As we all know the Froyo browser is bad.
Is there something that can be done? AOSP browser maybe? Galaxy Tab browser? Eclair browser?
I know this might not belong here, but I am sure the devs here could come with something up!
WE NEED A FASTER BROWSER!!!
Amen to that.
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+1 !!!!
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I'm running JM6 pre rooted with EXT2 and its quicker than JPC. IMO its fine.
Did you disable flash?
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http ://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=803678
Try this, certainly feels a lot smoother than before the fix.
It is SLOW compared to eclair!
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Did you disable flash?
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Yes, it is smoother but still not iphone smooth. But anyway, we deserve a fast browser WITH flash!
Let's add a bounty as well!
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Yes, it is smoother but still not iphone smooth. But anyway, we deserve a fast browser WITH flash!
Let's add a bounty as well!
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Flash is slow
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Never going to get a smooth browser with flash, if you don't have a dedicated chip for Adobe flash acceleration...
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It is not Flash that is slowing it down.
Disable it and you will see.
On the Droid X the browser is by far smoother WITH flash enabled.
There is something else going on here.
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It is not Flash that is slowing it down.
Disable it and you will see.
On the Droid X the browser is by far smoother WITH flash enabled.
There is something else going on here.
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Yes the problem is that with flash enable,the available memory is gone making the phone so slow to scroll etc.Its a memory management problem
Agree, we have far too little useable ram, and the browser is using way too much.
Opening pocketnow.com uses 120mb ram on jpa, it causes a fc and memory dump.
We barely have 120mb useable to begin with!
Very very annoying... Time to start posting on samsung facebook page
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Flash is not the problem. I don't think any sane person runs Flash "always on" on the galaxy s unless they enjoy feeling frusterated.
With flash off, scrolling is pretty bad, pinch to zoom is pretty bad. It varies from pretty good to terrible.
I don't like my phone being whooped by a 9 month old Nexus One in terms of browsing performance, when mine has better specs!!!
Maybe Opera Mobile, which is coming out this month, is the solution. Opera browsers are always very very fast.
Also, has anyone hands-on experience with the Galaxy Tab? How is the browser performance there?
I hope that Opera will be good. Thing is, the Froyo browser should be absolutely amazing on this phone but Samsung screwed it over. Hopefully Cyanogen can take care of it.
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Agree, we have far too little useable ram, and the browser is using way too much.
Opening pocketnow.com uses 120mb ram on jpa, it causes a fc and memory dump.
We barely have 120mb useable to begin with!
Very very annoying... Time to start posting on samsung facebook page
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I just opened pocketnow.com and it's perfectly smooth..
I have no complains with my froyo browser except it has problem downloading from megaupload.
Have you tried auto killer?
O loved Opera Mobile on WM, let is hope that on Android it will be equally good. I can't wait for it.
Why have Dolphin HD and xscope the same problem with the ram? I check it both have 100 MB two. (pocketnow)
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I'm an app finatic and am always searching for the next cool game, app, or widget for my galaxy s2. Let me know what you use and why. Screen shots are appreciated.
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I use Netflix and setcpu
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Twitter/Facebook for me.
Rom Manager! Flashing and restoring 20times a day
Rocketing on Juggernaut¡
I use my phone app to call people with my phone.
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For me it would be Facebook, Engadget, Android Chive, and Shush!
Shush! Is a an app that silences your phone for a certain amount of time. Say if you're going to class for an hour then you can silence it for an hour. If your going to watch a movie you can silence it for two hours. Really helpful for people that can forget to turn their ringer back on.
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Pulse, xda, and tweetcaster.
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How well does rom manager do? Does it restore apps as well?
Btw I use xda the most. Constantlychecking for new roms or opinions.
Instead of pulse y'all should taptu.
The android section is always updated and It never skips a beat
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Facebook, youtube, the browser, GrooveIP, email are apps i use everyday.
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How well does rom manager do? Does it restore apps as well?
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the only thing I use ROM manager for is to backup a ROM. It'll reboot into recovery, backup the ROM, then revolts when its done. You can install .zips from it. It does have ROMs available to download but its scarce. XDA site is much better. As far as I know rom manager does not install apps. I use titanium backup to back up my apparently plus the data within them so when I flash I don't have to download everything again
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Reboots. Not revolts
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Reddit is fun...and xda
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Apps I use every day, all day long at work and home:
Phone
Text
Email
Camera
Tapatalk
Pandora
Player pro
Dolphin HD. Not a day goes by I don't use every one of those.
I don't get why people use the stock browser
Dolphin HD is by FAR the best browser for android.
Unless you're worried about data usage, dolph is a no brainer.
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I use my phone app to call people with my phone.
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This.. And also the messaging app every once in a while
JaZart said:
I don't get why people use the stock browser
Dolphin HD is by FAR the best browser for android.
Unless you're worried about data usage, dolph is a no brainer.
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I thought the same thing, you should try Maxthon browser though. It's faster and you can install themes on it. My go to now.
There is enough hate in the world. Why can't we all get along here ...?
Apps used
Kaiten email - checking 5 accounts. Stock browser, I prefer it. Dolphin runs tunny in the bg. Juice Defender... saving battery big time.
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I thought the same thing, you should try Maxthon browser though. It's faster and you can install themes on it. My go to now.
There is enough hate in the world. Why can't we all get along here ...?
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You can on dolphin too and it has voice control
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trillian, best IM client ever
Dolphin is by far the best but the background running tunny browser? What is that? Its gotta have a battery drain. And dolphins new voice command is sweet!
Any one have there favorite rom?
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Hows everyone's experience with Google chrome? I like it alot but seems to be unstable n hella slow....anyone else seeing those issues???
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achang9523 said:
Hows everyone's experience with Google chrome? I like it alot but seems to be unstable n hella slow....anyone else seeing those issues???
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No issues at all on FF09 or FF11, buttery smooth and fast for me on FF11 and FF18
With the latest update its more useable than before
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Agreed very smooth on venom boa rom
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Any modified APKs around that allows one to install it on GB? I'm staying away from ICS until the source comes out. Too many problems woh my attempts. I miss Chrome a lot though as I have tons of bookmarks from my desktop on it.
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akarol said:
Any modified APKs around that allows one to install it on GB? I'm staying away from ICS until the source comes out. Too many problems woh my attempts. I miss Chrome a lot though as I have tons of bookmarks from my desktop on it.
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Nah. Just use the alpha 5 CM9 bro. I hear ff11 is nice too
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So, does Chrome not support Flash? I went to watch a video on my phone, and it just said "looking for plugin". Videos work fine in stock browser...
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I don't like using a botnet while I'm on a botnet
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Chrome works perfectly fine for me on CM9 A5.
However, I does not have flash, so just a heads up.
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So, does Chrome not support Flash? I went to watch a video on my phone, and it just said "looking for plugin". Videos work fine in stock browser...
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Chrome does not support flash and Google has no plans to change that.
iahk said:
Chrome does not support flash and Google has no plans to change that.
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BOOOOOOOO. Have they said why?
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BOOOOOOOO. Have they said why?
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Because adobe isn't updating flash for mobile platforms after ICS.
That's right, I forgot about that. Thanks.
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Chrome has become my daily browser since I started using Dolphin with my Nexus One.
With the last update for Chrome and FF09, it's the smoothest browser I've used on Android. However, there are still instances where scrolling is jerky and sometimes scrolling stops working for half a minute. It seems like it only happens when I try to scroll while a page hasn't finished loading, but all of the browsers I've tried seem to have issues with scrolling an incomplete page. Closing and reopening the tab will fix the jerky scrolling.
Chrome also freezes on me forcing me to force stop it through settings -> applications. I cannot reliably reproduce this problem and it is annoying, but the benefits of having access to the open tabs on my computer on my phone outweigh this problem.
I do wish Google would iterate the Chrome beta app as fast as they iterate the desktop version of Chrome beta because I'm assuming they mean for this browser to become to default one on Android and jerky scrolling and freezes is pretty bad.
I absolutely do not know which Chrome people are using that they find "buttery smooth" and "fast". It is a terrible laggy and crappy browser on my end. The last update killed it for me where it only launches to a white screen and just freezes. If and when it does decide to work properly, it's stutters and jib-jabs when scrolling, no flash, just all around terrible. No wonder it's surname is still BETA.
Dolphin browser (mini or HD) puts it to shame, really.
You can also try firefox... It's very smooth, and untill now, I didnt find any problem
I like it but I never use it. No flash is... well, no flash. No plugin support like the rest of em either. you'd think with google being the og devs for android. Could make it all work out.
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Play store says not available for my device...
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The hell are we supposed to do without flash? Just hope websites start using html5 all of a sudden? Ugh reminds me of using an iphone.. gross
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Play store says not available for my device...
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Chrome is only availible on android 4.0 and up. Are you on gb?
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Hi! I'm going to get the note soon and I'm wondering how it is when multi Tasking. How many apps can you open and retain on the 2gb ram? Does the browser redraw all the pages when switching between say for example 5 apps or so? How about the launcher, does it redraw?
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prinzhernan said:
Hi! I'm going to get the note soon and I'm wondering how it is when multi Tasking. How many apps can you open and retain on the 2gb ram? Does the browser redraw all the pages when switching between say for example 5 apps or so? How about the launcher, does it redraw?
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WzNlZAQmioI
check this 2 apps u can open
yajur said:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WzNlZAQmioI
check this 2 apps u can open
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Yeah I know about this feature. Thanks! Though it didn't answer my question.
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it wouldn't surprise me if you could keep 10 different browsers open without any of them having to reload pages.
right now i have 1GB free (not using any task killers) with opera mobile open.
Hope this helps I did a test just now... I had 5 apps running on the background...1.browser(chrome web page on android authority) 2. messaging 3. Facebook 4. YouTube 5.xda ... and after switching through apps vice versa the web page was still intact hell even the home screen didn't redraw like the s3 ... haven't tried more than 6.. but ill leave that epic moment too you when you yell CHRIST IN HEAVEN THIS PHONE IS AMAZING !!!!!!!!
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Multitasking ? It just works
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Thanks for the feedback guys! Can't wait to get this phone when it gets released here two weeks from now.
How about testing the browser capacity? Can someone load 8 Web pages and switch between 5 apps and then back to the browser? Will the browser redraw?
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running 7 apps 8 web tabs on chrome all good no reloading all pages are exactly where i left it Pare :highfive:
Most of the time it take a long to to load a page,its like it not responding, it takes 12-15 sec for the keyboard to come up sometime it don't even appear ..?
I had to stop using it and go back to using the browser app..;( its a shame..
I know its not the rom cause it does it in all the ones I have tried.
Is it to do with the memory the W has or something..
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Most of the time it take a long to to load a page,its like it not responding, it takes 12-15 sec for the keyboard to come up sometime it don't even appear ..?
I had to stop using it and go back to using the browser app..;( its a shame..
I know its not the rom cause it does it in all the ones I have tried.
Is it to do with the memory the W has or something..
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If I know it well, its in its beta stages... so its not really that good a browser... just what I think
Thrown out by my custom CM10 with CastagnalT's kernel.
Chrome is a heavy browser so I assume that galaxy w cant handle it with so few RAM. Thats the issue
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For me, Chrome works smoothly.
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For me, Chrome works smoothly.
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Remove clear data of the program maybe would be smoother
or run a turbo script or download a root cleaner to have more ram
cuz more ram is more smooth ..
even I have tried the google browser and it is slow, the stock CM browser is the most stable and fast for me but you can also try maxton browser :good:which is very fast in the scroll,pinch-to-zoom and in loading pages.
I am not trying to start a "what is the best browser" war here.
I am using chrome right now but, today I noticed it is seriously draining my battery. I am going turn sync off on it hoping that helps but, I doubt that will do a whole lot.
I would like to know what everyone is using and if it drains the battery a lot or not.
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I've always used stock, seems to have most features I need and it seems much faster than the others most of the time, especially when compared to chrome. Chrome's always seemed really slow for me at least. Stock doesn't seem to kill the battery much either.
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I am not trying to start a "what is the best browser" war here.
I am using chrome right now but, today I noticed it is seriously draining my battery. I am going turn sync off on it hoping that helps but, I doubt that will do a whole lot.
I would like to know what everyone is using and if it drains the battery a lot or not.
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Between chrome and Firefox.
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I have always liked opera.
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I go between Chrome and Dolphin
I tend to stick with Chrome. Have used the stock browser or Firefox when Chrome doesn't display something quite right in mobile or desktop mode.
Have always used Opera, never any problems. Use Lightning sometimes but still like Opera best.
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Have always used Opera, never any problems. Use Lightning sometimes but still like Opera best.
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Which opera are you using on the one? I have had sizing issues with mini and mobile.
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I used Chrome a lot on my old phone and my tablet but I really like the stock browser on this phone. It's what I've been using.
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Which opera are you using on the one? I have had sizing issues with mini and mobile.
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The one that says" Opera for Android".
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Naked browser is the fastest and most lightweight
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Also using stock browser. Found Chrome was lagging too much while scrolling.
I've been using Next for a while now. Really fast.
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I use chrome. My battery lasts 24 hours or longer
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I use Chrome on both my phone and laptop. I love the syncing between them. Actually using Chrome Beta on the One.
Always been a stock guys myself.
Put me down for Chrome. Love the syncing from desktop to mobile.
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I generally use the stock browser, but occasionally use Chrome. The stock browser seems to have the best luck with displaying pages correctly.
everytime I try chrome, I'm reminded why I don't use it on android. Much slower loading of most web pages, web pages load weird, etc. As long as a stock browser can pull my chrome desktop bookmarks, that is what I use. Not to mention the stock browser has incognito mode.
Yeah been trying out Firefox and the stock browser lately. I like both of them more than chrome. They seem faster. Not sure how I like Firefox's tab thing though.
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