any solution to enable Hulu on the Iconia Tab A500?

ajarmeh104 · May 8, 2011

Hi;
wondering if anyone was able to have Hulu work on A500?

I tried the post in XZoom section and it didnt work... although my A500 is rooted.
here is the OP for Xzoom (also it has many issues even on the Xzoom):
http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1060374
Then I installed the original flash and pushed the modified .so file into data/data/com.adobe.flashplayer/lib and it didn't work... the browsers do not even detect the flash player at all.
any help will be highly appreciated.

thanks

rog152 · May 9, 2011

For now, Playon app installed on both PC and Tablet. It has a fee per month. Playon will take you to a hulu backboor to watch hulu shows
2nd option is TV Show Streams, free it is not Hulu but it has A LOT of TV shows many of which is on Hulu and many which are not.

butchconner · May 9, 2011

Gents,

There is a "Hulu Patch" for the G-Tablet in their forum.

Rev

ajarmeh104 · May 10, 2011

butchconner said:
Gents,

There is a "Hulu Patch" for the G-Tablet in their forum.

Rev

does it work for A500 ?

ajarmeh104 · May 10, 2011

rog152 said:
For now, Playon app installed on both PC and Tablet. It has a fee per month. Playon will take you to a hulu backboor to watch hulu shows
2nd option is TV Show Streams, free it is not Hulu but it has A LOT of TV shows many of which is on Hulu and many which are not.

thanks ...

butchconner · May 10, 2011

ajarmeh104,

When I told you the above, I told you
everything I know!!!

Obviously it is for the G-Tab, but I don't
know if the changes needed for Hulu are
the same for both Android tablets or
whether they are brand specific.

I just thought someone who knows what
they are doing might want to check it out.

Rev

saeba · May 10, 2011

rog152 said:
For now, Playon app installed on both PC and Tablet. It has a fee per month. Playon will take you to a hulu backboor to watch hulu shows

You can also buy a lifetime subscription. It's now $79.99, but as an early supporter, I got it for $39.99

! I use it to stream to my PS3 as well, so it's been worth it.

abben · May 10, 2011

I have had no luck with the Xoom fix. It looks like they are needing to load a custom kernal to get their Hulu fix to work and I 'm not sure I want to try loading that on the A500. If the Xoom guys can figure out why they need that custom kernal then perhaps we'll get a better fix for Hulu.

I also have a g tablet and tried the Hulu fixed flash I use successfully on that tab on the A500 but not luck.

ajarmeh104 · May 14, 2011

thank you

butchconner said:
ajarmeh104,

When I told you the above, I told you
everything I know!!!

Obviously it is for the G-Tab, but I don't
know if the changes needed for Hulu are
the same for both Android tablets or
whether they are brand specific.

I just thought someone who knows what
they are doing might want to check it out.

Rev

00mred00 · May 14, 2011

i will look at the above posts and compare it to what was similarly done on the evo and see what I can come up with. O, the evo it only appeared to work on 10.1

If I get a day off this week I will see what I can do

stone_phalanges · May 15, 2011

honestly it's really easy. I don't know why people seem to go through all the trouble of custom kernels and such. Is it a secret? are we trying to hide that we can access hulu so that they won't wise up? It's literally as easy as replacing one file using root explorer and changing the permissions to rxwr--xr--xr. I've used it on my captivate with froyo, then the captivate with gingerbread and now the acer iconia with honeycomb. If you search the forums you should find the file.

00mred00 · May 16, 2011

i am not sure why a custom kernal would be required other than hardware exceleration which the a500 would not need. It should just take the so file that has been modified to fool hulu into thinking you are on a windows desktop and all should work fine

I also have a modified hulu apk I use. If I have time tomorrow I will check it out

henne80 · May 22, 2011

just replace libflashplayer.so!!

I replaced the libflashplayer.so with the one modified for hulu on the Thunderbird and it works just fine. Just do a search in the Forum you'll find it with instructions.

BrianDigital · May 23, 2011

also aside from playon, splashtop is a cheap way to remote into a computer and be able to watch hulu, either way you will have to leave a computer on at home. But splashtop is one time charge of five dollars.

I love it will my htpc and be able to remote and update libraries or predownload a movie

Shir_man · May 26, 2011

henne80 said:
I replaced the libflashplayer.so with the one modified for hulu on the Thunderbird and it works just fine. Just do a search in the Forum you'll find it with instructions.

Could you plese make mini howto?

jimrenos · Jun 6, 2011

Hulu working!!!!

On XDA search and download this file:
Fixed Flash 10.2 for Hulu

Then open your stock browser and do the following:
Type: about:debug and press enter. Head into Settings>Debug>UAString>Desktop.

After this Hulu will work, I have tested it and I now have it on my A500

a2drew · Jun 7, 2011

10.3

jimrenos said:
On XDA search and download this file:
Fixed Flash 10.2 for Hulu

Then open your stock browser and do the following:
Type: about:debug and press enter. Head into Settings>Debug>UAString>Desktop.

After this Hulu will work, I have tested it and I now have it on my A500

Will this fix work on Flash 10.3?

gberty · Aug 3, 2011

Alternate option for streaming Hulu on Iconia a500

This is only a suggestion… no disrespect intended to those who are working on helping us find solutions to the Acer Iconia a500.

I am a noob, who was frustrated to learn that Google is blacklisting users who have rooted devices, and I just wanted to have Hulu on my tablet, like I have on my phone. I have found that Splashtop remote from the market will successfully stream Hulu and Netflix for those who are interested.

It is a paid app, but for someone not wanting to root right now, it seems like a good option- so I thought I would put this out there in case anyone else is frustrated with their choices.

Again, No disrespect intended, I just wanted to offer this since the other option I read about on here “PlayOn” does not seem to work, and it is $79.99 verses $9.99.

Zjoia · Aug 26, 2011

I made the leap to try Splashtop. I dont mind rooting my machine but it a pain over time and generally just irritation follows. My purpose in thus post is to point out that unless I ended up with. a slow or broken machinr splashtop is far from an exceptable answer. Its slow and super choppy when streaming video, correct me if im wrong and youve seen acceptable connections but id like to save you the $10, the app is cool but not a good solution for this discussion. Additionally to note is its a comole take over of the remote machine, you can't use your tablet while someone else uses teh computer you are remoting to

Diablo67 · Aug 26, 2011

jimrenos said:
On XDA search and download this file:
Fixed Flash 10.2 for Hulu

Then open your stock browser and do the following:
Type: about:debug and press enter. Head into Settings>Debug>UAString>Desktop.

After this Hulu will work, I have tested it and I now have it on my A500

This dont work for me,hulu keeps saying,"this video is not available for your platform",then force closes,any suggestions?

any solution to enable Hulu on the Iconia Tab A500?

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