Anyone been able to get flash working in either Chrome or another browser? I use a TV tuner on my computer to stream to my phone and tablet, basically like Slingbox. But it uses a Web interface with a flash player for the video. I would love to use it with this phone.
On a related note, using Chrome, many websites see this phone as an iPhone, instead of Android. I did not see a setting in the menu to set the User Agent. Does anyone know how to do this? I find many websites are formatted differently for the iPhone and Android.
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Mozilla works if you activate the plugin by link.
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You could try flashfox browser.
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This is kinda buggin me. Whenever I happen to stumble over a Youtube video on the web, the ****ty HTC flash player opens up. Why can't I open it in the youtube app? I tried clearing defaults, but it doesn't do.the trick.
Is there any hack to enable youtube app as the default viewer for youtube videos in the browser.
I know I can use other browsers to work around this, but I really like the default browser.
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No one else wants to change the HTC player to the default YouTube app?
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Yeah it sucks, and there is nothing you can do about it. A stupid decision by HTC imo.
You can root and install froyo no stupid decisions that HTC have made will effect you there
I wish htc would sort this, or at least give the option to adjust the flash player settings so we can chose high quality video!
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I installed Dolphin browser HD which gives me the option of which one I want to use.
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It does ask with Dolphin HD browser. However I haven't found an option to make a permanent choice of Youtube viewer.
So I'm tired of using like 3 different browsers for different applications. I use Firefox because its what I use on my desktop and I like the look and feel. I use chrome for the simplicity and speed sometimes, going to try switching to chrome on my desktop, I liked the bookmark sync Firefox has I think chrome has it too. But not everything works on chrome... I have to use stock browser for things like checking my sub trust account. And then there's Opera browser I like because I can make everything in desktop mode. What browser(s) do you guys use and is there just one I might be able to use instead of all 3?
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You tried dolphin browser hd?
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zander145 said:
So I'm tired of using like 3 different browsers for different applications. I use Firefox because its what I use on my desktop and I like the look and feel. I use chrome for the simplicity and speed sometimes, going to try switching to chrome on my desktop, I liked the bookmark sync Firefox has I think chrome has it too. But not everything works on chrome... I have to use stock browser for things like checking my sub trust account. And then there's Opera browser I like because I can make everything in desktop mode. What browser(s) do you guys use and is there just one I might be able to use instead of all 3?
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I use all of them to but I prefer opera mobile
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You tried dolphin browser hd?
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I tried that but I really like the sync bookmarks that Firefox has. Possibly chrome too, haven't looked yet.
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Chrome - Everything
Stock - Porn that requires flash
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Chrome - Everything
Stock - Porn that requires flash
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That's the deal breaker for me.
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You can request a desktop version of almost any site with the stock ics browser by just hitting the menu button and checking that option.
I use Opera Mini for everything.
The Chrome browser doesn't have flash?? Is it going to get it?
I'm currently using the stock ICS browser in CM9 and it gets the job done. Previously I used Dolphin Browser HD.
Im using stock browser too its really fast and can do java/flash within less then a second even on bad days!
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I used to use dolphin but was having issues. I found the stock browser can get the job done but I don't use bookmarks.
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The AOSP browser works the best for me.
I think it is up to the user I used to use dolphin hd with the gb roms. But I have always been a fan of chrome so when ICS came out I switched to that and have no complaints I keep the stock browser installed just in case there is something that chrome cant handle chrome still is in beta I think. And the stock ICS browser is not that bad at all.
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Chrome - Everything
Stock - Porn that requires flash
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Same here.
Pianowned said:
The Chrome browser doesn't have flash?? Is it going to get it?
I'm currently using the stock ICS browser in CM9 and it gets the job done. Previously I used Dolphin Browser HD.
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Unfortunately Adobe dropped support for mobile, so only the stock browser can do flash. I remember when they announced the chrome app it said something about not supporting flash. HTML5 video works great though!
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I have tried them all as well. I like Boat Browser. No flaky UI issues like dolphin, fully functional layout kinda Mozilla like. flash works great with it.
It is also very customizable. Imports bookmarks and is very fast. My $0.02 worth..
I like Maxthon. Give that one a shot. It has tabs and a nice fullscreen mode.
The only issue I don't like is the tooltips that pop up, and so far there is no setting to turn them off.They have told me they are working on that though.
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Honestly all I run on my pc's and Macs is chrome. But on my phone as much as I have tried to use Chrome there's always little bugs that frustrate me. In my book, dolphin hd is the BEST browser for mobile platforms.
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my list goes like this.
Firefox
Miren
Maxthron
xscrope
I can't stand dolphin hd or mini.
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i am gonna have to say chrome for this one...... i dunno why but for what i need it for it works just fine. The only thing that i have found that bugs me is that the 2 finger zoom thing that is in the "browser" is not supported here. Yeah, yeah i know its dumb but ya know what i use it from time to time when pinch2zoom is not as easy to use, for example when my 2 year old baby wants to sit on my lap doesnt want to move because he "wants me". ya know stuff like that.....just sayn...
I really don't care for the stock internet browser on the phone. I tried out of opera and not really impressed either. So what is everybody else using? Thanks
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I use Chrome now. I used to use Dolphin Browser which is good too.
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I usually use Chrome. I used to use a browser called Maxthon Browser, it had good gesture support for opening/closing new tabs and such. There is also Firefox, but I don't use it unless I absolutely have to. It used to be extremely slow (regardless of device or ROM) but it seems that the newer versions are running more quickly, though it has some interesting features such as the ability to save a web page as a PDF and use of addons. There are plenty of other browsers out there. These are just the ones I have installed on my phone at the moment. I would suggest installing a few and then playing around with them to see if they are what you like.
Links:
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.android.chrome
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.mx.browser
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=org.mozilla.firefox
I used UC browser. Not too bad overall.
Right now i'm using dolphin browser beta. I tried to use chrome but it constantly crashed and I didn't like the fact it would run in the background when i backed out of the app.
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Right now i'm using dolphin browser beta. I tried to use chrome but it constantly crashed and I didn't like the fact it would run in the background when i backed out of the app.
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Was it just cached or was it actively running?
Chrome or Dolphin. Both have worked well for me on this device.
I use Maxthon too, but only on my non-rooted Kindle Fire.
Have you tried boat browser? Quite happy with that one.
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Was it just cached or was it actively running?
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I'm guessing activately running. I would swipe away all the tabs to close them, but when I press the back button to exit out the app then go to the task manager, It was in the active applications.
Sorry guys I tried the guide about installing flash player but it still doesn't seem to be working. The video and play button will actually show but when I try to play the video it either won't buffer/buffers forever or try to play an ad, but fail (won't even load).
Please forgive any inconvenience this causes anybody. Any and all help will be greatly appreciated, thank you.
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Simply download and install using this link.
http://download.macromedia.com/pub/...roid/11.1.115.48/install_flash_player_ics.apk
It says ics but i confirm this works on jelly bean.
Yes, that's the one I've been trying. I download it, open ES file explorer, locate and install it, yet I can't watch videos other than YouTube (which I never had a problem with in the first place).
Edit: Sometimes it seems as if it really wants to play 'cus the buffer symbol will kind of skip and speed up, but continues buffering forever.
Also, I'm using the default browser, but have also tried boat/boat mini, opera, dolphin, and dolphin jetpack if that counts.
And this might be the issue: I'm trying to watch the videos on animefreak.tv and justdubs.tv. I'm not sure if those types are supported, but they did say they needed flash player 10.1+
Thanks again for your time.
Another edit: Just tried a different video player on the anime freak.TV site and it worked flawlessy, so I suppose it's safe to assume the others are just obsolete or something?
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Yes, that's the one I've been trying. I download it, open ES file explorer, locate and install it, yet I can't watch videos other than YouTube (which I never had a problem with in the first place).
Edit: Sometimes it seems as if it really wants to play 'cus the buffer symbol will kind of skip and speed up, but continues buffering forever.
Also, I'm using the default browser, but have also tried boat/boat mini, opera, dolphin, and dolphin jetpack if that counts.
And this might be the issue: I'm trying to watch the videos on animefreak.tv and justdubs.tv. I'm not sure if those types are supported, but they did say they needed flash player 10.1+
Thanks again for your time.
Another edit: Just tried a different video player on the anime freak.TV site and it worked flawlessy, so I suppose it's safe to assume the others are just obsolete or something?
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What rom you're running? Browser? Desktop mode or android mode (user agent)? Which flash player do you have
For flash to work you need to use another browser other than stock or chrome, example Boat Browser.
In your app drawer you should have flash settings, open it using boat browser then simply close the tab. Open a new one with flash and give it a shot, it should work ok.
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The people's ROM gs3 and as I've said I tried the default browser, boat AND boat mini, opera and dolphin with flash player 10.1 and 11+.
I'm still messing with it here and there but still only the specific video player on animefreak.TV will work. Not including YouTube of course. And I tried desktop view and otherwise with all that had the option (boat, default, dolphin but dolphin keeps flash off always regardless, so...)
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Does anyone know if its possible to get adobe flash player working on this device? I know its not support for android anymore but I know other devices are still able to use it.
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It only works on a select few browsers, chrome not being one of them. I flashed clean rom the other day and it worked on the aosp browser. I believe there are other browsers in the play store it will also work with.
Works on Next Browser and Boat Browser. Two of my favorites.
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Works in Dolphin, I specifically have to have a browser with flash that works. I will add a caveat that flash is not 100% stable, ie sometimes going into fullscreen or coming out of fullscreen freezes/crashes. It usually works on the 2nd try though.
I have it working with Firefox, so far no issues.
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