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Netflix/HULU/Google Play mov only play in SD (480p), any solution to get HD playback?

So, basically every streaming service I have tried only play back in SD, not HD. Is this a common issue for the S2? Is there any way to get it to work in HD?
I hate to say it but if not this might be going back to BestBuy today :/
Thanks!

Netflix works fine in HD here. Is your subscription set up for HD?
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Whoops.

Fritzy62 said:
Netflix works fine in HD here. Is your subscription set up for HD?
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Sure am. Can you verify that HD works with this link? Should play a stream that tells you what resolution and bitrate you are actually seeing. Mine stays at 720x480, while my Nexus 7 shows 1920x1080. Bitrates are 1750 vs 5000+ respectively.
http://www.netflix.com/WiMovie/70136810

Oh, also, I am on the 8.0" WiFi US model if that matters.

Looks like I found my answer. The tablet is not on the Netflix HD list. So I guess none of them can play it.
https://help.netflix.com/en/node/23939

Coronado is dead said:
Looks like I found my answer. The tablet is not on the Netflix HD list. So I guess none of them can play it.
https://help.netflix.com/en/node/23939
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i already brought this up in this thread http://forum.xda-developers.com/tab-s2/help/netflix-hd-tab-s2-t3274295 . I'm quite angry since the tab s2 is marketed as an ipad air 2 competitor and it doesnt support full HD streaming. If you want to find out more about the certification process just google netflix android HD DRM. The thing is, the tablet has to be certified by Netflix. I know for a fact, that the SoC, the Exynos 5433, supports widevine Level 1 DRM technology (basically the lowest is level 3 which wouldn't be enough for HD) and HDCP 1.x which also should be enough for HD streaming. Youtube support 1080p60 videos so it's definitely not a performance issue of hardware. I suspect that the unlocked bootloader is a problem for the content providers, so if Samsung was to lock the bootloader and renegotiate with Netflix or at least ask what exactly is missing for it to be certified and add that through an update. I mean we pay for a premium tablet and a premium service, we should get what we pay for. I made contact with Netflix and Samsung, they said they would look into it. Quite curious if they actually do something, i'm still hoping! If this is an issue for you, feel free to contact themselves, so this problem can be solved, though I guess it's mostly Samsung that has to do something with the next update.

Rhala said:
i already brought this up in this thread http://forum.xda-developers.com/tab-s2/help/netflix-hd-tab-s2-t3274295 . I'm quite angry since the tab s2 is marketed as an ipad air 2 competitor and it doesnt support full HD streaming. If you want to find out more about the certification process just google netflix android HD DRM. The thing is, the tablet has to be certified by Netflix. I know for a fact, that the SoC, the Exynos 5433, supports widevine Level 1 DRM technology (basically the lowest is level 3 which wouldn't be enough for HD) and HDCP 1.x which also should be enough for HD streaming. Youtube support 1080p60 videos so it's definitely not a performance issue of hardware. I suspect that the unlocked bootloader is a problem for the content providers, so if Samsung was to lock the bootloader and renegotiate with Netflix or at least ask what exactly is missing for it to be certified and add that through an update. I mean we pay for a premium tablet and a premium service, we should get what we pay for. I made contact with Netflix and Samsung, they said they would look into it. Quite curious if they actually do something, i'm still hoping! If this is an issue for you, feel free to contact themselves, so this problem can be solved, though I guess it's mostly Samsung that has to do something with the next update.
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I'm also only getting 480p on Netflix, but on my unrooted, KNOX-not-tripped, SM-T810, it has no trouble achieving Widevine Level 1 DRM:
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2622 WVCdm D Instantiating CDM.
2622 WVCdm I CdmEngine::QueryStatus
2622 WVCdm I Level3 Library Dec 11 2014 16:13:16
2622 WVCdm W Could not read /data/mediadrm/IDM1013/ay64.dat2: No such file or directory
2622 WVCdm D OEMCrypto_Initialize Level 1 success. I will use level 1.
2622 WVCdm I L3 Terminate.
Google Play, on the other hand, is able to achieve Level 1 as well and streams HD just fine (noticeably better quality than Netflix, even with Google's way-too-high compression). Maybe HD is being blocked on Netflix's side? They've blocked "unsupported" devices based on the device name in the past.

This device is more than able to run HD video on netflix and hulu. However I ran across an issue where I had to delete the following file for hulu to work at all. Worth a try for those of you who are rooted. Just make a backup first.
I deleted this file and hulu works.
/system/lib/liboemcrypt.so

[SOLVED]is this device L1 certified?

[SOLVED]Can it play Netflix on HD?
I know it has an HDR display and all but none of the previous Xiaomi phones are L1 certified (DRM).

That's what I would like to know too. It's literally stopping me from buying the Mi8 right now. I use Netflix a lot, and I'd like to watch it in HD. My other phone, Honor 8 Pro is not Widevine L1 certified and Netflix looks like crap in 480p.
It would make sense if it had the L1 certificate, since it has a HDR10 display and Netflix is one of the few apps that provides HDR content.
If my memory serves me right, the OnePlus 5T did not have the L1 certificate and it caused a lot of anger in their customers. I think they implemented it in the OnePlus 6, I could be wrong though.

jericho246 said:
That's what I would like to know too. It's literally stopping me from buying the Mi8 right now. I use Netflix a lot, and I'd like to watch it in HD. My other phone, Honor 8 Pro is not Widevine L1 certified and Netflix looks like crap in 480p.
It would make sense if it had the L1 certificate, since it has a HDR10 display and Netflix is one of the few apps that provides HDR content.
If my memory serves me right, the OnePlus 5T did not have the L1 certificate and it caused a lot of anger in their customers. I think they implemented it in the OnePlus 6, I could be wrong though.
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You're right. My Axon 7 is L3 also. I try searching on websites like Gsmarena but even they don't provide this information. I know there's an app to check DRM but I don't wanna buy the phone and then find out lol
Yes 5t was L3 and the commotion from the community forced the company to offer an update with L1 certificate but people needed to send their phone back through mail because that kind of an update needs a special certified computer.
OnePlus 6 is L1 certified out of the box but it's still not listed on Netflix as HD compatible.
I guess Netflix themselves need to support each phone for true HD content.

still_living said:
Can it play Netflix on HD?
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Nope, like the Mi Mix 2s.
jericho246 said:
, since it has a HDR10 display and Netflix is one of the few apps that provides HDR content.
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To get HDR10, you need >1000 nits
In other words HDR10 mean nothing

Klanac89 said:
Nope, like the Mi Mix 2s.
To get HDR10, you need >1000 nits
In other words HDR10 mean nothing
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You need only 600nits for HDR10

Klanac89 said:
Nope, like the Mi Mix 2s.
To get HDR10, you need >1000 nits
In other words HDR10 mean nothing
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Edit: here

Yeah, but it's useless with 600. Just google a lil bit more...

Klanac89 said:
Yeah, but it's useless with 600. Just google a lil bit more...
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I don't know where you're going with this but if it is advertised as hdr10 I'm sure there must be some truth to it. Anyway, Netflix has officially listed over 10 devices as HDR compatible and only the Galaxy note 8 is 1000 nits. Maybe the rest of the devices aren't as good as the note 8 but it's better than nothing :good:

Can someone who has a phone please download the DRM app and check? It would be nice with a screen shot.

still_living said:
Can someone who has a phone please download the DRM app and check? It would be nice with a screen shot.
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I can do it, give me a link or name of the app.

Tech Tablets on YouTube showed the DRM app and it has Widevine L3. I can't post the link for some reason.

See attachment.

here's another

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I can do it, give me a link or name of the app.
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https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.androidfung.drminfo
The app name is 'DRM info', can download directly from play store

Thanks guys. What a bummer

Still only L3 on Android 10

denzel09 said:
Still only L3 on Android 10
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Yes, sadly. It's actually very funny even the Poco got it via OTA update. But why not dipper?

Netflix on the OnePlus 7 Pro [DISCUSSION]

I would like to make this into a discussion, the topic is Netflix content on the OnePlus 7 Pro and any other smartphone with a HDR Netflix certification.
Here are my thoughts:
As we all know, the OP7 Pro made it on the list of Netflix HDR HD supported devices. What does this mean? If you don't unlock the bootloader (or use a modded version of Netflix) you will not be able to watch that "crisp" high definition HDR content on your phone. I am okey with that, it's a choice everybody can make. What I do not like at all is how Netflix advertises their HD content towards people who own devices like the OnePlus 7 Pro, Samsung Galaxy S10 etc, devices with good, QHD+ resolution displays. Why? You might have noticed that Netflix never mentioned the term "FHD, QHD, UHD", only "SD, HD, HDR". They keep talking about a mobile cinema experience thanks to HDR on your mobile device, which does include tablets by the way, without telling the users that even though they own a device that can can display a high pixel count like the OnePlus 7 Pro. To give you a comparison, this is what your OnePlus 7 Pro can actually show versus what Netflix allows the consumer to see:
OnePlus 7 Pro (3120 x 1440)
4.49 Million*Pixels (4492800 to be precise)
High Definition HDR Content (1280 x 720)
0.92 Million Pixels ( 921600 pixels)
That is the maximum resolution Netflix sends to your phone, not a single pixel more than that. Is HDR nice to have? Yes it is, it's a good compromise when it comes to image quality and the amount of data. Am I, a consumer who pays 16$ per month for the UHD Netflix subscription disappointed? Hell yeah. 5G is coming this year and Netflix decides that tHe hUmAn eYe cAn't sEE aBoVe 720p 29.99FPS. Jokes aside, I think that it is time that they allow higher resolution for mobile devices, I don't need 4K right away on a screen where I can't even see that many pixels, but I did some testing and compared two 720p Netflix streamed movies to a 1080p non-HDR and a 4K offline version (18GB file from a BluRay) and even though 720p HDR might look pretty close to 1080p non-HDR it definetly can't compete with content which can use the screens full potentíal. And considering that 5G is already or almost here, depending on your region, it would be very sad if Netflix decided not to offer content in 1440p or even UHD for smartphones and tablets.
What are your thoughts? Share them with us!

Maybe it's not due to HDR but I was comparing streams of an episode of Bodyguard on Netflix on my 7 Pro and Note 9, both full brightness, playing at the same time and I have to say the 7 Pro blows the Note 9 out of the water. I could see more details from the shadows on the 7 pro but both streams definitely looked Full HD at least.

roaduardo said:
Maybe it's not due to HDR but I was comparing streams of an episode of Bodyguard on Netflix on my 7 Pro and Note 9, both full brightness, playing at the same time and I have to say the 7 Pro blows the Note 9 out of the water. I could see more details from the shadows on the 7 pro but both streams definitely looked Full HD at least.
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Netflix offers a few test video files which can go up to 4K, you can check which resolution is actually the highest for your device
https://www.netflix.com/title/80018499?s=a&trkid=13747225&t=cp

Is there any indication where it tells your it's playing in HDR?

MrPhilo said:
Is there any indication where it tells your it's playing in HDR?
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Yeah, if HDR content is playing. Phones (I only have Samsung and OnePlus to check) will change their color profile to natural. So if you set it to something like vibrant, then exit a HDR video then you will see color looks very different form vibrant profile.
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What I hate is the fact that they allow 1080p on iPhones but not on android anymore. I say anymore because Im pretty sure Netflix with 4.x.x something suporrted 1080p streaming. For what ever reason they removed it. Just be like YouTube and let me select the resolution ffs. I don't even pay for YouTube yet they have better support for HD content.

Seems that it doesn't really matter (at least to me). My eyes can see some great detail in people's faces and other objects on my phone's display. To my eyes, that's plenty of HD to me. *shrugs*
I checked my FF browser and it's showing full HD. That's actually where I watch 90% of my Netflix (and Amazon) streams, anyway. But this is an interesting topic, nonetheless.

After Netflix removed the ctrl-alt-shft-s command for no apparent reason than a big F-you to its customers, I will return to piracy before I upgrade to 4K/HDR from my current FHD plan. Without that command to lock in bit-rate even 1080P is iffy on my 100 Mb fiber connection. I hope the Disney+/Hulu or Warner/HBO/ATT plan is competitive because Netflix is really starting to piss me off.
Back on topic, does HDR really make a big difference on a tiny screen?

Is it possible to watch Netflix in hd with unlocked bootloader on phone?

Is it possible to watch Netflix in hd with unlocked bootloader on phone?
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No way and probably won't happen.
There are movies in 1080 you can watch on OP7P on Netflix. They are encoded using VP9 and Netflix said they are slowly encoding more movies to be available in 1080 on mobile.

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stehova said:
Does Netflix return to HD if you re-lock the bootloader?
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Yes, L1 is restored when u relock bootloader. So you can have HD Netflix again

Don't do it. After dinner research if you try and lock your bootloader after the OS s been modified you'll brick your phone.
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stehova said:
Does Netflix return to HD if you re-lock the bootloader?
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If you flash back to stock then relock your bootloader you will have L1 back. Do not relock without out being completely stock though or you will perma brick.

nrage23 said:
If you flash back to stock then relock your bootloader you will have L1 back. Do not relock without out being completely stock though or you will perma brick.
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Just DON'T FLASH PERSIST.IMG , that will break the L1 forever , I did that , and even when the support restored stock , the L1 was gone .

It annoys me, I want to watch movies and TV series in good quality. So I give them money for a subscription expecting proper quality in return, but I get Full HD? I don't know. I used to watch very few soap operas, because I worked a lot. But during last year's quarantine, I switched to working remotely. And then there was a lot of time. I didn't have the money for paid subscriptions, and so I went to 123 movies. The platform surprised me with its picture and sound quality, there is a very high picture resolution.

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No way and probably won't happen.
There are movies in 1080 you can watch on OP7P on Netflix. They are encoded using VP9 and Netflix said they are slowly encoding more movies to be available in 1080 on mobile.
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From oos 11 beta 3 and up,,you got L1 work even you unlock and root,,, mine with unlock bootloader, and root

No HD on Prime Video on rooted Mi 9T Pro

Hello, I've noticed that after I've unlocked the bootloader and rooted the device, Prime Video is not streaming on 1080p HD anymore even though the device has Widevine L1 certification (Netflix is working fine). It looks really really bad. I've managed to keep google pay working, and installed the Netflix fix too (liboemocrypto.so patch or something like that)...is anyone facing the same issue or know a fix to the problem?

Guarino95 said:
Hello, I've noticed that after I've unlocked the bootloader and rooted the device, Prime Video is not streaming on 1080p HD anymore even though the device has Widevine L1 certification (Netflix is working fine). It looks really really bad. I've managed to keep google pay working, and installed the Netflix fix too (liboemocrypto.so patch or something like that)...is anyone facing the same issue or know a fix to the problem?
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Try to magisk hide prime video

IoIam said:
Try to magisk hide prime video
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I did it already...both Prime Video and the normal Amazon App

Guarino95 said:
I did it already...both Prime Video and the normal Amazon App
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How did you notice it isn't HD? Mine seems to be in HD on my rooted MI9T pro... How can I check?

Are you sure ur netflix running on hd?
Try watch test pattern and report here.
It will automatically adjust n show the actual format u watch
https://www.netflix.com/title/80018499?s=a&trkid=13747225&t=cp

zephyruel said:
Are you sure ur netflix running on hd?
Try watch test pattern and report here.
It will automatically adjust n show the actual format u watch
https://www.netflix.com/title/80018499?s=a&trkid=13747225&t=cp
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In upper right corner it says "null kbps, 1920:1080, PAR 1:1 , 8 bpc, 23.976 fps" I think Netflix is ok...it seems it is not triggering HDR but maybe because the test doesn't support it.
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How did you notice it isn't HD? Mine seems to be in HD on my rooted MI9T pro... How can I check?
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It looks like actual crap, there are no details, it shows compression arctifacts on complex scenes and fast moving objects...like it is running on 240p or 360p. Moreover if the video is running in FullHD the Prime video player will show 1080p HD under the progress bar just next to the minutes counter.
I am sure it is not a bandwidth problem since I've got gigabit fiber at home and fast 4G+ Data. Tested speed before reproducing were 522Mbps on WiFi and 130Mbps on 4G+, tested both on ookla and fast.com
EDIT: in the settings menu I've selected maximum streaming and quality, but it says that the Data consumption will be 0.46GB per hour...it seems really lo...what you guys get? Could anyone with a locked and stock device please share a screenshot of the quality settings?

I can't stream in HD even on a stock device. As far as I know, noone can.

Guarino95 said:
In upper right corner it says "null kbps, 1920:1080, PAR 1:1 , 8 bpc, 23.976 fps" I think Netflix is ok...it seems it is not triggering HDR but maybe because the test doesn't support it.
It looks like actual crap, there are no details, it shows compression arctifacts on complex scenes and fast moving objects...like it is running on 240p or 360p. Moreover if the video is running in FullHD the Prime video player will show 1080p HD under the progress bar just next to the minutes counter.
I am sure it is not a bandwidth problem since I've got gigabit fiber at home and fast 4G+ Data. Tested speed before reproducing were 522Mbps on WiFi and 130Mbps on 4G+, tested both on ookla and fast.com
EDIT: in the settings menu I've selected maximum streaming and quality, but it says that the Data consumption will be 0.46GB per hour...it seems really lo...what you guys get? Could anyone with a locked and stock device please share a screenshot of the quality settings?
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Same on stock. Quality is not as bad as you describe but I can see a bit of compression like its's 720 maybe. Netflix on the test chart says 720p max for me (even on the 1080p test) but Netflix settings say that HDR 1080 is supported

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I can't stream in HD even on a stock device. As far as I know, noone can.
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It should be possible since Amazon whitelisted our device in December, so we should be able to stream content at full resolution as reported in some articles...I think I have the EEA Rom, and maybe only the Global Rom Is whitelisted...or maybe only Raphael and not Raphaelin...i've seen screenshot of FullHD content running on the device (with locked bootloader)
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Same on stock. Quality is not as bad as you describe but I can see a bit of compression like its's 720 maybe. Netflix on the test chart says 720p max for me (even on the 1080p test) but Netflix settings say that HDR 1080 is supported
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I'm running at full quality on Netflix and I am sure of that...I watched some Irish man content and it even triggered HDR on and it was running at full res, with noticeably high quality. While on Prime Video watching TGT Seamen I can notice crap quality when the boats are sprinkling water and with the sea surface...

Guarino95 said:
It should be possible since Amazon whitelisted our device in December, so we should be able to stream content at full resolution as reported in some articles...I think I have the EEA Rom, and maybe only the Global Rom Is whitelisted...or maybe only Raphael and not Raphaelin...i've seen screenshot of FullHD content running on the device (with locked bootloader)
I'm running at full quality on Netflix and I am sure of that...I watched some Irish man content and it even triggered HDR on and it was running at full res, with noticeably high quality. While on Prime Video watching TGT Seamen I can notice crap quality when the boats are sprinkling water and with the sea surface...
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Okok I can confirm that even on stock I can't see hd content on Amazon, so it's most likely a whitelist problem

Guarino95 said:
It should be possible since Amazon whitelisted our device in December, so we should be able to stream content at full resolution as reported in some articles...I think I have the EEA Rom, and maybe only the Global Rom Is whitelisted...or maybe only Raphael and not Raphaelin...i've seen screenshot of FullHD content running on the device (with locked bootloader)
I'm running at full quality on Netflix and I am sure of that...I watched some Irish man content and it even triggered HDR on and it was running at full res, with noticeably high quality. While on Prime Video watching TGT Seamen I can notice crap quality when the boats are sprinkling water and with the sea surface...
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Care to share the screenshot? I've contacted both Amazon and Xiaomi, Amazon says it's not their fault, Xiaomi says they will bring compatibility in a "future update" (aka never).

god88 said:
Care to share the screenshot? I've contacted both Amazon and Xiaomi, Amazon says it's not their fault, Xiaomi says they will bring compatibility in a "future update" (aka never).
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Screenshot of what?

You said "i've seen screenshot of FullHD content running on the device (with locked bootloader)".

[DRM] Widevine L1

I think we got Widevine L1 via OTA update (176). DRMInfo seems to confirm this. Can anyone else confirm this? Try Netflix, Prime or whatever.

I'm on
176, tried netflix but every time I try to log in it just goes back to mainpage.

Netflix ist working for me (EMUI 11) but still L3

L3 on 176 for me on netflix im afraid

Might be their "supported devices nonsense". I've tried YouTube purchased movie playback. Before 176 I had 480p max. Now it plays at 1080p. I think It's working.

L1 Here on. 176

nasko_spasko said:
Might be their "supported devices nonsense". I've tried YouTube purchased movie playback. Before 176 I had 480p max. Now it plays at 1080p. I think It's working.
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Have you got gms and how do you know what resolution its actually playing at

frogdr1ver said:
Have you got gms and how do you know what resolution its actually playing at
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I got YouTube Vanced with microG. No GMS. I know from the res options from the top-right menu. Prior to 176 I had 480p as the best option. Now it goes up to 1080p. I tested this exact movie because I've purchased it through youtube and it has DRM. Never had any issues with resolution on public videos. Just on protected content. Regarding Netflix: I think it's from their app. They have device list. If the device is not there the app streams SD, like on an L3 device. That's what I figured this evening after chatting with one of their support agents.

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L1 Here on. 176
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I have the same on DRM info but L3 on the netflix app

Same here, L3 on netflix[emoji57], for a moment I smiled when I read your first post [emoji1787]
The weird thing is that AFAIK p40 pro+ is netflix L1, which I fail to understand..
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Might be their "supported devices nonsense". I've tried YouTube purchased movie playback. Before 176 I had 480p max. Now it plays at 1080p. I think It's working.
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L3 even on DRM Info. I think i fecked up for now with EMUI 11 Beta Access.

Decodaz said:
L3 even on DRM Info. I think i fecked up for now with EMUI 11 Beta Access.
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I think you'll catch up when the new beta or official 11 comes out. The changelog for 10.1.0.176 was just security update, but we got L1 cert with it.

L1, EMUI 11 beta

For me still L3

Can anyone think why some devices are showing L1 on Netflix and others L3?

install netflix from aurora store and it will work

frogdr1ver said:
Can anyone think why some devices are showing L1 on Netflix and others L3?
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L1 is not enough for Netflix, because device must be netflix certified

zedyo said:
L1 is not enough for Netflix, because device must be netflix certified
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I'm still none the wiser when we have phones on here some are showing certified and some not but all p40 pros?

frogdr1ver said:
I'm still none the wiser when we have phones on here some are showing certified and some not but all p40 pros?
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Believe me... there is no p40 pro with L1 in netflix app.
Here is official list tablets and smartphones which supports HD or HDR
https://help.netflix.com/en/node/23939

zedyo said:
Believe me... there is no p40 pro with L1 in netflix app.
Here is official list tablets and smartphones which supports HD or HDR
https://help.netflix.com/en/node/23939
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Yep I've read that the other day, I think I misread the op, thought he said he was getting hd on Netflix but I think he meant hd on YouTube DRM stuff.