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After JellyBean ICS+ doesn't work

After I installed the latest update which I think is JellyBean the ICS+ browser doesn't work. I uninstalled and reinstalled and it just crashes when the program is ran. Dolphin and Firefox still works, but I was getting used to the ICS+ browser. Anyone else have this problem or are there any other browser alternatives out there? Dolphin is really nice and I'll probably stick with that if I have no choice. Hey, at least flash works! I bust my girlfriends chops all the time about her iPad not having flash and some of her web pages just look horrible with Safari. She could never find an alternative browser for her iPad. Apple makes it very difficult to find programs that replace the core stuff on the iPad. A huge negative and one of the many reasons why I love Android so much better then ios.

opentoe said:
After I installed the latest update which I think is JellyBean the ICS+ browser doesn't work. I uninstalled and reinstalled and it just crashes when the program is ran. Dolphin and Firefox still works, but I was getting used to the ICS+ browser. Anyone else have this problem or are there any other browser alternatives out there? Dolphin is really nice and I'll probably stick with that if I have no choice. Hey, at least flash works! I bust my girlfriends chops all the time about her iPad not having flash and some of her web pages just look horrible with Safari. She could never find an alternative browser for her iPad. Apple makes it very difficult to find programs that replace the core stuff on the iPad. A huge negative and one of the many reasons why I love Android so much better then ios.
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yes, for me it's the same.

Did you read the app description in the Play Store? It says "Not compatible with Jelly Bean"...
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Stock browser is just as good now imo. What are you missing that ics+ gives you?

It was called ICS+ (Ice Cream Sandwich +) for a reason. It was an extension of the ICS browser. I used myself as my primary, but yest with Jelly Bean the ICS browser is different, and as stated before it is shown in the app description that it will not work on JB. Now that said. I do hope they might make a JB+, but really the JB browser works just the same for me, without the home button.

sbdags said:
Stock browser is just as good now imo. What are you missing that ics+ gives you?
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I agree.
Stock in JB is just fine.
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sbdags said:
Stock browser is just as good now imo. What are you missing that ics+ gives you?
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One of the features that I miss to this day is an extended version of "Quick Controls" -- the controls option you can turn on in Settings / Labs that displays a semi-circle pop-up menu when you tap right right or left edge of the screen. In the stock browser, the menu is very limited, with just a few functions. In ICS+, you could choose to add / activate numerous functions and customize your installation pretty extensively. It was very powerful, and very useful. At the time, it became a must-have feature for me, and I wound up preferring ICS+ to Dolphin, Firefox, Maxthon, etc. Really miss ICS+ and hope dev considers implementing a JB version.

jonstrong said:
One of the features that I miss to this day is an extended version of "Quick Controls" -- the controls option you can turn on in Settings / Labs that displays a semi-circle pop-up menu when you tap right right or left edge of the screen. In the stock browser, the menu is very limited, with just a few functions. In ICS+, you could choose to add / activate numerous functions and customize your installation pretty extensively. It was very powerful, and very useful. At the time, it became a must-have feature for me, and I wound up preferring ICS+ to Dolphin, Firefox, Maxthon, etc. Really miss ICS+ and hope dev considers implementing a JB version.
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Yes I use these as well but there are over 15 given in the new stock JB. If you use quick ics browser you can configure them as well.

sbdags said:
Yes I use these as well but there are over 15 given in the new stock JB. If you use quick ics browser you can configure them as well.
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yes....I went back and checked. Some of what I was missing is in the fly out sub menus.

sbdags said:
Yes I use these as well but there are over 15 given in the new stock JB. If you use quick ics browser you can configure them as well.
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Also, see this thread for info on a setting in the stock browswer that really speeds things up-- http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1923285
If you're not rooted you can't use browser2ram, but honestly, I don't think it's needed to apply this tweak. Good luck!

Best Webbrowser for Android 4.4/ Nexus 5

As of Android 4 Google has changed the default Webrendering engine from the old AOSP one to the (bad) chromium engine. As a result my favorite Browser the stock AOSP isn't working properly anymore, here is a summery of the browsers I have tested and the problems I had with them:
Chrome: Slow, laggy and worst of all random font size changes within a website, no flash
AOSP Browser on 4.4: Double tap to zoom acting wierd, no textreflow, no browser history tab anymore, force closes, laggier then on Android 4.3 and no flash on 4.4
Dolphin Browser: Laggier compared to 4.3, pinch to zoom not working. No flash on 4.4.
Can you recommend any Browsers that work well with 4.4.

I use Firefox at the moment... Works really good
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I recommend you Next Browser !

Maxthon
Puffin
Boat
Others: Sleipnir / UC Browser

UltimHate said:
I recommend you Next Browser !
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I'd second that. It's a really fast browser with some excellent features.

Next Browser FTW. Chrome is a mess.
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wurzelsepp3 said:
As of Android 4 Google has changed the default Webrendering engine from the old AOSP one to the (bad) chromium engine. As a result my favorite Browser the stock AOSP isn't working properly anymore, here is a summery of the browsers I have tested and the problems I had with them:
Chrome: Slow, laggy and worst of all random font size changes within a website, no flash
AOSP Browser on 4.4: Double tap to zoom acting wierd, no textreflow, no browser history tab anymore, force closes, laggier then on Android 4.3 and no flash on 4.4
Dolphin Browser: Laggier compared to 4.3, pinch to zoom not working. No flash on 4.4.
Can you recommend any Browsers that work well with 4.4.
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I'm using Opera atm because it has text flow.

Have you all even tried Chrome? On my N5 there is no lag whatsoever, I am really impressed with the speed. At first I was so like "oh no" but gave it a try and I think Google did it right.
NEXT Browser kills the top of the page where the address bar lies over it, that is a no go.

shaftenberg said:
Have you all even tried Chrome? On my N5 there is no lag whatsoever, I am really impressed with the speed. At first I was so like "oh no" but gave it a try and I think Google did it right.
NEXT Browser kills the top of the page where the address bar lies over it, that is a no go.
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exactly. just turn down the text size to 50% in settings and chrome looks like every other android browser but feels smoother and has no problems at all.

shaftenberg said:
Have you all even tried Chrome? On my N5 there is no lag whatsoever, I am really impressed with the speed. At first I was so like "oh no" but gave it a try and I think Google did it right.
NEXT Browser kills the top of the page where the address bar lies over it, that is a no go.
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I personally have Chrome Beta for a while and it's very fast too
Really really better than with my old Note II.

Batfink33 said:
Next Browser FTW. Chrome is a mess.
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I would avoid any goteam products. They are known for privacy breaches.
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I don't get why people dont just use chrome. I have been using it on many devices and I find it to consistently be the smoothest and fastest and best looking browser.

I'm satisfied with Chrome Beta.

I have to admit, I've always used the AOSP broswer but Chrome has been performing pretty well so far on my Nexus 5. the only thing I really miss right now is Flash support.

I've used Naked on my N7 for a year or so, and works just as fast (faster) on my N5.

Chrome definitely isn't as fluid on the N5 as could be. Which is a real shame because it seems almost out of place, everything else on the N5 is silky smooth, then you open the browser, scroll around and pinch zoom. It feels a little choppy, like everything else is operating at 60fps but the browser is at 15-20fps is the best example I could give.
For those who say it's smooth, go browse the web on an iPhone 5 with Safari or the stock browser on an LG G2. I've used many phones and those two stand out to me as being the absolute benchmark in smoothness.
I think Dophin with Jetpack will be the best browser for the N5 once it becomes fully compatible.
Next browser is also awesome but like someone already stated, the top part of web pages are hidden an cannot be accessed. Probably not fully Kit Kat compatible yet.

shaftenberg said:
Have you all even tried Chrome? On my N5 there is no lag whatsoever, I am really impressed with the speed. At first I was so like "oh no" but gave it a try and I think Google did it right.
NEXT Browser kills the top of the page where the address bar lies over it, that is a no go.
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Primokorn said:
I personally have Chrome Beta for a while and it's very fast too
Really really better than with my old Note II.
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mitchdickson said:
I'm satisfied with Chrome Beta.
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crackmulah said:
I don't get why people dont just use chrome. I have been using it on many devices and I find it to consistently be the smoothest and fastest and best looking browser.
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Tony_YYZ said:
I have to admit, I've always used the AOSP broswer but Chrome has been performing pretty well so far on my Nexus 5. the only thing I really miss right now is Flash support.
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I agree even myself.
I have absolutely no issues with chrome.
It runs silky smooth at 60fps on my phone like any other browser.
Personally I don't use it though because It does not support flash player which is useful.
Firefox
Dolphin (with Jetpack)
And Next Browser (which I never knew about before this thread)
Are the personal preferred browsers of my choice.
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Sleipnir is a very solid browser. It has the best tab management I have seen in a mobile browser.
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Dan37tz said:
Chrome definitely isn't as fluid on the N5 as could be. Which is a real shame because it seems almost out of place, everything else on the N5 is silky smooth, then you open the browser, scroll around and pinch zoom. It feels a little choppy, like everything else is operating at 60fps but the browser is at 15-20fps is the best example I could give.
For those who say it's smooth, go browse the web on an iPhone 5 with Safari or the stock browser on an LG G2. I've used many phones and those two stand out to me as being the absolute benchmark in smoothness.
I think Dophin with Jetpack will be the best browser for the N5 once it becomes fully compatible.
Next browser is also awesome but like someone already stated, the top part of web pages are hidden an cannot be accessed. Probably not fully Kit Kat compatible yet.
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errhmmm
http://youtu.be/LY-KuPhC0Y0

Chrome beta is usable..... The other one is crap and...in general any other browser is miles away from AOSP browser

A browser just as smooth as safari (iOS) internet explorer (windows phone )

I'm so disappointed by chrome , I've been using it for quite a while ,it was unusable on my galaxy nexus ,then it got almost OK on the nexus 4 and now I have my nexus 5 and the performance is still poor , the scrolling is not smooth , its choppy ,sometimes the websites stop responding , the app feels ... Heavy
Ive been using Firefox for a few months and although the scrolling is noticeably better than chrome's it still has its issues , sometimes the text looks blurry and until it fixes itself you can't click on links on the browser , I attached a picture so you guys can see , pay attention to the "next page"button (on the bottom with the rest background ) ,it became unclickable , Firefox crashes sometimes too .
To make things even worse the aosp browser which performance was light years ahead of Chrome's now shares Chrome's poor performance because Google made some changes and now it uses the chromium engine
I don't know what to do ,I become so upset when I use the browser on iOS /windows phone , I love kit Kat but seriously Google make chrome on android just as good as chrome on desktop :banghead:

You tried chrome beta, it's actually a lot better
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italia0101 said:
You tried chrome beta, it's actually a lot better
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I didn't notice a big difference vs the regular chrome ,all I knew is that it had more features and with the features side I'm really satisfied ,I'm upset is with the poor scrolling performance and the lack of smoothness :'(
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I'm giving chrome beta a chance , maybe it's placebo effect but I feel it is a bit more responsive than the stable version , something I don't understand is why does the browser refreshes every time I switch to another app and then come back to the browser , it doesn't even remember my scrolling position ,very annoying , I don't understand 2 GB should be enough to keep the browser in memory :/
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Use Next browser, been using it since I got the Nexus, works really well and the start screen looks really professional, you can open it up and google search something straight away, really handy

Try Dolphin
I have tried various browsers including Chrome, Opera, Opera Mini, and Maxthon, but settled on Dolphin on my One S and, now that they've fixed some KitKat bugs, on the Nexus 5.
Dolphin is fast and smooth (ver. 10.2.1) although the UI is a bit awkward. Not as bad as Chrome's though. Unfortunately Dolphin doesn't even have a way to import bookmarks from other Dolphins on the same device. Nevertheless, it does seem very good, and much better than Chrome.

Chad_Petree said:
I'm giving chrome beta a chance , maybe it's placebo effect but I feel it is a bit more responsive than the stable version , something I don't understand is why does the browser refreshes every time I switch to another app and then come back to the browser , it doesn't even remember my scrolling position ,very annoying , I don't understand 2 GB should be enough to keep the browser in memory :/
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Mine doesn't do this - mine doesn't auto refresh or lose it's place. Have you installed a custom ROM or kernel on your Nexus 5 or running stock? Is Chome up-to-date? (an annoyingly stupid question but has to be asked)

Try Boat browser. You won't be dissapointed.

You might like Mercury.
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no need to use chrome anymore, theres 'boat' loads of browsers! pardon the pun! waiting for a ported AOSP browser for n5

FourPointedFreak said:
Mine doesn't do this - mine doesn't auto refresh or lose it's place. Have you installed a custom ROM or kernel on your Nexus 5 or running stock? Is Chome up-to-date? (an annoyingly stupid question but has to be asked)
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I have stock rooted 4.4 on my nexus 5 , I'm using chrome beta right now but I'm quote sure it was the same with the stable chrome and yes , they're updated , I update my apps like a freak

GalaxySN00B:0 said:
Use Next browser, been using it since I got the Nexus, works really well and the start screen looks really professional, you can open it up and google search something straight away, really handy
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I tried, i like it haha but damn the UI it's a complete ripoff from IOS' safari, i didn't see a big difference regarding scrolling performance (vs Chrome) but at least it never froze like Chrome does

UPDATE: I take it all back; I accepted an update for Jetpack and now none of the Dolphin browsers I have--Dolphin, Dolphin Beta, Jetpack--will play html or flash videos. I am trying UC Browser which is really fast, even compared to Dolphin, but doesn't seem to respond automatically to links from other apps--e.g., google's gmail app or the google search app that came on the N5; you have to copy and paste the url manually into the browser. Obviously unacceptable.

The stock browser.
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=me.android.browser
It's extremely smooth just like the stock s4 browser

MrAndroid12 said:
The stock browser.
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=me.android.browser
It's extremely smooth just like the stock s4 browser
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1000 times this ^^

Chad_Petree said:
I tried, i like it haha but damn the UI it's a complete ripoff from IOS' safari, i didn't see a big difference regarding scrolling performance (vs Chrome) but at least it never froze like Chrome does
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Puffin browser is next on your list to try.
Other option, UC Browser. to me they both are some of the fastest.

MrAndroid12 said:
The stock browser.
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=me.android.browser
It's extremely smooth just like the stock s4 browser
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Forgot to mention that native flash is also supported.
Just grab a apk from adobe

Have you checked out opera beta? If you haven't but decide to, make sure you visit opera:flags There are some options that can improve the experience.
koeASOP 4.4.2 w/ Franco kernel

Anything, but chrome.
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If you're going to use the stock browser I suggested extracting apk from a Cyanogenmod ROM and installing it in your rom. All its option works including Private browsing. It works perfectly well compared to the one you download from play store.

What browser are you using?

So I've tried out Chrome, and I didn't care much for that browser. Text had issues and options were limited. I've also tried Firefox. Also seems to have text issues. I've been using Dolphin since I've moved on from ICS on other phones. It's been a good browser, but been looking for something better. At the moment I'm trying out UC Browser. So far I'm liking it.
What are you guys running? And what do you like about it?

I'm using HTC browser. It aligns text better then chrome.

stock and chrome ( only cuz its syncs with my home pc)

filkbomb said:
I'm using HTC browser. It aligns text better then chrome.
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I try not to get attached to HTC stuff since I don't stay on Sense ROMs long.
Karl said:
stock and chrome ( only cuz its syncs with my home pc)
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Wouldn't Chrome be considered the stock browser for our device?

replica9000 said:
I try not to get attached to HTC stuff since I don't stay on Sense ROMs long.
Wouldn't Chrome be considered the stock browser for our device?
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yes it would mr. technicality :silly:

replica9000 said:
I try not to get attached to HTC stuff since I don't stay on Sense ROMs long.
Wouldn't Chrome be considered the stock browser for our device?
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Lol I almost said stock HTC browser. Glad I didn't.

well i've been using Opera Mini and Chrome with stock Samsung Browser.... (chrome is not my stock browser)
Opera Mini is the fastest browser..... but it lacks certsin usability on certain sites... like it wudnt let me download stuff from google drive... it wont even load the thing....

With Chrome, in portrait, seems like the text overlaps and some text is larger than other text, when it should all be the same. In Firefox, the text didn't overlap, but the fonts are different sizes. UC browser by default does that, but there is an option to disable that, that I didn't see in Chrome or FF.

I just use AOSP browser. It's better than the rest.
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Chrome.

Always chrome.

Puffin.

Chrome, can alternative between tabs with my chromebook. Although I will switch to the HTC browser if it comes with the next OTA as I try to keep 3rd party apps to a minimum. I like OEM .
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I use Chrome as well, but yes, the text is garbled in portrait mode on many sites, including this one. It's annoying. I keep using because I like to keep my bookmarks in sync (yes, Firefox, I know).
Using the phone in landscape, the text is fine.

I'm really enjoying UC Browser. It's fast, has some good stuff built it too. Looks like you can sync bookmarks on the cloud or with Chrome, but requires a (looks to be free) UC account. Reviews I've read claim Dolphin is fast. After using that for the last year or 2, UC is faster.

Lightning browser. Fast, free, no spyware or boat cough cough dolphin
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Chrome beta browser for chromecast support. Also just turn the phone sideways and then back and the text issues will go away. Just saying.

cruckus said:
Chrome beta browser for chromecast support. Also just turn the phone sideways and then back and the text issues will go away. Just saying.
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Too much work . Plus I didn't see any options to always prefer desktop sites.

Boat browser. My favorite
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chrome is the best for me.

Is there a way to speed up chrome?

Hey guys i wonder if there a tip to.make chrome faster and smoother?

diecast said:
Hey guys i wonder if there a tip to.make chrome faster and smoother?
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yes, uninstall
and use AOSP or Vanilla browser

The little stutter and lag in some tansition of Chrome are sort of "bugs" of the app so you can't do much other than wait for an update that fixes everything. Or you can uninstall the updates and revert to an older, more smooth version.

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yes, uninstall
and use AOSP or Vanilla browser
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Noroot here what can i do?

No you can't. Try some other web browser from the play store. I use javelin although it has its own set of issues but performance wise its much better than chrome.
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That makes me fed up too. I'm using maxthon now.

Opera Classic is probably the best there is, it even still supports text reflow, independent of the OS.
Search for Mobile Classic in the play store.

I tried them all from google play! And i saw that uc browser with hardware acceleratiom on is very good!
Although i read a tweak about chrome!go to chrome:flags>>maximum tiles for interested area and put it to 512..
They say that this speed up chrome and improves the scrolling

diecast said:
Noroot here what can i do?
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it's app on playstore - Vanilla Browser