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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.
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)
Sometimes it wont load and i have to restart phone. Running cm7 nighty. Its does this alot. Drives me crazy.
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Nightly's are unstable developmental builds. If you want everything to work, flash a stable cm7 or sense rom.
I figured that. Thanks
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What browser are you using? I've run many nightlies and never had that problem. But I use Skyfire instead of the stock browser. The stock browser blows.
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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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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Does anyone think it would be possible to install the default browser from ICS? The jelly bean browser is lacking the very useful and important "read" function that I loved do much.
I tried to copy the browser from my evo lte, but it only crashes.
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haz3lnut said:
Does anyone think it would be possible to install the default browser from ICS? The jelly bean browser is lacking the very useful and important "read" function that I loved do much.
I tried to copy the browser from my evo lte, but it only crashes.
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I flashed the AOKP JB build 1 rom, and it has the stock browser in it.
Did you change to the proper permissions? Did you disable the browser sync app?
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Yes. Yes. I got the jb browser running just fine. But it lacks the very important "read" function, which reformats a page for easy, uncluttered reading. That's why I'm looking to install the version from ics.
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haz3lnut said:
Yes. Yes. I got the jb browser running just fine. But it lacks the very important "read" function, which reformats a page for easy, uncluttered reading. That's why I'm looking to install the version from ics.
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Read function?
man....I can't for the life of me picture that...guess I must whip out the Gnex and look....I prolly been overlooking a very useful feature haven't I?
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ashclepdia said:
Read function?
man....I can't for the life of me picture that...guess I must whip out the Gnex and look....I prolly been overlooking a very useful feature haven't I?
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See here: http://www.guidingtech.com/11294/and...-things-to-do/
I used it all the time. But not there in the JB browser.
haz3lnut said:
See here: http://www.guidingtech.com/11294/and...-things-to-do/
I used it all the time. But not there in the JB browser.
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Wow
Looks very useful
Thing is,.I've NEVER.seen that. Ever. Anywhere.
only thing even close that I've seen is pressing menu> dance for offline reading. i have never seen what is described there at all.
Is that a feature built into a certain OEMs included browser? Cuz it's certainly not on my gnex on stock aosp.
Maybe I'll need to go back to ics again just to make sure i am not losing my mind lol. Which i probably am.....
Hmmm, well I know it's on my htc evo 4g lte, so maybe it's only htc phones?
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Correct, that is a functionality within the sense browser. Not the stock ICS browser.
Is HTC violating the GPL by not releasing the source for their modified browser? Or is that source available somewhere?
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So I'm using the Mimicry 1.5.0 ICS ROM, and when I downloaded Facebook, it looks all zoomed in. Its hard to explain so I guess you'll have to see for yourself. I've tried multiple times uninstalling and reinstalling the app. I've erased and re installed the ROM and it always comes out this way. Hopefully someone can find a fix for me. And i've tried using FriendCaster, but I would much rather prefer the Facebook app instead, so please don't suggest apps. Thanks in advance!
Please!
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So I'm using the Mimicry 1.5.0 ICS ROM, and when I downloaded Facebook, it looks all zoomed in. Its hard to explain so I guess you'll have to see for yourself. I've tried multiple times uninstalling and reinstalling the app. I've erased and re installed the ROM and it always comes out this way. Hopefully someone can find a fix for me. And i've tried using FriendCaster, but I would much rather prefer the Facebook app instead, so please don't suggest apps. Thanks in advance!
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I am suffering from the same issue. This weird zoom-in thing happens also on my current rom "cm10 testbuild-120". It was same on Mimicry 1.5 as mentioned above. Pics through the news feed doesn't look properly and overflow my screen. On my friend's nexus and desire c with stock sense, there seems to be no problem with app layout or another issue. Any help appreciated, please
sonmezseckin said:
I am suffering from the same issue. This weird zoom-in thing happens also on my current rom "cm10 testbuild-120". It was same on Mimicry 1.5 as mentioned above. Pics through the news feed doesn't look properly and overflow my screen. On my friend's nexus and desire c with stock sense, there seems to be no problem with app layout or another issue. Any help appreciated, please
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Good to see I'm not the only one with that issue. They really have to fix it because its really annoying and I've tried using friend caster and I don't like it compared to the Facebook app.
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You are right that Friendcaster is not a complete alternative to FB. BTW, i do not have much hope for help because probably we are the only insist on using that damn FB thing
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Any others experience this problem and any solution??
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I know you guys said no replacement apps but have you guys tried fast for facebook from the play store. Never had any issues in ics
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So it looks like its a problem on stock ICS only. I decided to flash the gen.Y sense 4 ROM, and the facebook app looks normal.
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