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Netflix App?

Is there a chance we can port the Netflix App released for the iphone today?
I am sure that they'll release it for Android, but it would be nice in the meantime.
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I don't think it would be possible to port it without first having the netflix app's source code. Plus on top of that they are two totally different operating systems with different video / audio / graphics frameworks. It would probably be easier to just write one from scratch.
Your best bet at the moment would to be just to wait until netflix releases it or to see if the blockbuster app has been ported from the droid x. While the blockbuster app sucks because you would have to pay for each movie instead of having a netflix subscription I think its the only app right now that does streaming movies I hope netflix gets its act together soon!

No chance of porting it... Netflix has been actively hiring android developers, recently looking for "android video playback experts" the official app will come sooner or later.

Netflix Android app got released... but its not for the Aria yet :/

I downloaded and installed the apk on my Aria running Gene Poole's most recent Liberated ROM. It installs fine and I can add to and modify my queue, but playback doesn't seem to work. It says 'Loading...' for about 5 seconds then goes back to the apps main screen.
I've attached the apk for anyone who wants to test it.
A bit of a warning though, installed the app is ~22MB. Considering our phones have ~130MB user storage that is quite a big chunk. Luckily it supports a2sd, which shrinks it down to about 16MB

installe the app, UI is slow but playback is fine! FINALLY! yes it works on the Aria, this little phone never ceases to amaze me.

Worked for me too!
Sent from my Liberty

Its a no go on Samsung epic
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pcruz said:
installe the app, UI is slow but playback is fine! FINALLY! yes it works on the Aria, this little phone never ceases to amaze me.
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What ROM are you all using?

confirmed working on FR008, OC kernel
browsing isn't too bad with a slight overclock.
streaming seems flawless.

Shad0wguy said:
I downloaded and installed the apk on my Aria running Gene Poole's most recent Liberated ROM. It installs fine and I can add to and modify my queue, but playback doesn't seem to work. It says 'Loading...' for about 5 seconds then goes back to the apps main screen.
I've attached the apk for anyone who wants to test it.
A bit of a warning though, installed the app is ~22MB. Considering our phones have ~130MB user storage that is quite a big chunk. Luckily it supports a2sd, which shrinks it down to about 16MB
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Same here.

If you're running cm 7.0.0 or above, you can edit the build.prop to make it think our aria is a G2 or Nexus S. I tried it and everything works great.

Plasmamuffins said:
If you're running cm 7.0.0 or above, you can edit the build.prop to make it think our aria is a G2 or Nexus S. I tried it and everything works great.
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Did you try before editing it?

I didn't have to edit anything, just installed on my CM7 Aria and off it went, watched an episode of Arrested Development without any issues. Only downside is AT&T data-limits!

I haz wifi DDD
And no I didn't. I probably shouldve, but oh well.

jdwhite87 said:
Did you try before editing it?
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i edited mine for vision too
does it work without?

Plasmamuffins said:
I haz wifi DDD
And no I didn't. I probably shouldve, but oh well.
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Of course there's Wifi all over the place, but without it, I'm scared for my data-limit because of this new app haha!

Cryptecks said:
Of course there's Wifi all over the place, but without it, I'm scared for my data-limit because of this new app haha!
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Bahahaaa <3

Works great with FR008 rom after editing build.prop . Not so great with the Dell Streak 7.

Shad0wguy said:
What ROM are you all using?
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latest CM7 stable not the latest nightly. didnt have to edit the prop file just installed rebooted and BAM!

Netflix for android

So it appears that Netflix has finally been released for us, except it is currently not compatible with our phones. It seems to currently only be available for 2.3 devices and 1 other 2.2 phone. Can someone with cm7 running see if they can download this and share a link. Its free so it shouldn't be considered warez
I've been KANGBANGED!!!!!

It's not available in the market for CM7.
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My bro with the EVO 4G (one of few devices its ok on) has CM7 and downloaded it just fine from market.
I have a thread in Q&A asking for apk for this new release and I have found an old version and a new version. Check thread for links.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1076260

I just flashed jt's latest release, and it is not in the market but I got it from a site and installed it. logged in tried to play something and it just says your device is not supported.

Confirmed over in the Nook forum that a Build.prop spoof is all that is needed. I'm at work but anyone care to try and post your results?
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=994762&page=4

I would if I knew how to do that haha!

nitroxeno said:
Confirmed over in the Nook forum that a Build.prop spoof is all that is needed. I'm at work but anyone care to try and post your results?
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=994762&page=4
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Tried the build prop by pass.
Downloaded the current one off the market. App closes after sign in. But u don't get the unsupported device error.
Seems like it requires gingerbread.
Sent from my HTC Vision using Tapatalk (this is because of build prop spoof)

Try this one (I have not tested yet) attached

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Try this one (I have not tested yet) attached
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I didn't copy the whole build prop.
Just from the model to brand samsung.
That causes unsupported device error.
And when signing in closes app as well.
Sent from my Nexus S 4G using Tapatalk (hehe.. now its nexus s)

And for those who asked, I can download it just fine with Kaos's CM7, but it just says it's not supported. Need to bypass or spoof or something. From what I've read in the past netflix is requiring DRM support in the processors or something, I don't know. I'm not the biggest developer so I couldn't tell ya, just passing along what I read. I know the snapdragons have DRM Keys in the processor, that's why they are the first to get it. I think the TI OMAP Does too, so motorola phones will probably be next. I have no idea of our hummingbird does. But seeing how the Nexus S has it, if our processor doesn't then odds are something in gingerbread supports it, emulation or something? I don't know, I'm not a dev.

Mostly everyone has pretty much agreed that this is probably a software limitation, as it isn't limited by carrier or processor (Nexus S & Moto Droids), as we believed to be the case.
Sent from my Fascinate with CM7 Gingerbread

Well technically everything is a software issue when you get down to it. It's what controls the hardware.

Tried the build.prop file edit and it still gets the device not supported block.
Not sure what it is but, I'll keep looking.
btw, have latest apk and flash 10.3.

No dice
I tried the build.prop spoof and I get to the sign-in screen just fine, but then it crashes after I enter my username/password.

I did the build.prop edit (to a HTC Vision) and got the video to open without getting the "device not supported" error. Edit: I had to use Root Explorer to edit the file, Astro wouldn't save the changes to build.prop
Once the video opened it played one second of audio and then got a f/c. I'm running Jt's CM7 alpha v3 - so it might be similar to the other video codec issues with the ROM?

No go on community rom with nexus s build prop
Sent from my Nexus S 4G using XDA App

I changed my build.prop to show that I have an incredible but then it froze on video playback. I think when streaming it is checking for DRM keys. Similar to how dish network does, sound is not encrypted but video probably is? I think it's going to need more than a simple build.prop hack.
But as I said in my last post, I'm not a developer. We can spoof all day but without the keys or some sort of DRM emulation I don't think we're going to get video.

Modified the build.prop, which allowed me to install it from the market, but closes after sign -in.
Will try to post a logcat later, if there is any developer interest.
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TheSonicEmerald said:
Mostly everyone has pretty much agreed that this is probably a software limitation, as it isn't limited by carrier or processor (Nexus S & Moto Droids), as we believed to be the case.
Sent from my Fascinate with CM7 Gingerbread
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Looks like it can be done but is OS dependent.
http://www.androidcentral.com/netflix-app-ported-xda-devs-continue-amaze?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+androidcentral+%28Android+Central%29

atrich0608 said:
Looks like it can be done but is OS dependent.
http://www.androidcentral.com/netflix-app-ported-xda-devs-continue-amaze?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+androidcentral+%28Android+Central%29
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The Cortex-A8 has DRM, so it wouldn't be hard to generate the keys for that.
http://mobile.arm.com/products/processors/cortex-a/cortex-a8.php?tab=Specifications+
I'm not sure if the S5PC110 has trustzone or not, let me check.
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http://pdadb.net/index.php?m=cpu&id=a10010&c=samsung-intrinsity_s5pc110
According to this it does...

[Q] Netflix possible on Hero?

I'm not requesting this or anything; I'm just curious. Would it be possible to make Netflix work on our phone? Or what is it about our phones that makes it not work?
Thanks.

Whoa. Is netflix even on the android yet? Because that would be sweet.

Yeah it is, you can find the apk on XDA, but videos won't play on the Hero...you can browse the instant play queue, but that's it. I am trying a few of the widely talked about edits to spoof it into playing but no go on the Hero yet.
Tried:
ro.product.model=HTC Vision
ro.product.manufacturer=HTC
and
ro.product.model=Nexus S
ro.product.manufacturer=samsung
Neither worked for me...I get to where the video will appear to be loading, then the app kicks back to the main screen.

you would need flash 10 for netflix to dont u or do they have it mobile formated now.

I believe it's mobile formatted...it plays fine on my iPod Touch...

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Yeah it is, you can find the apk on XDA, but videos won't play on the Hero...you can browse the instant play queue, but that's it. I am trying a few of the widely talked about edits to spoof it into playing but no go on the Hero yet.
Tried:
ro.product.model=HTC Vision
ro.product.manufacturer=HTC
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ro.product.model=Nexus S
ro.product.manufacturer=samsung
Neither worked for me...I get to where the video will appear to be loading, then the app kicks back to the main screen.
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That's what I was thinking about trying too. I'm thinking the app itself needs to be changed somehow, but I'm a newb so it's just a guess. I don't know if it's even possible to do that.
Sent from my Hero running aosp Froyo.

just becarefull when your modding apks because everyone got into trouble for fixing angry birds awhile back my suggestion is if you get it working keep it for yourself. and dont distrebute it on xda.

anbody try: model = Nexus One?

Yeah Nexus One has been tried...not by me, but others who haven't been able to get it working.

Bierce22 said:
just becarefull when your modding apks because everyone got into trouble for fixing angry birds awhile back my suggestion is if you get it working keep it for yourself. and dont distrebute it on xda.
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I hope we won't get into trouble. I would imagine they would praise the mod since it'll allow pre-existing customers to access their paid service account.

Just tried this, didn't work. Even got rid of at least some of the heroc's.
http://androidforums.com/lg-optimus-v/334801-netflix-works-optimus-v.html#post2679220
^^^^^DOES NOT WORK^^^^^

im pretty confident it will not work on the hero ever same reason as flash, i know they said they would only be supporting new snapdragon processors due to some sort of DRM compliance
i am also pretty sure that it needs an ARMv7 processor for some sort of hardware acceleration much the same way flash does, so its going to be more than just some build prop edits
best chance of it working
drm.apk from evo
build.prop edit
alot of luck

thoughtlesskyle said:
im pretty confident it will not work on the hero ever same reason as flash, i know they said they would only be supporting new snapdragon processors due to some sort of DRM compliance
i am also pretty sure that it needs an ARMv7 processor for some sort of hardware acceleration much the same way flash does, so its going to be more than just some build prop edits
best chance of it working
drm.apk from evo
build.prop edit
alot of luck
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The Optimus S/V has it working, they have a ARMv6 like us. Also, according to someone's twitter update (just saying, it might be true) Random Google Search they got it working on the HTC Hero.

Nilxchaos said:
The Optimus S/V has it working, they have a ARMv6 like us. Also, according to someone's twitter update (just saying, it might be true) Random Google Search they got it working on the HTC Hero.
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Did you try following their method?
Sent from my PC36100 using XDA App

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9n8mnzbgjOM
That's what I've gotten so far. I only used the method in the description, and I posted above.
It just uploaded, so I don't know if it's public yet.

i almost wonder if it has something to do with it not really having a GPU thats all excuses though i honestly thought it was cause by what i posted so this is awesome proof of concept guys keep up the good work

Trying the Optimus' way now. Hopefully it'll work. I'd love to have this on my phone, even though it will overheat the heck out of my battery .
By the way, I'm on AOSPCMOD 4/29, and it worked with AOSP's other ROM for the Optimus V. But then again, they have a working screen on-off animation, and we don't .

That I am pretty sure is because of the gpu esp for how choppy they were when they do work
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It sounds like *some* evo owners on GB can't get it either, since they are still officially on froyo... They are a supported device.

il Duce said:
It sounds like *some* evo owners on GB can't get it either, since they are still officially on froyo... They are a supported device.
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For me it doesn't show in the market but if I install the apk it works fine
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Latest Adobe Flash Player for Motorola XOOM tablet hacked to work with hulu.com

The following is a hack to get hulu.com working with the latest Adobe Flash Player 10.3.185.23 for the Motorola XOOM Tablet which consists of a hack of
/data/data/com.adobe.flashplayer/lib/libflashplayer.so by hex editing AND 10,3,185,23 to WIN 99,9,999,99 so it will work with HULU.
Using the apk - uninstall any existing Adobe Flash Player from your device before installing the new apk.
After you apply the above, to get this working, make sure to set your browser User Agent string to Desktop. With the stock Android browser and probably other browsers excluding the Dolphin browser, you might have to do this each time you run any flash based site including hulu.com or start the browser:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=686765
Newer versions will be posted towards the end of the thread.

what is hulu?

TY for developing this, but I think this would be better place in apps
Sent From My Evo

monyozt said:
what is hulu?
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Was that a real question?
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hulu

bwcorvus said:
TY for developing this, but I think this would be better place in apps
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Oops! Completely forgot there were multiple XOOM forums!

Does this work without root?

Almighty1 said:
Was that a real question?
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hulu
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Obviously.
Although the real question here is, what is sarcasm?

What am I missing? It doesn't work. Hulu doesn't even recognize flash with this hack. I must be doing something wrong. But what? I removed original flash, loaded this hack flash apk and about:debug to read as desktop the with no luck. Help!?
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laggy / choppy playback??
Thanks for updating this, but am I still the only one experiencing very sub par playback (choppy/laggy) with this hack? I highly doubt it is my internet connection , so what gives?? I mean the hack works, but I would hardly call it useable by any means. I'd feel a little better if more people were experiencing the same thing.

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What am I missing? It doesn't work. Hulu doesn't even recognize flash with this hack. I must be doing something wrong. But what? I removed original flash, loaded this hack flash apk and about:debug to read as desktop the with no luck. Help!?
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Works fine on rooted wifi 3.1

Works fine with rooted 3.1 and tiamat oc1.7
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madmak said:
Does this work without root?
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It should since that's the purpose of a apk.

joeski27 said:
Thanks for updating this, but am I still the only one experiencing very sub par playback (choppy/laggy) with this hack? I highly doubt it is my internet connection , so what gives?? I mean the hack works, but I would hardly call it useable by any means. I'd feel a little better if more people were experiencing the same thing.
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Even though I am the author of this hack, I know what you're referring to since this hack originally was done for phone devices and while it works for everyone else and even others with the Motorola Droid 1, when I use it on the Droid 1, I have the same problem as you and not only that, the flash process will get killed with the browser after a minute or two. Are you using 3G or WiFi?

Almighty1 said:
Even though I am the author of this hack, I know what you're referring to since this hack originally was done for phone devices and while it works for everyone else and even others with the Motorola Droid 1, when I use it on the Droid 1, I have the same problem as you and not only that, the flash process will get killed with the browser after a minute or two. Are you using 3G or WiFi?
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Thanks for covering it this time. I saw it drop but was a little busy . Good looking out

Awesome!
Thanks!! ;D

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Thanks for covering it this time. I saw it drop but was a little busy . Good looking out
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No problem BRD, I used to do only the libflashplayer.so hack for the past 6+ months and didn't know how to replace files in a apk and I didn't have a Xoom until the end of May so all modified apk's I have tested on my p3droid rooted stock ROM for the Motorola Droid 1 have always resulted in youtube and hulu acting as if flash was not installed, so for that, only replacing libflashplayer.so manually works. What's more funny is that even though I posted my libflashplayer.so on droid-life.com whenever there is a new version of flash, no one seems to recognize it until you made it available on the Xoom when it was mentioned on both droid-life.com and PCWorld. I usually will post the update within minutes to hours after I am aware of it which is usually within the same day except it's time consuming to be updating 1/2 a dozen threads on xda about the new flash with the hack after I test it on 3 different devices (Motorola Droid 1 using the libflashplayer.so, Motorola XOOM after patching and signing the apk with the libflashplayer.so after it works on the Droid 1, and then the HP eStation Zeen Tablet with both the market apk as it doesn't have market access and the libflashplayer.so) to make sure it works before releasing it to the world.

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Even though I am the author of this hack, I know what you're referring to since this hack originally was done for phone devices and while it works for everyone else and even others with the Motorola Droid 1, when I use it on the Droid 1, I have the same problem as you and not only that, the flash process will get killed with the browser after a minute or two. Are you using 3G or WiFi?
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I only ever use wifi (I own a 3g model but do not have 3g activated). And my desktop imac uses the same wireless internet connection and the same hulu video is smooth and flawless, so my internet connection isn't the issue.
What is bugging me the most is that I've repeatedly made comments about the crappiness of the playback and yet virtually no one so much has acknowledged me. Making me feel as though I'm the one and only person having these problems...or that no one else is being even remotely critical of the video quality. To me, "just works" does not necessarily mean its worth using.

I don't have a Xoom, but a Nexus One. Performance has always been crappy on my device. Flash says the video has not been optimized for mobile. I tend to believe them. Looks like the video is not being hardware decoded for some reason or another.

any ideas why opera mobile might fail to recognize this? getting no flash at all, but it works fine with flash from market...

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I only ever use wifi (I own a 3g model but do not have 3g activated). And my desktop imac uses the same wireless internet connection and the same hulu video is smooth and flawless, so my internet connection isn't the issue.
What is bugging me the most is that I've repeatedly made comments about the crappiness of the playback and yet virtually no one so much has acknowledged me. Making me feel as though I'm the one and only person having these problems...or that no one else is being even remotely critical of the video quality. To me, "just works" does not necessarily mean its worth using.
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While a Desktop imac uses the same wireless connection, remember the processing power of a mobile device will still be lacking compared to a actual computer. Even though they might both be wireless, the wireless chipset makes a difference too when it comes to latency, etc since Broadcom used in the Xoom isn't exactly a good chipset when you compare it to things like Atheros, Lucent/Agere. My desktop being a Pentium 4-3.2Ghz is actually slower than my Xoom and even my Droid 1 because for whatever reason, in 2009, the hardware just started getting really sluggish so the only way to even play flash is to pause it until the entire video is in the buffer, this is on a 6Mbps ADSL connection which works without issues with even my friends Netbooks when playing flash. Do you have the same problem with the market version without applying the hack since I don't know what BRD modified in his hack but in mines, it's just the version string so everything else is untouched and it should work exactly the same since there is no reverse engineering of the code or decompiling involved. The Xoom atleast works in my case unlike my Droid 1 which is basically suffering from the same thing you claim except on the Droid 1, all of a sudden, it will just exit back to the home screen all of a sudden, no one else seems to have that problem either. Adobe Flash itself is a CPU resource hog and it seemed to be better when it was Macromedia Flash. Lots of people or the general public out there doesn't really know what quality is or they just don't have something of reference quality to compare it to. Same thing when people buy audio/video equipment, audiophiles/videophiles like myself are picky while some people out there will just think anything is good based on the pricing or how expensive something is.

PS3 Controller for Android Devices

I know XDA has a handful of threads in other parts of the forums talking about this app. Just letting everyone know that I works for me (I am running AOSPTheory/CM7). I do not know if it works with other roms, so if you try it, let us know!
First Link is the DEVS website
Second Link is to the marketplace, it's a compatibility checker
Third Link is the actual app that you need to pair your phone and controller.
http://www.dancingpixelstudios.com/sixaxiscontroller/tool.html
https://market.android.com/details?...xiscompatibilitychecker&feature=search_result
https://market.android.com/details?...udios.sixaxiscontroller&feature=search_result
Again, if you aren't running CM7/AospTheory, let us know if it's compatible with your rom!
EDIT: Seems like it is NOT working with sense roms!

No go on SkyRaider Zeus Preview
Just letting you know it doesn't work right now on the new Gingerbread SkyRaider Zeus Preview. Can't wait for it to be supported. Looks pretty sweet!

Working on Cyanogenmod 7 for ThunderBolt via BootManager.
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PS, anyone with an Asus Eee Pad Transformer, it works with that too

Tangentially related, but anyone running AOSP / CM7 been able to use their phone as a text entry device for PS3? Seems like they don't like to talk to each other over bluetooth - I make the phone discoverable for 5 minutes, and my PS3 just sits there scanning for devices 'till the cows come home

AOSP Bluetooth stack will work. Sense will not. Samsung tablets will not. It would require someone porting the bluetooth stack and considering no one has done it, I would guess it would be hard.

SP1986 said:
Tangentially related, but anyone running AOSP / CM7 been able to use their phone as a text entry device for PS3? Seems like they don't like to talk to each other over bluetooth - I make the phone discoverable for 5 minutes, and my PS3 just sits there scanning for devices 'till the cows come home
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Works with Blueput Droid and any android device I have used running an AOSP rom.

Morkai Almandragon said:
Works with Blueput Droid and any android device I have used running an AOSP rom.
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That is the app I am trying as well. Wondering if I should back up my save games and just do a factory reset. I may have tried it once in the past and aborted the process for some reason and it caused it to hiccup and not be able to pair up again.

Thunderbolt running Gingeritis 1.2.1
Does not work on Gingeritis 1.2.1 ROM.

Hmm seems as if it doesn't work with sense roms yet. Ill edit my op to list this