Root Has anybody found the Leaked Netflix App

[jaturner]

So my boss has a DroidX, wanted netflix, installed, opens, says incompatible phone. He is not rooted and doesnt want to so no netflix for him.


The reason I bring this up?
On the allies I have tried the farthest I can get is a black screen... IDK how far you guys are getting, but I cant even get it to go to the spot where it verifies your phones model. On top of this as I mentioned earlier, Netflix would need flash or silverlight, neither will run on the ally. Dont get me wrong I would love to have netflix on the ally, I just think we are getting carried away. If you take a step back and think it doesnt look good for our device + netflix

The only reason I gave it a shot on my Ally was because they stated that someone got it to work on their LG Optimus V. Which unless I'm mistaken is an ARMv6.

Quote from the Android Police article: "Aside from Nate

 

[MikeW]

I don't have netflix anymore so I'm not gonna try it but this seems like it could work how to edit your build.prop to get things like netflix working - xda-developers

 

[swc2001]

Nope im nearly sure just like flash the .so's are compiled against armv7 processor. I can check tonight.

Any Luck my friend?

 

[swc2001]

NETFLIX IS STREAMING ON MY ALLY!!!!!

Now 2 things. One its black and white. Two its a little choppy.

WHO CARES THOUGH IT WORKS. I am watching Shutter island right now.

Here is how I did it.

Alright Devs How cool is this? Now the question..... LOL
can yall make it in color and not as choppy?

This is so AWESOME!! http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1076150 Choose the one that does not check for device.

What Do ya think Boys??

How to Install Netflix on Almost Any Android Device


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[swc2001]

Also one thing I did was modify the Build.prop Befor I installed Netflix
I installed the Netflix that doesent require the device check.

 

[savoxis]

I got it running on my bosses DX by giving him the OTA to GB early....

It runs choppy on a DroidX. There is no chance for the ally, you may be able to get color... But then it would run even worse.

Congrats on getting it "working" but I don't think it will get any better

 

[swc2001]

I got it running on my bosses DX by giving him the OTA to GB early....

It runs choppy on a DroidX. There is no chance for the ally, you may be able to get color... But then it would run even worse.

Congrats on getting it "working" but I don't think it will get any better

Hey I am not complaining. LOL
I just wondered.

Well saying that I got it working would be an exageration. I just followed instructions and Poof there ya go. I just stood on the back of someone else who got it working and am enjoying its benefits.

Thanks for the Note.

I am gunna ramp up the overclock and see if it helps.

Savoxis Thanks for all you do Bro.


***Edit*** When overclocked to 806 It works much smoother. but Slightly choppy. Still black and white.

 

[swc2001]

As to be expected..... Its a massive Battery Hog!

 

[azuma73]

I kinda figured it would be!

 

[swc2001]

I am really kinda shocked at the lack of enthusiasm about this. I thought this baby was gunna blow up.
I mean it was big news to me.

have that many people left the Ally??

 

[BugsyM]

I don't think many of us use the Ally to watch movies is the problem

 

[swc2001]

I don't think many of us use the Ally to watch movies is the problem

Well I hear ya.

But man I sure am gunna!!

 

[savoxis]

Beats the hell outta SBC TV

although I am usually pretty satisfied with YouTube, since Im not finding myself with alot of time to stare at the phone.

 

[artcloud]

Sweet deal, can't wait to see if it's any better on my wifi connection at home!

 

[jwish]

I could not get it to run on my Ally. I modified the build.prop but no luck. Oh well. I think I've pushed this Ally about as far as it will go.

 

[swc2001]

I could not get it to run on my Ally. I modified the build.prop but no luck. Oh well. I think I've pushed this Ally about as far as it will go.

No you dont have to modify the Build.prop after all.
just use this netflix-devicecheck-disabled.apk
This was created by fnet From XDA

 

[Valkerie]

I tried the XDA app a while ago and all I get is a black screen that never loads.

It really doesn't bother me either, I have a Nook Color that does Netflix beautifully.

 

[swc2001]

I tried the XDA app a while ago and all I get is a black screen that never loads.

It really doesn't bother me either, I have a Nook Color that does Netflix beautifully.

Did you try the New .apk in the above post?

 

[WhyMyAlly]

What's with the color issue. Is it just formatted for a different video gdi or what. Is there any conf files we can tinker with or is all the options built into the app with no video settings. I wouldn't mind finding out that we can lower the resolution lowering bandwidth and being able to change that and add color. Maybe its built for a specific processsor with hw acceleration like the hummingbird. Btw thanks to those that tinkered enough to make the app work. I will definatly give it a shot.

 

[swc2001]

What's with the color issue. Is it just formatted for a different video gdi or what. Is there any conf files we can tinker with or is all the options built into the app with no video settings. I wouldn't mind finding out that we can lower the resolution lowering bandwidth and being able to change that and add color. Maybe its built for a specific processsor with hw acceleration like the hummingbird. Btw thanks to those that tinkered enough to make the app work. I will definatly give it a shot.

GOOD QUESTIONS!!
I unfortunately am not technicaly advanced enough to answer them.
Hope someone else that knows what they are doing could fix the issue.

but if not I am still very happy with it the way it is. Its alot better than not having Netflix on the phone.

I am actually surprised that it works. Happily suprised.

 

[WhyMyAlly]

GOOD QUESTIONS!!
I unfortunately am not technicaly advanced enough to answer them.
Hope someone else that knows what they are doing could fix the issue.

but if not I am still very happy with it the way it is. Its alot better than not having Netflix on the phone.

I am actually surprised that it works. Happily suprised.

Thank you for your help and support. I did try the app that had no device check. It just gives me a black screen. If I let it set long enough it tells me to either fc the app or wait due to unresponsiveness I guess. I modified the prop file to reflect the htc vision and installed the 1st original app and got a crash back to the homescreen just aftr login. I'm going to try the other supported device and play with it between the 1st and second version. I may try the 3rrd fille listed on xda developers forum. This is awesome if I can get it to work. At least for watching my tv shows through netflix

 

[swc2001]

Thank you for your help and support. I did try the app that had no device check. It just gives me a black screen. If I let it set long enough it tells me to either fc the app or wait due to unresponsiveness I guess. I modified the prop file to reflect the htc vision and installed the 1st original app and got a crash back to the homescreen just aftr login. I'm going to try the other supported device and play with it between the 1st and second version. I may try the 3rrd fille listed on xda developers forum. This is awesome if I can get it to work. At least for watching my tv shows through netflix

So has the app never worked for you?
What are you running right now?

I am currently running Velocity 1.0
I am also on ZVE

 

[WhyMyAlly]

So has the app never worked for you?
What are you running right now?

I am currently running Velocity 1.0
I am also on ZVE

This is the first time for me. I'm running velocity 1.1 so that might be a huge problem. I'm not real worried about it as I might be cancelling my netflix account anyways do to financial and issues streaming. I have to rely on 3g as my primary internet service as there is no other alternative other than satellite and I think 3g is faster. Normally netflix restarts the movie several times and makes the streaming process less tthan actually being able to watch movies and I think someone already pointed out that streams pretty much sucks anyways. Like looking through the b-movie section at the video store. I would like to see if it works though to show off the phone to friends. They all say my ally is pure crap and they all have thunderbolts and 4g whatevers

 

[swc2001]

This is the first time for me. I'm running velocity 1.1 so that might be a huge problem. I'm not real worried about it as I might be cancelling my netflix account anyways do to financial and issues streaming. I have to rely on 3g as my primary internet service as there is no other alternative other than satellite and I think 3g is faster. Normally netflix restarts the movie several times and makes the streaming process less tthan actually being able to watch movies and I think someone already pointed out that streams pretty much sucks anyways. Like looking through the b-movie section at the video store. I would like to see if it works though to show off the phone to friends. They all say my ally is pure crap and they all have thunderbolts and 4g whatevers

Well thats not very nice of them.
Well everyone cant afford latest greatest.
This phone is an excellent phone. Is it a TB or Revolution.... well no but its still very good.

 

[WhyMyAlly]

Well thats not very nice of them.
Well everyone cant afford latest greatest.
This phone is an excellent phone. Is it a TB or Revolution.... well no but its still very good.

I don't know what they have. They use sprint and one of my friends changes phones it seems the same time he changes girlfriends(probably smashes them after an argument). I love this phone. It was cheeap and does all I need it to. But to stay on topic. Maybe I should wait for the awesome devs to come up with a workaround for 1.1. Maybe suggesting integrated netflix with 1.2 but it seems like more bloatware for those that don't have netflix.
Usually if the phone is over 50 dollars after a 2yr agreement I don't find a need for it. Its a phone and for me phone and internet bundled as I'm very frugal. When I walk I squeek I'm soo cheap