The G2 (AT&T) stock Browser supports Adobe Flash Player. Just go to Adobe's Archived Flash Player versions and download the latest version under Android 4.0. It didn't work on the Galaxy S4 4.2.2 stock browser so I thought it was worth mentioning.
Remember this works only on the stock Browser. It does NOT work in Chrome. Chrome does NOT support Flash!
And make sure that the option Enable plug-ins is set to Always on in the Browser Settings.
Very nice. I'm jealous. The Verizon version only has Chrome, no stock browser.
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Very nice. I'm jealous. The Verizon version only has Chrome, no stock browser.
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Verizon and their stuff....
I love Chrome but sometimes I just NEED to see websites that include Flash content and its awesome to have the option to see them if needed.
If you're on Verizon you can still get the AOSP Browser and add Flash. I just did it, but I'm rooted and I don't know if it would work on non-rooted phones or not.
Install the [ROOT]AOSP Browser Installer from the Play Store. Ignore the warnings and have it install the AOSP Browser. Then go into your App maager and remove [ROOT]AOSP Browser Installer just to clean things up. You'll now have the stock browser that works fine.
Then just follow the instructions in the OP to install Flash. Works great.
-Joe
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If you're on Verizon you can still get the AOSP Browser and add Flash. I just did it, but I'm rooted and I don't know if it would work on non-rooted phones or not.
Install the [ROOT]AOSP Browser Installer from the Play Store. Ignore the warnings and have it install the AOSP Browser. Then go into your App maager and remove [ROOT]AOSP Browser Installer just to clean things up. You'll now have the stock browser that works fine.
Then just follow the instructions in the OP to install Flash. Works great.
-Joe
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awesome! thanks man. is the LG browser pretty much the same as aosp? just installed this.
I like Firefox plus flash
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jayochs said:
awesome! thanks man. is the LG browser pretty much the same as aosp? just installed this.
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On my Verzion G2 there is no LG browser... just Chrome (which won't use Flash). Other versions of the G2 use the AOSP browser. You can have multiple browsers on the same device... no problem.
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On my Verzion G2 there is no LG browser... just Chrome (which won't use Flash). Other versions of the G2 use the AOSP browser. You can have multiple browsers on the same device... no problem.
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Does Capture Plus work with this browser?
Also, I've been using Dolphin Browser and it seems to support all my flash needs as well give it a try.
Does International version support flash?
Another workaround (Works on Verizon)
I also have got this to work with Dolphin Browser on my LG G2 Verizon flavor.
Doet the aosp browser from the play store have the PIE controls you can swipe in from the left? I hate having that adressbar popping up when I scroll up.
I tried the aosp installer last week, but didnt get it to work. Also tried some other ways of pushing it, but then broke the default browser in the progress. Dont want to reflash my rom again, but if it can get me the PIE controls I will keep trying it.
I've got the international version and the browser seems to have lots of bugs. Double tapping a column of text doesn't always resize it or align it with the screen properly, after a week my bookmarks disappeared and refused to come back so I had to do a factory reset, now the top and bottom bars no longer auto hide. I like the browser because it has extra features not found in Chrome but it feels like a beta product. I'm going to give dolphin and firefox a go.
Hi there... I have a new D800 and am trying to get flash installed by following the above tips. Even though I've tried several times, it's not happening. Could someone please tell me which flash version in the archived list you were able to get working using the default browser, unrooted, on the AT&T G2?
Thanks.... I am very hard of hearing and need to be able to watch the ASL videos online.
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Found the thread and APK.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2139513
It works now but only on some videos.
Thank you !!
Thanks
Awesome. I had assumed that the stock player would have flash plugin installed, and when I tried to open a site with flash, was surprised to find that it couldn't handle it. Now I am able to. Thanks for the info.
AWESOME! Just wish I had seen this over the weekend when I was trying to watch college football on CBS while on my way to my outlaws! I couldn't get flash to work on anything.
I'm on Verizon and I just installed the Flash for Android 4.0 and this browser:
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=me.android.browser
and Dolphin and both work just fine with Flash sites and the G2 has enough power to actually handle it. I have a feeling it would destroy battery life if used too much but for times when you need it, it's great to know it works, for now.
Not sure how many of you are Sprint users; but there was a software update released for the Sprint G2 last week that apparently (at least for my slightly disgusted experience) has REMOVED the flash capability from the built-in browser. Can anyone confirm?
Stock Browser KitKat
Verizon KitKat is missing stock browser, of course. Tried using the stock LG Browser from JellyBean, but it FC's. Does any variant have LG Browser on KitKat? If so, could someone please post the APK + ODEX files?
Good information.
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Hi, so before i ask let me explain. i came across a honeycomb leak for my sony google tv internet box, I was messing with it and i found the chrome.apk i was able to pass it to my flasdrive. the Asus recognizes it but wont install it. im running stock so if i root will it work or no?
Thanks in adavance
Post it and someone will sure to try to install it.
okay, can you pm on how to post it?? i post every little so i dont know how lol
Ram1500 said:
okay, can you pm on how to post it?? i post every little so i dont know how lol
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Zip it and the upload it as an attachment, see attachment below
okay thank you, really looking forward to using this on the asus! as it should be way better then stock browser.
Mines rooted... still won't install.
Moved it to the /system/apps directory and still no go.
Tried the /data/apps directory too and still nothing.
Boo, this would be cool if it would work.
you think someone can modified the apk to get it work? atleast on tablets.
It's most likely not going to work because that version of chrome is assumingly optimised for Intel chips and Google TV boxes only at the moment.
It will come for Android devices eventually though
wow that really sucks, it would've been awesome to see it working on tablets.
The built-in browser is essentially Chrome but without plug-in support.
It could be, but chrome is 10x better then the stock browser. everytime I use the stock browser it crashes.
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It could be, but chrome is 10x better then the stock browser. everytime I use the stock browser it crashes.
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by this, do you mean the desktop version? because if it is, then you might be comparing apples and oranges.
but comparing apples to apples, chrome and the stock browser does use the same rendering engines. the actual apps are merely shells for the rendering engine. if you want to try another webkit browser, try dolphin.
and if you want to try something else, try opera (very good browser).
anywho, if you find that the apk doesn't work, i bet it has framework dependencies that are only in that specific version of honeycomb. try uploading the entire rom, and maybe someone might be able to figure out what else it needs.
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Thanks for the reply, but no I wasnt talking about the Desktop version that would be even better lol im comparing it to the google tv and the stock on the transformer. i've been using the latest Chrome since I update the unit(Google tv) and it hasnt force close or crash once. it works very well.
Chrome browser is out
https://market.android.com/details?id=com.android.chrome
Got it running on existz's aospX rom. Liking it so far, seems at least a bit faster than default browser.
Cool! I've been waiting for this, I use Chromium on both of my computers so I was looking forward to chromsync. It's good to see it being developed even if it isn't quite perfect yet. Flash support and add-ons are all they need to add for me to be happy.
Has anyone had any issues with this browser?
I downloaded it, and it seemed to work fine at first, but upon typing in a website, Chrome would freeze and my entire phone would reboot. I've never had any smartphone react so badly to an app. I'm running it on my Inspire 4g with LC's Icecoldsandwich 1.4 .
Posting this from the chrome browser on the same rom, must just be you. You should clear data and cache in chrome and the default browser and see what happens.
Is there any chance you could give me a quick rundown on how to do that? I'm familiar with wiping caches for flashing roms, but don't have the slightest idea how to do it for individual apps
EDIT* Never mind. I figured out how to clear the caches. Still the same problem. First I loaded XDA and it worked fine. Then I typed in boingboing.net (which is the site I used to test it every time I had this problem) and it crashed, again... My phone reboots and every app is gone from my drawer (Except for Cordy). This time, for curiosity's sake I tried to run that game. Started it up, then hit the home button. Trebuchet crashes and the phone works again.
I'm pretty bummed, honestly. Chrome has been my favorite browser for years on the computer and I was really hoping it would come to android (Lucky for me, it did only 2 weeks after I got my first android device). Maybe the next beta update or the next LC update will make them play nicer together. Any other recommendations for the meantime would be appreciated
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Is there any chance you could give me a quick rundown on how to do that? I'm familiar with wiping caches for flashing roms, but don't have the slightest idea how to do it for individual apps
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Settings>Apps>(Click on app in question)>"Clear data"
A lot of small issues that pop up with apps can be solved by clearing data. Its one of the most useful tricks, IMO
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I like it, but it doesn't really offer much more than the stock browser in ICS. I like the UI of stock and the speed boost isn't massive. Also the fact that the search bar/ url bar stays in place while scrolling is an annoyance. I have it for fun, but its not ready to be my everyday browser
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Got it running on existz's aospX rom. Liking it so far, seems at least a bit faster than default browser.
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Ditto and likewise
Sent using rabid badgers and two tin cans.
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Cool! I've been waiting for this, I use Chromium on both of my computers so I was looking forward to chromsync. It's good to see it being developed even if it isn't quite perfect yet. Flash support and add-ons are all they need to add for me to be happy.
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Chrome for Android will not get flash support.
http://www.google.com/url?sa=t&rct=...mfnJBQ&usg=AFQjCNFlhAiIr9uqpfRpzGfJFfonhohyLw
I checked it out. Seemed to work well enough. I'm running the aospX rom
So excited to check this out! I'll post what I think later. It seems that no flash support is a killer for me though.
Sorry if this has been solved before with ICS, but I'm stumped. I had a Moto Triumph before this. It had Gingerbread, and I installed CM7 onto it. Rooted, overclocked, the whole nine yards. I tried to install Flash from Play but it said it's not supported in my country (WTF, thanks, Adobe!) So I found an APK elsewhere and installed it. Bam! Flash works in Dolphin Browser. It's pretty slow, but it works.
Now, I did the same thing for my Photon Q and its preinstalled ICS. Any browser I try, including Opera Mini Next, Chrome, Firefox, Dolphin Browser and the default Android browser, I just get a blue cube icon where the flash object should be. I downloaded an app from Play that runs .SWF files and it displays the exact same blue cube.
Is there a workaround that anyone is aware of? If Adobe doesn't start supporting mobile devices, I think we'll be seeing Flash replaced before very long. By an open standard.
Officially Adobe has stopped supporting Flash via mobile going forward....but I believe you can still download/install the apk for whatever the last released version for each Android version via this link (you'll have to scroll down to where it lists 'Flash player for Android 4.0 archives' and grab the one at the top of that list in the case of the Q):
http://helpx.adobe.com/flash-player/kb/archived-flash-player-versions.html#main_Archived_Flash_Player_versions_for_developers
And that worked perfectly. Plays nice and smooth, too. Thanks a ton!
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And that worked perfectly. Plays nice and smooth, too. Thanks a ton!
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You're quite welcome....its not often I'm in a position to be able to help someone rather than being one of the ones asking questions but I was prepared on that one, I read that elsewhere and bookmarked it in my Photon Q folder for later use myself when I get one. I almost did this past weekend but decided to hold off still for now....then when I read in one of the other threads that Roam Control isn't (at least currently) working on it, that's kind of a deal breaker for me until that's fixed. Forcing roaming while at work is just shy of an absolute must unfortunately. :/
Was I the only one who thought I'd lose flash capability after updating to jelly bean, because I didn't
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It is already known that side loading Flash player will still work on jellybean.
I had flash installed before the update and it works just fine after without any problems
Restored mine using using Titanium. No problems so far...
You guys who are side reloaded your Flash app, what did you do before hand, did you uninstall Flash from ICS prior?
I upgraded to Jelly Bean, Flash was already present in ICS beforehand and it's still present in Jelly Bean after the update. No sideloading, back-up/restore required.
Flash never worked in Chrome, but it's always worked in Stock, and there's a new browser that I don't think many may know about, but Mozilla has a new mobile browser that blows the Android Firefox away, it's called Aurora and it's the only browser where I can visit Youtube like it's a regular Intel x86 browser and watch Youtube vids and comment without ever needing the Youtube app.
Yes it's Aurora and it's from Mozilla that makes Firefox. It's everything Firefox on Android should be.
Had Flash installed before the update, updated to JB, flash is still there, works fine. (Chrome has no plugin support whatsoever, Flash didn't work there on ICS either.)
There's been a thread about Jelly Bean and Flash since 15 July in the Android General forum. Do your research, seriously. http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1774336
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... and there's a new browser that I don't think many may know about, but Mozilla has a new mobile browser that blows the Android Firefox away, it's called Aurora and it's the only browser where I can visit Youtube like it's a regular Intel x86 browser and watch Youtube vids and comment without ever needing the Youtube app.
Yes it's Aurora and it's from Mozilla that makes Firefox. It's everything Firefox on Android should be.
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Still in beta - not very stable. Won't stay open long enough to browse to flash sites to test it. Maybe not as compatible with 4.2.1.
Aurora is the alpha testing phase of Firefox. It's not a new browser.
I am using Cromi-X4.6.x
More often than not, Flash is unstable and FC's my stock browser, anyone else?
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I am using Cromi-X4.6.x
More often than not, Flash is unstable and FC's my stock browser, anyone else?
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Haven't noticed any issues on Stock. Do you have Flash set to Always or On Demand?
JB works fine with Flash on my tablets and phones. Only does not work with stock browser and Chrome. Does not work on new Dolphin, but that is because the devs killed the function. Works fine with Dolphin 9.4.1 beta though.
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JB works fine with Flash on my tablets and phones. Only does not work with stock browser and Chrome. Does not work on new Dolphin, but that is because the devs killed the function. Works fine with Dolphin 9.4.1 beta though.
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You need to set it to 'on demand' in Stock, then it works.
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Haven't noticed any issues on Stock. Do you have Flash set to Always or On Demand?
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I have it set to always on.
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I have it set to always on.
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Try setting it to On Demand. Might be be more stable that way.
Dolphin's newer beta with flash - bit.ly/10GcmeQ
The recently-released Next Browser (from the Go Launcher Dev Team) supports flash with JB, but it is kinda buggy. Seems to only allow one flash applet per tab.
Hi all folks.
I am wondering which web browser you are on.
And the point if you have adobe flash fully supported.
mazak23 said:
Hi all folks.
I am wondering which web browser you are on.
And the point if you have adobe flash fully supported.
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Running stock (which comes with cm10.1) and boat browser. Both are great, I just like to have a backup if some pages won't work properly. Everything flash related works just fine on both, boat maybe a tad better - I installed the latest ICS flash player *.apk, it's somewhere here on XDA - I could upload mine if you don't find it.
Thanks for pointing me in right direction.
Just have flash apk and found it somewhere on xda.
Now i am using stock rom on T-mobile software, which I am very happy.
Sometimes testing Opera 15 beta, but since doesnt support flash sites, wondering if to remove it.
Before I tried chrome (after using a while it was over 90 MB!!!) but was not fast enough.
So any other web browsers you have?