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Once rooted can you play movies from Google Play?

Either the Transformer movie or one you bought.

lanwarrior said:
Either the Transformer movie or one you bought.
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Yes, It seems that Google now lets you use the Movie/TV app while Rooted.

I haven't bought anything else, but Transformers plays fine on my rooted Nexus 7.

Plays fine for me.
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Does anyone buy or rent new Movie/TV from Play Store?
After you bought, can you play video?
My rooted Xperia Play cannot play video, so my Nexus 7 does not root.

I'm pretty sure you can play movies /w root because of the encryption scheme in jellybean. I'm guessing that the actual videos get encrypted as app data. Root or no root, I doubt they can be copied off the device and played.
Honestly, I have a lot of respect for google in this regard....they are the only company that has figured out a way to allow users to tinker with their devices and still uphold whatever the copyright holders and developers want...don't get me wrong though, i HATE drm. Google is awesome for figuring out a solution that makes both sides happy.

I bought the season of Breaking Bad since rooting my Nexus7.No problems with purchase or playing it.Transformers plays great just as before rooting.I am stock JB except for the rooting process.

Yes you can use the Movies/TV app now.. i just bought a TV Ep the other day and it streamed just fine from the cloud.. i don't know about on my Gnex or other rooted devices
EDIT: Looks like its still not working on other devices.. just tried watching the same episode i bought on my Nexus 7 on my gnex and it kept saying " can't fetch license 901"

YoungAceAtlanta said:
Yes you can use the Movies/TV app now.. i just bought a TV Ep the other day and it streamed just fine from the cloud.. i don't know about on my Gnex or other rooted devices
EDIT: Looks like its still not working on other devices.. just tried watching the same episode i bought on my Nexus 7 on my gnex and it kept saying " can't fetch license 901"
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That's interesting. I wonder if it's actually a hardware thing after all? Well for other devices you can just use the Temp Unroot feature in the Superuser app. I've been testing this feature and it's worked flawlessly. Flixster streams Movies fine when enabled and so does Google Movies on my other devices.
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japzone said:
That's interesting. I wonder if it's actually a hardware thing after all? Well for other devices you can just use the Temp Unroot feature in the Superuser app. I've been testing this feature and it's worked flawlessly. Flixster streams Movies fine when enabled and so does Google Movies on my other devices.
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I tried using Ota root keeper on my gnex and still same issue
Or maybe I'm just not using it correct
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YoungAceAtlanta said:
I tried using Ota root keeper on my gnex and still same issue
Or maybe I'm just not using it correct
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Not talking about OTA Root Keeper. Temp Unroot is a separate feature in the Superuser app.
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japzone said:
That's interesting. I wonder if it's actually a hardware thing after all? Well for other devices you can just use the Temp Unroot feature in the Superuser app. I've been testing this feature and it's worked flawlessly. Flixster streams Movies fine when enabled and so does Google Movies on my other devices.
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Thanks. I'm rooting now.

Nexus stutters while playing Riptide

I've been playing with my Nexus 7 for about 5 days now and this just started happening. I thought I had too many tasks running so I closed everything, still happening. I rebooted and started playing again but it continued to stutter every 3-4 seconds. Any thoughts or is this happening to anyone else?

Not seeing that myself... just played it for a bit to make sure. To describe it as Butter would be appropriate. It is a much better experience than on my Galaxy Nexus, and that says a lot for what was a significant improvement over my Nexus S.
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axdavies said:
I've been playing with my Nexus 7 for about 5 days now and this just started happening. I thought I had too many tasks running so I closed everything, still happening. I rebooted and started playing again but it continued to stutter every 3-4 seconds. Any thoughts or is this happening to anyone else?
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Having same mate,it looks like it just hangs for a fraction of a second..then races on and again...
No butterish like on my GNex or SGtab even
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I had installed the app Ultimate Rotation Control which was causing the stuttering. I uninstalled it and it fixed the problem.

Running motley kernel, every game runs great.
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axdavies said:
I had installed the app Ultimate Rotation Control which was causing the stuttering. I uninstalled it and it fixed the problem.
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More users have responded using this app (and similar apps) and experiencing these issues.
Uninstalling indeed fixes most stutterissues.
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BuddyJoe83 said:
More users have responded using this app (and similar apps) and experiencing these issues.
Uninstalling indeed fixes most stutterissues.
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I have also experienced this. Stuttering on Dead Trigger. Ultimate Rotation Control removed, problem solved. Just glad I had the trial to decide and didn't pay for it.

I paid the license for Ultimate Rotation Control, was about to uninstall to avoid stutter but...
in the app, you can also edit the settings for each app.
So in order for games not to stutter, you can turn off this app.
Applied settings so this app wouldn't affect Riptide for example, result: no stutter
But still I got the rotation on the homescreens, landscape automatic etc.
So small piece of advice, play around with the settings for each game, homescreens, apps etc to avoid stutter.
It's really not a bad app after all
edit: just switched off (you see a screen with a red cross through in the settings of the app) Ultimate Rotation for all my games, youtube, videoplayers etc.. to avoid the stutter.
When opened in the app (if you switched off Ultimate Rotation for that specific app) you see the icon in your notification bar change to a small screen with cross so you know it's switched off.
Happy camper now no stutter in games, videos, youtube
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BuddyJoe83 said:
I paid the license for Ultimate Rotation Control, was about to uninstall to avoid stutter but...
in the app, you can also edit the settings for each app.
So in order for games not to stutter, you can turn off this app.
Applied settings so this app wouldn't affect Riptide for example, result: no stutter
But still I got the rotation on the homescreens, landscape automatic etc.
So small piece of advice, play around with the settings for each game, homescreens, apps etc to avoid stutter.
It's really not a bad app after all
edit: just switched off (you see a screen with a red cross through in the settings of the app) Ultimate Rotation for all my games, youtube, videoplayers etc.. to avoid the stutter.
When opened in the app (if you switched off Ultimate Rotation for that specific app) you see the icon in your notification bar change to a small screen with cross so you know it's switched off.
Happy camper now no stutter in games, videos, youtube
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This is good to hear, may have to give it another try. I can't say I noticed these features in the trial, do they only become available once youv'e purchased the pay for version?

bpahunt said:
This is good to hear, may have to give it another try. I can't say I noticed these features in the trial, do they only become available once youv'e purchased the pay for version?
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I don't remember tbh.. the settings per app is the last line of functionality in the app itself when opened from the app drawer.

Just downloaded the trial again. I don't know how I managed to miss this first time around. Will give it a while and probably buy the lisence.
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bpahunt said:
Just downloaded the trial again. I don't know how I managed to miss this first time around. Will give it a while and probably buy the lisence.
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Good luck hope you can apply the settings per app and avoid the stutter.
Just played Mass Effect for a few missions without stutter so.. for me it's working

Google play music (all access)

So who's thinking about subscribing to all access and keeping the service?
I'm on the trail version now but I think I maybe keeping it. I really like that you could listen to any song or album and let it play completely all the way through it. The new ui is nice and all but I like the color to stay blue.
So what's on y'all mine?
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Is this only for USA? It's not working for me in the UK
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I've been using Spotify Premium for over a year now, and I have to say that after trying Google Music the service is kind of disappointing. I mean, the service itself is great, but the UI, Apps and the fact that it's browser only is really really disappointing.
I used it for about 20 min and I just couldn't deal with it. Let me provide some details. If you're on your desktop with Spotify (Windows 7), you can hover over the Spotify tab and you will get backward, pause, and forward buttons on the live previews in Windows 7. This doesn't work in Music because it's a browser based app.
I also find the UI kind of hard to navigate through. It looks nice and all with the Google Now theme, but it's just not... intuitive IMO.
I really wanted to switch over, but it looks like I'm going to stick with Spotify for now.

enviii said:
I've been using Spotify Premium for over a year now, and I have to say that after trying Google Music the service is kind of disappointing. I mean, the service itself is great, but the UI, Apps and the fact that it's browser only is really really disappointing.
I used it for about 20 min and I just couldn't deal with it. Let me provide some details. If you're on your desktop with Spotify (Windows 7), you can hover over the Spotify tab and you will get backward, pause, and forward buttons on the live previews in Windows 7. This doesn't work in Music because it's a browser based app.
I also find the UI kind of hard to navigate through. It looks nice and all with the Google Now theme, but it's just not... intuitive IMO.
I really wanted to switch over, but it looks like I'm going to stick with Spotify for now.
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Isn't Play Music All Access also available via the Play Music app?
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DirgeExtinction said:
Isn't Play Music All Access also available via the Play Music app?
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Yes I'm talking about both versions. I've used the phone app and the Web app.
Also, I should note I don't own any actual music. I stream only/save on device.
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I think its a good start. Yes it could be a little more intuitive but I don't have any real issues with it. I have been waiting for Google to release a music service as I have used Zune/Xbox Music when I had my windows phone and excited I can get the same service for cheaper on my Android now.

I was very excited about All Access after hearing about it this morning. I signed up for the trial but not sure if I will keep it. The biggest drawback for me is not being able to save an offline library on my phone. It looks like the phone has to be connected Internet and able to stream while playing. This is not practical because most people has capped data plans and not to mention we can't get reliable service everywhere. So anytime you are out of 3g area you won't be able to listen anything. I also have had Spotify since the launch and being able to keep offline list on three devices have been very nice. I hope to see a similar option on Google music otherwise I will stick to Spotify.
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@ceroglu:
I think this should work, all you have to do is to click on "add to the library" and then on the needle symbol. Should work for specific songs, playlists and albums.
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maisi said:
@ceroglu:
I think this should work, all you have to do is to click on "add to the library" and then on the needle symbol. Should work for specific songs, playlists and albums.
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@ceroglu this is all you got to do ^
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i use spotify on my phone and have always saved for offline. I want to switch to play music because i hate the spotify app and the lack of being able to sort by artist. i have remade most of my spotify playlists in play music and want to save for offline, but for some reason the download process is taking really long and keeps failing even though i am on wifi. its really annoying is anyone else having this problem?
edit: has been trying to download a single song for over an hour, really annoying because everything else is great besides this. i am going to try reinstalling to see if that helps

I think it gives the option to download for just one song (each song or album separate, not the entire library nor the list). Just to be clear, you guys are talking about the option that says 'keep on device'?
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ceroglu said:
I think it gives the option to download for just one song (or each song or album separate, not the entire library or the list). Just to be clear, you guys are talking about the option that says 'keep on device'?
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ya. if you make a playlist it gives an option to download the whole playlist with the "keep on device" option

Will copy pasta what I wrote from another thread of the same subject
Absolutely incredible and the SQ is AMAZING considering it's streaming.. Interface is an absolute DREAM to use.. Google NAILED IT

So is this more like spotify on Pandora ?
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Ok, I haven't made a list yet but will try in few. Although one more thing that I wonder, if I have the song or the list on my device, does it still communicate with Google play music? I am just curious if I can listen in two devices at the same time from a downloaded list? I know it doesn't work while streaming. On Spotify I can just turn the offline MODE on and be able to listen in two devices independently. (good way to share the cost of the monthly fee, if you have a family in same household)
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I subscribed and will be keeping it. I had been thinking about doing Spotify for a few weeks, as I'd grown tired of Pandora, but All Access seems to do everything I want it to do. Loving it so far.
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styckx said:
Will copy pasta what I wrote from another thread of the same subject
Absolutely incredible and the SQ is AMAZING considering it's streaming.. Interface is an absolute DREAM to use.. Google NAILED IT
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YES the ui is great i like the light theme with orange its much cheerier than the boring old black and blue theme. thats why i want to switch from the terrible spotify app. and its actually $7.99 a month, not $9.99 like some are saying
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ceroglu said:
Ok, I haven't made a list yet but will try in few. Although one more thing that I wonder, if I have the song or the list on my device, does it still communicate with Google play music? I am just curious if I can listen in two devices at the same time from a downloaded list? I know it doesn't work while streaming. On Spotify I can just turn the offline MODE on and be able to listen in two devices independently. (good way to share the cost of the monthly fee, if you have a family in same household)
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ive listened on both my computer and phone at the same time playing different songs and it works fine. i know when i did that with spotify it would stop the stream immediately unless you were offline but this is much easier
edit: nope, after about a minute it stops the stream. but it works great for a minute!

Ok.. the only thing I cant figure out.
Let's say I add an album to my library... How do I go about removing it via the app? I see every option but that

DroidDavi said:
So is this more like spotify on Pandora ?
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It's both rolled into one. Except unlike Pandora you can see the next 20 or so songs and just swipe them out if you don't want them to play.
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mbucks911 said:
YES the ui is great i like the light theme with orange its much cheerier than the boring old black and blue theme. thats why i want to switch from the terrible spotify app. and its actually $7.99 a month, not $9.99 like some are saying
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ive listened on both my computer and phone at the same time playing different songs and it works fine. i know when i did that with spotify it would stop the stream immediately unless you were offline but this is much easier
and this was streaming no need to go offline or anything its great
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Thanks for the quick replies! I tried streaming from both computer and my phone earlier and it kicked me out from one multiple times. This doesn't happen right away but it happens after a minute or so. That's why I was wondering if having the song on the device could eliminate this problem.
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YouTube won't play HD quality with mobile data?

For some reason I can't play HD quality videos on my z1s... It will play on standard quality but once I select HD it errors out and won't load. Is it just me or are you guys having this issue as well? I Tried clearing cache, data, force stopping it. Same thing. I haven't uninstalled the update. Might have to try that next. Any suggestions?
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If you have the latest version and is not working then yes, you should uninstall the update and try again with the older one. If the problem persist maybe is the bandwidth of mobile phone weak.

It's YouTube. Uninstall to revert back to the original app and it plays fine.

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If you have the latest version and is not working then yes, you should uninstall the update and try again with the older one. If the problem persist maybe is the bandwidth of mobile phone weak.
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It's 100% definitely the youtube app and it kind of pisses me off a little too actually because yes like stated already, the older version works fine but the most updated version causes the problem and I'm sorry but on a high end brand new device, I expect to be able to run the latest most brand new updated apps, especially ones as popular as youtube! I just purchased my Z1s but I also own a note 3 and YouTube works fine on that phone. I love my Z1s a lot and realize it's the app and not the phone but youtube needs to issue an update and resolve this issue so their latest version of their app works with all of the latest flagship devices! I've emailed them already about it and still no response even, let alone an update.
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Thanks. Glad I'm not the only one. Seems weird if you ask me.
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Youtube Hd on 3g/Late/4G
The current. Youtube app doesn't allow you to play any. Hd videos on 3G or 4G/LTE
There is a hacked older version which does though
Http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1529715
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raziel123 said:
The current. Youtube app doesn't allow you to play any. Hd videos on 3G or 4G/LTE
There is a hacked older version which does though
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Really? I was thinking that since my gfs HTC one won't either. It plays fine in my s3, but then again it's rooted. Maybe that's the case? Oh well.
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What is the highest resolution you can play?
I seem don't have issue playing YouTube HD. I am just playing some testing 1080p clips such as Nvidia or THX on my Z1s.
My YouTube version is 5.3.32
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ngvuanh said:
What is the highest resolution you can play?
I seem don't have issue playing YouTube HD. I am just playing some testing 1080p clips such as Nvidia or THX on my Z1s.
My YouTube version is 5.3.32
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Highest resolution for phones & tablets is 720p, 1080p only available on computer
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mirroring the chromecast through "Cast Screen" button

Hey guys, so I was looking to test out mirrorcase app to see if I can get it working on my chromecast (rooted), but then I saw the cast screen button in my drop down notification bar and I tested it and it played both video and sound no problem (I played news using Al JAzeera app and it mirrored perfectly)...I haven't tested it extensively though just like for 5 minutes, but it is AWESOME! I bet it's buggy though....I have provided a screenshot of it in the attached file...

Are cc's still able to be rooted?
Bc if that is tru I am wanting mirroring real bad without buying mirrocast stick

ganggreen777 said:
Are cc's still able to be rooted?
Bc if that is tru I am wanting mirroring real bad without buying mirrocast stick
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Not at there moment well depends on the serial. But you don't need a rooted Chromecast to do what I did it's a stock feature..

Now live!!!, great news http://www.androidpolice.com/2014/0...elect-devices-running-kitkat-4-4-1-or-higher/

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Now live!!!, great news http://www.androidpolice.com/2014/0...elect-devices-running-kitkat-4-4-1-or-higher/
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Lol there you go

On Android-L Dev Preview I am getting very bad stuttering audio...
I have tried the audio from within multiple games & the youtube app and its exactly the same so I think that this bug is in Android-L/Chromecast... but it is to be expected as A-LDP is a Preview release & this CC update is just a beta of course.

SmilerOnline said:
On Android-L Dev Preview I am getting very bad stuttering audio...
I have tried the audio from within multiple games & the youtube app and its exactly the same so I think that this bug is in Android-L/Chromecast... but it is to be expected as A-LDP is a Preview release & this CC update is just a beta of course.
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I have they with my 4.4.4 Nexus 10. But it is perfect with my 4.4.4 nexus 5
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SmilerOnline said:
On Android-L Dev Preview I am getting very bad stuttering audio...
I have tried the audio from within multiple games & the youtube app and its exactly the same so I think that this bug is in Android-L/Chromecast... but it is to be expected as A-LDP is a Preview release & this CC update is just a beta of course.
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Perfect audio but very slight video stutter with fast moving objects in video

Agreed I have the same issue with stuttering audio on Android l hopefully there will be a fix or update soon
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