Whenever I try and download anything directly (other than *.torrent files) they always seem to be corrupt. Browser seems to download around 8 bytes, then say downloaded. I have tried Astro, etc but to no avail. Working away from home atm, until things get sorted out with the xooms updates, browsing xda devs is a bit tough. Any help at all?
I had a similar issue, everything I downloaded went to about 95% complete and then said 'Download Unsuccessful'
Just a simple reboot fixed my issue. Hopefully it can fix yours as well.
Did you check non-market download?
Sent from my Xoom using XDA Premium App
Yes to both.
It's neither though.
Basically, if you go to a web page, and try and download anything. IE i go to my web page and try to download fixturelist.rar, I get 8 bytes of it, then the xoom say downloaded....It always says, its a successful download. Obviously when I go to the file in downloads it is reported as corrupt.. This is the same for any file on any site other than *.torrent files.
Why not install Opera mobile browser, and see if the file will download OK? It could be a problem with the stock browser.
download alogcat from the market... if you can... and then while it is running try a download from the inetz and once it errors out, open alogcat and pause it... you mayfind your answer there. that happened on my evo once and for some reason my download folder dissapeared so once I remade it, downloads were sucessful
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Whenever I try and download anything directly (other than *.torrent files) they always seem to be corrupt. Browser seems to download around 8 bytes, then say downloaded. I have tried Astro, etc but to no avail. Working away from home atm, until things get sorted out with the xooms updates, browsing xda devs is a bit tough. Any help at all?
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I have the same issue. Have you found a solution?
Mostly. if I use Opera browser, then the downloads work. sadly, flash on some sites fails. I have 10.2, and have tried all the integration setting in opera (apart from off of course).
I have used dolphin hd since the day is was released on my other devices without fail It just seems to really dislike the xoom (for me anyway).
The stock browser gives the same fault.
On a plus side xda-dev forum works perfectly with opera. nice and smooth, as do all of the other forums I use. Dolphin (for me) was just awful on this forum.
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Mostly. if I use Opera browser, then the downloads work. sadly, flash on some sites fails. I have 10.2, and have tried all the integration setting in opera (apart from off of course).
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Flash 10.2.156.12 did work in Opera on the Xoom. But when Flash 10.2.157.51 came out at the end of last week, Opera start to have problems with Flash contents.
Opera on my Galaxy tab also having trouble with the new version of Flash. Hopefully the next release of Opera will fix the bug.
P.S. Not sure if you have done this already, but here are steps to redirect Opera to full desktop version of websites.
This was original posted by kay_kiat88 on the Galaxy Tab forum. You will only have to do this once unlike the stock Xoom browser.
for those who still get redirected to mobile site.. do this :
1 type "opera:config" in the address bar and tap enter
2 scroll down to user preferences and tap it. You will see a long list of options.
3 scroll down to "custom user agent" and copy this (without the inverted commas) "Mozilla/5.0 (Macintosh; U; Intel Mac OS X 10_5_7; en-us) AppleWebKit/530.17 (KHTML, like Gecko) Version/4.0 Safari/530.17" into the box.
4 scroll down and tap save
5 restart opera by using task manager to close and then start opera again. You should not get redirected to mobile website.
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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.
i love this forum. just followed the direction and got it to work on the first time. thanks to the people that actually figured this out. here's how i did it
first download the modified flash player apk. i got it from here
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=9502517&postcount=3
remove any other flash player that you have and intall this one. maybe reboot in between to be safe.
also, get dolphin browser from market.
next just follow these directions i got from another thread. i modified it a little since the flash apk is already modified
The trick for getting Hulu working is to do these things:
1) Use Either Dolphin Browser or SkyFire
2) In the browser, Settings...set User Agent to "Desktop"
3) In Advanced Settings set Plugins to "Always On"(Default is "on demand"))
4) Install the Adobe flash player from link above
5) Install AdFree from the marketplace
6) Start AdFree, it will want to create the Host file. If it exists when you run it, it will hang and not complete the installation.
7) When AdFree comes up there is an option to "Revert" click this button to allow ads, Hulu needs this to work.
8) Reboot to clear the host cache.
9) Turn back on AdFree Host file restrictions if you like after you're done with the Hulu Goodness! Enjoy!
i went to hulu and it works great. i haven't had any issues so far. watched a whole episode of Simpsons to test it out.
just tried the stock browser and it worked also. so i guess you don't need dolphin to do watch hulu now. i think the modified flash apk is what did the trick. i did change the setting in the stock browser same as in the dolphin.
This works with beta4 and stock browser.
ETA scratch that just forces my tablet to reboot just after the commercial finishes.
wasya152 said:
i love this forum. just followed the direction and got it to work on the first time. thanks to the people that actually figured this out. here's how i did it
first download the modified flash player apk. i got it from here
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=9502517&postcount=3
remove any other flash player that you have and intall this one. maybe reboot in between to be safe.
also, get dolphin browser from market.
next just follow these directions i got from another thread. i modified it a little since the flash apk is already modified
The trick for getting Hulu working is to do these things:
1) Use Either Dolphin Browser or SkyFire
2) In the browser, Settings...set User Agent to "Desktop"
3) In Advanced Settings set Plugins to "Always On"(Default is "on demand"))
4) Install the Adobe flash player from link above
5) Install AdFree from the marketplace
6) Start AdFree, it will want to create the Host file. If it exists when you run it, it will hang and not complete the installation.
7) When AdFree comes up there is an option to "Revert" click this button to allow ads, Hulu needs this to work.
8) Reboot to clear the host cache.
9) Turn back on AdFree Host file restrictions if you like after you're done with the Hulu Goodness! Enjoy!
i went to hulu and it works great. i haven't had any issues so far. watched a whole episode of Simpsons to test it out.
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Wow...good find
I was going to test it but hulu costs eight bucks a month. TV. Com costs nothing. Is it worth the money?
Allenfx said:
I was going to test it but hulu costs eight bucks a month. TV. Com costs nothing. Is it worth the money?
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This is a work around to watch the free version of hulu.
Allenfx said:
I was going to test it but hulu costs eight bucks a month. TV. Com costs nothing. Is it worth the money?
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with this hack, hulu is free.
one thing i had happen. when i was watching hulu on the stock browser, somewhere near the middle, the browser forced closed. after that, i couldn't get the stock browser to load up after that or the dolphin either. i turned the tab off, and when i tried to start it up, it went into a reboot loop. not sure it that's related to the rom or what i did to get hulu to work. i just reloaded everything and will try it again. will keep people posted.
Will this only work with VEGAn or can this be used with stock firmware also?
well, after i reset everything, i tried first watching a full episode of Seinfeld on dophin browser and it worked fine. then, i watched a full episode again with stock browser. it worked fine too. i guess the crash i had wasn't related to the hulu fix.
noticed something interesting. when i go to google.com, there's a little link to download the chrome browser. when i clicked on it, it gave me the download page but for mac 0S X 10.5 or later, Intel Only.
Mikeg1969 said:
Will this only work with VEGAn or can this be used with stock firmware also?
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honestly, i don't know. i think it should though
Work with xScope 6, thank you very much.
Stock Firmware
Mikeg1969 said:
Will this only work with VEGAn or can this be used with stock firmware also?
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It works on the stock firmware, but you have to root your tablet first to use Adfree.
Works good, but breaks Market
I tried this and it worked great. Watched an episode of Family Guy. Then I tried the Market app and all the apps were gone. I the reapplied the Market fix and all is well. Thanks for the tip!
I had my fingers crossed that this would make Fancast.com (aka xfinity.com/tv) work, but it still seems to hang on the commercials for shows from any network other than CBS. Hopefully the Xfinity On Demand Android app will show up in January, as has been rumored.
not working
Don't know what I did wrong, but I followed the instructions in the first post. I get all the way to loading an episode when it tells me my device is not supported. Help.
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Don't know what I did wrong, but I followed the instructions in the first post. I get all the way to loading an episode when it tells me my device is not supported. Help.
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Are you sure you changed the User Agent in your Dolphin browser to Desktop? (under Settings)
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Are you sure you changed the User Agent in your Dolphin browser to Desktop? (under Settings)
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I am having the same thing as the previous user, I am on Vegan beta 4, using dolphin HD and the flash player from the first post, and I had set my agent to Desktop. I do have the dolphin plugin desktop viewer (can't remember the exact name off the top of my head) but I did manually set the Agent to desktop, still get the device is not supported message.
That flash player actually fixed an issue i was having with the browser closing when trying to play a flash file.
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I am having the same thing as the previous user, I am on Vegan beta 4, using dolphin HD and the flash player from the first post, and I had set my agent to Desktop. I do have the dolphin plugin desktop viewer (can't remember the exact name off the top of my head) but I did manually set the Agent to desktop, still get the device is not supported message.
That flash player actually fixed an issue i was having with the browser closing when trying to play a flash file.
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i don't know if it makes a difference, but i was using the regular version of dolphin browser, not HD
Hi i just got my transformer yesterday and I have problem downloading files from the internet. When the file is downloading it finishes very quickly and I noticed that most of the file are very small in size not reaching even 1 MB. I used the stock browser and dolphin HD and they both have problems downloading files.
Rom-revolver 3.93.3
kernel-blades kernel 2
same here
yeah, I am having the same problem.
stock no root & no rom BTW
I have this problem only when i try to download files from file sonic. Anyway, have no idea whats wrong there, but would be very happy to find out
hairpower said:
I have this problem only when i try to download files from file sonic. Anyway, have no idea whats wrong there, but would be very happy to find out
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Yeah only certain sites give me troubles. When downloading I use Opera which tends to work on sites like filesonic while stock or Dolphin don't.
i have problem with mediafire too
I also have similar issues with some of the file-sharing websites. I guess it is because some of the javascript that constructs the final URL of the file (and does the countdown, etc.) does not get executed 100% correctly, so what you get instead as the contents of the file is html with 404 message or something similar. I'm not sure anything can be done about it though.
It may work with Opera, because it uses it's own javascript engine. However, most browsers will probably behave the same (as in not working), because they're just a wrapper around the default android browser engine (which is a version of WebKit if I'm not mistaken) with a different UI.
yah mostly it is filesharing websites that causes me problems but the most important thing is that my school's website downloads does the same thing for me too which makes transformer worthless to me...
so you tried opera on schools site?
opera works but i really hate opera... not as responsive as stock imo
Searched this forum with "blackout ics incredible v3 1 0 fully working 4 0 4 sense 3 6 flash not working within dolphin"
Hi,
Was using Android_Revolution_HD-4G_7.0.3 from January this year. Did everything I needed it to.
Three weeks ago I tried Blackout_ICS_Incredible_v3.0.0 rom. Liked it a lot. My main issue was no flash video playing from "xhamster" (porn site) when I used any of the browsers I installed. Dolphin being the main one. Flash was set to always load. Desktop was picked. Still nothing happened. My phone ID = Incredible. So my thought was wrong browsers version had been down loaded!
So I tried Sabsa_Prime_v4.0_By_AlirezaB not to my liking but flash video worked. Phone was ID'ed as DHD.
Saw Blackout_ICS_Incredible_v3.1.0, installed but still have same issues, cant play flash video from "xhamster". My phone ID is Inspire 4G now. Might be going off in wrong direction with phone ID.
Rom is great, just cant get my daily porn but seriously who knows when I might go to a website other than porn which has a video I need to play.
As a first time poster I cant ask in the Blackout_ICS_Incredible_v3.1.0 thread.
So any ideas what I need to change on my phone plz?
What I have done...
Settings within stock browser set to go to desktop site.
Settings within Dolphin set to desktop mode, flash always on...
Never needed more than that before.
Thanks for reading.
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Forgot to change title, sorry...
Is this just a cos its 4.0.4 OS?
Stock browser plays flash from said site...
All browser ask "got main site or mobile site"
Maxthon lets me play in own player or download. Displays layout of site wrong.
OperaMini wants to down load video, link on small tab to watch in flash player, which not available for my device. Displays layout of site right.
DolphinMini lets me play in own player or down load. Displays layout wrong.
DolphinHD nothing works, no links, Displays layout of site wrong.
Skyfire wants to download. Displays site wrong.
Miren .....testing....
All around the web pages there are links saying "web page not available" & upside down android head under it whatever that means.
Later...
Since upgrading to ICS several days ago, two websites that I frequently visit on my tab are malfunctioning - seems to be javascript-related and somewhat browser independent. The sites are pcworld.com and nbcnews.com. In general, on pcworld.com, links don't work. Nothing happens when I tap them (they do highlight in light blue - that's all). On nbcnews.com, which forces the mobile site using some browsers, the links to stories and the down arrow to "show more stories" don't work. Both of these situations (pcworld and nbcnews) exist for the stock browser, Dolphin, and Chrome (also installed and tried Maxthon and Skyfire just to check - same issue there), but both sites work fine in Firefox and Opera. However, if I disable javascript in Dolphin, pcworld.com works fine, and I can link to stories on nbcnews. The "show more stories" in nbcnews.com still doesn't work but the screen behaves a bit differently when I tap it. Chrome, by the way, pretty much goes non-functional if I disable javascript in it - none of the browser control buttons such as bookmarks, recent sites, etc. work at all.
Pcworld was definitely working before going to ICS. I think nbcnews had gotten a little squirrelly. My conclusion that it's a javascript issue is based on the fact that disabling javascript restores link function to pcworld and at least to the nbcnews.com stories. Any thoughts?
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Since upgrading to ICS several days ago, two websites that I frequently visit on my tab are malfunctioning - seems to be javascript-related and somewhat browser independent. The sites are pcworld.com and nbcnews.com. In general, on pcworld.com, links don't work. Nothing happens when I tap them (they do highlight in light blue - that's all). On nbcnews.com, which forces the mobile site using some browsers, the links to stories and the down arrow to "show more stories" don't work. Both of these situations (pcworld and nbcnews) exist for the stock browser, Dolphin, and Chrome (also installed and tried Maxthon and Skyfire just to check - same issue there), but both sites work fine in Firefox and Opera. However, if I disable javascript in Dolphin, pcworld.com works fine, and I can link to stories on nbcnews. The "show more stories" in nbcnews.com still doesn't work but the screen behaves a bit differently when I tap it. Chrome, by the way, pretty much goes non-functional if I disable javascript in it - none of the browser control buttons such as bookmarks, recent sites, etc. work at all.
Pcworld was definitely working before going to ICS. I think nbcnews had gotten a little squirrelly. My conclusion that it's a javascript issue is based on the fact that disabling javascript restores link function to pcworld and at least to the nbcnews.com stories. Any thoughts?
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Could someone with ICS on a 7.7 tab, preferably Verizon, try to navigate either of these sites and let me know if the problem is unique to my device? Thanks.
i dont have verizon tab... just a normal usual 7.7... but still both site show problem like the one you post.
edan1979 said:
i dont have verizon tab... just a normal usual 7.7... but still both site show problem like the one you post.
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Thanks for checking. You are running ICS, right?
yup.. one of my device running on pure stock ics and another running on PA2.5
polonium101 said:
Since upgrading to ICS several days ago, two websites that I frequently visit on my tab are malfunctioning - seems to be javascript-related and somewhat browser independent. The sites are pcworld.com and nbcnews.com. In general, on pcworld.com, links don't work. Nothing happens when I tap them (they do highlight in light blue - that's all). On nbcnews.com, which forces the mobile site using some browsers, the links to stories and the down arrow to "show more stories" don't work. Both of these situations (pcworld and nbcnews) exist for the stock browser, Dolphin, and Chrome (also installed and tried Maxthon and Skyfire just to check - same issue there), but both sites work fine in Firefox and Opera. However, if I disable javascript in Dolphin, pcworld.com works fine, and I can link to stories on nbcnews. The "show more stories" in nbcnews.com still doesn't work but the screen behaves a bit differently when I tap it. Chrome, by the way, pretty much goes non-functional if I disable javascript in it - none of the browser control buttons such as bookmarks, recent sites, etc. work at all.
Pcworld was definitely working before going to ICS. I think nbcnews had gotten a little squirrelly. My conclusion that it's a javascript issue is based on the fact that disabling javascript restores link function to pcworld and at least to the nbcnews.com stories. Any thoughts?
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I am currentlyon stock ICS DDLP5. it works fine with the stock browser. Also works with dolphin, firefox chrome and opera. No issues.
So now some people are actually getting the update from Verizon, and these websites seem to be working fine for them. I upgraded per Electron73's post. What might be different about my tab now than those who are getting upgraded by Verizon that would cause this issue?
Is it possible that the problem is that Electron73's instructions by which I upgraded to ICS result in a rooted device? I'm totally ignorant of this stuff and have no idea what possible problems could arise from being rooted. If that could be the problem, how can I unroot? I have no need to be rooted.
rooting only opening an acces to the device with administrator account... it only put 2 files to your device... one is a program to govern the root... superuser or supersu and another one is system/xbin/su binary files. that's it... to fully unroot you just need to delete this 2 files from your device.
edan1979 said:
rooting only opening an acces to the device with administrator account... it only put 2 files to your device... one is a program to govern the root... superuser or supersu and another one is system/xbin/su binary files. that's it... to fully unroot you just need to delete this 2 files from your device.
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Thanks. I've done that now. I didn't really think that would fix my problem, and it didn't.
I've read that people who got their tab updated by Verizon / Samsung (many by sending them in) have i815.07 V.LP10 / I815LP10 (note the .07) vs. the .04 that I have installed. Possible issue?
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Thanks. I've done that now. I didn't really think that would fix my problem, and it didn't.
I've read that people who got their tab updated by Verizon / Samsung (many by sending them in) have i815.07 V.LP10 / I815LP10 (note the .07) vs. the .04 that I have installed. Possible issue?
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That's what I'm thinking. I wish electron could get an updated version. My wife is tired of seeing some elements on some of her favorite websites just not show up (images, links, etc). No way I'm unrooting until Verizon/Samsung get their OTA mess sorted out though.
As I mentioned, the websites that aren't working for me are failing in the stock browser, dolphin, chrome, and every other browser I've tried except Firefox, Opera, and now Puffin. Tonight I stumbled upon how to view the javascript console in the stock browser. When I view the javascript console after attempting to follow a link to an article on pcworld.com, I see a long ULR (with static.ak.facebook.com in the middle), followed by the console message "Given URL is now allowed in the Application configuration.: One or more of the given URLs is not allowed by the App's settings. It must match the Website URL or Canvas URL, or the domain must be a subdomain of one of the App's domains." there is a different message about Viewport argument value "device-width;" when I try to navigate the mobile nbcnews.com website. Pcworld works fine if I disable javascript; on the nbcnews mobile site, I can link to articles with javascript disabled but I still can't "Show more stories." Wierdly, about every 1000 tries or so (literally), a link or "Show more stories" will randomly work with javascript enabled, but only for one try.
Any ideas??
Yet another issue - hitting the back button in the stock browser, Dolphin, etc., usually doesn't take me to the previous visited webpage; it just reloads the current page (with some exceptions). If not for Opera and Firefox, my tab would basically be useless for web browsing. (Interestingly, Chrome does not have this issue even though it shares the stock browser and Dolphin's issue of not being able to follow links on nbcnews.com, pcworld.com, etc.) I like the device but am starting to wonder if I should give it up... Any idea if reverting to Honeycomb (!) would restore web browsing? HC was crap but at least I could use the browser.
Based on a little back and forth with Dolphin support and some deductive reasoning, it seems clear to me that any webkit-based browser is going to give me the same issues. I read this morning that Opera is getting ready to abandon its in-house web engine in favor of webkit. That will leave me with just Firefox and Puffin (which some say is insecure and in any case lacks a lot of basic features), neither of which I really like using.
So something seems inherently broken in webkit in the i815.04 V.LP10 version of ICS I have installed. I suppose many don't use their tablets extensively for web browsing so maybe this isn't an issue for most users, but I do browse a lot with it and now feel like my tab is "broken" (sort of the way I felt with Honeycomb that prompted me not to wait for Verizon to fix its failed update). I went so far as to buy a Nexus 7 yesterday morning, but I really didn't like the display and returned it in the afternoon.
I think in Electron73's post there was a link to a download that could be applied to return the tab to Honeycomb. Is that true, and if so has anyone tried reverting and then getting ICS through the OTA update? (It seems that people who have v.07 instead of .04 don't have the browsing problems I've been posting about.) If I reverted to Honeycomb (assuming that's possible) and couldn't get the update OTA, would Verizon / Samsung detect that it had been modified if I tried to get the update by sending it in as so many have had to do? Any other thoughts on possible fixes? Obviously I am pretty ignorant...
polonium101 said:
Based on a little back and forth with Dolphin support and some deductive reasoning, it seems clear to me that any webkit-based browser is going to give me the same issues. I read this morning that Opera is getting ready to abandon its in-house web engine in favor of webkit. That will leave me with just Firefox and Puffin (which some say is insecure and in any case lacks a lot of basic features), neither of which I really like using.
So something seems inherently broken in webkit in the i815.04 V.LP10 version of ICS I have installed. I suppose many don't use their tablets extensively for web browsing so maybe this isn't an issue for most users, but I do browse a lot with it and now feel like my tab is "broken" (sort of the way I felt with Honeycomb that prompted me not to wait for Verizon to fix its failed update). I went so far as to buy a Nexus 7 yesterday morning, but I really didn't like the display and returned it in the afternoon.
I think in Electron73's post there was a link to a download that could be applied to return the tab to Honeycomb. Is that true, and if so has anyone tried reverting and then getting ICS through the OTA update? (It seems that people who have v.07 instead of .04 don't have the browsing problems I've been posting about.) If I reverted to Honeycomb (assuming that's possible) and couldn't get the update OTA, would Verizon / Samsung detect that it had been modified if I tried to get the update by sending it in as so many have had to do? Any other thoughts on possible fixes? Obviously I am pretty ignorant...
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It seems as if my browsing issues may not be similar to what you're experiencing. What I was seeing on my wife's was images not showing up on certain shopping websites (no matter what browser she used) , and sponsored links not working in Google searches. I discovered the problem: the hosts file is NOT stock, and is set to block a lot of sites, or elements within them. I removed every entry in the file except for 127.0.0.1 localhost, and EVERY problem she was having has disappeared!
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It seems as if my browsing issues may not be similar to what you're experiencing. What I was seeing on my wife's was images not showing up on certain shopping websites (no matter what browser she used) , and sponsored links not working in Google searches. I discovered the problem: the hosts file is NOT stock, and is set to block a lot of sites, or elements within them. I removed every entry in the file except for 127.0.0.1 localhost, and EVERY problem she was having has disappeared!
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How did you do that?
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How did you do that?
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It was a bit of a PITA at first since none of my edits would stick. Finally found an app called Hosts Editor Pro in the Store. Soon as you open it up, it seems to replace the current file with a very basic one. Once I rebooted after that, I checked the contents of the file, and only the one entry was there.
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It was a bit of a PITA at first since none of my edits would stick. Finally found an app called Hosts Editor Pro in the Store. Soon as you open it up, it seems to replace the current file with a very basic one. Once I rebooted after that, I checked the contents of the file, and only the one entry was there.
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So do you happen to know if she can follow links on the sites I mentioned (nbcnews.com, pcworld.com) without any problem? And go back to the previous page by hitting the back button? I think one person replied to my original question that they could not, but I'm still trying to figure out if it's some anomaly or a universal result of updating to 4.0.4 in this manner.
polonium101 said:
So do you happen to know if she can follow links on the sites I mentioned (nbcnews.com, pcworld.com) without any problem? And go back to the previous page by hitting the back button? I think one person replied to my original question that they could not, but I'm still trying to figure out if it's some anomaly or a universal result of updating to 4.0.4 in this manner.
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Tried both sites, and every action you described, and both sites work perfectly, pop-up ads and all.
When you flashed electrons build, did you use the wipe version, or not?
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Tried both sites, and every action you described, and both sites work perfectly, pop-up ads and all.
When you flashed electrons build, did you use the wipe version, or not?
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I tried to no-wipe first, but it hung for about a half hour, so I went back and did the wipe version.
I've given up on it. I'm giving the tab to my daughter, who won't care about a few browsing incoveniences. I went to Verizon today and bought a new one. I was nervous because I planned to return it if it wouldn't get ICS OTA and they said there would be a $70 restocking fee. But when they stuck the SIM card in and started setup, I could see that it already had ICS on it (the bright blue circle was spinning). The setup didn't look fresh (didn't start with the setup wizard or whatever it's called -- booted directly into the default homepage), even though the tab was sold as new and certainly appears to be. Also, Baseband is i815.04, not .07. My uneducated guess is that the've taken new ones in the warehouse that had Honeycomb and flashed ICS, then shipped them to the stores, so they won't have to deal with all the the returns.