Roku Developer Program

[grimmfarmer]

Hi folks,

I've probably just overlooked something obvious, but haven't been able to locate the answer to this: I've tried the standard H3U2RLRLR approach to enabling developer mode on my new Roku 3 (both with the included remote and the official iOS app), and get no indication that it's worked. The player is pingable on my network and I can fetch XML from it on 8060/tcp, but nmap tells me that the other ports are closed, and tcpdump indicates my attempts to sideload are falling on deaf ears. What am I missing? Thanks for any advice.

[destruk]

Try to enable it on the remote control rather than the iOS app.

[victor1242]

I expect that the Roku 3 is very similar to the Roku 2 as far as your problem is concerned. I spent a long time carefully entering the sequence without success. The answer is that you cannot pause between key entries. Much like entering a phone number. Memorize the sequence and enter it without having to look back at a document for the sequence.

[grimmfarmer]

"destruk" wrote:
Try to enable it on the remote control rather than the iOS app.

Yeah, I had tried the included remote as well. No joy.

"victor1242" wrote:
I expect that the Roku 3 is very similar to the Roku 2 as far as your problem is concerned. I spent a long time carefully entering the sequence without success. The answer is that you cannot pause between key entries. Much like entering a phone number. Memorize the sequence and enter it without having to look back at a document for the sequence.

This was actually the ticket (fast, with the included remote), in spite of the fact that the vast majority of posts on this subject recommend a slower pace (varying up to 1.5sec between key presses). Thanks, Victor!