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I glanced over the forums here and haven't found this trick listed.
If you want Hulu working on the FroYo:
Open Browser And Type "about:debug" (Without Quotes) In The URL Bar
Press The Menu Button
Settings > UAString > Desktop
Enjoy Hulu On Android!
JoelOFH said:
I glanced over the forums here and haven't found this trick listed.
If you want Hulu working on the FroYo:
Open Browser And Type "about:debug" (Without Quotes) In The URL Bar
Press The Menu Button
Settings > UAString > Desktop
Enjoy Hulu On Android!
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Didn't work. Says i need flash 10.1.22 to continue... >__>
JoelOFH said:
I glanced over the forums here and haven't found this trick listed.
If you want Hulu working on the FroYo:
Open Browser And Type "about:debug" (Without Quotes) In The URL Bar
Press The Menu Button
Settings > UAString > Desktop
Enjoy Hulu On Android!
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it's posted up in general (where it probably ought to be, lol)
timothydonohue said:
it's posted up in general (where it probably ought to be, lol)
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Dang. I looked there, too. That's what I get for thinking I know something.
yeah, it works. For a few minutes. Then it stops.
Thanks!
Works for me. Just watched a full episode of Family Guy.
JoelOFH said:
I glanced over the forums here and haven't found this trick listed.
If you want Hulu working on the FroYo:
Open Browser And Type "about:debug" (Without Quotes) In The URL Bar
Press The Menu Button
Settings > UAString > Desktop
Enjoy Hulu On Android!
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now we jsut need boxee to make an app
only worked for a couple minutes for me too. But it worked.. a little choppy still. Hope to see flash video get optimized soon.
works great thanks ! i was just cussing the crap out of hulu for not working with flash on android. lol
Apparently it is not hardware optimized yet so that is the reason for the choppy video. But flash games and sites work great.
Thanks man, works for me too
Doesn't work anymore =(
They're catching on to us
edit: never mind, it still works. the browser reseted its' settings. I had to set it back to desktop again.
not working for me. the load up bar stop half way or 3/4 of the way and just gets stuck. any help? im running froyo on the ATT nexus one
This doesn't seem to be working any more. At least not for me. I'm on Froyo with Flash, and it gets to the point of the "Loading" spinner on a video for about 5-10 seconds, then displays "Unfortunately Hulu is not supported on your platform. We apologize for any inconvenience."
I double-checked the UAString setting, set it back to Android, then back to Desktop again.
Think we might have to use another method to spoof Hulu.
HULU stopped working for me as well. Looks like they filtered our device info again
meh never worked for me. Got as far as the pre-loading commercials a few times but then the usual "not supported" error. (but supported enough to show me the commercials? LOL)
You guys can thank Engadget lol
Initially Hulu was using the User Agent to detect a mobile browser.
I am guessing that they are now checking the Flash version and platform, using the System.capabilities.version method.
If that is the case, there will not be a workaround unless someone hacks the version info of Flash itself - possible I suppose, but not very likely.
mwdiers said:
Initially Hulu was using the User Agent to detect a mobile browser.
I am guessing that they are now checking the Flash version and platform, using the System.capabilities.version method.
If that is the case, there will not be a workaround unless someone hacks the version info of Flash itself - possible I suppose, but not very likely.
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obviously, you missed the workaround thread, lol
flash was hacked
I couldnt find where anyone mentioned this method of watching hulu...i have the phonemypc application so i can just use it to remotely go to my laptop or desktop and it doesnt have sound yet but the devs say it will soon but its otherwise easy to watch hulu.
Before froyo when id be interacting with my pc remotely if there was video it was like 1 frame per minute but now flash is utilized and it looks pretty damn good, and im guessing other remote desktop apps may have sound so thats at least a step in the right direction if you dont want to have to keep implementing "workarounds"... just FYI...
Sorry this is only the 2nd time in my life i have writen in a forum, hope it helped cause i know i couldnt find the info myself.
Open up a new browser - tap the bottom left button at the base of your phone - click the box labled 'More' - scroll down to the second last word that says 'Settings' -scroll down to 'Enable plug-ins' words, tick that - now to test, go to whatismyflash . is version 9.something, will only work on some sites, samsung galaxy s seems to only come with that pre installed version, have fun with that till froyo brings flash 10.1 . Your welcome.
I'm having trouble decoding your encryption.
but it sounds like you are telling people how to access Adobe Flash plug in, which is by default enabled
if you want Adobe Flash 10.1 you can use a Custom ROM, or you can wait for Froyo..... yes???
or are you asking for help to install Adobe Flash 10.1 ?
AllGamer said:
I'm having trouble decoding your encryption.
but it sounds like you are telling people how to access Adobe Flash plug in, which is by default enabled
if you want Adobe Flash 10.1 you can use a Custom ROM, or you can wait for Froyo..... yes???
or are you asking for help to install Adobe Flash 10.1 ?
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What roms have flash?
BillyGlyde said:
Sorry this is only the 2nd time in my life i have writen in a forum, hope it helped cause i know i couldnt find the info myself.
Open up a new browser - tap the bottom left button at the base of your phone - click the box labled 'More' - scroll down to the second last word that says 'Settings' -scroll down to 'Enable plug-ins' words, tick that - now to test, go to whatismyflash . is version 9.something, will only work on some sites, samsung galaxy s seems to only come with that pre installed version, have fun with that till froyo brings flash 10.1 . Your welcome.
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Yup it works !
Bit shonky on some sites, but that probably because it's flash 9, it works on Lidl and Aldi for the pikies lol
Thanks for the tip, I can now use Youtube!
lol indeed!
although it crashed some pages, and the other one I saw was slowwwww. It works.
cool , it works on dolphin HD too
woot
it wasnt by default enabled
was off by default on my Bell Vibrant as well.
O.
crap double post. doh.
O.
that's weird because i didn't have to turn it on, and the flash pages were working fine for me.
it shows as on already, bust have been one of the millioin things i've installed into the phone
My flash bloated pages were working "fine" (simple flash elements were shown, more complex ones do not show) without that option enabled.
If I enable it my browser craches on every page that has flash.
Thanks for the reply.
I enabled the plug in, however; when I try to play the video, I get is a red Icon "Flash" with number 9 below.
Doesn't work on all flash files. Videos and games don't seem to load. Ads however do.
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Doesn't work on all flash files. Videos and games don't seem to load. Ads however do.
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LOL of course Ads will always load, that's how they make money
most of the videos and games are using Flash 10.xx or Flash 11
but our installed Flash seems to be like version 9 or something like that
wasn't enabled by default here either ('new' JM1)... Haven't really missed it so far either but have it enabled so we'll see
Thanks to ryude and others for this:
Go to google.com and in the URL bar, type; about:debug then hit go.
Not much happens but press menu button/more scroll to bottom, hit settings and scroll to bottom, you should have some extra settings, tick the box at Normal Rendering and click on UAString ,choose Desktop. Exit and that's it. BBC Iplayer will now play without a green screen. Enjoy..
sporran said:
Thanks to ryude and others for this:
Go to google.com and in the URL bar, type; about:debug then hit go.
Not much happens but press menu button/more scroll to bottom, hit settings and scroll to bottom, you should have some extra settings, tick the box at Normal Rendering and click on UAString ,choose Desktop. Exit and that's it. BBC Iplayer will now play without a green screen. Enjoy..
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Thank you for this.
Can you have a look at this site I posted on my thread www.koollondon.com
I cant get it to play either. Any ideas why? It still wont play the video even using your settings above
Doesn’t work. I now get your phone is not supported or green screen and browser freeze.
Prototypeuk said:
Thank you for this.
Can you have a look at this site I posted on my thread www.koollondon.com
I cant get it to play either. Any ideas why? It still wont play the video even using your settings above
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Weird this one,I get the green screen on this too,yet Iplayer is fine,back to drawing board
cosimoss said:
Doesn’t work. I now get your phone is not supported or green screen and browser freeze.
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It works on mine,try changing the settings again, in UAString, Desktop must be ticked!
Fix works, all of iPlayer plays just fine. Gonna try it on a few other vids and see if the issue pops up again.
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It works on mine,try changing the settings again, in UAString, Desktop must be ticked!
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Got it to work but it is random with those settings. It’s worked with normal rendering unchecked and sometimes still says phone is not recognised. Too much fiddling around and I will wait for a fix.
It's working fine now. The new flash update resolves the issue.
yep it's fixed, not just koollondon.com but also other websites where I had the green screen (like nesn.com)
Do you try skyfire which you can change the string easily and stay this way after you exited?
Still got green screen, have followed instructions 3 times, any suggestions.
Thanks Got it working after updating flash!!!
If you just want BBC radios, TuneIn player is a great choice.
You have to go to setup account (free) at radiotime.com then you can memorize your favorite stations.
Belynda said:
Still got green screen, have followed instructions 3 times, any suggestions.
Thanks Got it working after updating flash!!!
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Yes, forgot to mention.
There's a Flash update available this morning (UK morning, anyway) and that fixed the green screen issue.
I've only tested it on the BBC iPlayer mobile site so far, but that's the main thing I'm going to be using it on, so happy bunny here
The browser is driving me nuts. Even the simplest of tasks are so frustrating. For instance if I do a google search, then click a link in the search, look at the page, then press back, google loads back up as far as the logo but none of the search results display until I refresh. Seems to only be google as other sites load ok when pressing back. This is ridiculous if you ask me. Then there is the keyboard lag when typing, like right now, I can type 3 or 4 words before any of it shows up. Trying out the latest dolphin hd browser now to see if it's any better. Keyboard lag is still there but at least google loads properly when pressing back.
Another annoyance is now there is no highlighting of a link when you tap it leaving you guessing and hoping you tapped in the right spot.
Not sure why it's so hard to get these little things right. Seems as if we've gone 1 step forward, 2 steps back.
Trying to keep the faith that these issues will be hammered out.
edit: And how could I forget that the damn browser can't even paint the screen fast enough when you scroll. My nook color blows this thing away in the browser department.
edit2: Text randomly fails to display when typing into text boxes.On the bright side though, I seem to have good luck with browser 720p on youtube.
Im having the same issues as you lol, i have opera and dolphinhd but i like the feel of the stock browser for some reason. I hope theyfix it soon.......and can i get a homepage button on the toolbar and not under the bookmark page lol.
I am on 3.1 and have the issue and it been driving me nuts as well. Having to refresh each time is a pain. I hope there is a fix for this soon.
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I agree that the stock browser is the one of choice for me too but are having similar issues, although not major, still needs to be addressed.
I have tried the Dolphin browser and thought that I found the perfect browser until I tried to use citrix, this caused the browser to freeze and required a restart to get the browser working again
Also the browser seems to work great when its working but does tend to stop working if you use for approximately 10-15mins, well it did for me anyway. In this regard, the stock browser is far more reliable.
I am however optimistic and feel that the issues will be ironed out. So far I am very happy with the tablet in general.
I know what you mean about the google search problem. I found that disabling the Google Instant seeing in Settings/Labs helped.
the main annoyance for me is the dreadful keyboard lag - writing this response was painful!
you're right google shows up blank. Usually i dont go back and fourth like that. I just press and hold the search result and choose 'open in new tab', then close tab when im done.
I just keep the search results on one tab and view pages in new tabs.
Temp fix for blank page after back button in google search.
1. go to Google.com
2. select settings from upper right and click on search settings
3. Disable Google instant
I have tried this with Google instant on and I get the blank page when the back button is pressed.
With Google instant off I get my search results.
I hope this work for all
Also seem to eliminate most of the keyboard lag.
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danielsjam said:
Temp fix for blank page after back button in google search.
1. go to Google.com
2. select settings from upper right and click on search settings
3. Disable Google instant
I have tried this with Google instant on and I get the blank page when the back button is pressed.
With Google instant off I get my search results.
I hope this work for all
Also seem to eliminate most of the keyboard lag.
Sent from my Transformer TF101 using Tapatalk
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Thanks. This helped me. I also switched from the Asus keyboard to the standard Honeycomb keyboard. Even when docked this seems to make typing more responsive.
Typing in the opera mobile browser is much more responsive. It has its quirks, like always displaying mobile sites and having only flash lite but keyboard lag is reduced.
The newest dolphin that I just downloaded this morning is flying! Well, compared to what I'm used to with the stock browser. I believe it is version 5.0.1.
Anyone else having good luck with it?
Google issue is gone, typing seems fast etc.
I don't know if this is the proper thread, but I'll try since it recites various browser issues. I use Google Chrome on my desktop. I am extremely frustrated in my inability to duplicate the most rudimentary of reply functions found therein in the Android browser. These functions include the various Bold, Italic, Underline, Color, Font, etc., symbols shown in the reply boxes on this site, coupled with a total inability to cut and paste to get rid of the message at the bottom, or alternatively, to conveniently respond to various sentences or paragraphs in the original message. I am quite willing to concede that I simply missed how to do this. If anyone reading this can advise what I am not doing correctly, I would appreciate it. I tried the GMail browser this morning, but tried the stock browser yesterday. I recall the same problem with each. Thanks in advance.
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coupled with a total inability to cut and paste to get rid of the message at the bottom, or alternatively, to conveniently respond to various sentences or paragraphs in the original message.
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yep you missed it
what you need its an ipad, its all done for you there.
Found it somewhere but it fix the lagging:
Instructions:
■Open the browser and type the following in the address
about:debug
■Nothing will appear to have happened; go to the menu button in the top right though and you will notice some extra menu items have been added.
Select Settings
■In the Settings menu select Debug on the left and uncheck Enable OpenGL Rendering to turn it off.
■You’re done.
that made things for worse for me...
things i tried that made it better..
don't use the asus keyboard, disable google instant search, plugins on demand, but still, the overall responsiveness of the device is not good. even loading a phone app like tapatalk it struggles to scroll smoothly, let alone rendering a web page.
Again, it's a real shame. I think they probably should have spent 3-6 more months getting things right as those of us seeking to exit the ios world are not going to be left with good impressions of android. I personally realize things will improve, but many will just try once and move on when they can't even type a basic response in the web browser. I would just about consider typing lag to make the device unusable.. it's that bad.
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randy_c said:
Found it somewhere but it fix the lagging:
Instructions:
■Open the browser and type the following in the address
about:debug
■Nothing will appear to have happened; go to the menu button in the top right though and you will notice some extra menu items have been added.
Select Settings
■In the Settings menu select Debug on the left and uncheck Enable OpenGL Rendering to turn it off.
■You’re done.
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Disabling OpenGL slows down loading of webpages though.
I don't know if you guys know already, but Opera Mobile browser has been updated to 11.1, bringing along a whole lot of goodies, including flash support and user agent changes.
One thing I did notice was that typing lag on facebook seemed to have diminished, this was on desktop view, however still unable to type through some pages with "disqus"
I also found HD 720p videos on youtube has greatly improved! It might be just me, but frames seem to be a whole lot better as opposed to dolphin HD and stock browser.
Frames also drop a bit when viewing full screen 720p in browser, but its watchable.
A link to change log can be found here: http://my.opera.com/operamobile/blog/2011/06/30/opera-mobile-11-1-has-arrived
Temporary Fix to search bar always going to mobile search (must apply apply every time you reset Opera), Credit to iCracked
Hey everyone, I have found a fix for those of you frustrated with the old google mobile search. once you have switched UA to desktop, go to google.com manually, it should load up the full site. Now, using your finger, press and hold over the google.com (website's) search bar, to bring up the menu. Now select "add search engine" then go to your browser search bar and tap the little google icon to bring up a list of search providers and select the new google one, be sure to delete the old one to avoid confusion.
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youtube.com/my_speed doesn't play in 720p mode - 0fps
I'm running prime 1.5 with netformer kernel @ 1.5GHz
Adkinson said:
youtube.com/my_speed doesn't play in 720p mode - 0fps
I'm running prime 1.5 with netformer kernel @ 1.5GHz
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yes, I noticed that too, but I made some video comparisons with a few 720p videos that I watched on different browsers, and it seems Opera seems to perform better. Only my judgement though, and I'm judging on real world performance, not an in app browser test to judge what I can see.
I am running Honeycomb 3.1 stock unrooted
and its fast!!!! not the flash. everything else. no keyboards lag ... Google you need to learn something or maybe buy opera.
yizhaq79 said:
and its fast!!!! not the flash. everything else. no keyboards lag ... Google you need to learn something or maybe buy opera.
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Opera is known to introduce its own optimizations, so that's why it's the best in terms of Javascript performance showing zero lag in text input. Finally, Flash support is available! How did they manage to do that without Honeycomb source code?
memory usage is pretty bad tho. 170mb right now on xda wtf?
I'm guessing that the Flash support doesnt work with the hacked/hulu Flash? Opera isn't picking up my Flash but it works in every other browser...
Seems to work well and without any redraw issues when scrolling quickly. Good spot.
nice...will have to give it a try when i get home.
Last night i did a second reset. trying to run my tablet without any downloads for the moment and monitoring performance.
disabled javascript, flash on demand, and the browser was beautifully working. opened up links super fast, then.........
i hit the back button (lower left on screen)...the page does nothing. i press again, and this time it takes me 2 pages further than i wanted...damnit
then when i go from landscape to portrait, the damn quick scroll guide (added in 3.1) is stuck in the middle of the page...
all of a sudden..it crashes. no message, no warning, just straight back to home page. wtf... shame, because i love the layout of the stock browser.
But. Opera..here i come
Loving it. It's REALLY quick, feels 4x quicker than the stock browser, and more intuitive too. I also just tried their desktop browser, Chrome killer or what!!!
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Opera keeps on randomly zooming in on certain links when I click them. This is extremely annoying when using the touchpad as the mouse is plenty accurate enough.
Any way to turn this off?
Anyone successfully seeing flash videos in the new Opera using the 10.3 hulu hacked flash?
Google searches from the address bar or search box still use the mobile google site even with the UA set to desktop.
Did they also increase the font size on 11.1? The font size on previous version were much smaller then default browser, and dolphin HD
lehoule said:
memory usage is pretty bad tho. 170mb right now on xda wtf?
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That's precisely why you don't see any redraw while scrolling. The stock browser uses less memory because it doesn't load the whole page, instead only loading the portion of the page that you are currently viewing. This translates to choppy performance because it has to reload the page every time you scroll up or down, but leaves more memory for the rest of the OS to work with.
I hate tabs on this thing. Hidden, huge and ugly.
Also it renders fonts badly (some letters are to close, some are too bold comparing to stock browser or Dolphin).
scrolling is jittery no where as smooth scrolling as default browser
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I hate tabs on this thing. Hidden, huge and ugly
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I like them out of the way. They are hidden on my desktop that sports a full hd screen, I see no reason to keep them on sight on a "tiny" screen
Anyway, they didn't update Opera link, I was kinda hoping they will, so to get the most out of Opera 11.50....... oh well. One day.
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That's precisely why you don't see any redraw while scrolling. The stock browser uses less memory because it doesn't load the whole page, instead only loading the portion of the page that you are currently viewing. This translates to choppy performance because it has to reload the page every time you scroll up or down, but leaves more memory for the rest of the OS to work with.
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Oh yea that is wayyyy better. Not like I use all the 748mb anyway
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rilot said:
Google searches from the address bar or search box still use the mobile google site even with the UA set to desktop.
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Hey everyone, I have found a fix for those of you frustrated with the old google mobile search. once you have switched UA to desktop, go to google.com manually, it should load up the full site. Now, using your finger, press and hold over the google.com (website's) search bar, to bring up the menu. Now select "add search engine" then go to your browser search bar and tap the little google icon to bring up a list of search providers and select the new google one, be sure to delete the old one to avoid confusion.