Has anyone tried to use flash on a website yet?
i have and it works but runs slowly
u should try making post like this just one full post....
what were u veiwing and how fast is your internet connection?
I know when i access any site its smooth and crisp including youtube and vimeo i'm on a 30/30 Fiber connection really fast but this is only site which lags for me
i think part of the issue is software related....some times the browser is really smooth and sometime its begins to act up...I think we will see improvements when we get our first update....at least I hope so.
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Has anyone tried to use flash on a website yet?
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Have you installed the latest version of flash (10.2) from the market?
I installed Flash 10.2 and can comfortably watch the desktop version of NHL Gamecenter Live
Flash has been choppy for me on some anime sites.
no issues here......getting the market version is a must.....the included version was hit or miss
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Hi,
I have seen the problem mentioned on many forums but I still havent found an answer. I recently have bought an HD2 on TMobile and cannot get any videos playing on it as it always says that I need the latest version of flash, yet when I try to donwload it doesnt work. I spoke to Tmobile and they seemed unsure as to why it wasnt working and suggested I download Flash lite, but the link they gave me doesnt work.
Does any one know how I can get round this, ideally without doing anything that will invalidate the warranty. I have managed to get Iplayer working though.
How are you trying to watch the videos? Full flash support isn't available on Windows Mobile devices to date. I currently have the HD2 on WinMo as well. The best solutions (I believe) to date are;
1) Skyfire Browser.
Skyfire have just released a version of their browser for VGA devices which looks fantastic. This includes full flash and silverlight support. The only downside is that as the website is loaded on a seperate server and condensed the image quality isn't as good as it could be. Also there isn't a landscape mode. Which is a pain for watching video!
You can get Skyfire Browser here.
2) Youtube app.
The VGA app designed for the HD2 is absolutely beautiful. Unfortunately, Tmobile, in all their wisdom took the application off the HD2 before shipping. Fortunately you can install the program manually here. You will need to extract the CAB file from the RAR file before running on your phone.
3) Myplayer.
I know you have said you have Iplayer working but for others...
If you have the fantastic Coreplayer installed you can use the Myplayer app to stream BBC Iplayer. You can also stream from ITV Player and Five on Demand but you would need to pay Myplayer for the server fees. The quality is reasonable and watchable but not crisp and clear. You can download Myplayer here.
Hope this helped.
Dan.
Opera doesn't support flash but IE on HD2 does support flash. With IE, the flash experience depends on the complexity of the site.
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Opera doesn't support flash but IE on HD2 does support flash. With IE, the flash experience depends on the complexity of the site.
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Thanks but when ive tried this it still asks me to install flash as I cannot view it
stokedanuk, I will try try your ideas when I get a chance, thanks!
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Thanks but when ive tried this it still asks me to install flash as I cannot view it
stokedanuk, I will try try your ideas when I get a chance, thanks!
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in my experience some sites work, some don't. euro gamer tv didn't work even on ie. I had assumed this was down to the fact that flash lite isn't full desktop flash. am I wrong to assume this? should pretty much all embedded video work? im also on t mobile but I have the you tube ap, and I got the phone from mobiles.co.uk so I think my handset is unlocked...
oh and I typed all this on my phone using the swype keyboard
i installed the youtube app on my tmobile phone and it conflicts with my recorded videos i'v shot, as in they dont play, i uninstalled youtube and they play fine. anyone else had this problem? if so is there a fix? thanks.
installed the youtube app on my tmobile phone and it conflicts with my recorded videos i'v shot, as in they dont play, i uninstalled youtube and they play fine. anyone else had this problem? if so is there a fix? thanks.
I had the same problem and as far as I know there isn't a fix.
I got round it by flashing ROM 1.48 on to my T Mobile via the goldcard method and so now have a "clean" sim free HD2 and able to flash new ROM's when they become available.
The you tube app is there and also jetcet printer which T Mobile removed along with the trial of co-pilot
I had the same problem and as far as I know there isn't a fix.
I got round it by flashing ROM 1.48 on to my T Mobile via the goldcard method and so now have a "clean" sim free HD2 and able to flash new ROM's when they become available.
The you tube app is there and also jetcet printer which T Mobile removed along with the trial of co-pilot[/QUOTE]
didnt really want to flash my phone, read a lot of threads with people having issues with roms. mine doesnt seem to have none of the issues or problems wot i read on xda with my stock tmobile rom, apart from the slight pinkiness on photos, must of got that 1 in a 1000 what seems to be running fine lol, so i`m a bit cautious whether to flash my phone or not, i really miss the youtube app though, i used to use it quite a lot on my diamond2. might just sit it out a bit longer an see if anyone comes up with a fix, fingers crossed lol
Does anyone have solution for this problem? My HTC HD2 from T-Mobile isn't playing youtube videos usign Internet Explorer application. I want to know if there is any solution to be able to watch youtube videos on Internet Explorer!
PS: I'm using another operator at the momen, not T-Mobile(I unlocked my phone)
the people here always have a solution...
fix opera flash:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=544770
as for youtube/t-mobile - flash a different rom. as long as you get a copy of your stock rom as a precaution it would seem highly unlikely that you can brick the phone
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1) Skyfire Browser.
Skyfire have just released a version of their browser for VGA devices which looks fantastic. This includes full flash and silverlight support. The only downside is that as the website is loaded on a seperate server and condensed the image quality isn't as good as it could be. Also there isn't a landscape mode. Which is a pain for watching video!
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If you have installed BSB tweaks 1.6 (which you should ) you can set Skyfire to rotate to landscape mode.
Tmobile always have to make their phones ****ter somehow! they either put on **** themes or remove apps and features!
I can say however, my tmobile hd2 has been working pretty well, apart from it not playing videos because of me installing youtube!
I'm just wondering if there is anyone who does not have a tmobile hd2 who also has an issue with their video playback from installing youtube?
Which Rom is recommended? how is htc's rom on their website? Will it restrict me loading it being a tmob customer?
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Tmobile always have to make their phones ****ter somehow! they either put on **** themes or remove apps and features!
I can say however, my tmobile hd2 has been working pretty well, apart from it not playing videos because of me installing youtube!
I'm just wondering if there is anyone who does not have a tmobile hd2 who also has an issue with their video playback from installing youtube?
Which Rom is recommended? how is htc's rom on their website? Will it restrict me loading it being a tmob customer?
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I don't think this issue will apply to non tmobile users as its only tmobile who've removed the YouTube app. god knows why!!! I really don't understand it at all!!! I really miss the YouTube app but don't want to flash my phone. come on guys someone must know how to figure this out?? please...... pretty please!! lol
Hello all. just got my hd2 a few days ago from t mobile, and as a lot of you found out the you tube app has been removed so have been looking for a fix.
have downloaded the you tube app from here but it killed my outher videos as well
so then on a random idea while googleing i found the page telling me download from (edit cant post urls wwwDOTmDOTgoogleDOTcoDOTuk/youtube) and then it told me it was un suported.
but when i went into internet explorer and put the same url in. it downloaded a totaly diffrent app for you tube. is a bit more basic then the outher one but it plays vids and i am still able to play the vids on my phone
I hope this will help some outhers out as a short term till t-mobile gives back the full app
have u called tmobile to check your content lock is off? the content lock prevents sites loading that tmobile consider adult sites. this includes facebook and youtube! sometimes its removed at sign up if you speak to a person, but if you do it online (or over the phone sometimes) its set to be on and has to be removed. im not quite sure why tmobile force contract users (who have to be over 18 in the UK) to have a content lock.
needs help..... how to play flash9 on opera...
only found flash player7, no flash player9...
i am using browser - skyfire, it can play some flash9, but very slow, and easy to hang...
anyone knows how to play flash9
thanks....
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needs help..... how to play flash9 on opera...
only found flash player7, no flash player9...
i am using browser - skyfire, it can play some flash9, but very slow, and easy to hang...
anyone knows how to play flash9
thanks....
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Not possible. Opera does not support flash (yet).
there's been a fix for flash for opera for ages now:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=544770
That's only for Flash 8 (Actionscript 2) - the plugin lies about being Flash 9 in the hope websites will still bother to load, but it can't display the content.
The "desktop version" of Flash Player 10.1 will be released for mobiles in a couple of months (as an OEM bundle, not a user-install). Palm and Android users will get it as an OTA update, but as of yet no sign of anything for WinMo.
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there's been a fix for flash for opera for ages now:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=544770
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Yes, I have installed it, but still can not play the flash 9...
but i am wonder why another browser "Skyfire" can play flash 9...
so i think there should be some ways to solve it...
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Yes, I have installed it, but still can not play the flash 9...
but i am wonder why another browser "Skyfire" can play flash 9...
so i think there should be some ways to solve it...
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Skyfire uses server side rendering instead of rendering everything on the phone. So the flash is actually rendered in their servers and then sent to you and not actually rendered on your phone. This is like the turbo feature of the new Opera, however that doesn't render flash for now. Also, I'm pretty sure the new IE renders flash on the phone..... that's been working since the HD2 came out in like Oct/Nov.
So can others shed some light on what the compatability is of Flash on JellyBean and the N10. I know the background on it all already and that you have to sideload it. I installed the 11.1 APK and its showing as installed. Chrome I think doesnt do flash right? What about Boat Browser? Because I can't get flash sites to show up in that either.
What am I missing, or is there a guide or something I may be doing wrong either browser wise or other?
It definitely works in Boat. Just go into settings, then page content settings, and change the "Enable flash/plug-ins" toggle to "always on". That did the trick for me, anyway...
It works on boat, but I haven't been able to get it to work on dolphin yet. Anyone have any luck?
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It works on boat, but I haven't been able to get it to work on dolphin yet. Anyone have any luck?
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I've got it working in Dolphin, just sideloaded flash using this post (http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1763805).
It just seemed to work when I closed and opened Dolphin up the next time.
note you may have to restart the app/nexus to get it work if you installed flash after the browser is open. flash works in boat/dolphin/firefox here
I had no problem getting flash to work in Boat Browser. I couldn't get it to work in Dolphin. I had to get an older version of Dolphin from this thread for it to work. That was just for testing. I much prefer Boat over Dolphin (or any other browser).
Are live streams completely smooth? (you never no with Flash)
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Are live streams completely smooth? (you never no with Flash)
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I don't know if you would consider it live, but I watch a lot of streaming movies on Amazon with no problem.
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Are live streams completely smooth? (you never no with Flash)
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I just watched an hour-long programme on BBC iPlayer in HD stream on Boat, and it was smooth as silk, and sharp as cut-glass.
Hi I recently got a nexus 7 and I followed the instructions I have seen here on how to install flash on my nexus 7. It works but my problem is when I watch streaming flash video on say sockshare or putlocker for example the video does not continue to buffer when I pause, so flash video is unwatchable at the moment because when playing the video stops to buffer every 5 seconds. I'm using Firefox beta as my browser. Has anyone else had this problem and is there a way to fix it
Which tutorial did you follow to get this working? I tried a tutorial from YouTube but it didn't work.
Can you explain real quick the steps you took to install flash and your ROM please?
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btw, adobe and flash dont support jelly bean or the newest devices. flash isnt made for it. so whatever bugs exist in flash running jelly bean, wont be fixed by adobe. that said, ive found that flash runs best on the aosp android browser, not quite perfect, but not bad.
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btw, adobe and flash dont support jelly bean or the newest devices. flash isnt made for it. so whatever bugs exist in flash running jelly bean, wont be fixed by adobe. that said, ive found that flash runs best on the aosp android browser, not quite perfect, but not bad.
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True DAT. I use AOSP browser with flash and its pretty stable. I have run into a few glitches but nothing to bad.
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True DAT. I use AOSP browser with flash and its pretty stable. I have run into a few glitches but nothing to bad.
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simms22 said:
btw, adobe and flash dont support jelly bean or the newest devices. flash isnt made for it. so whatever bugs exist in flash running jelly bean, wont be fixed by adobe. that said, ive found that flash runs best on the aosp android browser, not quite perfect, but not bad.
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Does the hulu site in desktop mode allow you to view their videos with the AOSP browser? As I understand that's a root only browser, correct? If so, I wasn't interested in rooting before but this might make me start working on it. I dislike that I pay for Hulu+ but can't view the same content as on my PC when I'm on my PS3, and now my tablet.
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Does the hulu site in desktop mode allow you to view their videos with the AOSP browser? As I understand that's a root only browser, correct? If so, I wasn't interested in rooting before but this might make me start working on it. I dislike that I pay for Hulu+ but can't view the same content as on my PC when I'm on my PS3, and now my tablet.
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just tried it and it didn't work. you can get the actual hulu page rather than the hulu+ advertisement but videos won't play.
I sideloaded the latest flash apk and it works for me in the Firefox beta. I haven't tried any other browsers yet. I think firefox beta has it set by default to click for flash to play instead of letting it play automatically.
I'm using CM10.1 Nightlies as my Rom.
Here is a link to the latest from the adobe site.
Flash Player 11.1.for Android 4.0 (11.1.115.34)
http://download.macromedia.com/pub/flashplayer/installers/archive/android/11.1.115.34/install_flash_player_ics.apk
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Can you explain real quick the steps you took to install flash and your ROM please?
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FYI, here's my setup:
Rrunning 4.1.2 stock factory Rom at the moment, unlocked & rooted - turned off/disabled/hide Chrome Browser. D/L & install "Boat Browser" from Market (support Flash) used by some of the custom Rom & d/l Flash 11.1.115.17 from links here on XDA (or from Adobe's website). Boot into Recovery, wipe cache & reboot OS.
Launch Boat Browser, go into Settings (3 dots bar on bottom right) and go to "Page Content Settings" - scroll down if necessary, change "Enable Flash/Plug-ins" to Always on (or "On demand") - Enable JavaScript should be On by default. Changed "Set as default browser" to On as necessary. Exit & restart Browser - you should not have to reboot N7 again and check your ability to open/view most Flash-based videos, mine is working as it should be - no longer shuttting off or getting the error msg/device not supported, yada yada.
As for playback of most stored or d/l videos on the N7 - I liked & used "Mobo" player - free from the Market.
Profit - now, there's a lot more to watch streaming on the N7 besides Youtube & CNN video clips. Questions or more issues, please post & will try to help - not new to Android but still on a learning curve with the N7. Good luck as it should work even for those running near stock setup.
OK what I don't understand is with my desktop if I'm watching a streaming video and it is taking a while to load I will pause it and go do something else while it loads and come back when enough of it is loaded to watch uninterrupted. With my nexus 7 that I just got when I pause the videos don't continue to load. therefore when I try to watch a streaming movie it stops to continue to load every couple of seconds and it makes watching a streaming movie unwatchable. Does anyone else have this problem or a solution to it
I tried a few versions of flash but all the videos I try stutter very bad as they will play for a few seconds and pause play and pause constantly.
On my desktop with flash these videos work fine.
Tried many browsers with no success. Firefox, Ocean, Boar, Dolphin Pad.
Also I can't seem to go fullscreen without getting a black screen.
Anyone else experienced this and how do I fix it and what version actually works on 4.2.2?
Just got the tablet today rooted with superboot and running official 4.2.2 JDQ39
Hi,
It seems that I'm having quite similar issue - whenever I try to play some flash content, video doesn't play fluently - there are multiple framedrops and it's really hard to watch e.g. football games :/ What to do?
BTW: I'm also running official stock 4.2.2 JDQ39
Well considering flash is not supported in any way there is no guarantee of a fix for the issues you have. It is possible that you need more CPU speed when watching a flash video. Frame drops have been known to come from too low CPU speed. So set your up_threshold to be lower for your cpu governor and see if that helps.
I downloaded the last version of flash they made and side loaded it and use the factory browser to watch YouTube videos that aren't available for the mobile version of YouTube and I get zero stutter or problems of any kind. I'll try some other sites and report back though.
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Seems YouTube videos do indeed work fine on the desktop version of the site in full screen for me, but dailymotion will cause a crash if I go to full screen. It won't even stutter, just crashes. Interesting... All flash videos seem to work fine as long as I don't full screen them.
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I downloaded the last version of flash they made and side loaded it and use the factory browser to watch YouTube videos that aren't available for the mobile version of YouTube and I get zero stutter or problems of any kind. I'll try some other sites and report back though.
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Seems YouTube videos do indeed work fine on the desktop version of the site in full screen for me, but dailymotion will cause a crash if I go to full screen. It won't even stutter, just crashes. Interesting... All flash videos seem to work fine as long as I don't full screen them.
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I have had the full screen issue for a long time and have more or less narrowed it down to different screen dpi. Check this out http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2217316
Use any PA type rom with tablet UI in hybrid settings and everything will work. I currently use Vanilla Rootbox, youtube works flawlessly.
Sent from my GT-N7100 or the Nexus 10, heaven knows.
Those who help noobs go to heaven. True story.
Had a feeling it was DPI with full screen as some stuff in boat works full others don't every other browser doesn't like full screen.
I was thinking about trying some roms and seeing if flash works better as you can always go back to the stock firmware.
Noticed this tablet doesn't include that scaling option for apps where it stretches the app or extends etc.
As for me being a noob, I'm not new to android but haven't played with overclocks etc though have flashed and added a few apk's to a few roms before and know my way around the os file structure etc as well as knowing some stuff about linux and windows etc.
I just found it strange that I got this device installed flash and stuff wasn't fluent and pausing every few seconds when soo many around say that flash works perfect.
I had a Cube U30GT-H but it died within 1 week which had 4.1 and flash worked fine on that. So I figured this was mby 4.2.2 causing the issue or the stock rom and everyone using flash are on custom roms or something.
I wonder, could you get a copy of the plain old android browser that supports flash and install it? I can try it later for you if you want and let know you. I must go to bed now though
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I downloaded the last version of flash they made and side loaded it and use the factory browser to watch YouTube videos that aren't available for the mobile version of YouTube and I get zero stutter or problems of any kind. I'll try some other sites and report back though.
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Ah skipped over your post, so it does work then
If anyone can look at things either that old browser or whatever would be appreciated.
Also we can find out what works for flash for users and have some proper compatibility list as I don't see much proper info online at all about flash on this device and compatibilities apart from users posts saying they have it working or whatever with no actual info to back themselves up.
If anyone has flash working fluidly please post these details as below:
Flash Version:
Flash Download Location:
Browser + Version:
Rom + Version:
Sometimes I have seen variances of a single flash version with file sizes and compatibility thats why I added the download link if you know it or upload your apk. Also what rom and its version you are running as thats important.
Tried a few different browsers and a couple of roms and nothing seems to really fix the issue so imo now flash just isn't worth it on the tablet.
Old browser on CM or AOKP doesn't work.
Ill try some different flash apk's at some stage on CM and see what the compatibility is as I had a similar issue on another tablet which turned out to be the certain apk files I had tried.
Seems the stutter might be live video as a transformer owner on another forum mentioned that does the same thing and thats what I have been testing to try to get working.
For youtube etc it may be that they are using different ways to transmit there videos so flash may not actually be active or something even on the desktop version of the site.
Its more confusing now as I was trying one site which stutters on the tab and fine on the pc for certain streams even though the quality is pretty low.
I found a app called Photon Flash Player and Browser it plays the flash streams perfect I've been trying without stutter.
Only problem it does not allow flash windows to be full screen and is very naggy about you buying a year subscription also you need to use a connected mouse if you want to do scrolling etc.
If there is anything thats alternative and less naggy etc then thats better but this is the only way I found to watch flash perfect as it actually works.
I'll keep looking and please comment back anyone using custom stock etc roms your flash experiences so we can actually get this issue solved for everyone.
Kinda seems I'm the only one trying to solve the flash issue on this device here.