So sometimes when I am using the Gingerbread browser, I will touch the screen in a certain way and a "tab" interface pops up. I can't for the life of me figure out what the actual swype command is that is bringing up this screen. Does anyone know?
Lol stock browser.
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It might matter what browser you are using (TW or AOSP)
Many thanks for the helpful replies so far. I don't know if it is TW or ASOP. I'm on the Humble 5 rom. ASOP I guess since it is a ROM.... I have never heard the distinction until now.
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Many thanks for the helpful replies so far. I don't know if it is TW or ASOP. I'm on the Humble 5 rom. ASOP I guess since it is a ROM.... I have never heard the distinction until now.
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I am not exactly sure what you are talking about, the GB stock browser does not support multiple tabs or gesture input. As for humble 5, it has not been updated in some time, I don't even think there is a thread for it on XDA anymore is there? It seems tweak stock is generally thought of as the improved successor to humble, I've found. Well to each his own!
May I suggest that you use an alternative to the stock browser? Most android users use an alternative browser from the market, because the stock browser is laggy and it sucks, and 90% of the browsers on the market are much faster, support more features/customization, and are free. I would personally recommend dolphin browser mini or hd. It supports gestures, multiple tabs, is super fast, is free, and handles flash quite well. Check it out.
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...It seems tweak stock is generally thought of as the improved successor to humble, I've found...
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Hmm... I'm not really sure what to think about this lol
Want a browser with tabs, gestures, and a bunch of stuff plus super fast? MAXTHON BROWSER!
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Anyone having performance issues with their charge? I had high expectations for this phone but im getting lag in just about everything. . IE this forum scrolling through threads is way laggy compared to fascinate. Im not sure if I have a bunk phone or if the hardware sucks or if its the ROM just sucks. Any hope for this phone?
No I'm noticing some laggy browsing as well. Coming from the Droid Incredible i figured this would be much quicker. At times I think 3g on it was faster than wifi on this. Im sure it'll speed up once the cache builds up for the sites i browse. I also notice my linpack and quadrant scores are pants on this. I would love root and a new kernel but that damn ota seems to be holding us back.
My guess is its the charge's browser. I read reviews where it has bad problems with sites with a lot of flash (such as the ads). just tried this site on both the stock browser and dolphin browser and dolphin browser works fine.
It was nearly unreadable on the stock browser. So try a browser from the market.
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My guess is its the charge's browser. I read reviews where it has bad problems with sites with a lot of flash (such as the ads). just tried this site on both the stock browser and dolphin browser and dolphin browser works fine.
It was nearly unreadable on the stock browser. So try a browser from the market.
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You're right, browsing on Dolphin seems much faster. It does still hang at the end but it isn't nearly as bad.
Also, while I know its a completely different phone from what I had, the keyboard and auto-correct drive me absolutely mental.
Auto correct can be turned off in menu->settings->keyboard
I just noticed that I have two burnt out pixels .. ack. bright red dots, mostly noticeable on boot screens.
I think it's the ROM. Everything seems sluggish / lags randomly on my charge. So far it really feels like touchwiz is to blame, but I imagine the filesystem is partially to blame.
It really sucks that my year old Incredible seems faster than a brand new "flagship" phone.
I removed alot of bloatware installed launcher pro and Opera mini, then I also removed Touch wiz and the phone is alot faster. Installing launcher pro and then removing/renaming the touch wiz apk made a big difference performance wise. I have no lag when using the interface now. And yes the stock browser is crap, I thought it was the phone as well, but after installing Opera I notice a big difference.
what exactly does the TouchWiz app do? What do you lose by freezing it?
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what exactly does the TouchWiz app do? What do you lose by freezing it?
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TouchWiz is Samsung's launcher. Do NOT freeze or remove it before downloading an alternative (such as LauncherPro) and rebooting to activate it. Otherwise ODIN will be in your immediate future.
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TouchWiz is Samsung's launcher. Do NOT freeze or remove it before downloading an alternative (such as LauncherPro) and rebooting to activate it. Otherwise ODIN will be in your immediate future.
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Oh Okay, well, I have to ODIN anyways if I decide to root, I had not read the forums yet before accepting ED2 the day I got the phone. I use LauncherPro anyways, but that's good to know.
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TouchWiz is Samsung's launcher. Do NOT freeze or remove it before downloading an alternative (such as LauncherPro) and rebooting to activate it. Otherwise ODIN will be in your immediate future.
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yes, that happened to me earlier today! hahaha.
Just picked up the Charge on Saturday..coming from a rooted eris. .did notice a little lag. Immediately installed launcher pro and noticed quite a difference.
One thing i notice is the menu keys do not light up..making it a little difficult to use in the dark. Any one else experience this and find a solution.
Thanks
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Just picked up the Charge on Saturday..coming from a rooted eris. .did notice a little lag. Immediately installed launcher pro and noticed quite a difference.
One thing i notice is the menu keys do not light up..making it a little difficult to use in the dark. Any one else experience this and find a solution.
Thanks
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I believe the keys not lighting up was also the default behavior for the Fascinate, and that was resolved with a custom kernel. This may be inaccurate, as I came from the Droid X, but luckily the key layout is identical so I didn't need any time to relearn.
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I believe the keys not lighting up was also the default behavior for the Fascinate, and that was resolved with a custom kernel. This may be inaccurate, as I came from the Droid X, but luckily the key layout is identical so I didn't need any time to relearn.
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Contacted Samsung support and they walked me thru a couple of troubleshooting tips . And now my lights are working.
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for the lights. go to the market and get keep the lights on app. and put the widget on the screen. solved my light problem.
So many options when it comes to browsers on the market today. I figure some of you bounce around from browser to browser like I do.
Whats your favorite and why?
My vote is probably XScope seems to be smoothest and nicest UI for me.
Dolphin HD myself, nothing comes close
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Dolphin HD myself, nothing comes close
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lets get some reasons why. not to be annoying just bored at work
Yeah, I also like xscope. I have dolphin installed also though.I like how xscope doesn't have to reload the pages when you go back to a previous page.in dolphin, I had to keep opening and closing multiple tabs to circumvent the problem. And xscope's layout is pleasing also.
I use Dolphin HD because it's the closest thing to a regular browser. I have never used Xscope but I think I'll check it out.
I think i might be making the change to Opera since it uses their servers and reduces data usage on your phones end. Im a broke college kid with T-Mobiles ****ty 2GB 4G cap
2 Days and im at 300mb already..(no wifi at work)
That seems to be a good work around to your problem. Does it save even more data than just changing your user agent to android rather than computer?
I've been using stock since release but recently decided to test out Dolphin HD.
so far, I really like it.
feature I love the most is the gesture.
I can just scribble a pattern and it will take me to the webpage I assigned that particular scribble to.
very convenient.
also the tab feature with shake add-on.
it's like Google Chrome and you can shake your phone to change tabs.
speaking of add-ons, some helpful ones like the shake and screen cut.
I like the true desktop view option.
you can access your bookmarks and tool bar by just sliding the page left or right.
also very convenient.
doesn't seem to load all the flash ads as fast or well as stock. most of the time I just get a little emblem where the ad should be. guess if I clicked on it it would load the ad... not complaining though. who needs ads.
I'm still in the testing stage with different browsers, used to use Opera on my old phone, but so far, I'm really digging Dolphin HD.
I use stock. I see no reason to use a 3rd party browser. Stock does everything I need.
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That seems to be a good work around to your problem. Does it save even more data than just changing your user agent to android rather than computer?
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honestly thanks to 3G watchdog ive noticed about 30 min of web surfing using stock browser only takes around 35mb tops (with flash enabled). Its not to bad but im going to test out opera to see the difference in data use. As for changing the agent im desktop allll day i hate the little mobile sites if i got 4.3 inchs of screen im gonna use it haha
Same. Stock browser is good for my.
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I use stock. I see no reason to use a 3rd party browser. Stock does everything I need.
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You all are missing out by not using opera mobile (not mini)..
I'm not sure it has quite as many features as dolphin, but its page rendering and smoothness make it stand out
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Miren browser.
It's in top 3.
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You all are missing out by not using opera mobile (not mini)..
I'm not sure it has quite as many features as dolphin, but its page rendering and smoothness make it stand out
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I've tried opera, the best feature in my opinion is the smooth scroll. I love that feature because the sensation lacks a trackpad. How does rendering affect how you view the webpage? does it make it load faster or something? I haven't really noticed any differences.
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Miren browser.
It's in top 3.
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I used that when it first got popular. Wasnt crazy about how it doesn't display anything till page is fully loaded, it also had a bad battery drain issue when it first was out.
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I've tried opera, the best feature in my opinion is the smooth scroll. I love that feature because the sensation lacks a trackpad. How does rendering affect how you view the webpage? does it make it load faster or something? I haven't really noticed any differences.
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It renders pages on their servers first, taking stress off your phone and reducing data. Speed's things up but I believe it does reduce image quality a little bit. (image reduction is honestly not really noticeable)
Dolphin HD for me. I love the add-ons for Last Pass and Read It Later. Feels like a full browser.
Dolphin hd
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Dolphin HD , its always getting better and great for one hand surfing
Web brower opera
I use opera mobile and opera mini, opera mini is the fastest one I have seen, but mini cant always the graphic website, opera mobile can do everything and in the setting it a setting call opera turbo which help it go even faster!!!!!
Does any on suffer with the same thing when scrolling on xda forums? Its like the browser can't keep up and all squares appear for a second or so till it finally settles down. Most other websites are the OK although I have noticed it on other ones too. I've tried dolphin browser too but the same thing happens.
Seems like it happens sometimes, but I use XDA Premium
I get this too- parts of the screen will be blank for a second or two, especially when scrolling from quickly from one end to the other. I have the default set to display 50 posts per page- maybe it might be more responsive with less posts.
Thanks for the reply guys. It does seem better on a post like this which only has a couple of reply. I just wondered why it happens on this site and others are OK
it's not only the amounts of posts, but the ads that are everywhere. so far there is no adblocker for the stock browser and adfree is only for rooted devices. lagfree are xda or tapatalk apps.
Ive found a fix... kind of. Switching the theme to classic in user profiles makes the forums much more usable
Browsers defo need a fix. Ive tried miren - fc if you leave the page, dolphin mini not powerfull enough and jumpy, stock is ok but can just close randomly. Im using dolphin hd which is an improvement but even oc and the custom roms dont remedy it completely but definately much much better.
Can only put it down to a bug. My sgs 2 does the same, my gtab done it until the devs sorted it out.
Classic view certainly is better - cheers for that
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Browsers defo need a fix. Ive tried miren - fc if you leave the page, dolphin mini not powerfull enough and jumpy, stock is ok but can just close randomly. Im using dolphin hd which is an improvement but even oc and the custom roms dont remedy it completely but definately much much better.
Can only put it down to a bug. My sgs 2 does the same, my gtab done it until the devs sorted it out.
Classic view certainly is better - cheers for that
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I agree it could do with a fix. Tonight I tried my cousins Ipad 1 and although it wasn't perfect it handled this forum better than our dual core tegra machines do. What was even more annoying was Google maps in street map mode was smoother at looking around than ours. Come on Google sort it out!
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Ive found a fix... kind of. Switching the theme to classic in user profiles makes the forums much more usable
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Yeah, changing the style to "XDA Classic" (bottom left) helps a lot.
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Ive found a fix... kind of. Switching the theme to classic in user profiles makes the forums much more usable
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Yeah, changing the style to "XDA Classic" (bottom left) helps a lot.
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nice find, will give it a try!
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Browsers defo need a fix. Ive tried miren - fc if you leave the page, dolphin mini not powerfull enough and jumpy, stock is ok but can just close randomly. Im using dolphin hd which is an improvement but even oc and the custom roms dont remedy it completely but definately much much better.
Can only put it down to a bug. My sgs 2 does the same, my gtab done it until the devs sorted it out.
Classic view certainly is better - cheers for that
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have you tried Dolphin for Pad or whatever it's called? There seems to be a tablet version of Dolphin Browser but if I remember correctly it was still beta. should be on the market though.
I prefer to browse xda using Tapatalk, but if you must use a browser for everything I suggest using Opera Mobile. The scrolling in Opera is a little choppy at times, but I almost never get blank areas on the pages while scrolling.
Bear in mind that much of these issues are due to the fact that most webpages these days have way more content and ads than mobile devices are designed to handle. Web developers need to learn to exercise some restraint and simplify their pages. I say stop visiting websites that are bogging down or crashing your device.
Ok so i was in the market getting the ics messaging app when i came across this!
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.beansoft.browserplus
I've been using it since and its the best browser ever! Has all the features of dolphin but not choppy and it has the labs like the tablets! The true ics Browser like the aosp. Only thing is i haven't been able to add it to system yet, so if anyone does come back and post how you did it.
Hope you guys like it!
Oops! Ment to post this in themes & apps. Mod can you move this please. Appreciated
Remember using it before chrome release, pretty good browser. It's based on the stock browser of the galaxy nexus and is pretty good but I think chrome is a little bit better. The stock browser of the Galaxy Note is also realy smooth and great!
This is not development.
Shouldn't go here.
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This is not development.
Shouldn't go here.
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Did you read the last thing i wrote or did A.D.D. kick in lol! I asked them to move it.
lol, they moved it from the ATT Note Dev forum to the International Note Apps forum .
It detects a hovering S-Pen as well and highlights the items below it. Nice touch.
Seems like a good browser.
Is Dolphin HD still the preferred method ?
Stock browser?
Chrome? doesn't do Flash though.
What else?
I love ICS Browser+. It is the stock browser with more options and tweaks. You can add a third ring to the Quick Controls. (best thing about stock browser, I never have to do anything but move my finger slightly to control all navigation). It is in the labs section. Quick Controls. On ICS Plus Browser it is just under Quick controls.
I use Dolphin for things still. But in general I have my ICS Browser+ set for PC mode and just use it for almost everything.
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I did try Opera and Dolphin but both of those seemed to have issues with the BBC iPlayer. The Dolphin one, for example, would not go full screen. So I have gone back to using the Browser+ as that seems to work fine.
I'm loving Chrome, use it on my xoom, gnex, and all my pcs. The sync function is awesome.
Chrome
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Opera
Overskreen. This one is the best floating browser.
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I've been using the stick browser mostly. It's seems to work well on my Xoom. I'm going to give the ICS Browser + a try though. Just looked at at on the market. Looks nice.
I use Chrome as my main browser, because it syncs bookmarks.
But for the occasional time I need flash on my xoom, I use the stock browser.
Quick ics browser
Quick ICS browser+ is way better than ICS browser+. For pages loading nothing can beat Opera Mini but it doesn't load every images on certain websites so i use quick ics.
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I tried, Opera, Chrome, ICS+, Stock, Boat, Maxthon, but i keep coming back to Dolphin HD. I think that once Chrome is officially released, i might drop Dolphin.
seems im the only one using opera mobile in my ics xoomstock was also nice but opera with sync rocks big time!
This is just the type of thread I was thinking about posting, I never got the chance though. I'm currently using ICS Browser+ but this brings up some questions I've been having. I recently got my Motorola Xoom and I love it!
The reason I'm using ICS Browser+ is because I can change the user agent. Right now I have it set to iPad otherwise pages just load mobile versions. The other question is, is it just me or does Google Chrome on Android stutter and show a lot of white when scrolling quickly?
Chrome also doesn't allow user agent switching and also only loads mobile desktop websites which is kind of surprising and really upsetting. I'm hoping Google changes it to load desktop websites by default.
Any suggestions for a new Xoom user?
Thanks all.. I'm trying out ICS quick browser, it is nice, but wow, one of the biggest reasons IMO for android tablets>Ipads is FLASH.
and the ICS quick browser + doesn't seem to do flash at all..
Meanwhile dolphin HD , seems to do it just fine, but I do like general browsing better on the +
sucks!
And Chrome simply will NEVER support flash, so thats done with too
Chrome+Flashify to redirect all flash content to Browser=THE solution. There simply IS no other solution. I wish Google would just put Flash into Chrome, but it's not their choice seeing as Adobe is Apple's *****.
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Rblacula said:
Chrome+Flashify to redirect all flash content to Browser=THE solution. There simply IS no other solution. I wish Google would just put Flash into Chrome, but it's not their choice seeing as Adobe is Apple's *****.
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YOU DA MAN!! thanks bro!! I love Chrome, but no flash is a deal killer for me, you saved me!!
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YOU DA MAN!! thanks bro!! I love Chrome, but no flash is a deal killer for me, you saved me!!
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Glad I could help!
Im using ICS Browser+ because it has more features than the stock browser. and opera mini because it's as smooth as the iPad's browser.
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Im using ICS Browser+ because it has more features than the stock browser. and opera mini because it's as smooth as the iPad's browser.
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Safari on my Ipad , is dog****.
It's horrible, it freezes, lags and just plain sucks.
Not alone with that problem either.
Every tablet has its issues imo, but so far this thing is rock solid
fastfed said:
Safari on my Ipad , is dog****.
It's horrible, it freezes, lags and just plain sucks.
Not alone with that problem either.
Every tablet has its issues imo, but so far this thing is rock solid
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I've noticed that, too, on my friend's iPad which I occasionally use. Chrome got an update which is (mostly) awesome! Way smoother, and pages load quicker for me! Only bad part is the new icon... In the Play Store it shows as the same, but on actual devices the colouring is faded, fugly, and gringey... I want the old icon back! The red looks pink-ish, purple-ish, and the green is puke green... Yellow is dingey as well. The white gradient is also coming from the left of the top instead of the centre... I'm kinda disgusted by it... It looks better on my Nexus S 4G because SAMOLEDs are oversaturated, but it's still a good 1,000 times more dingey! It's soooo much uglier, but I love its speed...
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I think that once Chrome is officially released, i might drop Dolphin.
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Beta releases are effectively official releases in the world of Google.