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Flash / YouTube integration...

Love the phone, but that's off topic, long story short the only thing that REALLY bugs me is the poor way flash was integrated, or rather YouTube. I don't understand why it doesn't show the thumbnail in the browser and then take you to the YouTube player app when you click it like every other Android phone I've used. Is there a way to set it to do this?
I've also noticed that when I browse to a story in Newsrob (Google reader app) that has a YouTube video in it, it opens the browser and says some error message about (like it's expecting to be able to use the browser to show a video thumbnail that will take me to the YouTube app to play.)
Is there a way to fix this? The phone has the YouTube app, and the same browser as the Nexus One for example, so I imagine it's more of a disconnect somewhere and not something that would have to be in 2.2 or another update.
Any suggestions?

c0wb0ycliche said:
Love the phone, but that's off topic, long story short the only thing that REALLY bugs me is the poor way flash was integrated, or rather YouTube. I don't understand why it doesn't show the thumbnail in the browser and then take you to the YouTube player app when you click it like every other Android phone I've used. Is there a way to set it to do this?
I've also noticed that when I browse to a story in Newsrob (Google reader app) that has a YouTube video in it, it opens the browser and says some error message about (like it's expecting to be able to use the browser to show a video thumbnail that will take me to the YouTube app to play.)
Is there a way to fix this? The phone has the YouTube app, and the same browser as the Nexus One for example, so I imagine it's more of a disconnect somewhere and not something that would have to be in 2.2 or another update.
Any suggestions?
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Mine opens the youtube app when I select a video in the browser on you tube...i did flash the latest firmware,don't know if its something in there.
You could try enabling plugins in the browser settings....just an idea.
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plugins are enabled, but still the issue. is there a way to install flash light or htc's flash player (from the slide for example) on this phone?

c0wb0ycliche said:
plugins are enabled, but still the issue. is there a way to install flash light or htc's flash player (from the slide for example) on this phone?
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Flash lite should come installed by default IIRC, I can't replicate your problem on my phone (GS Korean version), but perhaps it's the site.
First, check your flash:
http://www.whatismyflash.com/
If that tells you you have flash then you have flash and it's enabled. I'm running 9.1.122
If that works, then, check this page:
http://www.engadget.com/2010/07/16/modded-game-gear-becomes-portable-home-for-n64-video/
(just the first youtube video I saw from my favorite gadget site) It shows me a thumbnail preview and loads right up when I click the play button from my SGS. If this works for you then perhaps it's not the phone's problem. Let me know and I'll check my settings, I can't imagine this is a flash lite issue since I think I have the same version of flash lite as the rest of the world. I hope you can replicate the thumbnail and video experience.

I meant to bring up that not all videos have thumbnails, so it'd be important that you had the video(s) in question checked against something with full flash. I probably haven't helped much, but at least you'll be able to know what version of flash you are running...if nothing else.

The steps worked and I was able to see the video thumbnail and it linked to YouTube... I guess my problem is with NewsRob and just from being used to the HTC Flash on the myTouch Slide.

When I go to the what is my flash link it just tells me I have no flash, or it is disabled.
Any idea how I get flash lite until 2.2 drops?
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I'd like to do that as well. Is there a port of it from the Slide or another HTC device?

metadan said:
When I go to the what is my flash link it just tells me I have no flash, or it is disabled.
Any idea how I get flash lite until 2.2 drops?
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Open your internet. Click on "more" -> "settings" -> "enable JavaScript" & "enable plug-ins"
go back to http://www.whatismyflash.com/ and check to make sure you have flash enabled.

CM10 and Flash Player

Hi guys,
I'm still having issues about flash player and my Milestone 2 with CM10 from tezet and as all you know it doesn't come with flash player with it.
I've tried many .APK found in this forum (M2), xda and out there, some of the files tested with:
Adobe_Flash_Player_11.1.111.10_4.0+.apk
com.adobe.flashplayer-2.apk
install_flash_player_ics.apk
I use stock browser, pages with flash content load partially and... stop responding, so browser asks to close it or wait.
I'm using default clock settings, no mods in this room, no scripts... noting at all.
And I thought that a threat, ONLY about this "issue" could be really helpful, especially if there is a solution. But if a moderator thinks this post is just "another one" or flood, no problem, but I really couldn't get it to work.

marcosstr said:
Hi guys,
I'm still having issues about flash player and my Milestone 2 with CM10 from tezet and as all you know it doesn't come with flash player with it.
I've tried many .APK found in this forum (M2), xda and out there, some of the files tested with:
Adobe_Flash_Player_11.1.111.10_4.0+.apk
com.adobe.flashplayer-2.apk
install_flash_player_ics.apk
I use stock browser, pages with flash content load partially and... stop responding, so browser asks to close it or wait.
I'm using default clock settings, no mods in this room, no scripts... noting at all.
And I thought that a threat, ONLY about this "issue" could be really helpful, especially if there is a solution. But if a moderator thinks this post is just "another one" or flood, no problem, but I really couldn't get it to work.
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Have you tried with Dolphin or Firefox? I have no problems with flash with these two browsers or three stock browser. If it is allowed, I could send you a backup of flash player I'm using.
Best regards
Enviado desde mi A953 usando Tapatalk 2

cruizgaray said:
Have you tried with Dolphin or Firefox? I have no problems with flash with these two browsers or three stock browser. If it is allowed, I could send you a backup of flash player I'm using.
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Thanks cruizgaray, Firefox stops responding and dolphin performance is like a slide presentation.
If u could send your working version, would be great, I'd appreciate it a lot, and many users I guess...

http://www.chip.de/downloads/Adobe-Flash-Player-Android-App_47084648.html

tnx L3ibnitZ, but it didn't work...
and also thank you cruizgaray, but it also didn't worked...
Firefox crashes, default browser too... dolphin show portraits of videos on youtube, but when u hit it to play, all of them says that video is not for my device.
Any device? Manually delete some files an try installing again?

Since ICS Adobe does not support Flash for android. All apps load videos in HTML5. I use CM10 and watch videos from Youtube and IMDB. If you're using DoidWall, check Media Server app to be able to see videos. Post results. Good luck!

tnx bro
Da_Hora said:
Since ICS Adobe does not support Flash for android. All apps load videos in HTML5. I use CM10 and watch videos from Youtube and IMDB. If you're using DoidWall, check Media Server app to be able to see videos. Post results. Good luck!
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thanks man, I got videos working from you tube app but I really miss the flash games/content directly from browser, like in a PC. But thanks Da_Hora.
PS. I tough adobe discontinued support for flash from JB and on... I know HTML5 is really capable of all eye candy, but flash still has it's dominance for now...

Flash Compatibility With The N10 - Browsers

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?

digitalrelic said:
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)

BoneXDA said:
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.

BoneXDA said:
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.

How do I get flash to work without stutter?

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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wturner859 said:
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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wturner859 said:
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.

[Request] Is it possible to port ics to i9505 and variants

would it be possible to do this as am sure we would all like a fully functioning flash player and other apps.
the main reason i ask is because if you log on to some sites that have a hd button on their content and ask you to download some *.exe that doesnt work on droid anyway, can be bypassed by opening mobile page and clicking on classic view on their page. veetle.com is one example. altho since jb this hasnt been possibe as flash only works over desktop view.
if you have an ics device aswell give this a try on veetle.com,
open in mobile view
click something to watch
click classic below whats on
click on the explore button
click on catagories (shows, entertainment etc)
click on something to watch
then you will be able to view in hd
then try it with your jellybean device it doesnt work.

Is Flash the only reason you want to use ICS? I'm using the AOSP browser on touchwiz, and it works perfectly fine with Flash.

Sure, anything can be done, as long as you don't mind sacrificing features and breaking other functionality. I suspect that you won't find many devs that would want to waste their time on such an endeavor, though.
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thanks for the tip with aosp browser ill give it a shot but im using nova launcher and flash player is not the only reason i just like the ui and its mod capabilities