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Skyfire 2.0 on Xperia

http://get.skyfire.com/dl_android.php
Overall I'm impressed. Opera seems to work a bit faster, but this loads the page perfectly (unlike opera) Also, Opera tends to have issues with some links, not so on this. So perhaps this'll be my main browser.
For the video I've been seeing an issue where it'd load a video but midway the loading bar will still be there when the video plays in the background...
So- I'd have the video playing with the loading bar still in the way ^^;;
Anyone else having that issue?
I'm in Japan on wifi~
Here's a video of what I'm talking about ^^;
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jxHoqeMCyOo

Yep.. same problem here.. tried watching a video from the BBC website and it got to 71% before it started playing in the back... then stopped down loading and wouldn't let me control the playback.. all I could do was let it run.. or press back to exit the video player.

How did you install skyfire? I tried to download it from get.skyfire.com and i can't install it.

just search for it on the android app market, it installed fine for me from there

Partial flash support > no flash support i'm sure it'll get much better

telnet05 said:
How did you install skyfire? I tried to download it from get.skyfire.com and i can't install it.
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connect your phone to the pc - place the file you downloaded from the skyfire.com site into it. Use an application that lets you see inside your SD card (try astro something or other program )
run it and install . (heading to bed at the moment if you still can't figure it out by the time i wake up, I'll go into more detail )

let's not forget that this app is still in beta so isn't going to work perfect all the time!

even in beta it works quite well! i like the flash support even though it has its problems atm

Hm, when comparing with Skyfire flash support on WM, there is still some long way to go. But great to see Skyfire on Android

Uninstalled it for now. It was causing random reboots on my device which were not present before the installation. Most of them from actually using the app. Probably just my device so no biggy. Hopefully the bugs are ironed out cause I actually like this better than the default

any solution for the 50% loading bar ?

Not seen any - eagerly awaiting for a fix!

rocketpaul said:
any solution for the 50% loading bar ?
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Tried some googling and coudn't find any info on it..?
Is this an x10 problem or is it common for all Androids?

I think it mainly x10 and maybe the droid also.

They released an update last week (I think!).. that seems to have fixed it for me.

Still having issues even after the update

Trezzz said:
Still having issues even after the update
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Me too - video still plays behind 50% popup.

skyfire never worked once properly

Anyone hear of a fix for the loading window in the way of the video?
It is quite tantalizing to see the world cup game playing perfectly in the background but not be able to watch it due to the loading window being in the way and frozen at 50%.
I have seen it work perfectly on the droid which is running 2.1.
Is it a 1.6 or X10 issue?

HOW-TO [Flash][HULU] How to make Hulu work on G-Tab

If you are desperate to watch hulu on your G-tab, you can use this http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=855898
Steps I changed:
I searched for "AND 10,1,120,1" instead of "AND 10,1,92,8" and replaced with "WIN 10,1,102,64"
Maybe someone can improve this for G-tab.

phfaty said:
If you are desperate to watch hulu on your G-tab, you can use this http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=855898
Steps I changed:
I searched for "AND 10,1,120,1" instead of "AND 10,1,92,8" and replaced with "WIN 10,1,102,64"
Maybe someone can improve this for G-tab.
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Why did you change the version number? It should only look at the system type.
I've posted a modified apk here so people don't have to do the hex editing.

Thanks. Before I do this can you say how Hulu is working. Is it smooth?

Adam B. said:
Why did you change the version number? It should only look at the system type.
I've posted a modified apk here so people don't have to do the hex editing.
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This APK does not work.

Hannigan174 said:
This APK does not work.
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We need more people to try this, and please state what rom you are using. This is intermittently working for me.

Well it kinda works...
The video was actually pretty smooth in Dolphin Browser HD. Fullscreen was even working properly at a decent speed. I managed to get through the opening previous episode recap of Sanctuary S3E1. When Hulu tried to load an ad the Flash box blinked and a exclamation point icon came up. Now when I try playing the episode again I can't get to the actually episode. It plays the Sci-Fi channel bumper and then throws the exclamation point.
I'm not sure if this problem is related to the modified Flash Player APK or some GTablet strangeness.

smileyscout said:
Well it kinda works...
The video was actually pretty smooth in Dolphin Browser HD. Fullscreen was even working properly at a decent speed. I managed to get through the opening previous episode recap of Sanctuary S3E1. When Hulu tried to load an ad the Flash box blinked and a exclamation point icon came up. Now when I try playing the episode again I can't get to the actually episode. It plays the Sci-Fi channel bumper and then throws the exclamation point.
I'm not sure if this problem is related to the modified Flash Player APK or some GTablet strangeness.
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Does this bork e.g. youtube? embedded videos in engadget? What about using the "Hulu Bookmark app" mentioned in the xda post in the OP?
Thanks for checking!

Try this
download Adfree from market
Install
Open adfree
Run the remove ads
Run "revert"
Reset tablet
run hulu again
Report back =)

Following those steps with Android AdFree I've managed to watch part of a Simpsons episode. It threw the exclamation point at the ad half way through the episode. I just tried an episode of Bleach and it threw the exclamation point after the intro theme song played.
Is the point of your instructions to block the ads or make sure that they will play?

The ad must play in order for it to work. Mine worked, I watched crash, but now the flash says the adobe flash needs to be updated. Weird. I'm using Adam's modded apk

I am wondering if any of you guys got it to work consistently. So far it seems like people are getting it to work sometime, not all the time.

Well now ever video with an ad on it in YouTube fails with a little exclamation too.
Argh... I even uninstalled Android AdFree, switched back to the un-hulued Flash apk, and deleted my hosts file but still the exclamation plagues me.

smileyscout said:
Well now ever video with an ad on it in YouTube fails with a little exclamation too.
Argh... I even uninstalled Android AdFree, switched back to the un-hulued Flash apk, and deleted my hosts file but still the exclamation plagues me.
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Did you revert your hosts file before you uninstalled AdFree?

Yes I did.
There isn't a host file in /etc right now and according to search in Astro there is no host file on my GTablet at the moment.
EDIT: The YouTube app chops more (looks worse then 360p too) then playing with Flash in Dolphin Browser HD too... sadness...
EDIT 2: Weird... A Sears ad just worked before an episode Full Metal Alchemist Brotherhood...
EDIT 3: The ad in the middle and the one at the end both worked. The pop-over ads on other videos seem to be working fine to. Hmm... I think I'll avoid screwing with Hulu from now on. Hopefully the YouTube ads will continue playing nice.

Seems to work intermittently, flash crashes a lot (exclamation mark) and I've yet to get through a full episode. Flash is such a steaming pile of $#!t. I wish it would just die

(Please ignore. Posted in wrong section)

Tried the modified APK above as well as my own and got a "application did not install" error with both. Any ideas?

Got fancast working for some shows (12/6 How I Met Your Mother for ex if you wanna try) with the flash hack here:
http://www.mediafire.com/?39vc24wa2xdyy5r
Still no hulu. I get that my device isn't supported for dolphin & xscope, desktop agent, plugins always on.
Any ideas?

I followed the instructions on this thread and have Hulu working beautifully every single time. It works in both the stock browser and Miren browser.

Lindarose84 said:
I followed the instructions on this thread and have Hulu working beautifully every single time. It works in both the stock browser and Miren browser.
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Can you link tothe specific instructions you followed? There are a few variations. Thanks!

got Hulu to work great with Vegan Beta 3

i love this forum. just followed the direction and got it to work on the first time. thanks to the people that actually figured this out. here's how i did it
first download the modified flash player apk. i got it from here
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=9502517&postcount=3
remove any other flash player that you have and intall this one. maybe reboot in between to be safe.
also, get dolphin browser from market.
next just follow these directions i got from another thread. i modified it a little since the flash apk is already modified
The trick for getting Hulu working is to do these things:
1) Use Either Dolphin Browser or SkyFire
2) In the browser, Settings...set User Agent to "Desktop"
3) In Advanced Settings set Plugins to "Always On"(Default is "on demand"))
4) Install the Adobe flash player from link above
5) Install AdFree from the marketplace
6) Start AdFree, it will want to create the Host file. If it exists when you run it, it will hang and not complete the installation.
7) When AdFree comes up there is an option to "Revert" click this button to allow ads, Hulu needs this to work.
8) Reboot to clear the host cache.
9) Turn back on AdFree Host file restrictions if you like after you're done with the Hulu Goodness! Enjoy!
i went to hulu and it works great. i haven't had any issues so far. watched a whole episode of Simpsons to test it out.

just tried the stock browser and it worked also. so i guess you don't need dolphin to do watch hulu now. i think the modified flash apk is what did the trick. i did change the setting in the stock browser same as in the dolphin.

This works with beta4 and stock browser.
ETA scratch that just forces my tablet to reboot just after the commercial finishes.

wasya152 said:
i love this forum. just followed the direction and got it to work on the first time. thanks to the people that actually figured this out. here's how i did it
first download the modified flash player apk. i got it from here
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=9502517&postcount=3
remove any other flash player that you have and intall this one. maybe reboot in between to be safe.
also, get dolphin browser from market.
next just follow these directions i got from another thread. i modified it a little since the flash apk is already modified
The trick for getting Hulu working is to do these things:
1) Use Either Dolphin Browser or SkyFire
2) In the browser, Settings...set User Agent to "Desktop"
3) In Advanced Settings set Plugins to "Always On"(Default is "on demand"))
4) Install the Adobe flash player from link above
5) Install AdFree from the marketplace
6) Start AdFree, it will want to create the Host file. If it exists when you run it, it will hang and not complete the installation.
7) When AdFree comes up there is an option to "Revert" click this button to allow ads, Hulu needs this to work.
8) Reboot to clear the host cache.
9) Turn back on AdFree Host file restrictions if you like after you're done with the Hulu Goodness! Enjoy!
i went to hulu and it works great. i haven't had any issues so far. watched a whole episode of Simpsons to test it out.
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Wow...good find

I was going to test it but hulu costs eight bucks a month. TV. Com costs nothing. Is it worth the money?

Allenfx said:
I was going to test it but hulu costs eight bucks a month. TV. Com costs nothing. Is it worth the money?
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This is a work around to watch the free version of hulu.

Allenfx said:
I was going to test it but hulu costs eight bucks a month. TV. Com costs nothing. Is it worth the money?
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with this hack, hulu is free.

one thing i had happen. when i was watching hulu on the stock browser, somewhere near the middle, the browser forced closed. after that, i couldn't get the stock browser to load up after that or the dolphin either. i turned the tab off, and when i tried to start it up, it went into a reboot loop. not sure it that's related to the rom or what i did to get hulu to work. i just reloaded everything and will try it again. will keep people posted.

Will this only work with VEGAn or can this be used with stock firmware also?

well, after i reset everything, i tried first watching a full episode of Seinfeld on dophin browser and it worked fine. then, i watched a full episode again with stock browser. it worked fine too. i guess the crash i had wasn't related to the hulu fix.

noticed something interesting. when i go to google.com, there's a little link to download the chrome browser. when i clicked on it, it gave me the download page but for mac 0S X 10.5 or later, Intel Only.

Mikeg1969 said:
Will this only work with VEGAn or can this be used with stock firmware also?
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honestly, i don't know. i think it should though

Work with xScope 6, thank you very much.

Stock Firmware
Mikeg1969 said:
Will this only work with VEGAn or can this be used with stock firmware also?
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It works on the stock firmware, but you have to root your tablet first to use Adfree.

Works good, but breaks Market
I tried this and it worked great. Watched an episode of Family Guy. Then I tried the Market app and all the apps were gone. I the reapplied the Market fix and all is well. Thanks for the tip!

I had my fingers crossed that this would make Fancast.com (aka xfinity.com/tv) work, but it still seems to hang on the commercials for shows from any network other than CBS. Hopefully the Xfinity On Demand Android app will show up in January, as has been rumored.

not working
Don't know what I did wrong, but I followed the instructions in the first post. I get all the way to loading an episode when it tells me my device is not supported. Help.

ladymeggs said:
Don't know what I did wrong, but I followed the instructions in the first post. I get all the way to loading an episode when it tells me my device is not supported. Help.
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Are you sure you changed the User Agent in your Dolphin browser to Desktop? (under Settings)

jacindc said:
Are you sure you changed the User Agent in your Dolphin browser to Desktop? (under Settings)
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I am having the same thing as the previous user, I am on Vegan beta 4, using dolphin HD and the flash player from the first post, and I had set my agent to Desktop. I do have the dolphin plugin desktop viewer (can't remember the exact name off the top of my head) but I did manually set the Agent to desktop, still get the device is not supported message.
That flash player actually fixed an issue i was having with the browser closing when trying to play a flash file.

foohawt said:
I am having the same thing as the previous user, I am on Vegan beta 4, using dolphin HD and the flash player from the first post, and I had set my agent to Desktop. I do have the dolphin plugin desktop viewer (can't remember the exact name off the top of my head) but I did manually set the Agent to desktop, still get the device is not supported message.
That flash player actually fixed an issue i was having with the browser closing when trying to play a flash file.
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i don't know if it makes a difference, but i was using the regular version of dolphin browser, not HD

a way to improve facebook games performance

I have an acer Iconia with Honeycomb, I was wondering if there was a way to improve the performance of the facebook games, they are unplayable , the one I mostly tested it on is Ravenwood fair. I know its not a hardware problem because it actually plays other games that arent facebook apps pretty well.

sgtarky said:
I have an acer Iconia with Honeycomb, I was wondering if there was a way to improve the performance of the facebook games, they are unplayable , the one I mostly tested it on is Ravenwood fair. I know its not a hardware problem because it actually plays other games that arent facebook apps pretty well.
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right click inside game app and flash setting should come up. there change permission to use mx offline cache. this will increase performance drastically. let me know if this helps.

how do you right click?
I found flash settings manager, but it keeps reverting to the mobile manager, which has very little options

sgtarky said:
how do you right click?
I found flash settings manager, but it keeps reverting to the mobile manager, which has very little options
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It must be detecting the browser as a mobile app. Try the following. Intructions are for the default web browser.
1.Download and install Flash 10.1 from market (skip if already installed)
2.Open your browser, go to facebook.
3.type into the browser about:debug and press go. The browser will go right back to the same screen you were on previously and it appears that nothing happens.
4.Press your menu button(bottom left physical button)
5.Press "MORE"
6.Scroll down to "Settings"
7.Scroll all the way down to the bottom where you see "UA STRING"
8Choose "Desktop" This will "trick" websites into thinking you are logging in from a PC computer and not a Droid.
9.Hit back until you are on the facebook page again.
10. Refresh your browser and launch Farmville!!!
After completing the above steps you should be able to get the regular settings manager for flash. Enjoy!
Enjoy

ua string is desktop, the regular manager flashes up for a second and then it goes back to mobile.

since i never could get the regular settings manager to stay up. I brought it up on my computer, I do not see a mx offline cache setting.

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ua string is desktop, the regular manager flashes up for a second and then it goes back to mobile.
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try a different browser. clicky here: Boat Browser

naw still waiting on chrome to be released, they said we would get a soon ... a month ago. i doubt switching browsers will work . anyway once I finally get it working the game apps will probably move to html 5 lol. I have been trying all sorts of things to try to get them to work since I got this tab in may.

Does anyone have a clue what omnichron is talking about. Permission set mx offline cache , ha google comes up with this thread. He is smart enogh to get it working but cant tell anyone the proper steps......or he is just trolling

is this still a no go with ICS? heck about all I wanted to do with the tablet was play facebook games and read forums, at least I can read forums on it.

Live TV thread, please contribute.

Hi All.
I made a thread on the nvidia shield android TV forum for people to contribute their findings on live TV channels, etc.
not sure how this would work, but if you have any apps or streams you'd like to contribute, it would be great for the community.
please go here.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/shield-tv/general/watching-live-tv-t3324016
Thanks

Will keep an eye on it. I've tried Cumulus TV but it had issues. Talked to the dev and said he updated it recently (on his github, not the play store) but haven't tried it again. Need to.
Would love to find a current list of streams to use with it.

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Will keep an eye on it. I've tried Cumulus TV but it had issues. Talked to the dev and said he updated it recently (on his github, not the play store) but haven't tried it again. Need to.
Would love to find a current list of streams to use with it.
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Just picked up a NPlayer recently so I'm kind of still tinkering. First time I've heard of this app. I guess, like you said, without a repo of "streams" the app would be pretty much useless?

usafle said:
Just picked up a NPlayer recently so I'm kind of still tinkering. First time I've heard of this app. I guess, like you said, without a repo of "streams" the app would be pretty much useless?
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Installed Kodi and then the Kodimaster Repo which results in thousands of live TV channels, to fills all your needs, FULL Content. If you've already installed a bad repo, like me, just clean it out first by going to Kodi settings for the clean up tools. A good youtube video for installing KodiMaster is this one: watch?v=9t504EGs2jc
Does anyone know how to add chrome bookmarks shortcut to NexusPlayer home page, or even Kodi home page? I tried a sideload app & right click and long click with keyboard and mouse, but no dice. Please!!!

salmast said:
Installed Kodi and then the Kodimaster Repo which results in thousands of live TV channels, to fills all your needs, FULL Content. If you've already installed a bad repo, like me, just clean it out first by going to Kodi settings for the clean up tools. A good youtube video for installing KodiMaster is this one: watch?v=9t504EGs2jc
Does anyone know how to add chrome bookmarks shortcut to NexusPlayer home page, or even Kodi home page? I tried a sideload app & right click and long click with keyboard and mouse, but no dice. Please!!!
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Sorry cant help you with the Chrome bookmark. From my understanding, there is no "Chrome support" for Nexus Player. I use ES File Explorer's "built in" web browser when I need to go on the web.
I'll take a look at your KodiMaster, which will require a full wipe of Kodi (again), I've been playing around with some Kodi repos lately and just can't seem to find any that "work" so, what's one more wipe, right? LoL

usafle said:
Sorry cant help you with the Chrome bookmark. From my understanding, there is no "Chrome support" for Nexus Player. I use ES File Explorer's "built in" web browser when I need to go on the web.
I'll take a look at your KodiMaster, which will require a full wipe of Kodi (again), I've been playing around with some Kodi repos lately and just can't seem to find any that "work" so, what's one more wipe, right? LoL
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Fusion repo was a joke, but only because it's setup wizard doesn't fully install apps, leaves that to you. Kodimaster delivers..
On the bookmarks issue, sideload app called "My Bookmarks (Free)", I need to try again with physical keyboard and mouse.
Just strange how these SmartTV boxes never seem to complete.

Cumulus TV works nice and it's great on the NP because it integrates with Android's Live Channels App, although it's not as simple/straightforward. I went to the github page and found out you can load your own m3u8 from a file manager and it will load the channels just fine as with any other IPTV software.

Running kodi with beast installed... Comes with lives TV addons but ipstalker is the best has HBO Showtime ect but you gotta pay for it...40 a hr..
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salmast said:
Fusion repo was a joke, but only because it's setup wizard doesn't fully install apps, leaves that to you. Kodimaster delivers..
On the bookmarks issue, sideload app called "My Bookmarks (Free)", I need to try again with physical keyboard and mouse.
Just strange how these SmartTV boxes never seem to complete.
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Thanks for your suggestion, installed Kodimaster and so far, I'm liking it.
nd4spdviper said:
Cumulus TV works nice and it's great on the NP because it integrates with Android's Live Channels App, although it's not as simple/straightforward. I went to the github page and found out you can load your own m3u8 from a file manager and it will load the channels just fine as with any other IPTV software.
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I'd really like to get Cumulus TV working for USA, but without any JSON US files for me to copy/paste into G-Drive, it's pretty much useless. I really don't have the time to run a "stream sniffer" program to get the URL and etc..etc..etc...
I was hoping there would be a repository of JSON US TV channels that would make it easier, but, unfortunately, I can't find any.

usafle said:
Thanks for your suggestion, installed Kodimaster and so far, I'm liking it.
I'd really like to get Cumulus TV working for USA, but without any JSON US files for me to copy/paste into G-Drive, it's pretty much useless. I really don't have the time to run a "stream sniffer" program to get the URL and etc..etc..etc...
I was hoping there would be a repository of JSON US TV channels that would make it easier, but, unfortunately, I can't find any.
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Long clicking on any of the live channels will get you an "add to bookmarks" feature, but it looks to me like the live links may change frequently (some links don't last).