Showmax on rooted Android won't play offline

[palmandy]

I have rooted my Samsung Tablet 9.6 to increase the internal memory space. I use FolderMount to mount folders on a SD Card and pretend they are in internal memory.

All used to work ok but now Showmax won't play offline files since it says the device is rooted. I have tried hiding SuperSu but it still doesn't work. The error is "your device appears to be rooted"

Andrew.

 

[IOPS]

Doubt there's much you can do barred using an older version that doesn't check for root?

 

[MickZA]

There's a way around this problem discussed here - http://mybroadband.co.za/vb/showthread.php/859188-ShowMax-gets-Android-TV-support?p=18796746&viewfull=1#post18796746

TBH, the family found the new interface difficult to use so we reverted to the previous version ...

 

[Ho3n3r]

Is there a legit reason for a 3rd party not supporting rooted devices? If it's really for security reasons, no developers should support any PC operating system, ever.

 

[P924]

Have you tried xposed with ANRC?

 

[P924]

Is there a legit reason for a 3rd party not supporting rooted devices? If it's really for security reasons, no developers should support any PC operating system, ever.

I guess they are trying to protect their content from the big bad pirate man?

 

[Ho3n3r]

I guess they are trying to protect their content from the big bad pirate man?

How does an un-rooted device avoid piracy?

 

[P924]

How does an un-rooted device avoid piracy?

How would you pirate it in the first place? I assume that the content saved on your device is encrypted. And you can only do a screen recording of the app with a rooted device?

I am just guessing. Perhaps it is possible to crack their encryption scheme on a rooted device?

 

[Ho3n3r]

How would you pirate it in the first place? I assume that the content saved on your device is encrypted. And you can only do a screen recording of the app with a rooted device?

I am just guessing. Perhaps it is possible to crack their encryption scheme on a rooted device?

Well, rooting a device has absolutely **** all to do with the piracy process, so it's irrelevant. Rooting doesn't magically remove restrictions that disallow you to pirate.

The encryption part makes sense, though - if it is indeed encrypted. A rooted device may theoretically allow an untrustworthy developer to make a decryption script/app, which won't be allowed on the Play store.

 

[faniebraai]

Well, rooting a device has absolutely **** all to do with the piracy process, so it's irrelevant. Rooting doesn't magically remove restrictions that disallow you to pirate.

depends on the app, but potentially it could. with a rooted device (essentially the user having administrator privileges) allows the user to do whatever the hell they want...

 

[Ho3n3r]

depends on the app, but potentially it could. with a rooted device (essentially the user having administrator privileges) allows the user to do whatever the hell they want...

As you can with your PC, with much less restrictions - and they still support Windows.

 

[P924]

Well, rooting a device has absolutely **** all to do with the piracy process, so it's irrelevant. Rooting doesn't magically remove restrictions that disallow you to pirate.

What are you talking about? Yes you can pirate in various ways. I am specifically referring to a method to get the content unencrypted for redistribution by means of using their app.

If you pirate, somebody has scraped the content and removed the protection so you can watch it. They (content owners - netflix etc) will try to stop all methods of doing this. Including android.

 

[faniebraai]

As you can with your PC, with much less restrictions - and they still support Windows.

Look, if I knew how to do it, my explanations would probably make a lot more sense

And I don't think Windows' administrator user has as much access/privileges as root has on linux

 

[Ho3n3r]

What are you talking about? Yes you can pirate in various ways. I am specifically referring to a method to get the content unencrypted for redistribution by means of using their app.

If you pirate, somebody has scraped the content and removed the protection so you can watch it. They (content owners - netflix etc) will try to stop all methods of doing this. Including android.

Content gets ripped from these sources all the time on PC's. Not allowing rooted devices is aiming at entirely the wrong goal posts if this is the reason.

 

[P924]

Content gets ripped from these sources all the time on PC's. Not allowing rooted devices is aiming at entirely the wrong goal posts if this is the reason.

Perhaps, but perhaps it is easier to crack encryption on android. Either way these companies will do everything they can to minimize piracy.

 

[pinball wizard]

Content gets ripped from these sources all the time on PC's. Not allowing rooted devices is aiming at entirely the wrong goal posts if this is the reason.

I don't think piracy as a concern is the reason that some apps wont work on rooted devices. I think it's the way the android/Google safetynet API is implemented within the app itself that is the problem. I blame lazy/incompetent devs.

What I mean, is that a rooted android device will no make no difference to the ability of someone to pirate content from the showmax app.

 

[palmandy]

Thanks for all the discussion. I will try Rootcloak and failing that I have asked MickZA to send me the apk for the old version which does not check for root.

The irony of this is I had to root the device so I could download Showmax offline movies. It was only downloading to internal memory so I had to root and use FolderMount so I had enough space to download movies. Now that trick is killing Showmax.....

As an aside Netflix only allows internal memory storage so I did the FolderMount trick and now I can fill a SD card with Netflix movies.

 

[MickZA]

Thanks for all the discussion. I will try Rootcloak and failing that I have asked MickZA to send me the apk for the old version which does not check for root.

Replied to your PM.

Anyone else who wants the old version .apk just PM me an email address and I'll send it.

 

[Johnatan56]

Well, rooting a device has absolutely **** all to do with the piracy process, so it's irrelevant. Rooting doesn't magically remove restrictions that disallow you to pirate.

The encryption part makes sense, though - if it is indeed encrypted. A rooted device may theoretically allow an untrustworthy developer to make a decryption script/app, which won't be allowed on the Play store.

Screen recorder works on non-rooted phones on lollipop or newer.
You can install apps that are not on the play store even if you are not rooted, just check the allow installs from unknown sources.
And you could probably navigate to the cache directly with ES file explorer, though that requires root.

 

[excalibrezmd]

Hi Mick. I need the apk please. Not sure how to pm my email address to you. New usee