Develop Bugs

Hulu and Flash 10.1

I'm sure you guys have noticed that Hulu claims our platform isn't supported. I was wondering if anyone has tried this technique yet to get Hulu to believe the flash player is installed on a windows box? http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=794512
I haven't tried it yet, but I know by default I cannot uninstall the Flash 10.1 build that was included on the phone in order to install the fixed apk...

I pretty much decided that since HSPA+ doesn't cover the WHOLE of my city yet then I won't bother with data heavy sites like Hulu on my phone for now.
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this phone only pulls up mobile sites by default? theres no way of changing that like on the n1?

k0shi said:
this phone only pulls up mobile sites by default? theres no way of changing that like on the n1?
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type about:debug in the address bar.. nothing will happen.. go to menu => settings => UAStrings => choose Desktop

Thanks worked awesome
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would there be any drawbacks from doing this ?

Because of no root you have to do it quiet often
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would there be any drawbacks from doing this ?
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this isn't working for me. anybody know any reason there might be for that?
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j.books said:
this isn't working for me. anybody know any reason there might be for that?
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worked like a charm for me, however;
"Unfortunately Hulu is not supported on your platform. We apologize for any inconvenience."

ImSoHungry said:
worked like a charm for me, however;
"Unfortunately Hulu is not supported on your platform. We apologize for any inconvenience."
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hence the need for a flash build that reports itself as a desktop. The browser will report as a desktop if you do the debug trick, but flash itself is still reporting itself as an android phone.
The link I posted at the top had an apk with a custom build of flash that reports as a desktop, but I can't get it to install on my phone.

unxconformed said:
hence the need for a flash build that reports itself as a desktop. The browser will report as a desktop if you do the debug trick, but flash itself is still reporting itself as an android phone.
The link I posted at the top had an apk with a custom build of flash that reports as a desktop, but I can't get it to install on my phone.
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what i tried. used temp root, then got root in adb shell. rm system flash player, then cp new flash to system/app. installed hulu.apk, still same not supported error. also did the about:debug, same prob
whats wierd is after i rm flash, it still shows under manage apps. can it be installed somewhere else as well?
also how could i rm the cache of the stock player?

fastludeh22 said:
what i tried. used temp root, then got root in adb shell. rm system flash player, then cp new flash to system/app. installed hulu.apk, still same not supported error. also did the about:debug, same prob
whats wierd is after i rm flash, it still shows under manage apps. can it be installed somewhere else as well?
also how could i rm the cache of the stock player?
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instead of removing flash using adb, maybe try using Titanium? Sounded like some people on other phones had success that way. I haven't messed around with temp root yet so I can't try it myself.

unxconformed said:
instead of removing flash using adb, maybe try using Titanium? Sounded like some people on other phones had success that way. I haven't messed around with temp root yet so I can't try it myself.
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Good idea. I have titanium installed and got it root access, now how do I use it to remove and install apps, lol

fastludeh22 said:
Good idea. I have titanium installed and got it root access, now how do I use it to remove and install apps, lol
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can you give any insight how to get titanium root access would be much appreciated

mcp2009 said:
can you give any insight how to get titanium root access would be much appreciated
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sure. its a little tricky, lol. read entire first post here, temp root, its been updated: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=797042
as you read you only do stage 1 once (not needed if you have done temp root already)
then before you do stage 2, open titanium, it will say it doesnt have root, thats ok, exit out of it.
complete stage 2, do NOT exit term (sometimes it works if you do, most time not)
long press home to bring up recent apps. click on titanum. most likely will say no root, thats ok.
hit menu and reload titanum, boom superuser request. grant it and your in there for this session!
good luck, have fun, hope this helps...

Thanks man I'll try when I get home.
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Just curious what good is having root right now?
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k0shi said:
Just curious what good is having root right now?
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The only thing I wanted it for right now was to use Titanium Backup to restore my apps w/data from my G1.

Oh so if I made a backup from my nexus one its saved on my sd card and I can just restore from there?!
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The only thing I wanted it for right now was to use Titanium Backup to restore my apps w/data from my G1.
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k0shi said:
Oh so if I made a backup from my nexus one its saved on my sd card and I can just restore from there?!
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Yeah, all of the apps and the relevant settings. TB is great that way. I often used to restore between rom flashes on my G1.

Help can't install any twitter apk

I'm running cm7 (blue sickness) and all twitter apps I have tried to install fail
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You might want to re-wipe and re-flash.
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dougjamal said:
You might want to re-wipe and re-flash.
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tried 3 times
lol
also used calkins format all

Are Twitter apps the "only" apks that wont install? If so, that is indeed perplexing. If you have the time, flash a different rom and see if you're able to install.

Try moving the app to /system/app then use root explorer to enable all permissions, then install.

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Are Twitter apps the "only" apks that wont install? If so, that is indeed perplexing. If you have the time, flash a different rom and see if you're able to install.
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i flashed EOD by magnus and was able to install gonna try manually pushing now hope it works cause i have no clue why it wont allow me too and yea twitter is the only app that wont install thought it was because it was no longer on the market but apparently that's not the case
edit: tried manually pushing and apk doesnt show up in app drawer. Gahhhh this is driving me insane!

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i flashed EOD by magnus and was able to install gonna try manually pushing now hope it works cause i have no clue why it wont allow me too and yea twitter is the only app that wont install thought it was because it was no longer on the market but apparently that's not the case
edit: tried manually pushing and apk doesnt show up in app drawer. Gahhhh this is driving me insane!
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Try moving it to the /system/app or /data/app
It seems its a widget, so that'll why its not showing up, if its on your sdcard.

teh roxxorz said:
Try moving it to the /system/app or /data/app
It seems its a widget, so that'll why its not showing up, if its on your sdcard.
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well i already tried the system/app combo and fixing the permissions and that didn't work. will try the data/app combo wierd thi cause it should show up in the app drawer to open up the app

if you have Root Explorer (or Android Commander on your PC), navigate to /data/data and delete the com.twitter.android folder, and then try installing Twitter again. I had the same problem on CM7 and this fixed it (without having to completely wipe the phone)

Years weird thong I don't even have that folder anywhere in data/data
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HULU+ apk

Yippee!
Install this sucka and enjoy your HULU PLUS account as you should on your device, trouble free.
If you do have trouble with the never-ending buffer, as shown in attached pic, unblock ads via host files.
Just open up Adfree and click revert. And there go you ;] took me a day to figure that out hehe.
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Credit goes to jase33 for this Titanium Backup method if the apk does not work for you. Just extract into the Tianium Backup folder and restore =]

I get apllication not installed on midnite rom
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Do you have to be rooted to install the zip file?
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plmiller0905 said:
Do you have to be rooted to install the zip file?
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Correct, TB needs root to operate. If you want the best way to root, completely stock with root, and keeping your own kernel,
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1282415
[Odin]Stock EG30 Deodexed with Root 3.0/Busybox 1.18.4
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do i flash this thriugh cwm or odin?

I'm rooted and have super user running but it says not installed also. What am I doing wrong?
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Got it to work. The Hulu.apk did not install. If you have super user installed and Titanium working properly then do the following:
Extract the 3 files in Hulu Backup-1.zip to the location of your Titanum back ups and then restore.
I had to use the task killer to kill titanium, it was stuck in the restoring screen. Hulu is working like a charm!

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Got it to work. The Hulu.apk did not install. If you have super user installed and Titanium working properly then do the following:
Extract the 3 files in Hulu Backup-1.zip to the location of your Titanum back ups and then restore.
I had to use the task killer to kill titanium, it was stuck in the restoring screen. Hulu is working like a charm!
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Are you saying after I put the files in the titanium folder it should show up in my apps list in titanium?
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farnlc said:
Are you saying after I put the files in the titanium folder it should show up in my apps list in titanium?
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Correct
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farnlc said:
Are you saying after I put the files in the titanium folder it should show up in my apps list in titanium?
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Yup, just extract the files into the titanium backup folder in your SD and search for it inside Titanium.

I got it launch the app after using the restore method. However, when I try to watch anything it says buffering and then after a bit it says that I am having network issues eventhough I am connected via my wifi and browsing hulu to find the show I want to watch. Any ideas how to fix this?

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I got it launch the app after using the restore method. However, when I try to watch anything it says buffering and then after a bit it says that I am having network issues eventhough I am connected via my wifi and browsing hulu to find the show I want to watch. Any ideas how to fix this?
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The restore method worked perfect for me also. The buffering is caused by the ad block on your phone. You will need to delete the hosts file in system/etc.

Do you need a certain rom?? I can't download it from my phone and I downloaded it to my computer end then to my phone and can't do, any thing from thst either....

sockey said:
The restore method worked perfect for me also. The buffering is caused by the ad block on your phone. You will need to delete the hosts file in system/etc.
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i don't have ad block installed (fresh wipe) and I can concur with the buffering/network issues pop-up.
any ideas?

Aairman23 said:
i don't have ad block installed (fresh wipe) and I can concur with the buffering/network issues pop-up.
any ideas?
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Hmm fresh wipe of what, data/cache/dalvik? Even if you had adfree before, blocking ads, it would still be blocked without having the app because the host file is in /system so anything short of factory reset/Odin wouldn't change this.
Download again adfree and press revert.
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hayabusa1300cc said:
Hmm fresh wipe of what, data/cache/dalvik? Even if you had adfree before, blocking ads, it would still be blocked without having the app because the host file is in /system so anything short of factory reset/Odin wouldn't change this.
Download again adfree and press revert.
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I installed adfree, hit revert. Now i can play the commercials, but the network issues dialog keeps coming up. I am on wifi, running calkulins 2.8.1. the funny part is ad's play fine just not video

jay2o01 said:
I installed adfree, hit revert. Now i can play the commercials, but the network issues dialog keeps coming up. I am on wifi, running calkulins 2.8.1. the funny part is ad's play fine just not video
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This is old. I'd search Google for a newer version.
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Overstew said:
This is old. I'd search Google for a newer version.
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http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1136634&highlight=hulu+plus+apk+stock
tried the apk from that thread.... made some progress, now i can watch movies that have no commercials. oddly enough, tv shows will play the commercials and then crap out when it comes time to load the video.
I had a stock hulu apk working with a stock/rooted rom, no such luck after moving to a custom rom.

Wait, I thought I flashed the landscape version, reverted ad free and it was working...let me double check
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JohnCorleone said:
Wait, I thought I flashed the landscape version, reverted ad free and it was working...let me double check
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so an update in case anyone is wondering. After clearing cache/reflashing the bare 2.8.1 calks rom i installed the stock apk (from the link I posted above) and it works fine now.

Anyone know how to install Google talk app?

Ive tried a few versions but always get application not installed.
Stock/root w/twrp2 working market and other Google apps.
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Running into the same problem, are there any other apps that use Gtalk and possibly install?

Gtalk always needs to be moved into the system/app folder using a file program such as Root Explorer, then the permissions need to be set, then you reboot and voila.
In this case, there might be an even easier way: have you checked the market to see if Talk 1.3 installer is availablle for your device? If so, download that and let it do the work
Hope this helps ya.
Note: both methods require root.

yogi2010 said:
Gtalk always needs to be moved into the system/app folder using a file program such as Root Explorer, then the permissions need to be set, then you reboot and voila.
In this case, there might be an even easier way: have you checked the market to see if Talk 1.3 installer is availablle for your device? If so, download that and let it do the work
Hope this helps ya.
Note: both methods require root.
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I've done all that, and still no dice.

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I've done all that, and still no dice.
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oh damn, ok. are you also running rooted stock? maybe Gtalk isn't compatible with the stock framework and you'd have to run a custom ROM, like CM7?

yogi2010 said:
oh damn, ok. are you also running rooted stock? maybe Gtalk isn't compatible with the stock framework and you'd have to run a custom ROM, like CM7?
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Yep, rooted stock. Got Google Currents and Voice installed, but Talk is being stubborn.

Hmm. I used the Kindle fire Utility to install google apps. It installed almost everything under the sun except google talk. I couldn't find an apk so I grabbed the one from my droid3. I literally dumped it in the download folder, went to it with ES file explorer and hit install and it worked perfectly. I didnt have to move a thing. That was using titanium backup to make the apk on my phone. I take it you didnt install your other google apps with KFU?

insanespain said:
Hmm. I used the Kindle fire Utility to install google apps. It installed almost everything under the sun except google talk. I couldn't find an apk so I grabbed the one from my droid3. I literally dumped it in the download folder, went to it with ES file explorer and hit install and it worked perfectly. I didnt have to move a thing. That was using titanium backup to make the apk on my phone. I take it you didnt install your other google apps with KFU?
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Did mine manually, and I can't really remember why, though I did use KFU to install TWRP.

Used the Titanium Backup method, and it worked like a charm. Great success!

Actually, a little weirdness here, it doesn't show up on the app drawer at all. Have to launch using Titanium... surely there's aan easy fix.

velvet jones said:
Used the Titanium Backup method, and it worked like a charm. Great success!
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What's the titanium backup method?
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insanespain said:
Hmm. I used the Kindle fire Utility to install google apps. It installed almost everything under the sun except google talk. I couldn't find an apk so I grabbed the one from my droid3. I literally dumped it in the download folder, went to it with ES file explorer and hit install and it worked perfectly. I didnt have to move a thing. That was using titanium backup to make the apk on my phone. I take it you didnt install your other google apps with KFU?
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What version did you use?
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dls5375 said:
What's the titanium backup method?
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On your phone, make a backup of Talk using Titanium Backup. Long press the backup and upload to Dropbox. DL the backup with your KF, and "restore" it using Titanium Backup on your KF.

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On your phone, make a backup of Talk using Titanium Backup. Long press the backup and upload to Dropbox. DL the backup with your KF, and "restore" it using Titanium Backup on your KF.
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Just hangs at restoring app
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On your phone, make a backup of Talk using Titanium Backup. Long press the backup and upload to Dropbox. DL the backup with your KF, and "restore" it using Titanium Backup on your KF.
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I made a backup with Tb on my phone. Then I plugged it in to my computer and searched the drive for .apk files. Found the Google talk apk and copied it to my computer then the fire. Browsed to it on the fire with es file explorer and tapped it. Prompted me to install and that was it.
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I made a backup with Tb on my phone. Then I plugged it in to my computer and searched the drive for .apk files. Found the Google talk apk and copied it to my computer then the fire. Browsed to it on the fire with es file explorer and tapped it. Prompted me to install and that was it.
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Could you post the apk? I keep getting parsing error.
And are you using cm7 or stock rooted?
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dls5375 said:
Could you post the apk? I keep getting parsing error.
And are you using cm7 or stock rooted?
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Nevermind, got it. Downloaded gapps and extracted from there.
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Any chance you can post the Apk. I cant seem to get one installed from my backup. Thanks

[Q] Google Play W/O Root

I'm was wandering if anyone knows of a way to get Google Play on my Kindle Fire without root?
I don't want to root because I sent in for the warrenty once, so it would be a big help. I'm not new to the tech game so don't to me like I don't know what I'm doing plz.

AlphaKill said:
I'm not new to the tech game so don't to me like I don't know what I'm doing plz.
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Shouldn't you be experienced enough to use the search, then?
Easiest way: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1399889

I guess you cant even read I said without root.
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AlphaKill said:
I guess you cant even read I said without root.
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You cannot run Google Play without root permissions because it will only run as a system app with the proper permissions which you need root to modify. As far as warranty goes, you can restore a rooted kindle fire to stock and remove any proof of the fact that it has ever been rooted by following one of the guides to return to stock.
I used to have my KF completely bricked after running ICS and different ROMs on it and so forth and recently sent it back to Amazon for ghosting. After having restored it to stock and doing a factory reset, it couldn't be differentiated from one that was brand new out of the box.

Thanks but I still think there's got to be a way to mod Google play because I have 1 mobile and it works flawlessly, so I guess ill try to mod it
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AlphaKill said:
Thanks but I still think there's got to be a way to mod Google play because I have 1 mobile and it works flawlessly, so I guess ill try to mod it
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No, there is not a way to do it without root permission. You have to have root access to move to system/apk and change permissions.
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http://www.jayceooi.com/2011/12/11/...rket-apps-on-kindle-fire-without-root-access/ good luck

AlphaKill said:
Thanks but I still think there's got to be a way to mod Google play because I have 1 mobile and it works flawlessly, so I guess ill try to mod it
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I appreciate your drive and willingness to try but the reason it won't work is because even if you were to find a way to get the app to run without being run from system/app you will still not be able to use it to install apps. The way it was designed to integrate with android is to contact google's servers and directly install the app to your device using its own permissions derived from it being a system app. If it doesn't have those permissions it won't know what to do and will crash. It cannot just download the app to a folder like 1mobile does. I understand that you want to use google play without rooting, I tried to do it too before I eventually gave in and rooted, but trust me you will be much happier with the device when you have root permissions. If you decide to stay with the stock amazon version of android I would recommend trying modaco's rooted stock ROM which comes with google play already installed, it will not only save you the trouble of having to attempt to install the app yourself (which is actually more of a hassle than you would think) but it also has better stability than stock does and you don't have to worry about amazon upgrading you overnight without your permission and you losing root.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1439916

Bravo