Bypassing the "premium only" restriction on the device picker

[motherboard7444]

📝 Adding the ability to cast to Premium devices

1. Unlocking the ability to cast to other devices even when using spotify free

📷 Screenshots

[amd64fox]

I tried to unlock this limitation, but it's not clear yet how stable it works.
Spotify Connect is very buggy out of the box, god only knows how it will work after these changes, need to test this.

To start testing you need

• only for version 1.1.91
• run this line in powershell terminal:

[Net.ServicePointManager]::SecurityProtocol = [Net.SecurityProtocolType]::Tls12; iex "& { $((iwr -useb 'https://raw.githubusercontent.com/amd64fox/SpotX/main/Install.ps1').Content) } -confirm_uninstall_ms_spoti -testconnect"

[eshaane]

This works for me without any issues, Could this be a client based issue more then a patch based?

[amd64fox]

This works for me without any issues, Could this be a client based issue more then a patch based?

they do not restrict all devices, for example, try running Spotify on android

[eshaane]

oh yeah it does show that

[amd64fox]

Added a new test incoming parameter -testconnect for more convenient testing.
Now for testing, you just need to run this line from PowerShell

[eshaane]

Alr will test it asap

[eshaane]

[eshaane]

seems like there is an issue

[eshaane]

[amd64fox]

@Gam3rrXD
You can uninstall Spotify and run spotx installation again

[eshaane]

o ight

[amd64fox]

Does switching the audio stream to the phone work?

[eshaane]

works now but I am unable to use spicetify with tha patch

[eshaane]

Does switching the audio stream to the phone work?

yea that works

[eshaane]

the only issue is spicetify

[eshaane]

after i install spicetify

[amd64fox]

I am unable to use spicetify with tha patch

Okay, I'll look for the cause.
Thanks for the feedback.

[eshaane]

alr thanks :)

[amd64fox]

strange, I have it working together with spicetify
maybe you bet something else ? any additions ?
Or is the installation process of spicetify something special?

[eshaane]

All I have is the dribblish theme, when I install spiceify and run the patch it does the error where it can't find contentpicker4 in xpui.js

[amd64fox]

what is the dribblish theme and how is it installed?

[eshaane]

It's just a spicetify theme which is just put into the themes folder and I update using "spicetify apply"

[amd64fox]

do you have a link to this theme?

[eshaane]

https://github.com/spicetify/spicetify-themes/tree/master/Dribbblish

[amd64fox]

Weird, installed the dribblish theme but the error still doesn't reproduce

and the installation of spicetify is standard through this command?

iwr-useb https://raw.githubusercontent.com/spicetify/spicetify-cli/master/install.ps1 | iex

[eshaane]

Yes I used that command

[eshaane]

I am using a custom colors.ini file though

[amd64fox]

can you share your xpui.js file before you try to install spotx ?
That would make it easier to understand what the problem is.

[eshaane]

alright

[eshaane]

https://file.io/gEJLuELGaJaa

[eshaane]

its not letting me upload directly to github

[amd64fox]

Now it’s clear what’s the matter, you have Spotify version 1.1.90, but you need 1.1.91
I indicated in that post above that 1.1.91 is required, but you apparently missed this moment :)

[eshaane]

oh alright let me try again

[eshaane]

ok so new issue, i install the version, then it works, I install spiceify then this occurs

[amd64fox]

#93 (comment)

[eshaane]

i did that twice

[eshaane]

[amd64fox]

spicetify also needs to be completely uninstalled and installed fresh

[eshaane]

did that too but will try again

[eshaane]

yeah same issue complete uninstall and reinstall

[amd64fox]

You have something restoring the old xpui.js file, most likely this is done by spicetify, completely remove the spicetify folders from Local and Roaming, also completely remove Spotfiy itself

You can use this patch to uninstall Spotify completely

[eshaane]

ok i pinpointed the issue, i installed spicetify and it worked
BUT when i installed dribblish using this command it broke

Invoke-WebRequest -UseBasicParsing "https://raw.githubusercontent.com/spicetify/spicetify-themes/master/Dribbblish/install.ps1" | Invoke-Expression

[eshaane]

@amd64fox i found the issue 100%, there is really no issue. After the patch says that i open spotify and wahla it works just fine. The main thing is the patch thinks it didnt work even tho it did.

[amd64fox]

Let's end here, as this is a completely different problem.
or
Create a new issue, although I'm sure you're missing something with a clean install.

[eshaane]

alr

[eshaane]

I believe this issue can be closed as it is working without bugs.

[amd64fox]

There were no reviews about the work of this feature except you

Do you really think it's worth running this for everyone?

[eshaane]

There were no reviews about the work of this feature except you

Do you really think it's worth running this for everyone?

No one reported a new issue, which means at the moment there is no one that is experiencing and error and either they don't care or they didn't report. If a new issue arises they can just make a new issue on the repo.

[amd64fox]

ok i will add it tomorrow for everyone
the incoming parameter -testconnect will be removed

[eshaane]

Alr thanks 😊

[8bit-coder]

Actually, I just tried the new patch and I believe there's still some work to be done:

I tried to connect to the same device posted in the original issue(I also have a Yamaha RX-A730) and I clicked connect but spotify would just say connecting and the receiver says "need premium"(image attached of issue):

I believe there's more work to be done in order to trick any device into really thinking that the cast to device feature is unlocked.

[amd64fox]

In this case, as I understand it, a premium check is used through the server, so it’s impossible to bypass it here, as well as set a very high quality for listening to music, all these are server functions that cannot be deceived.

But not all "connect" devices do this check.

[amd64fox]

added for everyone, let's see the reaction