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To start with im running a rooted evo (duh) and fresh evo 3.0.0.1
it was doing this prior to root..
It seems like no matter if i'm on wifi.. 4g.. or 3g.. the video constantly whether it be youtube or another video thats using the streaming media player.. it more than half the time will either give me a "sorry this video could not be played" error.. or the "sorry there was a problem playing this video"..
I've searched as much as i could bring myself to without going insane. So far i've read that stagefright settings could cause this. The cache not being cleared.. and that the youtube app just plain sucks..
So, what im trying to gather is first and foremost.. is this a known issue.. or is my phone messed?
thing i dont get if this is a known issue.. is this.. GOOGLE BUILT ANDROID.. and google flipping OWNS YOUTUBE.. why would is be an issue? lol
Any help would be great.. and if this is a known issue.. a sticky might be nice so others like myself dont go insane wondering why the iphone plays video flawlessly on youtube.. while the evo's youtube player simply sucks (so far from my experience.. )
please no flaming.. haha
79 views so far.. could someone at least post whether they're having the same issue or not? or someone they know? i assume i'm not the only one out there if theres that many people lookin at it in less than a day..
update though, i was running fresh evo 3.3.0.1... i am unrooting my phone now just to make sure its not something wonky with root.. i called sprint and talked to a rep, they said to just bring it in to see a tech.. honestly, side note.. the store where i got my phone from.. not the best customer service.. at all.. very short on the phone with every question.. etc.. blah. anyways.. ill keep updating as this moves forward.. hopefully this thread will help someone get some answers if i dont haha
Thanks..
The youtube app is crap. It has nothing to do with rooting. Until they offer an update you should use a browser to open the youtube videos. This will not trigger "a problem playing video" dialog crap.
I can't use the app for that same reason. Happens with certain videos, I think the ones that are "not optimized for mobile" or some such. I can watch them from my browser without issue.
I've been having the same issue for weeks now. I also have exclusively switched to watching videos in the browser. Never have a problem there. The YouTube app DEFINITELY needs an update. Especially with rewinding and fast forwarding videos.
ahhh good so its not just me. By using the browser do you mean loading it in desktop view? and playing via flash? im unrooted now and using dolphin HD.. much better browser imo.. however using the m.youtube.com site still crashes videos.. seems like any video i stream crashed out or can't play.. i'll try the desktop mode and see if i can get them to play in flash instead of the streaming media player..
Thanks
it must be the crappy roms you guys are using or you have poor coverage/reception/bandwidth.
The Youtube app works great for me. It plays everything in HD just fine. I used to have problems with it not playing videos on some older roms, but anything from the past couple months should be just fine.
I would die if I had to resort to using the browser to access Youtube.
deathsled said:
it must be the crappy roms you guys are using or you have poor coverage/reception/bandwidth.
The Youtube app works great for me. It plays everything in HD just fine. I used to have problems with it not playing videos on some older roms, but anything from the past couple months should be just fine.
I would die if I had to resort to using the browser to access Youtube.
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The mobile youtube page isn't actually too bad - it's tons better then the regular youtube page, and is almost as usable as the app. But if you have stagefright set to false to fix pandora, then the mobile page won't work and you'll get that "could not be played" error.
deathsled said:
it must be the crappy roms you guys are using or you have poor coverage/reception/bandwidth.
The Youtube app works great for me. It plays everything in HD just fine. I used to have problems with it not playing videos on some older roms, but anything from the past couple months should be just fine.
I would die if I had to resort to using the browser to access Youtube.
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I'm using the stock ROM, and have this problem.
Hi Guys, I'm running Warm 2.2 on an EVO first edition (bought the day it was released) and lately I've been getting this really annoying lag problem with the internet browser.
This happens in all browser, the default android browser, firefox and dolphin but doesn't really happen with other internet applications, so I'm thinking it's a port 80 problem perhaps..
Basically - websites take a very long time to load, doesn't matter if i'm on Wifi, 4G or 3G, the site will start to load just fine, advance to about 30%, and then get stuck there for around a minute. It will eventually continue and load just find, but that lag makes it completely unusable. This happens on ANY website. Though you feel it less on sites that are optimized for mobile since they require less data transfer.
Has anybody seen this before? is this a common thing? what do you think the solution is?
Any help would be appreciated
It happens to me too, way too often over 4G. I think it has to do with Adfree, do you have it installed?
yoerz said:
Hi Guys, I'm running Warm 2.2 on an EVO first edition (bought the day it was released) and lately I've been getting this really annoying lag problem with the internet browser.
This happens in all browser, the default android browser, firefox and dolphin but doesn't really happen with other internet applications, so I'm thinking it's a port 80 problem perhaps..
Basically - websites take a very long time to load, doesn't matter if i'm on Wifi, 4G or 3G, the site will start to load just fine, advance to about 30%, and then get stuck there for around a minute. It will eventually continue and load just find, but that lag makes it completely unusable. This happens on ANY website. Though you feel it less on sites that are optimized for mobile since they require less data transfer.
Has anybody seen this before? is this a common thing? what do you think the solution is?
Any help would be appreciated
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It's a known issue, and has been covered many times in Myn's gigantic thread. Anyways, download the app 'ad-free' from the market. Open that app, and hit the big button that says 'revert'. Then reboot the phone. That will revert your hosts files (your internet stalls because Myn's has ad free hosts files cooked into the rom, to get rid of adds, and they are out of date, causing the browser to stall). Once you hit revert, your internet will be normal again, but you'll have adds.. If you don't want adds, go back into the ad free app, and hit 'download hosts files' or whatever the other button is. Then reboot. That should take care of it! FWIW, ad free always breaks my browser on 4g, with whatever rom i use. Not everyone reports that, but it's my experience. So i just don't bother blocking ads anymore, and have full speed browser.
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It's a known issue, and has been covered many times in Myn's gigantic thread. Anyways, download the app 'ad-free' from the market. Open that app, and hit the big button that says 'revert'. Then reboot the phone. That will revert your hosts files (your internet stalls because Myn's has ad free hosts files cooked into the rom, to get rid of adds, and they are out of date, causing the browser to stall). Once you hit revert, your internet will be normal again, but you'll have adds.. If you don't want adds, go back into the ad free app, and hit 'download hosts files' or whatever the other button is. Then reboot. That should take care of it! FWIW, ad free always breaks my browser on 4g, with whatever rom i use. Not everyone reports that, but it's my experience. So i just don't bother blocking ads anymore, and have full speed browser.
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Ditto buckley. Once I revert back I just go ahead and don't block them and it runs fine for me. I would suggest doing this also
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So far I've run into a few snags with some apps, and I'm just wondering if you all have run into the same.
Facebook: Force Closes everytime I try to update a status.
HBOGO: Force Closes during video playback, after HBO logo and such.
Rooted GSIII, Stock rom
I am having problems with Tapatalk paid and xda premium. They get stuck and force close when I pm.
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I am having issues with Vlingo. App closes when trying to enter InCar mode.
Opera browser locks up and/or closes when I try to watch flash videos (especially on Steams website)
I have had Google tracks FC on me once or twice.
Angry Birds Rio locks up quite frequently.
I am on Verizon, rooted (route 66) and have tried reinstalling apps and fix permissions, no improvement yet
Facebook: Force Closes everytime I try to update a status.
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Facebook would do the same on ICS on my Vibrant and does it on this phone too.
Sawdizzle said:
So far I've run into a few snags with some apps, and I'm just wondering if you all have run into the same.
Facebook: Force Closes everytime I try to update a status.
HBOGO: Force Closes during video playback, after HBO logo and such.
Rooted GSIII, Stock rom
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Haven't paid much attention to FB lately. I dont use HBOGO a lot, but when I do fire it up it seems to work fine.
I installed Dolphin Browser on my phone a few days ago because I love the browser but I noticed my data went up a lot quicker than it ever has. Luckily I have Unlimited data but it's currently at 11GB. Dolphin Browser used 7.34GB while in the Background which is odd. I noticed the problem when I would leave my phone on over night at 70% and wake up to a very low battery or a dead phone.
It's the best browser I've ever used but I don't know what would cause Dolphin to use that much data. Any ideas?
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I installed Dolphin Browser on my phone a few days ago because I love the browser but I noticed my data went up a lot quicker than it ever has. Luckily I have Unlimited data but it's currently at 11GB. Dolphin Browser used 7.34GB while in the Background which is odd. I noticed the problem when I would leave my phone on over night at 70% and wake up to a very low battery or a dead phone.
It's the best browser I've ever used but I don't know what would cause Dolphin to use that much data. Any ideas?
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Why not just use the stock browser? Or at least Chrome? I haven't used Dolphin since the Moto Cliq lol. It's definitely not one of the better browsers, especially on the note 2.
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pierrekid said:
Why not just use the stock browser? Or at least Chrome? I haven't used Dolphin since the Moto Cliq lol. It's definitely not one of the better browsers, especially on the note 2.
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I seem to remember Dolphin doing the same things on my Vibrant and haven't bothered with it since. Definitely try another browser. The others don't have that problem.
It's definitely a hog, but I can't do without it. I keep it frozen (along with most of my apps) when not using it.
Because it has all the add on capability so it's constantly on to search for update and stuff
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Boat browser is a good one. .
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7 GB on background, lol. You definitely have a virus sending network attacks or you leave videos buffering in the background. Is one or the other no buts.
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7 GB on background, lol. You definitely have a virus sending network attacks or you leave videos buffering in the background. Is one or the other no buts.
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Its not a virus.. Well unless you consider The Browser itself a virus.Its not but it does come close.Look at the permissions on dolphin browser. I once seen a article how it pushes adds to the browser in the back ground and Makes clicks on your behalf to pay the developer money .
I have not tried using it in a Long time like many above its definitely malware.
Just my thoughts
any phone I've ever had has ran like crap the day after I installed dolphin so I agree also with above its may have been good once but now it's just a system slower and I guess a data killer too so hey Dolphin browser is a double threat
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Its not a virus.. Well unless you consider The Browser itself a virus.Its not but it does come close.Look at the permissions on dolphin browser. I once seen a article how it pushes adds to the browser in the back ground and Makes clicks on your behalf to pay the developer money .
I have not tried using it in a Long time like many above its definitely malware.
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For it to use 7gb on background is had to do a lot more than push ads. Anyway i used Dolphin on every phone and never had a problem.
i dont mean to bump an old thread, but i have just found this out today, i have adblock plus and have been using dolphin when not on wifi for the last 2 days, i have been letting the device sleep with it running in the background and i have checked today and have used my data for this month aswell as gone over $7, 250mb and 160mb today,
i dont know what it has been doing while its asleep, today i checked and it was at 160mb remaining then 1 hour later i got a message about nearly going over my cap 10mb remaining then when i checked it had gone past that.
its definitely spyware because why else would it be doing while idling no webpages open, i dont use its addons just stock without its ux improvement program, no dolphin connect either, i didnt block its privileges via pdroid unfortunately
if you read their privacy policy it could of drained it through, update service and push notifications as well as the other ones listed below,
dolphin engine beta, may use the information without your permission, if you disagree please do not use the application
i do use other browsers without issues opera,stock, i just wished i saw this thread earlier, time to remove it
other than the security flaw 2 years back there must be something else its sending back to its server
http://www.esecurityplanet.com/brow...law-found-in-dolphin-browser-for-android.html
http://www.xda-developers.com/andro...in-browser-your-privacy-may-be-at-risk-again/
I use boat browser and no issues. Dolphin always gave me issues so I left it and never looked back.
It's definitely also my favorite browser !
Why?
- fast
- displays Facebook very nice
- javascripting, html5 works
- youtube works fine
- handy settings sync
I'm using Maxthon also, which might compete.
I've tried others such as Boat but it didn't suit me.
Pitty Opera has become so bad in displaying webpages.
So I discovered the same problem here via data usage app.
IMO it's facebook that's connecting all the time?
They only way is to shut down the browser every time?
Came across this thread doing a google search for other people noticing battery drain with Dolphin.
I've never noticed any unusual data usage, but I wonder if that's related to automatic updating. I have my phone and tablet set to only update when on WiFi and I'm on WiFi quite often.
I have recently noticed a ton of battery drain though, especially on the tablet. Took me awhile to figure out which app(s) might be responsible, but I found that when issuing a Force Stop after finishing with Dolphin, my battery tends to level off. Once I exit the browser, its not listed as running in the app killer that I have, but from the App manager the Force Stop option is available, so I guess its still running after all.
Attached is a photo showing normal battery levels to the left, then the sudden battery drain next to it. Then the battery charging and continued excessive drain once unplugged, followed by the battery leveling off when killing everything I found running in the OS (not specifically Dolphin by itself). After this though, I routinely FS Dolphin after using it and the battery's been behaving much more normally.
Its a pain, but it just runs so much better than other browsers I've used..
Using "Greenify app" maybe helps. ..
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anybody get NFL rewind working on the GS3? I have been using the firefox all year to watch 2012 games. In the last week or so, it stopped working. Only plays for about 10 seconds and then freezes.
it seems like the handling of the internet stuff has changed. Not clear if it's on their end or mine. I am running the lastest MOAR ROM. I also did a factor reset and cleared cache's without help. also loaded stock MD4, and didn't work.
any other ideas on why there would be a change?
A search and discussion from elsewhere on XDA indicates that the App will not work on rooted phones. Just from what I have read anyhow.
Unless your on TPR
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Thanks, but I was asking about nfl rewind, not nfl mobile. I had been watching games using the firefox web browser. The nfl rewind app only works on tablets as far as i can tell. I must have been the only one using the subscription on my phone's web browser.
stopped working a week or so ago.
Ok. So I did a lot of searching and I found a program that seems to work. However, it's choppy on my connection. My wifi is slow. Is there anyone out there with fast Internet that can try it? I am using the slowest comcast speed. So if you have rewind and faster Internet, please try and report back.
I got it running with photon browser. https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.appsverse.photon
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