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Skyfire for Android (Beta)

Here is a beta for Skyfire: Android does not have flash, it wudve been nice though, Enjoy!
Skyfire is a downloadable, free mobile browser that gives you a Web browsing experience exactly like PC browsing.
Did not see it posted here, Be Safe!
* Mod EDIT *
Please refrain from posting Alpha/Beta versions of Skyfire as we will be required to remove them as per Skyfire's request.
Appreciate your cooperation in this matter.

thanks for the upload

so is this as good and fast as opera mini?

Awesome, I notice it doesn't compress as much as Opera(pictures look better) but it still renders pages very quickly. Thanks for sharing!

Oh cool. I used Skyfire on my Windows Mobile phone before; it's an impressive browser. Going to try it out, thanks!

so whats the verdict guys? im in love with opera at the moment so not sure if ill use this?

I could not get videos to play

Extremely slow for my liking I will stick with opera

Yes! How's flash player?

bikcmp said:
Yes! How's flash player?
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lol he specifically said that no flash on android yet

Everyone is saying they use opera. Is it really that much better than the stock app? I tried opera a while back (like in october or november) and found it buggy, awkward, and basically unusable. Especially the bug with not being able to see what's being typed. Has it really improved past the flawless stock internet app?

Opera is amazing right now, trillion times better and faster

Seems really fast to me. The image quality is the best I have seen in a browser so far.

I have loved Opera Mini so far. It has been super fast, however here are some things that bother me and I wonder if there are workarounds.
1) When I click a link in a text, email, etc. I never have an option to open it with opera.
2) I can't find a way to put any Opera bookmarks on my homepage. I like to have a few bookmarks I can just click on for the few pages I visit often. Some type of widget would be even better.

All I got were fc's when I tried to run it

venumx said:
lol he specifically said that no flash on android yet
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I know that... I mean that this is rendered server-side, for the purpose of showing flash. Otherwise, what's the point?

Hello to those on this thread. We appreciate the interest in our latest product for Android.
The early alpha version of our product that is being circulated is unauthorized and has been purposely disabled from connecting to our cloud service. Hence the controls are there, but without our server-side connection, the video and other functionality won't work. So if you think you have it working, you surely do not as all the key functionality that defines it as a Skyfire product has been disconnected.
Don't worry, you won't have to wait long as we will soon be launching the product for the public.
Jeff Glueck
CEO, Skyfire
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crash447 said:
I have loved Opera Mini so far. It has been super fast, however here are some things that bother me and I wonder if there are workarounds.
1) When I click a link in a text, email, etc. I never have an option to open it with opera.
2) I can't find a way to put any Opera bookmarks on my homepage. I like to have a few bookmarks I can just click on for the few pages I visit often. Some type of widget would be even better.
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Use opera bridge for bookmarks

amd_203 said:
Hello to those on this thread. We appreciate the interest in our latest product for Android.
The early alpha version of our product that is being circulated is unauthorized and has been purposely disabled from connecting to our cloud service. Hence the controls are there, but without our server-side connection, the video and other functionality won't work. So if you think you have it working, you surely do not as all the key functionality that defines it as a Skyfire product has been disconnected.
Don't worry, you won't have to wait long as we will soon be launching the product for the public.
Jeff Glueck
CEO, Skyfire
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Kind of a **** attitude for a CEO

DirtyShroomz said:
Use opera bridge for bookmarks
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I am not finding Opera Bridge or operabridge in the market. Not having any luck finding an apk anywhere else either.

Really stuck here, if you could help I would be greatful

Hey all a friend of mine told me of this great website...www.icefilms.info...It lets you stream movies right to your windows or mac comp. and even smart phones. Problem is I can't find a way to get it to work for the g tab. It uses a couple of programs and they are as follows:
-DivX web player, which compresses the video
-Grease monkey (monkey script), which reads the file to play the video
-ICE Quick stream, which allows you to stream video from megaupload and
2shared
I see that other ice film members got Grease monkey to work with IE, Firefox, Safari, and Google chrome. I found another user who got it to work with Ubuntu (although you had to jump through several hoops to make it work, seemed kinda difficult)
So my question is, how do I get this to work on my g tab? (I'm pretty new at this but I tried to download all the browsers since flashing my unit with tnt lite 2.2 and I keep getting an error message). So do I have to flash a new OS like windows, OSX, Ubuntu, or Linux? or is there a way to keep my android platform? (which I really like cause of the app store and I don't want to lose t
It seems like a real difficult question (to me anyway) but for anyone who can help I thank you a million times in advace

Why don't you go the smartphone route? The Android browser is not equal to Google Chrome or other browsers as it is more limited in functionality.
If the requirements are all 3 apps listed above, then you most likely need a different OS (or choose the smartphone option).
Have you tried the thread about playing on Android phones?
http://forum.icefilms.info/viewtopic.php?f=35&t=13540

No I haven't but will check that right now thanks, as for the smart phone way....just didn't want to do that cause if i'm watching a movie and someone calls it interferes with the movie also wanted to take advantage of the dock with the HDMI out on it to hook to my tv. I'll let you know if that thread works....thanks again

It worked thanks. I remember reading this post a couple weeks ago, but when it was talking about doing it on the phone I didn't think it would work on the g tablet. Like I said I'm pretty new at all this stuff but learning real fast with some great help. I am going to post a thread how to do it cause there are 2 different ways, you can use the yx player or you can watch it right on megaupload.

alphadog00 said:
Why don't you go the smartphone route? The Android browser is not equal to Google Chrome or other browsers as it is more limited in functionality.
If the requirements are all 3 apps listed above, then you most likely need a different OS (or choose the smartphone option).
Have you tried the thread about playing on Android phones?
http://forum.icefilms.info/viewtopic.php?f=35&t=13540
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It worked thanks. I remember reading this post a couple weeks ago, but when it was talking about doing it on the phone I didn't think it would work on the g tablet. Like I said I'm pretty new at all this stuff but learning real fast with some great help. I am going to post a thread how to do it cause there are 2 different ways, you can use the yx player or you can watch it right on megaupload.

[Q] Google chrome web browser patch for the hp touchpad

Is it possible that someone can make a patch for the hp touchpad that will give you the google chrome web browser instead of stock browser?

lovenokia said:
Is it possible that someone can make a patch for the hp touchpad that will give you the google chrome web browser instead of stock browser?
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If you want to use chromeon your touchpad, install Ubuntu on it. There is a guide to install it in Hp touchpad section.
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lovleshgarg said:
If you want to use chromeon your touchpad, install Ubuntu on it. There is a guide to install it in Hp touchpad section.
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I am aware of that, but i was wondering if some could have the same Chrome on your computer be on the touchpad with those tabs and hopefully the same browsing speed, I pretty much just don't want stock browser anymore.

lovenokia said:
I am aware of that, but i was wondering if some could have the same Chrome on your computer be on the touchpad with those tabs and hopefully the same browsing speed, I pretty much just don't want stock browser anymore.
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Sorry mate but for now u only have one option: advanced browser that allow tabs. But that is also functionality wise more or less same as stock browser.
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lovleshgarg said:
Sorry mate but for now u only have one option: advanced browser that allow tabs. But that is also functionality wise more or less same as stock browser.
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I want to suggest to someone to make such a patch. Is this the place i should suggest it or go to pre central.

lovenokia said:
I want to suggest to someone to make such a patch. Is this the place i should suggest it or go to pre central.
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Precentral is the place to ask for a patch. But many users already have reported about this many times.....
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lovleshgarg said:
Precentral is the place to ask for a patch. But many users already have reported about this many times.....
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I thought xda developers and the best devs that i why i came here and asked and it looks like i have no luck no i will try my luck in pre central

lovenokia said:
I thought xda developers and the best devs that i why i came here and asked and it looks like i have no luck no i will try my luck in pre central
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for android and windows phone. Afaik this is the first webos device on this forum.

SH4YD33 said:
for android and windows phone. Afaik this is the first palm device on this forum.
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well xda-dev better have some good some cooking for when i will get my nokia windows phone

Y don't u learn yourself and not expect others to meet your needs
lovenokia said:
well xda-dev better have some good some cooking for when i will get my nokia windows phone
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mattmiller said:
Y don't u learn yourself and not expect others to meet your needs
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I would if i knew but i don't know how to do this stuff i am willing to learn if one will teach me.

Go to youtube and search and google and ask other devs to point u the right way...not hard
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mattmiller said:
Go to youtube and search and google and ask other devs to point u the right way...not hard
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well i obiously posted of what i was looking for and i got the wrong answer, all i got was the chromium in ubuntu which i wasnt looking for.

Even if you could get the sources to compile into something that produces a browser window on the TouchPad, it still wouldn't yield a very pleasant experience. Those sources are for a desktop browser, not a tablet/touch browser. All of the touch-based interaction and gestures you expect on a tablet wouldn't be present, and the UI would be set up for a mouse and keyboard.
Obviously it's possible to change/extend the app for a better tablet experience--the Mozilla guys have done exactly that with Firefox on Android--but it's a HUGE undertaking!
What would be a more realistic goal is trying to figure out what you're missing from Chrome in the TouchPad's browser and try to build a new shell around that browser core similar to Advanced Browser on webOS, Dolphin/Miren on Android, and PerfectBrowser/Atomic Web on iOS. All of these browsers use Webkit as the core rendering engine so the rendered page should be very similar. It's more about the features offered by the browser shell. If your goal is to support Chrome plugins, you're probably SOL, so it's best to decide what are the concrete must-have features that are missing (tabs, form field completion, etc.).
Once the Android port is ready for prime-time, you might just consider moving over to Android and installing either Dolphin or Firefox. Both have many of the features expected from the desktop versions including pretty extensive plugin/extension libraries.
I imagine this response isn't terribly helpful other than in an educational sense, but I hope it helps a bit...

SCWells72 said:
Even if you could get the sources to compile into something that produces a browser window on the TouchPad, it still wouldn't yield a very pleasant experience. Those sources are for a desktop browser, not a tablet/touch browser. All of the touch-based interaction and gestures you expect on a tablet wouldn't be present, and the UI would be set up for a mouse and keyboard.
Obviously it's possible to change/extend the app for a better tablet experience--the Mozilla guys have done exactly that with Firefox on Android--but it's a HUGE undertaking!
What would be a more realistic goal is trying to figure out what you're missing from Chrome in the TouchPad's browser and try to build a new shell around that browser core similar to Advanced Browser on webOS, Dolphin/Miren on Android, and PerfectBrowser/Atomic Web on iOS. All of these browsers use Webkit as the core rendering engine so the rendered page should be very similar. It's more about the features offered by the browser shell. If your goal is to support Chrome plugins, you're probably SOL, so it's best to decide what are the concrete must-have features that are missing (tabs, form field completion, etc.).
Once the Android port is ready for prime-time, you might just consider moving over to Android and installing either Dolphin or Firefox. Both have many of the features expected from the desktop versions including pretty extensive plugin/extension libraries.
I imagine this response isn't terribly helpful other than in an educational sense, but I hope it helps a bit...
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thanks at least i get an idea, so does this mean i have to wait for team touchdroid to get android apps rolling and then just download firefox or dolphin.

lovenokia said:
thanks at least i get an idea, so does this mean i have to wait for team touchdroid to get android apps rolling and then just download firefox or dolphin.
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Well, there are two efforts underway, the primary one to get Android going on the TouchPad hardware, but that's instead of webOS (at least in terms of which OS is running at any given time; they're trying to allow dual-boot so you can switch between them during reboot). In that case, you'd just have an Android tablet with Android apps.
The other effort is to try to get Android's Dalvik VM (virtual machine) going under webOS so that you can run Android apps under webOS. This is the approach taken by RIM with the Blackberry Playbook. Obviously that's a much trickier proposition, and some apps reach around the Dalvik VM into the native Android/Linux APIs. I'm not sure how those fit in with the second approach.
Anyway, neither of these will be ready for prime-time for a while, so for now my best advice is to echo what others have said and recommend you buy Advanced Browser. You'll get a tabbed UI, saved passwords (and form fields, I think), etc. It's not quite what you want, but it's the closest you'll get for some indeterminate period of time.

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Well, there are two efforts underway, the primary one to get Android going on the TouchPad hardware, but that's instead of webOS (at least in terms of which OS is running at any given time; they're trying to allow dual-boot so you can switch between them during reboot). In that case, you'd just have an Android tablet with Android apps.
The other effort is to try to get Android's Dalvik VM (virtual machine) going under webOS so that you can run Android apps under webOS. This is the approach taken by RIM with the Blackberry Playbook. Obviously that's a much trickier proposition, and some apps reach around the Dalvik VM into the native Android/Linux APIs. I'm not sure how those fit in with the second approach.
Anyway, neither of these will be ready for prime-time for a while, so for now my best advice is to echo what others have said and recommend you buy Advanced Browser. You'll get a tabbed UI, saved passwords (and form fields, I think), etc. It's not quite what you want, but it's the closest you'll get for some indeterminate period of time.
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Well i want to keep the webos but your saying that you are not sure how porting apps from android to webos will be for the web browser.

lovenokia said:
Well i want to keep the webos but your saying that you are not sure how porting apps from android to webos will be for the web browser.
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I can't see anyone porting Android browsers such as Dolphin over to webOS, and while it looks like there have been efforts to build Firefox for webOS, it doesn't look like any of them are ready for prime-time. The second of the two options I cited above involves hosting Android apps in webOS directly by implementing a Dalvik VM for webOS. Again, there are folks working on that, but my take is that it has WAY less momentum than the efforts to get Android itself running on the TouchPad hardware, i.e., basically converting the TouchPad from a webOS tablet into an Android tablet.
It's also questionable how well Android apps would run in a Dalvik VM/webOS environment. I know that RIM Playbook's commercial implementation of the same thing requires developers to make some set of changes to their Android apps for them to work on the Playbook, so it's not just a matter of putting a Dalvik VM on webOS, installing the Android Market, and then installing all of the Android apps you want (though that would be SWEET!).
So in summary, right now you would do best to see if Advanced Browser closes the functionality gap enough to keep you happy. For the some indeterminate period of time, it's probably the best option you're going to find.

Of course right after I say something about Dolphin not being ported, it shows up for iOS:
http://www.dolphin-browser.com/
Maybe you should appeal to them to release a version for webOS!
UPDATE: I just sent them a message asking if they'd consider a build for webOS based on that browser component since obviously they can get it working on both the Android and iOS browser components. I don't expect anything to happen, but never hurts to ask.

Google Chrome browser arrives on Android

The latest step in bringing Google-based unification has arrived. The Chrome browser is here on Android. This beta version is currently only available for that elite crowd of ICS phones and tablets and like its desktop progenitor, the synced settings and bookmarks are all in tow. Expect to see a new, more natural mobile view of the tab system. It'll also remember what you were last looking at on your desktop Chrome browser, and sync it across to your mobile device -- it's like Kindle or iBook's bookmarking system, but for the web. Your autocorrect content from the desktop is similarly synced. Expect to see the reappearance of link previews, something you may recall from the results of any Google searches, offering a brief thumbnail of a link's destination. We're giving it a good play-around right now, but while we get our first impression up, check the quick intro video after the break.
dont think we can get it on the note yet, but will be able to use it when they release the ICS
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lVjw7n_U37A&feature=player_embedded

It works just fine with the CM9 alpha build of ICS. Just FYI.
What is up with Adobe though? I thought Apple wanted to kill Flash, but it turns out Adobe hates themselves too.

happy firefoxian

nickshertzer said:
It works just fine with the CM9 alpha build of ICS. Just FYI.
What is up with Adobe though? I thought Apple wanted to kill Flash, but it turns out Adobe hates themselves too.
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May I ask how did you get to work?
The problem is when I choose to "open in new tab"I can not go to the new tab, it freezes and crashes every time..
Another user also said the same thing in the CM9 thread..
Thanks in advance
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matius44 said:
May I ask how did you get to work?
The problem is when I choose to "open in new tab"I can not go to the new tab, it freezes and crashes every time..
Another user also said the same thing in the CM9 thread..
Thanks in advance
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I've got the same problem... It seems like it would be ROM related, I saw a comment on Market from an HTC Desire user that complained about choppy performance but at least it seemed to run on that phone.
I would be really thankful if anyone managed to figure out and/or fix the problem! (if it is not ROM related)

Runescape 3 HTML5 on Android?

Alright this is very possible and i'm just seeking opinions and ideas on how to get this going full throttle. I have a Samsung Galaxy S4 on Verizon and i've noticed that with the touchwiz browser I can actually reach the login screen for the HTML5 beta. The browser just doesnt know how to operate with HTML5 that well i dont believe. I've tried multiple browsers and these are the ones that were no goes for me:
Chrome
Opera
Dolphin
Firefox
Chrome was no chance. Opera said it didnt support html5 or something. Dolphin didnt support WebGL and firefox wouldnt store the large amounts of data necessary.
I am a noob at this but im just starting to learn more about this tech.
We need a browser that has these abilities:
WebGL
Local Storage for large amounts(not sure the term)
HTML5 Support
Considering the popularity of the game i think if someone could put together a script or just a modded version of a browser that could run it that would be really nice.:good:
I doubt anyone has the interest to do it though. But i think that possibly the person who could put together a apk or script or anything that would allow u to open up the html5 Runescape game and interact with it, would get alot of good donations. I can click on the different parts of the login screen but the username/password selections would not bring up a keyboard.
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Anyone have a clue to get RS3(HTML5) working on Android?
Heres a Nexus 7 running it but idk how they got past the login screen.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G5UbWdlUBPk
Note: When im on different Roms i usually cant even get the game to load. Browser related issues.

clark707 said:
Alright this is very possible and i'm just seeking opinions and ideas on how to get this going full throttle. I have a Samsung Galaxy S4 on Verizon and i've noticed that with the touchwiz browser I can actually reach the login screen for the HTML5 beta. The browser just doesnt know how to operate with HTML5 that well i dont believe. I've tried multiple browsers and these are the ones that were no goes for me:
Chrome
Opera
Dolphin
Firefox
Chrome was no chance. Opera said it didnt support html5 or something. Dolphin didnt support WebGL and firefox wouldnt store the large amounts of data necessary.
I am a noob at this but im just starting to learn more about this tech.
We need a browser that has these abilities:
WebGL
Local Storage for large amounts(not sure the term)
HTML5 Support
Considering the popularity of the game i think if someone could put together a script or just a modded version of a browser that could run it that would be really nice.:good:
I doubt anyone has the interest to do it though. But i think that possibly the person who could put together a apk or script or anything that would allow u to open up the html5 Runescape game and interact with it, would get alot of good donations. I can click on the different parts of the login screen but the username/password selections would not bring up a keyboard.
TL-DR
Anyone have a clue to get RS3(HTML5) working on Android?
Heres a Nexus 7 running it but idk how they got past the login screen.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G5UbWdlUBPk
Note: When im on different Roms i usually cant even get the game to load. Browser related issues.
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USB OTG keyboard maybe?
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Go to chrome://flags/ in Chrome and enable WebGL.

http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2391358

Cameron
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I've done this via chrome, link it to a facebook account. then just click the facebook button and BAM your in. to bad it's unbearably slow.............. Goodluck.

I know I probably won't get a response to this post but I thought I would try anyway. I'm running a samsung galaxy tab 3 SMT 310 Android 4.2 .2. I would love to play runescape on my tablet I tried enabling OpenGL through Google's flags like it said in the forum but I cannot find an option to enable OpenGL in the flag list . Can anyone help me?
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Gave it a shot:
I've had it running on my Nexus 5. I used an app called "Hacker's Keyboard" to log in. Sadly, Chrome crashes before I am able to get in-game and do anything. I've also tried puffin browser and the miui browser but neither support WebGL. Just as a side note: I found that when logging in, I had to tap a position up and to the right from the actual position of the button I wished to press. I wish more game developers would of had mobile gaming in mind when they launched it, even if they didn't there are still companies that remake older games that can be played on your Nexus. For instance, the older version of runescape, has runescape classic android, an APK you run, you do not even need to do any work arounds for it.