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How to: Netflix on Your iPhone...not perfect but it works :)

ainjo1919 said:
Can anyone post a high res Netflix icon? I like the one that thelatinist posted but it's not high res. Anyone has that one I'm high res? Thanks
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You can add shine to the stock icon yourself. Just go into the info.plist in Netflix.app and change

Code: 
<key>UIPrerenderedIcon</key>
<true/>

to
Code: 
<key>UIPrerenderedIcon</key>
<false/>

then reboot. You should now have a nice shiny app like mine (but at your phone's resolution) without changing any images.

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ETA: It appears that a reboot doesn't always work. You may have to reboot and respring to get the changes to take effect. Just keep trying and it will eventually work.
 
thelatinist said:
I would delete the iPad App in iTunes and the iPhone App from the Applications folder on your iPhone, sync, and then re-download.
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Heres the processes I just went through:
Deleted old hacked Netflix.app and Netflix folder
Deleted Netflix from computer
Deleted Netflix from phone by unchecking it in the App Manager
Restarted both phone and computer
Downloaded netflix from iTunes
Did a sync, iTunes said it was installing, and yet no icon on springboard.

Second Method:
Deleted Netflix from computer
Deleted Netflix from phone by unchecking it in the App Manager
Restarted both phone and computer
Installed Netflix from App Store on device
App was installing, and after completion disappeared. I CAN NOT find it in spotlight.

You think that would be enough right? But no, it still wont show.
 
thelatinist said:
You can add shine to the stock icon yourself. Just go into the info.plist in Netflix.app and change

Code: 
<key>UIPrerenderedIcon</key>
<true/>

to
Code: 
<key>UIPrerenderedIcon</key>
<false/>

then reboot. You should now have a nice shiny app like mine at your phone's resolution without changing any images.
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Thanks. It worked, but it didn't change after a reboot. I respringed after rebooting and then it changed. It looks nice :)
 
hidefguy said:
did you unhide it from sbsettings?
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Said above that s/he hadn't hidden it.

Mystikal: I suggest the following procedure.

1) In iFile, browse to /var/stash/Applications. Delete Netflix.app if present.

2) In iFile, browse to /var/mobile/Applications. Identify the folder containing Netflix.app, if present (this will be named with a long hexadecimal string). Delete this folder.

3) On your computer, search for and delete every instance of Netflix.ipa.

4) Restart your computer and your iPhone.

5) Sync your iPhone with your computer.

6) On your phone, open App Store and download Netflix.

7) Check to see if it is working properly.

8) If it does not show up on your desktop, even if you do not think you hid it using SBSettings, Open SBSettings and tap More>Hide Icons and make sure the toggle for Netflix is set to ON.

9) If none of this works, report back here with your results.
 
thelatinist said:
Said above that s/he hadn't hidden it.
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But did mystikal check? maybe he/she forgot? fact is almost everyone who did the hack ended up hiding the netflix app. I also did a quick test and hid the netflix app with sbsettings, then tried looking for it with spotlight with no luck.

edit: the app will aslo show if its installed in sbsettings.
 
regarding uninstalling the hacked version and installing the non-hacked version:

I tried to DL the official update from the iPhone app store, and it started by trying to update the hacked iPad version I already had. I got an error message saying I need to download from iTunes at home and re-sync.

I opened up mobile terminal and went to var\stash\applications and used rm -r to remove the Netflix.app folder. From here I did a full reboot (not respring).

I then went to the iphone app store and again tried to download Netlifx. It told me I already purchased it and if I need to download it go to iTunes on my computer and check for purchases. I clicked OK, and it installed the Netflix app on my phone anyway.

Working great so far.

Edit: Should add that I wasn't hiding the icon and wasn't using UA Faker. I simply using the perfect browser method for using the hacked version of Netflix for iPad.
 
thelatinist said:
I suggest the following procedure.

1) In iFile, browse to /var/stash/Applications. Delete Netflix.app if present.

2) In iFile, browse to /var/mobile/Applications. Identify the folder containing Netflix.app, if present (this will be named with a long hexadecimal string). Delete this folder.

3) On your computer, search for and delete every instance of Netflix.ipa.

4) Restart your computer and your iPhone.

5) Sync your iPhone with your computer.

6) On your phone, open App Store and download Netflix.

7) Check to see if it is working properly.

8) If it does not show up on your desktop, even if you do not think you hid it using SBSettings, Open SBSettings and tap More>Hide Icons and make sure the toggle for Netflix is set to ON.

9) If none of this works, report back here with your results.
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This worked great. Thank you for the walk-through.
 
free version in AppStore

Hi...I downloaded the real Netflix free app from the app store today.
 
QuarterSwede said:
I've tried both but neither has worked for me. Oh well, it'll just go away when Netflix updates the app anyway.
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If you've made the edit, it'll show up eventually. When I tried it with another app it took a respring, reboot, and two more resprings before it showed up. I think it's an icon cache issue.
 
thelatinist said:
If you've made the edit, it'll show up eventually. When I tried it with another app it took a respring, reboot, and two more resprings before it showed up. I think it's an icon cache issue.
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I edited it with Property List Editor and used Cyberduck to ssh.

[EDIT] I just checked it with iFile and the property is still listed as False so it ought to show up at some point. I've rebooted twice and resrpung at least 5 times. Oh well, I've got it in a folder anyway.

[EDIT 2] I even tried clearing out the icon cache (/var/mobile/Library/Caches/com.apple.IconsCache) and that didn't work either. Bummer.
 
thelatinist said:
Said above that s/he hadn't hidden it.

Mystikal: I suggest the following procedure.

1) In iFile, browse to /var/stash/Applications. Delete Netflix.app if present.

2) In iFile, browse to /var/mobile/Applications. Identify the folder containing Netflix.app, if present (this will be named with a long hexadecimal string). Delete this folder.

3) On your computer, search for and delete every instance of Netflix.ipa.

4) Restart your computer and your iPhone.

5) Sync your iPhone with your computer.

6) On your phone, open App Store and download Netflix.

7) Check to see if it is working properly.

8) If it does not show up on your desktop, even if you do not think you hid it using SBSettings, Open SBSettings and tap More>Hide Icons and make sure the toggle for Netflix is set to ON.

9) If none of this works, report back here with your results.
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Hey. I love you. For some reason i wouldnt show up as being hidden in SBSettings. I had to install it, then delete the long hash folder and THEN unhide it.

BUT NOW ITS ON MY SPRINGBOARD! Thank you.
 
hidefguy said:
Do you guys actually read the thread before posting? Some people are having issues installing the "real netflix app", and we are trying to help out these members:rolleyes:
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Sorry my bad I honestly thought you guys were still fuddling with the ipad version
 
Mystikal said:
Hey. I love you. For some reason i wouldnt show up as being hidden in SBSettings. I had to install it, then delete the long hash folder and THEN unhide it.

BUT NOW ITS ON MY SPRINGBOARD! Thank you.
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Yeah, sometimes even if you have all the right steps, the correct order can make all the difference. Glad it worked!
 
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