Is it just me who can't seem to get complete downloads when they download a file with the default browser? The only browser that seems to download downloads fully is Opera ?
Another minor problem is that Google maps keeps appearing in my recent apps list for some reason despite closing it down.
Search for "download all files" in the market that should fix ur problems
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Moothead2 said:
Is it just me who can't seem to get complete downloads when they download a file with the default browser? The only browser that seems to download downloads fully is Opera ?
Another minor problem is that Google maps keeps appearing in my recent apps list for some reason despite closing it down.
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Stock browser downloads just fine for me. It downloads to Downloads folder. Of course Opera mobile is the best for downloading though. It lets you choose exactly where you want file to download everytime and it seems to download things the fastest. Stock browser downloading does work though.
It downloads the file, it's just incomplete. Like a 5mb file will come out as a 22.6kb file and I won't be able to do anything with it. It seems to happen mostly with .zip files.
Moothead2 said:
It downloads the file, it's just incomplete. Like a 5mb file will come out as a 22.6kb file and I won't be able to do anything with it. It seems to happen mostly with .zip files.
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OK, I see what you saying now. I never tried a zip file on it. I have tried bigger files like videos n seemed to work. I usually just use opera mobile for any heavy duty downloading as it never fails usually. I just downloaded that "Download All Files" app from the marketplace. It says its like a browser plugin in supports all types of files to be downloaded. Might come in handy if I'm not using opera.
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I just tested it out using stock browser. Thing is, stock browser will download it. Then if you click on it in notification area, it'll ask you what method to use. So I choose download all files method. Then it comes up n allows me to choose what folder I want to save to. So I save gain n works. But I use Astro explorer to make sure it put it in the right place and actually eneded up having 2 copies. One from whenbstock browser itself downloaded to downloads folder. Then the other one where I told the new download all files app to out it at. So I manually had to delete one version.
I think that app may be more for a browser without a built in downloaded. OR ELSE you just have to double check n make sure everything you downloading is double. Or I can see this as if the download fails in stock browser, then you can click it n use other method. I haven't had anything fail yet to really try that out.
Firefox will be able to download your file if the stock browser won't work.
I've got the same problem on my TF201. Opera Mobile does download the same file whereas the default browser and Chrome Beta fail as do the rest (FireFox and Dolphhin).
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OK, I see what you saying now. I never tried a zip file on it. I have tried bigger files like videos n seemed to work. I usually just use opera mobile for any heavy duty downloading as it never fails usually. I just downloaded that "Download All Files" app from the marketplace. It says its like a browser plugin in supports all types of files to be downloaded. Might come in handy if I'm not using opera.
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I just tested it out using stock browser. Thing is, stock browser will download it. Then if you click on it in notification area, it'll ask you what method to use. So I choose download all files method. Then it comes up n allows me to choose what folder I want to save to. So I save gain n works. But I use Astro explorer to make sure it put it in the right place and actually eneded up having 2 copies. One from whenbstock browser itself downloaded to downloads folder. Then the other one where I told the new download all files app to out it at. So I manually had to delete one version.
I think that app may be more for a browser without a built in downloaded. OR ELSE you just have to double check n make sure everything you downloading is double. Or I can see this as if the download fails in stock browser, then you can click it n use other method. I haven't had anything fail yet to really try that out.
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You should really try ES file explorer. I used to use astro too but es is much better.
Downloads are fine for me no problem with stock browser and google chrome beta im using ICS version 9.4.2.14
I hate The Default Browser To always Freezing
And I cant Download nothin I use Firefox browser To download The files this Is one Anoyin This About default browser other thing is that always render the pages In Mobile Mode never In Desktop Mode Cmon its A tegra 3 its Powerfull enough To render Full Web-browser Experience ..
Lol, i really don't understand why my post concerning the exact same issues doesn't have any replies :|
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1517583
But yep, pretty much happens to me. Downloading from uploaded or depositfiles is impossible...i wonder if other people who say everything works right for them have tried downloading from there.
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if u are unable to download stuff of off regular web page use astro file manager go to options and enable option download from internet,there you are good to upload hope i helped lol.
bartek25 said:
if u are unable to download stuff of off regular web page use astro file manager go to options and enable option download from internet,there you are good to upload hope i helped lol.
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Used this the other day b/c I was too afraid to tether for fear of AT&T pwning me.
I used to use Astro for this also, but now prefer linda file manager. Only because a lot of times the downloads would default as an astro file and force me into astro. Linda doesn't do that.
Bumpin this topic for everyone who doesent know they can do that
Before I discovered that trick I was using Opera Mobile 10 browser (freeware). It was especially useful for some sites like filesonic, fileserve etc. that other browsers have trouble with. Ok, it has trouble displaying a few websites and sometimes when I disable mobile view I still get re-directed to mobile websites.
But dammit it sure can download!
Having issues downloading from web pages. I will click a link, side panel opens with the document icon (power point for example), then I will, tap download.
At that point it will flash the progress bar with only a sliver, then show a grayed icon and say download again. Nothing will download at all.. I've resorted to downloading on my evo, using WiFi file explorer pro as an ftp... Works but a pain in the ass for school.
thought maybe it had to with some patches I installed from preware. I uninstalled a download unthrottler thinking that could be causing issues, but nope.
thanks for any input!
16gb touchpad, uberkernek, clocked at 1.5Ghz, various patches.
yeah I am getting the same thing downloading from my dropbox account.
edit: I tried a random .exe file from download.com and googled a random .pdf file to test from the browser and they downloaded fine... why won't download from dropbox?
The only sites I've tried are my school's BlackBoard site, and Dropbox. I shall try another site here at some point.
Same issues for me. It seems like a broswer issue with credentials or something. Any documents downloaded from secure sites do not open. If I don't have to login it works fine. I have confirmed this with blackboard as well as my bank account. I can download the exact same files on my computer, upload to box.net and download and open fine with the box app on TP. Very annoying....
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By Jo you're right! Never thought about the secure site thing. Just tested it, same results as your own. Curious , do you have a bunch of tweaks and patches applied? I certainly do but wasnt sure if that had anything to do with it.
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By Jo you're right! Never thought about the secure site thing. Just tested it, same results as your own. Curious , do you have a bunch of tweaks and patches applied? I certainly do but wasnt sure if that had anything to do with it.
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I do too. I don't think it is related but might be worth uninstalling then to see.
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I don't know it it is touchpad related or just browser related. My intuition tells me browser since we can Backdoor the issue fine through the box app. Either way it will hopefully get addressed either officially or.in the community. Possibly a 3rd party browser can fix it. There r a couple for sale in the market but I won't spend the money unless u know for sure it has a workaround. Hopefully this issue bugs enough people or the right people enough to be addressed. Here's to hoping!
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I'm having similar issues. Unable to download from dropbox and Microsoft exchange website for my school email
So is anyone having issues downloading third party files even though you have the "unknow source" box checked? I never had an issues downloaing anything on previous android phones until I got my Photon. If anyone knows some settings I need to change or a fix I will appreciate your input.
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Do you mean downloading an apk via the browser or installing an already downloaded apk file?
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So is anyone having issues downloading third party files even though you have the "unknow source" box checked? I never had an issues downloaing anything on previous android phones until I got my Photon. If anyone knows some settings I need to change or a fix I will appreciate your input.
Thanks,
blue23dragon4
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Yep I had that problem while trying to download the screenshot app from here for the MoPho. I ended up downloading the apk file to my desktop and I emailed it to my phone and then I was able to download and install it.
Download files with dolphin browser.
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Yeah, the stock browsers are a little picky. For example, you cant download zip files, but with another browser from the market, you can - as mikel719 suggests.
Thanks for all the help guys....Dolphin browser worked like a charm!
I have Flash working on my Nexus 10 using the latest versions of the Dolphin browser and the Skyfire browser downloaded from the Play Store and I am able to watch video clips on the BBC Web site and the TVCatchup Web site without needing to root the Nexus 10 or use a seperate iPlayer application.
I have the Dolphin browser Agent set to "Desktop" and in the Web Content setting I have the Flash Player set to "Always on".
I have the Skyfire browser set to "Load Pages As:" Desktop and "Enable Plug-ins" Always On.
I attach a copy of the Flash apk that I use and which needs to be "side-loaded" to the "Download" folder in the "My Files" folder then install using a file manager such as Astro by clicking it.
I've not been able to get Flash working on the Chrome browser or the Opera Mobile browser this way and l could not play the BBC clips using the Boat browser but I could watch TVCatchup.
I hope this way of getting Flash on the Nexus 10 browsers works for you too and if so then please show your gratitude by using the thanks button.
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I attach a copy of the Flash apk that I use and which needs to be "side-loaded" to the "Download" folder in the "My Files" folder then install using a file manager such as Astro by clicking it.
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Thanks for the info. I'm using dolphin also... Quick question, can you pleas elaborate on the step above? I've never rooted or used Astro before, so I'm a little green. I know this doesn't require root, but you see where I'm coming from... I think the side loading step is basically downloading the file to the N10, but the Astro part is not as clear. Also, if you go to ESPN.com using Dolphin, can you play those videos?
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Flash is off by default on Dolphin 9.0.3 for android 4.1 or higher and is not selectable. How did you enable it in JB?
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Thanks for the info. I'm using dolphin also... Quick question, can you pleas elaborate on the step above? I've never rooted or used Astro before, so I'm a little green. I know this doesn't require root, but you see where I'm coming from... I think the side loading step is basically downloading the file to the N10, but the Astro part is not as clear. Also, if you go to ESPN.com using Dolphin, can you play those videos?
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Download Astro from the Play Store and when you runi it then it will show you the folders on the Nexus 10 and you will find the Download folder iwhere the Flash player is saved in the My Files folder under Folders.
The video clips on ESPN.com do not play unfortunately, but I don't know why not
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Flash is off by default on Dolphin 9.0.3 for android 4.1 or higher and is not selectable. How did you enable it in JB?
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I am using Dolphin 9.03 and the Flash setting works for me. Perhaps you have to install the Flash Player before itt works.
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Download Astro from the Play Store and when you runi it then it will show you the folders on the Nexus 10 and you will find the Download folder iwhere the Flash player is saved in the My Files folder under Folders.
The video clips on ESPN.com do not play unfortunately, but I don't know why not
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Thanks. I was able to install Astro from Google Play. I followed your instructions and installed flash. My ESPN videos still won't play, but I have no idea why. For some reason, I thought it would if flash was installed...
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Was able to get flash finally working on Boat browser, but I have the same issue with Dolphin unfortunately. It won't allow me to enable flash as it gives me the dialog box telling me of Android's discontinued support.
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Was able to get flash finally working on Boat browser, but I have the same issue with Dolphin unfortunately. It won't allow me to enable flash as it gives me the dialog box telling me of Android's discontinued support.
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Quick question, if you go to ESPN, can you play videos using Boat? I installed boat, and I still can't play them...
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The flash player loads, but it then tells me that the content is unavailable due o it not being authorized for playback on the device.
Do you think this might be possible with the regular Android browser that other devices have?
I used the same apk from another source with Maxthon browser, works perfect on all media I have tried.
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I used the same apk from another source with Maxthon browser, works perfect on all media I have tried.
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Yes same here with Maxthon and the Stock Android Browser. With the exception (so far) of ESPN. I'm getting sound but no video with both browsers.
I've got flash working on Dolphin. The flash player setting is set to "on demand", and I can't change it. I get the "flash is disabled because its no longer supported." message, but the setting stays at "on demand".
"On demand" was the setting I used on my previous tablet, and when I switched to the N10, I backed up my old Dolphin settings with Titanium Backup and restored them on the N10, so that's probably how the setting got stuck that way.
So it looks like the answer for using flash on Dolphin is to use Titanium Backup and a backup file from a pre-Jellybean device. Of course you need to be rooted for that.
Just get the older version of Dolphin from here and everything will work lawlessly:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1787595
Tested on several websites and didn't have any problem, except ESPN, but over there it is a different issue.
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OK so I got my flash working without root access ' what I did was side load flash ' then used boat browser and set the flash to always and user agent to desktop. But I will say it runs so bad guys , its very slow and I assume it has to do with the screen res and how much it has to download at the same time, using it also drained my battery heavily and made the back end really hot lol wait for a html5 to catch up lol that's what I say.
Price to pay for cutting edge
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Works wit Firefox too
I just got this to work with Firefox. I had to remove and reinstall FF after side loading flash. Dolphin had to be done the same way, and in no way did any of this work for me until after I updated to 4.2.1. I updated dolphin to the latest version once I got it to work and the darn update turned flash off... So I got rid a dolphin and kept Firefox because ff is @ the latest version.
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This has only just started happening, no matter what type of file I download like pdf, XML, docx, MP4 or mp3 etc
Chrome will close down if I click on Chrome it will open on the page I was just on.
When I go to download folder rather than opening file it will open Chrome home page.
Any ideas what I could change?
M20 pro on .187
zolaisugly said:
This has only just started happening, no matter what type of file I download like pdf, XML, docx, MP4 or mp3 etc
Chrome will close down if I click on Chrome it will open on the page I was just on.
When I go to download folder rather than opening file it will open Chrome home page.
Any ideas what I could change?
M20 pro on .187
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I had the same problem on the previous version. The problem still persists on version .187
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I had the same problem on the previous version. The problem still persists on version .187
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Thanks, at least I now know it's a bug.
My have to find alternative, might try Edge!
Doesn't happen to me. Not sure the different circumstances. But never had the problem
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Doesn't happen to me. Not sure the different circumstances. But never had the problem
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Wierd.... In every download I've made via this phone since I got it, and they are many, it has happened. When the download is finished, when you press the notification in order to open the download manager and access the downloaded file, Chrome just closes, the manager never opens and you are being directed to homescreen...
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zolaisugly said:
Thanks, at least I now know it's a bug.
My have to find alternative, might try Edge!
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OK, I just changed the download location folder to the default one, "Downloads" and it worked as it should be. Previously, I had set it to "Secure Digital".