I don't know what is going on but all of a sudden my browser is sucking all the CPU and knackering the battery from a fresh startup. I tried removing the battery and SD card and rebooted without the SD card and it still does it. I use a CPU monitor to see what is munching on the CPU and it's that. I tried clearing its cache etc and force stopped it and the CPU usage dropped to normal. If I open the browser manually it does not suck the CPU. But as soon as I reboot the handset it sucks on it again.
Any ideas? I can switch to using Dolphin for browsing if I can disable the default browser from starting that is. How do I do that? Also any ideas on why it's doing this?
I am using rooted ICS but this is the first time I have had this issue after updating a bunch of apps last night.
EDIT: Fixed! It was a rogue app that hijacked my browser with an Airpush addon. Grr!
Apps it was probably from were Human Anatomy and/or Rainbow Cloud Attack.
I see this Airpush is the new Android malware.
Oh well. It came back so it's not the push addons. Something else is going on. I ended up disabling the default browser and using Dolphin instead.
yup..default browser is buggy...
arpith.fbi said:
yup..default browser is buggy...
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does xperia s browser make any difference? I can't get it working
Dolphin Browser HD is probably the best full browser out there. The default browser just doesn't hold candle against it.
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uninstall your deafault browser with titanium backup, and try another browser.
recomended : Dolphin HD and Opera
I prefer Firefox Beta more
Though slightly unstable but I love its smooth scrolling and simplicity
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I've had immense lag when I am typing into quick-reply boxes..even normal reply boxes while surfing. It's REALLY bad on default browser, worse on Dolphin Mini.
Any idea what's causing this?
On Amethyst 1.1 atm....Been having this problem from LeeDroid, CM7, Oxygen, AuraxT..
Oh and surfing web is not so smooth most of the time 100% CPU Load..
I know what you mean because I previously struggled with it. I don't know a sure fix, but in my case it was always either due to;
- The SD card being accessed heavily
- The system memory going down to below 70MB
- LauncherPro associated weirdness. Uninstalled it at such periods and the huge lag was gone.
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After a couple months of go between Chrome and Dolphin I've settled on Dolphin for a variety of reasons which I won't go into.
I recently installed add-ons for the first time (other than what comes default) and discovered the Dolphin Connect plug-in for Chrome so I can sync my Chrome bookmarks on my desktop with Dolphin on my phone. Hurray! However, one thing I've learned coming from iOS to Android is with most of these high-powered Android smartphones, you need to be more vigilant about watching battery consumption. Initially I found Poweramp to be running mediaserver related stuff in the background chewing up battery but that settled down in seems, maybe just took time for the phone/app to catalog/analyze or something my 3000 high bitrate aac files on my SD card. Others have said these phones' batteries sort of 'break in' (really I think it's an OS database issue with the OS doing stuff, not the physical battery breaking in.)
Anyway, sorry to get off on a tangent. Since enabling the Bookmark and Tab Sync on Dolphin and installing the Speed Test, LastPass, and Desktop mode switcher add-ons, I noticed a bit more battery usage so I took a look at usage a couple times with phone asleep for an hour or two and I find mobi.mgeek.TunnyBrowser in top 5 apps/processes for battery usage. This is when NOT using the phone AT ALL.
There's no info anywhere on this issue after last spring when apparently Dolphin was called "Dolphin HD". Then app store also has 'Dolphin Beta' which to my demise I found synced tabs but not bookmakrs (was having an issue Dolphin opening links to blank page - thought Beta was newer but saw date on App Store for Beta was older than non-Beta!) In a nut shell - their naming/version history is a bit confusing for a relatively new Android/Dolphin user.
I did see only one post somewhere saying the desktop mode switching add-on was eating background CPU. Huh? Anyway, I currently just do trial and error disabling one thing at a time to figure out specifically what in Dolphin is using CPU when the phone isn't in use. Also will need to see if exiting all the way out makes a difference.
I'm chatty today. Sorry. Hate to post this in a device specific forum too as this may not be specific to this device but no better place I guess?
I'm on the xda app so before I probably get flamed for asking a question I'm not even sure others have asked because there is no search function for topics your reading on or etc.... I have issues where my browser just closes out not force closes just closes and goes back to the home screen almost like android was clearing it for memory like I wasnt using it...it does the same when I'm in the browser and listening to music it constantly closes whatever I'm using to listen to music , is this just me ?or is there a way to fix it
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I'd bet flash is the problem. Try disabling it/using a browser without it. Ensuring you're not set to Desktop in preferences may help also. I mostly use Opera mobile with no flash and get very few crashes but also use Boat browser with flash set at desktop for some sites and it crashes all the time.
Another possibility is that it is hogging too much RAM, and just closes. I have had that happen when I have too many tabs open..
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I think its a memory problem aswell.
It happened alot to me when i was using maxthon, so i switched to the dolphin browser seems to do a better job at memory management then maxthon.
Also if you have a custom rom you can turn off the ram purging option in the performance settings menu.
There weren't the same problems with browser crashing in ICS, so it's not all memory. I generally believe RAM tweaking to be placebo; in my experience the only thing that improves low RAM problems in the real world is more RAM, however making sure you don't have a load of processes running in the background is key to good performance on this device. I freeze Google Maps when I'm not using it, switched from the Gmail app to Aqua Mail, freeze almost everything freezable in the system, auto kill startup at boot of many apps.
Fast Reboot is a handy little widget to free up RAM and let you know what's running. I usually have 100 to 140mb free RAM on TWA_Priv's latest and greatest.
Thanks for the Maxthon tip John, looks like a nice lightweight browser.
Are you using silk? If so that may be the problem. It's extremely sluggish and buggy.
Hi all, I'm writing this post while I wait for the i8150 to load the contacts list in the telephone app.
This shall be a nice example for what I was meaning in the topic title.
This is what I've done till now.
CM9 by Arco
CWM 6.0.4.5
V6 Supercharge RC11, 50% supercharged since I'm not willing to install Java and all the other bits on my PC.
SD Booster set to 2048kb on both internal and external SDs.
Only installed Whatsapp, Facebook Messenger, File Manager, Nova Launcher, Script Manager + Busybox, SD Booster and GSam battery monitor, apart from standard Google apps (except Youtube that has been disabled due to its continuous data syncing in recent versions) as the presumably heaviest apps.
Periodically launching SuperClean.
Well, I'm using the Wonder while I wait for the Nexus 4, that is my main device, to come back from customer service. But it takes one minute or more to completely load Messenger or Whatsapp. Almost every damn time. This is a screenshot showing RAM usage, shall this be of any help investigating the problem.
I've read about so many i8150 owners being satisfied with their device, which should mean they don't own such an unusable device as I do. Is it normal for it to be so slow with the current app development? How can I put an end to this lag?
Thanks in advance.
I've been using cm10.1 plus by Madridii for almost 7 months, and no complaint at all. used my phone for WhatsApp, bbm, instagram, and line at daily usage. I don't use any performance tweak like you do, only greenify app with xposed framework.
for the ram usage, it's pretty normal. just leave it. Android has it's own way to manage ram.
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Talk about Wonder, I'm wondering if it is the device defective as it should even support some multitasking as it is right now. I can check the CM10 out anyway.
Hello there! I have ASUS Zenfone 2 and I want an android browser that has AdBlock and is also capable to Sync bookmarks and tabs with browser on PC and other devices (so Adblock Browser isn't being considered). The two options I come across are Maxthon and Firefox.
I have used Maxthon in the past (both PC and Android Versions) and have preferences for it, but I want to now between Maxthon and Firefox, what has the best CPU, RAM and Battery Usage (mainly battery usage since Zenfone has the long known issues with battery life).
I have found an article on PhoneArena showing the advantage to Maxthon on page rendering and loadtime, however no word is said about the hardware performance.
So, anyone knows which one is better?
PS: I won't be using Chrome because no.
PS²: Sorry for my english, I'm not native speaker
Link to the article on PhoneArena
phonearena.com/news/Best-Android-browsers-2015-edition-design-features-and-performance_id67848
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Hello there! I have ASUS Zenfone 2 and I want an android browser that has AdBlock and is also capable to Sync bookmarks and tabs with browser on PC and other devices (so Adblock Browser isn't being considered). The two options I come across are Maxthon and Firefox.
I have used Maxthon in the past (both PC and Android Versions) and have preferences for it, but I want to now between Maxthon and Firefox, what has the best CPU, RAM and Battery Usage (mainly battery usage since Zenfone has the long known issues with battery life).
I have found an article on PhoneArena showing the advantage to Maxthon on page rendering and loadtime, however no word is said about the hardware performance.
So, anyone knows which one is better?
PS: I won't be using Chrome because no.
PS²: Sorry for my english, I'm not native speaker
Link to the article on PhoneArena
phonearena.com/news/Best-Android-browsers-2015-edition-design-features-and-performance_id67848
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Whichever you feel is faster! If you are a numbers man try this app and see which launches faster.
https://play.google.com/store/apps/...o.androidbenchmarkaccessibilityrecorder&hl=en
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Whichever you feel is faster! If you are a numbers man try this app and see which launches faster.
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Oh, thanks for the reply, but what I mean is which one consumes less CPU, RAM and Battery.
There is an APP with I can test those parameters?
I tried both today again after months and I personally hate Firefox on Android, it is so slow (maybe only on Intel X86?)..I tried also Maxthon but I'm not impressed..I will suggest you Maxthon, Firefox is too slow! There are anyway a lot of ad-blocking browsers, Lightning Browser (only pro) for example, you can also try latest Asus Browser (I don't know if now is stable or you still need to join beta on google plus, anyway they added ad-block support).
hi there
i can confirm, firefox (not beta) has a lot better
some sites when using maxthon is dissaponted
e.g, try browse 'kumpulbagi.com' or 'kumpulbagi.id' without quote using maxthon and firefox, set to the desktop mode..you can see maxthon can't zoom out as firefox do
and firefox has several filter adblocker you can choose, i have to admit firefox too slow at the past than maxthon but im impressed with firefox now
anyway, other browser that you can consider is asus browser, now has adblocker, you can do compare how fast and see the RAM consume
hope you can choose the best and match
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Oh, thanks for the reply, but what I mean is which one consumes less CPU, RAM and Battery.
There is an APP with I can test those parameters?
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GSam Battery Monitor does give you CPU and Battery usage of an app.
For RAM usage you can goto : Settings - > Apps - > Running.
Firefox beta has some experimental features for x86 that make it run pretty smooth for me