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Google Currents is the new big thing from Google. It allows you to view your favorite news and media pages in a magazine style format. This runs great on Android tablets, especially the HP Touchpad! Check it out:
On the Android Market:
https://market.android.com/details?id=com.google.android.apps.currents
Saw this on Android Central, and grabbed it right away.
Ill be honest, I've been kinda neglecting my TP lately. After loading Currents and getting it set up, I didn't want to put it down.
This feels like exactly what the tablets were meant for.
Go Google!
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Nophix said:
Saw this on Android Central, and grabbed it right away.
Ill be honest, I've been kinda neglecting my TP lately. After loading Currents and getting it set up, I didn't want to put it down.
This feels like exactly what the tablets were meant for.
Go Google!
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I couldn't have said that better myself.
Way better than pulse, imo.
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Way better than pulse, imo.
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its fairly similar to feedly though. I think i may like currents better. We'll see once the new factor wears off.
If anyone is having FC's with it, fix permissions. That fixed it for me.
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Only avail in the US. I don't know why the devs/Google does this sh!t for. Non US residents read English too. Now I have to resort to side loading. Pathetic Market.
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I'm sorry I'm new to this. What do mean by fix permissions
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nomadman said:
Only avail in the US. I don't know why the devs/Google does this sh!t for. Non US residents read English too. Now I have to resort to side loading. Pathetic Market.
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Link for Outside the US:
http://geeknizer.com/how-to-install-google-currents-apk-outside-us/
Enjoy!
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If anyone is having FC's with it, fix permissions. That fixed it for me.
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Do you mean fix permissions from cwm? Tried that but I'm still force closing.
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Do you mean fix permissions from cwm? Tried that but I'm still force closing.
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Seems like some people are having issues, while others are not. Be sure to post which ROM or build version you are running so we might be able to get a handle on this.
Wow, gotta get this with all the reading and tab browsing I do. Thanks for sharing.
No rss, no ability to click links, not for me.
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I'm on XRON B1.3 but moved to that from Alpha3 to see if it'd fix the problem I was having given that there have been some fixes in XRON since the latest core CM7. In both cases Currents locks up for me until I get the "Not responding. Wait/Force Close/Report" dialog. I can wait as many times as I want, but it doesn't come back. If I FC then it restarts Currents but it happens again shortly after browsing around.
I think I've seen the same behavior in Google Reader which I have installed to support the Android Pro Google Reader widget, though not nearly as frequently.
I've performed a completely clean reinstall (wipe system and data in addition to cache), and I've done the whole fix permissions and wipe Dalvik/cache partition thing repeatedly.
I'm really impressed by Currents (I also run it on my iPhone and Nook Color) and think it really makes the 10" tablet profile shine! I'm hoping someone can help me figure out why it's locking up frequently on the TP.
I had the force closing problems in alpha 3 but after I switched to alpha 2 everything seems to be working fine.
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using cm7 a3 and i'm getting a lot of force closes recently. it seems to be sporadic since i didn't get them at until the other day. i'm patient with the force closes since i'm really just waiting for ICS.
I'm currently using alpha 2.1 and have not had a force close on this app yet.
seems to work perfectly for me
I'm getting FCs on Currents constantly to the point where its almost unuseable. I was alpha 2, in place upgrade to alpha 3. Everything else seems stable.
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cyanogenmod alpha 3.5 has been released. anyone tried currents on that?
Is it just me or is anyone else no longer getting notifications when there's updates in the new market? Yesterday had a few apps to update and a couple more today but never got any notification. Luckily I happened to randomly check my apps and saw them..
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I still get them on my phone.
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I'm still getting them as well.
MY BEASTLY AOSP RUNNING GSII
I'm still getting them
Still getting them here as well
You can turn on notifications in the settings of Google play
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Menu -> Settings -> Notifications on new updates <check>
I have to say it - you didn't even look?
Uh yeah the notification has been checked, its still checked, data/cache has been cleared several times, still no notifications (sorry not an inexperienced underage noob over here). Just had 3 more updates too about 10 minutes ago.
Can anyone think of anything of actual use to try? Are you guys that still get them running stock or third party roms? Mines Samsung's stock 2.3.4 with the stock kernel. Its rooted but other then that no mods whatsoever...
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Uh yeah the notification has been checked, its still checked, data/cache has been cleared several times, still no notifications (sorry not an inexperienced underage noob over here). Just had 3 more updates too about 10 minutes ago.
Can anyone think of anything of actual use to try? Are you guys that still get them running stock or third party roms? Mines Samsung's stock 2.3.4 with the stock kernel. Its rooted but other then that no mods whatsoever...
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Sorry - simplest answer is often it. So, rooted, unrooted? Stock ROM or other? Have you tried uninstalling Play and installing from APK posted somewhere here? Are these paid or free apps? And (since it's been biting me lately) were they installed from Market originally or from Amazon, getjar, or something else? Oh, and wifi or 3g (i.e. both on, just wifi, just 3g).
One more stupid one, but considering Google, have you tried just waiting 24hrs plus and see if maybe you're just beating it to the punch? You could try loading AppBrain, which runs around 24 hours behind for "seeing" updates, and if it shows up there before Play shows it, then there's definitely something off.
Let me know and I'll dig some more...
Most of the info you just asked for was already posted and you even quoted in my reply above. And its any app, paid or free, wifi or not, ever since Play came out. There's no magic to it. I'm simply not getting any notifications when there's updates even though its on.
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Most of the info you just asked for was already posted and you even quoted in my reply above. And its any app, paid or free, wifi or not, ever since Play came out. There's no magic to it. I'm simply not getting any notifications when there's updates even though its on.
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I asked seven questions - with this and the two I missed (sorry again) you've answered three. I was trying to help, but you don't really seem to want help, just to vent. That's just my opinion, and I'll leave you alone now.
Mines Samsung's stock 2.3.4 with the stock kernel. Its rooted but other then that no mods whatsoever...
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Same as mine.
Notification displayed w/o problem.
Damn I'm outta ideas then haha. Even fixed permissions as well and reverted back to the old one and re-upgraded twice now. Oh well guess ill run MyBackup and wipe it and see if that works..
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Just guessing here. Try turning on AutoSync in your Google Account settings, and see if that helps after a few hours.
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Yeah that's on too. Gmails working fine.
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no download progress..
Guys can you help me with this,, Ive been solving and searching for this issue about google play and browser download,, there are updates showing on the notification, but when I am downloading the updates, there is no progress bar of the apps that I currently updating.. Also same thing happens everytime I download on the internet with my browser.. The item/file I downloaded is in download progress ,, but there is no progress notification on my status bar..
mines rooted galaxy note II (GT-N7100), I only change the kernel, stock rom..
I waited and waited. Thought about rooting and using a ROM before the official ICS update came from AT&T but just decided to wait. Finally got the update via Kies, excited like a school girl. Initially it was a cool new bit of scenery, and as the OS settled in with me, i found myself disappointed and wanting my gingy back. I've been upgrade for a couple months now i think, and had plenty of time to try to get used to it.
I am finding lots of things that just plain suck.
1 - Text message notification audible alert discontinues after awhile (unknown amount of time), only resolution I've found is to reboot the phone. This sucks because just out of nowhere my text notification tone stops. Everything else like ringtone etc is fine. This is a dealbreaker for me almost. This worked fine on Ginerbread.
2 - new Swype software gives me problems when the word suggestion feature stops working completely. Swype is hard to do without word suggestions at times. Only solution i've found is again, reboot the phone. This sucks. I know, don't use swype, but i WANT to use it. It worked perfectly on Gingerbread.
3 - the widget for Google Voice is super tiny now, and i don't see a way of making it bigger. It's approximately the size of 4 icons, whereas before on Gingerbread it was huge and you could easily read/see your voicemails. Maybe i'm missing something on how to change the widget size, but i see no way of doing it.
4 - my News and Weather widget, which i used for weather and news all the time, since my original Galaxy S, does not display any weather information anymore. Just says "No Weather Information". this worked fine on Gingerbread. I guess different phone OS makes widgets work differently. I just want mine to work as expected. News still comes through fine though.
5 - Unlocking the screen seems more difficult now, usually takes me a couple tries, whereas it seemed really smooth and awesome before the update
6 - Power Saving widget is huge now, takes up half of one screen, whereas before it was just 1 row and you could scroll across. Why make it bigger and take up more room with no additional functionality?
After listing all this out, i'm trying to think of the things i LIKE about ICS update, and i can only think of one, which is the data monitoring/limiting which is kind of a cool feature. I doesn't seem any faster really than before. So overall, i honestly was happier with Gingerbread. 6 things that i find that suck versus one thing i like.
Maybe this is me being picky, but as excited as I was to get ICS, i'm equally disappointed in the upgrade. My wife uses a Galaxy Note and it is available for her phone now, and I told her don't bother with the upgrade.
Anyone have any advice??? experience the same problems? I know i could root, install a custom rom etc, but i really like the touchwiz stuff from samsung and i was really happy with just the stock gingerbread OS, even with all the bloatware, i just disregard all that junk.
I'm having the same problem with text notification I just notice that I get a text it would sound but just about an hour ago it just stopped I would get a text and nothing ringtones works and everyrhing but I think is a ics bug maybe it would get fixed in the new update 4.0.4
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I'm having the same problem with text notification I just notice that I get a text it would sound but just about an hour ago it just stopped I would get a text and nothing ringtones works and everyrhing but I think is a ics bug maybe it would get fixed in the new update 4.0.4
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There won't be a 4.0.4 I can almost guarantee it
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Never had the texting problem but I'm definately always having to swipe the lockscreen a couple times to unlock it.
News and weather widget works fine here too.
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I think this was my problem with the notifications not making any sound maybe its the same thing un-check the top look at the photo ^^ I unchecked it and now it gives me sound when I get text
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at&t sucks. bottom line.
Advice, if you want to stick with touchjizz, run a custom one, there are plenty that *should* have those issues taken care of.
But the widget size issue, thats just looks, with a different launcher can change size of widgets.
Lol I called this one. A bunch of people upgrade to stock ICS. Then they complain and want to switch back, mess it up, and start new threads. Hopefully they all learned their lesson about carrier upgrades . I mean even I tried it, just to see what it looked like and how it functioned. Then again I knew how to get back to a custom Rom Before I did it. It's actually not too bad, but there were just too many bugs and battery life was too bad for my taste.
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No problems here. Do a factory reset. Your on warranty don't be scared.
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No problems here. Do a factory reset. Your on warranty don't be scared.
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Stop telling people to do that, they could brick their phones
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Thank you for this useful reply/input and picture... I'll give it a try.
slim1991 said:
I think this was my problem with the notifications not making any sound maybe its the same thing un-check the top look at the photo ^^ I unchecked it and now it gives me sound when I get text
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Nick281051 said:
Stop telling people to do that, they could brick their phones
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Were all under warranty. If it does brick Samsung could realize this is very serious and fix it sooner
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Were all under warranty. If it does brick Samsung could realize this is very serious and fix it sooner
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Doesn't matter. Don't encourage people to do something that could brick their phone. Do it to your own not others
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i upgraded to ICS when it got released used for a week and back to GB...GB is smooth then that crappy ICS
Im having alot of these problems plus my samsung keypad freezes and crashes browser freezes
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Doesn't matter. Don't encourage people to do something that could brick their phone. Do it to your own not others
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Did it to my own and my cousins already. No brick + no issues .
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Did it to my own and my cousins already. No brick + no issues .
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It isn't 100% on all phones it seems to be random but instead of posting something VERY VERY risky for people not so inclined to troll the forums and find out about the risks of certain actions why not shut up or post what you think will work then link them to a topic showing what bad could happen. You just seem like you want people to brick and make more topics about how they tried to reset and bricked. You also need to think of Google searches that link to this topic and they read it and see you said reset and they do it. It isn't just xda its anyone with the internet don't lead people to a possible brick
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There won't be a 4.0.4 I can almost guarantee it
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Yes there will. Nfc will get enabled
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Yes there will. Nfc will get enabled
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And where are you getting this information?
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johnny_1437 said:
i upgraded to ICS when it got released used for a week and back to GB...GB is smooth then that crappy ICS
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how? what steps did you take and where can i find the download link to gingerbread? did you use http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1286432
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how? what steps did you take and where can i find the download link to gingerbread? did you use http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1286432
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The only way to go "back" to Gingerbread is to flash UCKH7 straight stock or one of the Gingerbread stock plus root packages in Entropy512's thread. So yes, use that, or one of my guides.
Here is the link to the article! http://www.androidcentral.com/att-s-lg-optimus-g-getting-its-jelly-bean-update-today
I am downloading it as I type this...336 mb.
Q0slide working with apps is missing. ATT ****ed Us
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Here is the link to the article! http://www.androidcentral.com/att-s-lg-optimus-g-getting-its-jelly-bean-update-today
I am downloading it as I type this...336 mb.
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NO update for device using Straight talk ATT
I have straight talk using the LG Optimus g, telling me my device is up to date. Any ideas?
Mramos860 said:
Q0slide working with apps is missing. ATT ****ed Us
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I can confirm that Q slide does work for me with other apps
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Anyone else not getting the update? It is saying my phone is up to date.
Upgraded, and Q-slide working like a champ!!
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Upgraded, and Q-slide working like a champ!!
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Ain't nobody got time for that
If one was using the stock ROM but had it rooted, updating would presumably deroot the device, right? Or would the update fail?
I meant Q-slide was suppose to be working with other apps, like the whole browser not just certain videos, and it was suppose to work with other apps natively. In the notification bar there was suppose to be a Q-slide bar under the brightness bar and you could select apps to play over your current app.
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Upgraded, and Q-slide working like a champ!!
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Can someone make this update a zip file to use in Clockwork.
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Installed on root, kept root.
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Downloaded! Bout time!
Sans143 said:
Can someone make this update a zip file to use in Clockwork.
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I'm sure someone will. And then ROMs without AT&T bloat will come out. Just have a little patience. We've all waited this long, what's another day or two?
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I'm sure someone will. And then ROMs without AT&T bloat will come out. Just have a little patience. We've all waited this long, what's another day or two?
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Can always bloat unistaller from market.
bloat isn't really a factor here but we can all expect better JB roms
Took AT&T long enough
I'd like to share some battery results... it's phenomenal so far. Installed and then took a nap for ~2 hours, that's where it flat lined at 16%. A little early to say, but first impressions are legit.
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i live in Brazil, and cannot upgrade since im not in ATT area...
someone could host this update so i can download and flash it??
yes i need an external download for the update since im from israel and i think i cant update cuz of im outside of us
Does this help out the devs? I'm hoping this will help fix the last issues so I can rock a proper AOSP ROM. I can go without the camera, but need my GPS.
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I meant Q-slide was suppose to be working with other apps, like the whole browser not just certain videos, and it was suppose to work with other apps natively. In the notification bar there was suppose to be a Q-slide bar under the brightness bar and you could select apps to play over your current app.
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Dude I NEVER had that option since I took the phone out the box at the AT&T store. You're saying you had that to begin with? I find that very odd....
So I did some searching around to see exactly what Q Slide is SUPPOSED to be and I think you must have this feature confused with something else or another phone all together. Even on various videos and LG's own website, Q Slide is used to watch VIDEOS and use apps at the same time. It says absolutely nothing about having 2 different apps on top of each other at the same time. I think you are confusing yourself mate.
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Dude I NEVER had that option since I took the phone out the box at the AT&T store. You're saying you had that to begin with? I find that very odd....
So I did some searching around to see exactly what Q Slide is SUPPOSED to be and I think you must have this feature confused with something else or another phone all together. Even on various videos and LG's own website, Q Slide is used to watch VIDEOS and use apps at the same time. It says absolutely nothing about having 2 different apps on top of each other at the same time. I think you are confusing yourself mate.
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Dude.. Do some more research.. He's not talking about 2 different apps. Just more apps than just video.. I have it on snowjb.
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I'm wondering what's the word on Flash for the s4? I've read quite a few threads filled with insight about any given 3rd party app will work, but none of them are working; for me anyway. I've tried, BOAT Browswer, Dolphin, Skyfire, Stock, and Firefox for Android, and although BOAT Browser showed hope, none of them worked flawlessly.
From what I understand, the s4 wasn't made to handle flash in any aspect which is why installing the apk doesn't fix the situation for stock browsers like it has in the past, especially for my s3.
I'm wondering has anyone come up wtih a fix for this? Or will there even be a fix for this? I may consider returning this and getting the HTC One if there isn't at least a plausible fix on the horizon.
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I'm wondering what's the word on Flash for the s4? I've read quite a few threads filled with insight about any given 3rd party app will work, but none of them are working; for me anyway. I've tried, BOAT Browswer, Dolphin, Skyfire, Stock, and Firefox for Android, and although BOAT Browser showed hope, none of them worked flawlessly.
From what I understand, the s4 wasn't made to handle flash in any aspect which is why installing the apk doesn't fix the situation for stock browsers like it has in the past, especially for my s3.
I'm wondering has anyone come up wtih a fix for this? Or will there even be a fix for this? I may consider returning this and getting the HTC One if there isn't at least a plausible fix on the horizon.
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It'll probably work on the stock browser in CM as it always does when CM becomes more readily available.
YOU DONT NEED FLASH EVERY WEBSITE WORKS PERFECTLY AS IF YOU HAD FLASH BUILT IN THE OS IM ABLE TO DO EVERYTHING I USED TO BEFORE WITH MY OTHER PHONES WHICH HAD FLASH ON THIS PHONE PERFECTLY.
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YOU DONT NEED FLASH EVERY WEBSITE WORKS PERFECTLY AS IF YOU HAD FLASH BUILT IN THE OS IM ABLE TO DO EVERYTHING I USED TO BEFORE WITH MY OTHER PHONES WHICH HAD FLASH ON THIS PHONE PERFECTLY.
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Html5 is getting to be more prevalent but to say every flash site will load is incorrect.
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Here is The flashplayer apk. (https://www.dropbox.com/s/4rvqr7dlm8b71z0/install_flash_player_ics.apk)
The .apk is readily available through Adobe's website, that's not the issue. My guess is that the s4 doesn't really know how to handle the Flash since it was built in expectation to not have to deal with flash in the first place. Which means someone would have to come along with a Rom with Flash abilities cooked in already. I'm not sure, but I imagine that won't be too difficult to do.
Oh, and apparently none of my more favorite...let's say 'extracurricular' websites are using HTML5 which renders them useless on my s4 so far.
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The .apk is readily available through Adobe's website, that's not the issue. My guess is that the s4 doesn't really know how to handle the Flash since it was built in expectation to not have to deal with flash in the first place. Which means someone would have to come along with a Rom with Flash abilities cooked in already. I'm not sure, but I imagine that won't be too difficult to do.
Oh, and apparently none of my more favorite...let's say 'extracurricular' websites are using HTML5 which renders them useless on my s4 so far.
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nice.
I tested on cm and aokp. Flash works fine
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How about we pull the browser apk from galaxy s3 and try to run it on s4. Flash worked on the s3 browser can't hurt to try
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I tested on cm and aokp. Flash works fine
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cell128 said:
How about we pull the browser apk from galaxy s3 and try to run it on s4. Flash worked on the s3 browser can't hurt to try
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Flash doesn't work fine. Html5 is not the same as flash. The OP already explained that the apk won't work....
Go to newgrounds.com and try to run flash movies...you will see yourselves it doesn't work.
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Flash doesn't work fine. Html5 is not the same as flash. The OP already explained that the apk won't work....
Go to newgrounds.com and try to run flash movies...you will see yourselves it doesn't work.
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OP was not referring to galaxy s3 browser apk he was referring to flash player apk. I will try to run it see if I can get it to work.
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from the other s4 forums for other carriers they got it to work using dolphin and jetpack. once installed with adobe apk all was good
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First of all, sincere apologies for posting this in the wrong section.
I've read that people have successfully been able to pull the s3 browser apk and port it over to the s4 mildly successfully. I actually have an s3 but I'm not confident enough in my android/linux skills to be a pioneer in this. Maybe I will put some time into it and see since I have a day off today.
So I used Root Explorer to get the Browser apk from my s3 and tried to install it to my s4...needless to say it didn't work. I even tried to put the s3 browser in the system files by replacing the s4's default browser. Nothing...maybe I did it wrong?
---Sorry for the double post...I could've swore I saw somebody else as the last poster. Sorry!
Use the opera it may work
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