Hi, my brother will come from U.S and i asked for chromecast but he said chromecast wont work outside of U.S.
I'm living in Turkey and using airties n5440 router , probably chromecast will have newer firmware and can i root it ? if i can't for now(i read some threads,probably i won't be able to for now.), will be able to do that in a month or any other time??
if i can't use it in Turkey, i won't buy it.
And which services won't be available in here.. Can i use it basically transferring youtube video to it etc.?
I'm waiting for your replies. and if i can get that and root it. Maybe I can develop custom firmwares but i need rootable one and access content from here..
btw: how is the development status here?
Regards...
I believe YouTube will work. If Netflix works there it'll work too. And you'll probably be able to send your own video, photos and music to your chromecast with no problems. It's just what I think.
Newer chromecasts can't be rooted yet. Maybe in couple weeks someone finds a solution, maybe never.
extrem0 said:
I believe YouTube will work. If Netflix works there it'll work too. And you'll probably be able to send your own video, photos and music to your chromecast with no problems. It's just what I think.
Newer chromecasts can't be rooted yet. Maybe in couple weeks someone finds a solution, maybe never.
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netflix and netflix-like services doesn't work here.
but youtube works of course.. but its new device its chromecast so i'm not sure .
Chromecast itself will work fine, as long as your WiFi isn't using a channel that isn't allowed in the US (channel 13).
As you suspect, it's the services that may or may not work, because of regional restrictions on the service end.
The reason why people want root is to use a DNS redirector like UnblockUS, UnoTelly, etc so they can get content as if they were in the US (or elsewhere).
You already said YouTube works in Turkey, so that will work.
Netflix, as you said, will not work.
Hulu has regional restrictions so if Hulu works in your country, you will get your country's content.
HBO Go requires authentication with the cable provider to prove you are a subscriber, so it will not work for you.
Most likely Viki and the other services that don't do region checks will work.
See http://www.google.com/intl/en/chrome/devices/chromecast/apps.html
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I have tried to install/access Google play on my KF for days without luck. I just noted that I cannot access the internet site of Google Play on my computers, not even company computer @ work. I guess they can read the ip and then automatically blocks it. My residence is in the Caribbean. Now I tried to access it on somebody's else computer (Europe, via logmein) and it seems to work over there.
Does anybody have a solution for me?
Help is very much appreciates
profgokker said:
I have tried to install/access Google play on my KF for days without luck. I just noted that I cannot access the internet site of Google Play on my computers, not even company computer @ work. I guess they can read the ip and then automatically blocks it. My residence is in the Caribbean. Now I tried to access it on somebody's else computer (Europe, via logmein) and it seems to work over there.
Does anybody have a solution for me?
Help is very much appreciates
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profgokker,
Unfortunately this is a common occurrence with Corporate networks, they block anything that may be
used to download software, games, music and movies. Google Play Store would be tied to all these
topics. If you can not access Google Play Store through your Web Browser, then it is true that your
company is blocking Google Play Store. Google Play does work in the Caribbean so if you have
internet access at home you could use Google Play at your Residence. Sometimes you can use
a Proxy Server to get through the network but many Corporate Networks sense Proxy Servers as
well. It is best to try and make this work at home, not your office since playing with Proxy Servers
can get a person terminated from the company.
profgokker said:
I have tried to install/access Google play on my KF for days without luck. I just noted that I cannot access the internet site of Google Play on my computers, not even company computer @ work. I guess they can read the ip and then automatically blocks it. My residence is in the Caribbean. Now I tried to access it on somebody's else computer (Europe, via logmein) and it seems to work over there.
Does anybody have a solution for me?
Help is very much appreciates
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It seems that is has started working again, but now I realize that my 7100 (Note 2) can install apps without any problems, but my samsung tablets get the error message stating that apps not available in my country. very strange indeed.
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skullx said:
It seems that is has started working again, but now I realize that my 7100 (Note 2) can install apps without any problems, but my samsung tablets get the error message stating that apps not available in my country. very strange indeed.
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skullx,
Recentlywe have had a number of customers use ProxyDroid: https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=org.proxydroid&hl=en
Reply to your Q
profgokker said:
I have tried to install/access Google play on my KF for days without luck. I just noted that I cannot access the internet site of Google Play on my computers, not even company computer @ work. I guess they can read the ip and then automatically blocks it. My residence is in the Caribbean. Now I tried to access it on somebody's else computer (Europe, via logmein) and it seems to work over there.
Does anybody have a solution for me?
Help is very much appreciates
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Apparently the Caribbean has lost the License to obtain google app store. thats why you cant open it neither in your android or you PC.
I changed my VPN provider(UnblockUS) because it wasnt working on some sections of GooglePlay (cant buy and watch movies(region lock)) but everything other was okay.
Now im using TunnelBear everything is fine but,when i set VPN On it connects to TunnelBear servers. Then my Chromecast dissapears from list of devices(in Chrome browser PC only). When i turn off VPN Chromecast device is back in list.
On other devices like my Find 5 or iPad 3 while connected to Tunnelbear VPN shows my Chromecast device fine.
I tryed to bridge soft adapter(TBear thing) to my LAN adapter but i lose VPN and cant use GooglePlay.
Any help to resolve this issue?
i'm having the exact same issue. moved from unblock.us to a different vpn this week and now i can't see my chromecast
Karlo666 said:
I changed my VPN provider(UnblockUS) because it wasnt working on some sections of GooglePlay (cant buy and watch movies(region lock)) but everything other was okay.
Now im using TunnelBear everything is fine but,when i set VPN On it connects to TunnelBear servers. Then my Chromecast dissapears from list of devices(in Chrome browser PC only). When i turn off VPN Chromecast device is back in list.
On other devices like my Find 5 or iPad 3 while connected to Tunnelbear VPN shows my Chromecast device fine.
I tryed to bridge soft adapter(TBear thing) to my LAN adapter but i lose VPN and cant use GooglePlay.
Any help to resolve this issue?
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I am outside US. For me, I enable VPN (not using tunnelbear though), buy a movie, then disable the VPN, then cast. Does that work for you?
ykphuah said:
I am outside US. For me, I enable VPN (not using tunnelbear though), buy a movie, then disable the VPN, then cast. Does that work for you?
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I did tryed that and it doesnt work.
If i buy a movie and turn off VPN i cant cast it because it cant retrieve licence for playing.
Tryed that on phone/tablet and PC
Karlo666 said:
I did tryed that and it doesnt work.
If i buy a movie and turn off VPN i cant cast it because it cant retrieve licence for playing.
Tryed that on phone/tablet and PC
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Did you change your credit card to US?
Just remove your current credit card, then add it back again, with a real zip code and phone number. Then wait 1-2 hours (at this time mine always show payment denied).
Now I am able to buy music without VPN even. For Movies I still need VPN though. But once its bought, I don't need VPN anymore for either.
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ykphuah said:
Did you change your credit card to US?
Just remove your current credit card, then add it back again, with a real zip code and phone number. Then wait 1-2 hours (at this time mine always show payment denied).
Now I am able to buy music without VPN even. For Movies I still need VPN though. But once its bought, I don't need VPN anymore for either.
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I can do all of that stuff whitout VPN but i cant Cast Movies/TV to my Chromecast device whitout VPN active.
Well...
Grammar...
yeah i kinda have the same problem, if i turn off tunnelbear, my chromecast can be detected from my phone, but once i turn on tunnelbear to access netflix, chromecast stops working..... =/
any workaround for this? its kinda the only reason i got a chromecast in the first place.....
Technically you shouldn't expect this to work because the Chromecast has to be on the same LAN as the casting device, and when you use a VPN on the casting device you are putting it on a different LAN.
Not to mention that if you are using the VPN on the casting device to bypass geoblocking, then it probably wouldn't work even if you could see the Chromecast because the Chromecast also has to use the VPN to bypass geoblocking. You would have to set up the VPN in your router so that it affects both the casting device and the Chromecast. You can do that with advanced router firmware like DD-WRT, but not with most consumer routers using stock firmware.
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Is anyone living in Mainland China using Chromecast well?
I only can access Youtube and Netflix via VPN, but some of my friends don't want to setup VPN, how can they enjoy Chromecast?
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wyt2014 said:
Is anyone living in Mainland China using Chromecast well?
I only can access Youtube and Netflix via VPN, but some of my friends don't want to setup VPN, how can they enjoy Chromecast?
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If they don't use VPN or a DNS abstractor like Unotelly or Unlocator, then any apps that are not available in your country won't work. Likely this includes HBO Go, Netflix, etc. Any apps that pull content from a service that is supported in your country should work, but will only show content for your country (same as using a computer, or possibly more limited).
wyt2014 said:
Is anyone living in Mainland China using Chromecast well?
I only can access Youtube and Netflix via VPN, but some of my friends don't want to setup VPN, how can they enjoy Chromecast?
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HI,
Can you give me a bit of advice how to make it work with VPN in CHina?
I had mine working locally, watching local files from my computer but never outside websites.
ANy help or advice you can offer will be appreciated. I am living in Shenzhen.
Thanks
Wylie
wyt2014 said:
Is anyone living in Mainland China using Chromecast well?
I only can access Youtube and Netflix via VPN, but some of my friends don't want to setup VPN, how can they enjoy Chromecast?
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Chromecast works great two months ago (zh-CN).
But recently, you are not easy to see the chromecast icon in your app (except youtube, netflix).
On TV (chromecast), there is message like "LAN is ready, but internet is not connected."
Without VPN, sometimes, it works OK for media source (e.g.: sohu, youku) with y2cast.
I could use chromecast yesterday without VPN.
mimepp said:
Chromecast works great two months ago (zh-CN).
But recently, you are not easy to see the chromecast icon in your app (except youtube, netflix).
On TV (chromecast), there is message like "LAN is ready, but internet is not connected."
Without VPN, sometimes, it works OK for media source (e.g.: sohu, youku) with y2cast.
I could use chromecast yesterday without VPN.
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HI,
Yes, these days my Chromecast says it's connected to the network but does NOT have internet access.
Is this a google block for devices that are inside of CHina?
How can I even get the device to work for me locally, streaming data from my laptop? It used to work but cannot work recently at all!!!
Thanks
Wylie
wylie99 said:
HI,
Yes, these days my Chromecast says it's connected to the network but does NOT have internet access.
Is this a google block for devices that are inside of CHina?
How can I even get the device to work for me locally, streaming data from my laptop? It used to work but cannot work recently at all!!!
Thanks
Wylie
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Sometimes, you could see the chromecast icon, then it is OK for everything.
How do you stream from your laptop? chrome browser?
I always use app on android to stream media (UPNP/Samba etc) with y2cast+wondershare.
This is slightly related... Does anyone use a google nexus phone in mainland China? I want to get a HK Huawei Nexus 6P, but am worried the experience will be problematic on a hardware and essential software front. I have no problems sporadically using a vpn with wifi, but I don't think I could use the vpn consistently 24/7 during roaming. Anybody with experience of this? PLease let me know.
Thanks in advance.
I just traveled through China - Beijing, Ningbo, Hangzhou then Shenzhen - using Nexus 6p with Project Fi. In Beijing and Shenzhen, seemed OK, including receiving Gmail
boltd said:
I just traveled through China - Beijing, Ningbo, Hangzhou then Shenzhen - using Nexus 6p with Project Fi. In Beijing and Shenzhen, seemed OK, including receiving Gmail
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Well, this is good enough information for me to finally grab a nexus despite being in Beijing.
I've seen this with vGet, then Web Video Caster and now with the latest Netflix.
I'd seen this before with some apps, usually I switched to Netflix to get control and then disconnected from there.
The dev for Web Video Caster says he's using a Google library for the function and will contact Google after he checks further.
Latest Netflix - pause a show, disconnect, the show remains on the TV.
I wondered if this is widespread or not so I'm asking if others are seeing this.
I'm on the latest Chromecast version, stock.
i'm watching netflix right now on stock chromecast.
I have always had this problem since buying the chromecast in December, I have to cast YouTube to get out of netflix on both my htc one and my ipad. Are you by any chance using a dns service like unblock us? I am and Netflix said that could be the cause.
pandarock32 said:
I have always had this problem since buying the chromecast in December, I have to cast YouTube to get out of netflix on both my htc one and my ipad. Are you by any chance using a dns service like unblock us? I am and Netflix said that could be the cause.
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Nope, I'm as vanilla stock, out of the box as you can get.
This just cropped up for me, been using Chromecast since August.
@gianptune - thanks, but doesn't answer the question.
Hi, I've been trying to chromecast for the last few days. I came from a Nexus 6p which worked 100% with chromecast. If i use the web browser and try to cast from a video channel, it never connects to my chromecast or TV (with chromecast built in). I've tried the mirroring option but it never finds a chromecast. I've downloaded Google Home, that seems to have a bug where i can't login to my google account from my P20 Pro.
I've looked online and on here and haven't seen any other posts on it. It would be good to test. I am on the Dual Sim Three UK 8.1.0.102 (C782) variant.
Thanks
It has worked flawlessly using local cast app.
I've always found Google home glitchy.
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Works flawlessly for me. I've had the P20 Pro since release and I've never had a problem using a Chromecast, although I did recently factory reset my Chromecast, so that may have fixed any issues.
I use Chromecast several times a day, and haven't noticed anything odd.
I'm using Chrome browser to play web-videos and the Google Home app to mirror the screen.
Haven't used the built-in cast/mirror feature, but that has never worked reliably for me on any device
Thanks all, i wonder what is happening here. Even the Google home app isn't working. It's like an authentication error in the app. Chromecast doesn't connect to either of my chromecast devices. Works fine on my old phone still. I wonder if it's my firmware. I am on .102 which i know is really old. Waiting for Three/Huawei to update...
ianarg said:
Thanks all, i wonder what is happening here. Even the Google home app isn't working. It's like an authentication error in the app. Chromecast doesn't connect to either of my chromecast devices. Works fine on my old phone still. I wonder if it's my firmware. I am on .102 which i know is really old. Waiting for Three/Huawei to update...
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I'm on 102 and it works.
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Chromecast mostly works for me. The only thing that doesn't is volume controls from screen off. Apart from that, and the few normal Chromecast glitches, it works well.
I'm casting NFL Gamepass from my P20 Pro to my Nvidia Shield as I type this, it's worked flawlessly whenever I've tried since I got my phone (mine is also dual SIM from Three).
This works very sporadically for me, often from apps that cast (excluding Netflix and YouTube which have a different mechanism for Chromecast discovery) it's as if the refresh devices button doesn't really trigger a proper refresh.
The Google home app often doesn't show my Chromecasts but if I keep it open and wait maybe 5 minutes they'll eventually show.
Anyone seen anything like this?
I had problem with NBA game time app, it didn't display the cast icon after update of the device to .107 but iwas probably due to the implementation of an old. Chromecast API from NBA app itself. After NBA has updated the app is working perfectly
I streamed YouTube to a chromecast this evening without any problem, worked like expected...
No issues here, sounds more like a network issue to me.
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No issues here, sounds more like a network issue to me.
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Have you guys tried it with apps other than youtube or netflix?
Those work fine for me but they use a different discovery method, see here;
actually... I can't post links but googling "netflix different chromecast discovery" and going to the google developers discovery troubleshooting confirms this.
Network is also ruled out for me as it's still working flawlessly on my old phone and my wife's phone.
I cast all the time from Plex so it's super annoying not being able to find the chromecasts for 10 minutes and the closing apps/G Home, rebooting etc trying to trigger a discovery.
Cheers,
Jon
Oh a further update to my theory of "the refresh/scan isn't working as it should"
I have a CC that turns off when the TV is turned off and this sometimes appears in the list of devices for hours after it's been turned off, like overnight.
I've tried a factory reset but it didn't help, it's across multiple apps so maybe something to do with discovery in the android discovery software itself?
I wish all the apps just used their own discovery like YT/NF.... grumble, grumble...
Further update...
I'm 90% sure this is due to some overly aggressive power saving. I've also noticed the BBC news widget doesn't update as much as it should.
Today I tested resetting a Chromecast and attaching it as a new one. Didn't work. Needed to use another device to get it set up with Google home. Not ideal. Be interesting to see if anyone else can attach a new Chromecast after factory resetting one if anyone fancies some troubleshooting for me?
Go on, be a pal.
Cheers,
Jon
Works flawlessly in streaming from playmovies to casting the screen
I stream from plex or YouTube to a chromecast without problem
Damn... Maybe it's just some devices or a firmware issue then.
I'm on 8.1.0.103, have you a later one? Might be stuck waiting for an update
JonMoore87 said:
Damn... Maybe it's just some devices or a firmware issue then.
I'm on 8.1.0.103, have you a later one? Might be stuck waiting for an update
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I'm on .107 firmware, I never tried older ones.
Im also experiencing some problems with chromecast. Basically, some apps, like spotify, sometimes does not show my chromecasts under devices available.
After some tests, I think it is something related to the wifi strength and wifi+. If I disable the sim data, magically all the chromecasts around my house are correctly detected.