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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)

miren browser - where did you go?

anybody know why the miren browser isnt in the market any more? i loved that browser. now that its not there, any suggestions on a good simple browser?
before miren came into my life (lol) i used skyfire

My GF uses Skyfire.
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Try Boat Browser. Very similar to Miren. Miren was my choice too. I like Boat just as much.

I have miren and could post it if you need it. Pm me I still use it every day

If you could please post it. I just flashed cm7 today and went to d/l just to find it missing.
Ugh. Guess I'll try boat out in the meantime.
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+1 on boat browser.
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Miren browser fc's on me whenever i try to download anything using that browser.. i stop using it and went with dolphin mini..

Rumor has it that Dolphin is recording your inernet travels and phoning it home. At least I read a thread on here one day about it. Enough reason for me to leave it alone.
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Miren browser fc's on me whenever i try to download anything using that browser.. i stop using it and went with dolphin mini..
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+1 for opera mobile, looks like hell but handles most websites 100%. ROFLMAO when my cousin was like why do I have an oprah browser ha
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The cool thing about Miren is that you could get your bookmarks from an HTML file. I have yet to figure out how to get my bookmarks from Chrome to Dolphin, Opera, or the standard browser (I got them in the standard browser but not in folders, lame). I have ChromeMarks so know about that.

Its still in the market. My Touchpad couldn't see it either running CM7 for some reason. Try googling it in the browser and then click on the link to the market and select "open with Market" and it should show up and allow you to download. Worked for me on the Touchpad.

Another +1 for Opera Mobile.
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Damn, another great app taken off the market.
Guess Maxthon Browser is next in line for default on my phone.

Do you use titanium? When I first flashed CM7 I thought I had lost most of my apps but they are at the bottom of the list on titainium with a line through them. Just restore them. I thought I had lost the anarchy launcher from TriNitY ROM but there it was.
Edit: The opera mini is really light on systems
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socos25 said:
Rumor has it that Dolphin is recording your inernet travels and phoning it home. At least I read a thread on here one day about it. Enough reason for me to leave it alone.
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Yeah, I saw the same on the XDA News section a while back. A day after it was discovered, the person who discovered Dolphin was "logging" your internet travels released a method to disable it. Afterwards, Dolphin hopped on board and disabled that function in an update. Dolphin was again tested and was found to no longer log anything.
My Top 3 Browsers (for anyone who cares to know) are as follows, and are in NO particular order:
Skyfire
Dolphin Browser HD
Opera
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Dolphin mini is fast
Opera mobile is amazing functionality wise, but the UI iss clunky as fluff
I tried boat a long time ago, but when I did it seemed very close to miren. Go for it
Beware of them chinese apps tho
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^^^What's wrong with the Chinese apps? Phishing?
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a quick google search reveals this
http://www.mediafire.com/?73366sj0x18z35i
im assuming im not breaking any rules since this is a free app anyways..
this is sad news.. the first thing i do when i flash a new rom is uninstall the stock browser so i can restore my miren TB backup. ill probably continue to use miren until it bugs me not getting updates for it

DrKaotica said:
a quick google search reveals this
http://www.mediafire.com/?73366sj0x18z35i
im assuming im not breaking any rules since this is a free app anyways..
this is sad news.. the first thing i do when i flash a new rom is uninstall the stock browser so i can restore my miren TB backup. ill probably continue to use miren until it bugs me not getting updates for it
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You're good. It's free.
Edit: I prefer boat browser if it means anything
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Just discovered Miren missing myself. I still have the apk, but it started having...issues. It was rendering the full version of pages no matter what the user agent was set to. I'm going to try Boat, based on what's being said here, but I also really dig xScope. Might go that route.

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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Google chrome ....

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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I don't like using a botnet while I'm on a botnet
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Chrome works perfectly fine for me on CM9 A5.
However, I does not have flash, so just a heads up.

PopeJupiter said:
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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PopeJupiter said:
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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linuxtad said:
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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what browser

What browser do y'all use with your shiny m8? I disabled the stock one and am using chrome. But I wonder.....what if there are better
Also given the lack of ROM development what ROM are y'all on?
I'm unrooted stock sense but 99% sure I'm going to go with a gpe conversion.

I've tried plenty of browsers but I end up coming back to chrome in the end.
At the moment I'm running ViperRom and elementx kernel.
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redalertlb said:
I've tried plenty of browsers but I end up coming back to chrome in the end.
At the moment I'm running ViperRom and elementx kernel.
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Chrome is what I have been using as well gotta love that password and bookmarks sync
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The new Javelin browser is amazing and worth taking a look at. I am very satisfied with it!

Another vote for stock chrome. Syncing your bookmarks across all devices is just too nice.

+1 for stock Chrome.
I've been a Dolphin user since it was first developed, but Chrome just runs so well on this device that there's no way I'm going back to Dolphin now.