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Adobe flash 10.2 is out!! browser no longer crashes when watching vids!!

Just checked the market, and downloaded the new adobe flash 10.2..and guess what, IGN video reviews no longer crash my browser!!! Could this be the fix that we all waited for...try it out guys!!

MRCANNADY said:
Just checked the market, and downloaded the new adobe flash 10.2..and guess what, IGN video reviews no longer crash my browser!!! Could this be the fix that we all waited for...try it out guys!!
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How do you get it to work correctly in the browser? I get an arrow and have to click on it for it to load, but still not always loading correctly. thanks

MRCANNADY said:
Just checked the market, and downloaded the new adobe flash 10.2..and guess what, IGN video reviews no longer crash my browser!!! Could this be the fix that we all waited for...try it out guys!!
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are you comparing to 10.1 or leaked 10.2?

I'm pretty sure he means the market version. It says 10.1, but when you update it, it says 10.2.

I downloaded 10.2 on my HTC desire as well. I don't know what is wrong but it's a destruction for my phone. Fullscreen videos on YouTube is a definitely no-go since it only plays a couple of choppy seconds and then I need to remove the battery in order to make it work. Watching videos in non fullscreen was a bit better since I could watch around 40 seconds of it until everything stuck.
It is just not working for me. Far worse than the previous.

Just watched an hour-long programme on bbc iplayer on my A70H which would not have been possible with the old flash. BUT, the sound was several seconds out of sync by the end which is not exactly perfect.
So, a huge step forward but we still have a bit further to go yet.

Having said that - I'm just watching some iPlayer stuff off the website on my iMac and that's getting out of sync too, so maybe it's not anything to do with the tablet or Android!

Aaarrgg! Now I can't install even the leaked Flash 10.2!
I had no trouble uninstalling the leaked 10.2 on my A43 and then locating and installing the official Flash 10.2 from the Android Market. A piece of cake. Not so good on my A101. I uninstalled the leaked 10.2 and then went to Market. I couldn't find Flash 10.2. So I went to Market on my desktop PC and found it. It then refused to install it claiming it was not compatible with my device. So then I tried a few other things like clearing the market cache and the Google Framework data. BAD IDEA! I broke Market. So now I installed the gapps 5 final and I have market back exactly as before. When I try to install the leaked 10.2, it errors out, so I installed the 10.1 I had from before.
So how do I fix this? I'd like to have the official Flash 10.2 and what's with Market saying my A101 is not compatible with it while my A43 is? They both have the same recent firmware.
Bye.

Browser Crashing

Is anyone else having the browser crashing while browsing. Nothing repeatable but from time to time it crashes and just dumps you back to the desktop, no warning or error message.

That has not happened to me, but I have noticed that at times, the browser is just super slow. Pages won't load, etc. It's not my connection, YouTue loads fine, and so does Doplhin Browser.

This has been happening to me as well, not only the browser though other apps as well. I would go as far as to say every app I have used has crashed on me a minimum of twice yes EVERY app I have used. I just received my gt10.1 today so it might just be stretching pains.
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I have the same issue. Like you said, nothing repeatable, almost kind of random, but it closes down completely... this has also happened in other apps, in addition to multiple force closes in apps.

Yep..I noticed it FC's on me mostly when I'm forums..never other sites.

On my 10.1v the browser is crashing at every start so i cant use the stock browser. Other apps crashing to. Yesterday the gfx at my live wallpaper was overwritten by an other programm or task. I think there are a lot of bugs in honeycomb but this can also be an hardware problem. Anyone here without problems/crashes on 3.0?
Spenzerx

Yep. mine crashed three times trying to view one particular website. I finally gave up.
Some apps crashing too, and the Yahoo mail app is LAME. My phone does a better job than the 10.1 displaying Yahoo mail. Tab forces you to open any email containing HTML in the browser. LAME.
I see what people mean when they say Honeycomb is not ready for prime time.

SpenZerX said:
On my 10.1v the browser is crashing at every start so i cant use the stock browser. Other apps crashing to. Yesterday the gfx at my live wallpaper was overwritten by an other programm or task. I think there are a lot of bugs in honeycomb but this can also be an hardware problem. Anyone here without problems/crashes on 3.0?
Spenzerx
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using my 10.1v for about a month now, i've never had such serious problems. just 3 or 4 fc, different apps, not repeatable.
go into setting, applications and clear the data from your stock browser. then you might be able to use it again.

hebbe said:
using my 10.1v for about a month now, i've never had such serious problems. just 3 or 4 fc, different apps, not repeatable.
go into setting, applications and clear the data from your stock browser. then you might be able to use it again.
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Thanks, clearing the browsers data and cache works fine...

me too
I have the same issue. Glad to see its not just me. It just dumps and goes to the desktop. I just got this today and not too excited about the browser failing right out of the bo

Stock browser crashes on me too. It will randomly freeze when accessing web pages and then home and back button does not work. I have to hit them multiple times before it goes back home and sometimes the only way to fix it is by rebooting the device.
Anyone had the same freezing experience?
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I've had this happen a few times. Try force stopping the app and clearing data like mentioned in a previous post. I had this happen in the YouTube app as well while trying to search for a video. It wouldn't return any results and crash until I force stopped the app in settings. Once I did that I was able to re open the YouTube app and find the video with no problem.
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My brower crashes often when browsing forums.clubsi.com
It seems some sites make the browser crash

Im having the same issues. I was using dolphin browser HD and the stock browser. This error seems to occur in both.. for me it seems like it was more video/flash sites.

Yes, stock browser crashes, but crashes less than 3rd party browsers which is why I've stuck with it so far.

I too am having this problem. As far as I can tell it has happened mostly if not always on forum sits for me as well. I am subscribing to this thread hoping someone will figure out what is happening and help us fix it.
Oh, I just tried force stopping the browser and clearing data. Within five minutes it crashed again.

me too... once crashed, i reboot device. i find that whenever i change the viewing mode from mobile to desktop while browsing gmail, my browser crashes. and of coz some other sites too
anyone?

Yup, mine crashes on sites that have a lot of newer HTML5 ads or complex javascript. I have flash turned to OnDemand so it shouldn't be causing any browser FC's. I also see crashes on sites that have a lot of images on them which has led me to thing it's crashing due to memory issues.

yeah me to. crashes on certain websites. techradar is one it allways crashes on. im pretty disgusted that they`ve let this bug make it to the retail version, this and the high pitch noise issue really get my back up!!
sort it out samsung ffs

Same here. One way that is repeatable on my end is when following a link to track a UPS shipment. I try to open the link from my email to the lenovo site, and it never makes it - drops to desktop every time. However, I've also had random crashes while trying to load flash, simply browsing, etc.
HC definitely needs some more spit and polish, but so far I'm liking it. Also, the Opera Mobile Browser, atm, is the best one that I've tried, among stock, Miren, and Dolphin HD. However, they all have occasional crashes.

Anyone getting browser freeze/FC? I'm sick of it, hardware?

Running tasks v5 rom, much better than before, but still get a lot of freezes (forcing a hard reset by me) or force closes where the browser disappears. Nyone else getting these yet?

No browser freeze on mine.

I have problem accessing seekingalpha.com. Browser (stock) wouldn't load content and than just chrashes. It happens everytime, with no exeptions. Could someone try to open it and let me know what happens?

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I have problem accessing seekingalpha.com. Browser (stock) wouldn't load content and than just chrashes. It happens everytime, with no exeptions. Could someone try to open it and let me know what happens?
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Quits for me too. Even after clearing browser cache
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I'm not web expert, so I don't know what's going on with this site, or in what "technology" is it written. But, they have changed site recently, and since than it started to be extremely slow on my HTC Desire (Gingerbread), like beating the hell out of the processor. And now I found out that crashes Honeycomb browser.
Is there any way to contact Google to point them to this problem? I couldn't find it...
Opera or Dolphin can open it. But also, there are some rendering problems in Dolphin with left column (adds and some links on the top). It's dynamic (moving with you as you scroll the page), so that could be source of the problem.

I haven't had a problem with this site really, mostly when the keyboard is up (using Swiftkey) or quickly scrolling. Also other things like samsung email app and a few games seem to cause problems.
All seems very random and infrequent, can't find a pattern to them yet.

Just got my first browser FC today, happened twice when trying to add a bookmark

could this be a hardware problem? The tab freezes several times a day, usually on the browser (use that the most too), also in exchange email app and various games. It's driving me nuts. Tried every rom out there as well as stock and pershoots kernel.

Anyone have any ideas? It's driving me crazy and I'm curious if I could have a serious problem or if it's something the right update could fix.

I use Dolphin for Pad browser (not Dolphin mini or HD). Never had a FC.

tried dolphin. No difference.

have u tried the v6.1, got some (few) lags on v5 but v6.1 is smooth (for me) now

Yes, I've tried 5,6, 6.1,overcome, starburst. Makes no difference.

In Dolphin use the desktop agent instead of Android. It' their mobile site that causes the problem. If your rooted you should be able to set the stock browser to desktop also.

[Q] UK WIFI ICS Query

Thinking of taking the plunge and upgrading my uk wifi xoom to ics, but have a couple of questions that i am struggling to find conclusive answers to(probably due to my lack of intelligence!!)
I have seen some mentions from varying places that the iplayer app and website no longer work. i can do without the app but websites like iplayer and itvplayer are essential for me. Can anyone who has upgraded let me know if it works?
Will i be able to download uk specific apps from the marketplace? Also, is there a way to get it to fully support UK English language, i.e keyboard and spelling etc?
Lastly can anyone recomend a good guide for switching from uk 3.2 honeycomb to ics? easiest way possible is best for me!!
Thanks in advance for any help.

Right, I've just dropped onto the bbc.co.uk/iplayer site and it says phone not supported, now this might be a simple case of changing the user string thing in the browser but I dont know.
However, I can click on the "request desktop site" option in the browser and it loads the page and I can play the video, probably as I have Adobe Air installed which iirc is what the BBC site uses.
ITV player app is also coming up as not compatible with my device.
But also works under the stock browser when "request desktop site" is selected.
Not sure about the UK specific apps, give me an example and I'll have a look.
English spelling seems to be fine, I use Swiftkey as my keyboard but all the language stuff for UK seems to be there after picking English (UK) during the initial setup.

Thanks for the help.
i use the iplayer app, and things like sky news and sky sports apps.
do iplayer and itvplayer work in other browsers? i use opera quite a lot.
i use the default keyboard, hopefully that will have a uk layout after changing the settings.
Can you post a link to the instructions you used to update? would prefer stock ics if possible. If i do update and i run into problems is it possible to back to honeycomb 3.2?
sorry for all the questions, your hepl is really appreciated.

devon white said:
Thanks for the help.
i use the iplayer app, and things like sky news and sky sports apps.
do iplayer and itvplayer work in other browsers? i use opera quite a lot.
i use the default keyboard, hopefully that will have a uk layout after changing the settings.
Can you post a link to the instructions you used to update? would prefer stock if possible. If i do update and i run into problems is it possible to back to honeycomb 3.2?
sorry for all the questions, your hepl is really appreciated.
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The ITV Player app is compatible with ICS, you can download the app with a quick Google search. BBC iPlayer app is not though.
IT may just be me, but I have had no success with Flash in Opera.
As for the browser, download ICS Browser + from the Market. It's the stock browser with some enhancements, such as user agent setting, which saves you having to request the desktop site every time you start the Browser. I used to default to Opera, but with ICS Browser + I very rarely use it, only for the occasional download that will not download through either the stock browser or ICS Browser +
I checked the iPlayer, ITV Player, 4OD and Demand 5 to check their compatibility with ICS Browser + and all worked fine. I am currently running the latest Eos Nightly so cannot comment on compatibility with other ICS Roms.
The default keyboard does indeed have a UK layout and dictionary.
To provide a link to a guide, we need a bit more info. Is your Xoom rooted for instance?

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The ITV Player app is compatible with ICS, you can download the app with a quick Google search. BBC iPlayer app is not though.
IT may just be me, but I have had no success with Flash in Opera.
As for the browser, download ICS Browser + from the Market. It's the stock browser with some enhancements, such as user agent setting, which saves you having to request the desktop site every time you start the Browser. I used to default to Opera, but with ICS Browser + I very rarely use it, only for the occasional download that will not download through either the stock browser or ICS Browser +
I checked the iPlayer, ITV Player, 4OD and Demand 5 to check their compatibility with ICS Browser + and all worked fine. I am currently running the latest Eos Nightly so cannot comment on compatibility with other ICS Roms.
The default keyboard does indeed have a UK layout and dictionary.
To provide a link to a guide, we need a bit more info. Is your Xoom rooted for instance?
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Thanks,
My xoom is not rooted, and i would like to stick to stock roms if possible.

^^ that prettymuch sums it up, and yes, you can if your Xoom is setup accordingly do a nandroid backup and then CWM the ICS nightly onto your machine and if it goes tits up revert back to the backup/HC.

devon white said:
Thinking of taking the plunge and upgrading my uk wifi xoom to ics, but have a couple of questions that i am struggling to find conclusive answers to(probably due to my lack of intelligence!!)
I have seen some mentions from varying places that the iplayer app and website no longer work. i can do without the app but websites like iplayer and itvplayer are essential for me. Can anyone who has upgraded let me know if it works?
Will i be able to download uk specific apps from the marketplace? Also, is there a way to get it to fully support UK English language, i.e keyboard and spelling etc?
Lastly can anyone recomend a good guide for switching from uk 3.2 honeycomb to ics? easiest way possible is best for me!!
Thanks in advance for any help.
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You know, I never thought of this when I updated mine to ics using the US flash method
But I can't get either to work on mine now must be with it thinking its a US Xoom now and not letting me play any content
I can get the apps using the browser to access the market but neither will install
I have tried ics browser and that won't play anything either
If I flash back to HC and use one of the roms instead will I get this feature back
Thanks
Dean
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Ahh if I use ics browser and choose desktop mode it will play BBC I player so all is not lost.
Will still ago back to UK ics when its released tho
So I can have the official apps

i have flashed the us ics image, all seems good. Only slight annoyance is the iplayer website etc seem a bit buggy, wondering if that is a flash issue maybe?!
Thanks to those who have helped/given me advice.
one thing i am unsure od though is wether i should relock the bootloader now i have finished. any idvice on the pros/cons of doing so?

Iplayer works fine here in the UK on US ICS with Browser+. Needed to install flash from the Market though.

I have a UK WiFi only Xoom, rooted with ICS (from the US Motorola Image)
BBC iPlayer works FINE on the stock browser - you just need to do one thing to get it working, but each time you visit the page after a reboot/cache wipe.
By default, the BBC don't recognise the Xoom (as someone above pointed out, the UAString is not known).
However, click the 3 dots button (top right of screen) and select "Request Desktop Site".
The page will reload, and iPlayer will work (assuming you have also downloaded Flash Player 11)...
Enjoy
(just noticed jester27 had found this too)

Browser and flash crash ICS only

I think this deserves a thread. as the title states if you were to go to YouTube full site and try to play a video as soon as its about to play the advert it crashes causing the browser to become unresposive to touch.
does not matter which browser you use it has same effect.
other sites tested are ustream and Justin TV. various flash sites used to watch football also have the same problem although sometimes after deleting cache on opera in app manager I can get football to run.
I'm pretty sure 3.2.1 did not have these issues.
if this a Acer problem. will they fix this? I also think it could be a flash player problem with our tablets which could be fixed in a update from them.
I'm on a custom rom but I'm just off to test on my girlfriends tab which is stock....brb
OK I'm back. exactly the same tried to play a video on YouTube and as it about to play it froze the browser and the video.
3.2.1 looks so appealing right now. anyway people who say there browsers don't freeze obviously don't use many flash sites.
if anyone knows any settings that may help in the about:config department of opera please let me no otherwise I'd love to find anyone with a workaround.....

I am having this problem as well with dolphin, chrome and stock browser when ever I try to go to full screen. However last night I downloaded browser + (basically an enhanced stock browser) and it worked fine all night long. I played about 3 consecutive hours of full screen flash videos and didn't have one browser crash. Not sure what the problem with the other browsers is.
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thanks, might give that a try then.
im sure it will be ironed out sooner or later..
anyone know if theres away to log the crashes?
EDIT: Indeed you are correct. broswer+ does not crash on justin.tv....
Any tips on forcing it to use youtube full site as no matter what i try (even ticking box) it forces back to the mobile site.
Cheers for the tip mate it will certainly make ICS a whole lot better to use at the minute
EDIT 2: you just made my morning looks like browser+ is the way to go. ustream works perfectly too.
just like to add a further note that BOAT browser works great and does not freeze when using any of the sites i have listed. so thats browser+ and BOAT that work ok with flash

I also should now add I'm on a custom 4.0.4 android and flash with opera works great. Even full screen on full YouTube.
Very strange but I'm not complaining now.
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i'll give opera a shot as well

Same issues
Two of the most irritating problems I had with HC was:
1. ALL web browsers would randomly crash--> auto shut downs that wiped all temp and open files in the browser. Stock browser was the worst, followed up by Opera, Dolphin, Mirix browser, and a couple other nobody apps. None worked flawlessly. This is enraging when you are typing an email and it dies, you lose all your work!!!
2. My bluetooth Motorola keyboard would stutter and die. Keys would stick, etc. Another maddening problem.
The ICS OTA I received did not rectify these two critical issues for me either. Hence why I invested time and energy into learning how to unlock the bootloader and install a custom ROM.
Those two problems that were unresolvable were deal breakers for me running anything from Acer.
I routinely sent alogcat files to Dolphin techie team. They were not able to deduce why their browser would auto-die during session. But hey, at least the Dolphin team responded and tried.
Opera support is miserable. I sent them what they wanted: their advice? Uninistall Opera and re-install. I did. Four times. Still problem persisted.
I would get SoD's on HC and my tablet was unrooted and unmodded at the time.
I would get SoD's infrequently on stock ICS, but enough it made me move to another ROM.
So to answer your question: Your device is not alone with these problems. Seems it is something in Acer's ROM's that do this. Some bug they dont bother to fix. And I assume it is in the stock ROM's, because I did factory recovery and factory wipes too, and it did not repair this bug with auto-die browsers and spotty bluetooth connectivity.
My solution?
Go custom ROM. Flash an unlocked bootloader, install the latest greatest flavor you take fancy to, install either the Lightspeed 4.5 (i think they are up to 4.7 now...), Flexreaper RC1_v3, or that Thor ROM. All are good, I'm partial to Flexreaper cuz it has that totally customizable Acer Ring.
All those ROM's out of the gate are faster and have more clever apps in them than Acer-junk.
Juss sayin.
~Pyra

http://download.macromedia.com/pub/...roid/11.1.115.48/install_flash_player_ics.apk flash for Opera 12 download and install.