Sorry if this has been mentioned already but my search didn't find any results. I am just wondering if adobe flash is compatible with ICS on the bionic. With adobe giving up on mobile flash, I'm hesitant about upgrading to ICS because having flash is important to me for watching online videos. I understand many video sites are going towards html5, but not all of them are. If anyone could confirm if flash is working or not on the leaks, it would be appreciated.
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I know that Adobe Flash will still install from the market so I would assume any browser needing flash will work. Although the Chrome browser does not use flash. Also, YouTube works fine.
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Flash is hit or miss. I didn't have any problems on the early ICS leaks, but a lot of people did. I'm on 235 now, and I can watch flash but not in full screen mode.
Flash doesn't work at all for me after updating but some people claim that factory resetting fixes it, I haven't tried myself. I'm also still on 229 so functionality may have changed in the newer versions.
Thanks for the help guys. That kind of sucks. I hope google wakes up and releases some version of flash.
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Thanks for the help guys. That kind of sucks. I hope google wakes up and releases some version of flash.
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That's not going to happen. Google has been one of the leaders in the push for HTML5 which makes flash obsolete.
As an FYI, 238 is out. Samuri has a link at DF.
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That's not going to happen. Google has been one of the leaders in the push for HTML5 which makes flash obsolete.
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Until justin.tv stops using flash, it won't be obsolete to me lol. It's the only place I have where I can go to bed watching old school episodes of the Simpsons without having to put one of my DVDs in.
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.232 no colbert or daily shows will play which really bums me out. ive found more videos that dont work than ones that do. tried most browsers. desktop mode on dolphin used to be awesome
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So I downloaded netflix from the market, and it says in the list of supported devices that the HTC Thunderbolt is one. Now it does install and accepts your username password, you can see your qeue and it attemps to play the vid, but fails with a DRM required message. any one else seeing this? if you search for it it will not appear, but if you select apps, all apps, free apps then scroll down its listed. click install and try to enjoy a mostly usable app.
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So I downloaded netflix from the market, and it says in the list of supported devices that the HTC Thunderbolt is one. Now it does install and accepts your username password, you can see your qeue and it attemps to play the vid, but fails with a DRM required message. any one else seeing this? if you search for it it will not appear, but if you select apps, all apps, free apps then scroll down its listed. click install and try to enjoy a mostly usable app.
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Works fine on my phone I have synergy Rom loaded
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Yeah I know the rooted custom roms will run of just fine. But I'm just enjoying my stock bolt after coming from a pos Samsung captivate.
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yep no go for me also. Someone on Android Central claims his works on stock but yeah general consensus says other wise.
Mine works on CM7 perfectly! I did a search for Netflix it found and downloaded fine. Logged in and started a movie!
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it will never work on stock or rooted froyo for the thunderbolt (at least not without netflix directly supporting it). person that said it did on that forum is full of it. amount of effort to make it work would not be worth it. GB will be out soon and nearly everyone has it already on here. Anyone who wont root to get netflix obviously doesnt want it bad enough
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it will never work on stock or rooted froyo for the thunderbolt (at least not without netflix directly supporting it). person that said it did on that forum is full of it. amount of effort to make it work would not be worth it. GB will be out soon and nearly everyone has it already on here. Anyone who wont root to get netflix obviously doesnt want it bad enough
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Ok ok, im not a dev, but.... Look at the LG Revolution. It is running 2.2.1 and netflix runs perfectly out of the box. in my ignorance, I dont know why it would be any more dificult to modify it to work with other froyo devices. Im sure one of the software type bullys will pick me appart here.. By the way... XDA isn't a friendly place any more. boo to flamers... (will probably get flamed for that) HA
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Ok ok, im not a dev, but.... Look at the LG Revolution. It is running 2.2.1 and netflix runs perfectly out of the box. in my ignorance, I dont know why it would be any more dificult to modify it to work with other froyo devices. Im sure one of the software type bullys will pick me appart here.. By the way... XDA isn't a friendly place any more. boo to flamers... (will probably get flamed for that) HA
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But don't forget that Netflix support was one of the big selling points of the revolution
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Ok ok, im not a dev, but.... Look at the LG Revolution. It is running 2.2.1 and netflix runs perfectly out of the box. in my ignorance, I dont know why it would be any more dificult to modify it to work with other froyo devices. Im sure one of the software type bullys will pick me appart here.. By the way... XDA isn't a friendly place any more. boo to flamers... (will probably get flamed for that) HA
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Netflix does NOT need GB to function, it appears as if it needs it for the TBolt but not overall. That being said they made Droid Bionic support available so take everything with a grain of salt. Maybe GB will be coming soon and rather than fix issues with the TBolt again soon they figured set it up for GB and users can use it then (and root users now ).
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So I downloaded netflix from the market, and it says in the list of supported devices that the HTC Thunderbolt is one. Now it does install and accepts your username password, you can see your qeue and it attemps to play the vid, but fails with a DRM required message. any one else seeing this? if you search for it it will not appear, but if you select apps, all apps, free apps then scroll down its listed. click install and try to enjoy a mostly usable app.
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I just installed Netflix on my stock TB & it works very well. It was a little glitchy for the first 3-4 seconds, maybe 5, but after that, clear as a bell. No complaints here. About damn time...
Netflix app was just updated again!!! Everyone that had issues before try it out!
Yep update seems to fixed the play back issue.... WOOT!
Yep, confirmed working here too. Stock Froyo unrooted, latest update.
Confirmed. Just updated. Netflix now streaming on stock Thunderbolt. Thank God!!!
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Stock streaming working here
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Tried to update on bamf 2.1 and it was unsuccessful, any ideas?
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Just installed it and it works great!
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Ok ok, im not a dev, but.... Look at the LG Revolution. It is running 2.2.1 and netflix runs perfectly out of the box. in my ignorance, I dont know why it would be any more dificult to modify it to work with other froyo devices. Im sure one of the software type bullys will pick me appart here.. By the way... XDA isn't a friendly place any more. boo to flamers... (will probably get flamed for that) HA
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I never said all of froyo...I said thunderbolt + froyo. However, I am glad to see that it looks like netflix finally fixed it for the thunderbolt on froyo (the only way I said it would ever work for it).
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Tried to update on bamf 2.1 and it was unsuccessful, any ideas?
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Uninstall, download from market & reinstall.
I never understood the appeal of watching netflix on a cell phone. I tried it a couple of times & never finished the movie. Tablets & netbooks are much better suited for that job, imho
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Uninstall, download from market & reinstall.
I never understood the appeal of watching netflix on a cell phone. I tried it a couple of times & never finished the movie. Tablets & netbooks are much better suited for that job, imho
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Says incompatible update when I try to install
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Has anyone using this ROM been able to get google chrome to work? I can install and open the app just fine but when I go to request a webpage, it can resolve websites just fine and the loading bar moves along but nothing ever displays. Does this happen with anyone else?
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Same thing for me. Seems like it works perfect other than the fact that the website doesn't actually display.
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Exactly!
Exactly! The interface looks really clean and simple. And it appears that the pages load very quick. Just the one little problem of not seeing anything.
Haven't tried this on the D4, but from other devices, Chrome doesn't work because hardware acceleration doesn't work yet. I imagine once we get custom kernels (if that RAZR exploit pans out) or once we get an OTA to ICS and get a 3.0 kernel, this will be resolved.
And fastboot files. That will definitely speed development up knowing you have an unbricking method.
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Haven't tried this on the D4, but from other devices, Chrome doesn't work because hardware acceleration doesn't work yet. I imagine once we get custom kernels (if that RAZR exploit pans out) or once we get an OTA to ICS and get a 3.0 kernel, this will be resolved.
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I'm curious what RAZR exploit your talking about, as I haven't heard anything about custom kernels on RAZR or Droid 4.
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I'm referring to this thread:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=23942928
Looks like it is a hardware thing, so if it works it should work for the Bionic, RAZR, and Droid 4!
Anyone try it yet? Its floating around some other forums.
Where at? Cant find it
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Hive for sure. Saw a post about it on Rootz. I downloaded already but won't be able to flash until later.
So far so good with it.
Still trying to figure out any differences from .2233
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So far so good with it.
Still trying to figure out any differences from .2233
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Yeah. I just finished setting up again after flashing. I've noticed a few back end things that didn't work before now seem to be working. For instance, before if I did a check for update it would say check for system update is not available. Now I get the usual no update necessary message. Other than that it seems the same.
Droidhive link
http://www.droidhive.com/forums/index.php?/topic/1250-ics-404-leak-67229/
I was going to give it a try, but im happy on .2233 figured when i got bored i would try it out... lol
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I was going to give it a try, but im happy on .2233 figured when i got bored i would try it out... lol
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Honestly, there's not much difference and if you're happy on 2233, I'd stay there. I'll continue to flash each new leak out of curiosity. A final build should be appearing in the next few weeks, because Motorola has early Q3 as there expected release which only gives them until mid-August at the latest to finalize, test, and gain approval for the update.
I wonder if there will be any differences in the official ICS release and the leaked .2233? Honestly i havent found anything wrong with 2233 yet aside from recovering a nandroid backup of it.
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I wonder if there will be any differences in the official ICS release and the leaked .2233? Honestly i havent found anything wrong with 2233 yet aside from recovering a nandroid backup of it.
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Mostly the issues I have found include things in Motoblur apps or backend stuff (such as the missing System Updates I mentioned earlier, Social Gallery not allowing you to add accounts, and the Device Setup wizard force closes after the initial run through), and I believe some of this stuff has been purposely disabled for these "test" builds. I also think HDCP has yet to be enabled, as running Hulu Plus in webtop mode gave me a black screen that said HDMI output has been disabled. Two of those four things are now fixed in 229, and I'm going to test Hulu Plus in about an hour. It is very close to being a done deal for sure. I would expect a new leak or two in the next two weeks with all these issues ironed out, followed shortly by news of a soak test in late-July, and a final release the first week of August. But that's all speculation on my part.
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Mostly the issues I have found include things in Motoblur apps or backend stuff (such as the missing System Updates I mentioned earlier, Social Gallery not allowing you to add accounts, and the Device Setup wizard force closes after the initial run through), and I believe some of this stuff has been purposely disabled for these "test" builds. I also think HDCP has yet to be enabled, as running Hulu Plus in webtop mode gave me a black screen that said HDMI output has been disabled. Two of those four things are now fixed in 229, and I'm going to test Hulu Plus in about an hour. It is very close to being a done deal for sure. I would expect a new leak or two in the next two weeks with all these issues ironed out, followed shortly by news of a soak test in late-July, and a final release the first week of August. But that's all speculation on my part.
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I havent tried the HDMI or webtop but i havent had any issue with gallery i went into accounts & sync and added my facebook gallery account and photobucket gallery account, and it pulled all my photos and albums from both fawlessly.
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XperianceIT said:
I havent tried the HDMI or webtop but i havent had any issue with gallery i went into accounts & sync and added my facebook gallery account and photobucket gallery account, and it pulled all my photos and albums from both fawlessly.
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Did you try after a factory reset on 2233? Mine were there and working when upgraded from 905, but I did a factory reset and then it kept trying to add but gave me an error that read something along the lines of this has been disabled for this account. It works fine on 229.
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I haven't noticed a lot of changes either, overall since all i noticed was the updated kernel and lower os resource usage.
I havent had to do a factory reset yet, and wont do it unless i have to... i am so tired of re-installing my apps and reorganizing the home screens.... lol
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I havent had to do a factory reset yet, and wont do it unless i have to... i am so tired of re-installing my apps and reorganizing the home screens.... lol
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Titanium backup.
Yeah i hate having everything backed up in titanium cause then it takes up extra space... lol. And i always forget to go back and delete the backup after i reinstall everything. Plus its more the remembering all my settings and how i had everything arranged that annoys me.... lol
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Not sure why, but after flashing to .902 and updating several times on .2233, I went back to .902 to get this new leak on, and promptly got stuck on the dual core logo. I reflashed .902 -- it went perfectly both times -- but got stuck on the big red dot again. Left it alone for almost three hours, and all it did was kill my battery.
Any idea why the exact same .902 file and procedure that I used many times before would suddenly decide to crap out on me?
Can I just flash this update over the 2233 or do I have to go back to 905 first?
I believe you have to go back to .905 first, but i could be wrong... i havent tried it yet.
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Can I just flash this update over the 2233 or do I have to go back to 905 first?
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Yes you have to go back to .902 first. Just like moving to .2231 or 33.
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I am planning to upgrade to a new phone by year's end. Is it worth while to flash to. 232 just to be on ICS? Does it perform better than eclipse 3.0? I suppose that I have to reroot afterwards?,
I've been running since it came out and its like night and day compared to stock blurred gingerbread. You don't need to re root just use voodoo ota root keeper from the play store to back up su binary then update to 232 and restore su binary. Motorola did a nice job with blur in ics. Its very close to a stock aosp experience. Also you can use safe strap to flash versions of cm9 and aokp for the ics leaks, which are fully functional. I definitely think its worth it. Once the ota comes out, its easy to fxz back to 905 and take the ota.
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I didn't like ICS due to adobe discontinuing Mobile flash. I use my phone to watch online videos and hook it up to the tv so I'm pretty disappointed with their decision. I understand the whole html5 argument, but html5 is still a few years from becoming standard. I don't see it happening until html5 has developmental tools similar to what flash has.
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I did not think to consider that. Thanks.
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I didn't like ICS due to adobe discontinuing Mobile flash. I use my phone to watch online videos and hook it up to the tv so I'm pretty disappointed with their decision. I understand the whole html5 argument, but html5 is still a few years from becoming standard. I don't see it happening until html5 has developmental tools similar to what flash has.
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I'm running ICS Leak 6.7.230 and Flash works perfectly. I don't know what there is to be concerned about.
How do the ICS leaks compare to Eclipse 3 in terms of wireless reception and battery life?
Just kill the cat already and try it? not as if you can't FXZ and nand restore.
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I'm running ICS Leak 6.7.230 and Flash works perfectly. I don't know what there is to be concerned about.
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Flash didn't work for me, nor is it working for many other users.
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Isn't Flash not available from the play store, for those who migrate to ICS leaked ROMs?
Flash was removed a few weeks ago from Google play. If you have the direct link, you can access it, but it won't come up in a search and it wasn't showing under my apps for me. I do a lot of online video with my phone so flash is necessary. Thanks to the HDMI port, I hook it up to the tv at night and turn on some justin.tv, whom is full of crap in their reasons why they don't have a streaming app for Android, even though another developer had an unofficial one.
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Flash was removed a few weeks ago from Google play. If you have the direct link, you can access it, but it won't come up in a search and it wasn't showing under my apps for me. I do a lot of online video with my phone so flash is necessary. Thanks to the HDMI port, I hook it up to the tv at night and turn on some justin.tv, whom is full of crap in their reasons why they don't have a streaming app for Android, even though another developer had an unofficial one.
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Link:
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.adobe.flashplayer&hl=en
As for Flash. It will not work in Chrome for me. It does however work in the built in browser and possibly Opera.
It won't work with chrome, but it also wouldn't work in Firefox, dolphin, or the stock browser for me. The closest I was able to get it working was being able to hear the audio but not seeing the video.
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Thats odd. Installed the flash player, opened the stock browser and works great on .232
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With the same ROM, why are there variations in fucntionality of Flash?
My guess would be is the same reason some bionics on the leak are clocked at 1.2mhz while others are only 1. I don't think anyone knows, its just the way it is unfortunately.
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It seems Dolphin has disabled Flash. I tried to turn it on some time back and it gave some message about HTML5 and flash causing your browser to crash. I was just reminded of this a few minutes ago and wanted to update anyone who is interested. Anyway, I had side loaded Adobe flash some time back and it is still working on Mozilla Firefox. Not sure what other browsers support it except for Frost lite. Hopefully I posted this under the right topic because all of my posts always get moved, lol. I am not rooted because I like the way everything is currently and have no real need to root. So, I guess it seems dumb for me to post this seeing most on here are probably rooted? God bless!
As you can see it no longer allows you to turn it on.
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This is old news I believe, I'm fairly certain Dolphin has disabled flash for months now.
Best bet for flash is the AOSP browser. At the same time, though, I feel that if a site still uses Flash, they don't deserve my clicks
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Best bet for flash is the AOSP browser. At the same time, though, I feel that if a site still uses Flash, they don't deserve my clicks
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Actually Firefox is the best bet. Doesn't require flashing, and works fine.
Puffin Browser works fine with sideloaded Flash 11 and Android 4.2.1
Boat browser mini work fine with flash and android 4.2.
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I'm using dolphin browser mini and flash is still working
Nobody should be using dolphin browser IMO.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1319529
Doesn't make for happy reading.
Cheers Danny
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Actually Firefox is the best bet. Doesn't require flashing, and works fine.
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The only thing is if you update it becomes bigger and bigger in storage usage. It already is on the "not-lite" side. I only use it for flash video. It's not my choice for browsing.
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SolsticeZero said:
Best bet for flash is the AOSP browser. At the same time, though, I feel that if a site still uses Flash, they don't deserve my clicks
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That's quite a bold statement, lol. Often, there are things one needs to do and often one will go with the particular means to get to the ends of getting those particular things done.
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7thSeal said:
I'm using dolphin browser mini and flash is still working
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Strange. Maybe you don't have the newest version?
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toidimaet said:
Nobody should be using dolphin browser IMO.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1319529
Doesn't make for happy reading.
Cheers Danny
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Interesting. I deleted Dolphin anyway. Never could see what all the hype was about. That fella who developed naked browser seems rather helpful. Wonder why the browser uses HTTP by default? By the way, I did ask him that question on his forum post. I am waiting for a reply. Thanks for the link!
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I use Firefox for flash myself. I prefer the aosp browser but haven't rooted or anything so Firefox was the only way I could find to watch south park episodes on my tablet.
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Naked Browser works well. It's small and fast.
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I run Maxthon. Works just fine with sideloaded flash.