No streaming movies on rooted devices?

[LoneWolfArcher]

So I opened my Flixster App for the first time in quite a while today. And they announced they now stream movies through ultraviolet and even gave me a free movie: The Perfect Storm.

Great! So I hit Watch Now after getting all set up only to get:

"It looks like your device is rooted. Unfortunately, movie streaming is not supported on rooted devices for security and stability reasons."

WHAT THE HECK?!? Seriously?

Any workarounds?

 

[NeverdelSol]

Trying using Voodoo OTA Rootkeeper to temporarily unroot, and see if it'll let you watch it?

 

[LoneWolfArcher]

Duh! Great idea. I have that installed and didn't even think of it.

 

[NeverdelSol]

I'm curious to see if it works. I've seen other apps, games even, that won't let you play if you're rooted.

 

[Raw Dodge]

Ota root keeper doesn't work..it still won't play them,

 

[4low4fun]

Ota root keeper doesn't work..it still won't play them,

Really? It worked for me on my DROID 4.. I downloaded the movie to my SD card and then watched it. Maybe that's the difference?

 

[Raw Dodge]

Wierd,not on my razr or s3.

 

[4low4fun]

Wierd,not on my razr or s3.

Well i was running an eclipse rom.. not sure if that makes a difference..

 

[Raw Dodge]

Stock,or Eclipse 1.0 and 1.5 on my razr,didn't make a difference in my case,none of them allowed it to play.

 

[LoneWolfArcher]

Yep, unrooting with Voodoo didn't work.

Oh well, I can use my wife's Galaxy Tab 2 7.0 to stream movies.

 

[Droid-Xer]

You can also try an app called Hide My Root

 

[LoneWolfArcher]

You can also try an app called Hide My Root

That did it! Thanks!

 

[Droid-Xer]

Thanks for the confirmation. You can also use it for the Redbox Instant app.