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.Sent from my GT-I9100
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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.Sent from my GT-I9100
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..?..?
Should work on all kernels, that was my thinking anyway. Not tested fully yet, but seems solid.
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Thanks LennyUK. What is the purpose of the ro.secure=1 line? I.e., what will I be missing out on by changing that line in a custom kernel?
Thanks,
James
Thanks,
James
Adb mainly.
On another note, not working on cm9 at all for me, no errors but videos just load forever but never play.
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Its looking like there are additional problems with cm9 roms stopping them working and I cannot work it out.
For all others if your on a stock based rom then as long as you have a ro.secure=1 kernel you should be good (if you hide root).
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For all others if your on a stock based rom then as long as you have a ro.secure=1 kernel you should be good (if you hide root).
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So how /where do I find this ro.secure-1
I'm also not sure its true as I went back to fully stock in my nexus s with no root and still nothing.
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I'm also not sure its true as I went back to fully stock in my nexus s with no root and still nothing.
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Default.prop, you could edit with root explorer but you lose it when you reboot.
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Yea tried it and didn't work :-(
Although I am on nexus s with codename android rom..
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Although I am on nexus s with codename android rom..
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can i ask what rom and kernel you are using and the mod you made please? i have tried many different roms.
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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..
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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..
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Here's the link to the post that showed me how to decompile and recompile the Kernel.
http://xdaforums.com/showpost.php?p=23376786&postcount=4
To get the Kernel boot into CWM (or whatever recovery you use) and mount the /boot partition.
Connect via adb and pull the initrd.gz file.
Decompile it (using nix or cygwin) as per the instructions.
Edit the default.prop and set ro.secure=1
Recompile it and push it back to the /boot partition via adb
As Alexander would say 'seemples'
@badboy365 I am using tytung's R14 Kernel but I think the above method will work with any kernel you use.
Still need to use Voodoo RootKeeper to hide root when using the SkyGo app though..
http://xdaforums.com/showpost.php?p=23376786&postcount=4
To get the Kernel boot into CWM (or whatever recovery you use) and mount the /boot partition.
Connect via adb and pull the initrd.gz file.
Decompile it (using nix or cygwin) as per the instructions.
Edit the default.prop and set ro.secure=1
Recompile it and push it back to the /boot partition via adb
As Alexander would say 'seemples'
@badboy365 I am using tytung's R14 Kernel but I think the above method will work with any kernel you use.
Still need to use Voodoo RootKeeper to hide root when using the SkyGo app though..
What about rom checks ? Does it have to be used on stock rom?
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http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=933951 Typhoon's CM7 ROM
But to be honest it shouldn't matter, editing the kennel fir your current ROM should work too
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Do you think theres any chance this could work on other HTC phones, such as the Desire?
The method will work, whether the method will let SkyGo app work is another question?
Try it and see.
What you need to remember is sky have been very good with their protection in this app blocking lots of different things.
So far we know of checks for:
- device and os (work around use the test apks in this thread)
- ro.secure=1 in kernel (work around use stock kernel or modifiy a custom kernel)
- root (work around use ota root keeper app or if this doesn't work use root hider, or an unrooted rom.
Sky are checking for more than just these things, we just need to work out what and how to fix them too (until we can fix the app to stop checking for all the above).
There also seems to be checks for a cell signal so most wifi only tablets will not work.
Also cm9 seems to completely fail on all devices,not sure why maybe it is missing something as is only beta builds so far. On a more positive note BBC I player also doesn't work on cm9 so if we can fix this chances are sky will work too.
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So far we know of checks for:
- device and os (work around use the test apks in this thread)
- ro.secure=1 in kernel (work around use stock kernel or modifiy a custom kernel)
- root (work around use ota root keeper app or if this doesn't work use root hider, or an unrooted rom.
Sky are checking for more than just these things, we just need to work out what and how to fix them too (until we can fix the app to stop checking for all the above).
There also seems to be checks for a cell signal so most wifi only tablets will not work.
Also cm9 seems to completely fail on all devices,not sure why maybe it is missing something as is only beta builds so far. On a more positive note BBC I player also doesn't work on cm9 so if we can fix this chances are sky will work too.
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HTC Desire
HTC Desire S
HTC Desire HD
HTC Incredible
HTC Sensation
Samsung Galaxy S
Samsung Galaxy S II.
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credit to Sky for the app.
credit to gumbald for the upload.
SGSIIs look here: http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?p=22821145
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