http://gizmodo.com/5525975/download-firefox-fennec-for-android
EDIT: just tried installing on regaw, getting a "Free up some space on your phone and try again"
I have 35mb free...
Congrats??
lol
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It's stuck on the "Installing" screen. =\
dude, I want that background from the webpage. Anyone seen that around the net?
just like google earth. installs, goes to black screen, almost starts, then closes
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just like google earth. installs, goes to black screen, almost starts, then closes
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yeah, just read "This build requires Android 2.0 or above, and likely an OpenGL ES 2.0 capable device."
Anyone with a nexus/droid test this and can explain the openGL necessities of the browser?
Installed fine. Comes up for two seconds, then closes.. even with autokiller set to minimum.
Unfortunately the size is a turn off for this browser. Hopefully future builds will get smaller.
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Unfortunately the size is a turn off for this browser. Hopefully future builds will get smaller.
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This build was meant mainly for the droid and nexus one.... So of course its going to be giant lol.
danknee said:
Installed fine. Comes up for two seconds, then closes.. even with autokiller set to minimum.
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Same here. Would be nice to hear if anyone has gotten it working on a 2.1 rom yet
Currently running DC 2.06
both fennec and skyfire feel bulky & slow compared to opera mini.
Installed on toast OC, started up, then crashed when it tried loading the start page. this prolly has to do with OpenGL 2.0
I just want weave browser sync to work so i can have all my bookmarks, tabs and passwords synced between my my desktop, laptop, workstation, and cellphone.
https://mozillalabs.com/weave/
(choose experimental version for mobile, it works for android supposedly)
Unfortunatley the browser just closes itself out
The previous release was the first thing I tried after using apps2sd and it worked about as good as the posts here.
Same thing here on my rooted G2 Touch running Legendroid :-(
Opens, shows about:firstrun but closes before any content shows.
:-(
Same issue on my Hero running 2.1.
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I kinda looked, but I couldn't find any mention of this. I am running Hero beta4 and just happen to run the tutorial. What do you know, its the Rosie UI, exactly as it appears in all those youtube videos. Except its running on my phone. I kind of thought the person in the youtube video was running Rosie.....it appears that all they were doing is running the tutorial off the Hero build.
It was stated by Haykuro that the videos were just the tutorial. He was trying to make them work for us before all the crap happened.
I installed then unistalled the herob4 build, the facebook stuff crashed and no UI and my ethics were eating away at my soul/ lol not really, kinda...idk...did xdan aplogize? i know the fake roger rom guy won't....does xda have an IRC? it should have a built in jave one...i'm gunna go find out
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I kinda looked, but I couldn't find any mention of this. I am running Hero beta4 and just happen to run the tutorial. What do you know, its the Rosie UI, exactly as it appears in all those youtube videos. Except its running on my phone. I kind of thought the person in the youtube video was running Rosie.....it appears that all they were doing is running the tutorial off the Hero build.
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haykuro has video up of him actually running rosie on his g1
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VRX5N5bte68
Myself, I kind of like the Hero build. I really really like the browser. I think a simple tap in-tap out approach to surfing works best. Some consider the lack of the zoom controls a flaw; I consider it a blessing.
Initially, there were many force closes, but after many reboots, they have mostly gone away and the phone is actually getting snappy. The personalize screen still force closes. The social apps work, except twitter.
Oh, and the browser is I guess broke...some kind of rendering error on most pages..I really don't want to re-flash
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Myself, I kind of like the Hero build. I really really like the browser. I think a simple tap in-tap out approach to surfing works best. Some consider the lack of the zoom controls a flaw; I consider it a blessing.
Initially, there were many force closes, but after many reboots, they have mostly gone away and the phone is actually getting snappy. The personalize screen still force closes. The social apps work, except twitter.
Oh, and the browser is I guess broke...some kind of rendering error on most pages..I really don't want to re-flash
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if the browser and bluetooth get fixed this will be the perfect build
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haykuro has video up of him actually running rosie on his g1
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VRX5N5bte68
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yeah, I've seen that too. Let me clarify since I obviously mis-spoke enough to cause confusion. I'm didn't mean to imply that Haykuro wasn't running Rosie, he obviously had control of the phone. I was just realizing that the Rosie demos were actually already on the Hero build. They're nice to watch.
I really like the visual bookmarks and panning tabs of this build. The rom in general is super sweet. BUT...I cannot get the browser to work. This is a major bummer. Maybe someone significantly more skilled than I will sort this out.
browser seems to be working fine for me on Beta 4.
My biggest problem with this ROM is bluetooth not working...I can't sync it with my car anymore and can't use the handsfree features in the car.
But I HATE the way the older ROMs look...the Black status bar at the top is AWESOME!
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yeah, I've seen that too. Let me clarify since I obviously mis-spoke enough to cause confusion. I'm didn't mean to imply that Haykuro wasn't running Rosie, he obviously had control of the phone. I was just realizing that the Rosie demos were actually already on the Hero build. They're nice to watch.
I really like the visual bookmarks and panning tabs of this build. The rom in general is super sweet. BUT...I cannot get the browser to work. This is a major bummer. Maybe someone significantly more skilled than I will sort this out.
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yea i agree..i read in a post on page 2 of developement that twistedumbrella is working on the hero beta..he says he has everything working but bluetooth..and he says its fast...im on beta 4 and its pretty fast because i adb pushed dalvik from ion
the thread by twisted umbrella is closed now
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yeah, I've seen that too. Let me clarify since I obviously mis-spoke enough to cause confusion. I'm didn't mean to imply that Haykuro wasn't running Rosie, he obviously had control of the phone. I was just realizing that the Rosie demos were actually already on the Hero build. They're nice to watch.
I really like the visual bookmarks and panning tabs of this build. The rom in general is super sweet. BUT...I cannot get the browser to work. This is a major bummer. Maybe someone significantly more skilled than I will sort this out.
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How exactly is your browser malfunctioning? Force closes or something else?
When i visit mobile pages, everything is great. But as soon as I try to visit a desktop version of a site, then it gives an error. The error message is actually part of the page, and it says:This page contains the following errors: error on line 219 column 26.....xmlparseEntityRef: no name.
The page has been loaded up until first error.
actually, the browser seems to work on wi-fi. But on edge, it will give you the parsing error when loading non-mobile pages. That is odd. I have checked APN settings and they seem ok.
Man, I loathe having to go back to an earlier ROM, I so love the way your history looks in this browser.
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Just tried out the pre-alpha version of Fennec on the Nexus One...
available here: http://blog.vlad1.com/2010/04/27/fennec-on-android-ground-zero/
After going into settings>applications>allow unknown sources, it installed predictably without having to reboot. It's like a miniature version of an old familiar friend. pinch/zoom doesn't work yet, but the pages were readable... tiny versions of familiar looking webpages. (some sites load the web view, some loaded the mobile view) Youtube loaded the mobile view, but I couldn't seem to trigger the videos to actually play.
Navigation is very intuitive, pages load very crisply, the keyboard entry is stable, there are some nice new navigation features. It is a pre-alpha build, but something to look forward to in the near future?
thanks man nice find. using and synced with weave im loving it
Dosen't open for me
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Dosen't open for me
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are you using apps2sd? if so make sure its on internal storage
28Mb LOL
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are you using apps2sd? if so make sure its on internal storage
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I don't believe that matters, I'm also using apps2sd and it installed and launched perfectly. Not that it's any awesomer than any current browsers. Though, it is still in it's alpha stages. I've gotten too use to the Desire browser, nothing can compare until Flash is officially released.
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I don't believe that matters, I'm also using apps2sd and it installed and launched perfectly. Not that it's any awesomer than any current browsers. Though, it is still in it's alpha stages. I've gotten too use to the Desire browser, nothing can compare until Flash is officially released.
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o ok just checking because on the webpage it says make sure to install on internal but now i can move to sd i was running out of space thanks for the heads up
I don't know why, but weave sync doesn't work for me.
Can anybody explain, how he gets this to work?
What I've done:
Installed weave sync on pc
Installed Fennec on NexusOne
Installed WaeveSync on Fennec
Give it my login
It takes now 1 hour and my bookmarks will not appear on fennec...
Whats wrong?
fenec is on internal, but won´t even start after rebooting my N1.
any ideas?
It does not work with apps2sd. You must not have apps2sd working correctly.
Hmm... not bad. HUGE file though, JEEZ. Has potential.
i use apps2sd, and i had no problem putting on fennec.
i like the navigation, and some settings, but print is too small for me to read, even zoomed in (only 2 settings, in and out? wtf?)
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Same here.
Damn big file, but not bad, renders pages pretty quickly.
turning off app2sd worked. It opens now.
Does render pages fast... However I dont like the side bars. They are slid to, too easily. Something about the browser just doesn't feel right... Maybe its just the unfamiliarity
http://get.skyfire.com/dl_android.php
Overall I'm impressed. Opera seems to work a bit faster, but this loads the page perfectly (unlike opera) Also, Opera tends to have issues with some links, not so on this. So perhaps this'll be my main browser.
For the video I've been seeing an issue where it'd load a video but midway the loading bar will still be there when the video plays in the background...
So- I'd have the video playing with the loading bar still in the way ^^;;
Anyone else having that issue?
I'm in Japan on wifi~
Here's a video of what I'm talking about ^^;
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jxHoqeMCyOo
Yep.. same problem here.. tried watching a video from the BBC website and it got to 71% before it started playing in the back... then stopped down loading and wouldn't let me control the playback.. all I could do was let it run.. or press back to exit the video player.
How did you install skyfire? I tried to download it from get.skyfire.com and i can't install it.
just search for it on the android app market, it installed fine for me from there
Partial flash support > no flash support i'm sure it'll get much better
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How did you install skyfire? I tried to download it from get.skyfire.com and i can't install it.
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connect your phone to the pc - place the file you downloaded from the skyfire.com site into it. Use an application that lets you see inside your SD card (try astro something or other program )
run it and install . (heading to bed at the moment if you still can't figure it out by the time i wake up, I'll go into more detail )
let's not forget that this app is still in beta so isn't going to work perfect all the time!
even in beta it works quite well! i like the flash support even though it has its problems atm
Hm, when comparing with Skyfire flash support on WM, there is still some long way to go. But great to see Skyfire on Android
Uninstalled it for now. It was causing random reboots on my device which were not present before the installation. Most of them from actually using the app. Probably just my device so no biggy. Hopefully the bugs are ironed out cause I actually like this better than the default
any solution for the 50% loading bar ?
Not seen any - eagerly awaiting for a fix!
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any solution for the 50% loading bar ?
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Tried some googling and coudn't find any info on it..?
Is this an x10 problem or is it common for all Androids?
I think it mainly x10 and maybe the droid also.
They released an update last week (I think!).. that seems to have fixed it for me.
Still having issues even after the update
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Still having issues even after the update
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Me too - video still plays behind 50% popup.
skyfire never worked once properly
Anyone hear of a fix for the loading window in the way of the video?
It is quite tantalizing to see the world cup game playing perfectly in the background but not be able to watch it due to the loading window being in the way and frozen at 50%.
I have seen it work perfectly on the droid which is running 2.1.
Is it a 1.6 or X10 issue?
Mozilla just put out an alpha release of the Firefox Mobile browser for Android:
blog (dot) mozilla (dot) com/blog/2010/08/27/fennec-alpha-released-for-android-and-nokia-n900/
There's an unfortunate quirk with their download, which tries to pick the right version to present, making it hard to download the apk directly. I'm on a Samsung Captivate, so I needed to use the phone to suck down the apk, but then pull it over to my computer to install. Detailed here:
droidhacks (dot) com/2010/08/installing-firefox-mobile-on-a-samsung-captivate/
They must have fixed it. I downloaded from phone and installed it. Its very slow on my captivate even with lag fix...
Sent from my SAMSUNG-SGH-I897 using XDA App
Awesome, the plugins and sliding interface are heaps of fun. Can't wait 'til this is out of alpha, have been envious of it on a friend's N900 for some time.
Posted from my HD2 via XDA app.
no support for htc hero yet... (GSM)
Is it just me or is it rather slow? First time I tried to load Autoblog.com it stopped responding, second time it took forever to load. Other sites werent as snappy as the stock browser either?
I'm on a Droid, 2.2. I really want to like it but wth
I thought I heard a while back that they were ditching the mobile browser, and just going with Firefox Home?
Anyone got the APK it won't download for me. Thanks
in htc hero, android 2.1 villainROM not run.
Install is 28mb(!) even though apk is only 11mb.
App won't launch on my G1 with CM6 RC1.
Thanks,for shearing the link droidhacks,have tested the browser app a litle bitt but I think I still gonna use det default Webkit and Dolpin HD 2 for a while before Ì change
well. It takes me more than 10 minutes to install, but it doesn't work at all. #hero
Took forever to install, large install, and didn't work at all. Droid eris running cyanotazz v1.0
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Downloaded very quickly to mu pulse mini but wouldn't load :-(
just a heads up......
it seems that if you have the mobile view un-checked in the browser settings it will try to download the mamo version.
or was it just me having problems downloading it.
copex said:
just a heads up......
it seems that if you have the mobile view un-checked in the browser settings it will try to download the mamo version.
or was it just me having problems downloading it.
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downloaded with dolphin hd 2 in android mode...it downloads the apk that way. If I was in desktop mode, it kept downloading an install file. Works fairly quick on my EVO! Just starting to test.
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Awesome, the plugins and sliding interface are heaps of fun. Can't wait 'til this is out of alpha, have been envious of it on a friend's N900 for some time.
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Don't be, it's a disaster. I come from N900 (got the galaxy S) and firefox was simply unusably slow. I'm sorry to hear things haven't changed.
Although I miss the real multitasking and the quick switching among web pages, galaxy makes the N900 look like an unfinished product in every single aspect; starting with the unusably slow app manager to Nokia refusing to support Flash 10.1 or MeeGo on it and to the build quality issues I encountered (blue haze on pictures, dead pixels, light leakage and some layer of the screen not being fixed properly and making a clicking sound from time to time.
Firefox feels sluggish even on my 3GHZ pc. I'd rather improvements&addons being made for the default browser simce my trust in firefox's potential is... well... limited.
Yea using stock galaxy s and the latest build of fennec is very unstable D:
didn't ran on Legend, first time it said not enough memory, after mem cleaning this app not ran at all.
You can get it here: ftp://ftp.opera.com/pub/opera/android/mobile/10.1/
Won't open for me. I installed it and whenever I try to open it, it says "Opera Mobile" and then it just closes. Doesn't say anything about a force close, just closes...
Update: uninstalled and reinstalled and this time did not move it to SD card. It works now but it is quite a large file. 21 mb installed on phone. I'll give it a try, though, and see if it is any better than opera mini (which I currently use).
What is supposed to make it better than opera mini, anyway?
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Won't open for me. I installed it and whenever I try to open it, it says "Opera Mobile" and then it just closes. Doesn't say anything about a force close, just closes...
Update: uninstalled and reinstalled and this time did not move it to SD card. It works now but it is quite a large file. 21 mb installed on phone. I'll give it a try, though, and see if it is any better than opera mini (which I currently use).
What is supposed to make it better than opera mini, anyway?
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Its their full browser experience
It's not what it used to be compared to the progress the native Android browser has become. When I was using wm 6+ it was the **** though.
astro?
used astro but it wont install
So far the browser has perfect for me in every way except there is no pinch to zoom. Hopefully this gets added quickly.
better link
pinch is working great. Turbo is fast. loaded engadget in under 4 sec
http://www.eurodroid.com/2010/11/android-opera-mobile-10-1-beta-available-now-via-operas-ftp-site/
It is available in the market now as well.
Flash doesn't work with it?
It looks like opera has their own version of the market. When I looked at one of the default links on the start page it brought a list of software. It is faster for me than the stock. I don't think it will do flash. I know the new skyfire beta will.
I really like Opera and Firefox BUT why is it that 3rd party browsers haven't gotten their "flash act" together yet? With a stock browser that works well PLUS has flash, I just find myself skipping over Opera Mini, Skyfire (the flash is great but the brower experience is lacking) and most recently, Firefox.
If they could just combine some of the basics (flash) of our native browser with their excellent browser experience, I think lots and lots of people would jump ship.
Thanks for the heads up post guys.
No flash = No go for me!!! I'll stick to either the stock browser or Dolphin HD (the tabbed browsing, themes and plug-ins available are awesome, btw!!!)
I tried it out. it stopped zooming in and out even if i force closed it and restarted it. Tried changing options and whatnot too. No go. So I just uninstalled it. My web browsing is too important not to be able to zoom and read stuff lol.
I know it's a beta though. Maybe the final product i'll give a go round.
Imma try the skyfire beta. I use dolphin HD for everythign right now and it's great.
Once the MIUI browser gets reflowing imma prolly use that for everything.