Popcorn Time is finally out for iOS, giving iPad and iPhone users direct access to “The Netflix of Pirated Movies” service for the first time ever. There’s just one catch: it requires a jailbreak.
Over 50% of iPhone and iPad users have already upgraded to iOS 8 and a jailbreak isn’t coming out anyday soon, but if you want to stream movies to your iOS device you’re still in luck. A competing service called MovieBox does pretty much the exact same thing as Popcorn Time, and you can get it on your iPhone 6 and 6 Plus 8 without needing to jailbreaking.
Here’s how to install it:
First: Go to Settings >> General >> Date & Time. Deselect Automatic and change the date to September 16th
Second: Open Safari and visit this page https://www.pgyer.com/moviebox
Third: Tap the green button to install Movie Box
Fourth: Open MovieBox after it has installed and tap Trust on the developer notice
Fifth: Return to Settings >> General >> Date & Time and switch back to Automatic
Enjoy streaming movie torrents straight to the bigger than big screen on your iPhone 6 Plus.
Note: The current version of MovieBox isn’t supported on the iOS 8.1 beta and won’t install.
Via: iDeviceHype
Thanks: Craig
Buster Hein is a freelance writer who lives in Phoenix, Arizona. Twitter: @bst3r.
49 responses to “How to stream torrented movies on iOS 8 without jailbreaking”
The only problem with these sites is that their response time is slow and updates to content is very infrequent.
MovieBox updates the TV Shows roughly 3-4am EST. Movies get added when a decent version of it is available, unlike PopcornTime, they add anything, even crappy cam rips. MovieBox is a much better service.
Inb4 TallestSkil can throw a temper tantrum over this article
Did work for me until I rebbot my device it stop working iPad mini 2
why do we have to change the date?! i’m a newbie so i don’t know :(
because the site is legal in China, but not here. I assume the browser goes of time zone code to know if you’re actually in China, so by disabling it, there’s no way to verify your location? You’d think location services would be used by safari for verification, but oh well.
That’s got absolutely nothing to do with it. The app is signed with an expired enterprise certificate. Changing the date fools iOS into validating the certificate.
makes sense. I didn’t realize you had to change the actual date to Sept. 16, so I was confused. Thanks for clearing that up.
is to trick Apple servers into approving the install
how safe is this “chinese” version?
http://pgyer.com/popcorntime
i attempted to install it on my ‘the new ipad’ with 8.0 on it and it just crashes when i attempt to load. I’ve already tried powercycling the device.
To clarify, the app downloads but when I try to use it, it just goes back to the home screen.
I have 8.0.2 installed and it won’t download either.
Working for me if I leave the date and location changed. When I change it back to today’s date it won’t load.
dangit. I turned off location services, time, and even change my time zone to China, but it still crashes 3/4 through the download. hmmmmm
I rebooted the system and it’s working now. Thanks!
make sure you open movie box before going back and having date and time set up to automatic. once you open the movie box it will load up then you can go change time.
worked. Thanks!
Confirmed working on an iPhone 6 running iOS 8.0. I installed the app, opened it, changed the time back to automatic, and then restarted the app. Running great!
Is this something you’ll want to use a VPN with? For obvious reasons.
Since you are torrenting the movies, I’m pretty sure you are required to use a VPN with it if you don’t want to get a call from your isp.
but you’re not actually doing the torrenting
I bet this is how the Xsser mRat trojan is spreading.
That only affects jailbroken devices
“Popcorn Time […] requires a jailbreak.”
What’s your point?
Ohh my bad, I thought you were talking about the MovieBox that doesn’t require jailbreak
the article is about MovieBox. Why would anyone assume you’re referring to Popcorn Time?
Don’t think this is working anymore – site won’t load.
Doesn’t work keep saying gateway whatever not responsive, whatever
Glad I’m not the only one disgusted that this site is actively promoting illegal activity. I’m shocked that this is a news story. Do you realize that pirating movies and TV shows hurts the very people who work to make them? Why doesn’t Cult of Mac do a story about how to steal someone’s phone and sell it on the black market? I’m sure tons of people would love it and then bitch about how the technique didn’t work for them and how entitled they are to steal other people’s stuff.
You can’t compare those 2 things at all. Stealing someones $300 device does not equate to simply not paying for a movie. And no, pirating these movies does not hurt the people who make them. Say a movie like the Box Trolls comes out. Im not going to pay $15 to go see it, simply because I don’t want to see it that badly. So I torrent it. Turn out I end up loving the movie. What do I do? Tell people about it. They were never gonna get my money in the first place. But now, there are a few people who may buy tickets, who weren’t planning on it if I hadn’t suggested it.
Besides, a good torrent may get 3000 downloads. That is nothing compared to the millions of people who will buy ticket to a movie, then buy the blu ray when it comes out.
Um, dude. I’m not here to judge but your rationalization is a bit weak. If you didn’t have the option to pirate, you’d pay to see more movies than you currently do. Maybe not all the movies you currently see but more. That “more” times the number of pirates adds up quickly for an industry as a whole. You seriously can’t say with a straight face that if you were forced to give up all your pirated content that you wouldn’t make at least a few additional purchases to fill the void.
None of us are perfect. We all have things we need to be doing better to make this world better. I sometimes struggle with honesty myself so really, I’m not prepared to say I’m better than you because I’m not. But the sooner we call a spade a spade the better. Theft is bad and even if you refuse to recognize it as theft you can’t say it’s not at at least lying.
All this said, I don’t really see that it matters if a site like Cult of Mac publishes this info. If all “reputable” sites stopped publishing this stuff, it would still be readily available elsewhere. I find it interesting to be kept abreast of this sort of thing. Gives me a better idea of what’s possible. And not all hacking is necessarily criminal in nature.
Some people want it. Don’t like it? Too bad.
While I worked through my pirate/jailbreak fascination a while back, it’s interesting to read about these types of work-arounds using expired certificates. You’d think it would be pretty easy for Apple to prevent this sort of thing if they really wanted, right?
So far I love this app!! Way better than popcorn time! How is AirPlay working for people??
I’ve tried to download, won’t let me watch anything at all, and suggests I download a VPN? is this happening for everyone?
This really works – No more jailbreak needed!
If I follow the guide to install movie box. Do I have to turn date back to 16th,load a show then change date back each time I watch something new??. If I don’t I keep getting video unavailable…
Does this install any key loggers, malware or any stuff we might regret later?
It’s a possiblity but no more or less likely than an android app of a similar nature.
I am in the UK and when I click on a movie to watch it says unavailable and has a “Why?” Tab which directs me to a VPN site. Is there anyway for fixing this?
is there any way to do this with musicbox aswell
I’d be very careful here, I’ve noticed that once you download the app you need to keep it running in the background, because once you close it and you attempt to open it again it seems to keep crashing. http://www.businessinsider.com/apple-keylogger-flaw-on-iphone-2014-2
That story is how A keylogger was operating without A iPhone needing to be Jailbroken, this MovieBox app seems fishy as it needs to stay running in the background, because once its closed it crashes until its reinstalled and running in the background again. Be CAUTIOUS; close all other apps before proceeding with MovieBox.
I Cant WAIT two win now This Looks good [email protected]
How do developers distribute apps like these through Safari? Are there any other notable ones? I do know of GBA4iOS, though.
Try: https://ipawind.com
Worked Like a charm for my iPad!!! Then install MovieBox or many other Cydia apps without jailbreaking!!
You have to pay but for me is worth it!
where is subtitles!!?? I’m deaf.
I have a patch up on flex that makes movie box regularly get refreshed and updated quicker than normal there are so many new movies and tv eps hitting movie box it’s unreal
Awesome I love using it amongst a few other things I use to download movies on my iphone 5 I have a few other great sources to download movies tv eps and music I’m currently jailbroken still running ios 7.1 on my iphone 5