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How are people finding it?
I flashed my Onda V972 with it a few weeks back but went back to ICS because I found it more stable.
The screen was a bit too responsive for me but that might have been an issue with the f/w rather than the update itself.
I'll definitely give it another go when Onda publish the next version because it has really decent printer support.
There's loads of complaints on the Google Forum though, because something has been done that disables the use of some Messaging services.
Not sure if this was an oversight or by design though.
I flashed my Onda V972 with it a few weeks back but went back to ICS because I found it more stable.
The screen was a bit too responsive for me but that might have been an issue with the f/w rather than the update itself.
I'll definitely give it another go when Onda publish the next version because it has really decent printer support.
There's loads of complaints on the Google Forum though, because something has been done that disables the use of some Messaging services.
Not sure if this was an oversight or by design though.
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Having tried all the browsers recommended for running flash, and had no luck, I bought a 9" Nook HD with Ice-cream sandwich running, which runs flash player.
The nook is great, and I haven't switched the Nexus on for the past two weeks.
Google seem quite clueless when it comes to customer care - if they had shipped the Nexus 7.2 with an earlier version of android pre-loaded with flash player, and given the customer the choice of updating, they would have avoided a lot of the issues with Nexus 7.
Two advisers at google tech support said they hadn't heard there is a problem running flash player on the Nexus 7? When you ask them a question they put you on hold and google for an answer - ironic I suppose. After 5 minutes they both came back and said: "It seems adobe no longer supports android with flash player!"
Will think twice about buying anything with google's name on it in future.
I don't know whether it's true, but a developer on one of the nerdy digital sites claimed it had been done intentionally to stop flash player being used, as apparently it can cause instability.
The 9" nook HD cost me just over half of what I paid for a 7.2 Nexus 32gb, and the nook HD screen is almost as good as the Nexus.
Just have to put it down to experience I guess, i.e. live and learn.
Google strike me as being like microsoft, profit before customer care and full consideration. Roll out the latest tech to get good reviews on digital sites, but if it doesn't fit the customer's needs, then it's just tough. Windows 8 being another prime example. Typical of the American way, from what I've seen of it.
The Photon Flash Player & Browser works well though
Not had any trouble playing web embedded video or any of the catch up players so just wondering why you guys need flash player or what it is that KK can’t do.
The only problem I’ve found is with MMS on my Moto but don’t know where to put the blame for that one, is it KK or the Moto or may even be the network I use as others have told me their Moto’s work fine with KK and MMS.
Except that's not what happened.
Adobe, who make Flash Player, dropped support for Android. It's nothing to do with Google.
Not on my Nexus 7 it doesn't - are you using it on a Nexus 7 with KitKat, or even the previous edition of android and running FP ok?
Apologies if I've got it wrong.
The desktop version of Chrome has included an optimised version of Flash Player since 2010.
Adobe allows key technology partners to license the source code to Flash Player so they can better integrate it into their products.
Desktop Chrome's built-in Flash Player is there with Adobe's blessing, and Adobe themselves even say desktop Chrome users should use the integrated version unless they specifically need a different version for development / testing purposes.
But as already said, if google had shipped the Nexus with 4.1 installed with flash included, and given the customer the option of updating, life would have been a lot more straightforward.
They were in a panic over the issues with 4.2, and were apparently so keen to get 4.3 out that they overlooked the option of shipping with 4.1 + an upgrade option.
Streams fine for me - I'm watching CBS on it right now.
I don't have FP installed as I use the Photon browser for streaming.
Have you rooted it?
Use this on iPad and Android for the limited flash content I come across.
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.cloudmosa.puffinFree&hl=en