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Google Movies on Rooted Xoom

If you rent a movie though the market on your Rooted Moto Xoom and try to play it in the Google movies app you will get an error 49 (rooted device not allowed).
But if you go to www.youtube.com in the browser and login you can then play your movie.
I have done this process on my Rooted WIFI Xoom with 3.2. (Desktop UA string). Just thought I would share...
This will only work if you are connected to a network. So if you can tether or if you have a Verizon Xoom you should be good to go mobile. Or you can always use WIFI.

How many movies did you try it with?
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one so far I wanted to put it on here so others can try... I will try a few more movies this week.

Yeah nice tip.
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Wait- so after logging into you YouTube you jump back into your Google Movies app and it works or.......?
Do you watch the movies on YouTube using the browser?

Watch movies on YouTube though the browser. Could of been more clear.
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how smooth is the video? I kinda wish you could watch them offline but at least we can watch them
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I only rented a SD movie in my first test I will try an HD soon the SD was very smooth.
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Has anyone else tried this yet? What are your results?

just tried on my wifi xoom 3.1 with unlocked bootloader using the Bourne ultimatum (favorite movie) and it worked perfectly without a hitch.
this workaround will be useful until someone can figure out how to watch them in the movies app.
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jaker.the.skater said:
just tried on my wifi xoom 3.1 with unlocked bootloader using the Bourne ultimatum (favorite movie) and it worked perfectly without a hitch.
this workaround will be useful until someone can figure out how to watch them in the movies app.
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Good to hear! was that in HD?

well I thought I bought the HD rental lol. but I only had 360p and 480p options. either way it still looked fine.
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jaker.the.skater said:
well I thought I bought the HD rental lol. but I only had 360p and 480p options. either way it still looked fine.
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Then thats a SD video. HD will go to 720

yeah i thought for sure i spent the extra dollar for hd but it was definitely sd. oh well

jaker.the.skater said:
yeah i thought for sure i spent the extra dollar for hd but it was definitely sd. oh well
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hmm... maybe if you did you tube sees the screen size in the browser and limits to 480...

im a newbie, so I apologize for the hand holding but can you please explain exactly how to view a Google video through the YouTube browser? I ordered a movie on Google videos and signed into YouTube, but where do I go from there? Thanks

if you type in"about:debug" (without quotes) in the browsers address bar you will get more settings. go to settings>debug>uastring and change it to desktop. then reload youtube and on the homepage there should be something like "don't forget to watch your movie" and that's it.
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worked flawlessly, thank you

no problemo, glad to help
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great info thanks

i9020 slows down to a CRAWL after 350 apps installed

Optimization Tip #1 (Too Many Apps)
It's very easy to reach those numbers in no time
specially when you are a phone game addict like me
with the limitation of the i9020 not having an external SD card support i never had as much freedom as i did when using the i9000, on that phone i easily reached 500 Apps in no time, and well the slow down is obvious.
so the Trick & Tip for this session is about keeping a good balance between performance, and still have those 300+ Apps installed in the phone without blowing up on you.
Requirement: TitaniumBackup
you will probably think uninstalling the Apps that you don't need, true, but that's not always the best way, however for Apps that you absolutely do not use at least once a month, they should definitely be gone from the phone.
to keep the phone from slowing down to a claw, specially when your launcher tries to load up all those Apps & icons, simply use Titanium Backup to FREEZE the ones that you don't use very often, but are still nice to have in the phone for those "emergencies" when you really need it the most, but you wished you had them installed, and not deleted just to keep your phone from running smooth.
just keep a shortcut of TitaniumBackup some where on the desktop launcher to have quick access to the Apps to freeze & unfreeze the other Apps that you want to keep in the phone.
Also all the less used Apps you can group them inside a folder, and make a shortcut of that folder on the desktop launcher, so that when you Unfreeze them you know exactly where to look for them, instead of having to scroll through the entire Apps drawer.
Another great idea, only for those with unlimited mobile internet access, is to use the DropBox feature of TitaniumBackup, and then store all those Apps you want to keep on the cloud, and restore them when you need them
That's all for today

Don't download 50 fart apps.
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This is a nice gui-
350 apps?

Sorry, there is no good reason to have 350 apps on your cellphone.
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350 apps????
why???

I think it would be easy to accumulate that number. However, i tend to go through and thin out the ones I dont use occasionally. I dont think id ever get to 350! Think ive got about 50 or so on there at the moment.

damn I only have 110 lol
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Damn...that's a lot of apps

aprox 50 are actual apps the other 300 are mostly games, good games like GunBros, most of the good ones from Gameloft, EA, and many other big hit tittles in Android Market

I don't think I've ever had more than 10 downloaded... 350 is kind of overkill man. You can only play so many games...

AllGamer said:
aprox 50 are actual apps the other 300 are mostly games, good games like GunBros, most of the good ones from Gameloft, EA, and many other big hit tittles in Android Market
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lol you're crazy
I have 8 games on my phone right now (including emulators... i use GBCoid for pokemon yellow and n64oid for... actually I never use it). That also includes Kongregate arcade.
how can you STAND playing on a touchscreen? like I play modern combat from game loft more than any game, and playing on a touch screen sucks! my fingers always block my view (and i don't even have big hands)

Damn man. Just download them again from the market if you need to have them again. How can you possibly use that many regularly.
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It's slowing to a CRAWL, not a claw.

derekwilkinson said:
lol you're crazy
I have 8 games on my phone right now (including emulators... i use GBCoid for pokemon yellow and n64oid for... actually I never use it). That also includes Kongregate arcade.
how can you STAND playing on a touchscreen? like I play modern combat from game loft more than any game, and playing on a touch screen sucks! my fingers always block my view (and i don't even have big hands)
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I have around 40 games and like 20 nes/snes games and I play those with my ps3 controller using sixaxis app
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Damn that's over kill 350 I bet u don't even use half them apps I got like 60 apps on my nexus s
Put a list of all 350 apps

steviee7 said:
I have around 40 games and like 20 nes/snes games and I play those with my ps3 controller using sixaxis app
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I have the sixaxis app as well, have you figured out how to map out the keys for games like gun bros? I'm only able to move in the game, but not shoot.
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asaetern said:
I have the sixaxis app as well, have you figured out how to map out the keys for games like gun bros? I'm only able to move in the game, but not shoot.
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Don't have that game
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350. That's funny.
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david279 said:
350. That's funny.
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I don't see anything funny at all,:|
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steviee7 said:
I don't see anything funny at all,:|
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It's right here...
david279 said:
350.
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Look what i found!! Must see!!

Hey guys i just wanted to share this....this is cool.
U can even play battlefield 3 on it... Il try it when i get home ... Take a look
Look on market splashtop gamepad thd
http://www.splashtop.com/blog/index...wered-by-nvidia-tegra-3-launches#.T_cOMr3D_Js
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D2q8GjTzFOM&feature=youtube_gdata_player
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Does it have gamepad support? And it would be great if you could hook up a mouse through the keyboard dock and play SC2 on a tablet.

10010110 said:
Does it have gamepad support? And it would be great if you could hook up a mouse through the keyboard dock and play SC2 on a tablet.
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Im pretty sure u can....im gonna try it tonight:thumbup:
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Raul69.atl said:
Im pretty sure u can....im gonna try it tonight:thumbup:
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Well, after looking at the 2nd link in OP, the 2nd vid on that page ~5:30 in you see fatality playing skyrim on a tablet with an xbox 360 controller over steam.... wow.

10010110 said:
Well, after looking at the 2nd link in OP, the 2nd vid on that page ~5:30 in you see fatality playing skyrim on a tablet with an xbox 360 controller over steam.... wow.
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Yup....only thing il be using a ps3 controller
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Raul69.atl said:
Hey guys i just wanted to share this....this is cool.
U can even play battlefield 3 on it... Il try it when i get home ... Take a look
Look up splashtop gamepad THD(on market)
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http://www.splashtop.com/blog/index...wered-by-nvidia-tegra-3-launches#.T_cOMr3D_Js
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D2q8GjTzFOM&feature=youtube_gdata_player
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I've been using splashtop since I got my tablet.
Can't wait for splashtop 2 it is so much faster... damn ipad users got it first.

adrhodes said:
I've been using splashtop since I got my tablet.
Can't wait for splashtop 2 it is so much faster... damn ipad users got it first.
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Cool
I was gonna get it but it says i need to be on same wifi connection...no point for that.
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Raul69.atl said:
Cool
I was gonna get it but it says i need to be on same wifi connection...no point for that.
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So to use spashtop one needs to be on the same wifi network as their desktop?
Or were you talking about splastop 2, or are they the same thing?

Spashtop2 is out on my pcs - but requires a login now with their services - blergh
i got it when it was on sale a cpl of weeks ago - its nice since you can not only play games but also use it as RDP which is nice.
You only need to be in the same network if you don't sign in - otherwise you can connect using your google account

Surely looks awesome!
How is the client on OSX, anyone tried it out?

its not available on google play yet right?

ashok said:
its not available on google play yet right?
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Yes it is... Type splashtop
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make sure you get the thd version if you're using a tegra device. It's faster good for games. Although you must be on a fast network for this to work smoothly.
I've been playing diablo 3 and it works but it's not the best for fps games since they require good reaction times. If you have a fast network then i'm sure you could play most games.
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I currently have the non-THD version of the app so is there any advantage of getting the THD version if I do not plan on playing games (since I have ATI card that is not supported in full screen) ?

rich.x87 said:
Surely looks awesome!
How is the client on OSX, anyone tried it out?
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I got an iMac but using bootcamp so i dnt think is the same.
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Yes an ati card won't support the full screen but you can always play windowed no borders. but if you don't plan on playing any games then you will be fine with just the reular version.
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i havnt got this as my laptop is pants but the remote desktop app is awesome
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I wonder what this would be like via the Internet. I guess you would have your own cloud gaming service. Might be worth trialing if you have a descent upload connection to see if cloud gaming is worthwhile
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I think there is some kind of splahtop app that is loaded into the stock Asus firmware, it doesnt show in the launcher but it is in the "Apps" section in settings

Deleted the free transformers movie, how do I get it back ?

See title , its under my movies on my other devices and play store website but not in play store app.
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Resend it from the play store website?
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Im not sure about this, my Nexus 7 is in the mail, but I believe you can restore it to factory stock and you can get it back.

jsl95 said:
See title , its under my movies on my other devices and play store website but not in play store app.
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When you look at it in the web store, does it have a price under it or play? See image attached how mine is just ready to play.

In the online play store it just says play.
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jsl95 said:
In the online play store it just says play.
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So can you see it in the Movies app?

Just got the tablet and am giving it to the wifey for her bday. Im obviously rooting it so I can play behind her back. Is the move a download, or already on the device? I'm not sure wether I should root, then dirty flash the JR003D build or if I should normally update, then root to keep the movie with the device. If it's a download...? IDK. What should I do?

gokart2 said:
Just got the tablet and am giving it to the wifey for her bday. Im obviously rooting it so I can play behind her back. Is the move a download, or already on the device? I'm not sure wether I should root, then dirty flash the JR003D build or if I should normally update, then root to keep the movie with the device. If it's a download...? IDK. What should I do?
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By default the movie just streams, so you can pick it up again by logging into Play.

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Here is some more gameplay footage and emulators including PPSSPP like requested! Let me know what you all think!!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TCU-K26XPBM

Pretty damn cool - thanks! I didn't see the PPSSPP, though. Which game was it running?

I ran third birthday in ppsspp. It runs really well. Might do another now that I have more games.
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I see that the screen is cut off partially on your tv, you might try an app called secondscreen.
edit: the app only works on android 4.2 and up

r0c0 said:
I see that the screen is cut off partially on your tv, you might try an app called secondscreen.
edit: the app only works on android 4.2 and up
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Cut off? Where and what is second screen
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