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Update flash player on Android phone

  • June 6, 2018
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Although I got a brand new up-to-date LG phone with the Adobe Flash Player already installed and updated , whenever I go to a web page that requires an updated version of Adobe Flash Player it sends me to a link and when I click on it it tells me that my device does not support Adobe but then I go to look at my Adobe Flash Player in my apps it's updated and running properly

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    There is absolutely no alternative I'm afraid, if the web site is designed to use Flash Player. In this case it's the web site that's old fashioned, as it won't work on anyone's phone, and it won't work on a lot of computers. I'd advise you to find a different site, or complain to the site maker.

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    June 6, 2018

    But there are a lot of computers where it isn’t enabled and in a corporate setting can’t be. A lot depends on whether it’s a work-facing site. An unknown number of people won’t enable it as a personal decision. But there are also an unknown number of people who see Flash doesn’t work by default, give up, and go elsewhere.

    You are right that that it -could- work on most computers.

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    June 6, 2018
    But there are a lot of computers where it isn’t enabled and in a corporate setting can’t be.

    I've not heard of wide-spread corporations disabling Flash by default.  However, browser vendors have disabled it by default, forcing user's to enable it, usually on a per-site basis (e.g. Edge).  We publish tech notes on how to enable Flash on the various browsers.  These are linked to at Flash Player Help

    You are right that that it -could- work on most computers.

    There are millions of Flash installs daily.  Google and Microsoft have been embedding Flash in Chrome and IE/Edge, respectively, for years.  I suspect the Flash forums would be a lot busier than they are if it didn't "work on most computers"


    If you're experiencing issues on a particular site and/or platform, we'd be glad to look into it.  Just start a new discussion topic, providing os, browser, flash version, direct link to content, and a description of the issue.

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      Legend
      June 6, 2018

      There is absolutely no alternative I'm afraid, if the web site is designed to use Flash Player. In this case it's the web site that's old fashioned, as it won't work on anyone's phone, and it won't work on a lot of computers. I'd advise you to find a different site, or complain to the site maker.

        _maria_
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        _maria_Community Manager
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        June 6, 2018
        In this case it's the web site that's old fashioned, as it won't work on anyone's phone, and it won't work on a lot of computers.

        While Flash Player hasn't been supported on mobile devices for over 4 years, saying "it won't work on a lot of computers" is rather misleading as it continues to be supported on desktop systems, and will continue to be supported until its EOL at the end of 2020. 

        Bani Verma
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        Bani VermaCommunity Manager
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        June 6, 2018

        Moving this query to Using Flash Player​ community.

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        June 6, 2018

        Flash for Android is discontinued. Pretty amazing you got an ancient version in a new phone at all - it was cancelled over 6 years ago. Don't expect to be able to use modern Flash content anyway, and Flash Player itself is going to be removed from even Mac and Windows within 2 years, according to Adobe. Seek alternative sites without Flash.

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          brandtd91585256Author
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          June 6, 2018

          Wow,that tells me how truly braindead and out of date I am in these things. Is there a free version of an app or product you could recommend that compares to flash player?  I'm using it in a broadcast situation and the web site suggested flah player but obviously that's not going to work. Anything you can think of in comparison, if you would be so kind as to give me a much needed shove out if the stone age here!

                        Thanks for replying, much needed and appreciated.

          _maria_
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          _maria_Community Manager
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          June 6, 2018

          There are some browsers, such as Puffin Browser - It’s Wicked Fast! that render Flash in the cloud.  These are the only alternatives.

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