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Loading Widget without SamyGo?

Posted: Mon Mar 02, 2015 3:50 am
by DarkHorse
It seems H-Series is still a work in progress so I havent been brave enough to SamyGO my TV yet.

Even though it is stock standard firmware, I am still able to load widgets onto it. For example, I created the 'develop' account, logged in and then entered a specific ip address and managed to sync / install this app without any problems. http://forum.dvblogic.com/viewtopic.php?f=103&t=26635

My question is, when I try to do the same with apps I acquired from here (viewtopic.php?f=70&t=8430) I cannot get them to work. I have tried via the Sammy Widgets 1.1 App (viewtopic.php?f=21&t=6560) and also installed a local web server and created the widgetlist.xml by hand.

I even went so far as to check the webserver access log and see that the TV is requesting the widgets but they do not load.

Can anyone explain why it works with the first link above, but not when I try it with widgets from my own server?

Re: Loading Widget without SamyGo?

Posted: Mon Mar 02, 2015 9:50 am
by DarkHorse
Further to this, I managed to sideload BBC iPlayer onto my H-Series TV using the develop account and syncing app.

Interestingly, when running a local server it would not load the widget, but it did from a remote server.

Unless I am mistaken, it appears the TV prevents widgets being loaded from a local network.

Re: Loading Widget without SamyGo?

Posted: Mon Mar 02, 2015 9:59 pm
by Dream1979
you can just put apps on a usb stick.

Re: Loading Widget without SamyGo?

Posted: Sat Mar 07, 2015 7:50 am
by DarkHorse
Dream1979 wrote:you can just put apps on a usb stick.
Really? I havent seen that discussed anywhere. How does one load them?

Re: Loading Widget without SamyGo?

Posted: Sun Mar 08, 2015 3:20 am
by DarkHorse
Okay, so after a quick search last night, and to my great surprise, apps indeed can be run from a usb stick. I tested this on a h-series.

Unzipped the apps I wanted onto the root of a USB drive.
Opened Smarthub.
Plugged the USB into the TV.
A window popped up asking me what content I wanted to browse.
I selected all and bang, the UK apps I had on the USB are showing within my SmartHub.
I am using a DNS redirect service so I can now watch UK TV, all from SH. Superb.

* The Widgets do not install onto the TV so the USB will need to remain plugged in.

Thanks for the tip Dream1979.

Re: Loading Widget without SamyGo?

Posted: Wed Mar 11, 2015 9:45 pm
by Dream1979
I got the Idea from the rooting instruction, since the intial app also loads from USB

Re: Loading Widget without SamyGo?

Posted: Sun Nov 29, 2015 4:00 pm
by Wolfgan
Interesting, I'm on the same path of DNS services, smarthub pointed to the US but wanting to sideload some UK apps. Thanks guys for posting.

@DarkHorse, which apps were you get able to get?

Thx, Wolf

Re: Loading Widget without SamyGo?

Posted: Sun Dec 06, 2015 7:46 pm
by ZGod
DarkHorse wrote:Unless I am mistaken, it appears the TV prevents widgets being loaded from a local network.
I actually didn't know one could get apps through USB as well. I've been using the local webserver method so far. It's strange you couldn't get it to work. Are you sure your widgetlist.xml is in the right format? It needs to be in the root directory of the webserver as well.

Re: Loading Widget without SamyGo?

Posted: Wed Dec 30, 2015 7:22 am
by DarkHorse
ZGod wrote:
DarkHorse wrote:Unless I am mistaken, it appears the TV prevents widgets being loaded from a local network.
I actually didn't know one could get apps through USB as well. I've been using the local webserver method so far. It's strange you couldn't get it to work. Are you sure your widgetlist.xml is in the right format? It needs to be in the root directory of the webserver as well.
TBH, since I've learned to get the widgets running on USB, they have worked flawlessly so I haven't needed to go down the webserver route.

Re: Loading Widget without SamyGo?

Posted: Wed Dec 30, 2015 7:23 am
by DarkHorse
Wolfgan wrote:Interesting, I'm on the same path of DNS services, smarthub pointed to the US but wanting to sideload some UK apps. Thanks guys for posting.

@DarkHorse, which apps were you get able to get?

Thx, Wolf
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