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Sky By Mobile..

Has anyone got this working on a WM5 device yet?
The url's that you go to come back with
"service is not available for your mobile device".. but there are lots of JAR's and JAD's floating around for different phone types..
EDITED:
As I'm not a Vodafone 3G customer - i'm after the SKY TV Guides and the ability t mark something as "to record" and have it automatically recorded at home.....
Charlie Grillo

id be interested in this too

Can someone explain a bit mroe about this? Is it a service that sky are introducing for their customers, or an extra pay service? Cheers.

This is for current customer (for free):
http://www.sky.com/skybymobile/home

try going to:
mobile.sky.com/sbm
this then checks your phones comatibility

Sky by Mobile - Is it possible on Windows Mobile?
By Gears. Published on 10 Jul 2006.
Some of you may be aware of a new service launched by Sky TV recently. If you're lucky enough to have one of their whizzy PVR's then you'll already be used to the live pause and recording to hard disk. However, recently they announced their Sky by Mobile service which allows you to get the latest news and videos from Sky plus you can now remotely set programmes to record onto your Sky+ box. Good eh?
Only one problem though. You need one of these handsets to run the software, and Windows Mobile isn't on there. I'd really like to use this service - I'm always forgetting to set my Sky+ box or I'm away from the house and I can't physically touch the remote. Last night I found this interesting digitalspy.co.uk thread and downloaded this JAR file and plonked it onto my Orange SPV C600. I opened it up in file explorer and ran it in the Java MIDlet Manager. It does actually work, I can load it up and enter my sky.com credentials, however it stops after that - I presume because it can't access the net. I can't seem to get around this and I've tried everything like opening a GPRS connection manually and tweaking with the security settings.
Has anyone else tried this successfully ? I'm trying the JAR file for the Nokia 6230 in this example but Sky hide the links so I've not found any other JAR files to test.
http://mobile.sky.com/SBM/series40/sky_S40_LR_SF_6230/SkyMobile_S40_LR_SF_6230.jar
It installs in the midlet manager, and runs, but does not connect or go any further.
Surur

ive tried the link in a few different browsers, pie, mnimo and the java based opera but no look, just says not compatible with your device, i guess we will have to wait untill the sky.com web based service is available and use the text service in the mean time
got excited when the letter came through the post, its been in the pipeline for about a year or so now
edit: looked at the website http://www.wecomm.com/ who i think are the company that provide the software for the service and they do have other products that work on WM phones, so maybe soon it will be on our wizards!

anyone know whether we are going to get this?

On a similar subject, does anyone have the software program that you need to view your sky channels via broadband? I've just registered for it, but they email the URL to the original email address that was given to them by the account holder, but my Dad never gave them one so I'm struggling to get the software!
Cheers.

I think everyone has given up on this but ive managed to get a collection of installers for various phones, using the user agent tags in firefox.
not managed to get any of them to work though! but thought they may be useful to other people.
edit: ignore this post i cant seem to upload the files!
but if anyone is interrested give me a shout, ive got about 13 different installer files, mainly nokia,motorola, SE an i think one might be for blackberry.

WMP and URL

Blank to all, through logon wifi I delight to me to gardare the tv scattered for the world through mine tytn.. The problem is that WMP do not give the possibiità to me memorizzare the URL that I insert. I can resume them solo from the chronology. not is way to create a directory of addresses like happens on Internet explorer.. therefore from being able to recall the tv as I want?

Azzur said:
Blank to all, through logon wifi I delight to me to gardare the tv scattered for the world through mine tytn.. The problem is that WMP do not give the possibiità to me memorizzare the URL that I insert. I can resume them solo from the chronology. not is way to create a directory of addresses like happens on Internet explorer.. therefore from being able to recall the tv as I want?
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Hi Azzur
Hope I understand you correctly -
What I do is to create a word document with links to streaming TV and Radio stations. I open the document and tap the station I want. It automatically opens the station. When I close the player it returns to the word document and I can tap another station.
Mike

Mike thanks for the answer.
A program as wmp similar function does not preview one? Uncle BILL disappoints to me!! How is made not to implement one function for the added one of the addresses? Exists a better program in order to make that? Thanks!!

Cingular Video (CV) on a Wizard.

I did a search on this forum and found some information, but it wasn't enough (mainly I didn't feel like weeding through every thread that had the word "video" in it, just in case)... I did some searching on other sites, and I believe I have finally found a solution everyone can utilize! You don't have to download some fancy app (save for RealPlayer, but I'll get to that in a moment).
Step 1:
Make sure you have your MEdia Net proxy activated, you can only access CV through the proxy. If you need directions, this link should suffice.
Step 2:
CV doesn't work because when you visit http://cingularvideo.cingular.com, your Browser's UserAgent string tells Cingular (AT&T ?) that you are not using one of their 3 or 4 supported phones. Lets fix that...
Open your favorite registry editor (I like using Total Commander's but whatever) and lets navigate. Today you will find out what the UserAgent string of the 8525 (a 3G supported phone) looks like.
For WM5:
[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Internet Settings\5.0\User Agent]
(Default)="HTC-8500/1.2 Mozilla/4.0"
For WM6:
[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Security\Internet Explorer\User Agent]
"CustomBase"="HTC-8500/1.2 Mozilla/4.0"
When you are done with this, shove your stylus into that hole under the IR port, you know what to do.
Step 3:
CV uses silly .ram files which are hotlinks to RTSP streaming media, and as far as I know only RealOne Player can be used to read these .ram files (I tried looking at the source, copy/pasting the RTSP URL into WM's Streaming Media player, it didn't fly) SO you now need RealOne Player. If you travel to http://www.real.com/player/mobile and go through all the ropes to find the PPC version, you find out the exe they give you doesn't work with the newest version of ActiveSync. So, here's a CAB file for you to enjoy.
Step 4:
After you install that and restart your phone, head to http://cingularvideo.cingular.com and see what happens. This site is pretty much the same layout as http://device.home/ so you might be alright, but it really takes less than 5 mins to figure out how to navigate the thing.
It should be working now...if not, are you SURE you changed the UserAgent strings like mentioned above? WM5 and WM6 use different reg entries, so you should too
Please tell me I wasn't the only one wondering how to do this without installing a cab file that changed these settings for me. You honestly prefer to do that than learn how to do it yourself, in this "knowledge is power" society? Besides, I prefer a bookmark to a cab file!
*gives a big SouthPark Thaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaanks!*

How much does Cingular charge?
Do they charge to use this service?

[email protected] said:
Do they charge to use this service?
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As far as I can tell, they don't charge you for the service... but if you don't have an unlimited MEdia Net plan, you're kicking your own ass here. The FAQ suggests access comes with a MEdia Net package, but obviously you can go there without having one, the KBs will sure cost you.

Worked for me after I changed the network type in Real Player. While it was on GPRS, I kept getting an "Incorrect or malformed protocol error"
Launch Real Player and go to options-preferences-network and change type to 802.11b

yeah sorry, I forgot to mention that. You have to change the network preferences to 802.11b. Thanks thedscman
Today I'm trying and everything is giving me a whack "Error Clip Is Not Playable" message. I think ****ing Cingular is on to me, ****.

How to access Planet 3 from '3' Network on HD

Hi!
I am on Three UK network and can no longer access my Planet3/My3 mobile page on my HD so that I can check my usage and balance. It keeps directing me to the website version instead of the mobile wap version.
I understand some users have had succes by changing the user agent to tytan or some other phone in the opera:config settings but it is not working for me.
Really frustrating as I am trying out what I read on other forums.
What is the homepage url and what must I do in settings please to access it? Is it http://mobile.three.co.uk?
Thanks!

it would be nice to know if there is afix for this

try this, i use this setting in h.k. 3 network, may be not work in u.k.
KEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Security\Internet Explorer\User Agent\CustomBase
change HTC_Touch_HD T8282 Mozilla/4.0 to SAMSUNG-SGH-F488 Mozilla/4.0

Yes it does work dannyctl thank you but it displays very small so maybe it is meant for phones with smaller display res. Tytn 2 is on three network and that has larger display. What is the user agent for tytn?

sorry, i'm not sure for that, maybe it's fit the Samsung decice!! you better search your local PDA forum for a better setting, i think...

Vodafone Live! on HTC Touch HD ..

Actual article present on my blog here.
I posted earlier about how to access the Mobile TV on HTC Touch HD on my blog here. But later I found out that method as an inadequate one to continue in normal usage. So I did some more R&D at home around this and found the perfect method of doing so !
So here you go now.
My HTC Touch HD has, L26 v9.0 WWE ROM and you need following software before proceeding further.
* AdvancedConfig – for doing the configuration changes on Internet Explorer User agent
* PHM registry editor – for making the changes to rtsp default player
Vodafone Live! runs primarily on S60 based devices and I had an excellent experience of it running on my earlier Nokia N95. So you need to try and ‘fool’ the system at Vodafone to assume your phone as a N95 instead of Internet Explorer running on a Windows Mobile phone. To do so, you need to change the ‘mobile’ user agent string of your Internet Explore browser to the one used for N95. Use the following steps to change the user agent string.
1. Run AdvancedConfig
2. Expand Internet Explorer option
3. Click on User Agent custom base
4. Change the value as follows
Mozilla/5.0 (SymbianOS/9.2; U; Series60/3.1 NokiaN95/11.0.026; Profile MIDP-2.0 Configuration/CLDC-1.1) AppleWebKit/413 (KHTML, like Gecko) Safari/413
Once you are done with this, to ensure that the change has worked, Open the internet explorer browser and go to the website http://www.useragentstring.com. Your browser should recognize your device as N95 using Mozilla Safari browser.
If this happens, then you have passed the first step!
Now go to Start –> Settings –> Connections –> Connections –> Advanced –> Select networks
Select “Contract WAP” as the default network and you are good to go.
Just to test if this works.. try accessing http://live.vodafone.co.uk via your Internet Explorer browser (in a Mobile mode, not Desktop mode) and see if it works for you.
It worked for me and I hope it would work for you.
However, I had one issue with HTC Streaming Media that the rtsp link would not play. Hence I had to go and change the default RTSP player to WMPlayer.exe by modifying the registry.
If you too are having similar issue, then open PHM registry editor and access the key \HKCR\rtsp\Shell\Open\Command. Change the default value from StreamingPlayer.exe to WMPlayer.exe “%1” and you should be able to view the streaming from your Windows Media player.
Try the above steps and let me know how it goes…

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Hey!
So, I have done exactly as you said, but no luck... the User Agent does not change. To be mentioned: I am using Dutty's XTREME v2.1. Perhaps the User Agent Code is stored in another place, not where AdvancedConfig expects to find it...

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Hey!
So, I have done exactly as you said, but no luck... the User Agent does not change. To be mentioned: I am using Dutty's XTREME v2.1. Perhaps the User Agent Code is stored in another place, not where AdvancedConfig expects to find it...
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Dunno much about Dutty's ROM. I had it earlier and the above process did not work for me there .. probably because the Internet Explorer browser in there has a hard coded useragentstring in browser.dll
I tried the above on L26 ROM and it worked .. in fact to my surprise ... !

Hello!
Just an update. Everything works fine with Opera Mobile 6.5; there it is easyer to change the User Agent String. I replaced it with the string you gave and ... everything is working fine. Couldn't convince IEM6 to work, though! Ah, well... the procedure how to change to a Custom Agent String in Opera is described here: "In opera:config, User Perfs there is a setting called “Custom User-Agent”.". Good luck!

One question: where can I find this browser.dll in my device? Oh, and the quality of the live stream from VodafoneLive is lousy!

Thanks ...
I dunno about the browser.dll, supposedly in the Windows folder somewhere. I suggest you not to try and play with that, otherwise you will corrupt your IE forever.
I tried on IE first and it worked, so never bothered to try on Opera. Kept opera separately and in tact for web browsing ..

Youtube video added on http://sollerthoughts.co.uk/2009/03/26/video-guide-for-accessing-vodafone-live-on-touch-hd/