I've been trying to play video on BBC news website with no success. The loading circle just rotates forever. Funny thing is when I first got my sgs2 it played no problem whatsoever. Also BBC iplayer main website won't let me access it, says my phone not supported. Once again I think I could access it before I upgraded from 2.3.3. Java is enabled in my settings and plugins are allowed. I'm unrooted on stock voda 2.3.5. Anybody else sufferring from this problem?
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All working fine here... do u have flash installed OK?
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Yeah, running latest version of flash downloaded from market. Using stock browser. Tried uninstalling flash updates, but made no difference. The red ring just keeps whirling round forever and video never plays. All very odd. Every other site I've tried video works fine e.g. sky news, t3, stuff TV, itv news, gadget show. Even BBC one watchlive worked. I guess it must be my settings somehow? But i've no idea what exactly.
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Yes, I have the problem as well. It was one of the good things about the S2 that I could watch all the BBC news videos. I guess the BBC have changed something.
I have just tested and it now works OK using Dolphin HD Browser (and you can watch full screen unlike on the stock browser)
Also the videos work on the official BBC news app
I agree, the first thing I checked in shop on demo gs2 was flash playing video on BBC news website. The speed and smoothness really impressed me. Coming from HTC legend ARMv6 where flash was crap, it helped make my decision to buy gs2 final. At least now I know someone else has this issue and shares my disappointment.
Good to know it still works with dolphin hd though. But for me I'd rather stick to stock browser because if hardware acceleration. So the fact it doesn't work anymore is pretty frustrating.:-(
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i have solved this problem by using an older version of adobe flash that i still had backed up in titanium backup. but i don't know if thats the best solution since then you won't get the newest versions and security fixes.....
Using titanium backup to roll back flash might be an option. Although i'm pretty sure I would need root. Interestingly I have uninstalled all flash updates back to 10.1 and it made no difference. So maybe flash isn't the problem?
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Can you give me a link to try?
I know that the bbc have recently moved over to HTML5 video content.
http://www.engadget.com/2011/12/22/bbc-moves-towards-html5-for-websites-tells-flash-itll-still-be/
This is probably the issue though I have surfed through the site and it is all working for me.
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Interesting article. I presume you want the link to the web page I'm having trouble with? It's just the BBC news front/home page.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/
If I've picked you up wrong let me know.
Also as I stated earlier BBC iplayer (WEBSITE) says my phone isn't supported. Does that also work for you? Thanks for your input
Gs2 on stock uk voda 2.3.5 using stock browser.
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can any one shed some light on my problem, i have tried loading the iplayer from this site and it starts to load and the says i am not compatible this all so happens on the bbc iplayer market site .
i am running wildpuzz .7, j/kernnel 4.1
any ideas cheers for looking
Tryed. It my self so I used beebplayer but u loose the ability to reruns
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Surely loading from the site wont work because we do not have flash player?
I'm pretty certain I read somewhere that the iplayer app needs flash to run, so you probably won't have any luck getting it working on WF. Sorry!
i should have said i tried the i player app download from here and the market
has anyone still got the original myplayer app which played bbc
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i should have said i tried the i player app download from here and the market
has anyone still got the original myplayer app which played bbc
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Look at the second post.
Has anyone else had a problem with the Opera Mobile browser frequently freezing on the S2? I had to uninstall Dolphin HD as it was causing spontaneous reboots, but Opera Mobile seems even worse.
I'm running stock XWKI4 (2.3.4), upgraded via Kies and rooted.
No, works perfectly and is the only browser I use.
Which firmware/ROM are you running?
Works ok for me except not able to view videos in it.always shows a black box instead. Both versions of opera very stable other than that.
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Works ok for me except not able to view videos in it.always shows a black box instead. Both versions of opera very stable other than that.
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Opera has been rock solid for me. If you can't view flash, it's likely because you tried to use titanium backup or alike to integrate adobe flash into rom. It breaks the flash functionality sometimes. So you want to uninstall adobe flash then install again.
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Didn't work which is a pain. Just uninstalled flash instead. Opera is by far the best browser so far except for that small issue.
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Did you check your settings to see if flash is off? You can choose on demand, off, on. If I recall rightly it defaults to on demand and then you click on a video you want to see in the browser itself on order to view it. I leave it that way, most embedded video I have no interest in.
Odd that it's just me that has this problem. I just tried rebooting, then opened Opera Mobile again, hit the Guardian mobile news site and it froze a few seconds after bringing up the first article. Completely un-usable. Opera Mini is fine however
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check opera mobile/mini thread. Yesterday there somebody described the same issue on sgs2, so you are not alone.
I'm running ICS 4.2 on my phone and I can't view flash videos on sites such as NBC.com. What do I need to fix this, I already have the flash player downloaded and installed from the market.
Thanks-Dan
What browser are you using?
Just stock, whatever comes along with CleanRom 4.2.
Check if flash is enabled in your browser settings
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Yup, it sure is.
Try ics browser+ free in the market.
Edit: also cleanrom doesn't have flash installed. Are you sure you installed it.
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Still not working. I doublechecked the flash player and it says installed, what else could be causing my issues? Can anyone else play the videos on NBC.com? I'm just using that site as an example to test with.
try uninstalling and then reinstalling flash.
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Still not working. I doublechecked the flash player and it says installed, what else could be causing my issues? Can anyone else play the videos on NBC.com? I'm just using that site as an example to test with.
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I tried it a couple days ago on NBC.com and the video's displayed a message saying it was not formatted for my device or something like that (was very hard to read as it was black text on a very dark background, but it was near the top of where the video image would be. Flash works fine on other sites.
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I tried it a couple days ago on NBC.com and the video's displayed a message saying it was not formatted for my device or something like that (was very hard to read as it was black text on a very dark background, but it was near the top of where the video image would be. Flash works fine on other sites.
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Same thing here. I will try it on other sites.
I know ABC doesn't support videos on mobile devices without downloading there app. Maybe NBC is the same?
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So you are talking about full TV episodes through the browser?
I was able to watch 30 rock in ics browser+. You need to go to settings, advanced, and change your user agent to desktop.
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No, I was just testing it out on NBC's homepage, they always have that featured video clip. I was just using that for test purposes but it always had that dark message about not being able to view on my device.
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No, I was just testing it out on NBC's homepage, they always have that featured video clip. I was just using that for test purposes but it always had that dark message about not being able to view on my device.
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Did you try a browser that can change the User agent to desktop like ics browser plus or dolphin hd?
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I'm running ICS 4.2 on my phone and I can't view flash videos on sites such as NBC.com. What do I need to fix this, I already have the flash player downloaded and installed from the market.
Thanks-Dan
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I am on 4.2 Pro and I found Nbc's site causes an error message to appear "connection error, network data error". Despite that I can play video there. I don't get this error on other sites, and I can play video on other sites too.
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You could try the hulu hack, and just go to NBC on the hulu app.
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ive yet to see any android device or browser handle flash very well.
Asus claims that you can side load flash player, but it is not working in any browser. Works fine like this on my tf300 with JB. Anyone know what gives?
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Asus claims that you can side load flash player, but it is not working in any browser. Works fine like this on my tf300 with JB. Anyone know what gives?
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You "claim" that it doesn't work.
What methods have you tried?
Here is one: http://www.howtogeek.com/120277/how-to-install-flash-on-the-nexus-7-and-other-jelly-bean-devices/
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Asus claims that you can side load flash player, but it is not working in any browser. Works fine like this on my tf300 with JB. Anyone know what gives?
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who needs flash? its slow, its buggy, its insecure, its dead. every good Website is using html5 videotag today, at least as flashfallback...
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Is flash working for anyone after the JB update?
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Yea just install the apk and it should work with the default browser.. doesn't seem to work with chrome though..
Yes, sideload go in to firefox settings and enable plugins so it doesnt require prompt.
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who needs flash? its slow, its buggy, its insecure, its dead. every good Website is using html5 videotag today, at least as flashfallback...
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I hate flash - particularly on Windows PC's where we seem to get the flash player update of the week. Yet, I can't quite seem to do without it. Inevitably I'll hit some site where I need it and just saying that I refuse to visit sites that use it won't work for me. I wish it did.
However, with Apple never supporting it on iOS and now support for it on Android going away slowly, I sure hope it dies soon. For now though, I need it.
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I hate flash - particularly on Windows PC's where we seem to get the flash player update of the week. Yet, I can't quite seem to do without it. Inevitably I'll hit some site where I need it and just saying that I refuse to visit sites that use it won't work for me. I wish it did.
However, with Apple never supporting it on iOS and now support for it on Android going away slowly, I sure hope it dies soon. For now though, I need it.
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alright, thats acceptable
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I have flash installed, yes stock browser no chrome, no check box to enable flash in stock browser or opera. Works just fine on my tf300 with JB, not on my prime though.
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You can find some methods of reaquiring flash with a pinch zoom comparable version of Dolphin Browser here:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1846225
Thanks for the suggestions, but I am aware of dolphin and the other suggestions and they are not what I am looking for. How can we fix the JB Rom for the Prime to be like the Tf300 JB Rom so flash works in the stock browser? Not a debate on flash vs html5, just need it to work for one website for a family member who needs it for their internal work site for American Airlines. Again it is working with JB for tf300, just not on Prime with the same flash package and browser.
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Flash doesnt work on chrome browser, but it does work on the stock browser and firefox beta
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Thanks for the suggestions, but I am aware of dolphin and the other suggestions and they are not what I am looking for. How can we fix the JB Rom for the Prime to be like the Tf300 JB Rom so flash works in the stock browser? Not a debate on flash vs html5, just need it to work for one website for a family member who needs it for their internal work site for American Airlines. Again it is working with JB for tf300, just not on Prime with the same flash package and browser.
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Not sure why Flash wouldn't be working for you in the stock JB browser. As long as I have Flash 11 installed, my stock browser is rendering flash content fine. Are you certain you have the latest version of Flash installed and that the stock browser is set to always for plugins? Noticed you were looking for a FLASH check box, but you actually need to look for the PLUG-INS setting which is located in "settings" "advanced". Also some flash content doesnt work in the "on demand" mode (for instance flow player)
You can find archived Flash versions here since you can't download from play store anymore.
http://helpx.adobe.com/flash-player/kb/archived-flash-player-versions.html
You can install these as long a you have "allow unknown sources" checked in the security settings on the Prime.
Tried streaming all day had some luck using stock browser. little luck with chrome dolphin Mozilla or opera. able to watch straight from youtube using any browser. flash player installed. has any found a work around. an app. or a different website with less ads. any advice
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For a start what is the exact problem? And second what version of Android are you using? Flash can be problematic on JB because it's not officially supported now.
YouTube works because I believe it can use HTML 5 which updated Android browsers support
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Hi guys, I use VIPBox all the time for games on my tablet. I dont get any issues. Make sure you use the original vipbox .(vipleague.se) theres a few fake copies that arent as good and i'm unsure if that may have any effect on the browser. :victory: