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Chrome Beta?

Not available to Skyrocket from Market.
But here's the APK. Gonna try it out tomorrow morning.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1485440
Sounds like you might need ICS though.
I should prolly read more of that thread before I install.

Ehh, I got a "parse" error when trying to install the APK.
Ohh well.

I believe its for ics 4.0
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CZ Eddie said:
Ehh, I got a "parse" error when trying to install the APK.
Ohh well.
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Check the chrome thread in the apps and games section of the general Android Dev/Hacking subforum. No one on gingerbread has it running yet.

Yeah, like I said...........
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Sounds like you might need ICS though.
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Chrome
So this doesn't work even on something like, say, Sky Ice?

No sky ics isnt ics. Only a giant theme.
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Now working on the leaked ICS.
And.... it synced all my desktop Chrome favorites. No more having to use Chromemarks!
Seems to be pretty fast also.

Chrome is supposedly pretty buggy right now.

It has no flash though. That's a huge bummer.
Guess I'll just stick with Quick ICS Browser.

Ran it for a while on my Xoom but the no flash becomes annoying quickly

Works on the leaked Skyrocketed ICS build...
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Get Chrome from market if you are on ICS

In case you forgot, you can run Google Chrome on your ICS device now (https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.android.chrome&hl=en). There are some goodies there which are not available in stock browser and you might like it better.

Agreed, it is smother than the stock browser, plus, you have all your chrome bookmarks automatically synchronized. Also, you can access the pages you have opened in other computers and devices (which is cool and scary at the same time).

mauix said:
Agreed, it is smother than the stock browser, plus, you have all your chrome bookmarks automatically synchronized. Also, you can access the pages you have opened in other computers and devices (which is cool and scary at the same time).
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It's by far the greatest advantage of Mobile Chrome... being reading something in my laptop, then leaving and continuing to read the same thing, effortlessly, is pretty cool.
Or if I run into a page some cool Android app while on my computer, instead of e-mailing the link, I just open Chrome Mobile, and there's the page.

But there's no flash
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iandr0idos said:
But there's no flash
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You have to remember that it's still in beta. For what it is at the moment it's great. Personally, I use it daily, a lot
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It will NEVER support flash.
And I still find that Quick ICS Browser is faster and more responsive.

Best selling point for Chrome to me is the bookmark syncing. Thats huge IMHO and I think it should have been implemented from the start with Android.
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I'm using boat browser and love it. I'll have to install chrome and compare.
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iandr0idos said:
It will NEVER support flash.
And I still find that Quick ICS Browser is faster and more responsive.
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What makes you claim it will never support flash?
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Probobly this
Google's new Chrome web browser for Android will never get support for Adobe Flash, Ars Technica reports.
This doesn't come as much of a surprise, since Adobe previously stated that it was finished working on Flash for mobiles.
So effectively, mobile Flash is officially on the way out. Even though Adobe itself has given up on it, that hasn't stopped plenty of manufacturers from continuing to advertise Flash as a selling point for Android.
Ars Technica deftly points out:
When Google eventually moves to replace the default Android browser with Chrome in future versions of the Android platform, devices that run the operating system will likely no longer be able to play Flash content in the browser.

silver03wrx said:
Probobly this
Google's new Chrome web browser for Android will never get support for Adobe Flash, Ars Technica reports.
This doesn't come as much of a surprise, since Adobe previously stated that it was finished working on Flash for mobiles.
So effectively, mobile Flash is officially on the way out. Even though Adobe itself has given up on it, that hasn't stopped plenty of manufacturers from continuing to advertise Flash as a selling point for Android.
Ars Technica deftly points out:
When Google eventually moves to replace the default Android browser with Chrome in future versions of the Android platform, devices that run the operating system will likely no longer be able to play Flash content in the browser.
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Now that really sucks...
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No! Wonder who made that excecutive decision. I don't know if that's a good or bad thing yet. People use the phones more than a home computer. So you would think they would want to work harder on mobile flash. I'm still kinda in denial about this whole thing,
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I really wish Chrome had a desktop view feature
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DANIEL133337 said:
I really wish Chrome had a desktop view feature
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It does doesn't it. Hit the menu button and doesn't it say something about desktop?
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Last I read, Flash was going away. In favor of HTML5? So not everyone will be supporting it in the future.
I'm using Chrome Beta also. It's not 100% ready for prime time, but works pretty well so far. And the fact it syncs bookmarks with my home Chrome browser is HUGE for me.
But I wish it were easier to add mobile-only bookmarks. It's not super friendly in that area yet. I love Dolphin browsers home page where I can add quick bookmarks.

So OK, how is it that I can't find it on Play? Is it because I'm on superlite ICS and if so, is there a way I can trick Play to show me everything?

I tried Chrome and it is ok, but has handy features missing. I'll stick to stock, which has all my Chrome bookmarks synced to it anyway, it is super fast.

bdbx18 said:
So OK, how is it that I can't find it on Play? Is it because I'm on superlite ICS and if so, is there a way I can trick Play to show me everything?
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Just search "chrome" and it comes up.
I really like it, works well for me with no issues yet....

Turbojugend said:
I tried Chrome and it is ok, but has handy features missing. I'll stick to stock, which has all my Chrome bookmarks synced to it anyway, it is super fast.
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How were you able to sync your Google bookmarks to the stock browser? I tried a couple months ago and couldn't figure it out.
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Software Guy said:
Just search "chrome" and it comes up.
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https://play.google.com/store/apps/...=W251bGwsMSwyLDEsImNvbS5hbmRyb2lkLmNocm9tZSJd

CZ Eddie said:
How were you able to sync your Google bookmarks to the stock browser? I tried a couple months ago and couldn't figure it out.
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I'm assuming you're on GB still since you mentioned you tried a couple of months ago. Using the ICS browser it automatically syncs your chrome bookmarks.

Google Now

So i was wondering can and will someone be able to port Google Now to gingerbread devices?

K7Cobb said:
So i was wondering can and will someone be able to port Google Now to gingerbread devices?
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LOL its even not ported for ICS and u are taking abt GB!

I'm expecting someone will get it to ICS though

gmp009 said:
LOL its even not ported for ICS and u are taking abt GB!
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Ha I thought they've already done it lol
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I just wish Google would be a little more transparent on these matters. I have been hearing about majel for so long now and I suppose I should have figured that it would be for ICS or above, but to find that it is just for JellyBean really sucks. Their website says that it is "currently" only for 4.1 . Does that mean it will be made available for older OS's? Is this being done just to sell more new phones? Come on Google, just tell us what your plans are.

its most likely for 4.1 only...
even though it has already been ported to 4.0 and its semi working on my galaxy sii.
I cant wait to get 4.1, working google now, working offline voice recognition and it working in my language (dutch)

We can't port all JB goods to ICS or GB Because of kernel.

K7Cobb said:
So i was wondering can and will someone be able to port Google Now to gingerbread devices?
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Not possible.......the base system is very different.....we haven't even been able to port the stuff for ICS to GB so JB is far off
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Intercepter said:
I just wish Google would be a little more transparent on these matters. I have been hearing about majel for so long now and I suppose I should have figured that it would be for ICS or above, but to find that it is just for JellyBean really sucks. Their website says that it is "currently" only for 4.1 . Does that mean it will be made available for older OS's? Is this being done just to sell more new phones? Come on Google, just tell us what your plans are.
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If any of you remember the early days of Android, Google did the same thing once before. When the original Droid was launched, it was the first Eclair device and launched with Maps Navigation. All those of us with the G1 (or other devices running Donut) were left drooling and wondering why Navigation was a 2.0 exclusive feature. Then, a month or two later, the update was added to the Market for us all. And there was much rejoicing.
Soooooo...here's hoping they do the same with Now. Maybe it's 4.1 only for now so they can iron out bugs? Who knows. But they seem really determined to make Now a hit, so it wouldn't surprise me to see it eventually released for older OS versions.

Lol google can be ported to ics and it's fully working! I had tested it with a custom rom on the x10i

NikitoGR said:
Lol google can be ported to ics and it's fully working! I had tested it with a custom rom on the x10i
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Running it right now sense 3.6 and android 4.0.3 on a HTC Thunderbolt using the Google now mod for ICS its a flashable zip through recovery
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jonah1234 said:
Running it right now sense 3.6 and android 4.0.3 on a HTC Thunderbolt using the Google now mod for ICS its a flashable zip through recovery
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Oooh yeah!
Send from the planet Mars

This was when i wasnt rooted lol looking back on it makes me feel stupid for asking the question. Oh well google now is good though
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Complete google now with user tracking is something special, not so easy, but I wonder if there is at least chance to get new voice search on GB? The "Siri replacement"

monacoo said:
Complete google now with user tracking is something special, not so easy, but I wonder if there is at least chance to get new voice search on GB? The "Siri replacement"
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Try Maluuba from the Play Store or utter!. Maluube has more of a Now feel and utter! is more for device control. I use both (Maluuba much, much more) on Gingerbread and they are both extremely fast. They beat out S*** on the i***** in both number of functions and speed. Both are reliable. Enjoy!

galaxytab1 said:
I'm expecting someone will get it to ICS though
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Hey working Google Now is part of most of the custom ROMs ..
I am currently using Dream X3 and its working perfectly ...
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If your on Gingerbread, I think it's worth it to upgrade to JB if any developers support your rom. You'll probably see major deferences in ways such as battery life, UI Beauty, etc..

theandroidguy2012 said:
Try Maluuba from the Play Store or utter!. Maluube has more of a Now feel and utter! is more for device control. I use both (Maluuba much, much more) on Gingerbread and they are both extremely fast. They beat out S*** on the i***** in both number of functions and speed. Both are reliable. Enjoy!
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But unfortunatelly none of this actually work. Can not even trigger utter to listen my command.

This is either a problem with user setting configuration, or is due to the fact that the application is still in beta. Try messing. With the settings. The way it is normally triggered is by holding the search key down.
And maluuba pretty much never has problems... Trouble shoot a little and try to figure it out. I'd like to help, just I don't have enough info to go off of to help.
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Does Gnow work with multi G.accts?

S-voice

Is s-voice unsuccessful on the skyrocket?as I have not seen it included in ROMs , is there any good alternatives out there?
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8ballhacker said:
Is s-voice unsuccessful on the skyrocket?as I have not seen it included in ROMs , is there any good alternatives out there?
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Google now is far better and is used by all the jellybean roms
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8ballhacker said:
Is s-voice unsuccessful on the skyrocket?as I have not seen it included in ROMs , is there any good alternatives out there?
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If you use an AOSP based ROM such as CM10/AOKP they will have Jelly Bean and one of the new things added is Google Now which I think is 10x bettery imo.

8ballhacker said:
Is s-voice unsuccessful on the skyrocket?as I have not seen it included in ROMs , is there any good alternatives out there?
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You could try Robin from the play store. It worked fine on my GS II Skyrocket. The S-Voice app would always crash.

Embryo ROM has S-Voice.

S voice sucks everytime I tried it (not sure about the S3 , but in SR that is).. Waste of time .

Agreed - I've used both on my S2, and Google Now is better. To be honest, regular Voice Search is just as good in a lot of ways!

S-voice...
I am not totally sure, but I believe it has to be a TW rom in order to work correct? This is more of a question for my own memory banks than a statement...
I use Google Now and it works really well. Just need Google Now to open apps and put events in calendar and the stars will align....

Mulitple Users

Hi All
I am new here so please bare with me.
I have a Samsung Note 10.1 Model GT-N8010 running Android 4.1.2
I was under the impression that the new update (4.1.2) would allow the ability to setup a 2nd user profile.
I can not seem to find the setup process.
If someone can help I would be grateful.
Many Thanks

I think you need to wait for 4.2.1 for multi-user.

dmarchant said:
I think you need to wait for 4.2.1 for multi-user.
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No Waiting Buddy, be Happy.
you can use SwitchMe ( Root Required)
available on Google Play Store

Jb 4.2 isn't available from Samsung yet. Even if it was, i wouldn't touch it. The latest update to JB 4.2 still hasn't fixed the bluetooth issue that Google introduced with 4.2. Breaking bluetooth was a pretty bad coding glitch and releasing it to the public just plain sloppy. At times, Google looks as bad as MS.

I think your right, thanks for the help.
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I have seen the app that is avaliable, my device is not rooted at the moment, I am thinking of doing it but a little worried I might brick it!
I have owned various android products but never rooted one. The idea of a 400.00 pound brick frightens me lol!
Thanks
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