[APP] Sky Go for Android (UK ONLY)
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gumbald,
Ah ok thank you I think I understand it now lol. Do you find it odd that this works now as before it wouldn't work on tablets at all with your apk? or is it know they have supported a Tablet (N7) that makes it easier to do? Just wondering is all
iechyd da
ashabir13
Since it's release on android Feb 2012 the apk has never been able to support tablets until now with the N10, not sure if any of the great developers on here will try again or not or even if Sky will release it shortly for android tabs and as sky are like the KGB,CIA MI5/6 nobody knows.
Here is a laugh for you all from Forum,
Re: Samsung Google Nexus 10
16-01-2013 12:21 PM - edited 16-01-2013 12:24 PM
Hi All,
We are aware of a link in this thread which instructs members with a Nexus 10 device on how to download and use Sky Go,
we must make it clear that if any member chooses to follow these instructions to install Sky Go, we will not be able to offer any support or troubleshooting if you encounter any issues.
Thanks,
Graeme
Community Coordinator
crazy
iechyd da
Re: Samsung Google Nexus 10
16-01-2013 12:21 PM - edited 16-01-2013 12:24 PM
Hi All,
We are aware of a link in this thread which instructs members with a Nexus 10 device on how to download and use Sky Go,
we must make it clear that if any member chooses to follow these instructions to install Sky Go, we will not be able to offer any support or troubleshooting if you encounter any issues.
Thanks,
Graeme
Community Coordinator
crazy
iechyd da
In the old days they would threaten to come round and chop your legs off so some improvement.
I can't immediately see why the method for getting it to work on the N10 shouldn't work with other devices.
I presume Device Spoofer is just modifying build.prop. Therefore if you are running a stock rom and recovery, I can't see why you couldn't: root; modify build. prop so that Sky thinks you have one of the magic 26 whitelisted devices; unroot; install Sky Go; enjoy.
No doubt someone with greater technical knowledge than me will point out an obvious flaw with this
I can't immediately see why the method for getting it to work on the N10 shouldn't work with other devices.
I presume Device Spoofer is just modifying build.prop. Therefore if you are running a stock rom and recovery, I can't see why you couldn't: root; modify build. prop so that Sky thinks you have one of the magic 26 whitelisted devices; unroot; install Sky Go; enjoy.
No doubt someone with greater technical knowledge than me will point out an obvious flaw with this
Thanks for the reply.
I just recently got my SGN 10.1 so I'm not familiar with rooting and roms.
Can you explain it a bit further please.
Thanks
Aliburns,
Nah back in Feb when other phones worked with gumbalds apk some of us were threatened with sky withdrawning sky go from us, it only lasted a few days for me as I sent the pm of yo the ceo asking for areduction in fees, soon had a sorry error from mod, it didn't last long as i was banned and now it's for life lol.
I think the same that before long somebody will get it working on other tablets.
Ashabir,
This apk only works on nexus 10 so not sure if you should try it on your note 10.1
Sky have updated android FAQ, still the same BS just looks nicer lol
Iechyd da
Nah back in Feb when other phones worked with gumbalds apk some of us were threatened with sky withdrawning sky go from us, it only lasted a few days for me as I sent the pm of yo the ceo asking for areduction in fees, soon had a sorry error from mod, it didn't last long as i was banned and now it's for life lol.
I think the same that before long somebody will get it working on other tablets.
Ashabir,
This apk only works on nexus 10 so not sure if you should try it on your note 10.1
Sky have updated android FAQ, still the same BS just looks nicer lol
Iechyd da
This thread isn't the place you should learn about rooting and changing ROM - there are plenty of excellent resources both on XDA and elsewhere. The first place to start might be sub-forum for your device, or a Google search for "why root Android" or such.
What do you all think about this post :--
Re: Samsung Google Nexus 10
on 17-01-2013 10:34 AM
Folks
We have no interest in doing anything about the work around posted, hence the reason why we left the post and link up.
As long as it's not breaking the law, customers know they do it at their own risk and accept that it's not endorsed by Sky,
that we can't support anyone using Sky Go on unsupported devices and the quality works for you you - then it's your choice
Joshua
Community Coordinator
Re: Samsung Google Nexus 10
on 17-01-2013 10:34 AM
Folks
We have no interest in doing anything about the work around posted, hence the reason why we left the post and link up.
As long as it's not breaking the law, customers know they do it at their own risk and accept that it's not endorsed by Sky,
that we can't support anyone using Sky Go on unsupported devices and the quality works for you you - then it's your choice
Joshua
Community Coordinator
So loosly translated. We don't have a way to stop you yet but we will be working on it.
What i think it means is " we are not happy that somebody has been able to do this to us
what is even more upsetting for us is that you have had the cheek to spoof the N 10 into thinking it's now an N7 and so we can't block the N7 thank you very much as its the only android tab we support"They know their hands are tied as there would be mayhem if they blocked the n7 at this stage lol. IMO sky will have its own back some how/time over this. I wonder how much they wasted trying to undo this and not on other development.
iechyd da
Sky TV to offer local downloads of TV content through Sky Go - http://pulse.me/s/huF7n
Sent from a Nexus⁴
---------- Post added at 05:52 PM ---------- Previous post was at 04:56 PM ----------
My post from August.
http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?p=30528288
It would seem quality improvements from Sky and monetising go hand in hand. £70 a month but you still won't get nothing for nothing...
Sent from a Nexus⁴
---------- Post added at 05:52 PM ---------- Previous post was at 04:56 PM ----------
My post from August.
http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?p=30528288
It would seem quality improvements from Sky and monetising go hand in hand. £70 a month but you still won't get nothing for nothing...
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GS III rooted but no sky go
been trawling all and this looks like to most sensible place to post my question ive read through as many of the threads on here but still not sure on what to do!!
My question is: I have just rooted my galaxy sIII but when opening the skygo app its telling me its not supported the only reason i can see why they don't want us to use it is maybe down to app that can record the screen or something but anyways im loving having root access but hacked off at not being able to have my sky go! I couldn't see a thread that i think will help so if someone out their has any ways around this or can point me in the direction of a thread that can help it would much appreciated Cheers
my devise is a Samsung galaxy SIII with the carrier Orange in the UK i have root access but havent installed any custom ROM yet
Model is GT I9300
Android version 4.1.2
baseband version I9300xxella
Kernel version 3.0.31-742798
Build number jzo54k.I9300xxella
thanks again:fingers-crossed:
been trawling all and this looks like to most sensible place to post my question ive read through as many of the threads on here but still not sure on what to do!!
My question is: I have just rooted my galaxy sIII but when opening the skygo app its telling me its not supported the only reason i can see why they don't want us to use it is maybe down to app that can record the screen or something but anyways im loving having root access but hacked off at not being able to have my sky go! I couldn't see a thread that i think will help so if someone out their has any ways around this or can point me in the direction of a thread that can help it would much appreciated Cheers
my devise is a Samsung galaxy SIII with the carrier Orange in the UK i have root access but havent installed any custom ROM yet
Model is GT I9300
Android version 4.1.2
baseband version I9300xxella
Kernel version 3.0.31-742798
Build number jzo54k.I9300xxella
thanks again:fingers-crossed:
Thanks for your quick reply.
I was wondering if their was a work around to be able to get it to work with out have to un-root my phone?
Charlie's,
gumbald's apk worked from Feb till around June last year then Sky released an updated app which blocked gumbald's from working ever since. Nobody has ever been able to get the app to work on any rooted devices and believe me it's not for the want of trying by the guys on here.
There is an update coming next week and if you trust what the CC's have told customers on the forum then Tab 2's, kindle fire hd and nexus 10 are going to be supported plus other devices, I'm going to wait and see as I no longer trust anything sky tells customers these days.
iechyd da
gumbald's apk worked from Feb till around June last year then Sky released an updated app which blocked gumbald's from working ever since. Nobody has ever been able to get the app to work on any rooted devices and believe me it's not for the want of trying by the guys on here.
There is an update coming next week and if you trust what the CC's have told customers on the forum then Tab 2's, kindle fire hd and nexus 10 are going to be supported plus other devices, I'm going to wait and see as I no longer trust anything sky tells customers these days.
iechyd da
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14Sky 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 :S14
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.11
Looks like this error is "live viewing general error" - has it ever worked? Could be temporary on their side.
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.9The .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:
