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get.skyfire.com/dl_android.php
I can't get/find it on the market (in UK) and the apk download link on their site does not work.
Anyone manage to download it, can you please post the apk on here.
tried buddy not working when you go to the market or website it doesn't bring up nothing. They must have pulled it.
tried hard but not getting it in Germany also
even the download page is not working on my computer also
they have put up a barcode also
I'm going to hope this was an indication of it coming later today or tomorrow.. Windows Mobile people seem to really enjoy this browser, and Im hoping it can be enjoyed all the same on Android.
Anyone in the US tried getting it from the market?
Skyfire was the best browser for WM. It had flash before flash even came to windows mobile. I'm in the US and couldn't find Skyfire in the market.
Eclair~ said:
I'm going to hope this was an indication of it coming later today or tomorrow.. Windows Mobile people seem to really enjoy this browser, and Im hoping it can be enjoyed all the same on Android.
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That's because of the abomination that is the stock browser on winmo.
Again, i am from new york and i tried its not up on their servers.
Skyfire is the ****! Full flash support on my old wm phone with skyfire. Im sure it will have full flash support just like the wm version. Cant wait to test this out.
Edit: It does support flash
Supports Flash web video with patent-pending adaptive streaming technology for smooth playback
Pinch to zoom (on Android 2.0 and above)
Multi-tab browsing - open up to eight windows and browse simultaneously using visual tabs
Choose to load full desktop webpages or mobile optimized versions
Clear session history easily upon exit to maintain anonymous browsing
well it kinda does, according to the video the new skybar feature allows you to view vids on a great number of sites, the one they mentioned in the vid was espn.com.
Still very promising and looks great! Hope their download server will be able to handle everyong trying to grab the file at once as word is spreading about the page being up.
shep211 said:
Skyfire is the ****! Full flash support on my old wm phone with skyfire. Im sure it will have full flash support just like the wm version. Cant wait to test this out.
Edit: It does support flash
Supports Flash web video with patent-pending adaptive streaming technology for smooth playback
Pinch to zoom (on Android 2.0 and above)
Multi-tab browsing - open up to eight windows and browse simultaneously using visual tabs
Choose to load full desktop webpages or mobile optimized versions
Clear session history easily upon exit to maintain anonymous browsing
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It supports Flash video, as they seem to wont say "Flash" without saying "video" after it. I'm hoping though I'm not just thinking too critically, full blown Flash would be nice.
y2whisper said:
well it kinda does, according to the video the new skybar feature allows you to view vids on a great number of sites, the one they mentioned in the vid was espn.com.
Still very promising and looks great! Hope their download server will be able to handle everyong trying to grab the file at once as word is spreading about the page being up.
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On the wm version I watched hulu, break & casttv with no issues.
shep211 said:
On the wm version I watched hulu, break & casttv with no issues.
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Yeah it seems to run differently then on the wm version
I don't know how reputable it is, but midsofts dot com has some links for skyfire up. The site seems a little shady to me.
skyfire has replied asking to check back in an hour and they are in process of building latest version
Installed ok and testing now.
http://www.megaupload.com/?d=51A6LL3B
Edit: Not full flash support like wm version
i got it! It works and works well!
It is Beta tho
chowdarygm said:
skyfire has replied asking to check back in an hour and they are in process of building latest version
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Thanks for the update, if its newer than whatever that is thats floating around, they might shut those down and force you to update
shep211 said:
Installed ok and testing now.
http://www.megaupload.com/?d=51A6LL3B
Edit: Not full flash support like wm version
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For some reason I knew that..
Thanks for the APK!!!
Have not been able to get Hulu videos to load, may wait for the version from their site and update to see if this is something that can work.
Regardless, works great!
So reading up on this. It is not official that I know of at this moment.
But hulu was a no show for Google I/O 2010, and this was found
TECH.ICRONTIC.COM----Hulu is another big name at the top of everyone’s list when Flash is mentioned, but they’ve decided to sit this one out. Hulu has blocked Android 2.2’s Flash player citing copyright concerns; their content providers don’t want to be seen on any device but the desktop.
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PC WORLD.COM---Missing from all of this Flash action, of course, is Hulu. I was really disappointed when I tried-and ultimately failed-to watch an episode of "30 Rock" on the Nexus One. According to Adobe, Hulu does not own distribution rights for their content on mobile devices and therefore cannot stream video to smartphones. With no Hulu on the iPad and no Hulu on your Android phone, isn't time for Hulu to develop an app? Let's hope so.
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ENGADGET.COM---Also not on the docket? Hulu -- it's being blocked due to content licensing issues, and our inquiries with that company turned up nil.
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http://tech.icrontic.com/news/android-2-2-is-official-froyos-features-and-phones-revealed/
http://www.pcworld.com/article/196727/first_look_android_22_froyo_with_flash_player_101.html
http://www.engadget.com/2010/05/20/flash-10-1-for-android-beta-unveiled-hulu-a-no-show-froyo-now/
UPDATE: The news seems to be true, as I am awaiting an email from HULU. Will post ASAP
Update: Hulu is refusing to comment, however you cannot play hulu on android flash. BUT there is a trick...See here
Apparently Hulu doesn't have the rights to broadcast their content to any non-desktop devices. That's something they'll have to sort out with the networks.
They also go on to say that this could very well be a temporary lock as Flash hasn't hit the mobile market in full yet. Once it's out on the handsets (~Jun 17th) that lock will probably be lifted. Also, I wouldn't worry so much. If you have a rooted phone, you can always use a proxy and change your UserAgent to something that is supported.
Change your user agent to desktop (through about:debug) and it loads fine.
The videos play badly though. Audio comes in clear, but the framerate is terrible, more like a slideshow.
mortzz said:
Change your user agent to desktop (through about:debug) and it loads fine.
The videos play badly though. Audio comes in clear, but the framerate is terrible, more like a slideshow.
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Which browser are you using on the Nexus that you have the about:debug option?
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Change your user agent to desktop (through about:debug) and it loads fine.
The videos play badly though. Audio comes in clear, but the framerate is terrible, more like a slideshow.
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Be curious to see the result on froyo.
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Which browser are you using on the Nexus that you have the about:debug option?
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Stock Chrome browser. Type that in, hit enter, and go to settings. All the way at the bottom you have the option to change your user agent (among other things) to Android, Desktop (as OSX IIRC), and iPhone.
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Be curious to see the result on froyo.
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This is of Froyo, but it's an early non accelerated Flashplayer 10.1
I've read hulu blocks all non-desktop users because they can't control who see's it. Technically I think it is only legal for U.S. residents to watch the shows on hulu and if it is a mobile phone they can't detect where they are.
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I've read hulu blocks all non-desktop users because they can't control who see's it. Technically I think it is only legal for U.S. residents to watch the shows on hulu and if it is a mobile phone they can't detect where they are.
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They detect through IP address though.
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Stock Chrome browser. Type that in, hit enter, and go to settings. All the way at the bottom you have the option to change your user agent (among other things) to Android, Desktop (as OSX IIRC), and iPhone.
This is of Froyo, but it's an early non accelerated Flashplayer 10.1
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Hrm, not working for me. Must be cause of the tweaks done in the Cyanogen builds. When I click Go, it just goes back to the last web page I viewed and does nothing.
chesh420 said:
Hrm, not working for me. Must be cause of the tweaks done in the Cyanogen builds. When I click Go, it just goes back to the last web page I viewed and does nothing.
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It's not supposed to do anything. Go to settings after you hit enter.
Back on topic please
mortzz said:
They detect through IP address though.
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not if you use your wifi.
chesh420 said:
Hrm, not working for me. Must be cause of the tweaks done in the Cyanogen builds. When I click Go, it just goes back to the last web page I viewed and does nothing.
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you have to type that in, then go to your browser settings and you have new options to pick. UAstring is at the bottom. the stock browser has always had this trick.
http://www.phonescoop.com/articles/article.php?a=371
Video of Hulu working on a Nexus One running froyo and flash 10.1... interesting.
pjcforpres said:
http://www.phonescoop.com/articles/article.php?a=371
Video of Hulu working on a Nexus One running froyo and flash 10.1... interesting.
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Sorry to kill your post, but you never see a hulu video working. This actually supports that HULU is not letting us view vids
Hulu is likely finishing their pay subscription licensing issues before rolling out full video support to mobile devices.
I'd be surprised if they werent working on both at the same time. Hopefully we will see the mobile audience addressed when the "new" Hulu is released.
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Sorry to kill your post, but you never see a hulu video working. This actually supports that HULU is not letting us view vids
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He only had XX amount of time for the video and didn't want to waste it waiting for it to load, if you read the article he says it did load and play the video, he just had to move on during the filming since he wanted to show other stuff on the video.
Edit: Here is the quote:
"I then visited Hulu.com. All of the content on Hulu.com worked as intended by the designers of the web site. I was able to navigate and play various videos with few problems. Video playback worked just as it does on a desktop web browser. I did the same with MTVMusic.com, which is a great place to watch music videos for free. All the video played just fine."
I frequent that site a fair ammount, and their review videos follow the same format, they don't like waiting for stuff to happen, and they try and keep them inside a time limit... we asked about it once, and they said they like to keep their videos to 7 minutes or less.
I also asked in the "discuss" tab about it, for further clarification. They respond pretty quickly, but might not until tomorrow since it is late in the day.
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not if you use your wifi.
you have to type that in, then go to your browser settings and you have new options to pick. UAstring is at the bottom. the stock browser has always had this trick.
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Right, which was my point. They're not going to be blocking mobile users by IP addresses, which is their only method of blocking aside from user agents (which are easily spoofed).
I can also watch Hulu videos on the Desire ROM, with Dolphin Browser HD (which uses the Flash 10 Lite from the ROM) and by setting my user agent to 'Desktop'. Apparently they haven't made all the proper modifications to block us entirely.
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Right, which was my point. They're not going to be blocking mobile users by IP addresses, which is their only method of blocking aside from user agents (which are easily spoofed).
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Have you implied you have FroYo earlier? If you do, then please please dump for us ... you know what I mean.
so far i have tested this on two different froyo build browsers and they both work
in the address bar type about:useragent theres a couple different things you can change it to
i also have a stock browser that i modified with a bigger apn file and it just seems to work all around better.
di11igaf said:
so far i have tested this on two different froyo build browsers and they both work
in the address bar type about:useragent theres a couple different things you can change it to
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Changed mine to desktop... it works fine thus far. None of my favorite sites are trying to pull up the mobile version.
try hulu.com and see if that works.
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try hulu.com and see if that works.
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Hulu still gave me the "your using android" message when I set it to desktop.
Changed to Desktop and hulu reported non-supported browser. Sorry.
same here.
Thanks!
i dont use hulu, but it would be nice.
Got a sec to try grooveshark.com? Can't get a desktop browser agent string at the moment...
every time I select desktop it doesn't save it and goes right back to custom. Any help?
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Changed to Desktop and hulu reported non-supported browser. Sorry.
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When I started loading a video Hulu said it is not supported on this platform.
I don't think it is a browser issue... what player does Hulu use?
Mine continues to go back to custom after I leave the menu. Still being sent to wap sites which is getting really annoying.
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Mine continues to go back to custom after I leave the menu. Still being sent to wap sites which is getting really annoying.
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goes back to custom, but keeps the useragent the same for desktop (or whatever you picked.
mtv.com and southparkstudios finally loads full sites
thanks OP
I have a browser that is modified.
The settings for useragent are in the regulare settings menu.
tjsooley said:
I have a browser that is modified.
The settings for useragent are in the regulare settings menu.
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have the apk by any chance?
This is a froyo browser.
This does work for hulu.
I tested it 2 days ago.
tjsooley said:
This is a froyo browser.
This does work for hulu.
I tested it 2 days ago.
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thanks much, do you know if this apk is deodexed?
andy2na said:
thanks much, do you know if this apk is deodexed?
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yes it has.
Just installed this.. Hulu does not work.
tjsooley said:
This is a froyo browser.
This does work for hulu.
I tested it 2 days ago.
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And what (if any) differences there are between this and the stock Samsung FroYo browser?
Also, I believe Hulu enforces viewing policy based on information it receives from Flash itself, not based on the browser user agent. Hence, different browsers/UAs shouldn't matter.
I can confirm that the "about:useragent" trick works on Cognition Beta 2.2 v9. Only problem is it doesn't persist if the browser is restarted. Still very useful though.
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And what (if any) differences there are between this and the stock Samsung FroYo browser?
Also, I believe Hulu enforces viewing policy based on information it receives from Flash itself, not based on the browser user agent. Hence, different browser/UAs shouldn't matter.
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Looks like the color scheme is diff. UA aAgent is now in the settings pane.
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goes back to custom, but keeps the useragent the same for desktop (or whatever you picked.
mtv.com and southparkstudios finally loads full sites
thanks OP
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So jealous. Ive been wanting this fix just for southparkstudios and still isnt working for me.
Ok, so this was announced earlier today and I saw it and thought "meh". I had a browse about and still thought "meh", but then I discovered the fact that I can install apps on my phone directly from the browser.
When I first tried it, it didn't work, but every other app after that was installing on my phone within seconds of my clicking the install button. So basically, I can install apps on my phone from any internet ready computer.
Thanks Google. You just made something sweet a little sweeter!
Enjoy, my friends
https://market.android.com
Cool, so you can install apps on your phone remotley?
Gunna give it a try.
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Cool, so you can install apps on your phone remotley?
Gunna give it a try.
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Yes mate. I am genuinely surprised at how seamless it is. I had my phone in front of the screen and clicked "install" and it immediately started downloading on my phone. It's a VERY nice feature!
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Yes mate. I am genuinely surprised at how seamless it is. I had my phone in front of the screen and clicked "install" and it immediately started downloading on my phone. It's a VERY nice feature!
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Yeah it is kinda cool.
The great thing is I can wind my m8 up, I know his email/pass as I set everything up for him
Ive just installed loads of gay chat, bibles and other crap on his phone
Cant wait to see his face
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Yeah it is kinda cool.
The great thing is I can wind my m8 up, I know his email/pass as I set everything up for him
Ive just installed loads of gay chat, bibles and other crap on his phone
Cant wait to see his face
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lol - I need my mate's gmail password so I can install some sexy japanese babes apps on his phone. Or even better, his girlfriend's password
I love the fact that it says : Install on my T-Mobile HTC HD2 , no masks, no being another phone
And downloads start instantly!!!!
Nice find...
Does not work on my HD2 =(
kinda cool ! great, thanks
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Does not work on my HD2 =(
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make sure you setup your gmail account on the phone and access the market then exit, then it will work. I had the same issue until I did that, cause the FAQ says that will happen if you havent visited market recently.
Now this is cool, utterly great find, no more market on the phone.
BTW, you dont have to access market with https, you can access the same page without the cert error using http.
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make sure you setup your gmail account on the phone and access the market then exit, then it will work. I had the same issue until I did that, cause the FAQ says that will happen if you havent visited market recently.
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Yes I have done it all. Even rebooted my phone.
nice...
workd well!!!
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Yes I have done it all. Even rebooted my phone.
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Check under My market account and then go to the tab "settings" see if your phone appears there, make model carrier. cause both my HD2's show up, there. also on that same screen on the top right there is a link "dont see your device" might be of help to your situation.
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Check under My market account and then go to the tab "settings" see if your phone appears there, make model carrier. cause both my HD2's show up, there. also on that same screen on the top right there is a link "dont see your device" might be of help to your situation.
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Thnx but help section seems not to be precent here in Sweden yet.
I can see
HD2 Shown in menus Shown in menus - - Tele2 December 22, 2010 December 22, 2010 Edit›
Great stuff is this!
I can't get apps to download to my device. When in my PC browser, I am logged into market, can see my device in the pull down menu and it says it will be installed onto my device shortly, but nothing happens. I tried rebooting, logging out of Talk and back in, downloading the app directly from the market android app (which works, but doesn't solve the app delivery via browser), and also trying downloading from my android browser. No luck. Anyone have any ideas?
EDIT: Nevermind. Flashed pongster's latest Ginger Rom and all is good.
web browser test on each tablet's native browser. Summary, the browser in Honeycomb is better than previous version. All three tablets are connected to the same wifi. check out the results yourself!
http://acid3.acidtests.org/
http://html5test.com/
http://www.webkit.org/perf/sunspider/sunspider.htm
Probably the most amazing use of chrome to phone I have seen. When all three devices instantly ran the Acid3 test I was like WTF, ninja edit.
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Probably the most amazing use of chrome to phone I have seen. When all three devices instantly ran the Acid3 test I was like WTF, ninja edit.
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Yeah, Chrome to Phone is the shizit.
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Probably the most amazing use of chrome to phone I have seen. When all three devices instantly ran the Acid3 test I was like WTF, ninja edit.
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indeed
The only wish that I have with Honeycomb web browser is ability to change USER AGENT STRING. That's all I want.
I know, there is that about:debug trick, but it does not stick and we must do it again and again. Even does not work on certain website.
So, Google ... please please please add this!
Don't force me to use Dolphin
Is there anyway to edit the ".apk" and make it permanent change An idea for hacker with root.
gogol said:
The only wish that I have with Honeycomb web browser is ability to change USER AGENT STRING. That's all I want.
I know, there is that about:debug trick, but it does not stick and we must do it again and again. Even does not work on certain website.
So, Google ... please please please add this!
Don't force me to use Dolphin
Is there anyway to edit the ".apk" and make it permanent change An idea for hacker with root.
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My user agent string has never changed back, what are you talking about?
The reason some sites come up mobile is because they match on the word Android instead of mobile. Websites are to blame, not google in this case.
i swear Androidcentral took my blog story!
http://www.androidcentral.com/motorola-xoom-browser-ready-primetime#comment-116845
Create a book mark to about:config on your home screen. All you do is click the shortcut then hit the go button in the URL bar.
I tried with my Nexus S and browse to Facebook.com (full site).
It worked for a while, but then went back to Touch.Facebook.com.
Because of this, I am using Dolphin Mini which has option to browse as desktop browser. Problem solved.
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My user agent string has never changed back, what are you talking about?
The reason some sites come up mobile is because they match on the word Android instead of mobile. Websites are to blame, not google in this case.
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