joeblow

Yes, give or take a dollar--it is still 999 rupees. Note--it is no longer possible to watch archive (i.e., previous seasons) games with the India LP subscription...turns out that the India LP subscription package currently available for purchase is now the "Annual" package which does not include archive games; you have to subscribe to the "Premium" package in order to view archive games--unfortunately the Premium package is not available for direct purchase on the India NBA LP website. Dunno why the NBA did this, given that my LP subscription from last season allowed me to watch archive games; I don't think it's a money thing since otherwise they would have made the Premium package available for purchase for India folks willing to pay a bit more for the extra features.

LOL my NBA LP India renewed recently for the 2018 season--due to current exchange rates I will pay ~$2 dollars less for this season compared to what I paid last season. Running NBA app version 80914, everything still works as before as long as you're using VPN to connect to India.

Update—so Thursday morning I verified that I wasn’t locked out from watching; I didn’t attempt to watch a single game that day...now it’s Friday morning 5:30 am and I’m locked out so I’m almost certain they are locking me out based solely on my IP address that they can somehow detect is coming from a proxy server/VPN. So it has nothing to do with watching a game for more than 2 hours because I didn’t watch a single game yesterday yet today I’m locked out from watching. Update #2--Checked again later Friday afternoon, no longer locked out; did not watch any games Friday. Checked again this (Saturday) morning--not locked out. Not holding my breath that I'll be able to watch any games later today (or tomorrow) if I check again.

I get the lockout even if I DO use India VPN to log into my account--either way the lockout eventually clears after 2 hours or so, until the next time I get locked out again. Speaking of locked out--I think the NBA app people have caught onto trickery like what we're doing; here is their reply to my support ticket about the Buy Subscription issue: "Our system has flagged the IP address you have provided as coming from a known proxy server. Please ensure that you do not have any proxies or VPNs running on your computer or network. Once this step is completed, go to http://www.whatismyip.com and reply to this ticket with your IP address, along with your city state/province and country, so that we can investigate this issue further." Obviously I am not going to turn off my VPN and try again like they asked since if I do and reply back with the IP address, then they will easily be able to tell that I did the test from a non-India location. Even if I can reply back with a made up but legit non-VPN India IP address, it won't do me any good since we now already know that they lock out streams if detected via proxy server or VPN. Actually I'm not surprised they have this check in place since the NBA is big money business. Since you have to be on India VPN (even if only long enough for their servers to correctly authenticate your LP account) before streaming, I'm almost certain they would have been able to register your IP address at that point. If people claim that they have never gotten the 2-hour lockout even though on India VPN, then I can only speculate that maybe they have a blacklist of known VPNs and/or proxy servers. Eh, guess I can either continue playing the cat-and-mouse game of waiting 2 hours for my subscription to unlock or I can just simply watch via web browser on my laptop connected to my TV via HDMI since apparently the lockout doesn't affect watching games via computer. When I checked earlier today (Thursday) my subscription was not locked so I could watch games from my iDevice today if I wanted to--however I do not plan to watch any games today so it will be interesting to see if they still lock me out tomorrow.

If I had to guess, I'd say that they must be detecting it once I turn off India VPN so that I can get full streaming speed; I got the 2-hour lockout again last night when trying to watch the Warriors-Pelicans game, and as of 10 AM PT this morning was still locked out. Whatever the reason for it, it is annoying as sh*t--I even tried uninstalling and reinstalling the app, removing my linked devices from my LP account profile...no luck. Update--I decided to check again at 1 PM PT today...now I can watch games again. Really do think they check to see if you're consistently connected from India while watching the games--I made sure that there was only one device streaming the other night so no way it could have been locked out due to multiple simuntaneous streaming.

I got the 2-hour lockout (AKA the please subscribe even though you're already subscribed bug) again a few days ago; TBH it might still be due to NBA server detecting that I had turned off VPN after having started the stream--I do know it wasn't because I forgot to turn on VPN before opening the app. However I do see that the latest/current legit version is now 71123 (App Store identifies it as 71121 for whatever odd reason but it installs as 71123)--until now I was on 71109; guess I'll find out if 71123 fixes the annoying erroneous subscription lockout.

I could be wrong but I think the patched 70530 no longer works--it will tell you that you must upgrade to the latest version. You could try reinstalling it but before starting it up install Flex patch that has the bypass version check and see if 70530 still starts up, but TBH I'd be surprised if it still works even with Flex version bypass patch.

2677ea--I watched Sunday's Warriors-Nets game live; I made sure I was on India VPN first before I opened the app, then I turned off VPN once the stream started...so if they are indeed tracking/recording my *real* IP address while I'm in the middle of streaming and not on India VPN, they would/should have been able to detect me at that point. Fast-forward to today (Tuesday)--I again made sure I was on India VPN first, then I fired up the NBA app--everything looks good, no Buy Subscription button and I can watch archived games. But yeah, at least with the latest version 71109, until someone can find a way to get around the VPN issue, best to just temporarily turn on India VPN before launching the app--a very minor inconvenience considering you can turn it off once the app finishes loading and authenticates your account and location. For just $15 for the entire season, having to temporarily turn on VPN is not a big deal IMHO.

TL;DR This thread is to continue the discussion from the old 2016-2017 NBA App hack thread that got closed due to bickering and other unwanted stuff. To refresh everyone's memory or for those new to this discussion, here is what you need to do (note--jailbreak is not absolutely required): 1) Either sideload (for JB folks) or else install from iTunes non-US NBA app, at least version 70828 but preferably if you have a legit UK or other non-US iTunes account, better to simply use that and download the legit NBA app (latest UK app version 71109) from non-US iTunes app store. Once installed, do NOT open the app yet--it is important that you do not open the app until after you've completed steps 2-5 below. 2) Need to use VPN that offers India VPN servers; at a minimum you need VPN installed on your iPhone. Either paid VPN subscription or Google search for free download of India VPN mobileconfig file for you stingy folks. Optional VPN installed on PC/Mac if you feel more comfortable purchasing NBA League Pass via computer rather than from a browser on your phone, and to also watch LP on your computer (via web browser). 3) On your computer or phone, turn on VPN and make sure you're connected to an India VPN server; once you've done that, then open a web browser and go to NBA.com and find your way to the page where you can order NBA League Pass 4) Once on the League Pass purchase page you should see the option to purchase LP for the entire 2017-2018 season for 999 Rupees, which translates to about $15 USD, give or take a few cents depending on the exchange rate at time of purchase; go ahead and make the purchase (sorry, no free ride here)--during the purchase process you should be prompted to enter an email address and password; this is your login ID you will and must use to log into the NBA app to access your LP subscription. 5) Once you've received confirmation that your LP subscription is active, then on your phone turn on VPN, making sure you're connected to an India VPN server 6) Once you're on India VPN, then go ahead and open the NBA app; once the app opens, go ahead and log into your NBA account using the credentials you created in step 4. It is important that you are on India VPN before you attempt to open the NBA app--otherwise you will get locked out of viewing any games for around/at least 2 hours even though you have a legitimate paid LP subscription. Turning on VPN after you've made the mistake of opening the app first will most likely not save you from the 2 hour viewing lockout, even if you force quit the app after your mistake and then follow the correct procedure. At this point, you should be able to watch live and archived games; for a better viewing experience, once you have the app open while on India VPN, go ahead and turn off VPN--you should be able to still watch the games. Note--this same trick can be done on your computer if you desire to watch games on your PC/Mac; i.e., on your computer turn on India VPN, go to NBA League Pass web site on your browser, once the game loads you can then turn off VPN. Optional--if you have a reliable and robust VPN you can choose to leave it on, but keep in mind that you are streaming through an India VPN server that's most likely somewhere in India. Yet to be tested/proven--whether the NBA servers can detect that you're streaming from a non-India location once you turn off VPN after the app loads; the concern here is that if they can and do detect that you're no longer streaming from India, you could get locked out from watching any games for about/at least 2 hours--you will know if this has happened because you will see the Buy Subscription button even though you're logged in and then when you click on it you'll get a message saying that you already have a paid subscription. Oddly enough, if/when this happens apparently it will still let you stream games via web browser (on your computer). YMMV but ideally you do NOT want to stream on multiple devices simultaneously with the same NBA account or share your account with someone else--otherwise at best you will get a nag screen saying that another device is using your subscription; if you click cancel you can still continue to watch but the nag screen will pop up again after a few minutes or so. At worse you may discover that your NBA LP account itself gets locked and you will have to go unlock it before you can watch games again. I have successfully done all this (from California, I should also point out) and can watch all games using legit UK NBA app version 71109 on both a JB iPad Pro and on an iPhone X; games stream at full speed (depending on your ISP) once I turn off VPN after having loaded the app. IMHO $15 USD is not a whole lot to pay at all for an entire season, especially considering that the cost for the US NBA LP premium package is $250 USD--and with that you get blackouts, unlike the India LP subscription. Again--it cannot be stressed enough that you must make sure you are first on India VPN before you open the NBA app; failure to follow this simple but important step will most likely result in disappointment from not being able to watch any games for 2 hours (or more).

Interesting!