Time Warner Cable app for ICS (Fixed for Rooted Users)

droidxrooting · Apr 17, 2012

TWC just released the app that will allow you to stream the live TV shows from your phone. I got really excited to watch Game of Thrones.

But when I try to launch the app. It says it does not run on rooted device. WTF?

What is the difference between rooted or unrooted device when it comes to TWC app?

I tried to unroot with root keeper to run the app with no luck.

Any suggestions or workaround to get it working?

Update: Thanks to b00sted now rooted users can benefit from Time Warner App

Here is the link to fix : http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?p=24975697

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st1ngr4y · Apr 17, 2012

I can confirm this on Epic 4g touch (rooted)

Frohoss · Apr 17, 2012

Same issue here. Rooted Hp touchpad running 4.0.4. When you launch TWC app and choose Live TV it will state "TWC tv is not supported on rooted devices"

IdowhatIwant · Apr 17, 2012

Frohoss said:
"TWC tv is not supported on rooted devices"

I'm sure it will be in time. Timewarner lol..

MarkGbe · Apr 17, 2012

confirmed here on Verizon Galaxy Nexus. Hope someone fixes this. You also have to have USB Debugging disabled, AND be on your home network (which means Road runner is also a requirement).

EDIT...

Turns out the TWC app only checks for the presence of /system/app/superuser.apk. A quick rename of superuser.apk and it works fine. A simple script can be written for this to toggle it.

MarkGbe · Apr 17, 2012

bhhurdler1 said:
I had this same issue with my jailbroken IPAD2. However a fix was created called "FakeTimeWarner" that you can install via cydia. Hopefully someone can create the same fix for android devices?

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I've edited and it still doesn't seem to work...

i haven't actually been able to test watching TV since im at work but when i renamed Superuser.apk i stopped getting the "TWC tv is not supported on rooted devices" message. ill try when i get home in a bit and reports back.

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bhhurdler1 said:
I had this same issue with my jailbroken IPAD2. However a fix was created called "FakeTimeWarner" that you can install via cydia. Hopefully someone can create the same fix for android devices?

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I've edited and it still doesn't seem to work...

EDIT -

Killed app and still didn't work...

Rebooted. and now WORKS. Thanks a lot

Ah ok, cool.

If you use the app 'GScript' which is in the market, you can write a script and add a widget to your homescreen to execute the rename and to reverse it. Makes it real easy to go ba ck and forth.

Tomdg07 · Apr 17, 2012

sweet!!! Working on my rooted att note, anyone have any workarounds that will allow me to view when not connected to home wifi network?

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b00sted · Apr 17, 2012

just found this post as well, was looking for this over on the nexus forums.. I have the decompiled apk if someone can tell me what to nix I can recompile and give it a try for us.. Here is the decompiled apk. u will see in the smali files it talks about if root and if adb is enabled.. I just dont know what to really nix out of there withough completely breaking it.. http://dl.dropbox.com/u/22063477/com.TWCableTV-1.zip

bhhurdler1 · Apr 17, 2012

Anyone else seeing ever so slight lag? Kinda like a jitter.. I'm wondering if this is due to rom/kernal or if it's just cause it's the first version.

jeffrash · Apr 17, 2012

Does this help?

:~/Downloads/com.TWCableTV-1$ grep -H -r "Superuser" ~Downloads/com.TWCableTV-1
~/Downloads/com.TWCableTV-1/smali/com/TWCableTV/androidphone/a/a.smali: const-string v1, "/system/app/Superuser.apk"

droidxrooting · Apr 17, 2012

Thank you everyone for clarification. Some Driod-life members reported that clearing cache helps too. I have not tried it myself yet but it is worth a shot.

Quote from D-L: We have seen a user submitted tip that if you wipe the application’s data in your app settings menu, that could clear up the issue. It’s worth a shot, so give it a try if you have been having this trouble and let us know if it works or not.

b00sted · Apr 17, 2012

jeffrash said:
:~/Downloads/com.TWCableTV-1$ grep -H -r "Superuser" ~Downloads/com.TWCableTV-1
~/Downloads/com.TWCableTV-1/smali/com/TWCableTV/androidphone/a/a.smali: const-string v1, "/system/app/Superuser.apk"

ya.. since it jsut looks for the superuser app I can rename that to FU.apk and be fine lol testing ;P

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b00sted said:
ya.. since it jsut looks for the superuser app I can rename that to FU.apk and be fine lol testing ;P

still something else being detected..

GinoAMelone · Apr 17, 2012

I wonder if they've patched this already. I just tried, and it didn't work. Rebooted. Confirmed renamed APK. Cleared data in manage-apps. Still no go.

The only ICS devices I have are third-party (and rooted) ROMs.

rich2x · Apr 17, 2012

Is there a problem if I have the superuser.apk file name?

b00sted · Apr 17, 2012

renamed com.TWCableTV-1/smali/com/TWCableTV/androidphone/a/a.smali: const-string v1, "/system/app/Superuser.apk" to ****TimeWarner.apk and then renamed C:\Android\apktool\com.TWCableTV-1\smali\com\TWCableTV\androidphone\Login\Activities\SplashScreenActivity.smali an TWCHomeActivity.smali had root set to true so change the true to false and no luck.. I am shooting blind here so any help would be great

OSully · Apr 17, 2012

Looking forward to a fix.

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bhhurdler1 · Apr 17, 2012

GinoAMelone said:
I wonder if they've patched this already. I just tried, and it didn't work. Rebooted. Confirmed renamed APK. Cleared data in manage-apps. Still no go.

The only ICS devices I have are third-party (and rooted) ROMs.

I'm gonna assume it needs ICS on a compatible device... just an assumption..

Mine continue's to work changing the name of the superuser.apk

droidxrooting · Apr 17, 2012

Really quick question. After the changing superuser.apk name did it effect any rooted functionalities?

And please update me with the solid work around so I can post it in OP.

Thank you

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gilpdawg · Apr 17, 2012

I've deleted the superuser apk because I use SuperSu and still no dice for me.

bhhurdler1 · Apr 17, 2012

gilpdawg said:
I've deleted the superuser apk because I use SuperSu and still no dice for me.

I assume you restarted your device as well? I know... Dumb question...

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