Hero Adobe Flash Tutorial v0.1a
A few things to note before we start:
This tut is intended to illustrate what I do to increase
the playability of browser based flash in hero.
If the flash content requires direction key input, your out of luck.
Flash on hero is flash 8.0 afik, so no flash games/apps/etc
that utilize a later build of adobe flash will work, or the flash
window will end up looking like this:
{
"lightbox_close": "Close",
"lightbox_next": "Next",
"lightbox_previous": "Previous",
"lightbox_error": "The requested content cannot be loaded. Please try again later.",
"lightbox_start_slideshow": "Start slideshow",
"lightbox_stop_slideshow": "Stop slideshow",
"lightbox_full_screen": "Full screen",
"lightbox_thumbnails": "Thumbnails",
"lightbox_download": "Download",
"lightbox_share": "Share",
"lightbox_zoom": "Zoom",
"lightbox_new_window": "New window",
"lightbox_toggle_sidebar": "Toggle sidebar"
}
This means it will not load.
Needed:
Hero - Haykuro
HTC Hero Speedup - tehseano
Open Overclocker (market link)
Advanced Task Manager (market link)
I will not explain how to set up any of these, because they have their own
After you obtain/install all of these:
Cpu:
Use open overclocker to overclock to 527.15 MHz, flash is
cpu intensive, so we give it all the help we can
Internet Connection:
It would be preferable to be on wifi, but 3g(H) will do, the
internet throughput does not really hinder flash unless the
game itself dynamically draws content, such as video
Browser:
Plenty of websites come up as mobile sites by default.
The Hero browser user-agent is not set to android.
From my own experiences the mobile version default
non-agent based versions are meant to be, browser independent.
Since most mobile browsers do not have flash capability,
the mobile versions of sites usually do not include flash.
If you uncheck Browser --> Menu --> More --> Settings --> Mobile View
you will disable the mobile versions of most websites, thus allowing you to view all their flashy goodness.
Memory:
The Rosie launcher(com.htc.launcher) takes up quite a bit of memory, and memory is what we need for quick, snappy flash, here is a rundown:
This is what were after:
this is prior to launching the browser, but we want the browser to allocate as much memory as it can
This can be achieved by using Advanced Task Manager and ending task on most Applications and Processes.
After:
Is it a bad thing to terminate Applications and processes?
Yes in a general sense. But I have confirmed that this
does in fact work. Notice that I have terminated Rosie as well.
Some if not all processes and applications will start again if you hit home.
To avoid this, we long press home and bring up our previously loaded browser.
The example of what to terminate provided in the pictures is by no means
what you should actually end. It is just an example of what you
possibly could terminate.
Playing a Flash Game
As an example I am going to load a game called CurveBall
This version, off of this site uses Adobe flash 7 or 8, so it is usable.
If you try and play it in the browser itself it will not function correctly.
For this simple game you need to be able to perform mouse(finger)
dragging actions to move the paddle around. This can not be done
from the hosted SWF embedded within the browser. If you try
to move the paddle it will only pan the browser.
Solution: Long press the flash window and select Play in full screen
This will not only allow you to use the dragging motion within
the game, but it will also fit the game to the screen
and force it to landscape.
After all of that you should now have a fully working flash game,
running at full speed, fully playable.
You can use this method on more intensive flash content as well.
just my $0.02
This might just be all a bunch of bologna, but I have noticed an improvement.
Related
I have done some testing on browsers for my Tilt2 and decided to post the results. All tests were done on www.mobilespeedtest.com while on the Edge network, live in the country. All browsers had cookies deleted and phone was placed stationary while I used a stylus. Browsers tested are Opera, IE, Opera10 and Skyfire (installed on device). I ran several tests and the following are the results;
Opera (not 10) - 1st run=741/kbps, 2nd run=727/kbps at 77% resources used
IE - 1st run=386/kbps, 2nd run=388 at 81%
S.F. - 1st run=1455/kbps, 2nd run=1013 at 89%
Op10 - 1st run=68/kbps, 2nd run=72 at 82% (not sure why its so bad)
SkyFire def uses more memory but the speed is worth it IMHO. Does anybody know of a better browser?
Forgot, I am running the E2 5.2.21901 ROM and stock radio.
I don't think you're in the right forum for this, it doesn't seem to be about ROM development. But I'm not clear at all what you're testing here. I find it hard to believe that the browser itself makes such an apparently huge difference in raw performance like this.
I like the idea of this, but I think some variables need to be addressed before the numbers can be useful.
First, I personally don't have faith in the consistency and reliability of the numbers that come from mobilespeedtest.com. I would rather see test results from somewhere like dslreports.com/mspeed, or any others that may exist (I haven't found any for wm).
Next, are you using turbo mode in opera? Using that, and including skyfire in the test results, skew the numbers because the downlinks are routed through their servers before getting to each of those browsers. So confirm that you're using opera with turbo mode turned off, and ignore skyfire's numbers, to be sure we're making an apples-to-apples comparison here.
That's why I decided to post it, wanted input. I am no pro, was just messin around and found the numbers to be interesting. I have been using SkyFire for a bit and it does seem faster than the others. There are some sites SF can't load (not sure why) and it uses allot of memory, but I tried a couple other sites and the #'s were pretty close to what I posted for I.E. and Opera. Maybe somebody that knows what they're doing can run some test and tell us.
Thanks
Oh not sure about Opera turbo, I'll check.
Using dslreports.com/mspeed I can never get a reading using opera mini 5 as it claims my speed was too fast, and I need to try a "larger file"... even while using the largest file possible (1mb)
Opera Mobile 10 works, but only gives me like 500ish kb/s w/ hsdpa enabled... mini is so much faster, but apparently I can't really get an "accurate" reading... mobilespeedtest.com does work however, and yields strong results... (2mb/s)
Internet Explorer:
{
"lightbox_close": "Close",
"lightbox_next": "Next",
"lightbox_previous": "Previous",
"lightbox_error": "The requested content cannot be loaded. Please try again later.",
"lightbox_start_slideshow": "Start slideshow",
"lightbox_stop_slideshow": "Stop slideshow",
"lightbox_full_screen": "Full screen",
"lightbox_thumbnails": "Thumbnails",
"lightbox_download": "Download",
"lightbox_share": "Share",
"lightbox_zoom": "Zoom",
"lightbox_new_window": "New window",
"lightbox_toggle_sidebar": "Toggle sidebar"
}
Opera:
SkyFire:
hi i have Galaxy S 2.1
from day one i can enter youtube and watch clips in "full site" version, the buffering is pretty fast and the audio and video is good so i dont get how flash 10.1 works?
if please could someone tell me what are the differences and how it would make my phone better than others (less the 2.2,iphone...etc)
thx in advance
YouTube isn't the only site which uses flash.
There are lots of more sites which use flash and you can use this sites with your android browser (in most cases).
For example there are lots of flash games on the web which you can use or some sites use flash to display their content.
rockythepain said:
hi i have Galaxy S 2.1
from day one i can enter youtube and watch clips in "full site" version, the buffering is pretty fast and the audio and video is good so i dont get how flash 10.1 works?
if please could someone tell me what are the differences and how it would make my phone better than others (less the 2.2,iphone...etc)
thx in advance
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It is true for sites like youtube you won't notice any difference because the Galaxy comes preinstalled with a youtube application (that supports HD) so when clicking youtube links you can choose to play these in the youtube app. What you can't do is play any flash content directly in the browser and this includes youtube. Once the galaxy s gets froyo (new date is now 11th Nov) you will be able to access much more content rich sites mainly asociated with streaming movies. There are users who have had luck streaming from lovefilm, and various bbc, itv sites (tvcatchup.com). Then like mentioned places like http://www.addictinggames.com/ you "should" be able to play games there aswell ... until flash 11 comes out and you no longer can play any flash content anymore as sites start to upgrade to flash11 only
Madic said:
YouTube isn't the only site which uses flash.
There are lots of more sites which use flash and you can use this sites with your android browser (in most cases).
For example there are lots of flash games on the web which you can use or some sites use flash to display their content.
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yes i can see some clips from other websites not only youtube my question is
how does flash 10.1 add value? why android now is considered so strong because it has flash 10.1?
i think the biggest deal for me is that I PERSONALLY have a CHOICE as to what I want to use or not. if i don't want flash, i can uninstall/disable it. i chose to set my plug-ins to "on-demand" in my browser settings so i can enable it whenever i wanted. it really is a ***** to have some guy ::COUGH:: steve jobs) telling me what i can & can't use on my 600$ phone.
in a nutshell, well in my nutshell , it's like having car makers saying what mods you can & can't do to your $20k vehicle....so to speak
anyway, that's my take on it. i like the 10.1 flash in 2.2. i think it runs really well when i decide to enable it. just my
{
"lightbox_close": "Close",
"lightbox_next": "Next",
"lightbox_previous": "Previous",
"lightbox_error": "The requested content cannot be loaded. Please try again later.",
"lightbox_start_slideshow": "Start slideshow",
"lightbox_stop_slideshow": "Stop slideshow",
"lightbox_full_screen": "Full screen",
"lightbox_thumbnails": "Thumbnails",
"lightbox_download": "Download",
"lightbox_share": "Share",
"lightbox_zoom": "Zoom",
"lightbox_new_window": "New window",
"lightbox_toggle_sidebar": "Toggle sidebar"
}
so in other words my big S will be closer to any laptop experience in browsing and its just 4" xD
UC Mobile, a mobile internet service provider, recently announced the release of its mobile browser UC Browser 7.4 for Java, Symbian and Windows Mobile. The new version offers lots of improvements and new features, which make it a good alternative to other browsers such as, Opera Mini, Bolt or Skyfire.
The developer of the mobile browser has improved all the UC Browser 7.2 features such as data compression to save 85% of users’ traffic charge, very good pre-fetch technology, high download speeds, built-in file manager, multi-search, save and share and night mode.
The features described above were also embedded in the new 7.4 version, but perform better now.
UC Browser 7.4 offers WAP2.0 support, which means that the browser will display more graphical elements, unlike the old WAP 1.0 which only displayed a few basic elements on webpages (text and pictures).
UC Mobile also enhanced UC Browser 7.4 performance, which is now 30% faster than the previous 7.2 version. Cursor mode is another added feature, along with My Shortcut.
While UC Browser 7.2 provided users with a “common mode” (a mode you can control the page through your keypad or navigation key), the new version offers the more smooth Cursor mode feature, which enables user to browse using only the phone's D-pad button.
The My Shortcut feature may look familiar for Opera mini users, as it resembles the “speed dial” feature. The “My Shortcut” will display four squares in the home screen the first time the browser is open, where users can add their favorite sites.
Importing from browsing history or typing the address to add a website as favorite is also possible. Up to eight “speed dial” squares can be added for favorite sites.
{
"lightbox_close": "Close",
"lightbox_next": "Next",
"lightbox_previous": "Previous",
"lightbox_error": "The requested content cannot be loaded. Please try again later.",
"lightbox_start_slideshow": "Start slideshow",
"lightbox_stop_slideshow": "Stop slideshow",
"lightbox_full_screen": "Full screen",
"lightbox_thumbnails": "Thumbnails",
"lightbox_download": "Download",
"lightbox_share": "Share",
"lightbox_zoom": "Zoom",
"lightbox_new_window": "New window",
"lightbox_toggle_sidebar": "Toggle sidebar"
}
I like this browser, its very fast (probably a bit faster than Opera Mini), and I do like the home screen quicklinks in there. If you like basic browsing, then this is a best option.
Nice work mate, and thanks for sharing.
Ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha :d
alternative to skyfire huh?
does it support flash?
hello,
with this JavaScript plugin you can get Youtube direct download links for the page you're currently viewed.
Installation:
1. Only work with opera Mobile (desktop too), tested with Opera WM version 9.7, 10 and Opera Symbian version 11.1
2. For connection Do not use opera Turbo or proxy
3. save .js file below to your phone
4. Enable your Opera UserJS with:
- goto Preferences Editor by typing opera:config in address bar
- filter (Quick Find) your Preferences with "javascript"
- check "Always Load User JavaScript" and "User JavaScript" and point "User JavaScript File" to folder where you save the .js file.
{
"lightbox_close": "Close",
"lightbox_next": "Next",
"lightbox_previous": "Previous",
"lightbox_error": "The requested content cannot be loaded. Please try again later.",
"lightbox_start_slideshow": "Start slideshow",
"lightbox_stop_slideshow": "Stop slideshow",
"lightbox_full_screen": "Full screen",
"lightbox_thumbnails": "Thumbnails",
"lightbox_download": "Download",
"lightbox_share": "Share",
"lightbox_zoom": "Zoom",
"lightbox_new_window": "New window",
"lightbox_toggle_sidebar": "Toggle sidebar"
}
5. save your Preferences and restart opera
6. visit youtube with opera mobile as desktop version and you will see download links like below
Great script.
Thanks.
Suggestion, can you alter script to have ability to select if user wants to download or view movie (for example in coreplayer)...
Connect with this guy
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1211814
and see if you can think something together cause he made nice app to download youtube movies...
Keep the great work, cheers....
Great app! Will test asap
Yeah, good job. Works flawlessly on my phone (Xperia X1, WM 6.1) with Opera Mobile 10.
Amazing work buddy. Works perfectly on Opera Mobile 10 on TG01. I saved the file to my Opera Mobile 10 folder in Program Files.
Always wondered what opera:config was all about. Know of a way to enable word prediction in Opera? Only seemed to work in older versions of Opera.
A new cool way to play your windows tablet[Introducing Touch Anyway]
{
"lightbox_close": "Close",
"lightbox_next": "Next",
"lightbox_previous": "Previous",
"lightbox_error": "The requested content cannot be loaded. Please try again later.",
"lightbox_start_slideshow": "Start slideshow",
"lightbox_stop_slideshow": "Stop slideshow",
"lightbox_full_screen": "Full screen",
"lightbox_thumbnails": "Thumbnails",
"lightbox_download": "Download",
"lightbox_share": "Share",
"lightbox_zoom": "Zoom",
"lightbox_new_window": "New window",
"lightbox_toggle_sidebar": "Toggle sidebar"
}
Introducing
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sWWk47l_Lks
Virtual Gamepad
https://www.youtube.com/embed/bvWmEMKOuyo
This feature lets you configure and layout your own Virtual Controller. You can move and re-size buttons, configure a joystick or gamepad and label your controls. It supports most of games and software in windowed mode by simulating different kinds of keyboard operations like shortcuts, joysticks and mouse click, etc.
Therefore, you can use it to play FPS games like Call of Duty, Minecraft or other Emulator games including PPSSPP.
Virtual Mouse
https://www.youtube.com/embed/rEeYTdbYoq4
Users can precisely control the mouse pointer on touch screen, just like using the touchpad on laptop. So it is so convenient that you control the windows program by touching the screen without real mouse, like doing efficient document work.
Video Assistant
https://www.youtube.com/embed/JTFOIUFp_wc
This function can let users control most of the video players by providing fast forward, backward, screen lock and light control and volume control with simple gestures, etc.
Night Mode
https://www.youtube.com/embed/y_F4D91CR5U
This feature provides users with customized transparent keyboard. And it can allow users to navigate IE browser in night mode and lower the lightness of the screen beyond the system Configuration.
(We do really care about your eyes health)
Others
https://www.youtube.com/embed/m5NJCQAXaTU
Besides, Touch Anyway support Mem-cleaner with simple click and Efficient sleep, which can automatically turn off WIFI to save your tablet’s power and re-open the WIFI when you wake it up.
This APP is free,you can try for free forever even trial period is end,you just cannot get update and setting configuration.
getlink:http://saen.weipaifan.com/
I already have a premium app that I use.
This is an awesome app: D
Many thanks for permission to use
It is cool...Can this app be applied on Windows 8.1 platform?
http://forum.xda-developers.com/windows-8-rt/general/tutorial-onsceen-gamepad-touchpad-t3104501
china version no trial period limit , only can't support 8-axis
Does it works in RT?
Hello,
have someone any information about this software? I was blind and just buyied, but its not working anymore - cant download engine, page is offline. Or have someone any similar software?
I tryed instal china version, but it always redirect me to microsoft "EU" store...
Thanks for response, I have Onda V919 dual boot, with W10 home last version...
cant seem to download from baidu...