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.
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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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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
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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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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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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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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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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.
The double tap to zoom doesn't capture the text I want to read like my old droid x did anyone know what could be the problem? sucks it was very useful on my droid x and on the droid charge it barely zooms in at all
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Are you talking about the browser? If so, download Dolphin HD from the Market because that browser is MILES ahead of the pile of crap stock browser. It also has the feature you're referring to.
I would recommend the opera mobile browser...by far the best of the half dozen out more browsers I have tried...takes a bit long on launching but the scrolling and menu bar are amazing
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Are you talking about the browser? If so, download Dolphin HD from the Market because that browser is MILES ahead of the pile of crap stock browser. It also has the feature you're referring to.
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Are you talking about the browser? If so, download Dolphin HD from the Market because that browser is MILES ahead of the pile of crap stock browser. It also has the feature you're referring to.
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Alright thanks I'll try it
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Are you talking about the browser? If so, download Dolphin HD from the Market because that browser is MILES ahead of the pile of crap stock browser. It also has the feature you're referring to.
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Is that the best browser in your opinion?
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Is that the best browser in your opinion?
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i have tried almost all the browser's there is in the market and i def. think dolphin browser is the best!
I haven't tried Opera but a lot of people say it's a nice browser and directly competes with Dolphin for the spot of best mobile browser Try them both.
+1 for Dolphin. Been using it since I had my Droid Eris.
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i have tried almost all the browser's there is in the market and i def. think dolphin browser is the best!
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Just tried dolphin for a couple of minutes and can already tell the speed difference, I guess stock isn't always better even though it should be
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Thank you guys for recommending dolphin hd
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I don't mean slower in overall phone speed, but things like typing on the keyboard and bringing up the task manager seem to take forever.
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Nah I've noticed it too. I went back to GB via Nexusmod earlier and forgot how much overall faster it was. ICS isn't that smooth. Probably why they are rushing 4.1 and "project butter"
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Mine is Noticably Slower...
I agree. I updated my Skyrocket to 4.0.4 this morning. I find several issues with this software. I believe I'm going to look into CM9 now...
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I agree. I updated my Skyrocket to 4.0.4 this morning. I find several issues with this software. I believe I'm going to look into CM9 now...
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Cm9 is still ICS and still buggy.
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GB is smoother for sure , but for sure less features ..
So it's your choice ..
By "smoother", I think they meant they added more transition effects. Like, when you're watching a video and you rotate orientation, it'll show an animation of it switching orientation as opposed to it just switching. I like it, but then I don't.
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I don't mean slower in overall phone speed, but things like typing on the keyboard and bringing up the task manager seem to take forever.
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stock ics, maybe if you just upgraded from gb, when i odin'd rogers ics it seemed smooth to me, no keyboard lag
im on seans skyics, its really smooth, better than stock.
vincom said:
stock ics, maybe if you just upgraded from gb, when i odin'd rogers ics it seemed smooth to me, no keyboard lag
im on seans skyics, its really smooth, better than stock.
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Agreed. Flash Sky ICS and leave stock in the rear view. The only good thing about the official release is source code.
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YouTube is much slower. I don't if its TouchPal or YouTube app itself but it's kinda frustrating to add the comments now.
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YouTube is much slower. I don't if its TouchPal or YouTube app itself but it's kinda frustrating to add the comments now.
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Eh, I don't bother with the YT app. I just put a bookmark to the mobile site on my home screen.
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The other useful feature that I miss is date in the notification bar. When you pull down notification bar down it use to show date now it's showing huge useless at&t branding. Kinda stupid.. We've got at&t permanent title in front of us below camera and on the lock screen which btw disappears after 2 seconds. Why do we need 3 att logos? Constantly to remind us that we're on att network?
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The other useful feature that I miss is date in the notification bar. When you pull down notification bar down it use to show date now it's showing huge useless at&t branding. Kinda stupid.. We've got at&t permanent title in front of us below camera and on the lock screen which btw disappears after 2 seconds. Why do we need 3 att logos? Constantly to remind us that we're on att network?
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You agree to it. You sing a contract.
BTW i don't know what all of you talking about with slow ICS. I get upgrate and i think ICS is at last twice faster then GB... Or this is just me..
Well it's not slow.
Anyone noticed Yellow Pages in your contacts list? And for some reasons when try to open my contacts some att address book subscription update message pops out?
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Wow I can't believe your still on GB
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I don't believe that it's Android, rather the poor development on AT&T and Samsung. From what I understand, CM9 is relatively stable and now with the official out, hopefully a stable version will release soon.
I hear CM9 is quite snappy. While this update isn't terrible, but noticeably more sluggish than GB...
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As Samsung continues its apparent march towards closed source am I the only one surprised at how bad Galaxy S4 browser is? It is slow, unresponsive at times, has no real fullscreen option and quick settings have been removed. It also has no ability to sync with Google accounts. Am i the only seeing this?
It has its perks on Some things then there's other stuff like you mentioned that doesn't make it good. I usually use chrome but I'm just trying to find another alternative that has flash options besides xscope and firefox. I really love dolphin browser but can't figure out how to run the flash option for it.
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running aosp browser right now, d best browser for me so far. full screen, quick side controls and full flash enabled! beast!
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running aosp browser right now, d best browser for me so far. full screen, quick side controls and full flash enabled! beast!
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I agree with you, that's the browser I'm using a well. It just seems that Samsung took a huge step backwards with the GS4 browser when compared to the GS3.
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running aosp browser right now, d best browser for me so far. full screen, quick side controls and full flash enabled! beast!
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I would love to run that browser but still stock at the moment in case anything happens to my phone I wouldn't have to hassle with reverting it back to stock but I'm on MF3 also so I can't root.
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It does suck. I use Chrome. I wish the air view features worked with chrome tho
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+5 it isn't as good as the previous Samsung browsers. No Google bookmarks sync and what I really don't like is how slow switching tab is.
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my button to view open tabs seems to go unresponsive occasionally. someone please tell me I am doing it wrong.
It sucks badly. The browser from the note2 works on it but the bookmarks tab crashes every now and Then.
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It seemed OK at first but the more I use it the more awful it seems.
It can't reflow text so you have either zoom out and read tiny text (the text size option helps a bit but not as good as reflow) or zoom in then scroll sideways back and forth. The f-ing SGS1 had this!
The window manager (ie. tab selector) thing takes forever to come up. Does anyone else have it refuse to come up at all? (sixftsix apparently) That happens to me about once a week.
GS4 Stock browser is chrome based... which is not updated sloppy old chrome plus some airview/multiwindow support.
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I agree the browser does suck. I recently started using Lightning Browser and it is really fast compared to the stock one. I even got flash enabled although it isn't the best.
I downloaded Lightning Browser here:
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=acr.browser.barebones
I downloaded flash from here (uploaded by ashik992):
http://forum.xda-developers.com/attachment.php?attachmentid=1936895&d=1367734159
You do have to access the settings menu and enable flash after you install it.
I've only been using it about two days but I'm considering purchasing the paid version.
If you guys give it a shot let me know what you think.
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