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The Amazon Instant Video APK has been pulled from the Kindle Fire and can be installed on the Galaxy Tab 10.1.
A couple of caveats:
(1) To use the Prime Instant video features, you must first purchase something to login. There is no separate login otherwise.
(2) It appears to only work over wifi
(3) If your device is rooted, it will not work.
Thread:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1347745
Direct DL:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/attachment.php?attachmentid=784641&d=1321467251
Credit to sikejb and others in the Kindle Fire Forum
It FC's on me on my Tab 7 plus when I try to purchase.
am getting FCs', was able to login. non rooted 10.1 w/o latest patch.
Google I/O 10.1 Galaxy Tab
It installed and works fine, however every time I click on a video free or paid, I get a FC.
Has anyone found a work around?
same thing for me: installs fine b FC's wh I try to click a free or paid vid.
Same here on Toshiba Thrive. Installs fine, but fc on purchase.
vansmack said:
(3) If your device is rooted, it will not work.
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Why post this? 99.99 % of us are rooted. Maybe we can fix it to work for rooted devices?
Also it doesn't work. FCS EVERYWHERE
atticusmas said:
Why post this? 99.99 % of us are rooted. Maybe we can fix it to work for rooted devices?
Also it doesn't work. FCS EVERYWHERE
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Umm...for the simple fact that you can use Voodoo OTA temp unroot from the Market. Also the new version of this APK in todays 6.2 update doesnt work. It says this device is not suppose to be able to run Amazon Video Player.
I assume Amazon is cracking down...
spyz88 said:
Umm...for the simple fact that you can use Voodoo OTA temp unroot from the Market. Also the new version of this APK in todays 6.2 update doesnt work. It says this device is not suppose to be able to run Amazon Video Player.
I assume Amazon is cracking down...
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Never heard of temp unroot, thanks, but yeah, as of late, amazon released a fire update, ruining everyones root on the fire and deleting the market. Probably part of that updated.
Pr0tip: This works on Gingerbread but not on HoneyComb.
Bunch of hypocrites, they sell root only apps
http://www.macobserver.com/tmo/article/some_amazon_appstore_apps_require_rooting_att_need_not_apply/
installs and runs great on hp touchpad. however on purchase and login i get the following: Error linking device: Unknown error
What do you mean it runs great? I get to the point of seeing the button to play the video, but it is grayed out. I can play Amazon videos fine on my Exhibit II by temporarily unrooting the stock OS. It seems Cyanogenmod is somehow detected, because it doesn't work on my Nook Color with the Cyanogenmod either.
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Bunch of hypocrites, they sell root only apps
http://www.macobserver.com/tmo/article/some_amazon_appstore_apps_require_rooting_att_need_not_apply/
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whoever wrote this article obviously has never had the balls to root a device and actually see what is possible, or even research it for that matter
I have the apk that allows me to play the videos for free that come with the amazon prime account (I signed up for a free month), but I don't see how to 'borrow' a book for free - this also comes with the prime account on kindle devices. Anyone have any information on how to do this on a Galaxy Tab?
Only Kindle devices can borrow books for free with the Prime membership. (you borrow directly from the device)
Two things. One KFHD looks for the device to be logged into amazon, I bet this requires framework not on our devices. Two, probably crashes when trying to view due to same.
Bottom line? Besides logcats to figure things out, I'm pretty sure a system dump will be needed to get the correct files to go with this......
redifrogger said:
I have the apk that allows me to play the videos for free that come with the amazon prime account (I signed up for a free month), but I don't see how to 'borrow' a book for free - this also comes with the prime account on kindle devices. Anyone have any information on how to do this on a Galaxy Tab?
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And which apk would that be? I can browse (which is kind of nice) but like everyone, crashes when trying to play.
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same problem!
mbrucedogs said:
It installed and works fine, however every time I click on a video free or paid, I get a FC.
Has anyone found a work around?
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Same thing happens to me! ?
You don't need to temp in root either. There's an xposed module called root cloak that let's you pick specific apps to hide root from. Works great
Hey everybody, I think that this question is going to pop up more often since yesterday (April 17) Time Warner Cable released updated version of their app that now allows you to stream live tv on your ICS device.
The problem is that they implemented a mechanism that checks if your tablet/phone was rooted, if it was they show you message that the app is not supported on rooted devices.
Is there a way to work around this? I would not mind unrooting my TP to test this app. How can this be achieved?
Thanks for any tips!
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Hey everybody, I think that this question is going to pop up more often since yesterday (April 17) Time Warner Cable released updated version of their app that now allows you to stream live tv on your ICS device.
The problem is that they implemented a mechanism that checks if your tablet/phone was rooted, if it was they show you message that the app is not supported on rooted devices.
Is there a way to work around this? I would not mind unrooting my TP to test this app. How can this be achieved?
Thanks for any tips!
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+1
Same problem with Sky which I would like to use.
Try to set the root permissions to adb only in the settings. Its probably on adb and apps. Let me kw if it works cuz I might get the app then.
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Try the app permissions denied in the market and see if you can disable the root check.
Rootin' and fastbootin' on my Droid razr
kml.krk said:
Hey everybody, I think that this question is going to pop up more often since yesterday (April 17) Time Warner Cable released updated version of their app that now allows you to stream live tv on your ICS device.
The problem is that they implemented a mechanism that checks if your tablet/phone was rooted, if it was they show you message that the app is not supported on rooted devices.
Is there a way to work around this? I would not mind unrooting my TP to test this app. How can this be achieved?
Thanks for any tips!
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There is a patched TWC app that doesn't check for root. I found it in the Galaxy Nexus forums and have the apk for phone. Let me find the post and I'll put it up for everyone.
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http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=24975697
Works great for me, no issues what-so-ever.
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I changed the name of superuser.apk. Turned debugging off.
App starts fine. Can look through the guide and everything but black screen when I try to watch Live TV. No matter which channel I change to. I haven't seen this issue in any other thread yet. I just installed cm9 for first time, so its fresh.
edit: of course I found the answer a minute later after this post, after i searched for an hour. of course. i had to change test-keys to something else
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=29685497&postcount=419
1) Use Root Explorer or a similar file explorer app to rename Superuser.apk to Su.apk
2) Open build.prop (/system/build.prop) with Root Explorer or a similar file explorer app and rename test-keys to dEris-badass (lol)
3) I left USB Debugging enabled (some need to disable this)
4) Log in and watch some TV =]
** You need a Time Warner subscription.
** You need to be connected to your home network via WiFi.
** I'm using the latest version that is in the Play Store today.
OTA Rootkeeper
Use this app to give temporary unroot http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1241517
Works with sky and TWC apps, just one click and your done
BIGSimon said:
Use this app to give temporary unroot http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1241517
Works with sky and TWC apps, just one click and your done
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That's what I use... Works with Flixster too!
My wife gave me a Fitbit for Christmas (Apparently, she wants me to get off my butt more and move around!)
The Fitbit is a small wearable device that measures your activity level, etc. The Fitbit app uses Bluetooth 4.0 to sync with the device. The sync function is working with my Samsung Galaxy S3 phone, which is setup with a custom ROM. The app does not sync on the G Pad using stock firmware.
According to the specs I see, the G Pad is supposed to have support for BT 4.0. I don't have any other devices that use it.
Does anybody here have a Fitbit device? I'm curious to know if anybody has tried to sync one on a G Pad with different firmware. Or on a GPE device. It might be that it would work on a 4.3 or 4.4 ROM.
I have a GPE and the app syncs fine with my Flex. I did, however, participate in the Fitbit beta program when they were testing for devices other than the Galaxy series (namely Nexus and Motorola devices with BT 4.0). My Fitbit app is version 1.8.4 if that helps. Here's the link to the beta program: https://docs.google.com/forms/d/1ZVjMd9JsDyo45g7uUV60clx7D780ouDka-wgNwvqxmA/viewform
Yes, I was playing with my new fitbit all day yesterday and unless you have one of their devices that is currently known to be compatible you have to be signed up for the Beta program. I am currently running android 4.4 with the cyanogenmod.
I signed up for the Beta by joining the google group here: https://groups.google.com/forum/#!forum/fitbit-android-sync-beta
Which allows you to go to: https://play.google.com/apps/testing/com.fitbit.FitbitMobile
Where you click become a tester. You then need to uninstall the fitbit app, clear the cache for the google play store (I used Clean Master to do this), and reinstall the fitbit app. You will now have the beta version of the app and when you login it will automatically find and start syncing to your fitbit. Note that by default the background syncing is turned off. If you want to be able to do this you have to enable it under devices.
Indeed LG gpad Hardware supports bt4. You need 4.3+ Android for bt4. I tried it with cm and it works.
If you want stock experience, then you have to wait for the Kitkat release.
Forgot to add : I tried it with a polar h7 bt4 heart rate monitor. Works great.
Not necessarily true regarding needing 4.3. They do support the LG G2 which is still on 4.2 stock. Im using it with mine and it syncs fine to the G2. I've never tried syncing to my G Pad tho
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Not necessarily true regarding needing 4.3. They do support the LG G2 which is still on 4.2 stock. Im using it with mine and it syncs fine to the G2. I've never tried syncing to my G Pad tho
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Good to know. I might check the fitbit after all.
Unfortunately the polar h7 doesn't want to pair with my Stock LG g2. It is after 4.3 that Android provides platform support to bt4. The solution that LG and Samsung used in the lower api levels apparently doesn't pay nice with all hardware.
http://developer.android.com/guide/topics/connectivity/bluetooth-le.html
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chadderbox said:
Not necessarily true regarding needing 4.3. They do support the LG G2 which is still on 4.2 stock. Im using it with mine and it syncs fine to the G2. I've never tried syncing to my G Pad tho
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Correct. The Fitbit app syncs on my Galaxy S3, which is using a custom rom running Android 4.1.2. That version doesn't support Bluetooth 4.0., so I think they must have it working with Bluetooth 3 on some devices.
woody1 said:
Correct. The Fitbit app syncs on my Galaxy S3, which is using a custom rom ruining Android 4.1.2. That version doesn't support Bluetooth 4.0., so I think they must have it working with Bluetooth 3 on some devices.
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I have an LG Lucid 2 running 4.1.2 on a custom rom and while the tech specs say it has bluetooth 4.0 I can't get it to sync. It doesn't even look like the beta version is installing at all but I don't know how to tell for sure.
colwellkr said:
I have an LG Lucid 2 running 4.1.2 on a custom rom and while the tech specs say it has bluetooth 4.0 I can't get it to sync. It doesn't even look like the beta version is installing at all but I don't know how to tell for sure.
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Looks to me like the app checks to see what device it's installed on and the sync features are only enabled for certain devices. On the G Pad, I can check my my dashboard, etc., but I can't sync or interact with the tracker. On the S3, the app lets me sync and do other things.
I've no way of trying this myself but to you guys who say that you should have support for BT4.0, you could try and trick the device that will not sync. Go into the build.prop and take the ro buildnumber and name and so on and change them to the same of a device that you are certain it works with. If the the Fitbit is checking up against a buildnumber or model number, chances are it's from the build.prop. And could be funny if you could actually trick it just by making your phone into something else. ^^ (That is if BT4 is supported as said.)
CuraeL said:
I've no way of trying this myself but to you guys who say that you should have support for BT4.0, you could try and trick the device that will not sync. Go into the build.prop and take the ro buildnumber and name and so on and change them to the same of a device that you are certain it works with. If the the Fitbit is checking up against a buildnumber or model number, chances are it's from the build.prop. And could be funny if you could actually trick it just by making your phone into something else. ^^ (That is if BT4 is supported as said.)
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That's a really good idea. I have double and triple checked the specs for my phone and it does say Bluetooth 4.0. I think I'll try this since it worked for me tricking QPair into thinking my gpad was a v510. Thanks!
colwellkr said:
That's a really good idea. I have double and triple checked the specs for my phone and it does say Bluetooth 4.0. I think I'll try this since it worked for me tricking QPair into thinking my gpad was a v510. Thanks!
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Don't thank me yet. ^^ Fingers crossed.
CuraeL said:
Don't thank me yet. ^^ Fingers crossed.
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Hmm, trying to edit build.prop on my phone does not seem to be working. Neither ES File Explorer, nor 920 Text Editor, are able to edit/rename/save anything to build.prop or in /system. It says is a read only file system.
colwellkr said:
Hmm, trying to edit build.prop on my phone does not seem to be working. Neither ES File Explorer, nor 920 Text Editor, are able to edit/rename/save anything to build.prop or in /system. It says is a read only file system.
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Ah, rule number one of flashing KitKat: When done go to play store and get supersu, run it and let it update the binary. Choose normal, not CWM\TWPR. Let it finish the install, takes10 secs or so. Restart and tadaa root. It has to be done on all devices for now. Go into supersu after reboot and find Settings and then untick "Respect CM superuser bleh bleh."
Good luck.
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Ah, rule number one of flashing KitKat: When done go to play store and get supersu, run it and let it update the binary. Choose normal, not CWM\TWPR. Let it finish the install, takes10 secs or so. Restart and tadaa root. It has to be done on all devices for now. Go into supersu after reboot and find Settings and then untick "Respect CM superuser bleh bleh."
Good luck.
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My phone is running a custom 4.1.2 Rom called Lucidian. Would this still apply to that? I have superuser already working on it. And on my gpad running 4.4.2 cm11 I didn't have to do that to get root.
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My phone is running a custom 4.1.2 Rom called Lucidian. Would this still apply to that? I have superuser already working on it. And on my gpad running 4.4.2 cm11 I didn't have to do that to get root.
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And you have tried build.prop and it worked on your G Pad with CM 11? Funny, I had to do it on two different devices and just assumed I would have to on the G Pad as well. Now 4.1 i don't recall had any root issues, beats me why you can't edit the system on that one. Anyways, sounds like an incomplete root, like what happened in ICS 4.0 on the first Galaxy Note. Gave root but didn't do it for the full system..
Ive been using an app called "MirrorOp" that allows you to Mirror everything from your mobile device (smartphone and tablet) to a computer on the network. In order to use the app, the device has to be rooted. I rooted my galaxy Note 8.0, used the app, and have had great success. However, yesterday I used the Saferoot method to root my Verizon Galaxy S4, then loaded the MirrorOp. But It's not working properly. I tried pretty much every variation of setting on the MirrorOp Sender thats available, but it doesn't make a noticeable difference. To be specific I am using MirrorOp Sender for Galaxy since its a Galaxy S4.
Here is my phone info:
Version: 4.3
Baseband version i545VRUEMK2
Kernel 2.4.0
I can't stress enough that Im confident it's a problem with the Galaxy S4 and/or the root method I used because I use MirrorOp with my Galaxy Note 8.0 over my network all the time and it works perfectly.
Is anyone familiar with MirrorOp on the Galaxy S4?
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Ive been using an app called "MirrorOp" that allows you to Mirror everything from your mobile device (smartphone and tablet) to a computer on the network. In order to use the app, the device has to be rooted. I rooted my galaxy Note 8.0, used the app, and have had great success. However, yesterday I used the Saferoot method to root my Verizon Galaxy S4, then loaded the MirrorOp. But It's not working properly. I tried pretty much every variation of setting on the MirrorOp Sender thats available, but it doesn't make a noticeable difference. To be specific I am using MirrorOp Sender for Galaxy since its a Galaxy S4.
Here is my phone info:
Version: 4.3
Baseband version i545VRUEMK2
Kernel 2.4.0
I can't stress enough that Im confident it's a problem with the Galaxy S4 and/or the root method I used because I use MirrorOp with my Galaxy Note 8.0 over my network all the time and it works perfectly.
Is anyone familiar with MirrorOp on the Galaxy S4?
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Looking at the app (MirrorOp Sender for Galaxy), it does not require root, so you shouldn't need that.
I just installed that, installed the Windows Receiver, and it works fine without ever asking for root permissions.
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Looking at the app (MirrorOp Sender for Galaxy), it does not require root, so you shouldn't need that.
I just installed that, installed the Windows Receiver, and it works fine without ever asking for root permissions.
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Oh, actually I didn't notice that... Regular "MirrorOp Sender" requires Root, where as "MirrorOp Sender for Galaxy" does not. I would then if maybe the fact that I rooted the phone that could be causing the issue? is there an easy way to Unroot saferoot?
EDIT: Found unroot instructions on same page as root. Unrooted, and it loads a bit more like it's supposed to. but the Lag/freezing is still there T_T
I've tried several apps that hide root, and none work. Does anyone have any idea of the right way to get HBO Now working on a rooted device? My device is a Samsung Galaxy Tab Pro 12.2 running a custom rom.
The apps I've tried:
Hide My root (Can't even run on my device, fails to hide su, seems to work best on HTC devices?)
Hide Rooting Lite (acts like it works but doesn't)
RootCloak Plus (Cydia) I've added the app, rebooted and it still doesn't work.
Anyone gotten this working on a samsung device of any kind?
I was going to focus on hardware specific forum but really this is a more generic issue at least on the surface, how to hide root from an app.
Thanks for any suggestions.
I just tried Hide My Root and it didn't work.
I'm running a T-mobile HTC One M7 with ARHD 91.1 and also tried RootCloak.
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I've got HBO Now working on my rooted Note 3 (AT&T).
First, I installed HBO Now and tried to watch a movie, which failed with the "rooted device" message. That lead me here, which got me worried.
Second, I installed Root Cloak via Xposed, went into Settings - General - Application Manager and cleared the data to HBO Now, rebooted. Tried to watch another movie which failed.
Finally, I installed Hide My Root and chose "Hide su binary", stopped HBO Now and cleared the data again. To test, I tried to navigate to / via Root Explorer which told me I wasn't rooted. I loaded HBO Now back up and was able to start watching a movie right away.
I'm guessing there are different root methods that can or cannot be hidden. If this didn't work I had planned to use a dual boot to install a non-rooted stock ROM, since my kernel itself is rooted (i.e. I didn't root via app).
I pretty much did the same thing. Had the HBO app stopped and data cleared. Hide the su binary and then logged back into HBO app. For a moment I thought it was working as the video played longer than before. But after about a minute it came back with the rooted error.
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Hide my root worked for me on my Galaxy Tab S 10.5.
Hide Rooting Lite worked for me on my HTC One M8 (Sprint) with GPE Rom installed.
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Hide Rooting Lite worked for me on my HTC One M8 (Sprint) with GPE Rom installed.
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Is this the app you're referring https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.formyhm.hideroot
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I think that's the one he was talking about. Alas, it didn't work on my HTC One m7, from Verizon.
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Is this the app you're referring https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.formyhm.hideroot
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As mentioned above, this worked for me... Installed Hide My Root and granted it root permissions, hid su binary via Hide My Root, cleared data for HBO Now, and that was it. HBO Now worked fine (other apps needing root would not work while su was hidden of course). After testing I used Hide My Root to restore su binary, and things were back to normal, although I did have to re-grant root access to applications which previously had it (not a bit deal IMO). I'll need to do more testing during this trial period, but maybe I'll keep HBO Now after all.
Oh, and I should have mentioned I don't have Xposed installed yet, so I didn't do that step at all, just used Hide My Root. It worked on my Nexus 6 and Nexus 9.
Tried Hide Rooting Lite and still no luck.
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Hide Rooting Lite worked for me on my HTC One M8 (Sprint) with GPE Rom installed.
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Thanks this works perfectly for me also on GPE!
None of the hide root apps mentioned earlier have worked for me on my rooted Nexus 10. The apps themselves are working, as attempts to modify system apps in Root Explorer don't work because of a lack of root privileges, but when I play videos in the HBO app they fail. Not sure what else to do here.
Well, it didn't work on my Verizon HTC One (m7), using a GPE ROM from Santod. Are you using a custom GPE rom, or the stock one which came with the phone, just rooted?
Jodiuh said:
Thanks this works perfectly for me also on GPE!
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Sorry if this is against forum rules, but I want to bump this thread. I can't get any of the root hiding apps to block HBO. I've tried on my nexus 7, kindle fire (CM 10) with no luck on either
For anybody wanting to use it with Chromecast, and controlled by your rooted phone, you can.
Make sure to click on the Chromecast icon BEFORE trying to start the stream. Once you see the HBO Now icon on your TV screen, you can start the video on your smartphone/tablet and it won't complain about your phone being rooted.
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Robertjm said:
For anybody wanting to use it with Chromecast, and controlled by your rooted phone, you can.
Make sure to click on the Chromecast icon BEFORE trying to start the stream. Once you see the HBO Now icon on your TV screen, you can start the video on your smartphone/tablet and it won't complain about your phone being rooted.
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You made my night! Awesome! I only wanted it to control my chromecast. I've returned my nexus to stock to watch on the go.
Robertjm said:
For anybody wanting to use it with Chromecast, and controlled by your rooted phone, you can.
Make sure to click on the Chromecast icon BEFORE trying to start the stream. Once you see the HBO Now icon on your TV screen, you can start the video on your smartphone/tablet and it won't complain about your phone being rooted.
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This has worked for me so far, been playing for about 5 minutes with no rooted phone notification.
Who knows the next thing HBO will block playback on, but for now it's working!
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