I don't even know what a drm chip is. What I've read is that pretty much any phone made in 2011 can not run netflix.
netflix set this up to only work on the older models for whatever reason and they will be getting around to the newer models eventually.
I simply an unable to even download or install the app on my thunderbolt. This is the case with everyone unless you root it and then go to this one guy's site who gives instructions on how to trick netflix into thinking you aren't actually on a thunderbolt.
These are the phones netflix will work on according to their site:
* The Netflix app runs on these phones:
- Casio G'zOne Commando C771 with Android 2.2
- DROID X by Motorola with Android 2.3
- DROID by Motorola with Android 2.2
- HTC Incredible with Android 2.2
- HTC Nexus One with Android 2.2, 2.3
- HTC G2 with Android 2.2
- HTC Evo 4G with Android 2.2, 2.3
- LG Revolution with Android 2.2
- Samsung Nexus S with Android 2.3
You can even go to the netflix regular site on your phone (the non-mobile site) and try to download it from there and it simply will not let you.
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As soon as the news hit Twitter, Facebook and offices across the country, a large number of users quickly went to the market on their newphones
like the HTC ThunderBolt, Droid Incredible 2, Motorola Atrix 4G and the LG G2x only to find out that their phones don’t work with the Netflix app. In fact, only one of our Top 5 Android smartphones will work with Netflix and as of right now none of the Top Upcoming Android phones for this summer are supportedAs it turns out, the Netflix app only works with the older devices like the original Droid Incredible, Evo 4G
, Nexus One, G2, and Nexus S. Most of these devices were released so long ago that owners are almost ready to upgrade to a new phone, but doing so will result in a loss of Netflix. Losing access to a new app when you upgrade to the latest device? Crazy, but true. Even crazier, the HTC ThunderBolt is incredibly similar to the EVO 4G in terms of specs, but it can’t watch Netflix Instantly.
The problem isn’t that Netflix want’s to play favorites, but rather that Google still hasn’t been able to offer a standard streaming video application. Instead Netflix has to test and develop for every single Android device on the market. As you can expect this is a slow process which means early adopters, and practically anyone who has purchased aphone
released in 2011 can’t use the Netflix Android app.
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Roughly two weeks ago, netflix announced the availability of its mobile application for a series of mobile phones powered by Google's Android operating system, with some high-end devices out there left out of the equation.
HTC ThundrBolt is one of them, with users still waiting for it to receive the Netflix application, which should prove great on Verizon's 4G network, one should agree.
While no formal solution on this emerged, ThunderBolt owners have now the possibility to get video[COLOR=#0054A6 !important][COLOR=#0054A6 !important]streaming on Verizon's LTE airwaves in an unofficial manner.
[/COLOR][/COLOR]However, the process is a complicated one, and would involve the rooting of the phone, and the installation of an [COLOR=#0054A6 !important][COLOR=#0054A6 !important]custom [COLOR=#0054A6 !important]ROM[/COLOR] on it, which might not appeal to many.
But, first things first. A patch that enables support for the Netflix app on more [COLOR=#0054A6 !important][COLOR=#0054A6 !important]Android [COLOR=#0054A6 !important]devices[/COLOR][/COLOR][/COLOR] than those announced two weeks ago was recently released into the wild, but it works only on Gingerbread-based handsets.
However, a Gingerbread ROM is already available for [COLOR=#0054A6 !important][COLOR=#0054A6 !important]download[/COLOR][/COLOR] for ThunderBolt. Not the official release, although we might have wanted it to be, but it would still do the job.
To get ThunderBolt running under Android 2.3 Gingerbread, users would have to head to this post on the XDA-Developers forum to learn more on rooting their devices, and to find a [COLOR=#0054A6 !important][COLOR=#0054A6 !important]download[/COLOR][/COLOR] link for the said ROM.
Keep in mind that rooting a mobile phone would void warranty. Users would be doing this at their own risk, and the same applies to loading unofficial ROMs on the handset.
As soon as the leaked ROM is up and running on Thunderbolt, one would have to download the aforementioned patch. Just keep in mind that this is not the Netflix application itself, but only a hack to enable support for it on the mobile phone.
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When we posted on the work-around for enabling the Netflix app on unsupported devices, more than a few of you weren't thrilled to hear that the fix didn't work on the Thunderbolt. We knew a fix would come eventually, and now we're happy to report that the developer community has delivered; they've found a way to get the Netflix app
working on the Thunderbolt. Unfortunately, there is a bit of bad news, too: it only works on devices that are rooted and running a Gingerbread ROM.