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July 21, 2011
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Any way to install AIR runtime on HTC MyTouch 3G Slide?

  • July 21, 2011
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Hello,

I see on the list of certified devices that the HTC MyTouch is listed.

http://www.adobe.com/flashplatform/certified_devices/smartphones.html

It's not clear whether this implies support for the MyTouch 3G Slide. I have the Slide, and I have done the manual upgrade to 2.2.1 (Froyo). My phone can run Flash animations, so I think the 2.2.1 upgrade came with a built in Flash player of sorts.

I cannot find the Adobe Air runtime in the Android Market, and I'm not able to install the runtime through adb on the command line either. Moreover, navigating to market.android.com on the phone in the browser and pulling up the AIR runtime displays an error that my device is not supported.

I think the Slide has an ARM6 based processor, which could be the issue, but that doesn't explain why the MyTouch is listed in the certified devices. I undersand there are a few different MyTouch models, but I don't think any of them will be higher performance than the 3G Slide -- all of the MyTouch phones are entry level phones. Could it be that the MyTouch listed in the certified devices list is a new 4G model? Am I missing something?

Regardless, I am not able to install the AIR runtime on my phone.

Anyone have suggestions, or is it not possible to install the AIR runtime on the MyTouch 3G Slide running Froyo?

Thanks in advance.

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Colin Holgate
Inspiring
July 21, 2011

It seems it uses an ARM11, which is ARMv6 architecture, and AIR needs ARMv7. The myTouch 4G Slide does use ARMv7, so it's ok.

KFitz01Author
Participant
July 21, 2011

That's what I figured. Thanks for confirming that.

If anyone from Adobe is reading this, it seems that the list of certified devices should list the HTC MyTouch explicitly as the MyTouch 4G since there are a lot of MyTouch 3G devices (including, but not limited to the MyTouch 3G Slide) that are apparently not supported for AIR.

The list of certified devices I'm talking about is here:

http://www.adobe.com/flashplatform/certified_devices/smartphones.html