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Installed Flash Player 11.1 and it doesn't work

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arbetrader

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Hi guys, sorry if this is a duplicate question, I'm just ultra frustrated with this right now. I have a Samsung Galaxy Nexus GSM smartphone and I just tried installing the latest version of Flash player (11.1) and it says it's installed, and I can pull up the app, but no flash content loads with I visit any websites that support flash. Any ideas? I've tried this 3 times, and the same thing happens every time. Also, if I click the Flash Settings icon, it just loads a blank screen, and nothing happens.

Any help would be greatly appreciated!
 
Try to uninstall and reinstall, you could do a battery pull while the phone is turned on for ten seconds then reboot. turn wifi on try something like that
 
Im having the exact same problem.....it worked no problem since i downloaded the apk file a couple months ago....but i went to a news site last night and it said i needed adobe flash player to watch the content??? It is in my app drawer and when i used to press it the settings for the flash player would come up. Now when i press it it asks me to chose which browser i want to use then when i pick it takes me to a blank, black screen..... I used Chrome and the factory Galaxy Nexus browser and neither work.....why is it not working all of a sudden?? Anybody?
 
The only browser I was able to make flash work on is Firefox. Enable plugins. I am on Sprint gnex.
 
Unfortunately im with Fido in Canada....it used to work with either Chrome or factory browser before but not anymore.
 
jscottbb6 said:
Im guessing it has to do with an update to google chrome?? Cuz it used to work.....?
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Android Chrome has never had Flash support. Android's built-in browser worked with it though.

Really, I wouldn't recommend running Android Flash in any browser though since Adobe is not releasing updates for it anymore. This could create a security risk and not work properly with many sites.

Web developers really need to quit bothering with Flash and other plugin-based systems.
 
Chugworth said:
Android Chrome has never had Flash support. Android's built-in browser worked with it though.

Really, I wouldn't recommend running Android Flash in any browser though since Adobe is not releasing updates for it anymore. This could create a security risk and not work properly with many sites.

Web developers really need to quit bothering with Flash and other plugin-based systems.
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True. However, we are still in the transitional phase. HTML5 support is growing rapidly, which is good. However, some sites still use it for whatever reason (HTML5 features still being tested, legacy/abandoned site). And some sites inherently need it, since their content revolves around Flash animation (eg Newsgrounds).

Personally, I run Flash "on-demand". Then you reduce security issues (only run it on trusted sites) and Flash only runs when I'm actively using it saving CPU time and RAM.
 
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