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No flash in browsers

I used to be able to open flash pages in opera and uc browser but now they do not work. Anyone having this problem?
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We no longer have flash on our phones. Thank apple.
They even pulled it from the play store! Ive got a copy I can give you, but cant get it till later. Maybe someone else can help w that? Check themes and apps section too btw.
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DocHoliday77 said:
We no longer have flash on our phones. Thank apple.
They even pulled it from the play store! Ive got a copy I can give you, but cant get it till later. Maybe someone else can help w that? Check themes and apps section too btw.
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I downloaded flash however it still doesn't load flash pages correctly what gives??
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Check your settings and make sire the plug in is on.
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I'll be beyond disappointed if this sticks. I hate Apple and really loved working from my phones. Android isdominating the market and Apple does this? Wow
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Apple has been pressuring everyone to ditch flash for years. From what ive heard Jobs HATED Adobe which is why no apple product ever supported flash. If its not Apple tech or built specifically for and around apple, this is what they would do. Iphones dominance early on is what helped them succeed in killing flash.
If apple doesn't like something they will go to extremes to destroy it. They have to protect their one good idea per decade somehow I suppose!
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It's there a way to keep flash on my phone. It's not updated but some people say it works fine.
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I am using it with the original browser that came on the stock rom. Chrome does not work. Original browser does
Still on stock btw.
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Guess it's a good thing the ota update never came through to my device because I still have flash, universal search, and the likes.
P.S F*CK APPLE!
P.P.S F*CK STEVE JOBS
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Downloaded an apk online and flash is back. Awesome
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g2xpolak said:
I used to be able to open flash pages in opera and uc browser but now they do not work. Anyone having this problem?
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I use boat browser from the android market, and still have flash. make sure you check
Flash plugin always on

YourAntic said:
I downloaded flash however it still doesn't load flash pages correctly what gives??
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What a joke. :thumbdown:
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leodney said:
I use boat browser from the android market, and still have flash. make sure you check
Flash plugin always on
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Ya i checked settings and tried both user interfaces. I'm not that much of a noob. I tried 4 browsers. It works after installing the apk file i found online. I was really pissed off. The flash installer from Google play doesn't work. Search Google for flash player apk.
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g2xpolak said:
Ya i checked settings and tried both user interfaces. I'm not that much of a noob. I tried 4 browsers. It works after installing the apk file i found online. I was really pissed off. The flash installer from Google play doesn't work. Search Google for flash player apk.
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I'm glad u found a solution

Just rooted. What apps can i remove?

I dont use 99% of these apps. At the same time i dont know what is safe / not safe to remove.

I would flash a already debloated rom. Probably easier.
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Five0nIt said:
I would flash a already debloated rom. Probably easier.
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Try the GS3 R6 ROM. I think you'll like it.

I just got the sg3 today after having the nexus one last couple years and xda nexus one forum. Loved the n1 but just time to upgrade. I have a lot to learn about the sg3. How do you root the easiest way? Also best idea for long battery life. Any other info I need. Thank you and glad to be here.
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BIG FELLA said:
I just got the sg3 today after having the nexus one last couple years and xda nexus one forum. Loved the n1 but just time to upgrade. I have a lot to learn about the sg3. How do you root the easiest way? Also best idea for long battery life. Any other info I need. Thank you and glad to be here.
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Welcome to the S3 family
Easiest way to root?
Download the T-Mobile image from this thread and extract the .tar file
Flash with ODIN.
Or you can choose a different method, but you will have to ODIN custom recovery onto the phone first.
Go to this thread for guides on rooting/flashing, etc.
As for the battery, read this article about battery conditioning.

Five0nIt said:
I would flash a already debloated rom. Probably easier.
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I would rather not . Any help?
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MikeJennni said:
I would rather not . Any help?
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Well for starters you can look at whats been removed from the debloated rom and debloat yours to match.
Additionally, you can just search these forums as there will likely be multiple threads about whats safe to remove.
Additionally+, you can buy Titanium Backup and freeze the apps one by one. If they dont cause problems when frozen they are safe to remove.
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Ok thx
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Hey Mike,
I would recommend installing a custom recovery, I highly recommend Clockwork mod. Make a backup of your system to be safe, so that you can always restore if needed. Next use a file manager with root permissions, I HIGHLY recommend Root Explorer. Create a folder on your sd card called backup_bloat (or anything really). Go to your app drawer and start jotting down the bloat. I'd recommend getting rid of all the TMobile stuff, as well as most of the samsung apps. Once you have a good idea of what to get rid of, go into your system -> apps folder and look for the same icons. Instead of just deleting the files, use the multi-select option in root explorer to select all the ones you want to get rid of. Once done, move them into the backup_bloat folder. Reboot. Test your device out thoroughly for a day or two. If it works great, you can get rid of the backup_bloat folder. Any errors, and you may have removed something needed by the phone. This is my standard debloat process, and it works well for me without having to install any custom roms.
Hope this helps!

Look in here http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1726842
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Google now won't install

I updated to the j4 build yesterday using Odin and rooted. I have Google now zip and tried flashing it. It says installed but when I boot the phone its no where to be found.
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It's not an app. It replaces Google Search. Try holding down the menu button.

I tried but it's just the old regular search
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I flashed a Google now zip from the frosty ics rom located on the first page but I don't see the app and it doesn't work. I still have the old search. Here is a pic of the search I have even after flashing? Anybody know what's going on?
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Try this one.
http://db.tt/ShBo5Wda
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If the above doesn't work, you could try pushing all the files manually, then fixing the permissions. That's how I installed it, twice. Open up the .zip to see where all the files are to be placed. If there are any duplicates, replace them with the new, but save the old ones first to a labeled folder, of course. That's in case you want to go back.

I tried your link. I already had that Google now zip but I re downloaded and tried again. Flashed but still nothing happened... This is really annoying Idk why it's not working. I'm just on stock rooted rom from mobile Odin. I mean flashing other things work. I flashed a theme mod and it worked fine. Why is this not working!
I'm not sure how to push manually but ill try opening like you said and try to figure it out.
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Okay I pushed everything from the zip except the meta INF folder I don't know where that goes, and I also could not install the velvet apk.
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I'm running into issues with Google Now as well. I can get the actual stuff to install and I get the cards and all that, but voice search isn't working. It just keeps saying initiating and keeps cycling. I'm on J4 as well.
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How did you even get it to install?
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I used the files from one of the Google Now posts in the main android section. The file is called offline v7 or something like that?
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All you have to do is remove Google search from system apps... Then flash Google now
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d-h.st/ZPV... Google now zip
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OMG.. That's all I had to do.. It worked! Here I am trying everything to make it work yet I didn't even think about this simple solution. Thanks man, really appreciate it!
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circuit.007 said:
Okay I pushed everything from the zip except the meta INF folder I don't know where that goes, and I also could not install the velvet apk.
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The meta INF folder isn't supposed to be pushed, that is a list of instuctions that places all the other files in their proper places when the zip is flashed in recovery. The velvet.apk is the most important part. I'm not sure what you mean by "couldn't install" it. If you tried using the Android installer, that would probably make sense as it doesn't always work with modded apk's. You would have to copy/past it into /system/app manually, first either copying the existing one to another location on your sd card or just leaving it where it is and renaming it "velvet.apk.bak". Then all of the files that you pushed have to have their permissions set correctly. Just follow what you already see for the various .apk's, files, and folders. Then you should reboot. Now before doing any of this (any changes at all) make a nandroid so if something goes really wrong you can restore back to where you were.
EDIT: I see you solved your problem. Good show!

In the new update the name of the google search apk change so most of the zips floating around for Google now havent updated to the new name so yes just deleting it will work untill the updater-script changes in the zips

So I have it installed but it says a new version is available in the play store. Obviously can't get it from the store but is there an updated version that works on our phone?
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circuit.007 said:
So I have it installed but it says a new version is available in the play store. Obviously can't get it from the store but is there an updated version that works on our phone?
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No, we on ICS just have to ignore that for now. Someone (a new dev) in the original thread claimed he could mod the updated version for us, but many are skeptical.
EDIT: What you can do is get the present GN to display your sports teams. Before the devs stopped working on this, an Aussie developer came real close to getting it working. What you can do is temporarily replace the velvet.apk and use the updated lib file. This will allow you to set teams. The problem with this version for me is that is was mute. I would not talk back no matter what plus it would force close every time I tapped "show more cards". So the thing to do is restore the original valve.apk after you've go your teams set (set every single team you are interested in before you restore the original velvet.apk) and that's it. They will always show up after that through a Titanium restore when you flash another ROM and you won't have to repeat this process again. The other way guys were doing this was to flash a Jelly Bean ROM, set their teams in GN, then flash back to ICS. This is a shortcut to that process. Unfortunately, the movie listings and emergency notifications available in the JB version of Google Now won't stick once you go back. I'll link you to the post. Incidentally, I pushed these manually too then fixed permissions. http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=31991861&postcount=5824

The Google now I'm using I can already add sports teams. Just wanted the theaters n stuff with the new version.
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circuit.007 said:
The Google now I'm using I can already add sports teams. Just wanted the theaters n stuff with the new version.
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I wonder if I missed a version that allows that. I've followed the GN thread for quite some time and only the JB versions could allow adding sports teams. In our version the settings are there, but they don't work AFAIK. I'm keeping my eye on the new JB port by DocHoliday. As soon as he adds in WifiCalling Im going to flash it and enjoy all of GN. Or, flash the real thing if the rumor that T-Mob is releasing JB or Wednesday is true, lol.

CWM problem

Hello,
My problem is that I can't get into Clockworkmod by ANY way, tried many tutorials, few trials with odin but all the time i get into base android recovery. Any solutions ? ( T-mobile )

Delete/rename
/system/recovery-from-boot.p
/system/install-recovery.sh
Reinstall cwm or twrp.
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DocHoliday77 said:
Delete/rename
/system/recovery-from-boot.p
/system/install-recovery.sh
Reinstall cwm or twrp.
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Thanks for replying. I also would be very thankful if you could tell me step by step what to do or at least thereabout ? I was always following tutorials to root / install cwm on my phone however I had never problem like this before.

There's not really much to explain. Use a root capable browser to browse to and delete the files I listed.
Then using rom or goo manager you can easily reinstall recovery and reboot recovery.
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DocHoliday77 said:
There's not really much to explain. Use a root capable browser to browse to and delete the files I listed.
Then using rom or goo manager you can easily reinstall recovery and reboot recovery.
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Okey, will try

So i downloaded root explorer, found recovery-from-boot.p then deleting it, shows that it has been deleted, but nothing really happens. Also the second file you told me to remove (install-recovery) isn't here I found this topic
HTML:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1867719
did the same but this time when i'm tryin to get into recovery, holdin home+power+volumeup there is weird red exclamation mark or something like this in the corner of galaxy s logo, and when holding those buttons there is appearing screen exactly like in anex, then vanishing for like three seconds, and appearing again ( and same thing again and agian ). When I realease the buttons it redirects me to home screen, but when i'm trying again to load recovery it sends me to base android recovery again. I have seen that half of people trying to get CWM are having the same problem.

What phone is ^^^???
This is the sgh-t999 forum. Maybe u flashed something that wasn't for your phone?
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Dude! That an i9300? That's the international gs3, NOT tmobiles sgh-t999!
Id say you're lucky you haven't bricked! You need to go to the correct forum, and probably odin the correct stock fw.
Ask them first though!
Good luck!
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noobs, lol.
i advise you to do more research, i think you are not ready for this yet, read read and read.

And post ur question in that forums Q&A... not general
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may be he just use the pix as example only.
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koolboyztn said:
may be he just use the pix as example only.
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Doubt it
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look at the bottom rite, its from tinhte.vn website.
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Good eye. I missed that. Who knows, even if he was just using another pic for example purposes, we haven't heard back from him. Between the pic, the op and we havent heard from him again it makes me think he did have the i9300 anyway. Who knows.
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ParanoidAndroid 4.3 Questions

I'm posting this here because the PA4.3 thread has been closed and I don't want to clutter the 4.4 thread asking about an old rom.
I've been lurking for awhile. I have experience with rooting/flashing plenty on the Evo4g (including some AOSP). On my Note 2, I've stuck to TW roms on my Note 2. Im looking to hop into the AOSP world and I think this is the ROM I want to try (the kitkat version doesn't have features/stability from what I've read). However, I have a couple questions.
1) Of course I will nandroid my TW rom. If I decide I want to go back, is it as simple as restoring my backup? Or are there additional steps going from AOSP back to TW nandroid?
2) I see various versions/builds & kernels listed in this thread? Can someone please suggest a reliably stable build/kernel for me to start out with that has everything working?
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Hey, I've been running paranoid 3.99 for a while and it has great battery life, even on stock rom, you can use plasma kernel with it or Devil kernel, your choice, flash the latest stable and you should be fine, also look for the SD card restore zip if you ever go back to TW you are going to need it, its buried in to the cm 10 thread just look for it, also make sure you get stweaks from play store and if you have issues send me a pm and I will be glad to help you, good luck!
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Hey, I've been running paranoid 3.99 for a while and it has great battery life, even on stock rom, you can use plasma kernel with it or Devil kernel, your choice, flash the latest stable and you should be fine, also look for the SD card restore zip if you ever go back to TW you are going to need it, its buried in to the cm 10 thread just look for it, also make sure you get stweaks from play store and if you have issues send me a pm and I will be glad to help you, good luck!
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Thanks for the response!
Do I NEED an external sd for AOSP? And if I use a nandroid to restore, would I still need the SD card restore zip?
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Also - I found the link on page 7 of the CM10.1 thread, but the dropbox file is no longer available. Do I need to dig further?
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Smidgers said:
Also - I found the link on page 7 of the CM10.1 thread, but the dropbox file is no longer available. Do I need to dig further?
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Let me know what file you need and I'll upload it to my dropbox, you don't need a SD card, just get the room zip in the root of your internal SD, wipe or do a factory reset in twrp/cwm flash the zip and gapps... Reboot... Do the initial setup and restore your apps or start from scratch if you prefer... Good luck!
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I would need whatever zips are needed to go from AOSP to TW. And also a quick step by step on what order to flash to go back. I appreciate your help!
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Smidgers said:
I would need whatever zips are needed to go from AOSP to TW. And also a quick step by step on what order to flash to go back. I appreciate your help!
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1. Make a backup of your current setup in twrp
2. WIPE data, system, cache and dalvik (factory reset)
3. Flash aosp rom and gapps package
4. SET IT UP...
TO RESTORE:
1. Backup your aosp setup...
2. Do the recommended wipes
3. restore your nandroid TW backup...
4. Flash this zip: https://www.dropbox.com/s/9ee1s03ev246rpx/restore-sdcard-after-downgrade.zip
5. FIX PERMISSIONS
6. Reboot and enjoy...
To restore back to aosp do the recommended wipes and fix permissions once the restore is done... Good luck!
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Thanks!
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Finally took the plunge. Loving PA4.3.
Only question I have so far - is there a way to get the Sprint VVM for this?
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Smidgers said:
Finally took the plunge. Loving PA4.3.
Only question I have so far - is there a way to get the Sprint VVM for this?
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You should be able to find the apk, I don't use it personally, I prefer the Google Voice integration, just for voicemail...
Edit: try this version
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1756589
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I've been messing around with GV. Is there a way to disable the email & text notifications?
3 notifications is a bit much for my taste lol
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You can disable it in the website...

Thanks. I'll have to check that out in the morning
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Another issue that I've run into that could be a deal breaker. I use Good For Enterprise for my work email. It seems to have installed fine. But I'm not receiving any of my notifications for that. Do you know of any similar issues?
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Disregard. Appears to be working now.
Also disabled the extra gv notifications too.
2 more questions though -
1 -when opening a window through notifications, is there a quick way to switch to full screen?
Can the pie menu be edited? I used it on two as a quick launch for frequent apps.
Thanks for your help
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Figured out the pie thing (or at least a suitable workaround).
Still trying to figure out an easy way to go from Floating Window to Full easily.
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