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I noticed on the ota 4.0.3 that when I run chrome it isn't the tabbed (tablet version) version that my friend has on his transformer prime. It seems to only run in "phone" mode. Now I'm getting my tablet (a100) back from repairs tomorrow but I'm would like to see if there's a fix or if there was an update that fixed it or if just change the dpi would work maybe. Idk. Can anyone help?
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Is anyone else concerned with this, or is everyone just using a different browser. If so which one do you suggest. I don't mind how many features it has. I'm just looking for something fast
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nim.whit said:
Is anyone else concerned with this, or is everyone just using a different browser. If so which one do you suggest. I don't mind how many features it has. I'm just looking for something fast
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I have chrome but rarely use it, I use dolphin mini most with Firefox second. Can't help much with the chrome issues since I don't use it.
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pio_masaki said:
I have chrome but rarely use it, I use dolphin mini most with Firefox second. Can't help much with the chrome issues since I don't use it.
Tapatalked from my Galaxy S II.
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Haha its cool. I can always just use the stock browser as its all ill need and plenty fast. I just like the synced tabs from the pc to the tablet it offers. And I might as well ask you, do you think the cm10 builds for a100 are good enough as dd. I kept reading and I can't see any problems from others but do you notice a responsiveness difference from ics since this has project butter. I know i notice it in my infuse (running cm10 on it too).
Edit: this is my last post haha. I'll move any more questions to the general thread haha.
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nim.whit said:
Haha its cool. I can always just use the stock browser as its all ill need and plenty fast. I just like the synced tabs from the pc to the tablet it offers. And I might as well ask you, do you think the cm10 builds for a100 are good enough as dd. I kept reading and I can't see any problems from others but do you notice a responsiveness difference from ics since this has project butter. I know i notice it in my infuse (running cm10 on it too).
Edit: this is my last post haha. I'll move any more questions to the general thread haha.
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CM10 Tablet UI is noticably faster, by far, I can't say if it benchmarks any higher then the "normal" CM10 does, but going from one to the other is a big difference in UI smoothness and responsiveness without any additional mods, IE normal kernel, build.prop etc, just Tablet UI forced. It's done in a dirty way as I haven't figured out the switchable UI yet, last I heard WDS was also working on a method for switching between Phablet and Tablet UIs, which should be alot cleaner then the way I found.
Either one is fine for a DD, I never had an issue on it that wasn't already known and posted.

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CM10 Tablet UI is noticably faster, by far, I can't say if it benchmarks any higher then the "normal" CM10 does, but going from one to the other is a big difference in UI smoothness and responsiveness without any additional mods, IE normal kernel, build.prop etc, just Tablet UI forced. It's done in a dirty way as I haven't figured out the switchable UI yet, last I heard WDS was also working on a method for switching between Phablet and Tablet UIs, which should be alot cleaner then the way I found.
Either one is fine for a DD, I never had an issue on it that wasn't already known and posted.
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Wait, so (even if it's done dirty) all ui is like ics and in tablet mode right?
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nim.whit said:
Wait, so (even if it's done dirty) all ui is like ics and in tablet mode right?
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Pretty much yes.
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how do you get it phone mode?
I actually like phone mode

-DarkKnight- said:
how do you get it phone mode?
I actually like phone mode
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Then leave it phablet, its pretty close. Otherwise mod the source and force phone mode, same as tablet ui.
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Btw for anyone who might roll up on this in the future. Chrome runs perfect with tablet style tabs. Guess it was fixed a while ago when it went from beta too offiicial
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CM10 Tablet UI is noticably faster, by far, I can't say if it benchmarks any higher then the "normal" CM10 does, but going from one to the other is a big difference in UI smoothness and responsiveness without any additional mods, IE normal kernel, build.prop etc, just Tablet UI forced. It's done in a dirty way as I haven't figured out the switchable UI yet, last I heard WDS was also working on a method for switching between Phablet and Tablet UIs, which should be alot cleaner then the way I found.
Either one is fine for a DD, I never had an issue on it that wasn't already known and posted.
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Tablet Ui in cm10 is change dpi to 133(hybrid 160 and mobile 200)

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Tablet Ui in cm10 is change dpi to 133(hybrid 160 and mobile 200)
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That's the other way but causes problems with apps, market and makes everything small. My method doesn't. Its built from source with tablet UI enabled.
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Already tried it? The market has to be replaced by multi-dpi, but I have not found time failures

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Already tried it? The market has to be replaced by multi-dpi, but I have not found time failures
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Yes I've tried it. I'm using that mod now in jelly time and cm10 as are a few other users with great success. Everything works as it should no special market or app needed.
Edit: there's a screen shot in the jelly time thread of it.
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Why does it lag?

Why does the GN lag so much when installing a app from the playstore?
And can something be done that i can use the device while a app gets installed?
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I think it's because Android is just not so optimized, it lags on almost every debice
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On my stock optimus2x or anfriends note 2 there is not the slightest lag when installing a app.
GN basicly locks up so i doubt its android somehow...
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Because the CPU takes a hit with processing the install (unpacking resources, etc). OMAP CPUs are very open for development/modding compared to other CPUs, but the side effect is they're not quite as powerful due to avoiding some libraries and hardware techniques other CPUs might use that are proprietary in certain cases.

grognaz said:
Why does the GN lag so much when installing a app from the playstore?
And can something be done that i can use the device while a app gets installed?
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I think it's because Android is just not so optimized, it lags on almost every debice
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Personally I don't have that problem with my gnex . Its smooth as ever but, I don't leave unused apps using resources like fb or other rogue apps.
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so i went back to stock (with the exact same apps as before) and this is a huge difference, no lag at all, no even when installing apps from the playstore. no need for any seeder or lagfix hack to get the device working as it should.
so now the question is wether the lag apears as well after some time or if the lag thing is only present in custom roms. and if so then the question is why.
i will keep my device on stock for some weeks to see how it goes.
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It will almost certainly come back, and it's not only present in custom ROMs. A clean install of a custom ROM should result in the same speed boost as a clean install of a stock ROM. See the following thread:
Nexus Storage Performance Over Time & TRIM

I would also say it depends on what governor and I/O scheduler you use. I would say try the stock settings of interactive and cfq.
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as far as i can remember all custom roms literaly froze when a app was installed. so far i have not seen this on stock and i dont think that is a mather of trim or sheduler/governor.
but i will find out soon enough i guess...
Edit: forgot to ask, you are on a custom rom and your device doesnt freeze while installing apps?
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I have tried 3-4 ROMs so far and never faced this problem.
While downloading apps, I can parallely do other tasks, play games, make and receive calls.
And if this helps, My GNex is 7 months old.
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grognaz said:
as far as i can remember all custom roms literaly froze when a app was installed. so far i have not seen this on stock and i dont think that is a mather of trim or sheduler/governor.
but i will find out soon enough i guess...
Edit: forgot to ask, you are on a custom rom and your device doesnt freeze while installing apps?
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I agree. I'm using XENON HD Stable-4.0 Franco kernel r364. Ever since dumping the stock ROM, the Play Store performance is painfully slow. I have 276 apps on my Galaxy Nexus and the Play Store seems to be the only app that impairs the phone's performance so dramatically.
As a previous poster said, a lot has to happen when installing an app. So I tear myself away from my beloved comm dev from a few minutes and do something else. Like relate to my wife

Looking to kill the lag.

Hey everyone, can I get tips for decemating the lag on this phone. Its really making me consider the HTC One. At this point, the s4 is slower than my nexus 4. Thank you.
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Well flash a custom rom, ooen dev settings and decrease the time for transitions, or maybe try seeder (I havent tried)
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Are there any roms that still allow me to use the extra sensors?
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Heath0164 said:
Are there any roms that still allow me to use the extra sensors?
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Oh yeah im on wicked right now. Its just a modified stock rom with some god tweaks
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Could you post a link to the rom thread or site. Cant find it for the galaxy s4
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What have you done/installed since you got your phone? My phone actually hasn't experienced any noticeable lag at all, not even once since opening the box. And I had three of them - all had zero lag. Of course, I still went and updated it and disabled some stock apps. It's getting better and better. The only issue is the speed at which this phone gets warm performing basic tasks like camera, email, internet. Even sometimes in my pocket with Sync turned off and Sound muted, the phone would get warm by itself. That's funny.

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What have you done/installed since you got your phone? My phone actually hasn't experienced any noticeable lag at all, not even once since opening the box. And I had three of them - all had zero lag. Of course, I still went and updated it and disabled some stock apps. It's getting better and better. The only issue is the speed at which this phone gets warm performing basic tasks like camera, email, internet. Even sometimes in my pocket with Sync turned off and Sound muted, the phone would get warm by itself. That's funny.
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I installed action launcher, removed animations and thats about it. Right now I'm downloading the wicked rom to install, but I don't want to lose all of the samsung features such as, "smart scroll, s beam, multi-window, etc). Would you happen to know if the wicked v2 rom removes any of those?

im tired of the lag too.im on stock rooted with all the gimmics disable , my gf gs3 is alot faster. gallery takes about 2 sec just to open.
hopefully is fixed. had the htc one but battery life on it doesnt compare to gs4 .

If you don't want to be rooted to "kill the lag" go to recovery mode and factory reset and reboot. Do not touch or do anything with the phone for 5 minutes before setting up.

Im stock rooted, running Faux's kernel. I ALWAYS disable animations in Developer options....that alone eliminates much of the lag in any phone. Also, you can disable the S Voice connection to the home button.
Lastly if you want an incredibly ultra fast experience in scrolling and app drawer.... Install Nova...and make sure to make scroll speed "faster than light". You will then see how fast this phone can be when not slowed down by animations. The nice thing about Touchwiz, is that the settings and notification tray look fairly stock JB....so it matches great with Nova.
This S4 is FLYING....so friggin fast, zero lag, great battery life!
Try it out!
Cheers.

AOSP 4.3 discussion

What are things you've noticed so far in the alpha/beta builds of Android 4.3?
As of 8/10,
- (Cosmetic) I like the addition to the LTE signal. On cm10.2, the 4G icon has been replaced by "LTE". (Does not apply to SlimRom.)
- Device appears to be much, much smoother and consistent.
- AOSP keyboard no longer opens a window to save a word to the dictionary. It just does it once you hit save. (This one is a big plus for me.)
- LTE, while speeds haven't necessarily matched my Touchwiz experience, I can safely state that LTE, even with slower speeds than Touchwiz is loading pictures/videos a lot faster. It's much more noticeable how LTE connectivity has improved when going to a 4.3 rom on this device.
- Required to enable root via developer settings prior to using any application that requires root access. (This is a security feature but for someone that flashes ROMs on nearly a daily basis, it can become a bit tedious since it's just an extra step.)
Find anything new? Share your findings here.
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Things are loading faster on LTE even with slower speeds? Interesting! Is your ping lower or something? I need to try a 4.3 ROM tonight.

Fire Ball said:
Things are loading faster on LTE even with slower speeds? Interesting! Is your ping lower or something? I need to try a 4.3 ROM tonight.
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Speedtest results yield ~10mbps in most instances but the overall browsing experience is much smoother. Perhaps something with the routing and such.
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Some people have mentioned that there is a battery drain in early builds. Is this still true?

TheBKBurger said:
Some people have mentioned that there is a battery drain in early builds. Is this still true?
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After two hours and 36 minutes of screen time, I'm at 89%. Been on 4G LTE the entire time.
Edit: I do have a 3000 mAh battery, though!

Battery has been great on slim it's also noticeably faster than 4.2 ... Camera is buggy as !-!311, that's really the only thing wrong with it though... My friend did just send me a file to flash to fix the camera, haven't flashed it yet so idk if it'll work or not

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Battery has been great on slim it's also noticeably faster than 4.2 ... Camera is buggy as !-!311, that's really the only thing wrong with it though... My friend did just send me a file to flash to fix the camera, haven't flashed it yet so idk if it'll work or not
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Can you send the zip my way
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bthorne79 said:
Can you send the zip my way
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Check pm

Really digging the aosp implementation of dialer completion. It's spot on! CM10.2 feels noticeable quicker than CM10.1. That's just from my p.o.v. though.

Hey bthorne did the zip work? If it did can you pm me?
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nick benedetto said:
Hey bthorne did the zip work? If it did can you pm me?
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It didn't

4.3 is running pretty smooth. Had it running about a week and really only issues are the damn camera... but that's not too big of a deal. I rarely use it anyway.
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Can't restore application backups with titanium backup pro.
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billyp707 said:
Can't restore application backups with titanium backup pro.
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It's fidgety, but it will work. Clear data in titbu. Select folder, force stop, restart. Soon enough it'll pop up
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Is camera still buggy? what exactly is buggy about it? I havent tried an AOSP rom in like 6-8 months because first time I flased one my sd card got corrupt. I believe it is formatted correctly to where IT wont happen now and thinking about finally making the switch since touchwiz development has kind of slowed down recently and im starting to get bored. Main thing keeping me on touchwiz was the camera. I take a lot of pictures. Are there any other issues that would keep me from using an AOSP ROM as a daily driver? Bluetooth issues,random reboots,freezes ect...

I never had the luck of running a 4.3 build perfectly. Phone ended up crashing and getting stuck on the Samsung Galaxy S3 boot screen.

Latest carbon runs quite fine 8-29 nightly. However, I noticed Bluetooth doesn't appear in the toggles nor can you enable torch in the power widget. Anyone know a work around to fix this?

YouTube v5 update - landscape issues

Seems like a samsung problem, just wondering if anyone on xda has been able to find a fix...
with the new youtube update (v5), there is no longer a time bar on landscape so you can fast forward/rewind a video.. and there's also no way to go back to portrait mode since that whole bottom area is missing (have to minimize the video, and then click back in... )
the app has ad 3-4 updates since its release and the problem is still there. been using v4 as the app is pretty unusable at this point. seems to be an issue with all samsung phones. i really love the new design but it's too bad that there's this huge glaring bug.

Are you talking about the mobile app? Because on my s3 it runs flawless and all the buttons work just fine...your issues are odd to say the least
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Same Problem
His issue is not odd.This issue happens on all Galaxy devices with 4.1.2 JB android version.So if you have 4.2 or even 4.0 just shut up!

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Are you talking about the mobile app? Because on my s3 it runs flawless and all the buttons work just fine...your issues are odd to say the least
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are you running a custom rom?
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His issue is not odd.This issue happens on all Galaxy devices with 4.1.2 JB android version.So if you have 4.2 or even 4.0 just shut up!
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yup.. really annoying.
hopefully the 4.3 update is coming soon for s3, maybe that will fix it

not only s3
I have the same problem on samsung galaxy s2 gt-i9100 jb 4.1.2
No custom rom.
No time line in landscape. I am amazed.
Take care
peter

Just run mobile...
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^Who wants to run the mobile site. The app is so much better
I have the same issue in landscape. It's annoying, any fix?
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I think my problem was due to me having the Rogers stock version of 4.1.2 installed, when I changed to the AT&T Stock Rom it was fixed, now it's working flawlessly
And this may be your problem since you are on a i747M Rom Jamolah
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Just run mobile...
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no ability to turn on/off hd in mobile, and the v4 app is still far superior...
i really enjoy the new design of youtube but this bug is the reason i can't use it.

Issue fixed with latest YouTube update
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