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Hey I was wondering if there's an app or web browser that supports Adobe Flash? For instance when I go to the World of Warcraft website a lot of things on thati site says it requires flash 9. So yeah I was just wondering if there's a way to get it working. Thanks in advance.
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First of all, this should probably go in Q & A. Second, The vibrant running Android 2.1 has flash lite which is compatible with most things up to flash 8. When 2.2 froyo goodness arrives eventually we will be able to download flash 10.1 to our devices and get rid of this lite crap. Good things come to those who wait.
Skyfire supports flash.
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Skyfire supports flash.
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yeah, but "supports flash" and websites requiring higher versions of flash actually working are two different things. It'll support flash...when you have it.
I just watched a movie on killingtime.com I guess android flash light was good enough.
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I just watched a movie on killingtime.com I guess android flash light was good enough.
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That link is to a Murder Mystery Party Planning website.
"Planning a party can really be murder.
With Killing Time, murder consultants, that’s a good thing!"
But I am assuming the site you are referring to either has an .flv player using flash 8 or if you are using skyfire it converts the video to something it can stream instead of flash. It says so while its "Optimizing" it could save you 75% bandwidth over flash.
Yeah Skyfire is a good ersatz option, though it doesnt seem to work on crunchyroll, it does on x hamster which gets the job done, ahem. I did discover that it only works if the stock browser is installed so it must rely on its webkit? Idk. Id like to hear what someone more knowledgable thinks. No ff rew controls but til 2.2 it'll have to do.
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mmm...froyo can't wait
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That link is to a Murder Mystery Party Planning website.
"Planning a party can really be murder.
With Killing Time, murder consultants, that’s a good thing!"
But I am assuming the site you are referring to either has an .flv player using flash 8 or if you are using skyfire it converts the video to something it can stream instead of flash. It says so while its "Optimizing" it could save you 75% bandwidth over flash.
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http://www.killsometime.com/
Here's the point, whether it converts the video or not it performs the function the OP wants. To be able to watch the video's that are in the flash format. I'm not going to argue semantics with you, you obviously just want to be right at something.
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FThe vibrant running Android 2.1 has flash lite which is compatible with most things up to flash 8.
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Up to flash 9.XX I believe, the warcraft website is for those "funny" people....err is a exception in this case I believe
I have no idea what this will do to people that don't have the new update. Please install with extreme caution.
I deleted this in my Bloatware killing craze a few days ago. I decided I wanted to try it again after I found out about Sammy's little coming out party today. I'm assuming that some of the other's who updated to JI2 might have done the same thing. I searched the threads and didn't see that anyone pushed this yet. If this is a duplicate, please delete. This is my first "push post", so if there are any other issues please delete.
Stick on SD card, find it with "files" and install the .APK. Once again, I have no idea what this will do to Original firmware.
Also, I read somewhere that the movies you buy/rent might not work. LOL, hey but it's fun to watch the previews. If someone has purchased or rented a movie let us know.
Works great. thanks for posting.
working fine on stock rom...but looks useless
Says "Your location is not known or supported." Is that a bug?
Seems to work for me, but would be nice if there was some free content, otherwise its pretty much a waste for me right now.
I rented the Blues Brothers a few days ago and whenever I try playing it it says your phone does not support the required file format, even though I have eugene's newest rom installed. Any ideas?
I rented the Blues Brothers a few days ago and whenever I try playing it it says your phone does not support the required file format, even though I have eugene's newest rom installed. Any ideas?
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I'm going to assume that they will push the codec with the official update. You do have JI2 right?
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I'm going to assume that they will push the codec with the official update. You do have JI2 right?
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I do have JI2, and apparently that codec wasn't inclucded in the leaked update from a few weeks ago Ahh well...hopefully it'll come soon, but I'm not counting on it.
This might be the silver lining we all have been waiting for. Sammy wants out media hub money so they have to make it work. On that train of thought some sort of update should be coming.
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Nice post. Thanks.
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disregard i am looking for the Media Hub app for the Galaxy Tab.
My wife and I had Motorola XT720s and her USB borked out the other day. Our carrier replaced hers with a Vibrant and sent her on her way. Needless to say, she liked the XT720 and wants me to take the Vibrant. Since we have been on the most unholy of manufacturers (locked bootloader and no updates-yep was sold and bought on 2.1 [eclair kernal] over a year ago) I have been maintaining both our phones. We have successfully upgraded our phones to 2.2, miui, CM6/7 all with the locked bootloader and a little erseverance and a lot of adb learning.
My question is what can I do with the Vibrant and what are the better ROMs that you have? I am not affraid to get into the guts of the phone and work from that way. She just got it yesterday and when I got home, she pitched the switch to me, so this weekend, I'll root it, back up and then checkout the forums to see what is what.
Good ROMs/ Kernals (stability v experimental)?
Overclocking?
How to unlock the bootloader? I kow how on Nexus S but that is not this obviously.
Known issues with the phone in general, either software or hardware (i.e power button breaks after 2 mos. Stuff like that)
I already looked at the sticky nOOb guide for rooting. Is that update.zip the best way. Or should I use z4 or Superoneclick? I used Universal Androot before but that doesn't support Froyo kernals.
Basically, what do you like and and your opinions. The decision will be mine but I like to be informed. And I actually do like to read the threads, but we just got this yesterday and wanted to put out the feelers.
Thanks to all for your help and I look forward to the responses.
first, if your hardware locked, youre gonna havr to find the thread on how to unlock... do this FIRST.
We have several roms, they range from stable to fast and unstable
Imo, that would be froyo like bionix to cm7 respectively.. cm7 flys but its batt sucks and gps is practicallu nonexistant (not that good iin froyo tho)
There is oc up to like 1.7ghz tho my phone doesnt do more than 1.6 stable...
Also, never use kies under any circumstance and learn to use odin Well.
Thats my advice... welcome
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younix258 said:
first, if your hardware locked, youre gonna havr to find the thread on how to unlock... do this FIRST.
We have several roms, they range from stable to fast and unstable
Imo, that would be froyo like bionix to cm7 respectively.. cm7 flys but its batt sucks and gps is practicallu nonexistant (not that good iin froyo tho)
There is oc up to like 1.7ghz tho my phone doesnt do more than 1.6 stable...
Also, never use kies under any circumstance and learn to use odin Well.
Thats my advice... welcome
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That's great. Just the sort of thing I am looking for.
Couple of questions.
As far as OC. Is that an app or is it through a differnt kernal. I know that some kernals oc and undervolt or stock cpu and undervolt. There is an app in the market that was for Motorola that was called Milestone Overclock (I know real original right) and with that and SetCPU was able to oc my 550mhz to 1100. Is there a Vibrant app similar?
How do I tell if my hardware is locked? Once I know, then I will search the threads for that. I already saw some in here with regards to how to do it. I already got into stock recovery last night just to check and see if I could (have't put CWR in or rooted yet-will do that later on tonight). Does this mean it isn't HWL or am I completely missing the target?
Odin I assume is what RSDlite is to Motorola. You power up to bootloader, connect to PC and flash "stock" sbf files (which is basically what came in the box). I always like to have that on hand just in case. I'll google and check it out.
Thanks for the info and glad to be here.
Read the noob stockier guide. Has all the info you need. Also in the development section down load the aio vibrant toolbox. Has Odin, all the files you need. I recommend the rom bi winning V3. It has a kernel that can overclock. You need an app for that tho. I like set CPU because it has profile management for off screen, charging etc.. good luck.
To tell if your hardware locked turn your phone off and hold down both volume rockers and press the power button when you see the vibrant logo pop up, keep holding untilled it goes away then pops up again. Then let go of the power. It should boot into recovery mode. It will be black screen with blue letters that say reboot phone, reinstall packages, wipe data. It may take a few times to get the hang of it. If your unable to then your phones is hardware locked.
Okay, youce been in recov so youre not hw locked.... greggory, you only have to hold power button till you see anything oon the screen the first time... holding it after that just makes it hw reboot whivh works, but is a waste of time.
Okay OP, odin has some nice ffeatures that let you flash bootloaders and firmware both.. truthfully, you can flash ANY rewritable media in your phone except internal and external sd from.odin afaik.
Oc requires an oc kernel and an oc app... app for ocing include voltage control, which was made for samsung galaxy s, set cpu, which i dislike, cpu master, no-frills ... all of em work most of the time and i use Voltage control..
Am i forgetting tto address anything?
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Ok so I've been using for a few days & I have to say the I really like this phone. Rooted and installed CWR lickity-split. Want to mess around and get more comfortable with surroundings, but have a few questions.
I dl'd Tegrak OC and am using it just fine. Any suggestions on stock kernal settings. Not applying any ROMs/Kernals for now, but setting suggestions would be helpful.
Got USB connection loop. Think I have a fix for that. Need to test some more.
Do I really have to name it update.zip to make "it" work, or can I name it anything else. Tried a few other names and they don't seem to install. Update.zip v buttermilkbiscuit.zip. why?
Does zipthemer work on this phone and do I have to name it Update.zip to make it work?
To change fonts, where do I put ttf? In settings there is a font changer, but where is the folder for that. Know it isn't /system/fonts BC that is a global changer but can't find it anywhere else. Looked in /data, /android and /sdcard. Clues?
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Ok so I've been using for a few days & I have to say the I really like this phone. Rooted and installed CWR lickity-split. Want to mess around and get more comfortable with surroundings, but have a few questions.
I dl'd Tegrak OC and am using it just fine. Any suggestions on stock kernal settings. Not applying any ROMs/Kernals for now, but setting suggestions would be helpful.
Got USB connection loop. Think I have a fix for that. Need to test some more.
Do I really have to name it update.zip to make "it" work, or can I name it anything else. Tried a few other names and they don't seem to install. Update.zip v buttermilkbiscuit.zip. why?
Does zipthemer work on this phone and do I have to name it Update.zip to make it work?
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Ok i think you should flash rom an kernel it takes phone to another an you do have to name it update.zip that is what recovery looks for an that is how custom one is installed i dont know what zip themer is but if u mean apply thme with zip then yes u can
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Ok i think you should flash rom an kernel it takes phone to another an you do have to name it update.zip that is what recovery looks for an that is how custom one is installed i dont know what zip themer is but if u mean apply thme with zip then yes u can
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I'll flash soon enough, just want to get my feet wet a bit. Only had phone for two days, so still picking and searching. More suggestions on ROMs/kernals, other than above?
Zipthemer is sweet. It takes all unzipped Metamorph.xmls, packages into one .zip and also creates and undo.zip too. Great themer.
There is a font changer in settings, but where is the folder to put the ttf file? /system/font is global, but looked in /data and /android and can't figure where to put it.
Just doing some house cleaning in my account and found this thread. It was my first thread in the Vibrant fora, just 5 short months ago.
Seems like so long ago. Have learned so much since then. Some have gone and some are still here, but I love this phone and the community that supports it.
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Just doing some house cleaning in my account and found this thread. It was my first thread in the Vibrant fora, just 5 short months ago.
Seems like so long ago. Have learned so much since then. Some have gone and some are still here, but I love this phone and the community that supports it.
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Lmao I was reading this thread going .... is wood trolling us right now till the last post then I looked at the dates lol
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Woodrube said:
Just doing some house cleaning in my account and found this thread. It was my first thread in the Vibrant fora, just 5 short months ago.
Seems like so long ago. Have learned so much since then. Some have gone and some are still here, but I love this phone and the community that supports it.
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Lol ... I couldn't resist! Just had to take a peak here - esp. seeing Woody's name and "New to the phone" in the title!! :what:
Woodman ...
The Vibrant fora wouldn't be the same experience without your participation, brother. Your ICS Guide thread (and our extensive GB BL discussion ... lol) originally inspired me to take the ICS leap (as well build the nerve to finally register and participate in threads here - ie. I was a long time "lurker"). Haven't looked back since.
Thanks for your efforts to ensuring all our Vibrant experiences stay ... well ... "Vibrant"!
That is funny. I just went back a re-read that thread. There is some good Q and A in there about all types of scenarios. Alot of familiar names too that have moved up in the ranks of experience as well.
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That is funny. I just went back a re-read that thread. There is some good Q and A in there about all types of scenarios. Alot of familiar names too that have moved up in the ranks of experience as well.
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Haha ... I just did the same. That thread could have been called, "Everything you wanted to know about ICS ... but weren't afraid to ask." Hilarious.
I'm not sure what wasn't discussed. We hit all the corners including some homescreen screenshots as icing on the cake. Great (re)read!
I completely forgot that some of the Zen crew had joined in ... Mostdef, bobshute, xriderx66. Lol. :thumbup:
Noobs these days
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This was fun to read, seeing Wood just entering the Vibrant community. The new guy on the block. Now look at you, you're one of the most recognized Vibrant users.
I remember my first post on XDA. I was messing around with Rom Manager and accidentally installed CWR. You wouldn't believe how much I was panicking, I thought I had bricked my phone! Lol, shows how much I knew.
Actually, that's why my name is "N00B_IN_N33D", because I was a noob who was in need of help. After I figured out how to Odin back to stock, which removed the (what I thought was) evil CWR I thought I wouldn't mess with my phone anymore. However s15274n talked me into flashing a custom froyo rom, Trigger, if I remember correctly. From there I blossomed in my understanding of Android and my Vibrant...
Anyhow, back on topic. It's amazing how experienced people have become here.
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Noobs these days
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We all growed up real good.
N00B_IN_N33D said:
This was fun to read, seeing Wood just entering the Vibrant community. The new guy on the block. Now look at you, you're one of the most recognized Vibrant users.
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Anyhow, back on topic. It's amazing how experienced people have become here.
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The Woodman deserves his due "respect" (but you have to say it the way AliG would to get the full effect). True Zen-like patience and an extremely rare dedication to help people. He's good peoples. No doubt!
Speaking of the way-back machine ... I can't even remember what Froyo was like. Do you? Then there's Eclair (yikes!). :what: I do remember the jump from Froyo to GB was pretty substantial. CM7 with those novel toggle bars and major speed boosts. Then ICS just took the phone to another level.
I remember the first time I rooted my phone, I was soooo damn nervous that I'd end up with a brick. I was just using SuperOneClick ... lol. The first time using Odin after reading all the horror stories here. The first time waiting through the VLF EXT4 conversion (seemed to take forever).
Been a fun ride.
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The first time waiting through the VLF EXT4 conversion (seemed to take forever).
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The first time I flashed a Froyo Voodoo kernel, I was in my basement watching a west coast baseball game and it was late. The wife and kids were asleep and like you said, it took forever. Forgot to turn the volume off when I did it. So I am sitting there watching the game and I see the Bali palm tree. I think cool, whatever. I return to the game and out of nowhere, I hear this lady's voice. Thought it must have been the parabolic on TV picking up some lady in the stands. Then I hear it again. Kind of freaked me out until I realized it was LINDA. I'll tell ya, if you are ready for her, she'll freak you the f**k out.
Anyways, thanks for the kind words. I remember one of the many freak out, panic sessions I've had in the past and there was always someone who helped me out. Just feel it is my duty to give back. Now if I can solve this Encryption Error bug, I'll have come full circle. It is driving me nuts.
I remember one of my first threads back in 2009
It was a fake Hero ROM for G1
I bashed on two devs and everyone was pissed at me....then when I moved to the Vibrant I got a clean start
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The first time I flashed a Froyo Voodoo kernel, I was in my basement watching a west coast baseball game and it was late. The wife and kids were asleep and like you said, it took forever. Forgot to turn the volume off when I did it. So I am sitting there watching the game and I see the Bali palm tree. I think cool, whatever. I return to the game and out of nowhere, I hear this lady's voice. Thought it must have been the parabolic on TV picking up some lady in the stands. Then I hear it again. Kind of freaked me out until I realized it was LINDA. I'll tell ya, if you are ready for her, she'll freak you the f**k out.
Anyways, thanks for the kind words. I remember one of the many freak out, panic sessions I've had in the past and there was always someone who helped me out. Just feel it is my duty to give back. Now if I can solve this Encryption Error bug, I'll have come full circle. It is driving me nuts.
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atleast your LINDA issue was panicked and gone.
I was in the bathroom taking a dump while the conversion went on... it freaked me out, and my mom thought i was watching porn in there -.-'
She then told this story at our family reunion... Almost died of embarrassment
Im psyched about ics for the phone, but if it means I'm gonna lose flash and not be able to run most websites anymore, I think im gonna have to skip the update all together.. will development be able to give us flash back in ics?
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I'm running one of the Leaked Samsung ICS builds, Flash works fine.
flash is available for ics. besides that it's completely outdated and html 5 is enough.
Right now flash works on ICS but basically if something major changes and Google or Adobe don't work to support flash then the devs can't do anything.
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Flash works. It may be outdated, but as of now still many websites rely on it. Not to mention the pain-in-the-ass "this video is not optimized for mobile viewing", which can only be avoided through flash (loading the desktop youtube site).
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flash is available for ics. besides that it's completely outdated and html 5 is enough.
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html5 may be better, but its not supported anywhere yet, rather I should say 'everywhere yet'. tons of websites, and especially any with videos all require flash to he usable, and i can't give that up.. my phone is my desktop away from home, it needs to be fully functional..
but if you guys are saying ics will work, I'm glad to hear it.. i was just on engadget and they implied it wouldn't.
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html5 may be better, but its not supported anywhere yet, rather I should say 'everywhere yet'. tons of websites, and especially any with videos all require flash to he usable, and i can't give that up.. my phone is my desktop away from home, it needs to be fully functional..
but if you guys are saying ics will work, I'm glad to hear it.. i was just on engadget and they implied it wouldn't.
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The official stance is that it's not supported, but I believe Google said that would change. Either way, not being supported and not working are 2 very different things. I remember being told that my Nokia N95 only supported SD cards up to 8GB. That didn't stop the 16GB one working though
Incidentally, you'd be surprised how many videos you see online that are actually HTML5 and no longer Flash. It's not as supported as Flash yet, but it's definitely making its mark!
Adobe has stopped supporting Flash on mobile devices but as some of the previous posters mentioned, it doesn't mean it won't work. I wouldn't worry about it. There are also options of installing third party browsers such as Dolphin HD that would include flash, if by chance the ICS browser doesn't. However, I am sure it will. I remember reading that flash player will still come with android stock browsers whether ICS or not if I remember correctly
What is it worth a tablet that cannot play video or flash stuff browsing/reading news or else?
I am so disappointed and regretting to have made this upgrade, trusting some people who claimed to have a
workaround for Flash Player.
The next thing is hoping that a method for locked device but rooted is found to downgrade, cause I was more satisfied then than now.
It was not enough to have others issues with the Prime, rebooting, freezing, BlueTooth and bad WiFi signal.. now we do not even have Flash working.
Well if a workaround that works is not found, I think I will try desperate to downgrade and stay on ICS.
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What is it worth a tablet that cannot play video or flash stuff browsing/reading news or else?
I am so disappointed and regretting to have made this upgrade, trusting some people who claimed to have a
workaround for Flash Player.
The next thing is hoping that a method for locked device but rooted is found to downgrade, cause I was more satisfied then than now.
It was not enough to have others issues with the Prime, rebooting, freezing, BlueTooth and bad WiFi signal.. now we do not even have Flash working.
Well if a workaround that works is not found, I think I will try desperate to downgrade and stay on ICS.
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Did downloading the apk and installing it not work for you?
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1774336
All you have to do. Is sideload flash.apk and stock browser. apk and it will work fine. Flash works flawless on my Nexus 7. Refer to Nexus 7 forums for details. There's a thread in there with the flash.apk and browser.apk for you to download and install. Very simple and easy to do. Just follow directions OP gives you. But believe me, plenty of xda users JB devices are using flash just fine.
I sideloaded Flash and it works fine. I use Boat Browser + Flash + JB without any problems.
Additionally, more websites are using HTML5 video instead of flash. And if you just bought the tablet for flash, you're really not getting the point of a tablet. Tablets and smartphones are more app based rather than browser based.
I still have flash on the stock browser after updating to JB.
Worse case..try one of these methods I posted in another thread
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1908606
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Worse case..try one of these methods I posted in another thread
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1908606
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Thanks guys it works now... evev if it's damned pretty slow when sites have flash content, even slower than before..
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Additionally, more websites are using HTML5 video instead of flash. And if you just bought the tablet for flash, you're really not getting the point of a tablet. Tablets and smartphones are more app based rather than browser based.
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To some people.
Others don't like having 1000 applications for every website out there (youtube, gmail, xda, etc.) when you can use browser for that.
Flash is walking the green mile
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Flash is still there, it won't show up in your apps but it's still there.... at least on my device it is. I have no problems playing flash content and it's faster than before..... if you got to settings, apps, all, you'll see it's still there. Also Adobe will continue to push updates to Adobe® Flash via Google Play to those devices that had Adobe® Flash previous to the Jelly Bean update.
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I never thought I'd say this, but I don't really miss Flash at all in day to day browsing now. Most sites that I use don't use it hugely, or have converted to HTML5, and for video I mainly use YouTube anyway so the built in app works fine.
I have been using Chrome since it was first released, and have only gone back to the stock browser for flash once or twice in the last few months. So for me, I haven't lost anything, and probably wouldn't notice for a while if I did. The main thing I notice is that flash-based ads don't appear, and I consider that a feature.
Here are the facts of life RE mobile flash
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What is it worth a tablet that cannot play video or flash stuff browsing/reading news or else?
I am so disappointed and regretting to have made this upgrade, trusting some people who claimed to have a
workaround for Flash Player.
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The fact is that all Android tablets from here out will be in the same boat. So this doesn't make the Prime "poor" unless you want to say all Android tablets made from now on are "poor". Then, don't forget that the iPad has never supported flash. Therefore if you follow your reasoning to it's logical conclusion, then the iPad is "poor" too. So where does that leave you? Well, you won't be using a tablet or phone for web browsing. Not any tablet or phone. The work arounds will keep it going a bit longer, but it is dead.
This is another useless thread. Its really upsetting, especially now the op got flash working and the whole point of the thread is irrelevant. Update your first post and title OP!
I dont find the thread upsetting or useless at all. I think its a good informative thread for any users that do want flash .
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ARM tablets maybe, but x86/x64 Wintel tablets don't have that problem at all.
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I dont find the thread upsetting or useless at all. I think its a good informative thread for any users that do want flash .
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Seriously? There's 1000 other threads about flash on jb and how to get it. if you or the op would have taken the time to use the search function that would have saved us from this useless thread.
i just restored flash player using titanium backup. flashing the hell out of it using us jb