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Skyfire Anyone?

Does anyone happen to have a beta for skyfire?
Thanks, let me know

icewhitenewyear said:
Does anyone happen to have a beta for skyfire?
Thanks, let me know
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Even if the cab was released, I'm pretty sure it checks your phone number anyway, considering the way the browser works is completely server side.

Here is your cab and all I did was use the search function... You should try it!!!! 10th tab from the left and 3rd from the right!
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=378549
As mentioned above, you need to be registered for the beta and they are the ones that allow you to use it.

i'm near fed up with the skyfire beta.
i signed up January 28 (day ONE!) at about 3pm, and still have not receieved an invitation to the beta. They claim to be going first-come, first-serve, but if that's the case, a hell-of-a-lot of people signed up within hours of hearing about it.

They just sent me an update email, saying they'll try to get everyone in Beta 1 by the end of April.
Also, I see no reason to be fed up, considering they're providing you this service. They don't actually owe you anything, let's remember.

met3ora said:
They just sent me an update email, saying they'll try to get everyone in Beta 1 by the end of April.
Also, I see no reason to be fed up, considering they're providing you this service. They don't actually owe you anything, let's remember.
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ummmm...... yea what he say
he really does have a point tho

Ive had the software for a little over 2 weeks now and unfortunetely im extremely unimpressed. The software is incredibly slow on my mogul. The only plus side I have to using this software is to watch you tube videos which Core Player already does in a much easier to usse interface. I'll get back to it once Beta 2 rolls around.

i also signed up on the first day and just got invited to use it a few days ago. i wouldn't worry too much, as mentioned before its really not that good. picture this... remote desktop on someone elses server, with sound, thats it. Its no opera mini, but its coming along slowly. Honestly its really not worth waiting for until version 1.0, and their on .5 still.

I got my invite about a week ago. And btw, i am from Finland. So they now allow non-us people too.
I love it. It's slow to browse but:
- Internet map-services work! A local one has sharper satellite pictures
- I can wach CNETTV.com! Picture isnt that good but audio comes always clear. (it also saves the zoom location on bookmarks. So i just click the bookmark and watch)
- Internet radio stations work! The ones that are flash. (like http://www.finetune.com/wii/ )
- I noticed that it also has atleast .wmv plugin installed on the server-side. So you can play direct-video links too.

I've had it for about 2 weeks, and I think it definitely will be the best browser when all the bugs are worked out. It can render basically any page on the internet perfectly. If you go to Youtube, for instance, it looks as if you went there in IE or Firefox on your regular computer. All of the flash stuff works. Google maps? Yes, you can use street view mode, and it's pretty snappy too.
It has two modes for touch input, which I will call cursor mode and hand mode (that's what the icons look like). This way, you can decide if you want to pan the entire webpage with hand mode or if you want to interact directly with a zoomed in flash applet with the cursor mode.
I signed up for the beta a few months back.

Tyman07 said:
**** skyfire!!
and i knew that there was a camera..
i just knew he wanted to ski on the pony
wtf!
take the sim card out..
plz
it works wonders
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wat?

phd48 said:
wat?
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dont break ur head over it mate , i am sure he dosent know what he tried to say back there..

More ranting about Skyfire found here; http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=378549

Over at this 31 page thread, you can gauge your sign up times with other users, and guess where you are on the list. Skyfire is just going in order of people who signed up, and it looks like they are still sending out invites to people who signed up on the first day still, jan 28th!
There is more info throughout
http://forum.ppcgeeks.com/showthread.php?t=19336&highlight=skyfire&page=31

yes i have it and you cant get it ...j/k.....its a good browser but I have some reservations..one security....logging into sites that require passwds is not recommeneded with the browser as it is not secure....and the whole video thing is cool but its like logging into my pc using logmein and watching video...choppy....but I think the will improve on it...my 2 cents

my new iconset is out: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=378260

Grooveshark work around

Has anyone been able to find a way to use the Grooveshark desktop site without getting the "problem loading flash" error? I have read having flash 10.2 installed and using the Dolphin browser set to desktop user agent would work, but so far have had no luck on my Xoom or D1 without getting the error message. Also tried Skyfire and the stock browser with the about:debug trick, no dice. Anyone had any better luck, or other solutions that worked?

Have you tried TinyShark on the market?

Yeah that's what I have been using lately, but I would like to be able to load my playlists and everything from the grooveshark desktop site.

Am i missing something? Why not use the Grooveshark app in the market?

matrix2004 said:
Am i missing something? Why not use the Grooveshark app in the market?
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because online its free but the app makes you upgrade.

Flaunt77 said:
because online its free but the app makes you upgrade.
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Oh ok, makes sense. I forgot i'm subscribed already.

Tinyshark lets you load your playlists too. The only benefit to the Grooveshark player is the offline cache ability. I tried it for a month and Tinyshark fit my needs just fine without paying $9 a month. When it was $3 a month it may have been worth it but triple the price and I'm out.

I think everyone that has replied has missed the point, I also am wondering if there has been a work around or if anyone is working on it, I think that with a tablet, we should be able to hit the real site and have flash work, why would we need to pay for an app or get an app that is made for small phones when we should be able to just go to the website.
I wish I was smarter with these dev things and I could work on it but I dont have the time to learn.
Hopefully someone that is reads this and wants the same thing, I love gooveshark but being that it is free from my desktop, I am not really wanting to pay for an app....
just my just my .02, thanks

Good luck man, I am hoping the update to the flash player will maybe work, but aside that I have had no luck in getting the desktop site to work on the Xoom and just started using the TinyShark app in the market. Not nearly as nice, but I will take what I can get until someone figures this out.

Flash also reports the client platform/OS, independent of the browser user agent, when connecting to a streaming server. I don't use Grooveshark, so I don't know if this is the reason you get the error, but it's a strong possibility.
Some people have had success with opening a file in Flash (first honeycomb release) in a hex editor and replacing the string "AND" (Android) with "WIN" (Windows). There were also some high jinks to get the change to persist, but a modified APK was made available that seemed to work for some users to access Hulu. I haven't followed it lately, but you could probably find more info searching for "flash for hulu".
EDIT: Here's the link: [MOD] Flash 10.2 Working HULU Updated: 4/29/11
Best case scenario is that someone has put out a modded APK for the current Flash release that also works with Grooveshark. If not, there might be another, less elegant solution.

I'm still debating on which tablet to buy xoom,asus or wait for newer models.
Does the GS app work on the honeycomb? Atrix users was complaining on their forums so that's why I'm asking

[Q] TEXTING on TF? i MUST be doin' something wrong

(wouldn't be the FIRST time
k, just wanna say i searched the word "texts" and dint get one hit in this thread. Thinkin' THAT can't be right but here goes...
Is there a way to send texts on this or becuz its wi-fi only, OR is that an "eyeroll question"?
Other than that shortcoming, i have to say my 1st 24 hours with this thing has been nothing but great.
I was one of those "whatintheworlddoineedatabletfor" ppl and i have to say i am madly inlove with this thing. i already had bought an ASUS MT91 Touch Tablet last fall (even tho it came with Windows 7 Home Premium, not Starter) but after just a few weeks it was just too slow to use at a desk and too heavy to use as a couch potato prop.
This thing picks up where my EVO leaves off and i'm lovin' it to pieces...
But again, what about sending texts? Is this capable of that? (and don't laugh, i KNOW i must be missin' something?
ty!
Ms D

Not from your own number unless you have an android phone too.

Text using Google Voice. Eventually people will recognize your GV number as well as your normal number (or if they're clever, they'll just add it to your entry in their contacts list).

I currently use "TextPlus" from the market, it works great and it's free.
No lag in message sending or receiving that I've noticed.

Google voice....
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In my impatience... (lol)
.... I went ahead and bought & installed SyncMMS for 3 bucks which seems like it'd do the trick EXCEPT for the fact it keeps force-closing everytime i try to Register for a dropbox so it can "do its thing"... I sent a msg to the developer... But thanks y'all, appreciate all the replies : )
In the meantime. here's another dumm q... I know the Market Aps for Honeycomb are very limited right now, but again i MUST be doing something wrong, as i have seen so many posts here and there that say they downloaded thus and such on their Asus TF from Market and when i go there, i never find ANY. Just a handful. I read ALL apps should download but not "look right" or have a big black box around them, i'm not finding ANY apps i recognize....
Is there a way to bypass the Market and d/l straight from Internet, even if they won't look right, i wouldn't mind- i registered with App Brain but i'm not seeing it IF there is a way... : )
thanx again

If you're phone is also an Android device, try TexTab: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1133277.
Otherwise, Google Voice is your friend.
I also tried SyncSMS, and I didn't like it at all. It uses Dropbox as an intermediate storage facility and sends messages between devices via WiFi. The problem with that is that you have to set polling intervals. Put them too close (5 min) and your battery life suffers. Put them too far (30 min) and the app is useless since you lose the immediacy of SMS.

TextPlus works pretty well too

mrcerulean said:
If you're phone is also an Android device, try TexTab: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1133277.
Otherwise, Google Voice is your friend.
I also tried SyncSMS, and I didn't like it at all. It uses Dropbox as an intermediate storage facility and sends messages between devices via WiFi. The problem with that is that you have to set polling intervals. Put them too close (5 min) and your battery life suffers. Put them too far (30 min) and the app is useless since you lose the immediacy of SMS.
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that makes a lot of sense... Will ck out ur link.... ty!
**Edit... Just saw it was a zip file... Do i need to be rooted?

that looks like a sweet apk.
I don't think you need to be rooted. Unzip the file and install the apk on both devices. You might have to check the unknown sources box in settings/applications/unknown sources. This will allow you to install the apk through file manager by clicking on it.
I'm gonna download it now and check it out.

Been testing TextTab, known bug that after tge TF sleep I loose connection to the phone. I think once wifi is implemented it will be a great app.
One good things about SyncSms, if say you're going over sea, you can leave phone on at home and bring the
TF, so long a you have internet connection you can get and send sms.
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baseballfanz said:
Been testing TextTab, known bug that after tge TF sleep I loose connection to the phone. I think once wifi is implemented it will be a great app.
One good things about SyncSms, if say you're going over sea, you can leave phone on at home and bring the
TF, so long a you have internet connection you can get and send sms.
Sent from my Transformer TF101 using Tapatalk
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Thanks for checking all that out, i will do it too when i get home. Learned something new thanks 2 u, eventho i've rooted my phone, replaced pngs, installed ROMS, modified things in themes i didn't like, YET i never knew a reg zip file could be installed on an un-rooted phone, so THAN U!
Think i prolly won't be using the SyncSMS after the issue u described, and as for it being good overseas, thats not a plus for ME, since the liklihood of me going overseas is pretty nil. Work, home, Jack In The Box is about as broad a travelling that i do...lol

I tried SyncSMS but the lag was unacceptable...I waited 5 minutes for a text that never came through.
If that could be fixed, then it would seem to be a great app

Question about Google Plus App on Android

Wanted to know if its just our devices, or just MINE
1) Does push notifications work, and do notifications refresh automatically
2) MORE IMPORTANTLY, does the INSTANT UPLOAD feature work, i uploaded mine days ago, and have it enabled. But in Google Plus , under 'photos from phone', nothing shows up. Its very annoying! Where did my photos go.

The push notifications haven't worked for me yet. I've only had 2 photos show up from instant upload that I took just after installing the app can't get existing photos to show up.
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how long after u took the 2 photos did they show up

Not to sure I took them earlier in the day and when I went to G+ later last night they were there.
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are u on stock rom, or gingerblur (gbread)

Im on kenns 2.3.4 beta #4 rom.
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I guess I just suck then
it is beta after all, patience.

G+
What is the easiest way to get on Google +? I have read you have to get a invite but I do not know how to even sign up to be put on the list! Maybe I am just dense and not understanding it!

You need someone that has it already to invite you.
These don't work:
Instant Upload is wonky
Upload existing pictures
Push Notifications

drew47715 said:
What is the easiest way to get on Google +? I have read you have to get a invite but I do not know how to even sign up to be put on the list! Maybe I am just dense and not understanding it!
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If anyone needs an invite, pm me your email address and I'll get you in.

I triggered the upload of existing photos. It worked just fine. Instant upload also seems to work fine as long as you are on wifi.

Instant upload only works if you take a picture. It can go over wifi or att, video can go over wifi only. Your exsisting photos wont upload unless you go to settings and hit upload exsisting (not a good idea. I did this and had to explain to my wife why her nude photos were on the net. She was not happy. So be careful it will send everything).
As far as an invite. PM me and I will send you one.
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Instant upload only works if you take a picture. It can go over wifi or att, video can go over wifi only. Your exsisting photos wont upload unless you go to settings and hit upload exsisting (not a good idea. I did this and had to explain to my wife why her nude photos were on the net. She was not happy. So be careful it will send everything).
As far as an invite. PM me and I will send you one.
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Oops!!
Luckily, these photos are not shared by default (as far as I'm aware). You have to go into G+ and go to photos and check which ones you want to share. At least that's how mine is, not sure if there are settings to auto-share everything.

SS2006 said:
Wanted to know if its just our devices, or just MINE
1) Does push notifications work, and do notifications refresh automatically
2) MORE IMPORTANTLY, does the INSTANT UPLOAD feature work, i uploaded mine days ago, and have it enabled. But in Google Plus , under 'photos from phone', nothing shows up. Its very annoying! Where did my photos go.
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Instant upload works, I have had no problems with it.

No it wasn't publically shared. Thank god, or I would be divorced. And I didn't want to torture you all. She is kind of scary.....nah, Im just kidding.
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Don't want to hijack the thread, but does anyone else have a hard time typing with Swype? Google+ seems to have it's own autocorrect and when you mix in Swype's, it took me forever to type a post because words would disappear or change without my wanting them to.

Auto upload seems to work for me too. I changed the settings so it only uploads when plugged into the charger. My notifications work sometimes for stream posts and all the time for huddle conversations.
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My huddle doesnt work.. It keep FC when I try to open it..

I've had a grand total of one push notification actually make it through to my Atrix out of the 6 that should have received since I installed the G+ app (2.3.4 updated with the OTA file through stock recovery, no root, locked BL, no CWM)
edit: as a note to elias.parasini, huddle works just fine for me.

cerps said:
Don't want to hijack the thread, but does anyone else have a hard time typing with Swype? Google+ seems to have it's own autocorrect and when you mix in Swype's, it took me forever to type a post because words would disappear or change without my wanting them to.
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yes and this is driving me crazy -- G+ seems to be one of the only apps I've ever found that really does not like Swype.

Best way to share game saves and twitter timeline between N7 and phone?

Found some solution online but couldn't try them cause I haven't received my N7 yet to try them out:
GameShare
DataSync
GameOn
Also is there an app that sync where you stopped at your timeline? that would be great.
Can you share your experience if you tried them? if not try and tell your experience to the Android realm : )

Hands down datasync. Well to be fair I haven't tried the other two, but that's because I never had to. Datasync works flawlessly even when it first got released for me. I used that to transfer some save data from a few apps today when I got my N7. Give them all a try but definitely start with DataSync.

Thank You!
What about twitter? is there any twitter app with timeline position sync.
the only solution I've found is using TweetMarker. which am trying when N7 arrives

msalsaeed said:
Thank You!
What about twitter? is there any twitter app with timeline position sync.
the only solution I've found is using TweetMarker. which am trying when N7 arrives
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Tweetmarker works quite well. The only two Twitter apps that I know of that use it are Plume and Tweetlanes. Tweetlanes isn't officially supported on tablets though, but the developer makes the apk availabale here: https://plus.google.com/104649936579980037256/posts/53SL5vZ3kZL
Boid is meant to add Tweetmarker support, but their development of key features isn't exactly quick so I wouldn't hold out.