Help SkyGo

[adamantell]

Anyone know when or how I can get SkyGo App

On my Samsung Galaxy S2

Thanks for any information

 

[rozel]

Yes I wish there was but Sky Go requires Silverlight, a Windows program - it is not installable on Android AFAIK. There is talk of it coming though

But maybe someone out there knows better?

 

[GiggityGiggity]

It's due somewhere between now and May according to what I've read.

EDIT
Correction, I've just read on the Sky website that:
"Given the high level of consumer demand, I’m pleased to today be able to announce two very significant developments to Sky Go that will be rolling out over the next month. Firstly, we will be making Sky Go available on a selection of Android smartphones starting with Samsung Galaxy and HTC handsets. We fully appreciate how much Android users have been looking forward to the launch of Sky Go, and we’ve done everything we can to make sure that our bespoke design for Android handsets is worth waiting for."

So, as that statement was released 31st January it'll be some time this month.

 

[adamantell]

Cool thanks for information

 

[GiggityGiggity]

Latest word is SkyGo for Android is being released on 22nd Feb.

 

[martytarty]

Latest word is SkyGo for Android is being released on 22nd Feb.

Bad news for anyone rooted and or has ice cream sandwich

Skygo will not run on ics or rooted devices

I have ics and Im rooted so im screwed, no way am I going back to unrooted and gingerbread

I hope someone clever at xda can overcome this

 

[rozel]

Bad news for anyone rooted and or has ice cream sandwich

Skygo will not run on ics or rooted devices

Where is the information about it not being able to work on rooted devices or ICS please?

Edit......

I've found the info over at XDA - just hope someone can sort things out

 

[GiggityGiggity]

SkyGo is available now on Android Market. Just downloaded it.

 

[skimminstones]

its pathetic they haven't increased the number of registered devices allowed. Been waiting ages for sky go on android, it eventually arrives and i find i have to decide whether i want to remove my laptop as a registered device just to be able to use it on the phone.

They offer it on pc/xbox/iphone/ipad/android phones/android tablets/ And you are only allowed to choose two of them to use? Pathetic!

 

[rozel]

Confirmed useless on rooted phones and current fix to use a market app to temporarily unroot your phone doesn't work if you have updated your phone using Kies or Odin - sheesh!

 

[steslatt]

Confirmed useless on rooted phones!

What actually happens, do you get an error message or what?

 

[keithbrown53]

I downloaded it this afternoon - works really well.

I can understand the 2 devices limit though - you could easily pass your username and password to all of your chums, and essentially give them a (limited) sky subscription for nothing.

In fact, I am moderately surprised this is a free service....but will not be surprised if it is not free, sometime soon.

 

[rozel]

What actually happens, do you get an error message or what?

No it just "hangs" when you try to stream a channel - trying to load - cannot remember what it says but it is a black screen with a light grey horizontal bar.

It will play Sky News but nothing else.

 

[rozel]

I downloaded it this afternoon - works really well.

I can understand the 2 devices limit though - you could easily pass your username and password to all of your chums, and essentially give them a (limited) sky subscription for nothing.

In fact, I am moderately surprised this is a free service....but will not be surprised if it is not free, sometime soon.

Do you work for Sky? lol

 

[skimminstones]

I downloaded it this afternoon - works really well.

I can understand the 2 devices limit though - you could easily pass your username and password to all of your chums, and essentially give them a (limited) sky subscription for nothing.

In fact, I am moderately surprised this is a free service....but will not be surprised if it is not free, sometime soon.

it used to be 5 devices allowed, They dropped it to two after they renamed it from skyplayer to sky go. This was a little after making it available on xbox. Dropping it to two after increasing the number of devices you can use skygo on was a pathetic move.

 

[keithbrown53]

Do you work for Sky? lol

No....but I'm surprised they offer up extras like this, for nothing....and I wouldn't be surprised if once everyone gets used to having it, they introduce a charge.

 

[rozel]

Seems the guys over at xda are getting close to sorting the problem - in my case I am rooted using a CF-Root kernal and have tried Voodoo OTA/hide root using the stock Sky Go app and the test ones - see this thread: -

[APP] Sky Go for Android - xda-developers

Think I will wait a while longer as I'm only on Gingerbread 2.3.4 (the latest as per Kies) and do not want to mess with my phone right now. Hopefully someone will report that Sky Go will work on rooted SGS2's very soon, without having to resort with upgrading firmware or reflashing the Kernal to Stock - I mean what's the point of the latter? We have rooted our phones for reasons so going back to unrooted phones seems a daft step to take imho.

Hopefully our wait will not be too long

Maybe somebody on this forum has been successful?

 

[chetdenim]

Doesn't work on my orange branded gs2. No idea why, says device not supported.

 

[Morat]

Does anyone else have a problem with the permissions this app requires? I'm not sure I want sky to be able to access all accounts on my phone...

 

[daz_2000]

You can get around the 2 device limit, by simply adding an additional user to your sky account. That user then gets 2 devices. THus giving you 4. I believe you can add upto 10 additional users.

For those rooted or with ICS, try this :

http://forum.xda-developers.com/attachment.php?attachmentid=913133&d=1329844453

Use at your own risk of course. Be sure to wipe data of original app first and uninstall before installing this one.

 

[skimminstones]

You can get around the 2 device limit, by simply adding an additional user to your sky account. That user then gets 2 devices. THus giving you 4. I believe you can add upto 10 additional users.
.

That only works if you have a sky home installation with them unfortunately

 

[daz_2000]

That only works if you have a sky home installation with them unfortunately

Correct.

 

[steslatt]

You can get around the 2 device limit, by simply adding an additional user to your sky account. That user then gets 2 devices. THus giving you 4. I believe you can add upto 10 additional users.

For those rooted or with ICS, try this :

http://forum.xda-developers.com/attachment.php?attachmentid=913133&d=1329844453

Use at your own risk of course. Be sure to wipe data of original app first and uninstall before installing this one.

Do you have the link for the post this came from? It doesn't work for me on checkrom v6 with redpill 1.3 kernel.

 

[daz_2000]

Do you have the link for the post this came from? It doesn't work for me on checkrom v6 with redpill 1.3 kernel.

Theres been a few APKs floating around, this is the one it came from.

[APP] Sky Go for Android - xda-developers

 

[rozel]

Right guys - I got Sky Go working this morning - woohooo!!!!

For me, I had to flash my rooted kernal (C-F's v 4.2) with the Stock kernal for my Rom - this preserves the root believe it or not. You then download the skygo_test_0.1.3 apk (there are several versions - this one works for me) and from the Market, download Voodoo OTA. This latter app can hide and unhide your root.

So to make it work, you hide your root (temporarily) and sign in on the Sky Go test app with your username and password and voila!!

Check the compatabilty of your phone (roms and kernals and apps) by checking here: -

https://docs.google.com/spreadsheet/ccc?key=0AnLqAJT56SsbdGI2QWJYV1dodFpaWWk3QnkxLWNxN0E#gid=0

And to confirm - create an additional user in your profile, should you have more than 2 devices wanting Sky Go. This works for home-users - if you only subscribe to Sky Go and do not have a regular Sky Package, then it won't work and for once, I agree with Sky's thinking here, it shouldn't. You can create up to 10 users allowing you to have 20 devices !!!

Going to watch the football at 5pm later today as the Mrs will be watching her "catch-up soaps" - come on you blues!!!!! Far better than watching via an internet stream from some foreign website