Hey guys I'm just wondering if Samsung ever released a fix for the stock browser lag.
I was thinking about getting the phone but this is holding me back.
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Given that you seem to have an issue with any Samsung phone you have, regardless of how big or small the problem is, you're probably better off just not getting it, because even if the "browser lag" is fixed, you'll just find another thing to complain about.
Next he will be complaining about the lack of an LED and saying BLN is not a valid replacement.
Sherwood1 said:
Hey guys I'm just wondering if Samsung ever released a fix for the stock browser lag.
I was thinking about getting the phone but this is holding me back.
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The EE4 update included a fix for the browser lag:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1116935
@elucid thank you......
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Just got the phone and update. And browser lag still there. I think you guys just got used to it. But coming an HTC phone. There is huge lag on touch. .. Pinch to zoom etc.... Oh well.
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You should try the iphone. I hear the pinch to zoom works flawlessly on it.
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Just got the phone and update. And browser lag still there. I think you guys just got used to it. But coming an HTC phone. There is huge lag on touch. .. Pinch to zoom etc.... Oh well.
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Sounds like your phone is defective, mine doesn't do that.
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No its not the phone. I had it before and returned it for same reason. But after hearing about update i wanted to try it again. If i use the opera mobile browser its perfect with no checkerboard and touch is very responsive. On the stock browser if i scroll it'll respond 2 sec after
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It looks like imnuts was right.
U guys on gingerbread? Im on froyo.... Maybe u guys updated and that's the difference.
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I experience ZERO lag using Dolphin Browser HD.
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U guys on gingerbread? Im on froyo.... Maybe u guys updated and that's the difference.
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GB is unofficial and probably has things wrong with it like bugs.
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When I am streaming Sha-na-na, I get Bowser lag. Is there any hope for me?
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I only get browser lag on the stock browser. Hmmm opera and dolphin are fine....
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Sadly i packed up the charge and goin back to my incredible 2. Browser lag on stock browser was never fixed.
Good luck guys.
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Sadly i packed up the charge and goin back to my incredible 2. Browser lag on stock browser was never fixed.
Good luck guys.
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No offense, but that is pretty sad if that is the "only" thing causing you to pack up the Charge. What do you like about the stock browser so much that you don't use an alternative anyway? If the problem doesn't exist for the other browsers, why not just use one of them? I can think of a handful of others that are much better than the stock browser anyway.
Seems like you are just trying to bash Samsung for no particular reason.
No im not bashing. I had it once before. And got rid of it for that reason. But i heard the lag was fixed. That why I ASKED IN THIS POST ..... The reason i like the stock browser is it handles alot of webpages better.... Format wise. Its just a taste. Trust i would rather be on a 4g phone.... The thunderbolt was just to big and heavy for me. So i went with the charge. Not bashing... Not meant that way.
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Stock browser consumes extreme amounts of CPU.
Do not use
Not gonna bother reading the thread still gonna chime in through, the stock browser sucks but if you're asking about the glitch that was in all the DC reviews where flash froze the browser, then that has been fixed a long time ago.
Also, for browsers I'd suggest replacing stock with Dolphin HD(or Mini, uses less resources) or Opera.
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Is it just me or do guys notice a pretty bad glitch when scrolling down web pages on the default browser? Just wondering if their is a way to fix that problem other then to use another browser like opera. Reason I ask is because I only use the default browser to pay online bills and that glitch while scrolling it's really annoying. Don't think it'll make a difference but I'm using infused 1.5.3
thanks.
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IV had a few loading issues glitchy/laggy. But It may of been a network issue while loading. I use dolphin browser HD now seen less issues using it.
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With the dolphin web browser can it give you the option to respond to web forums that aren't compatible with tapatalk I noticed opera mobile or mini can't do that.
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Testing from dolphin browser oh I guess it works nice guess this will be my default browser d from now on
If its the "checkering" you are talking about... All you have to do is let the page load all the way. This issue has been discussed already. The other browsers might do it less, but I like the stock one better.
My bad-ass Infuse
There is a modified stock browser that you can use. And see if it fixes ur problem.
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There is a modified stock browser that you can use. And see if it fixes ur problem.
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Do you have a link to it I tried searching for it but no results other then a thread talking about how good it is.
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Do you have a link to it I tried searching for it but no results other then a thread talking about how good it is.
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Here you go. It's slappyjoker's post. Download it, backup the original (I just rename it to Browser.apk.stock) and drop in the modified browser and you're set. Use root explorer to do all of these steps of course.
forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1105122&page=2
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that might be an i9000 browser. nothing wrong with using it but id be worried about it working with mhl. what is your experience with it?
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that might be an i9000 browser. nothing wrong with using it but id be worried about it working with mhl. what is your experience with it?
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I personally don't use it much because I have opera as my default for its other capabilities. But there is quite a difference in the modified browser. Feel free to test it out, you can always revert back to stock.
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Holy **** that hacked browser made a huge difference in performance. It didn't fix the checker problem but the performance pretty much trumps that issue for me.
Thanks a bunch for the heads up on that browser.
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Yeah no problem. A lot better than stock. I'm glad I could help out
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I have noticed that my phone is extra laggy since gingerbread. Does anyone have any ideas about what to do about this? I have turned off animations, live wallpapers, and am running launcher pro (which has been force closing a lot). The home screens and app drawer are occasionally laggy, but the browser is really bad. Again, this is the one area where the iphone kicks the **** out of android. Any advice would be great. Thanks.
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LG's crappy code is probably to blame. Flash a custom ROM. CM7 if you want extra features. EaglesBlood 2.3.3 if you want stock feel.
To add to that, am I the only one who thinks froyo was smoother and faster?
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I was having the same issues. Just last week I rooted my phone and installed xboarder's rom based on the ota update 1.2.2. My runs smooth, and it runs cold even when I play on it for hrs at a time. My phone started randomly rebooting after the official gingerbread update from LG. Clearly LG programmers are incompetent. My phone runs much better rooted. I suggest you do the same.
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I am running xboarders rooted rom. Sorry I didn't mention that. It's not like it's unusable or anything. I just hate how powerful these phones are and that they aren't greasy, buttery smooth. I just feel like android in general should run better than it is today.
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What exactly is being "laggy"? Switching homescreens? Scrolling? Opening/closing apps? Other things?
G2X CM7
Try ADW Launcher, I've found it to run better than Launcher Pro.
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Try miui or cm. Anything that didn't start life with LG is completely smooth in my experience.
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I like Go Launcher...it's really nice on Xboarder rom.
Lag??? There might be something wrong with your phone, cuz this is the fastest phone out hands down, my phone don't lag at all
I recently switched from Launcher Pro to Go launcher. I liked LP but development is growing stale to keep my interest.
None are really perfect but some work better the head others especially at optimizing stuff like switching screens.
I like the Lp widgets but the themes with Go.
AdW launcher has the most options but I can't settle on it for some reason. I bought the EX version.
Asus Transformer 3.1 pwnd
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www.SnapSiteAdmins.com
Biggest issue is that it takes 5-10 second to respond after screen awake.
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If you think the iPhones browser is smoother than Android, you obviously haven't used the most powerful Android device to date. The SGSII which uses a hardware accelerated browser. Its browser is the fastest mobile browser I've used to date. It loads pages and flash content twice as fast as my Sensation and G2X. The phone as a whole just feels so fluent. Whether you like Samsung or not, there is no denying they know how to code and optimize Android. In my opinion, they are the best when it comes to optimizing there Android devices unlike HTC and LG.
LG will never catch Samsung in the TV market in terms of display quality and they will never catch them in the mobile market.
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That's great, but doesn't help
Me a whole lot.
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Why the hell doesn't android use hardware acceleration natively? Makes me mad.
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G2X is pretty close to Galaxy S2 in general speed but stock browser is far behind. Maybe you should try other browsers like Opera Mobile/Mini and Dolphin HD.
I'm using dolphin right now. It's a little better.
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Why the hell doesn't android use hardware acceleration natively? Makes me mad.
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The next update will have hardware acceleration. Ill tell you why it hasn't been implimented yet. It is a lot harder to code a operating system for multiple hardware configurations than it is to code for just one. It takes so many more man hours to figure out how its going to work on current handsets and cuter handsets.
In the end, if Android was only on one handset, it would already have hardware acceleration.
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That's great, but doesn't help
Me a whole lot.
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I know it doesn't help you a whole lot but in your OP, you compaired the iPhone to Android as a whole. I felt the need to tell you that it is not smoother than Android as a whole because there is a Android handset that bests it when it comes to overall smoothness, not only in the UI but also in the browser. If you would have said, "this is one area where the iPhone beats the G2X" instead of "this is one area where the iPhone beats Android". I wouldn't have brought it up.
Get it?
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Fair enough.
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Hi all,
Does anyone else have really bad scrolling, etc with their stock browser? I can hardly scroll the simplest pages and when it does move it moves in one big choppy motion with no fluid movement at all.
Anyone else experience this?
I am running LinuxBozo Beta 9 with the I9000 SensatioN ROM if that matters...
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Im.always having troubles on stock.browser... But still.its about tastes
Peronally everytime i flash a Rom i go directly.to market for.my.dolphin.hd browser.
Search the one that fits your needs
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I also use Dolphin browser HD. Even before using the stock browser on newly installed roms, I go straight for Dolphin. It is smooth, fast and I love the UI. You can try other browsers too depending on what you like!
Hmm... Surprisingly, Dolphin for me, would be laggy most of the times, and the scrolling was many times choppy.
I personly get dolphin.hd browser asap. I do this since I read alot from Fanfiction.net when I do not get service so I can set it to save the web pages with "Save this page" via a gester and then jump to the bottom of the page with another gester so I can save multiple chapters at one time. When reading them "Save this page" has its own browser.
Try Opera Mobile. It's the smoothest scrolling browser i've tried on the infuse.
chrisyou said:
Try Opera Mobile. It's the smoothest scrolling browser i've tried on the infuse.
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Yeah. That's the one I use. The only problem I've had is that it doesn't want to connect to my university's website, but it really isn't a big deal. Scrolls great, loads great, and the tabs work really well.
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I take it that the browser on the infuse is NOT hardware accelerated as it is on my SGSII... Is that correct?
Anyone know if there is a working apk of the SGSII browser for the infuse?
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yiannisthegreek said:
I take it that the browser on the infuse is NOT hardware accelerated as it is on my SGSII... Is that correct?
Anyone know if there is a working apk of the SGSII browser for the infuse?
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Hmmm im interested in this too, but try over in GS2 thread. PLease post it here when you get it, I and others would love it haha. I, personally use dolphin.
Try enabling gpu for graphics on ur phone n see if that helps. U can enable this by adding the following line in ur build.prop file.
debug.sf.hw=1
diablo009 said:
Try enabling gpu for graphics on ur phone n see if that helps. U can enable this by adding the following line in ur build.prop file.
debug.sf.hw=1
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I'm sorry but I really am not so familiar with this kind of thing.
Where do I go to do this exactly? What tool do I use?
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Try enabling gpu for graphics on ur phone n see if that helps. U can enable this by adding the following line in ur build.prop file.
debug.sf.hw=1
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Bump... Can u tell me how I do this?
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Bump... Can u tell me how I do this?
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I use root explorer its a payed app though, under system, then hit mount button in upper right corner so it says mount r/o, then long press build prop, click on open in text editor, then add that new line, then hit phone settings button and save and exit.restart phone.Don't know if adding that works or not i'm just
letting you know how I edit my build prop
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Came from an Inspire 4G I like this browser way better no problems at all.
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yiannisthegreek said:
I take it that the browser on the infuse is NOT hardware accelerated as it is on my SGSII... Is that correct?
Anyone know if there is a working apk of the SGSII browser for the infuse?
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Doesn't matter...stock android browser checkerboards and lags on sgs 2 as well...
I use dolphin browser...
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SSJ_Gomike said:
Doesn't matter...stock android browser checkerboards and lags on sgs 2 as well...
I use dolphin browser...
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My SGSII browser is smooth as butter and has no lag what so ever. I have the international version of the SGSII.
That browser is so fast that more often than not when I'm scrolling with it I overshoot where I wanna go because it just takes off... LOL.
I installed Opera on my Infuse and it seems to work very nicely. I forgot how nice it was when I had my Samsung Omnia running Windows Mobile 6.1 Professional...
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Comparison tests of the browser by phonedog.com using the att and sprint versions had checkerboarding during the tests....
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SSJ_Gomike said:
Comparison tests of the browser by phonedog.com using the att and sprint versions had checkerboarding during the tests....
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That's too bad. I'm in Canada but bought the international unlocked version of the SGSII and I don't have the "checkerboarding" at all...
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has anyone download it? and ive notice its super laggy on tf101 compare to the Galaxy Nexus, has anyone else notice this?
you are right it is a little slow. I would say just use the stock ICS browser untill chrome gets out of beta
yea ICS browser is faster but on the Galaxy Nexus Chrome is way faster. I dont understand why though
Ram1500 said:
yea ICS browser is faster but on the Galaxy Nexus Chrome is way faster. I dont understand why though
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There is alot of optimization to be done on chrome
Personally I use Dolphin HD and Chrome on my set up I think even Dolphin HD got faster with ics compared to HC and less crashing so im happy
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Looks like the rendering isn´t fast like the stock ICS.
But its good enough for me.
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Looks like the rendering isn´t fast like the stock ICS.
But its good enough for me.
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yea that was what i was thinking its probably hardware related and not the app
Not being a smart ass but you guys do see that word "beta " in the app name right? It'll get better. Its still early. Just like anything Google does, they let us use beta and test for them to see what to fix
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Not being a smart ass but you guys do see that word "beta " in the app name right? It'll get better. Its still early. Just like anything Google does, they let us use beta and test for them to see what to fix
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I know its in bet but why the big difference between when using on the tf101 then the Galaxy Nexus. I think if it was a beta problem then it will be slow on what ever device you install it on.
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I know its in bet but why the big difference between when using on the tf101 then the Galaxy Nexus. I think if it was a beta problem then it will be slow on what ever device you install it on.
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Yea I get your point. I can't answer that. I like it so far but haven't set it as my default. I use the stock ICS browser
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Does anyone know how to change user agent settings here?
yea im also using the stock browser because its faster but hopefully with future updates they fix it. I did notice that tf101 kernel version is 2.6 were as the Galaxy Nexus is 3.0.8 i dont know if thats one of the problems it was the only difference ive seen between the two.
Stock browser is faster, but Chrome is much better for me and fast enough - so I'll stick to it probably.
I like Chrome just want it to be a little faster
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Does anyone know how to change user agent settings here?
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Hit the settings button up top and in the drop down you should see " force desktop site "
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Ok, I'm not one to plug an app but how the Hell is this browser this fast? Long story short, I started researching browsers today because Chrome is just terrible. And there was an article by pocket now comparing the top ten browsers. puffing crushed everything. So I figured what the heck, and wow. If you've heard of this already then you know I'm talking about but if you haven't, try it out. Interface will take some getting used to but well worth it in my opinion
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.cloudmosa.puffinFree
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Holy smokes that's fast, to bad the UI sucks :/
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Zyner said:
Holy smokes that's fast, to bad the UI sucks :/
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Yeah. I wish I could have that speed on the aosp browser..
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Wow that is fast. Wish it had some more options and layout isn't to bad... But wow
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seems like the latest update ruined it, nothing but bad reviews
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seems like the latest update ruined it, nothing but bad reviews
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I'm on the latest update and have had zero issues. It could be there Android version or something but for me it's been running flawlessly. There's also some pretty cool plugins for reading. I'm already used to it and it's now my default browser. I've uninstalled everything else
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I tried it, love the speed, but have interface...
Since I tested all browsers,even paid, but the best I found, and not ready to change it, it's Sleipnir browser ! He is awesome, flexible interface, fast, free
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puffin browser....not that great but alright. starts off good then starts lagging...in my experience it did,but that was on cm11.
How do you think this compares too boat browser?
Is there an adblocker included in puffin browser?
Checked it, damn, it's lagging so much.
For me the best is Dolphin and then Chrome Beta (after changing some flags it's fast as hell, but meh - Flash Player..)
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Checked it, damn, it's lagging so much.
For me the best is Dolphin and then Chrome Beta (after changing some flags it's fast as hell, but meh - Flash Player..)
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Yeah. I know I'm the one that started this thread lol but I just couldn't stand the interface. Been using Dolphin Browser lately. I like it
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