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how do I stay logged in at XDA

I use dozens and dozens of forums across the interwebs, and yet I can't seem to stay logged in at XDA and do on every other forum I use. Every time I leave and come back, I have to log in... it gets real real annoying. Am I missing some setting, or is that just the way it is here?

2 words : get chrome
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no thanks...
really, this is a default setting here? no "keep me logged in" setting??

I use opera web browser and manage to always stay logged on on xda whilst on my PC.. The thing is, I auto saved my password/username upon the first entering and also I never log off the forums account. Does the trick.
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Lock-N-Load said:
I use dozens and dozens of forums across the interwebs, and yet I can't seem to stay logged in at XDA and do on every other forum I use. Every time I leave and come back, I have to log in... it gets real real annoying. Am I missing some setting, or is that just the way it is here?
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Tick the stay logged in box, and don't log out.

pulser_g2 said:
Tick the stay logged in box, and don't log out.
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^^ That's all I do and I never have to log in. If this doesn't work for you then check that you have cookies enabled.

Lock-N-Load said:
I use dozens and dozens of forums across the interwebs, and yet I can't seem to stay logged in at XDA and do on every other forum I use. Every time I leave and come back, I have to log in... it gets real real annoying. Am I missing some setting, or is that just the way it is here?
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{
"lightbox_close": "Close",
"lightbox_next": "Next",
"lightbox_previous": "Previous",
"lightbox_error": "The requested content cannot be loaded. Please try again later.",
"lightbox_start_slideshow": "Start slideshow",
"lightbox_stop_slideshow": "Stop slideshow",
"lightbox_full_screen": "Full screen",
"lightbox_thumbnails": "Thumbnails",
"lightbox_download": "Download",
"lightbox_share": "Share",
"lightbox_zoom": "Zoom",
"lightbox_new_window": "New window",
"lightbox_toggle_sidebar": "Toggle sidebar"
}
benjamingwynn said:
2 words : get chrome
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3 words: Chrome is sh1t!
Lock-N-Load said:
no thanks...
really, this is a default setting here? no "keep me logged in" setting??
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benjamingwynn said:
Chrome saves passwords for all sites and logs you in auto.
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Yes but as far as I recall last time I checked it doesn't allow you to create a master password which is a bad lack or security imo.
Firefox is much better.

I don't see this problem, All what I'm dong is to check the "Remember Me" box, and it does it all.
Regards

TheATHEiST said:
Firefox is much better.
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Firefox is good for a backup browser, it's heavy as hell. I got almost 1 Gb of RAM used when a lots of tabs are opne. Chrome use half of this with the same tabs opened.
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Felimenta97 said:
Firefox is good for a backup browser, it's heavy as hell. I got almost 1 Gb of RAM used when a lots of tabs are opne. Chrome use half of this with the same tabs opened.
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Chrome forever baby !
Herpderp Galaxy Ace.

benjamingwynn said:
2 words : get chrome
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Mozilla Firefox xD

If you use LastPass, you can make a master password and set sites to automagically log you in. This doesn't work on all sites, and some sites will fight LastPass over login protocols, so it's kind of a trial and error thing to get it to gel right with your online experience. Facebook for example works well. Bookmark the root site (Facebook.com) and set it to auto login. It just works. And it works in all the major browsers, even little ole Chrome.
I prefer Firefox... well, Pale Moon... well, Pale Moon Portable, haha. Same difference. Between Adblock Plus, NoScript, and Cookie Whitelist With Buttons (silly name, don't laugh, it does good) and a search box, Chrome just can't keep up. I've been fortunate enough to have avoided the memory leaks that Chrome users say made them switch, and Pale Moon is plenty fast enough for me. I could run Windows 2000 if all I cared about was speed. You start adding features, it slows down a hair, it's a fair trade.
Anyway, I've checked "Remember Me" when I log in, and it still likes to log me out after ~5 minutes of inactivity. Cookies are fine but I'm only accepting first-party cookies (i.e. from xda-developers.com while I'm here). NoScript is blocking a script from netshelter.net. It's allowing them from google-analytics.com, googleapis.com, and of course xda-developers.com.

[Q] Dolphin Browser HD battery drain

Does anyone here use Dolphin HD?
I hate the stock browser because it doesn't give access to the notification bar so i installed Dolphin HD. Is it just me or is this app causing really really bad battery drain. It seems whenever i use the browser the battery continues to drop ever minute or two. Is this something normal you see on the stock browser? Or is it just related to Dolphin.
This is on wi-fi btw.
Thanks for reading

I cant say ive ever noticed a drop in power when using dolphin.
What percentage battery usage do you see for Dolphin when you go to:
Settings > Power > Battery Use
FaZe
p.s. give Chrome beta a try, its rather good.

I just checked on my HOX and the Dolphin browser had used quite abit of the battery (27%). I doesn't seem like a drainage, but it's alot.
I'll try and keep an eye on it the next couple of days.
@ListentoChaos: I found Chrome Beta pretty buggy. A lot of the times, the bookmarks didn't appear when I went to the bookmarks tab/bar.

A bit OT, on dolphin version 8.0, I noticed the tab switcher on the right side when you swipe is gone. Where the heck it is now? I like that tab switcher.
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Yep usage is only around 30% atm, but i've been doing other things today. I've seen it as high as 40% before. But its the highest out of pretty much everything excluding screen etc...
I use dolphin because its the best IMO. Plus it has flash unlike chrome.
I just see the battery decrease more whenever I use dolphin compared to other apps

Noticed temperature and battery usage was a lot higher with Dolphin HD than the Default browser.
On dolphin I had a temp of 45 degrees, when I switched to the default bowser it went down to 36 degrees after a few minutes.

I switch to Dolphin from day one I got my HOX. I didn't notice there is a battery drain, maybe I will try to compare with stock and Chrome.
BTW, Chrome is quite buggy, and it scrolls obviously slower than stock or Dolphin, and so I uninstalled it.

Ive been having serious battery drain problems on this browser for quite some time now. Luckly I have 3 batteries I rotate so because it is by far the best browser I just put up with thebattery drain. Ive asked about it on various forums including here but so far have had no joy in fixing the problem.
Here are the stats I get.
{
"lightbox_close": "Close",
"lightbox_next": "Next",
"lightbox_previous": "Previous",
"lightbox_error": "The requested content cannot be loaded. Please try again later.",
"lightbox_start_slideshow": "Start slideshow",
"lightbox_stop_slideshow": "Stop slideshow",
"lightbox_full_screen": "Full screen",
"lightbox_thumbnails": "Thumbnails",
"lightbox_download": "Download",
"lightbox_share": "Share",
"lightbox_zoom": "Zoom",
"lightbox_new_window": "New window",
"lightbox_toggle_sidebar": "Toggle sidebar"
}
I changed the battery over about 90 mins ago
I'd be so greatfull if someone found a solution to this problem.
EDIT: I found this thread by googling "dolphin hd battery drain". I now realise this is a htc one x forum. Im on Sgs2, sorry although I leave this post be for now to see if we can find a common solution.

I encounter the same problem, charging overnight, when I use it for web browsing this morning for 15 mins, battery drop from 100 to 86. Tunny browser (don't know why not showing dolphin) used as much as the screen!
Sent from my HTC One X using XDA

Yep, I think its dolphin browser. The stock one doesn't drain battery as much. Shame as I love dolphin and how it shows the notification bar at all times.
Does anyone know how to get the stock browser to show the notification bar? Or if there is any other browser similar to dolphin and wont cause battery drain.
Thanks

You are correct. I've had this problem for a couple of months lol. It's Dolphin HD and the way it handles JavaScript. There are two things you can do to help.
1. Menu> More> Settings> Web Content> Flash Player>On Demand
2. If you don't need JavaScript:
Menu > More > Settings > Web Content > Enable JavaScript> OFF
I personally have just moved to Firefox until they get it fixed. Those settings do help a lot though. It's just too random for my daily use phone.

marduk191 said:
You are correct. I've had this problem for a couple of months lol. It's Dolphin HD and the way it handles JavaScript. There are two things you can do to help.
1. Menu> More> Settings> Web Content> Flash Player>On Demand
2. If you don't need JavaScript:
Menu > More > Settings > Web Content > Enable JavaScript> OFF
I personally have just moved to Firefox until they get it fixed. Those settings do help a lot though. It's just too random for my daily use phone.
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I can confirn this ... i played a flash video and my note 2014 dropped 17 % in 1 minute ... dont use that browser for flash ... it causes insane battery drain .... deleting this ****ty bad coded browser now.... yes its fast ... but wtf flash energy drain xD ....goddamnit my poor battery .. how is this even possible ... my battery was like hei you got 15 % recharge dude ... 10 secs later 1 % left dude ... wtf ...........................

(Q) Best Browser?

Just wondering what alternate browsers you guys are using? ( if any) i have tried some personally but keep finding myself coming back to the default.( never thought i would say that but ics browser is amazing lol) what do you guys use?
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Ics + browser is superb, nothing cones close for me. Stock browser with enhancements.

Chrome Beta.

martonikaj said:
Chrome Beta.
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BOOM +1

I use the stock browser. Go to settings -> Labs -> and enable quick controls. I find them extremely useful and wish chrome beta would have a similar system. I used the chrome beta for a while and i liked it but found it still had some stability issues.

Hi,
If it can help:http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1625084&highlight=browser and http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1401434&highlight=best+browser and http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1487290&highlight=best+browser

Still stuck on the stock browser, but I´m not liking it very much. Was thinking of trying out the Firefox browser since I´m running it for many years on all my computers. But at the same time I like to keep things light and not install something I don´t really need.
Anyone got any experience with Firefox on the phone?

Stock for me. Before used Opera. Tried Chrome and didnt like it at all

Only Opera.
Because
1) I like controls (back, tabs etc.) on the bottom of the screen. Stock browser requires a very long thumb to access address bar.
2) I like the starter page with thumbs of my bookmarks.
3) Switching between tabs is much faster with Opera (because it's at the bottom).
4) etc.
I wish Opera was a bit faster. But can't complain about the speed when it's so convenient to use (comparing to stock browser or dolphin).

bullka said:
Only Opera.
Because
1) I like controls (back, tabs etc.) on the bottom of the screen. Stock browser requires a very long thumb to access address bar.
2) I like the starter page with thumbs of my bookmarks.
3) Switching between tabs is much faster with Opera (because it's at the bottom).
4) etc.
I wish Opera was a bit faster. But can't complain about the speed when it's so convenient to use (comparing to stock browser or dolphin).
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Opera mobile or Mini? I cant get mobile to work on my phone it always closes itself on launch..
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Chrome beta. I use Chrome for my PC and love it, so I thought why not use it for my android device as well?

oilerseberle14 said:
Opera mobile or Mini? I cant get mobile to work on my phone it always closes itself on launch..
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Opera Mobile.
It crashes sometimes but only when I open more than ten tabs and all of them are opening pages at that moment. Opera force close and restart helps.

Stock browser. The best.

I like Boat Browser.
Sent from my SGH-T989 using XDA

I really love Chrome beta, but it feels so sluggish on my device... so I've been using ICS Browser+.

Ics Browser+ in tablet mode. Fast and convenient.
{
"lightbox_close": "Close",
"lightbox_next": "Next",
"lightbox_previous": "Previous",
"lightbox_error": "The requested content cannot be loaded. Please try again later.",
"lightbox_start_slideshow": "Start slideshow",
"lightbox_stop_slideshow": "Stop slideshow",
"lightbox_full_screen": "Full screen",
"lightbox_thumbnails": "Thumbnails",
"lightbox_download": "Download",
"lightbox_share": "Share",
"lightbox_zoom": "Zoom",
"lightbox_new_window": "New window",
"lightbox_toggle_sidebar": "Toggle sidebar"
}
Sent from the future.

Chrome Beta. Combined with desktop Chrome and the new sync tabs feature, it's a breeze moving between phone and desktop.

I'm surprised so many are using stock browser but nor using ics + browser instead.

Stock, but going Chrome when it's out of Beta

Chrome Beta as my main browser. Still keeping stock available for when I need to watch flash videos (though I have to say Google did amazing on the stock browser this time). And if I ever need to watch a Hulu video then I have Flash Video Browser for that
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All formatting gone from forums

Am I the only one getting this? It has been doing it for hours.
Looks the same on my PC in FF, Chrome, and IE.
Looks the same from my Kindle in Dolphin and looks the same in Dolphin on my DroidX.
I can't be the only one but I see no mention. Tried changing themes and that doesn't work.
Wow it is missing the button to attach files. Oh well here is an inline image.
{
"lightbox_close": "Close",
"lightbox_next": "Next",
"lightbox_previous": "Previous",
"lightbox_error": "The requested content cannot be loaded. Please try again later.",
"lightbox_start_slideshow": "Start slideshow",
"lightbox_stop_slideshow": "Stop slideshow",
"lightbox_full_screen": "Full screen",
"lightbox_thumbnails": "Thumbnails",
"lightbox_download": "Download",
"lightbox_share": "Share",
"lightbox_zoom": "Zoom",
"lightbox_new_window": "New window",
"lightbox_toggle_sidebar": "Toggle sidebar"
}

You're not the only one.
Desktop Browsers:
Firefox 14.0.1
IE 9
All cache, cookies, and history cleared.
EDIT:
Interestingly enough, browsers on the phone work just fine.
Sent from my MB865 using Tapatalk 2

It is the same for me. Has been for a few hours now. It must not be broken for everyone... I'd think we would see more complaints.
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Yup, broken for me too.

rearview said:
It is the same for me. Has been for a few hours now. It must not be broken for everyone... I'd think we would see more complaints.
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Yes formatting is not right for couple hours on any browser(ff, chrome,IE) or any computer, though it seems some from Europe are not having issues?

yolo2die said:
Yes formatting is not right for couple hours on any browser(ff, chrome,IE) or any computer, though it seems some from Europe are not having issues?
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That's right. I'm in England and none of my browsers are having a problem.
Here's Chrome on my phone -
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Check out this [GUIDE] How to be a New User (and not a noob)

All messed up for me too. I could barely even find the reply button to post this.
It's like that on my Chrome browser in ICS too.

Im getting the same thing, I reverted within control panel to the classic theme and its not horrible but readable. Ive been trying all kinds of things for several hours now. Glad I found this thread..

Anyone know of fix, or is this a known problem? Does the problem only reside within the US? Thanks

XDA formatting has been shot all day for me... I hope it gets fixed!!!!
Thanks!

almost impossible to browse on a desktop right now

Earlier today I started having problems and sometimes moving to the master forum list then going back down to the topic I was reading would get it to work, but anytime I refreshed it would break. Now it's broken constantly. It's almost useless at this point to try and read anything here.

Wow, one minute it looks normal, now it seems to change with every page refresh.
Must be some ongoing editing of the web page at the moment.

I found a temporary fix, if you setup a proxy for your browser the site loads correctly, using web based proxy for now just for xda forums and works

I've been having the same problem for most of the day. Chrome, Firefox, Internet explorer, chrome mobile, Firefox mobile, and HTC stock browser all appear messed up to me. I've had to use Tapatalk all day just to be able to read and post.
Sent from my Evo 4G LTE using Tapatalk

If u go to options and pick 'Classic' theme for forum viewing, it makes it use-able

yolo2die said:
I found a temporary fix, if you setup a proxy for your browser the site loads correctly, using web based proxy for now just for xda forums and works
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Tried it. Thanks. Web based proxy works fine for both US proxy and Euro proxy!
Weird
Wish I had some reliable proxy settings that weren't web based.
Surfing from my Kindle Fire running cm10 with SGT7 and Jelly Bean

It happened to me when I hit F5 in chrome.
Then I cleared cookies, etc. to no avail.
I jump over to firefox and it's still screwed up.

Classic style is ugly but works. I reverted to 2010 when they changed to 2013. Anyone else? Maybe that's why it's not everyone?
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It looks like there's a DNS problem with cdn.media.xda-developers.com (the server that serves up the style sheets)
If you know what you're doing, add the lines
108.161.188.192 cdn.media.xda-developers.com
108.161.188.192 img.media.xda-developers.com
108.161.188.192 media.xda-developers.com
108.161.188.192 img1.media.xda-developers.com
108.161.188.192 img2.media.xda-developers.com
108.161.188.192 img3.media.xda-developers.com
108.161.188.192 img4.media.xda-developers.com
108.161.188.192 buttons.media.xda-developers.com
108.161.188.192 icons.media.xda-developers.com
to your hosts file until they fix it.
If you don't know what a hosts file is, go watch a movie and hopefully it will be working when you come back.
(Devs: I know the benefits of a distributed system, but you're going a little overboard with all the hosts)

Opera Beta (now rebased off WebKit)

http://www.androidpolice.com/2013/0...t-rendering-engine-is-live-in-the-play-store/
Play Store Link: https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.opera.browser.beta
Giving this a try, would like feedback from you guys as well. Looks like a reskinned Chrome tbh!

I only just read about this last night and will be road testing this for sure. Looking for a new browser since my much loved Dolphin seemed to be hogging way too much battery.

Browser is awesome:thumbup: very fast

Yes, I'm very impressed with it and with its performance so far.
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Working great got mad potential
Sent from my Nexus 4 using xda premium

I like it myself but as I don't have any problems with Google Chrome on my phone. I think the biggest thing that will keep me as a chrome user on my android phone would be the syncing between my desktop, laptop and mobile device. I doubt opera would ever allow themselves to sync their bookmarks with chrome.
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I think its not way faster, but definitly Faster than the latest chrome.
And now the chrome has a bad text rendering making the text so unsharp, then Opera beta is absolutly my choice until Google fixes chrome.

jabbeboy said:
I think its not way faster, but definitly Faster than the latest chrome.
And now the chrome has a bad text rendering making the text so unsharp, then Opera beta is absolutly my choice until Google fixes chrome.
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latest chrome as in Chrome Beta? https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.chrome.beta&hl=en
I feel that Opera is slightly faster but the bookmarks is one of the things that got me on Team Chrome still.
I wish there was autohide on the URL bar when you scrolled down similar to AOSP browser though.

zephiK said:
latest chrome as in Chrome Beta? https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.chrome.beta&hl=en
I feel that Opera is slightly faster but the bookmarks is one of the things that got me on Team Chrome still.
I wish there was autohide on the URL bar when you scrolled down similar to AOSP browser though.
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No the latest stable chrome.
Yea i really hope google could make that url bar dissapear in chrome.

zephiK said:
http://www.androidpolice.com/2013/0...t-rendering-engine-is-live-in-the-play-store/
Play Store Link: https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.opera.browser.beta
Giving this a try, would like feedback from you guys as well. Looks like a reskinned Chrome tbh!
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Like reskinned chrome without tab swipe, or other device sync. So not really similar at all lol.
I guess it's ok. Nothing of interest to me though. It's just a regular old style browser with no features that seem useful.
Angel browser seems most interesting to me but it's pretty buggy and no dev support... And no other device sync... Man that's a good feature.

jarayn said:
Like reskinned chrome without tab swipe, or other device sync. So not really similar at all lol.
I guess it's ok. Nothing of interest to me though. It's just a regular old style browser with no features that seem useful.
Angel browser seems most interesting to me but it's pretty buggy and no dev support... And no other device sync... Man that's a good feature.
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Well to be fair it is in beta. The feature that opera advertises to put them out of the crowd would be off the road feature.
We all think it's chrome because it uses webkit which is what chrome uses. And chrome is the leader of webkit in terms of putting it out there on the map.
Mozilla uses gecko and the old opera browser uses trident.
I'd say it's a pretty successful beta 1 and looking forward to see what else they have to put out there.
Sent from my Nexus 4 using xda premium

zephiK said:
the old opera browser uses trident
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Presto.

Pretty much using it as my daily driver with no issues. Which is more then Chrome was able to do on its first "stable" release.
All the features I need are there and work. And if its little data saver counter is correct then it is certainly friendly on a mobile network like old opera mini.
Sent from my Nexus 4 using Tapatalk 2

That Beta has become their new Mobile browser and they have released a new Beta thats pretty awesome, Full screen browsing at last and moveable navigation bar :good:
Heres a screen
{
"lightbox_close": "Close",
"lightbox_next": "Next",
"lightbox_previous": "Previous",
"lightbox_error": "The requested content cannot be loaded. Please try again later.",
"lightbox_start_slideshow": "Start slideshow",
"lightbox_stop_slideshow": "Stop slideshow",
"lightbox_full_screen": "Full screen",
"lightbox_thumbnails": "Thumbnails",
"lightbox_download": "Download",
"lightbox_share": "Share",
"lightbox_zoom": "Zoom",
"lightbox_new_window": "New window",
"lightbox_toggle_sidebar": "Toggle sidebar"
}
Link here https://play.google.com/store/apps/...GwsMSwxLDEsImNvbS5vcGVyYS5icm93c2VyLmJldGEiXQ..