Question with default apps.... - HTC One S

When I was using CM7, before I set Dolphin as my default browser, it would always nag me with a popup everyone I clicked a link in gmail or here on XDA. The dialog would want to know which browser to use (between stock and dolphin), and to check a box to set the selected browser.
As that was annoying, I had set dolphin as my default and everything was fine.
But now with this new phone and ICS, I am torn between Chrome beta and dolphin. Chrome is far more useable, but the obvious downside is that it has no flash support. So in cases when I click on a link to a YouTube or other .flv video, I want to use Dolphin. However it seems that even if I don't tell Chrome to be my default browser, it decides it is...Dolphin won't do that unless you specifically set it as default.
So my question is... How can I get a choice of browsers to pop up when I click a link?
Thanks!
Syntropic
Sent from my HTC One-S (rooted), stock ROM

Settings, App Associations.

You can use Flashify
With this app if you share a page with a flash video or a link, it appears the popup where you can use whatever browser you want
This adds one more step(sharing) but at least it works
anyway if you click on youtube it's far more logical to use the app instead of browser (my opinion)

anyway if you click on youtube it's far more logical to use the app instead of browser (my opinion)
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That is my point. On my old CM7 ROM, whenever I clicked on any link with a flv file, it gave me an option of the native browser, dolphin, and the YouTube app, which was very convenient. I don't know why this ROM doesn't do this. I have cleared all defaults from browsers, but when I do get a popup to select a browser, there is no "Remember this choice" checkbox, so I assume when you select the browser you want, it automatically becomes the default.
I will try Flashify... But if anyone else can confirm that you cannot specifically select to not choose a default (thereby continually keeping your options open), it would be appreciated.
Sent from my HTC One-S (rooted), stock ROM

syntropic said:
That is my point. On my old CM7 ROM, whenever I clicked on any link with a flv file, it gave me an option of the native browser, dolphin, and the YouTube app, which was very convenient. I don't know why this ROM doesn't do this. I have cleared all defaults from browsers, but when I do get a popup to select a browser, there is no "Remember this choice" checkbox, so I assume when you select the browser you want, it automatically becomes the default.
I will try Flashify... But if anyone else can confirm that you cannot specifically select to not choose a default (thereby continually keeping your options open), it would be appreciated.
Sent from my HTC One-S (rooted), stock ROM
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I also can't change the defaults with these apps. They always use the browser. It's dumb. I can't wait to be able to use AOSP on this phone
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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

[Q] Microphone defaults to Browser

I have installed Dolphin HD and set it as my default browser. However when I use the microphone on either the Home Page or within Dolphin to search, it always opens the results in Browser. Is there a place where I can tell it to use Dolphin? I was thinking about uninstalling browser but I rather not since I don't know if I can get it back. Didn't see it on the Market place.
Going off experience from my phone here...
It does this same thing with my Nexus One. Voice Search opens in something that looks like the stock Browser. But when I click on a search result, it gives me the option to complete the action with either Browser or Dolphin HD. So I clicked on "use as default action" and then selected Dolphin HD.
Now when I click a result it opens up the page in Dolphin HD. When I press the back button, it pops me back to the search results.
Perhaps Honeycomb behaves in a similar fashion? I wish it would all be in Dolphin, but hey.
Hope this helps.
Tbanks. That did the trick. I think when I first got my transformer, I set browser to be my default. Cleared it and now it's ok.

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.
sgtarky said:
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.

Always asks to set default browser

I can't find this exact problem on here, so I'm risking posting a thread.
I installed Opera mini and mobile on my sidekick and now it always asks what browser to use when I click on any link (or when I search on google and it redirects). It never remembers if I check the box to set the default. Never ever. After a hundred tries. After deleting the default in the settings. Reboots galore. Nothing. Still asks. It's so annoying I can't stand to use web on the phone at all. At least I no longer even come close to my data cap these days.
In the settings it has the built in Web set the default, and none of the other Opera browsers are set as the default. So it's not got two browsers set, which was my theory at first.
I guess I should delete every third party browser.... any other suggestions?
rareasasparagus said:
I can't find this exact problem on here, so I'm risking posting a thread.
I installed Opera mini and mobile on my sidekick and now it always asks what browser to use when I click on any link (or when I search on google and it redirects). It never remembers if I check the box to set the default. Never ever. After a hundred tries. After deleting the default in the settings. Reboots galore. Nothing. Still asks. It's so annoying I can't stand to use web on the phone at all. At least I no longer even come close to my data cap these days.
In the settings it has the built in Web set the default, and none of the other Opera browsers are set as the default. So it's not got two browsers set, which was my theory at first.
I guess I should delete every third party browser.... any other suggestions?
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If you want a good browser with data compression, I've found that UCWebrowser and Ninesky work great. I used to love Opera Mini but then came those damn reboots after the recent updates to the newer versions.
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I have the same problem with Dolphin Browser which updates virtually every week and with every update, the "Default Browser" setting needs to be re-selected. One of those quirky Android things. however if it is between updates, it may be an Opera thing.
de-installed opera, crossing fingers
ncmacasl said:
I have the same problem with Dolphin Browser which updates virtually every week and with every update, the "Default Browser" setting needs to be re-selected. One of those quirky Android things. however if it is between updates, it may be an Opera thing.
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Yes it was in between updates. And yes, opera's updates were annoying me, actually.
I de-installed both operas, then rebooted. Then when I went to a link (whilst already in the default web browser) it then asked about whether it should use Textonly, which is something I'd installed long ago, but it never asked about before on the list of possible browsers.
It seems to be remembering to use just Web now that opera is gone. Thank the goddess! And thanks for your help. The relief I feel really shows how aggravating this had become.

[Q] CromXi browsing problem

Hi there,
I'm new, so I can not post a message in the dev forum yet. So i hope someone can help me out.
I flashed my girlfriends tf300t with CromXi 4.7. Everything works butter smooth, but do not use the disable fsync feature. To risky for me.
The problem I have is with browsing some websites. I will give you 2 urls.
zalando.nl
tablet.hm.com
When broswing to zalando, with the default browser, chrome or dolphin with jetpack, i get the error message "....doublickick.net url not found" in to frames on the main page.
I already removed the ad blocker app, but still no result. On my iPad it shows perfect and I can not figure out what the problem is. On any other android tablet it also works perfectly. So CromXi is blocking doubleclick some how.
When browsing to tablet.hm.com (yes, she likes shopping online) with the dolphin browser and you click for instance man -> schoenen and scroll down, you see the main top bar rebuilding itself. This does not happen with chrome or the default browser.
Dolphin is still the best browser of them all.
The irritating thing with the default browser is that the url bar disappears when you stop scrolling. I can not figure out how to disable this "feature".
I don't want to use chrome, because it's irritatingly slow. Same goes for firefox.
Hope you can help me out.
Solved the problem on tablet.hm.com. It was the Jetpack. After disabling it, the top menu bar stayd while scrolling and didn't rebuild it self.
Leaves the doublick.net block with every browser. Strange problem.....
remonv76 said:
Hi there,
I'm new, so I can not post a message in the dev forum yet. So i hope someone can help me out.
I flashed my girlfriends tf300t with CromXi 4.7. Everything works butter smooth, but do not use the disable fsync feature. To risky for me.
The problem I have is with browsing some websites. I will give you 2 urls.
zalando.nl
tablet.hm.com
When broswing to zalando, with the default browser, chrome or dolphin with jetpack, i get the error message "....doublickick.net url not found" in to frames on the main page.
I already removed the ad blocker app, but still no result. On my iPad it shows perfect and I can not figure out what the problem is. On any other android tablet it also works perfectly. So CromXi is blocking doubleclick some how.
When browsing to tablet.hm.com (yes, she likes shopping online) with the dolphin browser and you click for instance man -> schoenen and scroll down, you see the main top bar rebuilding itself. This does not happen with chrome or the default browser.
Dolphin is still the best browser of them all.
The irritating thing with the default browser is that the url bar disappears when you stop scrolling. I can not figure out how to disable this "feature".
I don't want to use chrome, because it's irritatingly slow. Same goes for firefox.
Hope you can help me out.
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Maybe try boat browser? Or in dolphin set ipad in browser mode (i dont rremember if it is possible)?
In boat u can set ipad, but it works even in "normal" (mobile) mode.
Boat look similar to chrome
Sent using tf300t - CROMI-X/Hundsbuah
Well the problem is with every browser, not just dolphin. And it is on the tf300.
So when browsing to zalando.nl with Chrome, Dolphin or the default browser on the TF300T with CROMI-X, I see page could not be found with the url ....doubleclick.net. I also have this on othe webpages who uses doubleclick.net.
The same happens when searching in google and clicking an advertisement link in the top of the page. the error shown sais "Page not available. ....googleadservices.com/.....". This is also in chrome, dolphin and the default browser.
I have no idea what the problem is and it looks like its blocking advertisement links.
It's definately not the network, because i don't see the error on a galaxy tab with the stock rom or ipad. I also didn't have this problem with the stock Asus Rom. So it has to be something in Cromi-X.
I already removed the adblocker, but still the problem remains.
ch3mn3y said:
Maybe try boat browser? Or in dolphin set ipad in browser mode (i dont rremember if it is possible)?
In boat u can set ipad, but it works even in "normal" (mobile) mode.
Boat look similar to chrome
Sent using tf300t - CROMI-X/Hundsbuah
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SOLVED
Oke, so it's ofcourse my mistake.
What I did was disable the adaway blocker through configuration - apps. I just disabled the app. What i didn't know was that the app changed the hosts file. So after reenabling the app and disabling it through the app itself, it showed my the message to restore the default hosts file.
After a reboot everything works just perfectly!!

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