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Basically just wondering if the Ad Free ( app where it kills application ads ) bogs down the phone at all?
Honestly I run this app and haven't really noticed any bogging down. If it slows it down at all it is not noticeable by me. It works kind of like adblock for Firefox or Chrome which don't really slow down your browser. Maybe in devices with less powerful hardware you would notice a difference, but so far on my EVO I see no difference at all when apps start up because of Ad Free.
ad-free and 4g
I have noticed that adfree tends to freeze up some web pages when on 4g. When I revert to the original host file the sites load fine. I don't have any problems when on 3g thought. Hope this helps.
33colburn said:
I have noticed that adfree tends to freeze up some web pages when on 4g. When I revert to the original host file the sites load fine. I don't have any problems when on 3g thought. Hope this helps.
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Alright cool. I was just unsure how it accomplished blocking the ads, and thought that it could be bogging the evo down.
It works by editing the host file so known ad serving URL's are redirect to 127.0.0.1
It shouldn't hurt anything.
I now Vaelek removed it from VaelPak saying it wasn't playing nice with an increasing number of things. Can't remember details though.
My phone had been working fine all week and today it did some really wierd things. I am on srf 1.2 and genocide kernal.
First thing I noticed was that the market chanhed looks on me, I like the old style of market. The one that has green borders all around. I booted the market up and it was all normal. I then downloaded an app and I noticed it was going very slow so I cancled and loaded market again and just like that the market appearence was totally different. It had grey boarders and all the apps were lined up in a grid pattern. You dif not have to scroll down to look at the list of apps. It also seemed alot slower.
The second thing is I use opera mini browser for my internet. Youtube vids were working fine then all of sudden it said that the vids were not compatabe or somethong like that. It was just not one video it was all of them.
So I went to cwm and wiped cache and dalvik then restored. This fixed the youtube problem, but the market switched again later for no reason.
Any suggestions? Thanls
Both apps updated today. You could try uninstalling updates in applications.
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Well with the market they pushed out a new version, as you can tell. Youtube, I can't help you on that
Posted from my pedo van.
I like the new market.
Posted from my awesome EPIC.
Lol, you're talking about the market that everyone (most of us) had weeks back before it was updated to the public. =P as for the Youtube issue, all with epics and many other phones share your issue, just go to settings, manage applications, select youtube, and uninstall the update for now.
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I am not using the youtube app. I am using opera mobile and it will not let me watch videos. I have cleared data in opera but that did not help.
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I am not using the youtube app. I am using opera mobile and it will not let me watch videos. I have cleared data in opera but that did not help.
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Update to flashplayer10.3 and u should be good to go
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How do I updatd my flash player
Ok I updated my flash player and it still does not work, this is the message I get.
The address type is unknown or unsupported
You tried to access the address vnd.youtube:cq4voeNuWEY?vndapp=youtube_mobile&vndclient=mv-google&vndel=index, which is currently unavailable. Please make sure that the web address (URL) is correctly spelled and punctuated, then try reloading the page.
Wtf this is pissing me off.
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Ok I updated my flash player and it still does not work, this is the message I get.
The address type is unknown or unsupported
You tried to access the address vnd.youtube:cq4voeNuWEY?vndapp=youtube_mobile&vndclient=mv-google&vndel=index, which is currently unavailable. Please make sure that the web address (URL) is correctly spelled and punctuated, then try reloading the page.
Wtf this is pissing me off.
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Where is Opera getting that address from? It is not a valid address. Is it some type of redirector? Rather than drive yourself crazy wouldn't it be easier to switch browsers? Like to Dolphin or Miren?
When you type something into a Google search box, at the far right of the box, there is supposed to be a little "x" clear all button that deletes all the text in the box.
I see it sometimes, sometimes not. The functionality is still there: I can tap the blank spot where the button should be and it clears the text, but why is it not always visible? I use Dolphin, Opera, and Boat and it happens on all three.
I don't know. Maybe a simple glitch or the "x" blends in the the background color. Either way, call me simplistic, but as long as the functionality is there then the issue is irrelevant in my opinion.
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I don't know. Maybe a simple glitch or the "x" blends in the the background color. Either way, call me simplistic, but as long as the functionality is there then the issue is irrelevant in my opinion.
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Does it happen on your GS3, too?
Right, it does seem to be a visual glitch...though, if I had not had an iPhone before this, I would have not even expected it to be there...
Friendly bump...does anyone else have this problem?
I have the same problem. It's annoying.
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I have the same problem. It's annoying.
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For me (on Chrome) it only shows up when the keyboard is enabled...after you touch in the typing area of google.
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For me (on Chrome) it only shows up when the keyboard is enabled...after you touch in the typing area of google.
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This
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Apple has the patent on X to clear searches so its been removed. Just teasing.
But yes, it doesn't seem to be there when doing google searches with Stock browser. Chrome and other third party browsers it is there. I have since abandoned the stock browser for a small number of annoyances such as this.
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When you type something into a Google search box, at the far right of the box, there is supposed to be a little "x" clear all button that deletes all the text in the box.
I see it sometimes, sometimes not. The functionality is still there: I can tap the blank spot where the button should be and it clears the text, but why is it not always visible? I use Dolphin, Opera, and Boat and it happens on all three.
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I thought Google implemented that for mobile site of google.com? Like you mentioned, to easily delete the entire search criteria if you want to.
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I thought Google implemented that for mobile site of google.com? Like you mentioned, to easily delete the entire search criteria if you want to.
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Right, that's what I'm using, the mobile site.
Compare these two screenies:
If I tap in that red box area, it will clear the search (even though there is no button).
For whatever reason, I could get it to show up with "testy". Type "testy," then hit back, then select the text box, and then hit back again.
It's this orange textbox highlight that seems to be issue! It's a visual (but not touch) overlap...
~Ibrahim~
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Right, that's what I'm using, the mobile site.
Compare these two screenies:
If I tap in that red box area, it will clear the search (even though there is no button).
For whatever reason, I could get it to show up with "testy". Type "testy," then hit back, then select the text box, and then hit back again.
It's this orange textbox highlight that seems to be issue! It's a visual (but not touch) overlap...
~Ibrahim~
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I gotcha. Mine shows up every time, that's why I didn't see your problem.
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I gotcha. Mine shows up every time, that's why I didn't see your problem.
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Wait,what?! What browser do you use? You're on AT&T, right? Do you use a 3rd-party keyboard?
~Ibrahim~
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Wait,what?! What browser do you use? You're on AT&T, right? Do you use a 3rd-party keyboard?
~Ibrahim~
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I'm using stock JB browser, as I'm running AOKP.
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I'm using stock JB browser, as I'm running AOKP.
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Thanks...well, shenanigans! It could be the ROM or the browser...does the "orange rectangle" not appear around your search box?
~Ibrahim~
It's been fixed!
Annoyingly, though, Swype doesn't automatically add spaces...like if it was now a URL bar...
Still isn't working with Dolphin Browser (I'm on AOKP).
Hmm...it may be AOKP, then, as my Dolphin works.
However, it had the same bug: Swype doesn't recognize it as a normal text field....
Sorry for the orange, using night mode.
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Hmm...it may be AOKP, then, as my Dolphin works.
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Out of curiosity, are you using Dolphin Jetpack?
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Out of curiosity, are you using Dolphin Jetpack?
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That's it! I installed Jetpack and it went back to the old behavior (no x, with spacing).
This is annoying as shet.... I'm looking at a page where I need to scroll down or up, and instead of it scrolling, it blinks totally white and then loads again scrolled up or down. Its doing the same thing on my S4..anyone else?
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This is annoying as shet.... I'm looking at a page where I need to scroll down or up, and instead of it scrolling, it blinks totally white and then loads again scrolled up or down. Its doing the same thing on my S4..anyone else?
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There have been a lot of Chrome problems reported. I'm using Firefox and haven't encountered any problems yet.
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There have been a lot of Chrome problems reported. I'm using Firefox and haven't encountered any problems yet.
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Only issue there is I cant get my bookmarks over to Firefox.
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This is annoying as shet.... I'm looking at a page where I need to scroll down or up, and instead of it scrolling, it blinks totally white and then loads again scrolled up or down. Its doing the same thing on my S4..anyone else?
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Same here - it's making browsing xda nearly impossible. I just disabled javascript and it seems to have stopped...?
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Same here - it's making browsing xda nearly impossible. I just disabled javascript and it seems to have stopped...?
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I just tried that and testing now. I installed Firefox due to it and was just getting adjusted to it. We will see if your suggestion works.
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Only issue there is I cant get my bookmarks over to Firefox.
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Heh. I live in FF on all my devices and have everything synced so that's [luckily] not an issue for me.
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Heh. I live in FF on all my devices and have everything synced so that's [luckily] not an issue for me.
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Just the opposite.... Chrome on everything for me..lol
naked browser works really fine like an aosp browser. pretty smooth scrolling compared to chrome, plus working flash plugins
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Try chrome beta, works well for me
I am seeing the same thing here. Hopefully Google will be pushing out an update for Chrome to fix this soon.
As shmaque said, disabling JavaScript in Chrome also stopped this from being a problem for me. Of course that may become a problem of its own when browsing the internet these days. So far so good.
Well, as expected, I ran into some trouble logging in to a couple websites with JavaScript disabled, so I have re-enabled it. The problems that a number of us were seeing were limited to xda-developers.com as noted at http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2380099.
Changing the default XDA site layout (located at the bottom of every XDA page) to 2010 has fixed the issue for some of us. Credit goes to http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=44038082&postcount=17 for bringing the idea to my attention.
The HTC One's stock browser comes with three locked bookmarks. I was wondering if there's a way to delete them without root? I've tried the bookbmark sort & backup and bookmark manager apps without any luck.
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The HTC One's stock browser comes with three locked bookmarks. I was wondering if there's a way to delete them without root? I've tried the bookbmark sort & backup and bookmark manager apps without any luck.
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If you're OK with Chrome you can sidestep the locked bookmark issue -- I've just hidden the stock browser from the app tray and don't even think about it. Another nice feature from Chrome is it will sync your bookmarks from other devices if you log in with the same Google account.
EDIT: ah, interesting -- just noticed a "Verizon" bookmarks folder in my Mobile bookmarks folder. Can't delete it. Hmmm, doesn't seem too distracting...
-Matt
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If you're OK with Chrome you can sidestep the locked bookmark issue -- I've just hidden the stock browser from the app tray and don't even think about it. Another nice feature from Chrome is it will sync your bookmarks from other devices if you log in with the same Google account.
EDIT: ah, interesting -- just noticed a "Verizon" bookmarks folder in my Mobile bookmarks folder. Can't delete it. Hmmm, doesn't seem too distracting...
-Matt
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Hey Matt, appreciate the input. Yep I have chrome and opera mini installed, as well as dolphin, which used to be my main browser. I recently read about the dolphin browser being from china or routing data to a Chinese server, so I've pretty much stopped using it. The stock browser actually isn't bad - it feels just as fast as Chrome overall, and I like the "lab" UI on the stock browser a lot. And it seems to sync with the bookmarks from the google account too.
Stupid Verizon... guess we'll have to wait until root to delete them!
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Hey Matt, appreciate the input. Yep I have chrome and opera mini installed, as well as dolphin, which used to be my main browser. I recently read about the dolphin browser being from china or routing data to a Chinese server, so I've pretty much stopped using it. The stock browser actually isn't bad - it feels just as fast as Chrome overall, and I like the "lab" UI on the stock browser a lot. And it seems to sync with the bookmarks from the google account too.
Stupid Verizon... guess we'll have to wait until root to delete them!
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So what's this lab UI you speak of -- or did you mean to say "tab"? Is it worth unhiding the stock browser to check out? Didn't realize it also syncs Google bookmarks. Guess I should check those things before offering advice!
FWIW...speaking of root, this is my fifth day with the One and I'm totally understanding those "I can live with this phone as-is" testimonials. My only concern is whether it will start to slow down without regular shots of fstrim (which we'll get someday with 4.3). At least I know now how to get into the bootloader/ecovery to clear the regular cache.
-Matt
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So what's this lab UI you speak of -- or did you mean to say "tab"? Is it worth unhiding the stock browser to check out? Didn't realize it also syncs Google bookmarks. Guess I should check those things before offering advice!
FWIW...speaking of root, this is my fifth day with the One and I'm totally understanding those "I can live with this phone as-is" testimonials. My only concern is whether it will start to slow down without regular shots of fstrim (which we'll get someday with 4.3). At least I know now how to get into the bootloader/ecovery to clear the regular cache.
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Nope, I meant labs! It's almost like an easter egg... go to Settings --> Labs --> turn on Quick Control.
This puts the stock browser in full screen mode and hides everything. Very clean! The control is tricky at first - what I've discovered works best for me is to use the side of my thumb and roll over from the edge, as if running over a finger print scanner. Then, a wheel pops up with all settings, bookmarks, etc. Once you get the hang of it, it's super intuitive and so elegant.
And you know what... the same thing was already in my Rezound stock browser too! Maybe it's Sense thing? If so, HTC really sucks at marketing - I really love this feature.
Also I read in some posts that the stock browser gave the best battery life. In light of all the tracking going on, I am starting to try to pull back from all things Google. So for now, I am enjoying the stock browser - save for the stupid Verizon locked bookmarks!
What's this about fstrim and cleaning cache? Mind elaborating?
-Eric
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Nope, I meant labs! It's almost like an easter egg... go to Settings --> Labs --> turn on Quick Control.
This puts the stock browser in full screen mode and hides everything. Very clean! The control is tricky at first - what I've discovered works best for me is to use the side of my thumb and roll over from the edge, as if running over a finger print scanner. Then, a wheel pops up with all settings, bookmarks, etc. Once you get the hang of it, it's super intuitive and so elegant.
And you know what... the same thing was already in my Rezound stock browser too! Maybe it's Sense thing? If so, HTC really sucks at marketing - I really love this feature.
Also I read in some posts that the stock browser gave the best battery life. In light of all the tracking going on, I am starting to try to pull back from all things Google. So for now, I am enjoying the stock browser - save for the stupid Verizon locked bookmarks!
What's this about fstrim and cleaning cache? Mind elaborating?
-Eric
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Wow Eric, thanks for filling in the blanks. I definitely have to try it.
Here's the quick breakdown on my side:
fstrim -- The TRIM function in Android/Linux takes memory space that has been deleted, and informs the memory controller that it's available (it normally doesn't check until it tries to find writable space which eats up CPU time). The fstrim function has been added to 4.3 and runs quietly when the device is idle (you can also run the Lagfix app, but it requires root). As a case study, it totally transformed the slow and pokey 1st gen Nexus 7 into a speedy beast.
cache cleaning -- Ideally, we'd have root and could occasionally delete the Dalvik cache as well as the regular data cache. Unfortunately we can't do the first, but we can still do the latter by booting into the bootloader (this post helped me figure it out) and then just running the "wipe cache" option. I suspect it's something that won't be frequently needed on the One, but I'm glad we have the option.
EDIT: based on your sig I'm guessing that second part about cache-cleaning was pitched way too low -- if so, sorry -- it's a bad habit of mine!
-Matt
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The stock browser actually isn't bad - it feels just as fast as Chrome overall, and I like the "lab" UI on the stock browser a lot. And it seems to sync with the bookmarks from the google account too.
Stupid Verizon... guess we'll have to wait until root to delete them!
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For me, yes, the stock browser picked up the Chrome bookmarks. The interesting thing is that it didn't carry over the bookmark icons or labels. They're just blank, generic bookmarks for some reason. I have to guess which is which. Folder names translated over for some reason. Weird.
I used Dolphin for the longest time since I was caught up in the stigma that the stock browser sucks. I couldn't have been more wrong.
About 3 months ago I ditched Dolphin and started using the default browser in CM9, and loved it. Now all I use is the stock browser. It does its thing very well and never fusses about updates in the play store or routes traffic through China.
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Wow Eric, thanks for filling in the blanks. I definitely have to try it.
Here's the quick breakdown on my side:
fstrim -- The TRIM function in Android/Linux takes memory space that has been deleted, and informs the memory controller that it's available (it normally doesn't check until it tries to find writable space which eats up CPU time). The fstrim function has been added to 4.3 and runs quietly when the device is idle (you can also run the Lagfix app, but it requires root). As a case study, it totally transformed the slow and pokey 1st gen Nexus 7 into a speedy beast.
cache cleaning -- Ideally, we'd have root and could occasionally delete the Dalvik cache as well as the regular data cache. Unfortunately we can't do the first, but we can still do the latter by booting into the bootloader (this post helped me figure it out) and then just running the "wipe cache" option. I suspect it's something that won't be frequently needed on the One, but I'm glad we have the option.
EDIT: based on your sig I'm guessing that second part about cache-cleaning was pitched way too low -- if so, sorry -- it's a bad habit of mine!
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Oh no you're good Matt - being helpful and spreading useful info is never a bad habit I actually didn't think about this before, but yeah basically all phones are essentially running on small SSDs and TRIM support would be crucial to long-term performance.
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For me, yes, the stock browser picked up the Chrome bookmarks. The interesting thing is that it didn't carry over the bookmark icons or labels. They're just blank, generic bookmarks for some reason. I have to guess which is which. Folder names translated over for some reason. Weird.
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That's interesting, because the stock browser on mine showed the Chrome bookmarks perfectly, including everything from names and website icons to the folders.
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I used Dolphin for the longest time since I was caught up in the stigma that the stock browser sucks. I couldn't have been more wrong.
About 3 months ago I ditched Dolphin and started using the default browser in CM9, and loved it. Now all I use is the stock browser. It does its thing very well and never fusses about updates in the play store or routes traffic through China.
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Yep I was in the same boat. Thought stock browser must have been crap just because it's stock!
Anybody with any luck on this? I refuse to believe it's still impossible to delete these pesky verizon bookmarks even when we now have S-off...
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Anybody with any luck on this? I refuse to believe it's still impossible to delete these pesky verizon bookmarks even when we now have S-off...
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Think I did it. Didn't bother me till you pointed it out, thanks, sent me on another crusade! Try this: Go to system/app and rename PartnerBookmarksProvider.apk to PartnerBookmarksProvider.apk.bak and then data/data add .bak to com.android.providers.partnerbookmarks clear clear cache and reboot.
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Think I did it. Didn't bother me till you pointed it out, thanks, sent me on another crusade! Try this: Go to system/app and rename PartnerBookmarksProvider.apk to PartnerBookmarksProvider.apk.bak and then data/data add .bak to com.android.providers.partnerbookmarks clear clear cache and reboot.
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Haha well I am glad to help! So I renamed both and wiped both davlik and the normal cache partition in TWRP. Just rebooted. The three bookmarks are still there... and I still can't delete or edit them in any way. I even went into the browser2.db and deleted all entries under the bookmarks table using SQLite Editor. Still no luck.
What did I miss?
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Haha well I am glad to help! So I renamed both and wiped both davlik and the normal cache partition in TWRP. Just rebooted. The three bookmarks are still there... and I still can't delete or edit them in any way. I even went into the browser2.db and deleted all entries under the bookmarks table using SQLite Editor. Still no luck.
What did I miss?
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Nothing. What I did was apparently allow them to be removed from Chrome and I assume other browsers. They must be hard coded in the stock. I've never used it. I bet the apk will have to be dismantled to get them gone.
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Nothing. What I did was apparently allow them to be removed from Chrome and I assume other browsers. They must be hard coded in the stock. I've never used it. I bet the apk will have to be dismantled to get them gone.
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Oh yeah I had them disabled in Chrome already. I was talking about the stock. You're probably right. Dammit Verizon...