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Since ICS Flash makes all my browsers freeze up when trying to play Youtube content (especially fullscreen mode).
Yes i have issues playing flash video too.. i cant get twitch.tv to work. I have tried opera, dolphin and stock browser.. it was workibng fine before ics
hey yeah same problem here.
even tried with chrome browser and still can't play flash
Hmm, I tried flash in Dolphin on OTA ICS and it seems to be working OK. At least I was able to play YT clips. Maybe uninstalling and installign flash again will help? Or clearing its data/cache via applications management?
I cannot find anywhere to clear the cache on Flash. I can only uninstall/reinstall it. All I get is a grey window when I try to play any videos on youtube. If I force the user agent to desktop mode in Dolphin for instance it will play but if I try to fullscreen it it will just hang.
EDIT: I found a workaround. The default browser sends you to m.youtube.com and if I try to play a video it just gives me a grey rectangle. However if you press the rectangle the seekbar comes up. If you then press the seekbar advance a little it will then play fine and you can even fullscreen it. Nice big fat bug there though.
Flash Solution for ICS if it appears broken
deadman3000 said:
Since ICS Flash makes all my browsers freeze up when trying to play Youtube content (especially fullscreen mode).
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To fix Flash in ICS, follow these steps:
1. Wipe Data & Cache for the Flash App
2. Uninstall the Flash App
3. Reboot your TF101
4. Install the latest Flash from Market
Your Flash should work fine, after following the steps above. Let me know if this solved your problem.
randolphslim said:
To fix Flash in ICS, follow these steps:
1. Wipe Data & Cache for the Flash App
2. Uninstall the Flash App
3. Reboot your TF101
4. Install the latest Flash from Market
Your Flash should work fine, after following the steps above. Let me know if this solved your problem.
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Thanks! It worked for me.
After i updated to ics i did a factory reset, does that count as data wiping/clearing flash cache? Flash seems to work ok for me on some sites but as mentioned before twitch.tv doesnt play on any browser. How can i clear my flash data/cache?
asusnoob said:
After i updated to ics i did a factory reset, does that count as data wiping/clearing flash cache? Flash seems to work ok for me on some sites but as mentioned before twitch.tv doesnt play on any browser. How can i clear my flash data/cache?
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Use Titanium Backup and Wipe App Data for Flash. You can uninstall the app in Titanium, too.
[edit: Titanium Backup is only for Rooted ROMs. You can go to apps in the Settings menu and select the Flash App if you are on a non-rooted ROM to clear data and cache, as well as unistall Flash. If it is greyed out, then there is probably no data or cache info to wipe and you can proceed to uninstall.]
randolphslim said:
Use Titanium Backup and Wipe App Data for Flash. You can uninstall the app in Titanium, too.
[edit: Titanium Backup is only for Rooted ROMs. You can go to apps in the Settings menu and select the Flash App if you are on a non-rooted ROM to clear data and cache, as well as unistall Flash. If it is greyed out, then there is probably no data or cache info to wipe and you can proceed to uninstall.]
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My tf is not rooted. I have done what u recommended (app settings/clear cache/app data/uninstall/reinstall flash) still no luck with twitch.tv. Before ics, it was working perfectly. On another note, flash does not work at all on opera browser. Opera doesnt detect that flash is installed.
Has anyone on a non-root TF running ics got twitch.tv to work? Im starting to regret the update.
I have the same problem, even after wiping data and cache, uninstall, reinstall flash. For me this is no solution.
G'day...
I have exactly the same problem as described in the early posts. I have tried reinstalling the Flash player repeatedly with no success. I get similar symptoms in both the stock browser and in Dolphin.
I think I'll stop trying to fix it for a while before I throw the damn thing through the window.
My unit is an un-rooted TF101G and I only got ICS update sent out last week - I thought they would have ironed out all the bugs by now. Right now all I want to do is go back to Honeycomb...
I had the problem when I switched to ICS Gnufabio ROM. Flash and even youtube stock player would cause problems in HD fullscreen. Videos were unwatchable. I switched to CM9 ROM - the same thing.
However, since flashing Megatron 1.0.3, flashing gapps again and with TestyMeh 1.0 kernel running @ 1.2 it suddenly started to work!
I've been experiencing the same problem.
I've found that it sometimes works if I go into full-screen mode first, and then plug in the HDMI cable. It all goes black for a few seconds, but then the video shows up in fullscreen on my TV.
As for the freezes, usually I have to close the browser, kill it, open it (and sometimes repeat several times before I can even navigate back to the page), then fire up the video again. But I've found that sometimes I can just power off the device (ie tab power button to turn off display), then turn it back on after a couple seconds, and video starts playing again correctly.
What a pain, though. Never had these problems with Honeycomb.
getwilde said:
I've been experiencing the same problem.
I've found that it sometimes works if I go into full-screen mode first, and then plug in the HDMI cable. It all goes black for a few seconds, but then the video shows up in fullscreen on my TV.
As for the freezes, usually I have to close the browser, kill it, open it (and sometimes repeat several times before I can even navigate back to the page), then fire up the video again. But I've found that sometimes I can just power off the device (ie tab power button to turn off display), then turn it back on after a couple seconds, and video starts playing again correctly.
What a pain, though. Never had these problems with Honeycomb.
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getwilde, I have the exact problem as you. Did you, or anyone, ever found a solution??? Please let me know..
Hi all, wondering if anyone found a solution to this issue? I'm on stock rom 4.0.3 (no root), YouTube play fine for me as it's html5 but any online content that uses flash player lagging badly. Will HD rom fix this issue ? Thanks
Ps: tried full wipe and installed latest version of flash player, no luck though.
s2003r said:
Hi all, wondering if anyone found a solution to this issue? I'm on stock rom 4.0.3 (no root), YouTube play fine for me as it's html5 but any online content that uses flash player lagging badly. Will HD rom fix this issue ? Thanks
Ps: tried full wipe and installed latest version of flash player, no luck though.
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Frederuco posted this on his 4.3 ROM tutorial
Yes and no - Adobe has dropped flash support for Android. The latest versions were for 4.0 in August 2012.
HOWEVER - You can still sideload flash. First, go to Settings - Security - Unknown Sources. Tick the box. Next, go to the Adobe Archives and download the latest version for Android 4.0. After it downloads tap on it to install it.
Flash works well in the stock Browser, Firefox, Firefox Beta and Boat Browser. Dolphin has disabled flash support for JellyBean last time I checked.
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I know I sideloaded flash and it only worked when I got the right version, and to tell you the truth I haven't a clue whether it is still working as I am on KatKiss KitKat 4.4.v22 now and don't use flash pages much. I do remember a lot of people talking about sideloading Flash as the only way to get it to work.
Hope this helps.
Theziggy said:
Frederuco posted this on his 4.3 ROM tutorial
I know I sideloaded flash and it only worked when I got the right version, and to tell you the truth I haven't a clue whether it is still working as I am on KatKiss KitKat 4.4.v22 now and don't use flash pages much. I do remember a lot of people talking about sideloading Flash as the only way to get it to work.
Hope this helps.
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Thank you for your reply, this is exactly what I have as my setup. Flash is side-loaded but none of the ics version work. I mean they do but lagging badly. Prior the update to ics I was using flash side-loaded with no problems
When I go to stock they work fine, as soon as I flash a ROM they stop working again. I know these are all related so Im thinking its something in the software, but I have re-installed the camera.apk, tried different camera.apk, tried camera from play store, tried flashlight and screenshot from play store. None of them worked. It could be hardware, but sometimes the camera does work at random. I swear when i re-install some apps from play store after a flash it works fine. Im gonna try adobe flash and see if that does it, but let me know if you have suggestions cause its making me mad!
Decepticaons said:
When I go to stock they work fine, as soon as I flash a ROM they stop working again. I know these are all related so Im thinking its something in the software, but I have re-installed the camera.apk, tried different camera.apk, tried camera from play store, tried flashlight and screenshot from play store. None of them worked. It could be hardware, but sometimes the camera does work at random. I swear when i re-install some apps from play store after a flash it works fine. Im gonna try adobe flash and see if that does it, but let me know if you have suggestions cause its making me mad!
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Suggestions?
First is tell us what rom you flashed.
Sent from my Calculator with Android.
Im on SKY ICS 4.2F Im on the ATT google base and have flashed update 2.5 and 3B. I am also using the stock-modded kernel. Installing flash player did not fix it. This is making me really mad!
Decepticaons said:
Im on SKY ICS 4.2F Im on the ATT google base and have flashed update 2.5 and 3B. I am also using the stock-modded kernel. Installing flash player did not fix it. This is making me really mad!
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Have you try to start completely from scratch?
Flash one click leak from kennethpenn using odin - I use this http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1652679.
Then Odin flash CWM Touch - http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1566613
Then flash your Base with OP instructions followed by your Update with OP instructions - I'm sure you already do, but follow OP to a T
I know how frustrating this can be but it has fixed numerous problems.
Nantai said:
Have you try to start completely from scratch?
Flash one click leak from kennethpenn using odin - I use this http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1652679.
Then Odin flash CWM Touch - http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1566613
Then flash your Base with OP instructions followed by your Update with OP instructions - I'm sure you already do, but follow OP to a T
I know how frustrating this can be but it has fixed numerous problems.
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I have restarted from scratch 4 times. I think I will try to go back to stock one more time and test the camera at stock, then test it again after every step I do and see where it starts to force close.
Posted this in the CM10 dev thread, but decided I may get some better help by posting here, and here's my OP from the thread:
so yesterday my phone randomly shut off and it seemed to completely reset my phone. It booted up fine with two or three apps missing and all of my settings lost. I didn't think much of it until today when I tried to fix it. I did a fully wipe because some apps had disappeared and wouldn't download from the play store and wouldn't restore from TiBu. I went ahead and did the full wipe, flashed latest gapps and my device started up. I began trying to restore my apps and what not, but at I was navigating the phone my app switch soft key and home key would not function. They vibrate when pressed but don't do anything; only the back key works. I went to settings and remapped the soft keys to see if it was just a glitch and nothing changed. Still no function, only vibration. I then rebooted to recovery and did yet another full wipe and this time tried to install aokp just to see if it was a bug with cm (yes I know aokp i built from cm but I had just downloaded the latest nightly to my phone and deleted the old one so this was a test of the new nightly). Still no cheese. I was then thinking to myself, screw it and at least try to restore some apps, but after configuring my google account and opening he play store i get a constant no connection, retry button. Most of the stock apps will not even open. I flashed a TiBu.zip to restore the app and great, that worked but restoring from in TiBu doesn't work now. I tried reflashing cm and essentially repeated the above steps without any luck. Any ideas? I can't test my data/phone connection other than the fact that after setting up my google account, my email synced and I was able to make a call because the browser won't even open. MY [email protected]$s didn't do a nandroid either
Help a desperate guy in need, please!!
PS redownloading cm and gapps right now on my computer in case of a corrupted download, but to have the issue on cm and aokp is suspicious. I'll have to wait for an hour or two because my internet speed is that slow...
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Now I redownloaded CM10 fresh from the get.cm page and even did a md5 check and everything matched up, yet still no luck. another strange thing I've noticed is that my power menu, when I verified in the setting that all options for my power menu were selected, the only options that show up are power off, reboot and screenshot. I checked to be sure app permissions were correct and even fixed permissions from recovery. All apps that do open force close upon any activity, for example upon receiving an email in gmail, the gmail app force closes. I don't know if providing a logcat would be beneficial to anyone because I don't know how to read them.
I am currently waiting on a sense rom to finish downloading to verify that it isn't just aosp based roms, but my internet connection is terrible so the 600+mb file still has 2+hrs left. I am also downloading an ruu if nothing else works, but again with a 500+mb file it will take 2+hrs
Any help is much appreciated and I can provide more info if needed.
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Sounds like it might be a kernel issue. Try flashing a different one.
If nothing else works, relock and RUU.
iElvis said:
Sounds like it might be a kernel issue. Try flashing a different one.
If nothing else works, relock and RUU.
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Even if it's the stock cm kernel? i never had issues with it before, but I'll flash one now because luckily I have a couple on my phone already
Edit: flashed a different kernel and nothing changed, but thanks for the suggestion
anyone else have a problem with the camera app freezing on 4.4.3? Tried multiple roms and kernels with full wipes between them and still have the problem. The app freezes about a half second after opening.
tpcrackpipe said:
anyone else have a problem with the camera app freezing on 4.4.3? Tried multiple roms and kernels with full wipes between them and still have the problem. The app freezes about a half second after opening.
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no problems here. have you tried clearing the data for the camera app?
Nope. Works fine here. Maybe try a different camera app to rule out the camera itself.
thank you for the replies. If I uninstall the update and use the old stock camera it works fine. Its the Google camera that causes it to freeze. Last night the Google camera was working fine but when I woke up it would freeze.
tpcrackpipe said:
thank you for the replies. If I uninstall the update and use the old stock camera it works fine. Its the Google camera that causes it to freeze. Last night the Google camera was working fine but when I woke up it would freeze.
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what rom/kernel are you using? any other mods? xposed maybe?
tpcrackpipe said:
thank you for the replies. If I uninstall the update and use the old stock camera it works fine. Its the Google camera that causes it to freeze. Last night the Google camera was working fine but when I woke up it would freeze.
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Well the issue isn't the Google camera app since its not a widespread issue with people. Something else is causing it.
Camera Freeze
tpcrackpipe said:
anyone else have a problem with the camera app freezing on 4.4.3? Tried multiple roms and kernels with full wipes between them and still have the problem. The app freezes about a half second after opening.
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I did a factory reset and clean install of 4.4.3 Kit Kat and now my camera is freezing also. Was working fine before with OTA 4.4.3.
Now when I first open the camera app, it opens and the app freezes for about 5-10 seconds then starts working. I've removed updates from the camera app which rolls it back to the old Nexus 5 camera app which works fine. As soon it is update to the new Google camera app, starts freezing again. I used Titanium backup to install all of my old apps, so Im assuming something happened there. Wish I knew of a way to fix without having to wipe out my phone and start all over.
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anyone else have a problem with the camera app freezing on 4.4.3? Tried multiple roms and kernels with full wipes between them and still have the problem. The app freezes about a half second after opening.
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esyres said:
I did a factory reset and clean install of 4.4.3 Kit Kat and now my camera is freezing also. Was working fine before with OTA 4.4.3.
Now when I first open the camera app, it opens and the app freezes for about 5-10 seconds then starts working. I've removed updates from the camera app which rolls it back to the old Nexus 5 camera app which works fine. As soon it is update to the new Google camera app, starts freezing again. I used Titanium backup to install all of my old apps, so Im assuming something happened there. Wish I knew of a way to fix without having to wipe out my phone and start all over.
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Having the same issue here..!
I noticed it the first time when the new camera was introduced (so for the last 2 releases), means also with 4.4.2!
Also for me, when I remove the updates everything is fine.
When I updated to 4.4.3 I reset my phone before (completely) so I assume wiping doesn't fix it?!
I'm nervous to say anything because I might jinx it, but it hasn't froze in a few days now.
For those wondering, stock rom and kernel, xposed installed but no new mods.
tpcrackpipe said:
I'm nervous to say anything because I might jinx it, but it hasn't froze in a few days now.
For those wondering, stock rom and kernel, xposed installed but no new mods.
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Same here - Exposed installed, stock and rooted, but nothing other than that. Unfortunately, mine is still freezing.
Right, same here: stock ROM (rooted) with Xposed (for App ops and Dynamic Navbar mod)...
Maybe something with Xposed?!
My life is over i am going to die in 3 4 days..Please someone expert here can help me out and save my life..
As titles says my camera and youtube app stops working after few hours of phone boot. I need to restart my phone again to make them working again..
My camera app starts and i can click pics but whenever i want to start video recording it gives me an error that unfortunately camera has stopped working.
And youtube app always gives me error that - There was a problem while playing touch to retry.
And video in facebook app also not works.
Tired of these messages.
before giving me suggestions please read that i have tried all these
-Apps tweaks(clear data , cache data clear, uninstall and install again)
-Installed fresh new rom several time
-changed my storage of media to internal memory
The only thing that works is reboot
My phone is rooted and i think this problems start happening after i have unlocked my boot loader and rooted my device.
Please if anyone have a solution help me out i will be very thankful..
My android version is 5 . 1. 1
karan16 said:
My life is over i am going to die in 3 4 days..Please someone expert here can help me out and save my life..
As titles says my camera and youtube app stops working after few hours of phone boot. I need to restart my phone again to make them working again..
My camera app starts and i can click pics but whenever i want to start video recording it gives me an error that unfortunately camera has stopped working.
And youtube app always gives me error that - There was a problem while playing touch to retry.
And video in facebook app also not works.
Tired of these messages.
before giving me suggestions please read that i have tried all these
-Apps tweaks(clear data , cache data clear, uninstall and install again)
-Installed fresh new rom several time
-changed my storage of media to internal memory
The only thing that works is reboot
My phone is rooted and i think this problems start happening after i have unlocked my boot loader and rooted my device.
Please if anyone have a solution help me out i will be very thankful..
My android version is 5 . 1. 1
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Me too..
I use xperia z3, unlocked bootloader, rooted and find problem exactly the same like yours. Can anyone help please,
Updating your z3 to Android 6 should fix this.
benel55 said:
Updating your z3 to Android 6 should fix this.
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What kind of firmware should i use?
Pre-rooted, flash zip via recovery or FTF flash via flashtool?
What type of flash?
Full flash or simply dirty flash?
haxorcitoz said:
What kind of firmware should i use?
Pre-rooted, flash zip via recovery or FTF flash via flashtool?
What type of flash?
Full flash or simply dirty flash?
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I believe any method will do, but im not qualified to answer about this, look up for the tutorials that are given around here
benel55 said:
I believe any method will do, but im not qualified to answer about this, look up for the tutorials that are given around here
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i flash my Z3 and upgrade to marshmallow. Today i check my camera and use it to record video and found no errors like before. Thanks for you advice, its really solved my problems.
Same here all problems solved in .291 update.
"I assume you unlocked your bootloader. I was also having this problem before. Try renaming these files on /system/etc/firmware/
tzwidevine.b00 -> tzwidevine.b00.bak
tzwidevine.b01 -> tzwidevine.b01.bak
tzwidevine.b02 -> tzwidevine.b02.bak
tzwidevine.b03 -> tzwidevine.b03.bak
tzwidevine.mdt -> tzwidevine.mdt.bak"
Maybe someone can tell me what this fix does?
Anyway use it at your own risk, but it looks promising. mine working fine after renaming those files.