quality as its so squashed, but if I were to guess id say that its the same as it always has been.

When the stream starts it's in HD, but very stuttering...then after 10-15 seconds it's like the app realises it's struggling with the stream and falls back to a lower resolution. Then it stabilises and is very watchable, it always stabilises to 50fps which I prefer as I use Sky Go mainly for watching sports. Id rather have lower resolution at 50fps rather than Full HD at 25fps personally.

Here are a couple of screen grabs, one showing the sky app as it opens, and then showing the squashed playback im referring to:

Does your app not suffer from this? Im using SkyGo UK version,
[Fire TV Android Development] dom019:
Yes, now I remember, I got used to it, I also used the command wmdensity

yes it has the same behavior for me, but I think maybe we can improve the things, the quality is really poor don’t know if is the same for you neither a normal hd
[Fire TV Android Development] gb160:
OK I used Stattos method of fixing the weird squashed issue with:

wm density 260

after a reboot it completely solves the issue with SkyGo, but does introduce a slightly odd effect for the other menus...its something I can live with though.

Im happy some smarter people than myself are taking a look at the issues, it would be great to get these problems ironed out.

Big thanks to yourself and @Skel40 for the assistance and the Rom...if there's anything I can assist with or test feel free to ask.

Does the Rom for NS6298 change anything noticeable?

Prime and im guessing Netflix and other streaming apps aren't working but I expected that, Kodi and Sky Go are both working so im happy as thats where 99% of my content comes from.
[Fire TV Android Development] dom019:
A big assist would be checking if the app you normally use work, for prime skel suggested me to update it and then it worked for me, try to do the same and let me know, I haven’t tried with netflix but I had some problem with Dazn(concerning the streaming quality)

Edit: for prime update com.amazon.avod if you have time you can check if upgrading directly from the store works or persists the sideload problem mentioned by statto, let me know in the second case if you need the link to the updated apk
[Fire TV Android Development] gb160:
Amazon prime wasn’t installed when I first started the rom, when I tried to open it I was prompted to download it from Amazon’s own App Store. That’s the version that doesn’t play , when I selected a movie it plays for a split second and then kicks me back to the previous screen. Send me the link and I’ll sideload it and see if that changes anything.

I cut my Netflix off last month as i found myself watching less and less content on there, so I can’t test that (I presumed that Netflix wouldn’t work because Prime wasn’t working.)
[Fire TV Android Development] dom019:
Netflix should work

Download prime video from There

It should work with the latest
[Fire TV Android Development] gb160:
OK I'll try installing from there and report back.

Quick question: What are you guys using to navigate the Sky Go app? Id love to be able to navigate it with a remote but thats never worked.
[Fire TV Android Development] dom019:
Only with the mouse, I don’t know if exists some emulator of a mouse pointer
[Fire TV Android Development] gb160:
I used an app called 'mouse pointer' on 6.2.7.3 for a couple of years, but I have a suspicion when Amazon broke all the accessibility stuff that stopped working as well. I'll try it on this Rom when I have a spare moment.

Okay, I sideloaded Amazon Prime from the link you provided, the latest version, and it still doesn't work. The video plays for a split second then stops.

All the other apps I use regularly I tested (BBC iPlayer, 4OD, ITVX) are all working fine.
[Fire TV Android Development] dom019:
I don’t remember what I updated, try to update alexa media player and alexa video player which you can find in the link and let me know, I’ll check if it is not going to work
[Fire TV Android Development] gb160:
@dom019

Mate what is the correct procedure to flash these Roms? I want to flash this image to my other Firestick 4K, but dont want all the hassle I went through this time (after flashing the stick had to be revived by shorting the pin and running Kamikize again)

I used Stattos instruction for installing his Rom:

In TWRP :

- Wipe (System/Davlik/Cache/Data)

- Install the ROM (6.2.7.3-mantis-skygo.zip) from the sky.zip below (It's not rooted as doesnt need to be)

- Reboot. Go through setup on firestick as normal (Once registration is complete any OTA updates should get disabled, to block any further updates)

Obviously I used the Nightly Rom you linked to.

What did I do wrong?
[Fire TV Android Development] dom019:
It is the right procedure I don’t know why it happened with the other firestick
[Fire TV Android Development] gb160:
Yeah I just tried it on my other stick and it worked first time no problem.
[Fire TV Android Development] gb160:
@dom019 OK Ive done some testing, trying to resolve the Amazon prime issue I was facing.

I started out with the ROM from here, not the skygo rom, the standard rom from @Skel40 :

Fire TV Stick 4K 1st Gen (mantis) Rom

Fire OS 6.7.0.2 (Android 7.1.2) Pre-Rooted Magisk Rom with TZ (Recommended!!) Release: 4/21/2024 Changes: DeviceSoftwareOTA com.amazon.tv.forcedotaupdater.v2 services.jar/odex fosservices.jar/odex Added: CLH Description: This rom is...

xdaforums.com

Amazon prime work fine straight away, So I installed skygo (hiding in Magisk), and faced the usual error when opening (20190005) which im guessing is the hdmi detected error.

So I extracted the services.jar from the Nightly Rom you gave me a link to, then I did reboot recovery and swapped the services.jar with the one I extracted.

After rebooting then I could open Sky Go, login and watch the streams.

The downside is this services.jar broke Amazon Prime again.

So then I switched the services.jar file back to the one that comes in the Rom, and I have Amazon prime again, but no Sky Go.

To cut a long story short the Amazon prime issue is directly linked with the services.jar file....also your services.jar works on 6.7.0.0 for SkyGo, but not for Amazon Prime.

I wish I had a better understanding of how these service.jar files are compiled and decompiled so I could look a bit deeper. Its frustrating.
[Fire TV Android Development] dom019:
Yes I edited the unpacked services.jar to get the things working for skygo, I can confirm that in my firetv prime works and also sky go, I don’t remember what fixed it, I remember @Skel40 suggested to update something and then it worked. If you want to have a deeper look in the changes that get sky go working I can tell you the three files I edited comparing the unpacked services.jar from the stock 6.2.7.3 with the unpacked from statto’s rom
[Fire TV Android Development] dom019:
I can’t upload the rar with the unpacked services.jar, if you have telegram I have them ready and I can share them with you
[Fire TV Android Development] gb160:
I think then the difference might be our locations are different?

I'd definitely like to take a look at the services unpacked buddy, I dont have telegram though, can you zip the folder and upload it? the forum accepts zip files.
[Fire TV Android Development] dom019:
No surely doesn’t matter the locations maybe @Skel40 can help to remind what I updated :)

I’ll zip the rar and share it in a while
[Fire TV Android Development] dom019:
statto6273.zip is the services.jar unpacked from skygo original rom

cartellastock.zip is the services.jar unpacked from the stock 6273

Edit: these are the three file different from the stock rom, I used WinMerge to check the changes

UiModeManagerService.smali

phoneWindowManager.smali

appWidgetServiceImpl.smali
[Fire TV Android Development] gb160:
this is interesting mate, what program did you use to decompile the classes.dex file, and when you made changes how did you recompile back to services.jar ?
[Fire TV Android Development] dom019:
I used smali/baksmali, I think is possible to use jadx
[Fire TV Android Development] gb160:
OK I resolved my issue with Prime... Everything working fine without updating apps or anything.

I also took a more detailed look into getting Skygo working on standard devices without unlocked boot loader.

I removed all the HDMI checks and got the app opening and logging in, some on demand content playing but I noticed that my device wasn't being registered when I logged into the Sky website. To cut a long story short they check the signature of the app before allowing new devices to be registered, obviously tampered apps dont have the correct signature so they're not added, resulting in a generic error message when trying to start a stream.

I can see why Statto opted for this method (services.jar), if you can't tamper with the app the only way is to tamper with the system, which ultimately means its probably impossible to get the app working on unlocked Fire Sticks....well perhaps not impossible but way beyond my pay-grade !
[Fire TV Android Development] dom019:
I had some free time today and I took a look in the java code which came from jadx gui but I still can’t understand much, maybe you can understand something..

A part of the modifications I think regards a kind of virtual unplug of the hdmi and the other the Ui mode

Now both skygo and prime work for you?
[Fire TV Android Development] gb160:
Yeah both working perfect. There are some changes that were not necessary, I changed 1 file at a time and worked out it was the changes to UIModeManager that was breaking Prime Video. I reverted the changes to that file and now everything's working good.

I'll say one one thing, smali is a horrible language to try to work out whats going on.

I know that one change is to silence the message 'External output detected'...as after 1 change I had the streams on skygo working fine, but with the message displayed across the picture.

Something I noticed, maybe significant, maybe not:

On the Sky website my Firestick identifies as a phone, you dont think its possible that the resolution/quality could be limited based on the device they detect ?
[Fire TV Android Development] dom019:
Did you revert everything?

I experienced this problem when I firstly tried to modify the smali files then I lost hopes :(

I think it could be that, but I don’t know what are the possible ui mode, what I noted is that when an ads starts before a stream it is in fhd

An interesting thing would be checking the ui mode from an android device in which skygo works good
[Fire TV Android Development] gb160:
Yes in that 1 file only, it’s stock and everything works perfect.

I can’t really help as the only android devices I own are fire sticks. Can you check what your device is identified as on the sky website?
[Fire TV Android Development] dom019:
The strange thing is that if everything is stock in UI file it should work normally as other firestick apps

Yes I‘ll check in the weekend, don’t know how to check in the sky website because I’ve never done it, I’ll try to have a lock
[Fire TV Android Development] gb160:
I’ll double check in case I gave the wrong file name.

On the UK site you just login, go to your tv package and there’s a ‘manage’ option...in there it shows a list of your devices, in the UK you can only have 4/5 active devices I think, I often have to go and delete old devices I don’t use anymore so I can add new devices.
[Fire TV Android Development] dom019:
Android Tablet

I tried to reproduce a film, it stutters but it is in fhd
[Fire TV Android Development] gb160:
Ok is that testing skygo on different device? Or do you mean your fire stick is detected by Sky as Android Tablet?
[Fire TV Android Development] dom019:
The fire is detected as Android tablet
[Fire TV Android Development] gb160:
@dom019

quick question, now I have everything setup and working how I wish, how can I make a full backup image of my setup, so that I can easily reflash it if I ever break something and want to revert? Is there a guide somewhere?
[Fire TV Android Development] dom019:
Probably you need to backup system image, vendor image and boot, but I’m not sure if that is everything, surely anyone more experienced than me could tell what you have to backup
[Fire TV Android Development] snam11:
do you think the trick can be done also on previous version of firestick?
[Fire TV Android Development] dom019:
Hi! Do you mean get the sky go working in other version of firestick? If you mean that, I think that yes if is possible to install custom rom
[Fire TV Android Development] snam11:
that would be awesome, any tips 'n tricks?

i was struggling with magisk, hdmi disable, etc.. and i wasn't able to pass the 20190005 error...
[Fire TV Android Development] dom019:
Unfortunately I’m not (yet :)) a developer, what I did was analyzing the smali code unpacked by statto’s rom (he managed to get sky go working) which you can find in this thread, I managed to get the things working in the latest version by changing something based on statto changes. unfortunately the video streaming stutters at the start in hd and then the quality drops and is not in Hd, but it plays
[Fire TV Android Development] snam11:
so basically just a dpi change and a framework sideload is enough?

i've sent you a dm
[Fire TV Android Development] puppinoo:
Hi,

Didnt used skygo (italy) in a while but I have a spare ftv 4k I could use to install skygo.

Is that still working?

If so is there a complete rom I can flash or instructions on what and how to flash?

EDIT: My daily driver actually is a (rooted) Fire tv Cube 3rd gen. Enabling skygo (safetly) on that should be great.

Thanks.
[Fire TV Android Development] Sus_i:
Idk but take a look here:

[ROOT][MANTIS][FIRESTICK 4K] Custom Launcher Support and System Patches

CUSTOM LAUNCHER HANDLER (FIRESTICK 4K) - 6.7.0.2 This is a method to enable certain features disabled/blocked by Amazon, and this method does require TWRP to be installed on the device. This does not require any root access so you don't need to...

xdaforums.com
[Fire TV Android Development] puppinoo:
Hi, thanks a lot for advice.

Never used a CL so I have to read and understand better what to do exactly.

Could that patch work on a Cube 3 too?

Cheers.
[Fire TV Android Development] Sus_i:
I don't know. You may try it on mantis and if it works as expected, ask Pro-me3us if there is a way to do somewhat similar on the cube :)
[Fire TV Android Development] palmtur:
Hello everybody.

What type of protection does the app use to check if it has been decompiled and then recompiled (e.g. with apktool)?

Thank you
[Fire TV Android Development] puppinoo:
Hi,

I followed your advices and installed 7.0.0.2 rom + patches by @SweenWolf and right now everything Is fine.

Thanks.

Cheers.
[Fire TV Android Development] gb160:
@dom019 and anyone else:

have you noticed the quality of skygo has improved recently?

I just installed the latest version and its not falling back to the low resolution quality that it always did before...its sticking to hd and the initial stuttering when starting a channel seems much improved.
[Fire TV Android Development] dom019:
Hi there! Yes, my adaption to latest fireos based on statto’s changes and @SweenWolf patch seems to have fixed skygo and now it works fine in HD, we have to say thanks also to @hasobist and @Skel40 for their work!
[Fire TV Android Development] dom019:
Hi, I think that the patch for skygo can be adapted to fire tv too, if you have time you can share with me in PM the services folder, I don’t have this devices so I would need a bit of help for testing, but I can try