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[REQUEST] Froyo browser fix request

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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pmos69 said:
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!

huxflux2003 said:
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.

clubtech said:
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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android53 said:
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)

What app do you use most

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.

nringwood SGS2 said:
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.

dillym34 said:
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.

unlvmike said:
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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Flash Player lagging

Has any one notice that flash player lag in all ICS rom? In case some of you have no idea what I'm talking about. Open up your browser and go to yahoo home page than touch setting and view as desktop. Click on any video that play in the browser. Watch and you'll see what I'm talking about. NO! is not my internet connection, I'm on wifi with the turbo package 15MBPS above and beyond your imagination.

I have noticed this as well.
I am also using an add blocker and I think that has something to do with it.
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dtr145r said:
I have noticed this as well.
I am also using an add blocker and I think that has something to do with it.
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add blocker has nothing to do with media streaming. I think is the rom it self. It's a leak so kernel are not stable. I can't wait till june for the official release.

Well considering some ads are flash based yes it does.
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I finally figure out. It's the modem. I flash back to EL29 and it is working perfectly with no lag. I'm on AOKP build 26 with EL29 modem.

Adobe Flash Player

I've searched and couldn't find any helpful information regarding Adobe Flash Player working on the GS3. All I read was some have it working and most dont. So I decided to create a thread regarding this.
Me and a friend been searching google for along time and I finally found this youtube video thats 6 days old showing how to get in working.
THIS IS NOT MY WORK!
I tried it out and now i have Flash Player working in the Stock Browser. This is my 1st post so be gentle on me Ladies and Gents. I'm just trying to contribute to the community.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4E3R9gNU4X4

I've had Flash working just fine in the stock browser and other browsers on my S3 from the get go.
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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cGUf34IB3V8&feature=related
More popular =p Would think it would work with ICS. Don't really understand why anroid 2.0 is gingerbread, then 3.0 is honeycomb, then 4.0 is ics and then 4.1 is jb? D= weird

ReapersDeath said:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cGUf34IB3V8&feature=related
More popular =p Would think it would work with ICS. Don't really understand why anroid 2.0 is gingerbread, then 3.0 is honeycomb, then 4.0 is ics and then 4.1 is jb? D= weird
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gingerbread wasn't 2.0. eclair was 2.0/2.1. froyo was 2.2; gingerbread was 2.3.
the small steps in versions are because they aren't big enough updates to warrant a big step in numbers. they are just incremental updates.

Flash works on stock browser on S3, make sure your on ICS for official support. For JB, you can search XDA there is a thread on how to make it work. Flash doesn't work on Chrome regardless of ICS or JB.
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Mystikalx said:
Flash works on stock browser on S3, make sure your on ICS for official support. For JB, you can search XDA there is a thread on how to make it work. Flash doesn't work on Chrome regardless of ICS or JB.
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...which is exactly why i don't use Chrome nor understand why it gets so much recommend. I find it terrible as a browser personally.

LordLugard said:
...which is exactly why i don't use Chrome nor understand why it gets so much recommend. I find it terrible as a browser personally.
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I mean, flash is going bye-bye anyways, and html5 is stepping up.

cnstarz said:
gingerbread wasn't 2.0. eclair was 2.0/2.1. froyo was 2.2; gingerbread was 2.3.
the small steps in versions are because they aren't big enough updates to warrant a big step in numbers. they are just incremental updates.
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I just used that Youtube video that u linked and it works also the only difference is the version in the link i posted is the Adobe Flash Player apk is updated.

You guys do know that there is not anymore development on flash for mobile .... the only way to install on jelly bean is by downloading and side loading it anyways ....
https://play.google.com/store/apps/...um=organic&utm_term=adobe+flash+mobile+update
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Epix4G said:
You guys do know that there is not anymore development on flash for mobile .... the only way to install on jelly bean is by downloading and side loading it anyways ....
https://play.google.com/store/apps/...um=organic&utm_term=adobe+flash+mobile+update
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+1 Adobe ceased all support for android above 4.x, ICS and above... see article here and the list of compatible devices here.
And the video has so many uneeded steps, just download the apk and side load it with any file manager and use the Boat, Firefox or Dolphin browsers. Another work around is Skyfire, but that is outdated and las update was 2011...

monlo said:
I mean, flash is going bye-bye anyways, and html5 is stepping up.
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Yes but there are still a bagillion sites I visit this here and now that Chrome fails at. So in that case, its useless to me.
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LordLugard said:
Yes but there are still a bagillion sites I visit this here and now that Chrome fails at. So in that case, its useless to me.
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Same here, there many sites that I go to to view video that are still in Flash (flv) format and the HTML5 take over will take a few years to get there. Youtube was one of the first adopters of HTML5, but many are still falling behind.
Thanks to this thread I've found the Boat Browser, was using Dolphin a lot more than Chrome. I find Chrome lacking and missing some features, expected a more robust experience. I'm going to keep it for now and see how it evovles over the course of time.

I'm using the xscope browser along with the swf player from Market. It's working pretty good...perhaps it'll work with chrome browser as well. Might wanna give that a shot.
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LordLugard said:
Yes but there are still a bagillion sites I visit this here and now that Chrome fails at. So in that case, its useless to me.
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After my longtime fight to get away from Dolphin browser I finally settled on Chrome. I use an app now called 'flashify' in the Play store. Whenever I hit a snag I share the page to Flashify which in turns allows me to carry the link over to another browser. In this case its the 'OCS Browser included in/with JellyBomb ROM.
Really bored one day I decided to track my battery usage and internet connections. I found that Dolphin was a bit of a hog compared to others. Can't get into the swing of Firefox. Used to use Boat but it seemsBoat was just right behind Dolphin Browser is size/data hog. It didn't really slow anything down that I could tell but I just felt Chrome would be... Less of a mem hog/battery/data hog than Dolphin. I could be wrong.... But seems to worm better for me. Just a thought...
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Sorry for the typos.. Fat fingers syndrome.

yeah ive noticed that adobe flash is no longer in the market anymore, only reason why i was able to download from the market was because on the first day i got the gs3 i saw it once and download it on stock kernel, when i rooted and flash my rom it desappeared from the market, later found it under apps that i installed from my previous phone up until now from the new google data recovery. Now everytime i flash a new rom i can get it from the market throught the google recovery. forgive my ignorance, but whats so great bout the new HTML5 versus the adobe flash and what new features is it having?

Practitioner said:
yeah ive noticed that adobe flash is no longer in the market anymore, only reason why i was able to download from the market was because on the first day i got the gs3 i saw it once and download it on stock kernel, when i rooted and flash my rom it desappeared from the market, later found it under apps that i installed from my previous phone up until now from the new google data recovery. Now everytime i flash a new rom i can get it from the market throught the google recovery. forgive my ignorance, but whats so great bout the new HTML5 versus the adobe flash and what new features is it having?
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Flash has always been horrible at memory usage and html5 is more of a native thing so much more user friendly ..just going to have to be patient while people update
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What browser do you use?

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.

sanders539 said:
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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jbh00jh said:
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.

bc13 said:
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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