No flash got you down? Try this fix

[DMorrisPE]

I have downloaded both .apk files from your links, set the Security as instructed. When I click and install file...1, it shows Flash version 11.1, as does file...2. What versions are they supposed to be? I suspect that file1 has been accidentally linked to the newer file. Shouldn't it be version 9 or 10?

 

[Sock-Monkey Pete]

I have downloaded both .apk files from your links, set the Security as instructed. When I click and install file...1, it shows Flash version 11.1, as does file...2. What versions are they supposed to be? I suspect that file1 has been accidentally linked to the newer file. Shouldn't it be version 9 or 10?

Both are Adobe Flash 11.1, just different versions.

File #1 Adobe Flash Player 11.1 (11.1.115.008)
File #2 Adobe Flash Player 11.1 (11.1.115.012)

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[1812dave]

11.1

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[nexus7noob]

Thanks so much!! was gonna cry if I traded my ipad for a brick with no flash, still haven't gotten HBO go to work, but now that I have flash, I can stop stressing.

:-* xoxo

 

[Deradorn]

I only wish this fix worked for my DROID RAZR. I tried it but no luck. I tried a factory reset but it didn't help either ICS screwed up my phone but at least I loving JB on my nexus 7

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[Sock-Monkey Pete]

I tried a factory reset but it didn't help either ICS screwed up my phone

I hear ya, my mom, sister , and fiance all have RAZR phones.

My mom's ICS update seemed not to change anything.
My fianc?'s may be actually better.
My sister's though, jacked her phone up. She did a factory reset, but it only made it suck less.

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[iLLusive]

So just curious what do I NEED Flash for if the apps I use already work? I use stock browser, Netflix, ect and all work just fine. I get that embedded videos might need it but I can view most of them in youtube now a days. Is there a need for flash generally speaking?

 

[myhui]

You need Flash if you or your kids want to run Animal Jam's website:

Animal Jam - Meet friends, adopts pets, and play wild!

I got my N7 working with Flash and the above comes up so-so, but the motion is quite jerky and performance definitely needs improvement.

Maybe that's why it was pulled? I suspect many of the GUI conventions are no longer compatible with how Flash works so it's a hit-or-miss affair.

But if you go on that site and notice how many person-hours has gone into creating that entire virtual environment, you can imagine how many more person-hours it'll take to rewrite it for HTML5. It is an immense task.

But at least I can say that my child can play Animal Jam on a tablet while other kids with iPads cannot.

 

[myhui]

Oh yes, I went to the Microsoft store at a nearby mall and the geeks there pulled out an oh-so-secret Samsung tablet running Windows 8 and they let me try that same website on it. The motion is also jerky. But on my Win7 desktop it works wonderfully well: smooth and quick.

 

[lfeuln]

I'm a figure skating (and Olympic sports in general) fan, and competitions are streamed pretty much exclusively in Flash. It just completely depends on your own interests/hobbies and what websites you use.

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[1812dave]

So just curious what do I NEED Flash for if the apps I use already work? I use stock browser, Netflix, ect and all work just fine. I get that embedded videos might need it but I can view most of them in youtube now a days. Is there a need for flash generally speaking?

The Major networks ABC NBC CBS Fox Stream their content in flash. Since I no longer have Comcast if I missed a show I can watch it online at one of those sites

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[TheHawkWhoLived]

Dolphin doesn't work. How do I get Firefox? I went to the Firefox website and clicked download, but all it does is take me to a play store link that wont let me download.

 

[colin_25]

Thanks for this, worked a treat.

hardest bit was downloading 2nd link for new flash. I couldn't do it in chrome, but explorer worked. Don't know why as old flash link worked fine.

Otherwise worked fine, and watching BBC now (just to test)

 

[colin_25]

Dolphin doesn't work. How do I get Firefox? I went to the Firefox website and clicked download, but all it does is take me to a play store link that wont let me download.

I had same problem, but used direct from site, not playstore

or go to firefox.com/m in your phone's web browser.

 

[nhboomer]

The Puffin browser available in the Play Store supports flash and works on the Nexus 7 with no modification necessary. You get two weeks of use for free but will have to buy the paid version after that in order to have flash.

 

[MincerRay]

If you search for Dolphin 8.5.1 APK, you can find the previous version that supports flash. Be sure you have auto-updates turned off.

 

[1812dave]

Dolphin doesn't work. How do I get Firefox? I went to the Firefox website and clicked download, but all it does is take me to a play store link that wont let me download.

if u want to use Flash, don't use FF. it's very, very wonky. install flash 11.1 and THEN, install Dolphin 8.5.1. turn off auto updating...

 

[Cutasot]

thanks to this topic I now have flash installed on both FireFox and Dolphin - without any prior android experience this took maybe 2 minutes. Seems to work fairly well - occasionally freezing and crashing in my tests.... but to get flash on a device that otherwise wouldn't have it, I'm pretty happy!

 

[Cutasot]

how do i make sure the dolphin auto updates are off?

 

[1812dave]

how do i make sure the dolphin auto updates are off?

you'll have to turn off ALL auto updating. there is no setting for just one app, unlike my Bionic for which I can set updating options for each app. go to the play store and then go to settings, to turn OFF auto-update apps.