Root Hulu on 2.2 de-odexed roms

[crutoi]

Apparenlty Hulu is now watchable on 2.2 de-odexed roms...

2.2, Modded Flash version and Hulu - xda-developers

UPDATE: It seems that this only works on the 2.2 roms that are de-odexed... It doesn't work on the plain one that first hit. It is confirmed to work in the following roms:

Sky Raider 2.0
Sky Raider 1.9b
Desensitize Sky Raider 2.2 by jitajt

Not sure how many of you follow the other areas of the site or not... anyways, the guys over on the nexus one area have been enjoying Hulu on their Froyo roms for a while now. I've only seen a couple HTC Inc folks in the original thread so maybe people just don't know about it...

Big thanks goes out to rcxquake as he's the one that created the modified version of flash.

Original instructions for Nexus one are here

Modified Directions (i'll expand these out after I do it again tomorrow):
1) remove flash from your install... most likely it is in the /system/app folder, I hadn't run any flash sites yet so I simply renamed the install_flash_player.apk to install_flash_player.apkb Here's a quick set of instructions for you:

1) Connect phone and enable debuging mode.
2) open a command prompt and go into your sdk/tools folder. run "adb reboot recovery"
3) in the cmd prompt type in "adb shell"
4) On the phone once its loaded up recovery in to partitions menu and mount /system
5) in the adb shell type in "cd /system/app"
5) to rename the flash installer type in "mv install_flash_player.apk install_flash_player.apkb"
7) in ADB tell it "exit"
8) on the phone unmount system and data (not sure if this is necessary or not)​

Exit out of recovery and verify you don't have flash installed anymore under settings \ applications \ Manage Applications \ All applications.

2) Download the fixed flash version via rcxquake's thread to your pc and move it to your sd card(direct link to file)
3) Install the downloaded APK file via your favorite file browser (astro for example)
4) If you want to look at the full version of the website, you'll need to enable a special mode in the browser, here's the directions care of the original thread:

1. In the search/address bar of the android browser type "about:debug" without the double quotes.
2. Press Menu
3. Tap More>Settings
4. Go to UAString and change it to desktop.
​

5) If you want to access the site without setting up the debug mode listed above, Adam B was awesome enough to utilize the Hulu widget page to create a premodded app that you can simply click and watch. Here's his original post and here's a direct link to his APK.
SIDE NOTE If you run his Hulu.apk app, your lock screen will not come up after using it... to remedy this you have to kill it with a task killer... I have emailed him to see if this is something that could be remedied.


just wanted to share...

 

[wtfdan]

I'm a newb.. What is Hulu?

 

[Member138406]

I'm a newb.. What is Hulu?

Hulu - Watch your favorites. Anytime. For free. watch free full tv shows and stuff after they air.

 

[merlin3606]

Hulu works on my DINC. I have ota with the origianl 2.2 leaked ROM. I added Gmail fix and removed City ID, Stocks, VZ Nav, My Verizon, Quick office, and i think it was called the news reader. Oh yea and moved the .ISO file to apps.disabled. Everything seems to be working great MMS, GMail, Streaming Audio from Pandora, HULU, and the Camcorder.

 

[welbinator]

so..i have flash 10.1 and I'm running CyanogenMod's froyo ROM. every video I try to load on the Hulu widget says the video is not available on this site. when i go to hulu.com it says unfortunately Hulu is not supported on your platform. we apologize for this inconvenience. are you saying this flash fix will only work with the skyraider Roms?

 

[welbinator]

also, what is de-odexed mean?

 

[Taylored]

Yes hulu blocks mobile devices. I believe they do this because they are jerk faces... It could also be that the ads do not play on mobile devices. I know fox tv ads do not play.

 

[Lefort1]

As it stands now, there's no way Hulu could block us now since it mimics a desktop/laptop trying to access the site. I've been using this for a while now and it works great.

If you're having problems with a de-odexed ROM, and have followed the instructions, it's most likely cause of an ad blocker you have installed. This is the one downside, you need to revert your host file and uninstall Adfree (or similar) if you have it installed. Having ads is a small price to pay for Hulu

 

[ju1c3]

let me google this for you

excuse me for trying to be involved in the forum.

any ideas why hulu doesnt work for me? did hulu figure something out and block it somehow? oh wait...I'll just google it, nevermind.

dont take offense man. just messing with ya.

 

[welbinator]

dont take offense man. just messing with ya.

no worries.

 

[welbinator]

so i re installed flash and did the about:debug (which I always did before, as well) and now suddenly hulu works. I dunno what I did differently this time but whatever. it works!!

EDIT: the first video I watched (am actually currently watching) is an episode of SNL. the video is really choppy. the audio is perfect. anybody else experiencing choppy video?

 

[Taylored]

so i re installed flash and did the about:debug (which I always did before, as well) and now suddenly hulu works. I dunno what I did differently this time but whatever. it works!!

EDIT: the first video I watched (am actually currently watching) is an episode of SNL. the video is really choppy. the audio is perfect. anybody else experiencing choppy video?

I was with the Skyraider ROM. I wiped it and installed this Latest OTA Leak (8/1/2010) - xda-developers

Works great for me.

 

[Lefort1]

so i re installed flash and did the about:debug (which I always did before, as well) and now suddenly hulu works. I dunno what I did differently this time but whatever. it works!!

EDIT: the first video I watched (am actually currently watching) is an episode of SNL. the video is really choppy. the audio is perfect. anybody else experiencing choppy video?

Use the hulu apk/app

 

[topaz330]

only the hulu apk works? i tried to use the regular browser but to no avail...

 

[drdoom]

only the hulu apk works? i tried to use the regular browser but to no avail...

I got the regular browser to work, but it was so choppy. You have to follow those steps starting with "about:debug:" Either way, the audio isn't in sync with the video for me, so it is pretty useless currently.

 

[Lefort1]

only the hulu apk works? i tried to use the regular browser but to no avail...

huku apk is smoother than their website.

If the website doesn't work for you, the .apk won't work. Read the posts about what you need. There's no way around it.

 

[Azelis]

I was really hoping for fancast access myself. With 2.2 flash I get a lot further and the alpha channel works now but I get stuck at 'starting video.' Used to be I got stuck at 'checking for Comcast subscription,' a screen that was up for so short a time I never even saw it on the PC.

I only mention this here because a few of the shows I watch on fancast actually have a hulu watermark so I know they come from there. I can confirm that Escapist videos work now, ads and all (ugh).

 

[Adamx]

how is this full flash if videos won't even play smooth? The inc runs faster than my laptop ffs.

 

[Lefort1]

how is this full flash if videos won't even play smooth? The inc runs faster than my laptop ffs.

did you try the hulu apk as stated?

 

[welbinator]

hrmm i'll have to try the hulu app now that i got hulu to work.

 

[Hand76]

Just got this to work thanks. One question can you get the Hulu app to run in Landscape mode?

 

[Lefort1]

Just got this to work thanks. One question can you get the Hulu app to run in Landscape mode?

Hulu runs in both, although I never use portrait mode. Just enlarge the video to full screen like everything else. Adobe didn't make it to intuitive, you have to touch the video and then touch/hold it again, a shadowed box pops up in the upper left corner and you press it to go full screen.

For those complaining of choppy video...again it goes something like this (IMO):

On a scale of 1-10 in terms of smooth video playback, Hulu's website playing video is about a 3. Using the Hulu app/apk from xda is about a 8-9. In other words impressive considering this is all being done 100% by a PHONE. There's help like when we had Skyfire's servers rendering the video for us (back when it worked shortly).

 

[Adamx]

I got the regular browser to work, but it was so choppy. You have to follow those steps starting with "about:debug:" Either way, the audio isn't in sync with the video for me, so it is pretty useless currently.

To the guy asking if I'm using the apk, no I'm not. I haven't even rooted. Hulu is the main thing I would gain from rooting, but if it can't even play in sync and smoothly, there's no point.

Quoting the above. If someone can claim that the apk or browser under the right conditions plays videos right, then that would be great.

 

[Adamx]

impressive considering this is all being done 100% by a PHONE.

No, it's not impressive at all given the specs of the phone. It's more impressive that it can't playback videos perfectly. That's something even a lower-specced windows xp laptop can do.

 

[Hand76]

App works great for me so far! Sound has gotten a little out of sync in landscape mode but went back to being fine in portrait...weird...will have to test it out some more.