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Chrome to phone - rocks!

Just thought I'd give everyone a heads up - I can't believe I have lived without this for so long. Just fantastic.

Agree, fantastic tool.
Im using mozilla as there is an add-on for that too.

So, except for google maps and youtube videos what other uses for ChromeToPhone are there?

Well, you can push any link to your phone and not depend on QR codes. I think thats cool. Just an example, you come across a nice picture you want to use as a wallpaper. Just push a button, beats fiddling with bluetooth/usb after DLing or even using a QR code generator.

Totally agree!
This's just amazing!
I love it and I'm sure I'll use it often!
Domsdey said:
So, except for google maps and youtube videos what other uses for ChromeToPhone are there?
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You're able to dial a phone numbers. You just have to select the phone number in the browser then click on the button. It'll directly send it to your phone and open the dialer application.
Also you're able to select a text and after you click the button in the browser it will be copied in your Android clipboard

Totally! I've used it a couple of times today already.
The fact that it sends maps straight to Google Maps on the phone is gonna be super handy for trips.

I was looking for this. Awesome tool!

It is cool, but it needs to be able to go the other way too.
How many times have you clicked on a page that's slow or cumbersome on your phone, one that's just better suited to your laptop browser? Would be so handy to be able to send from phone to chrome.
It was raised on the code.google site but they said they're not working on it

i found firefox/chrome plugin but i also want IE8 plugin, any one found this yet?

yep, tried it yesterday on mozilla firefox and it works great

Will it drain my batterry? How it works? Is it checking requests from chrome every sec.?

vukis said:
Will it drain my batterry? How it works? Is it checking requests from chrome every sec.?
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No it doesnt check every second... Google cloud simply pushes it to your devices...

vukis said:
Will it drain my batterry? How it works? Is it checking requests from chrome every sec.?
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It is a puch service so your phone doesn't actively check for the links sent to the phone but it is pushed to the phone and then the phone downloads it.
Just how the push email works.
Clever stuff!

Can you use it for file transfer, eg put the file into dropbox, copy the shared link, Chrome2Phone and download from the phone's browser?
EDIT: Just realised, there's a Dropbox app, er, for that.

check this video from 2:30 to learn about chrome to phone:

djoni1980 said:
check this video from 2:30 to learn about chrome to phone
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It is too silence on my desire. Media volume at max. What about others desires on this video?

s4vva said:
Just thought I'd give everyone a heads up - I can't believe I have lived without this for so long. Just fantastic.
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works flawlessly

So what is this? An extension to Chrome? I don't find it in Chrome extensions. Searching Google I found an .apk with it suggesting it is an Android app. How does that enable anything in your Chrome browser? Sorry maybe I'm dense

madsere said:
So what is this? An extension to Chrome? I don't find it in Chrome extensions. Searching Google I found an .apk with it suggesting it is an Android app. How does that enable anything in your Chrome browser? Sorry maybe I'm dense
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Hi
Go to http://code.google.com/p/chrometophone/ to read about it
Download the crx file and it will install pc side
Then download apk file on phone
{
"lightbox_close": "Close",
"lightbox_next": "Next",
"lightbox_previous": "Previous",
"lightbox_error": "The requested content cannot be loaded. Please try again later.",
"lightbox_start_slideshow": "Start slideshow",
"lightbox_stop_slideshow": "Stop slideshow",
"lightbox_full_screen": "Full screen",
"lightbox_thumbnails": "Thumbnails",
"lightbox_download": "Download",
"lightbox_share": "Share",
"lightbox_zoom": "Zoom",
"lightbox_new_window": "New window",
"lightbox_toggle_sidebar": "Toggle sidebar"
}
or
http://chrometophone.googlecode.com/files/chrometophone-android-v1.6.apk
Log in on both with your google account
Have fun!

Is there any way to disable the notification sound for this app. I know i can disable notification sounds, but i would like to disable it only for this...
And maybe I should ask this on the Maps brut thread, but when sending a link from google maps it opens in stock Maps app instead of Maps brut (which I chose for default), if I uninstall stock Maps app it just won't load the link.
Does anyone knows a way to launch maps links with Maps brut?
thanks!

List of Apps - Needed/Missing

I thought I'll compile a list of IMP apps that are missing. If someone knows a decent alternative to these please suggest.
1. Amazon
2. Kindle - I know this is coming
3. Skype
4. Good IM app - Like Fringe or Palringo
5. Comics reader - comixology (DC or Marvel)
6. Ustream or QIK
7. Dropbox or an app for SkyDrive

eyan15 said:
6. Ustream or QIK
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I found a app called Ustream Viewer in market place. May be it's what you search ?

got said:
I found a app called Ustream Viewer in market place. May be it's what you search ?
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This just let you view the videos, I was looking for something to shoot and share.
like QIK on android or iPhone

eyan15 said:
This just let you view the videos, I was looking for something to shoot and share.
like QIK on android or iPhone
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1. Palringo
2. Qik
3. Siriusxm radio app
4.Opera Browser (hoping they allow alternative browsers with a future update)
5. Google Maps
6. Loud Talks (a nextel chirp app from winmo)
7 Private Chat ...an app from android that locks ur fone and gives u 2 passcodes it gives u a dummy code that will open another app and a real code to get u to ur text messages

Opera Mini - absolutely
BTW, InternetExplorer doesn't support my banks online banking

BeejiveIM > Fring and Palringo. Beejive is more apt to use Push Notifications, removing the need to multitask the App, ever... It's expensive, though. I downloaded the Android trial and 2 days later Facebook added chat. Byebye Beejive
There's also WhatsApp.
The first smartphone OS to offer a worthy alternative to Blackberry Messenger will win big, I think
Microsoft said they won't disallow apps that duplicate functionality, but I don't know if they'll allow you to change the default browser.

That would be very bad. Opera Mini is even available on iPhone.
It's the best solution to browse when travelling.

doministry said:
That would be very bad. Opera Mini is even available on iPhone.
It's the best solution to browse when travelling.
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after how many years though?
the reason you won't see opera/firefox/chrome on wp any time soon is due to the restrictions still on the languages. wp uses VB/C#, which does not allow for C++ which a lot of these more complex programs are written in. Though OEMs have capabilities to write native code.

I am pretty satisfied for the most part with the apps on my HD7 but I do want Skydrive integration and limited multitasking for apps like LastFM.
Bing also should be updated to match the superior iPhone app.

Many things have to be improved.
IE is great but lacks support for many features.

I got an app for amazon in "testing" in the marketplace. I can give out the xap if you like it, It's gonna be free anyway.
It has limited functionality at this time, but I'm improving it as I found new things to add.
Here are a couple of screenshots
{
"lightbox_close": "Close",
"lightbox_next": "Next",
"lightbox_previous": "Previous",
"lightbox_error": "The requested content cannot be loaded. Please try again later.",
"lightbox_start_slideshow": "Start slideshow",
"lightbox_stop_slideshow": "Stop slideshow",
"lightbox_full_screen": "Full screen",
"lightbox_thumbnails": "Thumbnails",
"lightbox_download": "Download",
"lightbox_share": "Share",
"lightbox_zoom": "Zoom",
"lightbox_new_window": "New window",
"lightbox_toggle_sidebar": "Toggle sidebar"
}

1. Official Google Voice App - I know it might be a problem to intercept outgoing calls and/or using GV when you tap "Send Text" from the People Hub, but an official app from Google would probably be more fluid than what's available now. GVoice is a good solution for now, but it could use some small improvements. Who better to do that than Google?
2. I know emulators are not allowed, but I'd like to see a homebrew PSX and SNES Emulator. I'd definately pay the developer for it, Paypal maybe since Marketplace won't allow it... that's how it's done for WinMo.
3. BeyondPod

idloco said:
I got an app for amazon in "testing" in the marketplace. I can give out the xap if you like it, It's gonna be free anyway.
It has limited functionality at this time, but I'm improving it as I found new things to add.
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That would be awesome, will you?

eyan15 said:
That would be awesome, will you?
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Sure, I'm at work right now, later today I will post it here, or start a new thread with the app

(Q) Best Browser?

Just wondering what alternate browsers you guys are using? ( if any) i have tried some personally but keep finding myself coming back to the default.( never thought i would say that but ics browser is amazing lol) what do you guys use?
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Ics + browser is superb, nothing cones close for me. Stock browser with enhancements.

Chrome Beta.

martonikaj said:
Chrome Beta.
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BOOM +1

I use the stock browser. Go to settings -> Labs -> and enable quick controls. I find them extremely useful and wish chrome beta would have a similar system. I used the chrome beta for a while and i liked it but found it still had some stability issues.

Hi,
If it can help:http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1625084&highlight=browser and http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1401434&highlight=best+browser and http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1487290&highlight=best+browser

Still stuck on the stock browser, but I´m not liking it very much. Was thinking of trying out the Firefox browser since I´m running it for many years on all my computers. But at the same time I like to keep things light and not install something I don´t really need.
Anyone got any experience with Firefox on the phone?

Stock for me. Before used Opera. Tried Chrome and didnt like it at all

Only Opera.
Because
1) I like controls (back, tabs etc.) on the bottom of the screen. Stock browser requires a very long thumb to access address bar.
2) I like the starter page with thumbs of my bookmarks.
3) Switching between tabs is much faster with Opera (because it's at the bottom).
4) etc.
I wish Opera was a bit faster. But can't complain about the speed when it's so convenient to use (comparing to stock browser or dolphin).

bullka said:
Only Opera.
Because
1) I like controls (back, tabs etc.) on the bottom of the screen. Stock browser requires a very long thumb to access address bar.
2) I like the starter page with thumbs of my bookmarks.
3) Switching between tabs is much faster with Opera (because it's at the bottom).
4) etc.
I wish Opera was a bit faster. But can't complain about the speed when it's so convenient to use (comparing to stock browser or dolphin).
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Opera mobile or Mini? I cant get mobile to work on my phone it always closes itself on launch..
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Chrome beta. I use Chrome for my PC and love it, so I thought why not use it for my android device as well?

oilerseberle14 said:
Opera mobile or Mini? I cant get mobile to work on my phone it always closes itself on launch..
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Opera Mobile.
It crashes sometimes but only when I open more than ten tabs and all of them are opening pages at that moment. Opera force close and restart helps.

Stock browser. The best.

I like Boat Browser.
Sent from my SGH-T989 using XDA

I really love Chrome beta, but it feels so sluggish on my device... so I've been using ICS Browser+.

Ics Browser+ in tablet mode. Fast and convenient.
{
"lightbox_close": "Close",
"lightbox_next": "Next",
"lightbox_previous": "Previous",
"lightbox_error": "The requested content cannot be loaded. Please try again later.",
"lightbox_start_slideshow": "Start slideshow",
"lightbox_stop_slideshow": "Stop slideshow",
"lightbox_full_screen": "Full screen",
"lightbox_thumbnails": "Thumbnails",
"lightbox_download": "Download",
"lightbox_share": "Share",
"lightbox_zoom": "Zoom",
"lightbox_new_window": "New window",
"lightbox_toggle_sidebar": "Toggle sidebar"
}
Sent from the future.

Chrome Beta. Combined with desktop Chrome and the new sync tabs feature, it's a breeze moving between phone and desktop.

I'm surprised so many are using stock browser but nor using ics + browser instead.

Stock, but going Chrome when it's out of Beta

Chrome Beta as my main browser. Still keeping stock available for when I need to watch flash videos (though I have to say Google did amazing on the stock browser this time). And if I ever need to watch a Hulu video then I have Flash Video Browser for that
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Opera Beta (now rebased off WebKit)

http://www.androidpolice.com/2013/0...t-rendering-engine-is-live-in-the-play-store/
Play Store Link: https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.opera.browser.beta
Giving this a try, would like feedback from you guys as well. Looks like a reskinned Chrome tbh!

I only just read about this last night and will be road testing this for sure. Looking for a new browser since my much loved Dolphin seemed to be hogging way too much battery.

Browser is awesome:thumbup: very fast

Yes, I'm very impressed with it and with its performance so far.
Sent from my SPH-L710 using Tapatalk 2

Working great got mad potential
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I like it myself but as I don't have any problems with Google Chrome on my phone. I think the biggest thing that will keep me as a chrome user on my android phone would be the syncing between my desktop, laptop and mobile device. I doubt opera would ever allow themselves to sync their bookmarks with chrome.
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I think its not way faster, but definitly Faster than the latest chrome.
And now the chrome has a bad text rendering making the text so unsharp, then Opera beta is absolutly my choice until Google fixes chrome.

jabbeboy said:
I think its not way faster, but definitly Faster than the latest chrome.
And now the chrome has a bad text rendering making the text so unsharp, then Opera beta is absolutly my choice until Google fixes chrome.
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latest chrome as in Chrome Beta? https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.chrome.beta&hl=en
I feel that Opera is slightly faster but the bookmarks is one of the things that got me on Team Chrome still.
I wish there was autohide on the URL bar when you scrolled down similar to AOSP browser though.

zephiK said:
latest chrome as in Chrome Beta? https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.chrome.beta&hl=en
I feel that Opera is slightly faster but the bookmarks is one of the things that got me on Team Chrome still.
I wish there was autohide on the URL bar when you scrolled down similar to AOSP browser though.
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No the latest stable chrome.
Yea i really hope google could make that url bar dissapear in chrome.

zephiK said:
http://www.androidpolice.com/2013/0...t-rendering-engine-is-live-in-the-play-store/
Play Store Link: https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.opera.browser.beta
Giving this a try, would like feedback from you guys as well. Looks like a reskinned Chrome tbh!
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Like reskinned chrome without tab swipe, or other device sync. So not really similar at all lol.
I guess it's ok. Nothing of interest to me though. It's just a regular old style browser with no features that seem useful.
Angel browser seems most interesting to me but it's pretty buggy and no dev support... And no other device sync... Man that's a good feature.

jarayn said:
Like reskinned chrome without tab swipe, or other device sync. So not really similar at all lol.
I guess it's ok. Nothing of interest to me though. It's just a regular old style browser with no features that seem useful.
Angel browser seems most interesting to me but it's pretty buggy and no dev support... And no other device sync... Man that's a good feature.
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Well to be fair it is in beta. The feature that opera advertises to put them out of the crowd would be off the road feature.
We all think it's chrome because it uses webkit which is what chrome uses. And chrome is the leader of webkit in terms of putting it out there on the map.
Mozilla uses gecko and the old opera browser uses trident.
I'd say it's a pretty successful beta 1 and looking forward to see what else they have to put out there.
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zephiK said:
the old opera browser uses trident
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Presto.

Pretty much using it as my daily driver with no issues. Which is more then Chrome was able to do on its first "stable" release.
All the features I need are there and work. And if its little data saver counter is correct then it is certainly friendly on a mobile network like old opera mini.
Sent from my Nexus 4 using Tapatalk 2

That Beta has become their new Mobile browser and they have released a new Beta thats pretty awesome, Full screen browsing at last and moveable navigation bar :good:
Heres a screen
{
"lightbox_close": "Close",
"lightbox_next": "Next",
"lightbox_previous": "Previous",
"lightbox_error": "The requested content cannot be loaded. Please try again later.",
"lightbox_start_slideshow": "Start slideshow",
"lightbox_stop_slideshow": "Stop slideshow",
"lightbox_full_screen": "Full screen",
"lightbox_thumbnails": "Thumbnails",
"lightbox_download": "Download",
"lightbox_share": "Share",
"lightbox_zoom": "Zoom",
"lightbox_new_window": "New window",
"lightbox_toggle_sidebar": "Toggle sidebar"
}
Link here https://play.google.com/store/apps/...GwsMSwxLDEsImNvbS5vcGVyYS5icm93c2VyLmJldGEiXQ..

How To: Flash Player for Galaxy S4

How to Get Adobe Flash on Samsung Galaxy S4 Working.
There are only a few Web Browser that are able to use the flash player, Stock and Chrome DO NOT WORK. there is a list of compatible browsers down below.
First what you wanna do is open the Adobe Archive link I provided and scroll down to where it says Android 4.0.
Adobe Archive Site: http://bit.ly/AdobeArchives
Now pick the first on and it should stat downloading a APK file.
Install and you should now have flash on you phone, but like i said the Stock and Chrome browser are not compatible use on of the following listed.
List of Compatible Web Browsers:
-Boat Browser
-SkyFire
-FireFox
-FireFox BETA
-Naked Browser
-Maxthon
If you have another compatible browser, Please feel free to leave a comment so I can add it to the list. Thanks
Video Instructions http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MAMQjGNf5gs

Thanks. Didnt know it went up to .54 Downloading now.
Sent from my ASUS Transformer Pad TF700T using Tapatalk 2

blackout720 said:
How to Get Adobe Flash on Samsung Galaxy S4 Working.
There are only a few Web Browser that are able to use the flash player, Stock and Chrome DO NOT WORK. there is a list of compatible browsers down below.
First what you wanna do is open the Adobe Archive link I provided and scroll down to where it says Android 4.0.
Adobe Archive Site: http://bit.ly/AdobeArchives
Now pick the first on and it should stat downloading a APK file.
Install and you should now have flash on you phone, but like i said the Stock and Chrome browser are not compatible use on of the following listed.
List of Compatible Web Browsers:
-Boat Browser
-SkyFire
-FireFox
-FireFox BETA
If you have another compatible browser, Please feel free to leave a comment so I can add it to the list. Thanks
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MAMQjGNf5gs
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Maxthon. And the default phone browser should work as well (not Chrome).

thank will try out

fbueller said:
Maxthon. And the default phone browser should work as well (not Chrome).
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tried the default it don't work for me tried a few sites and nothing. did it work for you?

blackout720 said:
tried the default it don't work for me tried a few sites and nothing. did it work for you?
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It's actually not working for me in any browser, it flashes random colors instead of showing video. Wonderful.

www.youtube.com still uses flash right? Works for me there with the stock browser. I'm stock not rooted.
{
"lightbox_close": "Close",
"lightbox_next": "Next",
"lightbox_previous": "Previous",
"lightbox_error": "The requested content cannot be loaded. Please try again later.",
"lightbox_start_slideshow": "Start slideshow",
"lightbox_stop_slideshow": "Stop slideshow",
"lightbox_full_screen": "Full screen",
"lightbox_thumbnails": "Thumbnails",
"lightbox_download": "Download",
"lightbox_share": "Share",
"lightbox_zoom": "Zoom",
"lightbox_new_window": "New window",
"lightbox_toggle_sidebar": "Toggle sidebar"
}
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fbueller said:
It's actually not working for me in any browser, it flashes random colors instead of showing video. Wonderful.
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Same here, after installing in works for couple of videos then crashes browser and shows colors, tried all flash versions and all browsers

dh2225 said:
Same here, after installing in works for couple of videos then crashes browser and shows colors, tried all flash versions and all browsers
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You can try my edited Dolphin Browser apk. I have used flash on 4.2.2 before with no issues or crashes. Strange why its crashing.
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Alright, so I took a few minutes to test these and other browsers, here's what I found:
1. YouTube and many other video sites support HTML5 on mobile devices. This is why you are able to view them.
Flash is NOT supported on stock or chrome browser.
2. Photon Flash Player & Browser (Google Play App Link) has the best flash plugin support that I've seen for in any browser.
- I was actually able to play flash games and the option to switch between touch control and "mouse" control makes games that do not require directional pads playable.
3. Every other browser in the list that I tried testing flash games with crashed shortly after entering the game.
I can't confirm the compatibility with flash-only video sites at the moment but I'll update this when I don't have pending homework.

Still can't get it to work for Facebook apps. Just keep getting the page that says "you need flash....."

loonamark said:
Still can't get it to work for Facebook apps. Just keep getting the page that says "you need flash....."
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Make sure you're using a browser that supports flash like Firefox
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There's a Browser called xscope pro it's full flash....
Works great
X10a-Freedom

zorprime01 said:
There's a Browser called xscope pro it's full flash....
Works great
X10a-Freedom
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Firefox works better. Plus it has ad blocker edge no more commercials for me
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zorprime01 said:
There's a Browser called xscope pro it's full flash....
Works great
X10a-Freedom
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thats 3 bucks though, if anything someone would just Pirate it if anything, Thankis ill add it to the list.

screen goes black in full screen mode
Is anybody able to watch a flash video in full screen mode?
Tried various browsers but none seem to work. The video works when viewing in normal mode, but once i switch it to full screen it goes black.
I'm trying to watch live streaming video on ilemi if that helps.
Tried most of the browsers and i liked firefox the best other then the black screen (which happens on all) it had the advantage of the adblocker really does make a difference.

Download puffin brower it has flash built in and works very well
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zorprime01 said:
There's a Browser called xscope pro it's full flash....
Works great
X10a-Freedom
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I use and love xScope. It's been my preferred browser for years now.