Adobe Flash 10.1 for Samsung Galaxy S Phones on Android 2.1

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UPDATE: I sincerely apologize. Upon further checking, the .APK included in this article is Flash v9.10.22, NOT v10.1 as we had hoped. We made a mistake and did not vet this out as well as we should have. I'm leaving the article up for anyone that would like to install this version. There have been mixed reports that it does provide more Flash functionality than what is included on the phone. Again, I sincerely offer my deepest apologies for missing the mark on this article. We strive for high standards at this site, and completely blew it on this one. You have our commitment that this will not happen in the future.

Have a Galaxy S series phone (i.e. AT&T Captivate, Sprint Epic 4G, T-Mobile Vibrant, or Verizon Fascinate)? Would you like to have Flash on your phone ahead of the Android v2.2 (Froyo) update?  Guess what? Now you can.  It's incredibly easy to do, and the best part is that it doesn't require any special permissions (i.e. Root).  

It should be noted that we have not tested this on all variants of the Galaxy S.  However, it's such a simple process, that it's probably worth giving a shot.  We did confirm that it works great on the Sprint Epic 4G, even after yesterday's minor software update.

To install Flash 10.1 on your Galaxy S phone, here is all you have to do:

1. Download the .APK file from our files area here.
2. Transfer the file to your SD care via USB cable or using Dropbox.  
3. If you used a USB cable to copy the file over, you'll need to have a file manager such as ASTRO installed.  Disconnect your phone from your PC and then open up ASTRO.  Browse to where you saved the file on your SD card, and then tap it.  This should launch the installer.
4. If you used Dropbox to move the file, then the installer should run automatically as soon as the file has transferred to your device.
5. Once installation is complete, reboot your phone.
6. After reboot, go in to your favorite web browser and hit up a web site that you know has flash content.  If you aren't sure of any, you can try www.newgrounds.com  They have a vast number of Flash-based games.

A couple of things to note.  

First, your performance results with any given Flash-enabled web site may vary.  Remember, part of the reason Flash isn't included with Android until v2.2 is due to the considerable speed increases you get with Froyo.  

Second, while we haven't tested this .APK on other non-Galaxy S phones, it may work.  However, remember that you do so at your own risk.  Also, I would not recommend trying it on any phone that does not have a 1GHz processor in it because of the aforementioned performance issues with Android 2.1.

Have fun!!

Source: Addictive Tips

Comments

[Brandon]

No joy on the Fascinate. :(

[geeknik]

I was hopeful, but as Brandon said, doesn't work on the Fascinate.

[Randy Willis]

Man, that blows. Unfortunately, I don't have a Fascinate here to test on. Thanks for providing the feedback though, it's much appreciated.

[Bobby Danger]

Did this work for anyone? Not working on my Vibrant!

[Randy Willis]

Yes, it definitely worked fine on the Epic 4G. Does it actually install for you?

[Mr.Einstein]

Not working on hte I9000!

Tried Skyfire and the stock one...

Says-You don't have a flash player installed on your device...

[Randy Willis]

Not sure I'm surprised that the I9000 didn't work. That phone to me seems to be a different sort of beast.

I do apologize to those of you that have tried it but haven't been able to get it to work.

If anyone has gotten it to work on something other than the Epic 4G, please post a comment and let us know!

One thing I did notice is that if you just go to Adobe's web site to see if Flash was working, you would not get the animation. However, I then tried http://www.newgrounds.com and hit up a few of their flash games, and they came up just fine.

You also may want to go in to your browser settings and verify that Enable Plug-ins is checked.

[Bobby Danger]

@ Randy, Yes it installs fine, just doesn't seem to do anything. Newsgrounds worked before I installed it but it didn't run very smoothly, installing this didn't seem to change that.

[simon]

phone blocked the installation stating because it is not sourced in android market.

[sNaKe]

Does not work on the Samsung Captivate for security reasons.

[Dante]

Working fine on Samsung Galaxy S unlocked version

[Flash Addict]

Does not work on my Samsung Epic 4G based on tests of the following sites:

http://www.adobe.com/products/flash/
http://video.pbs.org/
http://www.bloomberg.com/video/63870482/
http://www.cnn.com/video/

[Steve Kerr]

Adobe on Samsung would certainly make it more appealing to buyers. Aside from that, the functionality of the gadgets would upgrade the daily usage of it among its users.

Steve Kerr
http://ohealthlounge.com.au

[Austin]

Had to sideload on the captivate since it isn't from the app store, does not work on fox.com for example to play episodes. Tells me flash needs updated still.

[Dan]

So have we found a way to either get flash10.1 onto droid2.1, or to get 2.2 onto the Samsung sch-I400 Continuum?