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Slingplayer over 3G...?

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Ok, the question that everyone wants answered:

If you use voipover3g, can you add slingplayer to the list of programs that are fooled into thinking it is on wifi when it's really on 3g?

Who will be the first to answer? :D
 
Fine, I'll do it myself.

Yes, it works.
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Hooray!
 
Hell yeah :D
The SlingPlayer now works perfect with 3G.
Take that AT&T :D
lol
Actually I cant tell the difference between Wifi and 3G slinging, they both look clear. Its not like youtube that looks grainy on 3G.
This hack alone is worth jailbreaking if you got a slingbox.
Big thanks to patrickvanzandt for the instructions on this.
 
Can someone please post step by step on how the use VOIPover3g on a Mac? The are no instructions in the app. Thanks in advance!
 
You gotta jailbreak your phone and install cydia.
Then search in cydia for Voipover3G.
Install that. Then SSH into your phones file system and follow the directions above posted on the link.
This hack should also work on Edge, I dont see why not.

DjAmTraX said:
Can someone please post step by step on how the use VOIPover3g on a Mac? The are no instructions in the app. Thanks in advance!
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Works great over 3G for me, have a legacy Slingbox and have had no problems.
 

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Does voipover3g work with 3.0b5? All of my devices have been upgraded for app testing, but I'm going to jailbreak 1 of them so I can Sling over 3G.
 
Applejuiced said:
You gotta jailbreak your phone and install cydia.
Then search in cydia for Voipover3G.
Install that. Then SSH into your phones file system and follow the directions above posted on the link.
This hack should also work on Edge, I dont see why not.
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I have VOIPover3g installed already and I can see my iPhone in Finder. Do I go to Home or Mobile inside iPhone?
 
Ok...I've followed the instructions, but I still get the "needs wi-fi" pop up.

- I jailbroke my iPhone 3G 2.21
- installed voipover3g
- added the com.slingmedia.SlingPlayer string to voipover3g.plist
- turned off wi-fi

???
 
lewisd25 said:
Ok...I've followed the instructions, but I still get the "needs wi-fi" pop up.

- I jailbroke my iPhone 3G 2.21
- installed voipover3g
- added the com.slingmedia.SlingPlayer string to voipover3g.plist
- turned off wi-fi

???
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Same thing here.
Some people can't get it working....can't figure it out.
I have a slingplayer av not a pro, maybe it has something to do with that. I dunno. Tried everything--no idea what the problem is.
 
gadgetfreaky said:
Same thing here.
Some people can't get it working....can't figure it out.
I have a slingplayer av not a pro, maybe it has something to do with that. I dunno. Tried everything--no idea what the problem is.
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I'm having the same problem - still getting the 'can only be used over wi-fi message.'

Any ideas??

And on a related note, when I try to run Skype over 3g, I also get the message 'calls are not permitted over 3g.' I have reinstalled voipover3g 2 times and have restarted the phone a few times...
 

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martinmartin said:
I'm having the same problem - still getting the 'can only be used over wi-fi message.'

Any ideas??

And on a related note, when I try to run Skype over 3g, I also get the message 'calls are not permitted over 3g.' I have reinstalled voipover3g 2 times and have restarted the phone a few times...
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maybe we need to change some setting on voipover3g?
maybe it's the format of the file? did you also use Iphonebrowser? most of the folks who have gotten it working are using something else.
 
I did all this and I must have done something right because it doesnt say only works with wifi anymore, it says connecting, but doesnt connect and says make sure you have internet connection and the slingbox is connected, (which both are true) and when i switch to wifi it works just fine...why is this?
 
gadgetfreaky said:
maybe we need to change some setting on voipover3g?
maybe it's the format of the file? did you also use Iphonebrowser? most of the folks who have gotten it working are using something else.
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I read this in another post...will try when I get home but could explain the problems everyone is having

My issue was with 2.2.1 - if you are running 2.2 or greater, you must install "Backward Compatibility" for mobile substrate layer before installing VOIPOVER3G. If you forget, just uninstall, then reinstall after. (remember to re-mod your .plist if you uninstall/reinstall).
 
greekpaz22 said:
I read this in another post...will try when I get home but could explain the problems everyone is having

My issue was with 2.2.1 - if you are running 2.2 or greater, you must install "Backward Compatibility" for mobile substrate layer before installing VOIPOVER3G. If you forget, just uninstall, then reinstall after. (remember to re-mod your .plist if you uninstall/reinstall).
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u r a stud
 
Instead of paying $30 for the Sling app on iPhone, wouldn't it be better the use PDANet and use the 3g on you laptop?
 
I was also having a problem once I got to the Voipover3G edit part. I believe I edited the .plist file, but still couldn't get it to work. Then I found a program called Tricker ThreeG on Cydia that was free and worked instantly with Sling and Skype. For anyone who's OK with jailbreaking but not comfortable with the whole SSH...text edit thing this is a quick solution.

And now I'm enjoying slinging over 3G!!! AT&T can bite me!!!
 
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