Sky Go Blocked For Jailbroken Phones

Luckycharms_74

Sky launched Sky Go on Android last week but it seems that Sky have blocked rooted Androids and Jailbroken Iphones.

Sky CS response : "Unfortunately we are unable to support rooted devices as this breaches the contractual agreements we have with our content providers. This also goes for Apple devices which have had their software modified."
Is this going to be the 1st step of many developers blocking modded phones ?
There is a tweak out there on Cydia which bypasses jailbreak detection in App Store applications. The developer has stated that he is trying to get a fix to add Sky Go to the list.

http://planet-iphones.com/cydia/id/com.n00neimp0rtant.xcon

Lets hope its fixed soon

guil

Wasn't this posted already

fox007

guil wrote: »

Wasn't this posted already

Just tried mine there iPhone 4s jail broken restore coming up!

Jax Teller

Ah I was wondering why i couldn't use it yesterday .

sharkman

xCon Alias bypasses jailbreak detection for streaming tv,not sure if it will work for SKY GO . I'll have a try.

smtdos

I still have the old Sky 'mobile TV' app on my jailbroken ip4 and it works perfectly.

It's an alternative, not as many channels as sky go though.

Luckycharms_74

guil wrote: »

Wasn't this posted already

Sorry if it was posted before. I didn't see the other thread

smtdos wrote: »

I still have the old Sky 'mobile TV' app on my jailbroken ip4 and it works perfectly.

It's an alternative, not as many channels as sky go though.

Yeah I have that on my phone but need to call sky to reset the number of managed devices.

sharkman wrote: »

xCon Alias bypasses jailbreak detection for streaming tv,not sure if it will work for SKY GO . I'll have a try.

I posted in the OP about xCon Alias. The developer is working on the Sky Go fix atm. Here is his twitter account for any updates.

http://twitter.com/#!/unimp0rtanttech

Harcrid

Has anyone been able to find and download xCon from Cydia? I have only found version 14 but I think that the latest version should be 20.

nava

Celtxx wrote: »

Has anyone been able to find and download xCon from Cydia? I have only found version 14 but I think that the latest version should be 20.

It should be on the http://apt.modmyi.com repo, in my case is v20

Harcrid

nava wrote: »

Celtxx wrote: »

Has anyone been able to find and download xCon from Cydia? I have only found version 14 but I think that the latest version should be 20.

It should be on the http://apt.modmyi.com repo, in my case is v20

Thanks Nava. I didn't have that repo added.

Euphoriasean

The developer of xCon has today released a new beta version on his own cydia repo:

http://n00neimp0rtant.dyndns.org/repo

It still doesn't work for me with sky go but let me know if it does for anyone else!

Harcrid

No, it does not work for me with SKY Go either.

Euphoriasean

Good news!!!Patch hopefully on its way very soon!!!

http://twitter.com/#!/unimp0rtanttech/status/175605307769225217

Euphoriasean

Euphoriasean wrote: »

Good news!!!Patch hopefully on its way very soon!!!

http://twitter.com/#!/unimp0rtanttech/status/175605307769225217

xCon 25 has now been released and I can confirm that sky go is now working on my jailbroken iphone again!:-)

Harcrid

Good news. Downloading it now.

Harcrid

I can only find version 23. Is this the latest? Sky go isn't working with this version for me though.

brian2614

Can only find 23 myself.Any ideas???

Brian017

brian2614 wrote: »

Can only find 23 myself.Any ideas???

I found it in the ''changes'' tab

brian2614

Cant find it on my ipad.Just 23

Brian017

brian2614 wrote: »

Cant find it on my ipad.Just 23

Install that and see if v25 appears under the changes tab then??

brian2614

Tried that,no joy???

Brian017

I dunno why its not showing up... I had v23 and upgraded to v25 and now Sky Go is working again... weird that the new version isn't showing up for anyone else

brian2614

Have you an ipad or iphone?

Brian017

I have both but have only tried it on the iPad

brian2614

And it works yea?

kaisersose77

add this repo

http://n00neimp0rtant.dyndns.org/repo

brian2614

Working now lads with the last repo,thanks alot

Luckycharms_74

kaisersose77 wrote: »

add this repo

http://n00neimp0rtant.dyndns.org/repo

Thanks working now

Nice one, thanks. When I installed it initially it asked to respring but when I tried to play a channel it just crashed the Sky Go app at the point where it normally gave the error. However I rebooted the phone and it's fine now.

dodzy

Back in action. Super:D

wush06

Sorted
Nice one

whiterebel

Sky sports TV works fine so far on a jail broken iPad without the need for xCon.

dodzy

whiterebel wrote: »

Sky sports TV works fine so far on a jail broken iPad without the need for xCon.

With the skygo app, or the older one?

whiterebel

dodzy wrote: »

With the skygo app, or the older one?

The standalone Sky Sports TV app

dodzy

whiterebel wrote: »

The standalone Sky Sports TV app

Yeah, though that was was you had. Skygo however will allow users extra features, including movies, sky atlantic etc; This app will not function without the workaround.

CathalDublin

AnyOne else having problems with repo, refresh with some yellow, bad URL errors and on v23 showing up?

The Big Gig

Got the repo fine but can't download xcon. v25 is comin up but when I try to install I'm getting error saying size mismatch.

Jax Teller

The Big Gig wrote: »

Got the repo fine but can't download xcon. v25 is comin up but when I try to install I'm getting error saying size mismatch.

Same here

Euphoriasean

Coletrickle88 wrote: »

Same here

try uninstalling the repo,reboot then installing the repo again!

uRbaN

Delighted that xcon fixed this. The repo thing had me stumped for a while but glad to be back in business.

youghalpest

can someone talk me through that last bit! im confussed! just a newbie, sorry!

youghalpest

Euphoriasean wrote: »

try uninstalling the repo,reboot then installing the repo again!

this bit i mean!!

guil

go to cydia then manage then sources, tap edit and then the - beside the repo you want to uninstall and delete should pop up, you might be able to just swipe left on the repo aswell to delete it

press and hold the sleep and home button together until the apple appears and it will restart, add the repo again

youghalpest

cheers bud!

Jax Teller

Just deleted that repo and searched for it and installed it . Must be on modmyis repo .

Happy days

dodzy

Coletrickle88 wrote: »

?..Must be on modmyis repo

Yep, it is.

bobbysands81

Would somebody be good enough to let me know why I must install on my jailbroken ipad2 to be able to watch SkyGo on it again please?

Thanks.

Brian017

bobbysands81 wrote: »

Would somebody be good enough to let me know why I must install on my jailbroken ipad2 to be able to watch SkyGo on it again please?

Thanks.

The official spiel from sky is "contractual obligations".

bobbysands81

Brian017 wrote: »

The official spiel from sky is "contractual obligations".

I know that buddy but I was hoping that somebody could let me know if there was a work around app that would let me still watch SkyGo.

Brian017

bobbysands81 wrote: »

I know that buddy but I was hoping that somebody could let me know if there was a work around app that would let me still watch SkyGo.

Oh sorry you meant what and not why. Sorry about that. Yes there is a workaround. Just download version 25 of xCon from Cydia and you're good to go

bobbysands81

Brian017 wrote: »

Oh sorry you meant what and not why. Sorry about that. Yes there is a workaround. Just download version 25 of xCon from Cydia and you're good to go

Just tried that but it didn't work.

Went into cydia, found Xcon 25, tried installing it but no icon comes up on my homepage, I get the words "size mismatch" in red appearing when I try installing before it tells me that installation is complete, but as I said there's no icon on homepage.