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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.

Media scanner not working properly

So I finally managed to transfer my files to the device but it seems that media scanner only kicks in after a reboot.
I had almost 400 images in a folder, pushed 300 more but I can't see them in the gallery. Hitting the settings in the top right and refreshing does nothing.
Also I noticed that every single app for media refresh/media rescan FC. Also tried the option in TricksterMod and it crashes.
I actually don't like to reboot to be able to see new files...

Stylez Ray. said:
So I finally managed to transfer my files to the device but it seems that media scanner only kicks in after a reboot.
I had almost 400 images in a folder, pushed 300 more but I can't see them in the gallery. Hitting the settings in the top right and refreshing does nothing.
Also I noticed that every single app for media refresh/media rescan FC. Also tried the option in TricksterMod and it crashes.
I actually don't like to reboot to be able to see new files...
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i have the same issue, why?
i am using https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.gmail.jerickson314.sdscanner

Kimy Hardy said:
i have the same issue, why?
i am using https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.gmail.jerickson314.sdscanner
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Seems to be a new Kitkat bug...well didn't bother anymore why the rescan doesn't kick it automatically.
As I have TricksterMod installed I just use it's media scanner feature if I need to.

Stylez Ray. said:
Seems to be a new Kitkat bug...well didn't bother anymore why the rescan doesn't kick it automatically.
As I have TricksterMod installed I just use it's media scanner feature if I need to.
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I tried the previously mentioned app but it didn't work. Unfortunately, I may have a corruption issue on my hands but I certainly hope not.
Also, you said in the OP that using the TricksterMod function crashed but now you're saying you still use it. Does it work even though it crashes? My TM has a sentence about the scanner not being available.

rockingondrums said:
I tried the previously mentioned app but it didn't work. Unfortunately, I may have a corruption issue on my hands but I certainly hope not.
Also, you said in the OP that using the TricksterMod function crashed but now you're saying you still use it. Does it work even though it crashes? My TM has a sentence about the scanner not being available.
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It works again for some weeks with Trickster as the dev integrated some kind of workaround

I just stumbled across this thread and figured I'd share a little quick and dirty widget I put together for my personal use since I was having the same issue.
It's a 1x1 widget (you may need to resize) that you simply click to initiate / force a media rescan. KitKat no longer supports this out of the box, due to abuse / battery issues, so you MUST have root in order to run.
The first time you attempt to run after clicking the widget, you will therefore need to grant root privileges to the widget, after which, you'll get a toast notification that the re-scan has been initiated.
To add to your homescreen, look for 'Media Rescan' in your widgets list.
Give it a few seconds or minutes (depending on how much media you've added, etc), and any missing images should now appear in your gallery.
This was quick and dirty, so there's not a lot of error checking, checking for privileges, etc, so YMMV in terms of functionality
Hope it helps. Works for me, no guarantees for anyone else

JsChiSurf said:
I just stumbled across this thread and figured I'd share a little quick and dirty widget I put together for my personal use since I was having the same issue.
It's a 1x1 widget (you may need to resize) that you simply click to initiate / force a media rescan. KitKat no longer supports this out of the box, due to abuse / battery issues, so you MUST have root in order to run.
The first time you attempt to run after clicking the widget, you will therefore need to grant root privileges to the widget, after which, you'll get a toast notification that the re-scan has been initiated.
To add to your homescreen, look for 'Media Rescan' in your widgets list.
Give it a few seconds or minutes (depending on how much media you've added, etc), and any missing images should now appear in your gallery.
This was quick and dirty, so there's not a lot of error checking, checking for privileges, etc, so YMMV in terms of functionality
Hope it helps. Works for me, no guarantees for anyone else
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Thanks for this. Does the trick nicely for me!

"JUST ONCE ONCE" options missing

Hi, Note 5 and S6 EDGE+ both have a problem. It defaults a program to the first app you select. I used to be able to click a number and android would as me to choose my VIOP or RC "just once" Now every things is set to "always"There used to be an option to only use it once. Is there any way I can fix this without rooting?

I would also like to know this too
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It's weird for sure. Seems like only sharing from certain apps like the gallery and Internet browsers give this option. But this app helped: app picker classic. It's in the play store. It's not ideal but it's working for me. If you share and choose this app the first time it will add all your other options for each consecutive time.

black_shirt said:
It's weird for sure. Seems like only sharing from certain apps like the gallery and Internet browsers give this option. But this app helped: app picker classic. It's in the play store. It's not ideal but it's working for me. If you share and choose this app the first time it will add all your other options for each consecutive time.
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Problem it most of the these kind of apps don't open or get all the apps you want.

I am working with the developer "better open with". He said there is a bug.

I don't think this is a bug but it's the way the new touch wiz was made.

I'm also wondering why they've removed this feature. And is there any way around it without root?

DarkManX4lf said:
I don't think this is a bug but it's the way the new touch wiz was made.
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Hi, I doubt it is a touch wiz issue
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I swear I love Samsung but they do some of the dumbest sh!t. LG also removed that feature from some of their devices. What the heck are these manufacturers thinking? What on God's green earth makes them think that you want to handle one type of file the same way everytime? Sometimes I want to open a link with one browser and open another link with another browser because maybe that specific browser works better with that particular websites. I love the just once. Constant clearing defaults is fuking worst than selecting between just one and always.

PreVayl said:
I swear I love Samsung but they do some of the dumbest sh!t. LG also removed that feature from some of their devices. What the heck are these manufacturers thinking? What on God's green earth makes them think that you want to handle one type of file the same way everytime? Sometimes I want to open a link with one browser and open another link with another browser because maybe that specific browser works better with that particular websites. I love the just once. Constant clearing defaults is fuking worst than selecting between just one and always.
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I still has not found a decent fix. All the app pickers out there only show some apps but not all. The only app close is Better Open with. We can't even root now because we loose samsung pay. I am not an apple fan but I love that 3d feature. It is like a right click on a mouse.
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I have this same problem on my S5 mini. PLEASE tell me there is a solution by now? This is the stupidest thing I have ever seen. So I send something once to Opera mini because I need to save on data usage and now I am forever stuck with websites opening in Opera Mini and looking like terrible. On Kitkat I NEVER used to select "always" on anything, for choice and security reasons.. Now I cannot.

https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.aboutmycode.betteropenwith

954wrecker said:
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.aboutmycode.betteropenwith
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I have this but it is only for things programmed into the app. I cannot scan an NFC thing and it always come up do I want to use "Tag" or "NFC Reader" or "xyz". Because the app does not know about this "type". It's good to protect and provide choice for websites and images and things but it is not perfect. Why would samsung/google mess this up? Not only is it stupidly inconvenient but it is less secure because now something like a website or any other thing just goes on it's merry way automatically opening and executing with an app all the time, instead of the usual thing where I have the choice to press always, just this once or oh yeah just press the back button to cancel the attempt from the start.

I am not happy with the loss of this functionality.
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One of the workarounds I found for sharing or opening links with different apps was to select "Copy to Clipboard" option when you select the default app for the first time after clearing your old defaults and then go to your target app and paste from clipboard. It's definitely not as straightforward as selecting "Always" vs "One time only" but still better than clearing out defaults after every use for me.

This is actually incredibly annoying. Sometimes I open Youtube videos in Youtube, sometimes I open them in my VLC Remote Control, sometimes I open them in Flyperlink....how this functionality went away is beyond me....frigging Samsung.
Better Open With will have to do for now, thanks for the link.

Pause when turning screen off with background play enabled

Hi, just wondering if there is anything that can be done about this? I have a Samsung S7 and when I turn the screen off with background play enabled there is a 1 or 2 second pause before the audio continues. Oddly enough I've noticed this is something that afflicts other players with background play abilities as well. The only player I have that doesn't have this pause is podcast addict (it can play videos too). Anyway, it's not the biggest deal in the world but I would classify it under slightly annoying, especially when I feel the need to turn the screen on and off frequently for whatever reason.
Come to think of it... I wonder if podcast addict is buffering and that's why it doesn't run into this problem? Could be. Anyway... any tips, hints, suggestions? If this is an easy fix that would be awesome.

ehead said:
Hi, just wondering if there is anything that can be done about this? I have a Samsung S7 and when I turn the screen off with background play enabled there is a 1 or 2 second pause before the audio continues. Oddly enough I've noticed this is something that afflicts other players with background play abilities as well. The only player I have that doesn't have this pause is podcast addict (it can play videos too). Anyway, it's not the biggest deal in the world but I would classify it under slightly annoying, especially when I feel the need to turn the screen on and off frequently for whatever reason.
Come to think of it... I wonder if podcast addict is buffering and that's why it doesn't run into this problem? Could be. Anyway... any tips, hints, suggestions? If this is an easy fix that would be awesome.
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No, It's not like that. Infact the pause is intentionally done by the developer to avoid issues on many device while detaching the video surface. It was not there in 1.7.x. but, introduced later on latest 1.8.x as a fix.
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ktsamy said:
No, It's not like that. Infact the pause is intentionally done by the developer to avoid issues on many device while detaching the video surface. It was not there in 1.7.x. but, introduced later on latest 1.8.x as a fix.
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Thanks for the info. From your answer it sounds like havoc ensues when turning the screen off on some devices. I wonder if the developer would be willing to create an "advanced" setting or something that could control this behavior?

Same issue here. I rely on this feature to help me go to sleep. The starting and stopping is very annoying.

SpongeWorthy76 said:
Same issue here. I rely on this feature to help me go to sleep. The starting and stopping is very annoying.
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ehead said:
Thanks for the info. From your answer it sounds like havoc ensues when turning the screen off on some devices. I wonder if the developer would be willing to create an "advanced" setting or something that could control this behavior?
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We are making an option to make it optional. It will be available on next update.

Thirumalai.K said:
We are making an option to make it optional. It will be available on next update.
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The problem still hasn't been fixed.

HELP: Browser keeps defaulting to Chrome on Funtouch 9

I've changed my main browser from Opera to Kiwi but still retain Chrome for certain functions that I like on it but don't use it often because it's a battery killer. However, every day I have to reset my default because Chrome keeps on opening links even though it's not set as the default in settings. This morning was the most annoying as it now showed up as the default even though I didn't change anything. How and why is this happening and how can I prevent it reoccurring?

Twotems said:
why is this happening and how can I prevent it reoccurring?
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Uninstall the thing! Microsoft's mobile edge browser is excellent.
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try Settings>More settings>App Manager>Chrome>Storage> clear data and clear cache.

Saloei said:
Uninstall the thing! Microsoft's mobile edge browser is excellent.
or
try Settings>More settings>App Manager>Chrome>Storage> clear data and clear cache.
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Thanks for the reply.
I don't want to uninstall it and I don't want to use Edge. I use Chrome for specific tasks so can't clear data. Opera is my main browser. The question is why is this happening on Funtouch 9? I don't have this problem on my P10 with emui 9.1.

Uninstall the browser and app store using adb.

Priyansu67 said:
Uninstall the browser and app store using adb.
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Huh? Did you even read any posts on here? Uninstall the Playstore? Smh

Twotems said:
Huh? Did you even read any posts on here? Uninstall the Playstore? Smh
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I think he meant the appStore that comes with the phone, the VIVO app store....not the PlayStore, different names...

DrG0nz0 said:
I think he meant the appStore that comes with the phone, the VIVO app store....not the PlayStore, different names...
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I've never used the Vivo app store. My version of Chrome comes from the Playstore. Meanwhile the problem persists. This is really baffling.

Twotems said:
I've never used the Vivo app store. My version of Chrome comes from the Playstore. Meanwhile the problem persists. This is really baffling.
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You haven't done what they told you too, it's normal the problem persists....
Although you don't use it, it might be causing some problems that you cannot anticipate.
Try the following:
-> go to acessibility settings and see if you have any of them "off" that should be "on"
-> go to the battery consuption ranking and enable the browsere that you like, disabling the others
-> go to default browser and change it to what you want
-> restart the phone and see what is your default browser

DrG0nz0 said:
You haven't done what they told you too, it's normal the problem persists....
Although you don't use it, it might be causing some problems that you cannot anticipate.
Try the following:
-> go to acessibility settings and see if you have any of them "off" that should be "on"
-> go to the battery consuption ranking and enable the browsere that you like, disabling the others
-> go to default browser and change it to what you want
-> restart the phone and see what is your default browser
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-I haven't done that because he's talking nonsense.
-Accessibility isn't relevant to this issue.
-Battery consumption isn't relevant as Chrome isn't there since I seldom use it.
-Default browser is set to Opera both within Opera and the phone menu but Chrome somehow changes to the default on its own.
I don't have this problem on any of my other devices. It can only be a bug with Funtouch.

Twotems said:
-I haven't done that because he's talking nonsense.
-Accessibility isn't relevant to this issue.
-Battery consumption isn't relevant as Chrome isn't there since I seldom use it.
-Default browser is set to Opera both within Opera and the phone menu but Chrome somehow changes to the default on its own.
I don't have this problem on any of my other devices. It can only be a bug with Funtouch.
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If you work in the area you understand that sometimes unrelated pieces cause bugs and software problems that you can't anticipate...we are just trying to rule those out
Accessibility might be relevant if you have some app that has the permissions to change default launchers (such as NovaLauncher, etc) and might be able to re-default your browser app. Check it
Every app is on the background power saver definition until you choose otherwise. Just go there and check Opera and uncheck Chrome, try it ffs...
if you want some help don't just post reasons not to try it....try it and then report the results so we can help you further...if you knew the stupidities that I had to do in my NEX to get some softwares going wright (Button remapers, cursor controls, automate,...) you wouldn't be arguing that "that is stupid or unrelated"

DrG0nz0 said:
If you work in the area you understand that sometimes unrelated pieces cause bugs and software problems that you can't anticipate...we are just trying to rule those out
Accessibility might be relevant if you have some app that has the permissions to change default launchers (such as NovaLauncher, etc) and might be able to re-default your browser app. Check it
Every app is on the background power saver definition until you choose otherwise. Just go there and check Opera and uncheck Chrome, try it ffs...
if you want some help don't just post reasons not to try it....try it and then report the results so we can help you further...if you knew the stupidities that I had to do in my NEX to get some softwares going wright (Button remapers, cursor controls, automate,...) you wouldn't be arguing that "that is stupid or unrelated"
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I'll answer your last statement first.
-I'm using the international version so any hoops you jumped through on your Chinese version don't really apply to my phone.
-Chrome isn't in my background power saver since it's regarded as a system app. I've forced stoppand cleared data on it and stopped auto updates but it still rears it's head again.
- None of my current accessibility settings can do this, so that's ruled out.
I have most of my devices set up identically and have used similar setups on all my phones ranging from Asus to ZTE (A-Z), I've used a lot of phones with my default browser being Opera mostly. This started after the Pie update.
Whilst I appreciate the help, the other guy told me to uninstall Chrome when I explicitly said I don't want to get rid of it. So yeah, he was way off the mark.

Well I think I've found a workaround but it's not really a solution. I've kept Opera locked in recent apps and it defaults there now. This is despite Chrome still showing up as the default on it's own. Very strange behavior.
Thanks for the input but if anyone has a solution or explanation it would be much appreciated.

Twotems said:
Well I think I've found a workaround but it's not really a solution. I've kept Opera locked in recent apps and it defaults there now. This is despite Chrome still showing up as the default on it's own. Very strange behavior.
Thanks for the input but if anyone has a solution or explanation it would be much appreciated.
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I think your problem is specific to your device, I have been using Opera as my default browser since few days and it's still my default browser and I let chrome auto update and also use it regularly but it does not effect Opera.

Priyansu67 said:
I think your problem is specific to your device, I have been using Opera as my default browser since few days and it's still my default browser and I let chrome auto update and also use it regularly but it does not effect Opera.
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I think you're right.