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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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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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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What the Devs say about this? Do it have a chance to be better than Android?
"This year’s CTIA Wireless conference in New Orleans is surprisingly short on major new smartphones. But at last night’s MobileFocus press event, I happened across a fascinating, one-of-a-kind handset which I hadn’t seen in person yet: Mozilla’s alpha version of a phone running Boot to Gecko, its project to turn the web technologies behind Firefox into a stand-alone mobile operating system."
Read more: http://techland.time.com/2012/05/09/this-phone-is-all-firefox-all-the-way/#ixzz1uTjwVoxf
Check here - http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1518467
It's been on the i9100 for a while
DO NOT FLASH THAT!
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Check here - http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1518467
It's been on the i9100 for a while
DO NOT FLASH THAT!
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Que?
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Ok. not to flash it.
But is becouse is not working on i777 or it is just a crap?
What do you think about that?
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Ok. not to flash it.
But is becouse is not working on i777 or it is just a crap?
What do you think about that?
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Because its not for our device, it may or may not work with broken calls/keys but I haven't tested it myself.
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Because its not for our device, it may or may not work with broken calls/keys but I haven't tested it myself.
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Out of curiosity, why would anyone decide to flash it ever? It's not like play store will be accessible. It's a feeble yet very stupid attempt by Mozilla...
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Out of curiosity, why would anyone decide to flash it ever? It's not like play store will be accessible. It's a feeble yet very stupid attempt by Mozilla...
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Flasholics?
Honestly I don't have any details about that OS.
Thats a pre Alpha...
For sure another "player" to this market will be a good thing. More updates, more releases, more everything.
Funny thing on that picture is that it is an International sg2 but there is an AT&T logo there. Check the pic.
That's most likely the carrier its being used with, which is perfectly normal considering the tech site is probably located in the US.
I think its a neat different Idea... Do I think it will go anywhere like android and ios? Not really (would be cool if it did).
I would flash it, but only when its ready for our phone. I would love to at least try it. Who knows it could be the next best thing since the cheese wheel!
I personally would not mind flashing if LiLChris were to ever port it
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I personally would not mind flashing if LiLChris were to ever port it
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I tried once, attempt failed...I'll look at it again when I get a chance.
Anyone looking in to this? I'm really curious on using it, just to mess around.
I tried flashing this about a week ago...failed in Odin and wouldn't boot past recovery...was using siyah whick stated b2g support....had to flash stock and restore nandroid ... not sure what went wrong but there are some issues there...so beware
I tried to see if it would boot at all just for ****s....
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I tried flashing this about a week ago...failed in Odin and wouldn't boot past recovery...was using siyah whick stated b2g support....had to flash stock and restore nandroid ... not sure what went wrong but there are some issues there...so beware
I tried to see if it would boot at all just for ****s....
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There is a flashable zip somewhere in the original thread in the i9100 forums. I'm using it, I just don't get to use it because I have to build something which I can't do...
i777 with B2G
Boot2Gecko uses a different kernel from Android, still Linux, but with many different things compiled into it. If you go to the page with the i9100 image, you'll see a .tar.md5 image, which is really just a TAR image with some extra. You can untar it and get out the boot.img, which is the kernel. You can then use ODIN to flash the image, and if it is inoperable you can use Heimdall to flash the boot.img directly as the kernel. I stopped quickly with this because my i777 only partially worked with no radio on the last try, and it became unusable quickly. It was also getting extremely hot near the top of the unit, so I went and flashed back the AOKP image I had been using previously.
My attempts to build from scratch have been unpleasant to say the least, and it seems the Nexus is on the list of hardware along with the i9100, but the i777 and i9100g and others are not on the roadmap yet.
For those who want to know what this is, it's a Linux kernel that boots into a special version of Firefox, and then uses web documents and web standards to do everything. All of the OS is coded in HTML5/JS/CSS and has new JS implemented for controlling and using the phone's hardware. The "apps" are websites that are accessed remotely and then cached so that they do not have to be updated until the remote version changes, so the OS can upgrade extremely rapidly.
I'm looking forward to seeing this remove some of the mess made by the manufacturers and providers, and to see some much needed user control brought back into the system.
Big question since i'm brazillian, WHY BRAZIL?
http://www.techweekeurope.co.uk/news/firefox-mobile-os-2013-84721
You may have already seen this but if not, XDA member febcyv has managed to get google now working with ICS.
Link here http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1749045
I have not tried this on my TF300 yet, but if anyone else has I would be eager to find out how you got on.
Good luck and enjoy
Just installed it, and everything wet smoothly. I have no idea what I am expecting now though, it appears to have just replaced the search bar. Nothing different seems to have happened so far.
Edit: I had to install the modified Velvet-theos0o.apk file in order to get it to work properly. Voice search isn't working but that seems to be a common issue.
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if you search factual questions it should now bring up "knowledge cards" with your answer rather than a google search.
Also try holding home and dragging up, it may open "google now" which is supposed to act a bit like your PA and learn your routine
I'm also doing a bigger more widespread port of this over in the android development>apps and games section
We have both a flashable .zip and an .apk. It has a strong effort into getting voice to work. If you want check it out. Go ahead!
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I'm also doing a bigger more widespread port of this over in the android development>apps and games section
We have both a flashable .zip and an .apk. It has a strong effort into getting voice to work. If you want check it out. Go ahead!
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Thanks! I'll keep an eye on it
Is there any versions out for non-rooted devices? Don't feel too good rooting my new device, would lose the quarantee
Unlocking voids warranty, rooting doesn't.
It says that it requires a "A Rooted device running ICS AOSP Rom". I'm rooted but NOT unlocked and therefore NOT running a custom ROM.
This won't work for me. Right?
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It says that it requires a "A Rooted device running ICS AOSP Rom". I'm rooted but NOT unlocked and therefore NOT running a custom ROM.
This won't work for me. Right?
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Im not 100% sure, but I would imagine that the stock ROM is close enough to AOSP for it to work.
I think it probably would work, but you may want to wait for someone else to confirm
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It says that it requires a "A Rooted device running ICS AOSP Rom". I'm rooted but NOT unlocked and therefore NOT running a custom ROM.
This won't work for me. Right?
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I'm the head of one of the Google Now for ICS projects and you can probably install this normally. Just make sure not to delete your original "GoogleQuickSearchBox.apk" file. Just rename it and have it on hand to put back if anything goes wrong.
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Didnt work for me!!
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So I know this is probably well known by now, but for those of you who don't stalk phonescoop daily:
http://www.phonescoop.com/articles/article.php?a=10764
Looks like the AOSP source code has been released. Granted, this doesn't mean we're going to see a Jellybean rom tomorrow or anything, but we're one step closer to getting it!
Don't count your chickens before they hatch
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A tad bit late, xda reported this a yesterday it was I think: http://www.xda-developers.com/android/android-4-1-jelly-bean-source-code-released-to-aosp/
Thanks for sharing though.
Sportstar is already working on it, if the recent kernel source release is as good as we hope it is, we just might see a port or possibly a full source tree build.
JB don't support flash, I don't think its worth it..not atleast over ICS..I would love ICS with some good features from JB...
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Perry977 said:
JB don't support flash, I don't think its worth it..not atleast over ICS..I would love ICS with some good features from JB...
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Flash is obsolete, even adobe admitted it as why they quit developing it, it works fine on JB, just that you won't find it in the market place, you have to manually install it but anything you can do on flash html5 does with the same ease.
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Flash is obsolete, even adobe admitted it as why they quit developing it, it works fine on JB, just that you won't find it in the market place, you have to manually install it but anything you can do on flash html5 does with the same ease.
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But HTML5 does not read flash, and there are still a lot of flash sites out there (unfortunately). So I think it is a bit early to delete it from a system.
Dark Nightmare said:
Flash is obsolete, even adobe admitted it as why they quit developing it, it works fine on JB, just that you won't find it in the market place, you have to manually install it but anything you can do on flash html5 does with the same ease.
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yay our choices are a broken old worn out flash.. or a unfinished HTML5 specification that wont be done till 2022ish? weeeee
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But HTML5 does not read flash, and there are still a lot of flash sites out there (unfortunately). So I think it is a bit early to delete it from a system.
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Your wrong... thats why html5 exists. you dont need flash with it.
ziggy46 said:
Your wrong... thats why html5 exists. you dont need flash with it.
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How so? A lot of the sites are still flash based. What happens when you try and get to one of those without flash capability?
HTML5 can take the place of flash, but has not done so yet.
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How so? A lot of the sites are still flash based. What happens when you try and get to one of those without flash capability?
HTML5 can take the place of flash, but has not done so yet.
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Any relevant site that has been around since html5 was released should be updated by now, youtube supports it, fb supports it and just about every other major site. If they don't support html5 and prefer flash, you sir better have good anti-virus software, plus using html5 and not flash reduces the number of ads showing up in your browser, also increases security. Adobe didn't make flash support available for JB but if you install the actual app, it works fine.
Pretty sure all the ones complaining about no flash support will be all over JB the min this device gets a taste of it.
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How so? A lot of the sites are still flash based. What happens when you try and get to one of those without flash capability?
HTML5 can take the place of flash, but has not done so yet.
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its integrated into the jb default browser (chrome), so there is no need for flash since html5 takes place of it. bro, google has it covered
and i didnt mean to sound so snappy when i said "your wrong...". i apologize
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A tad bit late, xda reported this a yesterday it was I think: http://www.xda-developers.com/android/android-4-1-jelly-bean-source-code-released-to-aosp/
Thanks for sharing though.
Sportstar is already working on it, if the recent kernel source release is as good as we hope it is, we just might see a port or possibly a full source tree build.
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Oops, thanks haha. I looked around the Amaze forum and didn't see any posts about it, so I thought I would share.
Also, I don't ever use flash on my phone anyway, so I don't think I would mind a Jellybean upgrade
leaked info of jelly bean coming to the Amaze.
http://tips4droid.com/list-of-att-v...-phones-that-will-get-android-4-1-jelly-bean/
seansk said:
leaked info of jelly bean coming to the Amaze.
http://tips4droid.com/list-of-att-v...-phones-that-will-get-android-4-1-jelly-bean/
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Wow, that's good news indeed! Wonder how accurate that list is!
Can't wait for jellybean
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So.....what happens after no adobe....?
And why did adobe and Google stop support?
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Can someone tell me if it is another way to support flash in android 4.0.X????? I need it
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Can someone tell me if it is another way to support flash in android 4.0.X????? I need it
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Flash is supported in 4.0.X
Just not beyond
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I'm pretty sure some people here on xda will find a way to get flash to work on JB.
Atrix_Owner said:
I'm pretty sure some people here on xda will find a way to get flash to work on JB.
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They already found it and it's working
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They already found it and it's working
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I used the way. Super easy. Frustrating that its not supported tho
I mean, what is to come of flash if its no longer on android and there isn't an alternative.
Its like we will be trying to view imbedded videos on a 5 year old Motorola lol
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Its like we will be trying to view imbedded videos on a 5 year old Motorola.
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5 years ago, there wasn't HTML5.
Adobe is doing us a favor with getting rid of adobe flash, if it wasn't so resource hungry then it would've kept going. Adobe dropping flash will not effect it either, in fact it'll probably free up resources for them (i.e. ongoing support) . They've already started to get on the HTML5 bandwaggon (see Adobe Edge).
Hot Air Won't Substitute for Flash
I've heard all kinds of baloney about the use of Flash being sooo bad on Android phones. Well without this, the Samsung S3 and the HTC S1 doesn't work for streaming video on some sites. Now, complainers, give me a GOOD alternative. Or is this a plan to cripple Android phones so they will work as bad as an iPhone?
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John Cipolletti said:
I've heard all kinds of baloney about the use of Flash being sooo bad on Android phones. Well without this, the Samsung S3 and the HTC S1 doesn't work for streaming video on some sites. Now, complainers, give me a GOOD alternative. Or is this a plan to cripple Android phones so they will work as bad as an iPhone?
Former iPhone and Windows programmer
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Chill, and go sideload flash. Problem solved. Android is still not crippled.
And well this is the first step of moving over to HTML5
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Basically Flash is obsolete with the introduction of HTML5 video just like 32bit Windows programs are obsolete since 64 bit has been around for years. Yet in both cases most sites still use flash and most Windows programs are still only 32bit. I think discontinuing flash support this early was a bad move by Adobe. It was one of the top apps in the Play store and had mostly good reviews. Its just too early to call it dead. Flash was pretty well performing, it allowed 720p youtube videos on my Droid 3 without noticeable lag and 1080p videos on my Touchpad. Since HTML5 has no DRM its not replacing flash anytime soon as its very easy to download an HTML5 video.
If you want flash you can download it from the site in my signature. It runs okay on JB even though its not supported.
I have been searching for what feels like for ever and I cannot seem to find the answer. 1)does anyone have a copy of the stock smemo and snote apk 's I am pulling my afro out by the roots and that's not cool. 2edly which ties into the first query, how come when you flash several modems after awhile none of them seem to work. Example I would flash let's say 5 different modems to see which one has the best speed. By time I get to the 5th one my device no longer will display a signal and at that point it will not recognize my sim card so I have to reflash the ROM and start again due to a bad memory. Lucky I accidently flashed what I thought was a stock ROM but was not and it had a really good modem. The problem is that the spen apps are not present, now here's the fun part when I try to download them from the play store it says that is not compatible with my device so if someone has those apk's or can point me to a link that is not dead I would appreciate it thank you......
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I have been searching for what feels like for ever and I cannot seem to find the answer. 1)does anyone have a copy of the stock smemo and snote apk 's I am pulling my afro out by the roots and that's not cool. 2edly which ties into the first query, how come when you flash several modems after awhile none of them seem to work. Example I would flash let's say 5 different modems to see which one has the best speed. By time I get to the 5th one my device no longer will display a signal and at that point it will not recognize my sim card so I have to reflash the ROM and start again due to a bad memory. Lucky I accidently flashed what I thought was a stock ROM but was not and it had a really good modem. The problem is that the spen apps are not present, now here's the fun part when I try to download them from the play store it says that is not compatible with my device so if someone has those apk's or can point me to a link that is not dead I would appreciate it thank you......
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The playstore is right. Smemo and other S apps aren't compatible with JB roms. I'm no expert, but I believe it has something to do with touchwiz. Those apps require it and there isn't a JB touchwiz rom available yet. I have the Smemo apk and a titanium backup of it as well. I'll upload it later today when I get off work for ya. But unless your an awesome app dev it's not going to work. Believe me I've tried.
As for your modem question... that's odd. I've done the same thing you have but didn't run into any problems doing so. I always wipe dalvik/cache too. Maybe that's your issue. Another suggestion is try rebooting when you can't see any signal. Sometimes when I reboot without flashing anything my signal is non-existent. I reboot and it comes back.
Thank you for the reply, but blue I am going to throw a monkey wrench in the works. The ROM's that I am running are ICS because I need WiFi calling and neither att or Tmobile have a jb version running yet.... Btw thanks for reminding me to wipe the cache's I didn't think that would apply to modems just to ROM's
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Thank you for the reply, but blue I am going to throw a monkey wrench in the works. The ROM's that I am running are ICS because I need WiFi calling and neither att or Tmobile have a jb version running yet.... Btw thanks for reminding me to wipe the cache's I didn't think that would apply to modems just to ROM's
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Since your already running ics, try finding an ics rom that's based on touchwiz if installing this apk doesn't work. Just because it's an ics rom it doesn't mean it's based on touchwiz.
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I'm having difficulty finding Snotes in my backups for some reason. I'll update this when I find it.
Thank you very much
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