[APP] Sky Go for Android (UK ONLY)

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bobjbain

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Yes, I am sure you are right. You certainly can't blame Sky for releasing the app without ICS when even the main handset manufacturers were not yet supporting it!

But it looks now like, even given the snail's pace of rollout by our network operators, all the supported handsets will have their upgrades available by the summer. I can't see Sky being able to just ignore all this - or even wanting to! It is after all entirely in their own interest to get their shows watched as widely as possible. They have not been investing all this money just to make life more convenient for us!
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Read an article the other day in which the SkyGo developers are creaming themselves over the iPad's HD screen and are working flat out in getting more features for the SkyGo iPad app in time for launch!

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Been thinking of getting a, non-apple, tablet recently. Just seen this regading Sky and their attitude towards Android tablets :-

We are also looking to support Android tablets in the future, but the lack of market penetration and the challenge of securing content rights for this device means that it is not currently on our immediate product release roadmap. We will continue to review this position and bring you any updates as and when available.

Keep your eye on the forum, and the Help Centre for these update
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It's shocking TBH and if it wasn't for the fact that my Mrs wants CBS Drama I would cancel Sky and go to Virgin
 
rozel

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Lennyuk said:
Samsung devices, cf-root kernels will work again, it now has ro.secure=1 and hacked adb so that still works too.
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Can you explain what you mean exactly for a layman please?

I have a rooted GS2 using CF-root and am using a Stock Kernal which was flashed over this. In conjunction I use a skygotest.apk - I forget which - and using Voodoo, I can view SkyGo nicely thanks to you guys :) :) :)

I would like to revert back to my CF-root and ditch the Stock Kernal and Voodoo. Is this possible yet?
 
Lennyuk

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rozel said:
Can you explain what you mean exactly for a layman please?

I have a rooted GS2 using CF-root and am using a Stock Kernal which was flashed over this. In conjunction I use a skygotest.apk - I forget which - and using Voodoo, I can view SkyGo nicely thanks to you guys :) :) :)

I would like to revert back to my CF-root and ditch the Stock Kernal and Voodoo. Is this possible yet?
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Yes, you can hide root with chainfires superuser app that comes with cf root kernels now. You will need to make sure the kernel you use is the new version though with the fixes.

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Sounds like it from lenny's post.

What he said was that the cf-root kernels have been updated to include ro.secure=1 in the default.prop file that sky checks as part of their root check and a change to adb so that it still works properly with this property set.

So you should be able to grab the latest sf-root kernel and flash it and use the app.

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Too slow!
 
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bobjbain said:
Read an article the other day in which the SkyGo developers are creaming themselves over the iPad's HD screen and are working flat out in getting more features for the SkyGo iPad app in time for launch!

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Been thinking of getting a, non-apple, tablet recently. Just seen this regading Sky and their attitude towards Android tablets :-



It's shocking TBH and if it wasn't for the fact that my Mrs wants CBS Drama I would cancel Sky and go to Virgin
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Sky are such a bunch of merchant bankers, they really are getting on my nerves. Don't the dim wit's realise that Android tablets now account for 44.3% of the tablet market? Is that enough market penetration for them!
 
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On my Note I connect to the TV using a MHL adapter and HDMI cable and that works OK for viewing everything except Sky Go which detects the HDMI cable and stops you viewing. So I think it is a software feature and if anyone could remove that then that would be great. I am using the original skygo_test.apk.
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If I recall, the HDMI checks are only performed on HTC devices ... No ... I've no idea why either.

I should pick this up again, but the Sky Devs really annoyed me by going out of their way to obfuscate the code in the last release.
 
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sheepybach

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Zammo76 said:
Sky are such a bunch of merchant bankers, they really are getting on my nerves. Don't the dim wit's realise that Android tablets now account for 44.3% of the tablet market? Is that enough market penetration for them!
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Zammo as you know if sky had their way sky go would not be on android at all. Their infor only shows tablets with a 6% market share and nothing will make them change that figure.
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Klimt01

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Gumbald's skygo_test App Page 13

Hi All,
Please be patient I'm completely new to Android having spent the last 5 years on Apple. I now own a brand new unaltered Galaxy Note and love it. An app I miss when away from home is Sky Go which is not officially released for the Note, as yet. However it seems Gumbalds App works for most people.
So far I have downloaded off page 13 (unlucky for me it seems) Gumbalds skygo_test.apk. When it is downloaded to my PC it is renamed to skygo_test.zip.
I have unzipped it to a separate folder but cannot find anything in there that has an .apk file extention. When I go to apkinstall.com and browse for the file, useing the black button as instructed the only thing that loads in is skygo_test.zip which then says
Error(s) Found: File type isn't allowed: skygo_test.zip

Can someone please let me know how to get to the file that has .apk so I can move onto step 2 of the site.
Many thanks in advance,
Klimt
 
Klimt01

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SKY GO

Thanks Bob for the location of the lastest version.
However when I download it the .apk extension on the forum page, turns into .zip on the PC.
Is it possible for some to post a step by step instruction on how to turn the attached files on the web page into a running app on the phone.
Many thanks Again,
Klimt
 
bobjbain

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Klimt01 said:
Thanks Bob for the location of the lastest version.
However when I download it the .apk extension on the forum page, turns into .zip on the PC.
Is it possible for some to post a step by step instruction on how to turn the attached files on the web page into a running app on the phone.
Many thanks Again,
Klimt
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As lennyuk said above, rename the file so it has a .apk extension.

I've not seen this behaviour before myself.
 
Klimt01

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Sky Go

Thanks very much to Bob and Lenny.
Renamed the file extention on PC, put file in a folder on ext sd card and installed. Now I have to take a device off as I have my old iphone and laptop registered with SkyGo.
Thanks, Guys.
 
italia0101

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Strange this doesn't work on stock nexus s ics but does on stock gnexus ics ...

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Klimt01

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Sky Go

Ok not quite there....
The icon and all the menus are there and you can even selected and scroll through them all. Even the graphics are showing for each channel. BUT, once you select what you'd like to watch I'm getting

"Media Streaming"
Sorry, there was an error connecting to the stream. Please try again.(Error:26)

I'm on BT Infin wifi sitting at home.Any ideas please?

My note is on gingerbread v2.3.3

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:confused:Sorry my note is on Gingerbread v2.3.6
 
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Zammo76 said:
Sky are such a bunch of merchant bankers, they really are getting on my nerves. Don't the dim wit's realise that Android tablets now account for 44.3% of the tablet market? Is that enough market penetration for them!
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I think they have let the cat out of the bag concerning android wifi only tablets. They cannot secure their content on tablets because they have to capture an IMEI number prior to streaming. Is Error 9 happening because of this failed check?

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I have undone the patch that killed the non-present cell on my wayteq xpad 70. Gumbalds app now runs and i can watch the news. I cant watch any premium channels though and a message pops up too quick to read. Ive checked the imei and it is 012345678901234. Could this be enough to pass the first check but not the later checks.
Does anyone know where this number might be stored?
Cheers
Carrotts

Sent from my xPAD-70 using xda premium
 
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    gumbald
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    So can someone with a non-compatible handset try this? Seems too simple, but I can't try it.

    This is just a device and OS version workaround, not root.
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    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!!

    skimminstones said:
    Im not sure it does. You have to verify your id to be able to add additional users and i have been told by sky that as i inly have a skygo subscription and not an actual house installation then i cant verify my id. Seems its not available
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    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
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    gumbald
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    darren1 said:
    Wifi only tablets seem to be coming up with "unknown error" when trying to view channels. I have a Archos 70 and Hannspree Hannspad both of which are doing this. Both allow me to sign in but will not let me view any channels Sky News or paid. Also people with Nook Color and Asus Transformer TF101 seem to have the same. So how is the app picking up on this?
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    Interesting link - I think I know why this is happening, let me try something, I'll upload it in a bit.

    EDIT: Try the 0.1.3 version. I can't test this at the moment for wi-fi only device, but the app runs without a problem on my phone.
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    deapaul said:
    Hi great work guys.
    after downloading and installing the hacked sky go i no longer get the unsupported device message, i then choose a channel and it loads up to 100 percent then i get a streaming error (error:37) message. Anyone else having this problem?. Thanks again guys.
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    darren1 said:
    I also get the (error37) on my Orange Monte Carlo (ZTE SKATE) using all the skygo_test apks when trying to view Sky News.
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    Looks like this error is "live viewing general error" - has it ever worked? Could be temporary on their side.

    Coline1 said:
    Tried both apk 1.2 and 1.3 last night on an Acer A500 Iconia with unrooted Honeycomb 3.2 rom, still doesnt stream, just comes back with unknown error when trying to watch anything.
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    Right, here's an updated version that should get people further on wi-fi only devices. Not expecting any video still yet though. There's more of you than I expected!

    Usual disclaimers apply: I'm not responsible if your cat runs away, your device gets bricked, Sky send you a bill for "those channels" and your wife finds out. Use this at your own risk.
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    mcdevtingz
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    The .apk is below, please report whether it works.

    According to Sky it should only work on:
    HTC Desire
    HTC Desire S
    HTC Desire HD
    HTC Incredible
    HTC Sensation
    Samsung Galaxy S
    Samsung Galaxy S II.

    And it only works on Froyo (2.2) and Gingerbread (2.3), so no ICS yet using the official app.

    There are also some issues with root and DRM begin not able to see some content.

    credit to Sky for the app.

    credit to gumbald for the upload.

    SGSIIs look here: http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?p=22821145

    Update:
    ItsTobias said:
    Can you please only post if you have something to add to the discussion, not a post saying how do i get this working on my rom.

    To be helpful follow this guide:
    1) Try this APK out if the one on the first post doesnt work (Also
    thank gumbald for his hard work here while you are there):
    http://xdaforums.com/showpost.php?p=22801668&postcount=555

    2) Check this spreadsheet (thank lennyuk for the spreadsheet management):
    https://docs.google.com/spreadsheet/ccc?key=0AnLqAJT56SsbdGI2QWJYV1dodFpaWWk3QnkxLWNxN0E#gid=0
    look for your device, check to see what info is available for it if its found.

    3)If you cant find your device And/Or you have more up to date info fill in this Form:
    https://docs.google.com/spreadsheet/viewform?formkey=dGVDOXNockJRanJZcEtmNWdEemVIdUE6MQ

    4) If you have something useful to add like, "I got Sky working after flashing this rom found at this xda thread" then post here detailing what you did and what android device this worked on, otherwise keep this thread clean please.

    5) If you are having issues with 2 devices only on Sky, check here for a possible solution:
    http://xdaforums.com/showpost.php?p=22756430&postcount=118
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