When it was announced BlackBerry OS 10.3.1 would drop Adobe Flash support, some folks were upset but given the fact even Adobe doesn't support Flash on mobile anymore it wasn't entirely unexpected. Still, many folks rely on Adobe Flash and having it built into the native BlackBerry 10 browser was a bonus for those who needed it and since its removal, folks have been looking for the best way to get it back.
Sure, you can load the Android version of Adobe Flash and any Android browser that supports it such as FlashFox or Dolphin but now there's a better way that skips the whole Android process and brings it back while keeping it as a native BlackBerry 10 experience thanks to FileArchiveHaven.
- Download the Flash Enabled Browser
- Sideload the file to your BlackBerry device
- Download yeah.so
- Browse to the Device/misc folder on your phone, and create a "plugins" folder (no quotes)
- Copy yeah.so to /Device/misc/plugins
- Launch the Flash Browser (if it is already running, close and reopen it) and go play Flash games! You're done!
For quick links, you can use the following URL: http://www.filearchivehaven.com/data/YeahSo/. You can also use this URL to ensure Flash is working.
Once you're done, you'll have a new browser installed on your device but it will be identical to the native BlackBerry 10 browser only with Flash included as it was before the 10.3.1 update. The process might be a little bit harder than going the Android route, but at the least the choice is there and that's awesome! You can discuss it more in the CrackBerry forums.
Via: BBIn
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Missing Adobe Flash on 10.3.1? Here's the best way to get it back!
I'm very late seeing this, but still wanted to say thank you to Bla1ze for this post. I was very excited last month to learn that NHL games on radio would be broadcasted on TuneIn starting January, only to find out this week that this great offer excluded one country in the world: Canada. The alternative is to listen to the feeds from the desktop nhl.com website, that broadcast games via Flash. Works great on a PC, not so great on a mobile device. There are a couple of alternatives from Android, but this method clearly is the optimal one for a BB10 device. I've just followed all the steps (that was actually my first attempt at sideloading anything), and everything works perfectly. So again, thanks Bla1ze.
And it works. Now Amazon Prime Video is functional again. :)
on the adobe flash fix it says to "Download the Flash Enabled Browser" then "Sideload the file to your BlackBerry device". I copied the file from my laptop to "downloads" folder on my phone in both media card and device and can not open in either. I suspect that this is not where it is supposed to go so if anyone can advise would be great.
This is great!!!
The Android method doesn't even work, not even for Android 4.4 and up.
How do u save a video when using the flash browser? When I attempt to save a linked file, it saves as a .html and can't be opened.
Posted via CB10
Anyone know if this flash program will allow you to watch video on MLB at Bat app from snap?
Posted via CB10
Here in the UK, UK TV Play won't work now, probably none of the TV catchup services though I haven't checked ITV Player or 4oD. As I noted above, BBC iPlayer won't work nor Radio 4 Extra.
Jeez, one of the really great features of my Z10, being able to watch TV or radio catchup in bed before going to sleep, has just been rendered useless.
I despair of BlackBerry, I really do. Do they not do market research in their target countries before wilfully removing important OS functionality?
Well said.
Furthermore, BB's Docs2Go still is severely limited. Aren't BB phones supposed to be business tools?
Aarrgh. Will BlackBerry never learn? I'm in the UK and BBC iPlayer is a BIG destination for millions of us over here. Now it won't play. It won't even play voice., never mind video. I don't care that Flash is supposed to be dead, being able to view Flash videos on my Z10 was a BIG plus. Maybe the BBC will upgrade at some point, but right now, a major attraction of my BlackBerry Z10 has just died.
It's all very well saying that there are ways around this, but the ordinary guy and gal in the street doesn't give a toss, and does not want to have the hassle. I'm not as technically hopeless as my sister for example, but even I can't be bothered with all these workarounds. Life is too short. I just want my phone to work. That's why BlackBerry hardware sales are going down the plughole and why everyone is buying Android and iPhone devices, even though in theory BB 10 os is superior.
Please with loading Android Apps on my Q5
The 'Flash Enabled Browser' asks for permission to access Location/Shared Files/Microphone/Camera/Run when Minimized. I disabled all the rest, but for the 'Flash Enabled Browser' to work, I had to give access to Shared Files, then it started working perfectly. Assuming it can't find the yeah.so file if you disable Shared Files access.
Thank you for that advice.
I mean at www.filearchive.com / data/YeahSo/index.html
Bla1ze, is this safe? Why is this browser storing all the websites I visited at www.filearchive.com/data/index.html?
Is this mining our data?
Thank you to those that take their time to bring solutions to those with problems.
"Flash is dead", "No Toolbelt", "Adobe Dropped Support","playbook is dead", Etc...
I find these comments childish, especially on a forum where the members are owners of "dinosaur technology of a dead company" like blackberry.
If people are requesting flash, toolbelts, playbook updates, etc., OBVIOUSLY, it is not dead tech.
So please if you have nothing positive to contribute, keep the comments to yourself, and rather understand that people will request what is needed.
MHO when tech is dead, it's dead. You don’t hear anyone asking for analog cel phones, Windows 98 or Vista,etc.., but you do hear people refusing to leave windows 7, catch my drift ?
Posted via CB10
It works fine. I sideloaded from my daughter's MAC on a Passport and on a Z30.
Check for typo's if it does not work for you. For example, on z30 I forgot the "s" in "plugins". Other people typed "Plugins" instead.
Sideloading works better for me through wi-fi and using the wi-fi IP address rather than the developer mode IP address.
Thanks Bla1ze.
Now I only need to use the photon browser for www.livestation.com which no longer works in any BlackBerry browser (playbook, 10.2 or 10.3.1).
Hopefully the upcoming official fix to 10.3.1581 will not ruin the flash browser.
I don't think it works for me. I followed all the steps.
The Adobe site isn't helping.
Thoughts?
Posted via CB10
Tip: Make sure to provide access to files when starting the application for the first time.
Posted via CB10
KermEd thank you so much for your effort. Personally I go into withdrawal without desktop mode access to the BBC listen again site, it was why I swapped my old Curve for an iPhone several years ago. Fast forward to 2015 and now safely back in the BB family with a Z30, I was 'concerned' after experiencing the latency that Dolphin & Flashfox gave me. Thank you again very much!
it works
Posted via CB10
No thanks stick to 10.2.2 with the 10.3.0 browser
Z10 (red) OS10.2.2.1609 Q5 (red) OS10.3.0.1418
Quicker Flash dies the quicker as far as I'm concerned. Companies that continue to try and support it are just compounding the problem further. If everyone knocked it on the head it would give Web devs the kick up the arse they need to stop creating pages reliant on flash and having all us all hanging on to a third party app which is insecure and nobody wants. Problem is flash gets hacked so often that when adobe fix it everyone else has to bring out an os specific fix and we all start hating our device manufacturer for not doing it quick enough.
I've even seen haters complaining about BlackBerry not having a fix even though Adobe no longer fix it!
Don't shoot the messenger and good riddance.
Posted via CB10
I don't have the OS 10.3 Yet
Sniff
How I can update?
Posted via CB10
Browser keeps crashing for me (Passport). Folder named plugins, lower case; all permissions allowed; tried restarting, hard reboot, uninstalling and reinstalling... no luck. :-( Even tried going from original browser, but as soon as it opens flash browser it crashes.
(I'm not blaming the flash browser, perhaps I've got something in my BB causing the issue... but I'd love to figure out how to solve the problem)
You rock!
Posted via CB10
Like is now, after using all the options available.
Posted via CB10
Maybe it's just me.. but I haven't been to iced a difference.. I guess it's the Web sites I visit.. I don't miss flash one bit.
And I could give a flying fck whether you miss flash.
Sweeet!
does it better!
Not a fans of flash
Posted via CB10 from BB Passport
As soon a in get my computer science degree I'll be sure to do this.
Z30STA100-5 / 10.3.1.2267 / T-Mobile USA
Yes!! Works great!! Thanks, Bla1ze.
I'm watching a delayed MLB Premium HD telecast right now--Blue Jays vs Pirates, with Buck Martinez, maybe the best broadcaster in baseball right now, other than Vin Scully, who is the greatest of them all.
(Yes, I know my profile says I'm from Illinois, but the Cubs?? Too much time wasted on them over the years.)
Thanks! Great solution! Always appreciate the freedom of choice!
Posted via CB10
Another thing this whole process side loading and testing of the browser has drain my battery faster than usual.
Posted via CB10
I got it working. I don't know if I will use always because
1.their are more added pop-up ads
2. It is very slow for flash videos or streaming.
3. I have a z30 and when I do a search, the research page has to be reduced as it is magnified, I find it annoying.
Posted via CB10
It works!! Great!
Posted via my ssuperr Z10
Thank's awfully I was about to revert to original Passport 10.3.0.908 Now I can use the Flashbrowser when I need it, especially for the Greek tv.
Posted via CB10
Can the developper implement the Play on to the browser?
Posted from my flawless BlackBerry Passport
I tried it and it works as far as playing Flash games etc, but when trying to search using a search engine, the search results are all F'd up. It's like it didn't understand what I was trying to search for, and just gave me some random results. However, if I search in stock browser, I do have the option to open a link in the flash enabled browser, so I guess it's a minor inconvenience.
Odd! No issues searching for me
However, I did mime-type it to SWF and FLV files too. So if you save flash files locally (i.e. SWF games) you should be able to launch em
Posted to CB via my Passport | FileArchiveHaven
You've been very active and helpful in the comments section following this article.
Thanks
Posted via CB10
Blaize, does the 10.3.1bug list include the really really slow cloud access for files in the file browser. It's so slow that it's unusable? Wondering how I report a bug to blackberry?
Thanks
Krisen
Posted via CB10
It Works !!!!!!! I have the **BlackBerry Z10 STL100-3 (OS10.3.1.1581)**, Since I Upgraded my Old OS10.2.1..3062 on Feb 25, 2013WED., I tried using Android Browser Firefox, Dolphin, Puffin Free all with Android Adobe Flash Player 11.1.115.81 **AND IT SUCKS AZZ BIG TIME , IT WAS SLOWWWWW** !!!!
I use the Full Desktop version of Facebook web site on my Native BlackBerry Browser, I hated using the Blackberry and Android version apps they both suck - alot missing features. I was having all sorts issue without BlackBerry Flash, What i do is with BlackBerry Native browser is create icon by using "Add to Home Screen" Web sites Like FaceBook, and my Bank and also other Site that still use Flash. I hate all these Mobil Cut down pages Web sites. I Prefer the Desktop Experience like if I was on my Desktop PC or Laptop at home. Don't get me wrong i like the OS 10.3.1, But When i started having few issue I tried work arounds with no Luck so i just bare with it Until I saw something on CrackBerry.com to find a solution. And now **PROBLEM SOLVED 4 ME** :)
Thanks so much!
Awesome!
Posted on my Z30 riding on T-Mobile's 4GLTE
This is great. It's a simple hack. You got to love it. Finally 10.3.1 is close to perfect. Now someone find a hack for the old calendar and fix the Bluetooth issue BB!
Posted via CB10
Works on my z30. Now I can watch all live cricket matches again
Posted via CB10
Yah! So glad to get the full browser experience again. Agreed BlackBerry pulled the plug a little too soon.
We are not sheep.
Posted via CB10
Just download hub browser...
Posted via CB10
Mines missing too. But I can still read my PDF files.
Posted via CB10
Hey I found it! Didn't miss it but found it. :-)
Posted via CB10
Makes no sense to go through all that! I don't have it in the 10.0 version.
Raise hell with BlackBerry! :-/
Posted via CB10
Nice.....haven't really missed flash since I installed 10.3.1 months ago but if it becomes a problem I may do this trick.
Posted via z30
Impossible for me to launch Chrome on my Passport OS 10.3.1.15.81. It stops when I try to launch it.
Any solutions ?
Thank you.
Posted via CB10
I'll just bring my PlayBook with me, just in case I need to view a flash site. :D
Posted via CB10
This is amazing. Going to try this out later.
Posted via CB10
Not at all.
Posted via CB10
I never even enabled Flash on 10.2.1 and I never missed it.
Why Blackberry? Because I can!
Then you sir, probably don't need to read this article.
Posted to CB via my Passport | FileArchiveHaven
Why bother???
Posted via CB10
It's so annoying how so many of the people who do not need flash keep telling the people who do need flash that they do not need flash.
Posted using a Jedi mind trick
I agree with you 10000000 !
Posted from my Passport
What; you mean the busy bodies who just got noting important to do Hmmmmmm
Case in point below your comment *lol*
Posted to CB via my Passport | FileArchiveHaven
QNXbb is right amazon are data miners, they were an online bookstore who have aggressively pursued world domination! They have no thought for the many small business owners they are driving out of the marketplace ,most of whom are just working to put food on their families table. They have no regard for their employees who they see and treat as robots. A journalist in the UK got a job at a large amazon warehouse a couple of years ago and secretly filmed his experience, let's just say amazon didn't come out looking good!
I've been a fan of BlackBerry for years but the fact that amazon is now locked on my Z10 with app permissions all locked so i can't prevent them accessing my data is unacceptable and is a deal breaker in my eyes! The deal between BlackBerry and amazon is something i believe BlackBerry will go to any lengths to keep secret because if some of the terms leak out BlackBerry will be damaged beyond repair.
My lubbly jubbly Z10. Shine on you crazy BlackBerry
I have similar concerns. I don't trust amazon and it's spying on my phone. We should not have to keep this app. We should be able to turn off its permissions.
Since Chen has joined BlackBerry, security has gone down the drain with all these android apps accessing everything on our phones.
This will be the final nail in the coffin for BlackBerry: lack of security. Reminds me of Zafirosky and Nortel.
Damn YEAH It'll be disscussed
Ya know we got some Awesome Don Devs at BB
Cha :)
Cooool! Many thanks!
Next step : remove the stock browser and fully replace it with the flash enabled one (with the stock icon ;-))
Posted from my Passport
I was hoping this would allow me to open the old escreen bar that allows me to turn on my hotspot. I'm still not able to access it. Any ideas?
Hadn't noticed any significant difference in my day to day browsing. Shouldn't cling to the past anyway.
Posted via CB10
Just realized it wasn't working because I didn't give the permission to access shared files
Thanks Bla1ze!
Thanks a lot.. :D
Posted via CB10
How can I check that my phone have Flash support
Posted via CB10
Luckily it doesn't affect me much, just occasionally is get video or something on website saying incompatible with my device but nothing I'm bothered about. I can see that this could be a problem for others though and it's great to see how the tech savvy amongst us help out. BlackBerry have an amazing community of users and its one of the reasons i stick with them (plus they make some pretty cool phones).
My lubbly jubbly Z10. Shine on you crazy BlackBerry
I was hoping blackberry would do this. This was my missing piece to my passport puzzle. Thank you BB.
Posted via CB10
Thanks guys.
I used BB10 side loading tool. It installed the bar file, then just created the folder, copied the yeah.so file in the and it worked.
Welcome back FLASH!!!!
Sorry if my English isn't perfect
Posted via CB10
Thank you crackberry and bbin!
Posted with my BlackBerry Q10 using the CrackBerry 10 application
Telus
My lubbly jubbly Z10. Shine on you crazy BlackBerry
I now see BlackBerry have pulled the update for older devices, Z and Q apparently a lot of older devices have bricked. Tell us, Rogers and bell are all concerned
My lubbly jubbly Z10. Shine on you crazy BlackBerry
In my circle of friends and things I do I've come across 1 site that required Flash. Went elsewhere to get what I needed. Flash is a none issue for me. Adobe can scrap it.
BLΛCKBΣЯЯY ⓟⓐⓢⓢⓟⓞⓡⓣ
Looks like 10.3 is causing for pain than good, I think I will keep 10.2.1 for a while longer.
I wish BlackBerry give us back the Flash?
Posted via CB10 by Passport
is it more smooth and faster when running flash with this method? Why don't just download the android version of Flash?
Posted via CB10 by Passport
It's about 2-3x faster natively
Posted to CB via my Passport | FileArchiveHaven
Plzzzz anyone help me, my z10 not showing me setting icon and I cannot click on gallery, I m much worrying what is going on my phone bbz10
Plzzzz help
Posted via CB10
Update not done right? Try doing a security wipe, if that doesn't help, download the latest 10.3.1.2267 OS Autoloader and start fresh! :)
Posted via CB10
What's the browser version? Is it the latest from 10.3.1 or 10.3.0?
Posted via CB10
10.3.0!
Posted to CB via my Passport | FileArchiveHaven
Any way to get the browser from the latest OS10.3.1 and implement flash onto it?
Posted via CB10
Will this, photon or any other play the video on espns main site??
Posted via CB10
Works perfectly
Posted via CB10
I'm so happy I don't have to use any sluggish android browser anymore To get flash The flash browser work like a charm
BBZ30!! Running 10.3.1.2267
This process was easy to follow. I used the chrome extension method for side-loading. Just a small tip, when downloading yeah.so do it from your phone and not your windows PC as windows came up wonky.
Thanks!
Posted via CB10
Seemed easy to follow (i sideloaded the flashbrowser app on Z30, created the plugins folder and downloaded the yeah.so file)... but i guess i'm over my head since i do not see any flash version number when clicking on the check flash step... Could someone post a picture of what it should look like?
thanks!
It's on the website, filearchivehaven.com. But try restarting the phone and ensuring the plugins folder is lowercase - we've had two users where it was just really stubborn about running.
Posted to CB via my Passport | FileArchiveHaven
I mean why did BlackBerry quit supporting Flash? I understand Adobe stopped updating their Flash player and html5 is getting more popular but wouldn't it be better to just keep the Flash Player support since we have it in 10.2 and 10.3? Doesn't make sense to me. I still go to sites with Flash player :/
Posted via CB10
Yeppieeeee, it works
Posted via CB10
I still don't have the 3.10 update!!!!!!!?????? Some one help :(
Posted via CB10
I did everything it said and the flash still doesn't work so what should I do?
Posted via CB10
The flash does not work on my z10
Posted via CB10
Oh I found out what the problem was when u create the Plugins folder a the letters should be in lower case
Posted via CB10
Awesome, now the stupid flash-developed video websites are back.
Posted via CB10
Huh?
Pasaporte Pilipinas | SQW100-1/10.3.1.2480
Man I love this site!
Posted via CB10
Sweet...... installed an all is well thank u bla1ze
Posted via CB10
Still doesn't play full screen for me. The android flash played the same before adding this work around. Plays in a window, but as soon as I go full screen on either my Z30. On my Passport, I don't get video at all yet.
Rockin a Passport and Z30! Two devices are better than 1!
Just double tap the flash item on the screen and it will do its best to go full screen for you.
Posted to CB via my Passport | FileArchiveHaven
I don't know people are so happy about this ?
Posted via CB10
Well I have to admit, this is better than sideloading an Android app.
Passport | SQW100-1/10.3.1.2267 | Globe PH
Booyah! B1aze aging bb10 fans dividends!
Posted via CB10
Well It's time I upgrade to 10.3.1 . I refused to upgrade after the took it off. Has anyone gone through this process successfully? Please lemme know whether it actually works. Thanks
Posted via CB10
10.3.1 has some rough bugs at the moment. If possible you may wish to hold off until the update comes. That said I'm using 10.3.1 + flash aok
Posted to CB via my Passport | FileArchiveHaven
Installed as instructed and runs great. No need to stay on 10.2 animate just for flash. Kicks all flash player android browsers but. Nothing is better than the smooth feeling of BB10.
Posted from the all mighty Z30 10.3.1.2267
I actually like the new 10.3.1 browser - it seems faster to me than 10.3.0!
Posted via CB10
Thanks Bla1ze!
I dodged my first Flash bullet last week when an Android app came back to life and flash killed my browser feed. Last night I was embarrassed by my wife's iPhone as she was able to stream Universalsports.com ( NBC) for gymnastics but I couldn't play it due to Flash. I switched off desktop mode, still no luck.
I wonder why?
Clearly BlackBerry isn't quite ready to go without flash judging by all the disappointment around here.
I'll definitely try this solution.
I would also be interested to know why iPhone worked and my BlackBerry Z30 with 10.3.1. didn't? Should I have restarted my phone after the change? Is there another setting somewhere I should have also changed?
Thanks.
Posted via CB10
Somehow it was feeding the html5 feed to the iPhone and kept feeding the air feed to your bbry
I've seen people saying disable desktop, etc, but I've also seen people saying it doesn't work for them. I'm not sure if they use a cookie setting or what but...
Posted to CB via my Passport | FileArchiveHaven
I'd like to know why that happened as well. We should be able to get it without adjustments like they do.
Posted via CB10
Get off! Android.
They maybe could include this in hub browser? This would be cool!!!
Posted via CB10
Great job! I will try this once I get 10.3.1 on my Z10.
I don't miss flash that much, but I see it is important part of BlackBerry experience for someone, we use BlackBerry not just as mobile device, we use it like it is a PC.
BlackBerry should not stop support flash while PC browsers still support flash, regardless other mobile browsers support it or not.
Posted via CB10
Good point :)
Passport/10.3.1.2480 U.K. IT'S PROBABLY IN THE FIRST POST :)
Adobe doesn't even support it.
Posted via CB10
They also didn't support it when BB10 came out, it's been bbry supporting it. Not that it matters (its here and works when you need it)
Posted to CB via my Passport | FileArchiveHaven
+++++++100 on this one
Posted via CB10
What is side load?
Posted via CB10
For BlackBerry it's a way to install native applications such as files that use the .bar extension that may not be found on BlackBerry world.
An example is snap that helps download Google play applications. Below are the instructions for it
http://m.crackberry.com/how-use-snap-blackberry-1021-install-android-apk...
Posted via CB10
Works like a charm! Glad I have the option should I need it. Took about 5 minutes per the instructions. Thank you!
Posted via CB10
I'm just missing 10.3.1
Posted via CB10
Bring back flash!
Posted via CB10 on my BlackBerry Passport
Don't miss it, don't need it.
Posted via CB10
Fabulous! Hope the complainers will calm down a little bit. Thanks.
looks like started to work...
but the ad blocker is definitely needed :/
and crashes a lot
I don't miss flash but nice to know that there is a native possibility to get it back. Thanks for the article. Bookmarked. :)
Posted via CB10
To all you "bitheads" sideload or BAR files means nothing to me. That's the problem with BlackBerry you have to be a "geeg" to use it to it's fullest potential. I have a passport and am not a fan of Apple or any Android based hardware but WHY are we always talking about work arounds to really appreciate what BlackBerry has to offer.
Posted via CB10
Because there are no other options. Unfortunately it's their call to do this stuff.
Posted to CB via my Passport | FileArchiveHaven
Try playing flash on an iphone... just saying ;)
Android and iPhone sometimes require some effort to esp if you need to 'root' the device so you unlock it for more potential and with the latest android os it's becoming extremely hard to even do that too!
The issue that pops up a lot is app devs holding back on the BlackBerry platform but all that requires from BlackBerry users if there's an android port without google services attach is to go to amazon or do one extra step to get snap installed.
I honestly don't have to do much with my BlackBerry to get the most out of it esp when it comes to universal hardware options like Nfc, usb charging, hdmi streaming etc.
It's not always straight forward on other platforms too. It's just a shame for some users who still rely on the older now obsolete version of mobile Flash and that's on adobe for that.
Until then we still wait on the transition to html5 5
Posted via CB10
Posted via CB10
If you don't want a "work around" then don't use it. There is clearly an option to do this right on your device and use an android version of flash on your BlackBerry if you want to, or you can get what I think is a better version of flash developed natively for BlackBerry. Besides if you were to go iPhone you wouldn't get flash anyway. If you went android you'd get the same android flash player you can get on your BlackBerry. But with your BlackBerry on 10.3 or higher flash was disabled because it's no longer supported on mobile (except on android through 3rd party apps, and I don't consider that being "supported" on mobile) so with flash dying on mobile and for our BlackBerry's to be able to use two totally different approaches at what I perceive to both be "work arounds" at an attempt at Adobe Flash on mobile, that's pretty cool. So yeah, I'd say we should appreciate any version of mobile flash we can get and not worry about a little bit of a "work around", whether it be an android "work around" or a BlackBerry "work around". Anyway, after all is said and done, this flash thing has nothing to do with appreciating the full potential of your BlackBerry, it's a totally added bonus to what you're BlackBerry can already do. Thanks for giving us flash back KermEd, it's very appreciated on my part at least :)
Posted via the everlasting Z30 and of course CB10
No problem, and yeah absolutely, you won't get any Flash items on an iPhone (although, interestingly, you could get AIR apps)
Posted to CB via my Passport | FileArchiveHaven
well, I am not blind. I see two different browsers.
The one I try even has "get yeah.so" in the settings.
strange.
did all what was instructed - still no flash.
Did you named the folder "plugins" all lowercase?
yes. initially it was plugins, capital P, but renamed to small p
tried miniclip games, still getting "oops no flash player"
The process creates a new Browser, are you using the new one, both will look exactly the same, except that one has flash.
What do you see at:
http://isflashinstalled.com/
Posted to CB via my Passport | FileArchiveHaven
Hah. In the begining it was "probably" later it turned to yes :)
It says "YES!"
Posted via BlackBerry Q10 on AT&T
So to recap rename the .Zip you download to .bar
So yeah thanks, works like a dream and can use the open in menu from original browser when needed :) brill.
Passport/10.3.1.2480 U.K. IT'S PROBABLY IN THE FIRST POST :)
It's not letting me sideload to threw Sachesi?
Posted via CB10
Flash should die. Html5 is the future!
Posted with my Awesome Z10 via CB10
yeah... but tell that please to all sports streaming sites
It'd be great if they released an update that didn't disable my touchscreen.
So rename. Zip to. Bar incase you missed that
Installed ,yeah.so copied , still no flash yet mission continues
Using bbc news as test
Passport/10.3.1.2480 U.K. IT'S PROBABLY IN THE FIRST POST :)
Solved. user error called folder Plugins rather than plugins works now :)
Passport/10.3.1.2480 U.K. IT'S PROBABLY IN THE FIRST POST :)
Great, now all I need is 10.3.1 :|
Posted via CB10
It's simpler not to take 10.3 until html5 is able to play videos. I rely on videos being playable on the BBC and other websites. Surely this will disable youtube. BlackBerry should have left it alone. Not a good move.
Posted via CB10
BBC/BBC Iplayer AND YouTube work on 10.3.1, if you DON'T have it on desktop mode!
Posted via CB10
Yes, but only on the BBC mobile website which is not as good as the desktop website.
The reason is - all mobile sites moved to another way how to play videos looong time ago as Apple never supported Flash... On desktop, it's slower but with recent security issues, Firefox warning users it's insecure and YouTube HTML5 enabled by default, we're pretty close. Btw. Firefox has it's own Flash implementation now, as far as I know it's JavaScript, so it could be used on BlackBerry too.
Posted via CB10
Maybe, but it is an android app. We need a BlackBerry browser with flash in BlackBerry World.
At least in Linux, in Firefox, flash pops up a question asking you to allow a website to save stuff on your computer. With android browsers you have no clue what they do because you gave them permission to everything!
I don't like sideloading if it requires Google Chrome. I only use Linux and Firefox and so far I have not been able to sideload from Firefox.
The Passport simply does not allow me to https into its IP address from my Linux laptop using Firefox. This happens despite the fact that I can see the content of the Passport through the wi-fi network using samba, and despite the fact that I set the Passport in development mode.
Use Sachesi to sideload from Linux. It's even open source now!
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No - some websites moved away from Flash. Not all. Not nearly all. Not a majority either.
Cheers kermerd
Passport/10.3.1.2480 U.K. IT'S PROBABLY IN THE FIRST POST :)
Waaaaaaaaahoo...sorry I'm kinda happy about this news! Thank you :-)
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Great for pr0n
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You'd think that, but many of those sites moved away from flash a while ago. I think they know how most of their content is seen these days...
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You forgot a "so I've heard"
Lol
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The same applies for most of ads these days. It's funny, you can see all that flashing animated ads but no content ;-). It's sad innovations are led by ad and p0rn sites :D.
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GREAT!! Now to wait for the official 10.3.1 on AT&T in the US.
Bla1ze, any word on the article regarding "Blackberry OS on hold"? It seemed to be related just to the Z10 & Q10.
And Z30.. Not exactly new that it's been placed on hold by some carriers. The issues list alone is huge. http://forums.crackberry.com/blackberry-10-os-f269/known-issues-blackberry-10-3-1-update-998926/
Thanks again. I didn't know about most of these issues with 10.3.1. I guess I'll play the waiting game. AT&T has me well trained. Offer it, delay it, make it available, take it away, fix it, make it available again.
On a side note, I wish the "Glide" was coming available soon. It's rumored specs are almost like your article on the Blackberry Knight from a couple years back.
Either way, my Z10 still rocks!!
Thanks for this information. I will stick with Z30STA100-3/10.2.1.3289 on Verizon.
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I'm sure I'm being stupid but once unzipped I have no bar file to sideload
Passport/10.3.1.2480 U.K. IT'S PROBABLY IN THE FIRST POST :)
Me tooo this is mistake no bar file you should edit your post
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Actually the problem is the zip *is* the BAR file.
You need to rename it back to BAR and Sideload it. It looks like a mimetype issue on my server. More info is in the FAQ.
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Here you go. Give this alternative download a go
http://filearchivehaven.com/data/YeahSo/flashbrowser-1.0.0.23.zip
Instead of
http://filearchivehaven.com/data/YeahSo/flashbrowser-1.0.0.23.bar
Should let you grab it as an archive instead
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Thanks @Bla1ze, for bringing us the article.
The Photon Browser with flash enabled from amazon app world works fab on my Incredible Z30...
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I'm sure it does but this is for people who don't rather not go the Android route.
Ya don't half live after Ya Name; and Two Fat Ladies. Hahahahaha
How do you enable Flash on Photon? It doesn't seem to play Flash content out of the box.
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There is a icon in the right side with the shape of a lighting, hit that to enable flash in the current tab. It does not enable that for the entire browser though.
Thanks for the tip. I didn't have sound and now that I pressed the lightning rod it works perfect.
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Just touch the lightning bolt on the top right hand side of phoyon...
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Got it, thanks. Unfortunately it's unusable under 10.2, the site I want it for isn't playing. And on other sites, it's way too slow.
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So you get "it in a flash" PunPun :)
I got the premium version, but what annoys me is that I'm not able to go straight to any site, if I hit the "go' button, it does not do anything. Are you having the same issue?
Yes. It also does not run in the background. Flash in the native browser is much more convenient.
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It should be a nightmare, now they even call it Photon, like the original name of the original QNX real-time platform UI... this is too much !
Version 10.3.1 of BlackBerry os is pure fucked up analdroid runtime mistreated crap.
We no longer hold a beloved QNX powered phone.
1. There's a f.kg android player process running all the time.
2. There's another f.kg android media apps process running
What's all this f.kg crap running on our phones now !?
3. All data folders are shared to please the compatibility requirements of android apps ( that since 10.2 btw.)
4. Even the keyboard is not behaving predictably
5. Not to mention the f.kg phone app!?
The first time I had to make a call after the "upgrade??" I thought the phone wasn't working properly, the UI was usually responsive and showing up immediately by starting the call, as I'd expect on a QNX rtos powered device.
Even the terrible ui with the creapy white buttons looked analdroidian...
Bbm pops up messages with the same vomiting white background Ala android first attempt.
All this is Scaaary indeed!
Well, have bad news for you BlackBerry babies:
You have definitely started f.kg up BlackBerry !
You have, my tired managers and script kiddies at BlackBerry started terminating your credibility in front of your more loyal customers .
As stated several times : I was patiently waiting (2years ) for you to deliver the first phone that was running on QNX micro kernel, because it's an unsurpassed masterpiece of software engineering.
You, BlackBerry must have bought this jewel company by mistake...
You, BlackBerry, nothing more than a phone division of QNX (if you had the humility to evaluate what was your sensible position in terms of engineering capabilities...)
You, BlackBerry, you geniuses now run android on top of QNX by default!?
Well no surprise on performance issues!
Let's start the device specs pump up ! It's so cool ! Everybody does that...
Of course light-years far from the best engineering efforts, but business is business, isn't it ?
Of course QNX can do that, but until 10.2 we had install a miserable android app before getting the creapy droid drone loaded...
I posted since 10.2, several complains about this unneeded waste of room on my device and I suggested you to make that crap completely removable from a bb10 phone in order to boost your credibility on the b2b side.
Now you partner with Google... to boost your credibility and, worse by far, you undermine your platform with android, a platform that has really nothing to deal with the high standard of bb10 and its native apps.
Don't tell me BlackBerry is gonna sell this crap to corporate entities !?
Either you have been hypnotized by the Google mantra like the rest of sheep on the planet, or
you are just making a business that maybe raises the stock price, but for sure this makes you loose your face in front of people that have trusted you over the years.
Mr. Chen, I don't know if you get it, but people are fed up with the unreliability and vulnerability of android devices (now as a plus we can even experience that for free on bb10.3.1 device...thanks)
They start to think about it after all the recent issues...that btw BlackBerry helped to mitigate.
They are fed up with security holes that have been there for a decade...
The reason of the success of android devices is just because you buy a fridge and they give you these toys for free... this is the huge marketing strategy they could come up with thanks to the quality of their tentative os.
Once you're in though... it's difficult to get out.
Better keep the distances from that backdoor...
MAKE THAT PILE Of CRAP OPTIONAL AND REMOVABLE From a Bb10 device!
Give BB10 and QNX the place they deserve on the market. Professionals will get it...the other can still choose to install the honey pot runtime
What I cannot understand is why technology savvy companies like Nokia, Sony, keep producing no revenue devices with android os, they must give them out almost for free because Samsung drives the market at a pace nobody can follow..
Let me keep BlackBerry 10.2 forever.
My z10 can be the coolest device ever produced by BlackBerry for the coming 5 years... while you'll try to play the analdroid game like all other sheeps with monster specs devices just to host the f.kg most creapy, buggy and insecure spaghetti os ever.
My complements for the visionary managers and Good luck
This.
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So.......what you're saying is you don't like 10.3.1 ;)
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Yeah it's a bit messy when you look through file manager but all that crap is kept in there.
In a perfect world we wouldn't have to worry about installing android apps but to get the apps people are after, it seems android is a necessary evil.
As far as I know android compatibility layer doesn't run until we make it run an app that does and if it is running it's at a minimum until really necessary. The runtime layer is always improving.
Native apps and the hub all run perfectly fine.
Yes there's an issue with flash regarding this article and your obvious disdain to android being layer upon qnx but the market demands it and enterprise are using Android and as such BlackBerry will use that to their advantage...
Monetisation :)
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Check the task manager
Android drone (the player) is already loaded and you cannot kill the process!!
Also check that the f.kg android multimedia is running
Open the camera !? Another app alienated by android behavior.
I have to now to press the fucking button to take the picture!? focus is slow...
I understand now why BlackBerry could mitigate the security problems for Samsung knox and Google.
They had to make it for themselves in order to make their huge strategic step "forward"
All this patchwork on top of a QNX masterpiece RTOS SUCKS
Well that's not a necessity evil. That's inversion of control!
Having a man in the middle proxy at application layer... is unacceptable by everyone that understand what that means.
Not on top of QNX ... for software engineers that know what they do.
The only thing I like is blend... but I'm not sure how much its functionality is tied to the android runtime...
Enough.
Interesting.
But, when you say that the Android player or whatever acts as a Proxy on the application layer, it confuses me into thinking that ALL the apps on BlackBerry including the native ones run on top of the Android which I don't think is the case. I believe that this man in the middle or whatever term you want to call it by is only for the Android apps.
Hence, if the concern is that people like you and me dont want compromise on security...isn't it easier to avoid installing Android apps rather than asking BlackBerry to give option to remove the whole run time or whatever. Yes, I know there is an unnecessary Android service running all the time...but then, it doesn't affect you.
I maybe wrong in my understanding...looking forward to your reply :)
Are you running 10.3.1?
I have never installed an android app, forget it !
Nevertheless the f.kg player runs by default on my z10 system, like the android multimedia crap.
I assumed at first the reason for this process to run was exclusively related to the support for the amazon app store, but my fear, as you pointed out correctly is now that some other bb10 apps are using it somehow ..
I say this because the android player is active, it wakes up periodically and also shows some inexplicable upload / download activity!
We should ask bb to explain that...
Camera? Phone ? laggy, the ui is inconsistent... typical android crap behavior seen on my friends' android devices...
Nothing in these apps that reminds me of the quality of a Photon UI I enjoyed until the recent upgrade
Even the keyboard behave funky sometimes on 10.3.1.
I no longer feel like my phone is running on QNX metal, but I feel like there's a middle layer /proxy between the ui and the QNX neutrino kernel.
I remember a scene I've seen on my colleague's android phone where on a call the ui was displaying a normal call in progress but the hardware was absolutely stuck and unable to execute the call.
My colleague had to reboot the phone more than once !?
I was laughing at him! I'd never expect to see something similar happen on bb10...
Well, I feel now a bit on the same track although it's not really that bad...
Anyway:
1. I bought a QNX neutrino powered system.
2. I don't give a shower about android open-ass platform and the plethora of honey pot services it can target/ being targeted from (proxy vs. Stub) for datamining purposes or government surveillance. The security breaches left behind over the past 10 years speak for themselves...
3. I believe qnx is the best rtos ever implemented by humans. It is an outstanding masterpiece of software engineering.
That's the reason why somebody think it should not be for the average joe (us, analdroidable users)
4. The potential danger for my privacy violation by having android stuff running on QNX is just not worthy.
I just naively ask why in the world we should now see BlackBerry force us to cope with that (pt. 3?)
Enjoy android apps...till you can
"I say this because the android player is active, it wakes up periodically and also shows some inexplicable upload / download activity!
We should ask bb to explain that..."
If this is your concern...then no need to ask Blackberry. You are 'defenitely' running some "Android Ported Blackberry apps" --- check your applications permissions...and you will surely find the culprit...uninstall/avoid installing those ported apps for which you will not be able to control permissions like the native BlackBerry apps.
The Result is...your beloved all Qnx :)
Hey johnlen7, thanks for the very good hint.
It may be indeed that one of the native apps I installed and trusted in the past, has gone through a recent update/upgrade cycle and now requires the android runtime.
I'll try to identify the offending app... and get rid of it immediately.
Btw. since you seem to be quite trained in checking the apps permissions, do you have an idea on how I can identify the android dependent ones quickly?
Shouldn't it be a specific section that groups the android app ports?
Request to bb:
In the process manager it'd be great to make the android player process killable just like any other process.
Once we try to kill the player we could be presented with a list of dependent processes and asked if we'd like to kill them as well.
In this way we kill the entire subtree at once and we know which are the offending apps.
That would really increase my confidence and make me feel in control of potential android drone interferences on my wonderful z10 phone.
Thanks for your patience, cheers
"Having a man in the middle at application layer...is unacceptable by everyone that understand what that means"
-- No hard feelings, but I didn't understand what you meant there. Organizations do have proxies which operate at application layer...and they protect employees from attacks and threats. My ISP has proxy at application layer and its to protect the interest of the country...but I dont call them Man in the Middle. So how does it become wrong...if BlackBerry has an inbuilt so called 'proxy' for Android on the device which 'may' protect its users while same time provide additional capabilities /services.
Again, this is just my view and understanding...I maybe wrong.
btw. even a gun can protect you, it just depends on which side of it you're standing.
proxy is a man in the middle by definition... for the good and for the bad.
it's a matter of trusting who holds the gun
I want to remove the android also. I also want plain text only email back.
Beautiful. Thanks Blaze.
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Nice. Thanks.
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Good. Will give it a go. I'm finding more and more sites that I come across that don't work or show content because the native browser no longer has flash.
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Anyone getting stuck trying to add it, there is a forum page here with some people helping on the subject:
http://forums.crackberry.com/showthread.php?t=1004563
It's a pretty beta-esque solution. But if you use Amazon videos or BBC and it keeps blocking and preventing video, at least you can use flash contained in a separate browser when you need it.
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Thank you for your work on finding (creating) and sharing a solution that is BlackBerry centric and not Android based. Appreciate the efforts!
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No. But 10.3.1 is starting to act crazy on my z30... the last leak was more stable.
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Next mission on way :)
Passport/10.3.1.2480 U.K. IT'S PROBABLY IN THE FIRST POST :)
https://cdn1.vox-cdn.com/uploads/chorus_asset/file/3418710/the-lego-movi...
:o)
www. carm. org
Hahah I'd love it if that was animated and could be included in comments
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Don't miss it.
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Agreed
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Nice alternative!
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Cool
Q10 \m/
Is it secure?
Downgraded from 10.3.1 to 10.2.1 official, still shuttering Z 29
It's just the 10.3 browser as-is, with some redirection for the libraries.
You can do a compare on my blog between the library yeah.so, which is just a renamed libflashplayer.so against what was with 10.3 for release. It's identical
The bar itself is a zip, which you can pop open, and also compare with the official 10.3 browser release. It has a few lines for people to find the library but otherwise is identical as well.
So I'd say, as safe as the 10.3 native browser imo
http://www.filearchivehaven.com/2015/03/07/getting-flash-back-on-blackbe...
Just browse to the FAQ if you want :)
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1. Thank you for the excellent work.
2. It's secure TODAY, but unless I am mistaken there is no way to include any future security patches to both browser and more importantly Flash.
3. Rant: Shame on BlackBerry for dropping Flash. To borrow someone else comment, Flash should go the way of Dodo, just not today. In one year from now it would be much less of a problem.
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Flash is dead, get used to it. Not Blackberry's fault. It's Adobe's and they dropped it too.
It does matter to some people to have flash capability on the browser.
The Flash plugin won't be updated anymore. Yeah, you can have a Flash enabled mobile browser, but without the updates, it's just a giant security hole. I doubt Blackberry is going to willingly add a plugin that leaves a big, gaping hole in their browser. Do people just not see this or is there something I'm missing?
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If it's dead, then why is it running in the browser? Bah-dum-bum-*smash*
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It's a zombie plugin. You've got to shoot the head.
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I just use the "open on PlayBook" function from my Q10. Bingo, Flash!
Sent from my BlackBerry ® PlayBook ™ , yeah really ...
Thanks for the little hack... :-)
• "Oh Classic, you are the fairest here so true. But Passport is a thousand times more powerful than you..." (no offense, Classic is a great device, when it's charged) •
No. Flash is not secure. ;)
Thank you for wasting comment space...
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I can waste more watch.
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See? :)
Did you mean Peace :)
And your comment isn't wasting space as well? Dont be a jerk all the time. We may mistake you fr quicksilver.
Yeah, we're about to run out. Conserve comment space everyone!
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I think the gist is; Security is not a BlackBerry problem
It just is (y)
Then why was it on all BB10 browsers until 10.3.1? Was it secure up to March 2015 and now - no?
Did flash die this month? Because BB thought it important enough until this month to use it in their browser.
And oddly enough - so do 100s of millions of websites - - TODAY. Including most municipal websites in the USA. I can guaranty you, if Apple not having Flash, and Android not having Flash did not convince all those millions of sites to switch to HTML5, then BB sure as heck is not going to budge them. If you need to access records from a municipality - you know like some professionals who use BB do, then run and find a desktop, carry your laptop everywhere you go 24/7, or use this plugin. Me? I like BB10.3.0. I'll just stay here until my firm lets me use Android.
Isn't it BlackBerry, and haven't you thought or read through nuff post.
Don't Ya know "FileArchiveHaven" or put it another way;. Who deals with security issues
Tut tut tut
Not "cool". AMAZING!!!! Going to install asap!
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I have been using it and it's great. Thanks KermEd! I really like how if you are using the regular browser and something comes up that requires Flash there is the option in the overflow menu to open the page in the Flash browser. Very handy.
Living the life, posting via BB Z30