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theo Clarke
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October 20, 2011
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Flash Player for HTC Wildfire S

  • October 20, 2011
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Hi Please can any one at adobe help, & answer a question regarding Flash Player.

I have HTC Wildfire S, I can play flash content from most browsers, but i would dearly love to use the bbciplayer, but cant as it requires I have adobe flash player. I have gone to andriod market & their is know way of installing adobe flash player for my type of phone.

I have spoken with HTC & they say the only way i can get iplayer, is if adobe realease a install or update or a version for flashlite andriod phones like my HTC Wildfire to a version that would be compatible for this model phone. (HTC Wildfire S)

Please could you tell me if their will be a adobe flash player available soon for my HTC Wildfire S.

I would be so greatful if you were able to give me any positive or any good news regarding this issue, & any future developments adobe have in this area.

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    libflashplayer_so
    Adobe Employee
    libflashplayer_so
    Adobe Employee
    October 21, 2011

    unfortuantely, if your marketplace does not have flash player available...  more than likely, it is not supported for your device.  the manufacturer installed flashlite, but it's not a good solution if you are looking for the best experience and performance. 

    the only option is to change phones, but make sure the phone supports Flash Player 11.

    here is a list of certified devices:

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

    it is not a definitive list, but a great starting point...

    libflashplayer_so
    Adobe Employee
    libflashplayer_so
    Adobe Employee
    October 24, 2011

    i had a chance to research more on your phone and it seems to have an arm11 chipset which is currently not supported.  here is a response snippet from one of our mobile dev managers:

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    Flash Player requires a CPU with support for the ARMv7-A instruction set to achieve the level of performance required for acceptable multimedia playback.

    Your device has an ARM11 CPU, which only supports the ARMv6 instruction set.

    For future reference, Adobe maintains a list of devices certified to work with Adobe Flash Player and AIR here:

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

    You might want to give Skyfire a try.  It uses "remote desktop" technology to render Flash animation and video in the cloud, for devices that are incapable of processing Flash content natively:

    https://market.android.com/details?id=com.skyfire.browser&feature=search_result

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