anyone figured out how to get Google Chrome on our beloved Charge?
I tried Firefox, but that seemed to be very slow...
It won't run unless you have ics or jb.
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Dolphin just released a beta of a new engine. It's fast, and supports almost everything the Chrome engine does, but some features are obviously broken.
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nevermind - for some reason, Firefox works really well on tweaked 3.0. I like how I can sync it with my PC browser as well...
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has anyone got the new chrome beta to run on an ICS ROM?
It runs for me, but will not render pages on AKOP.
https://market.android.com/details?id=com.android.chrome
I had the same issue...tried uninstall/reinstall and same thing happened.
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Can anyone recommend me a good browser to use? I'm in ics using the uniporn rom.
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Ice cream sandwich browser plus in the play store. It's free. Has some cool shortcuts and a lot of useful settings.
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Ice cream sandwich browser plus in the play store. It's free. Has some cool shortcuts and a lot of useful settings.
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I know lots of people prefer ICS+ but It just keep messing up my usage. Just somehow, I don't like the way how it worked on infuse. The side selection menu is all the point.
I would recommend Chrome beta or the system browser. They are both pretty good.
The system browser has the side selection which is very convenient, even it's only five fixed selections it's enough. I like the way how you can switch between tabs in the system browser easily.
On the other hand, I noticed a speed advantage in Chrome beta. The tab sync function is excellent if you use Chrome on your computer. Totally "Cloud". Also the magnifier function when you click on some close links save you some time double tap to zoom in.
The others are gingerbread era browser. Probably among those I would recommend Opera mobile.
Just some personal suggestion
Dolphin HD is stable and ez to use
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Chrome Beta
KingVekxin said:
Can anyone recommend me a good browser to use? I'm in ics using the uniporn rom.
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The BEST ONE will be Chrome Beta. You can download it from Google Play.
It has a lot of great features.
I use it and I would say it is the Best browser for ICS for me right now.
Have the Galaxy Nexus device.
Trying dolphin for now, seems pretty smoothy so far, thanks guys u rule
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I use opera mobile without any problems
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KingVekxin said:
Trying dolphin for now, seems pretty smoothy so far, thanks guys u rule
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Works well, looks great =
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.android.chrome
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I use opera mini, skyfire, or dolphin
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I like Boat Browser.
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LDimchik said:
The BEST ONE will be Chrome Beta. You can download it from Google Play.
It has a lot of great features.
I use it and I would say it is the Best browser for ICS for me right now.
Have the Galaxy Nexus device.
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I must agree. I was using ICS browser plus... but after using Chrome beta.. I must say.. it is probably the best browser I have used.. It's great how it links to your home computer's tabs if you're using Chrome at home too.
Chrome Beta for the win!
hollywood528 said:
I must agree. I was using ICS browser plus... but after using Chrome beta.. I must say.. it is probably the best browser I have used.. It's great how it links to your home computer's tabs if you're using Chrome at home too.
Chrome Beta for the win!
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Bookmark syncing is a welcome addition as well. Chrome ftw
I used to dislike chrome for android... but it now works very well. I vote chrome, it makes the browsing super snappy compared to the stock one which takes forever to load xda and such.
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I used to dislike chrome for android... but it now works very well. I vote chrome, it makes the browsing super snappy compared to the stock one which takes forever to load xda and such.
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Same. It's a lot faster than the default browser and it is still in Beta and only available for ics roms. One of the things I like about it is that it syncs all of my bookmarks from my pc, which is a really cool feature. My vote is for Chrome as well.
What's the best browser in your opinions? I've tried stock, dolphin, and firefox. All seem to be a tad sluggish. It might just be me being picky since my PCs have always been blazing fast..
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Have you tried chrome or opera?
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The stock browser is best for performance as far as I can tell, but Chrome is just awesome so I use that.
A lot of compatibility issues were fixed with Chrome and Flash is actually dying away, so I'm going to say get Chrome.
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The stock browser is best for performance as far as I can tell, but Chrome is just awesome so I use that.
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I guess I'll give Chrome a try..
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Dolphin HD is the best. I can't stand Chrome or Firefox on the SR.
Been playing with chrome occasionally. Some sites align better, but most align worse than in dolphin. Dolphin seems most consistent to me. Hopefully chrome only gets better, I love the tabbing features.
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Tried chrome its really nice, But I'm gonna go with dolphin hd cuz I got use to it
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I haven't used chrome, but I've used every other browser and opera has been the best by far. It's the only browser I've used that will display websites in desktop mode without any problems. All the others would still display some sites in mobile even though user agent was set to desk top.
I want to try chrome though. It's what I use on the pc
Watching embedded, non-YT videos on Chrome can be a pain in the ass at times, but other than that, I find it pretty good. Dolphin HD is solid as well. Dolphin has a ton of (optional) add-ons and extensions too.
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.dolphin.browser.lab.en
im an avid user of boat browser but since ive upgraded to cm10 there has been many UI inconsistencies and things that do not work. i tired out dolphin beta and while it's a large download it's the fastest ive used soo far.
So.what's the difference.between this dolphin beta and dolphin hd with the jetpack add on for html5?
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So.what's the difference.between this dolphin beta and dolphin hd with the jetpack add on for html5?
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i tired the regular dolphin and it was sorta laggy and ate up alot of battery. this one seems super fast, could just be placebo but i urge you to try it out.
I've been using dolphin beta for awhile. Imo, it's one, if not the fastest browser on the market. I don't use any other browsers except the stock one when I need it to play flash. Highly recommended.
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I've been a Dolphin user for a long time. I'm curious, what's the deal with Dolphin Jetpack. It's sort of like a plugin, but also a separate app? It sounds like it installs with its own icon that you have to use... or something. I haven't tried it out yet (obviously) as a few comments seemed to say they had problems with it.
Edit: Also, I assume Dolphin Beta is sort of like their version of nightlies?
I've been using dolphin since it's first release and it's still the fastest around.....IMHO. I tried Dolphin Jetpack and it loaded web pages super fast. Only downside is that it ate up too much battery. Since there isn't flash support on DB I've been using Holo Web Browser found here on xda (http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1891975). It's just as fast if not slightly faster as Dolphin is and plays flash wonderfully.
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Eris _2.1_2010 said:
I've been using dolphin since it's first release and it's still the fastest around.....IMHO. I tried Dolphin Jetpack and it loaded web pages super fast. Only downside is that it ate up too much battery. Since there isn't flash support on DB I've been using Holo Web Browser found here on xda (http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1891975). It's just as fast if not slightly faster as Dolphin is and plays flash wonderfully.
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i tired holo and didn't like it. im super picky about my browsers. as soon as boat fixes the issues ill probably be back on that.
As good as the stock browser is, is there any other browser that has good speed, flash and fast download time? Im running scott's recent cm10 4.2.1.
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I use chrome runs smooth my favorite browser simply cause it syncs with my tablet and laptop
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ShadyWTT said:
As good as the stock browser is, is there any other browser that has good speed, flash and fast download time? Im running scott's recent cm10 4.2.1.
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I use Chrome because of synch simplicity too. Nice to be able to pull up recent pages from any device I accessed.
I tried Dolphin. Didn't see much difference though people claim it is lighter and faster.
Dolphin and Chrome don't support Flash. I use Firefox Beta for that. Regular Firefox seems crashy. Not that I use it a lot but it is nice to have for testing.
You can get Flash from Adobe here... You can't get it from the Play Store any more... The stopped supporting it.
http://helpx.adobe.com/flash-player/kb/archived-flash-player-versions.html
Scroll about 3/4 of the way down and you'll see the Android 4.0 downloads... Along with older versions.
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I use Maxthon as my default browser now. Good look, fast downloads, stable and now they offer cloud support which takes from the sync that Chrome features if you use Maxthon desktop or Maxthon for iOS
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I use naked browser. Lightning fast. It got XDA front page attention a little while back. Written by one of our own. Fast, flash, but few frills.
I'm a fan of Firefox. It's not as fast as, say, naked browser, but it's stable and it's not owned by Google.
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I'm a fan of Firefox. It's not as fast as, say, naked browser, but it's stable and it's not owned by Google.
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Naked Browser is not owned by Google and it is a not for profit app.
On the other hand, Google gives major funds to Firefox so in a way Firefox is pwned by Google.
Dolphin, Maxthon, Boat...most Android browsers spy on you.
Naked Browser does not spy or monitor in any way and never will--not even any ads.