Netflix app can be installed on any Android phone without rooting

We log into XDA and find away around it, just like we did to root in the first place. 

Right. Keep depending on XDA to hack away at this “open” platform to keep it, well… open. You need a hack for a hack. Sounds like the kind of user experience everyone want’s out of a smartphone

@Bob Autrey I’m sorry? Did I miss something were Apple officially supported jailbroken iPhones? Cause last I heard they were trying to make that illegal.  Movies got blocked cause MPAA partners are worried about copyright violations. You made the comment about root. I would place money on the fact that most users don’t root, so no, I don’t think that’s an experience everyone wants, and most people probably don’t know what it is. And you know what that means? MOVIES WON’T BE BLOCKED.

Honestly, I never wanted to jailbreak my iphone  BECAUSE THERE WERE A TON OF GREAT APPS AND THE OS WAS UPDATED ALL THE TIME.  not so with my android 1.6 phone.

@dmunch:disqus You’re comparing Apples to Androids. I’m not sitting here proclaiming Android is superior to iOS. I was responding to Bob Autrey’s bashing Google for blocking the Movies service from rooted devices. I think there are plenty of great Apps for Android phones, and I’m sorry what ever phone you own was left on 1.6 cause I admit that has been a real problem for Android that OEM’s haven’t fully supported future versions of Android, one that Google recognized  and is looking to correct according to announcements from IO. I for one am part of the rooting community, but I also understand to acquire and support great services they do need to play ball with their partners in this or receive no cooperation, hence why movies is blocked, but only for a very small % of users. 

Don’t you mean your DROID?

Well technically I could say my Droid, cause I still do own the OG Droid from Motorola, but I choose to say Android cause I don’t expect anyone to know that, let alone care. So, no I mean my Android.  

Good luck with that. 

No luck needed. I had already installed this weeks ago., Works great.

+1

 While you’re taking the Google koolaid to the head and letting Google ram you from behind…. as hard as they want.  Hypocrite never think they are hypocrites.

@andrew Bit hypocritical there, are we?

I had a long list of examples where this comment is the teapot calling the kettle black (and boy did I have them) but I’m going to just go with what Droidman101 said.

really, comparing it to a phone from 2007? Really?

2007 or 2011, the true definition of cohesion would mean that you could install an app on an OS across all iterations. Truth is, the original iPhone can’t even run iOS 4.0 without exploding, let alone run the Netflix app’. Go ‘fragment’ over that!

Yeah but the major difference is that in today’s tech world a phone that’s 3-4 years old isn’t expected to run the newest software.  Try to get some older computers from 2007 to run Windows 7….. it ain’t happening.  But with Android, devices released in the same time period can’t run the same thing.  That’s a totally different thing.  

haha, and you would want to install it on a 4 year old phone? Wow, talk about slow video decoding! 

Dude android is garbage get over it seriously.

sore loser.

Not to be a troll, but seriously, the argument that Android is “open” because you can get apps that aren’t designed to work on every device is a very weak argument. Android users like to boast that they have a “computer” in their pockets, but how many computers would get away with not being able to install MS Office, or even Google Chrome on them? Of course if you take a PC that you bought 4 or 5 years ago with subpar specs, you might have a problem running Office well, but how many of you are carrying Android devices that are even CLOSE to that old? 

The fact is, many of you are probably carrying the high end devices and still have to find a work around that MAY or MAY NOT work on your device. I find that unacceptable and I don’t know why you would defend it. And then argue that the OS is NOT fragmented! I would be pissed to buy a $300 Android device and not be able to install something as popular as the Netflix app. I have a $200 Nexus S that installs and runs it just fine and an iPhone that is a year old that’s had it since the app launched. 

I’m not saying that Google has fragmented this device, but the carriers certainly have been allowed to. And you guys have supported it by continuing to buy their devices. That’s why I try and stick with Google phones only. I get that Google has signed agreements with carriers and manufacturers to help curtail this in the future, but how many of you own and Android device that is from the future?

Again, I’m not a troll. I carry a Nexus S and I really like it. Why? Mostly because, like with my iPhone, I don’t have to wait for the manufacturer/carrier to decide when or IF my phone gets an update. And I get the whole “we can flash whatever ROM we want” blah blah, but I also have read the many, many issues with doing that on the different builds. I am not arguing that you shouldn’t USE Android. I like it and think that competition between it, iOS, and WM7 will make all of us, regardless of the platform we use, a winner. I am only saying that you shouldn’t be so quick to defend your carrier/manufacturer over it’s part in the fragmentation of the Android OS and their decision to use older versions of the OS versus the new.

who would use a 2007 phone ?

A little damage control yesterday and you’re back in form! Welcome back Norm!

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nice

Huh dude android phones that just came out 3 months ago are not going to get the latest android software update. 

good…MacBoy!

Not to stir the pot, as I am very pro Apple and Pro Android, but careful where you tread. With Apple not supporting the 3GS with iOS 5, unless you own a 4 or whenever the 5 (possibly 4S) comes out, your screwed as well. So while Android does have fragmentation issues, it is ignorant to say Apple doesn’t as well. The only difference is the community. Where as in Android’s case, the community (XDA and others) will make older phones work on new software…in Apple’s case, they don’t.

develop your lips right here on my cock you ifag

@Wirelessmodz
Macboy15 has said time and time again that his ‘lips’ are only for iBringit; he is a “one man” man.

This is incorrect. Phones released this year forward are guaranteed 18 months of updates. Guess you didn’t pay attention to I/O.

Shouldn’t that be:

We have full customization:

To some extent dependent on what XDA and other people smarter that me provide and that since I have no programming skills it’s not like I can write my own apps or anything. And only after rooting my “open” device and then discover that some services like Amazon movies are going to BLOCK ROOTED DEVICES. 

We have flash:

So that all of the glorious memory eating ADS will be fully viewable and be allowed to slow my device down even further? 

We have interchangeable and expandable memory:

On SOME devices. Not all devices have memory card slots. I have Googles latests Flagship phone the Nexus S. Has 16gigs of memory and that’s it and all it ever will. I could sell my soul to Samsung or Motorola so I can have a memory slot, but then the trade off is that I get Touchwiz and whatever that other shit overlay is and keep my fingers crossed on updates. 

We have front facing cameras:

Again, on SOME device. Most Android devices do NOT have a front facing camera and some of those that do actually do have substandard VGA quality cameras. 

Then, for some reason, you take a homophobic turn into gay sex rape and your butt buddy, Ball (go figure) likes it. That about sums up the average teenage fanboy.

At least you admit to your gay support. Anyway, Not all iPhones have front facing cameras? Ads in flash? you have HTML5 ADs and some AD support is coming for Flash in iOS 5, do you even do research at all? All devices have memory card slots that have come out since Verizon adopted Android except the Nexus S…which isn’t on Verizon.

And regardless to what you say? Touchwiz customization or Blur is way better than NO customization.

AT and T blows too, if you want to get on that topic we can.

You are a fail troll, kid.

Yes. I support the right for people to be gay, straight, and everything in between. And I’d rather have a gay friend than a homophobic dork that beats off to cell phone porn in his mothers basement all day. 

Ahhhh little iFlamer you only wish you you could get my iHole. Unfortunately for you my pooper is a one way street I suggest you go see Tim242 for your faggetry. Speaking of which whatever happened to that Evo loving fandroid flamer? I haven’t seen him on here in days. Usually he’s on the Apple threads getting his jollies bashing the iSheep.

How did you get so dumb? Did you take a class? Grow up seriously.

I’d call it an old phone.

But hey, it can run Netflix;)

Yeah that’s a pretty old phone that can’t support the new OS.  But NEW android phones can’t support stuff that older ones can.  How does that happen?

I thought I had woken up to something BGR knew I didn’t about loading it on my phone and working. I was like…wait, it works now? That isn’t the case. While the article had good intentions, it’s a little late in the writing as this topic on XDA was posted almost 2 weeks ago and even the most recent posts show a no go on the app. The success rate is VERY low.

“But we have good news for those of you with an Android device not currently supported by the Netflix app: your pals over at xda-developers forum have figured out a workaround that will let you install the app and stream all the movies and TV shows you can handle.”

Not the case at all. It would be if it worked. It doesn’t except a few.

He lost me at his iFag comment after claiming to own iOS products. Big long rant and said nothing that every Fandroid before him hasn’t already stated. 

How many porn sites can your iShit load? Like 3. I am a straight man, I like women and sometimes porn. The only males I know that hate porn are well..homosexual.

Youtube converts but you lose quality. CNN and NYTimes, great..two sites that generally have the same stuff. Glad you live your life in shitty politics and fail stock markets. I sometimes like to play flash games or watch porn. My device is for more than business. Now, tell me you bought your iPhone for business so I can chuckle more.

Oh by the way, what happens when you are out of town and need to sync? You do it over the cloud right? When your OTA updates come out and your device’s apps don’t support the old version…o wait..you have to go home and sync up to a COMPUTER. See, I can do this on the fly. Don’t read all I typed, it will just hurt your feelings.

I do have a device, want to facetime? My favorite thing is Apple told me when I couldn’t play 1080p MKVs on my iPad, that it wasn’t designed to be a media device. Rofl. Funny. My Thunderbolt plays them….

And Apple iOS still doesn’t have true multitasking. Yes you can listen to music and browse, but if you open a game and pause it > homescreen > open a new game > it closes the old because it needs to free up memory. On Android? It runs in the background.

I can post all day about things you can’t do on iStuff. I got an iPad because it  has apps designed for nothing but the tablet. Android doesn’t have much yet. Next year, I can sell this iPad to some iFag for the same price, because their technology doesn’t grow, and get whatever amazing Android tablet that will be out by then. So roll that up and smoke it.

PS Isn’t having tablet apps that don’t run on your phone “Fragmentation”?

And they said Apple users were more educated..haha. Educated as Hitler’s followers under the realms of a “perfect being”.

And again he’s lost me at flash gamer who main feature of his device is beating off. IF he actually ever sleeps with a girl, jerking off on your Android device won’t be as high a priority. 

And remember, said IF. 

And by the way, my extended tbolt battery lasts 5 days on 3g and 2 on 4g. When do you need more than that? How is the iPhone extended battery? I tether my iPad to my TBolt. Funny thing is? My Tbolt browser is faster loading flash based pages than the iPad is at loading non-flash pages. Also the iPad crashes way more than Android. Apps fail way more. Just saying.

No one is a “flash based gamer” but there are some BA flash games out there from Kongregate and other sites. I like having the option.

And beating off. 

Sorry old man, your weenie to shriveled for you to enjoy good porn? Lol. I knew it when I called it to begin with, a fucking faggot.