I was thinking of rooting my Nexus 7 and I understand if I want to use USB OTG I will need root? I know if root I will no longer be able to purchase movies through google but is the same true for books and magazines? The books and magazines that I have already purchased do I still have access to them? Thanks any help would be appreciated
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I was thinking of rooting my Nexus 7 and I understand if I want to use USB OTG I will need root? I know if root I will no longer be able to purchase movies through google but is the same true for books and magazines? The books and magazines that I have already purchased do I still have access to them? Thanks any help would be appreciated
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I bought a magazine subscription on my rooted and non-US Nexus 7 yesterday All my books are still there but I haven't tried movies (and nor will I at those prices). My freebie Transformers movie plays OK.
mcdermott1 said:
I was thinking of rooting my Nexus 7 and I understand if I want to use USB OTG I will need root? I know if root I will no longer be able to purchase movies through google but is the same true for books and magazines? The books and magazines that I have already purchased do I still have access to them? Thanks any help would be appreciated
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I wasn't able to watch movies on my rooted tegra 2 tablet for the longest time then all of the sudden a week ago I was able to. Maybe they lifted that ban from rooted devices.
I just purchased a book last night.....no problems buying or reading.
I had no problem with those while rooted
Via my HTC Rezound
mcdermott1 said:
I was thinking of rooting my Nexus 7 and I understand if I want to use USB OTG I will need root? I know if root I will no longer be able to purchase movies through google but is the same true for books and magazines? The books and magazines that I have already purchased do I still have access to them? Thanks any help would be appreciated
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Just got mine rooted (pretty easy, thanks Google) and I have no issue with this.
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I've been emailing with someone at Google's Movie support and am being told that the reason my XOOM can't download or stream movies from their new service is because it's rooted.
Is anyone else out there having similar issues? IMO, this sucks. Hoping for a swift resolution.
I think I may have the same issue. My xoom is unlocked and rooted and I get a license error (error 49) whenever I try to download a movie.
tr3v1n said:
I think I may have the same issue. My xoom is unlocked and rooted and I get a license error (error 49) whenever I try to download a movie.
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Not surprising. The first thing that I'd try to do if I had "pinned" a movie for offline viewing and I had root would be to look for the decryption key and the encrypted local file. HD movies on the cheap. Root and DRM just aren't compatible.
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Not surprising. The first thing that I'd try to do if I had "pinned" a movie for offline viewing and I had root would be to look for the decryption key and the encrypted local file. HD movies on the cheap. Root and DRM just aren't compatible.
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My HTC Incredible is rooted and I just installed the new Netflix streaming app and it works. So I don't think that rooting and DRM must be mutually exclusive.
What if you have a movie pinned for offline viewing, then root I wonder?
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My HTC Incredible is rooted and I just installed the new Netflix streaming app and it works. So I don't think that rooting and DRM must be mutually exclusive.
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Netflix doesn't let you download movies like Google Movies does. Netflix also isn't doing HD. The DRM requirements for HD are a *lot* tighter and more restrictive than they are for SD content.
RadDudeTommy said:
What if you have a movie pinned for offline viewing, then root I wonder?
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"fastboot oem unlock" (aka, rooting the Xoom) wipes your device.
kllrnohj said:
"fastboot oem unlock" (aka, rooting the Xoom) wipes your device.
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No, unlocking isn't the same as rooting. You can unlock and not root. (Unlocking only enables fastboot's ability to flash unsigned partition images)
I wonder what happens in that case, where you unlock and not root? It might be an interesting -- and potentially expensive -- exercise to see under what conditions exactly does this error trigger.
Rooted users are actually seeing the movies listed in the market, but just can't play them right?
I got 3.1 on my non-rooted wifi version this morning and the market has no movies tab at all.
I just tried, I can rent and its in my rentals but won't play.
Edit: I'm rooted
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Found the answer to my question.
Google said:
Hi horatiopositronic,
Sorry for the confusion. An update bringing the Videos app and Movies tab
in Android Market is currently being rolled out to Verizon XOOM customers.
Wi-Fi Xoom devices will begin receiving this update (separate from 3.1
update) in the coming weeks. When the update becomes available for Wi-Fi
Xoom users like yourself, your Xoom will automatically receive the Videos
application, and your Android Market will display the Movies tab. Look
out for notifications updates in the coming weeks (bottom right corner
near your time).
Regards,
Kevin
The Android Market Support Team
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I read from Droid Life that if you delete Superuser.apk and su that Movies will start working. Hence root is the issue.
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I have a UK wifi xoom which I unlocked, and played around with a while back, including rooting it and installing Tiamat. I've since returned it to stock US software (just so i can get updates more quickly), and no longer have root access. However, I still get the error 49 if i try to play a movie from the market. Surely they don't block movies from devices that were rooted once upon a time!?
I have a rooted Thunderbolt and receive the same error. It has to do with su and root. I don't think this exclusive to the xoom.
(I'm posting here because i just bought a xoom and will be rooting as soon as i do the knowledge on it.)
Thanks
has anyone booted up a new nexus on an unsupported country? what i mean is for countries where there is no play movies, books, and magazines.
just curious if i will get it.
someone is bringing me a nexus from the US to Asia.
I would assume that seeing how your Play Store doesn't support it, you won't get it. The credit I'm not sure about though.
That is, unless you use a proxy or some other means to enable it so that you can get it. You may need to permanently use the VPN/proxy to watch the movies or read the magazines though. However once Play Music is enabled, you can use it anywhere without a proxy/VPN, you can't buy songs though.
Play music isn't supported too. But since I was in the US when it launched ..I can access it here.
So I'm thinking it may work but I won't be able to buy other content.
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In the UK we can't get them but, a little fix is out there to allow you to get them all.
I tried it on my GS2 and it works.
Here is the link DroidVPN
Enjoy
antikryst said:
Play music isn't supported too. But since I was in the US when it launched ..I can access it here.
So I'm thinking it may work but I won't be able to buy other content.
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Hmm, perhaps though I don't believe this works for Play Movies, Books, Magazines, TV Shows etc. but I may be wrong.
Could also just use Titanium Backup to defrost apps that are built-in (Wallet, Play Magazines, etc.) and use them. Thats' what I did.
Hi,
I haven't rooted my Nexus 7 yet, but I have had this device for couple of months and it has been great for me.
Before I make a decision to root, I wanted to make sure if Google Video or Google Wallet will still work after rooting. I vaguely remember reading that these two features might not work on the rooted device. If this is true, is there any way to get these features to work after rooting?
Also, is there any way to root the device without wiping the device? I have spend quite some time setting my device up and if there is any way to root without deleting the current set up and apps, it would be great. Thank you in advance for the help.
Hello,
I believe wallet works but it warns u at first startup that it's not supported anymore.
Google video will not play DRM protected stuff but still works.
Hope this helps...
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Google wallet works fine i never even had the message about unsupported because of root, but when i open it now says ive gotta update wallet. Meh no free credit left and to much Hassel to update in the uk
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On stock-rooted Nexus 7, Google Wallet definitely works after updating it. Got my $10 credit. I can play the Transformer movie that came with the N7, but haven't tried any other movies. I have read some from books and magazines, but don't know if they are drm'd.
Has anyone elses movies box in the play store dissappeared? mine has. but i can still access it on my phone.
in fact books has gone too
I still have movies in Google play actually everything is there. Is your nexus rooted?
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-PiLoT- said:
Has anyone elses movies box in the play store dissappeared? mine has. but i can still access it on my phone.
in fact books has gone too
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Are you abroad at the moment? If you have a wifi only nexus 7 device, market is tailored to each specific country you are accessing the play store through. That could be the reason why you can access it on your phone because you are using a provider from a country that has access to those google features. Not all countries have access to movies or books from the google market.
I am in the UK. i havent changed anything afaik. and the fact that certain things are one phone but not tablet. im rooted and bootloader unlocked using the latest stock build
-PiLoT- said:
I am in the UK. i havent changed anything afaik. and the fact that certain things are one phone but not tablet. im rooted and bootloader unlocked using the latest stock build
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Odd then. Well if you are up for it, a possible solution to dance around the problem (although it doesn't necessarily solve it...) would be to follow this guide to gain access to those services again: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=28259205#post28259205
Your device is already rooted so that saves you one big step. It's simply a way to get around Play store blocks on its features, so it will *maybe* fix your problem since its the Play store that is preventing your device from accessing google movies and books.
Hi guys! i'm new to this forums, and almost complete noob with everything which has mobile usage, mobile - smart phones, tablets...more of a desktop guy.
Recently i discovered the N7 and i heard, you can watch movies in clood, even without internet connection, that sound impossible to me but anyway, i decided to ask is that possible and how do you guys do it? do i need to have the movies on my pc? how do you get connected with the N7 to your pc if your lets say out? i'm really confused and i need some help, thanks.
dazed1 said:
Hi guys! i'm new to this forums, and almost complete noob with everything which has mobile usage, mobile - smart phones, tablets...more of a desktop guy.
Recently i discovered the N7 and i heard, you can watch movies in clood, even without internet connection, that sound impossible to me but anyway, i decided to ask is that possible and how do you guys do it? do i need to have the movies on my pc? how do you get connected with the N7 to your pc if your lets say out? i'm really confused and i need some help, thanks.
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Where are you getting the movies from?
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Well, cant you upload your own movies to google drive and later watch them?
dazed1 said:
Well, cant you upload your own movies to google drive and later watch them?
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You could, but you would still have to put the file on the device offline to watch it offline.
BSPlayer is one of many great media players that can open just about any file format. It can also stream on your home wi-fi from desktop machines on the same network. If you have downloaded AVI or MKV movies you can transfer them by USB cable for offline viewing later, much faster than wireless.
If you purchase or rent from Google Play Movies, you can pin the movie for later offline viewing and it will download the whole thing. However services like Netflix do not offer offline caching.
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You could, but you would still have to put the file on the device offline to watch it offline.
BSPlayer is one of many great media players that can open just about any file format. It can also stream on your home wi-fi from desktop machines on the same network. If you have downloaded AVI or MKV movies you can transfer them by USB cable for offline viewing later, much faster than wireless.
If you purchase or rent from Google Play Movies, you can pin the movie for later offline viewing and it will download the whole thing. However services like Netflix do not offer offline caching.
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Eh, the point is to keep storage free (on your Nexus 7) and to not be forced to get 3/4G version of Nexus 7, as far i can see there will be no 4G version on launch, (i would get one otherwise) which is very bad for me, don't know why they do this delayed launch of 4G version.....if you got any info on the 4G version, please share it, thanks for your help :good:
dazed1 said:
Eh, the point is to keep storage free (on your Nexus 7) and to not be forced to get 3/4G version of Nexus 7, as far i can see there will be no 4G version on launch, (i would get one otherwise) which is very bad for me, don't know why they do this delayed launch of 4G version.....if you got any info on the 4G version, please share it, thanks for your help :good:
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But which do you want? To save storage or to avoid data usage? You can't watch movies offline without using device storage.
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But which do you want? To save storage or to avoid data usage? You can't watch movies offline without using device storage.
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Yea, i understand now, thanks. I wanted to save storage.