How to add flash to your ipad:
The instruction below are the steps if how:
They saw Flash 10.1 ported to the iPad demonstrated in video form by Comex, & now you can get in on the action , as long as your iPad is jailbroken. It is called Frash, & while the plugin is still early & doesn't do video playback yet, you can definitely play games & other animationsright now, & we are told video support is forthcoming. All right, so let's try this out, shall they? It is not point-and-click simple, but it is not that hard, either. Full instructions after the break.
0. Make sure your iPad is jailbroken. It's pretty easy -- just run Spirit and you're done.
1. Download Frash.deb and keep it nearby. [Update: We've been advised against hosting this ourselves, but it's not hard to find out there.
2. Decide how you're going to get files onto your iPad. For Mac users, it's dead simple -- just install Netatalk, which will automatically pop up your
3. Once you've got access to the iPad's filesystem, navigate to /var/root/Media
4. Once there, open Media and create a folder called "Cydia."
5. Open the new Cydia folder and create another new folder called "AutoInstall"
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7. Restart your iPad a couple times.
8. You're set! Now just navigate to a page in Safari with non-video Flash content and hit the F logo to play it. Again, no video for now, but games and other simple content works. We did have a few crashes here and there, but it's early code, and things are bound to get better.
So there you have it -- Flash on the iPad (sans fluid video playback for now, of course). Try it out and let us know how it goes -- if you're having trouble, our tipster suggests using SBSettings or the respring
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