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[Q] xda-developers forum extremely slow on transfo

Has anyone else noticed how xtremely slow this forum is on the transformer? Navigating the pages and even typing this out is very frustrating. I thought it was flash but I uninstalled it and it is still very bad. Any help or info is appreciated. The default keyboard helps a little bit, but typing is very laggy as well.
Y2J

I'm not experiencing this via the browser. Also, you may want to buy Tapatalk
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So far this website really seems to be the only one I have problems with using the stock browser, or even some of the other browsers.
I did find that Opera Mobile seems to work very well with XDA though.

y2jdmbfan said:
Has anyone else noticed how xtremely slow this forum is on the transformer? Navigating the pages and even typing this out is very frustrating. I thought it was flash but I uninstalled it and it is still very bad. Any help or info is appreciated. The default keyboard helps a little bit, but typing is very laggy as well.
Y2J
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I'm having the EXACT same problem and only with XDA Dev's site. I got so frustrated that I wiped my Transformer thinking it might have been an issue with the ROM. Still same issue. Really don't want to use Tapatalk on a damn tablet but what can I do... At least I know I'm not alone.
Also, I did update Flas to 10.2 not sure it is related.

Yeah the app is so slow. I think its the app tho, whats tapatalk
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Surfing this site on TF101 browser is slow for me also. Tapatalk is much faster though.

jinsoku3g said:
whats tapatalk
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THE best app ever!!! https://market.android.com/details?id=app-com.quoord.tapatalkpro.activity
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It IS really rotten using the default browser. Firefox is a bit better. The worst part is getting that ">" new postings link large enough to click on it. In Firefox, there is an additional new postings link that is still hard to click but larger. Hopefully as tablets become more common, sites will make some accommodation.

brachiopod said:
It IS really rotten using the default browser. Firefox is a bit better. The worst part is getting that ">" new postings link large enough to click on it. In Firefox, there is an additional new postings link that is still hard to click but larger. Hopefully as tablets become more common, sites will make some accommodation.
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y2jdmbfan said:
Has anyone else noticed how xtremely slow this forum is on the transformer? Navigating the pages and even typing this out is very frustrating. I thought it was flash but I uninstalled it and it is still very bad. Any help or info is appreciated. The default keyboard helps a little bit, but typing is very laggy as well.
Y2J
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Ravynmagi said:
So far this website really seems to be the only one I have problems with using the stock browser, or even some of the other browsers.
I did find that Opera Mobile seems to work very well with XDA though.
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spokenwordd said:
I'm having the EXACT same problem and only with XDA Dev's site. I got so frustrated that I wiped my Transformer thinking it might have been an issue with the ROM. Still same issue. Really don't want to use Tapatalk on a damn tablet but what can I do... At least I know I'm not alone.
Also, I did update Flas to 10.2 not sure it is related.
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This forum always gives people issues..
But it has a relatively easy fix.
Scroll all the way to the bottom right and then change XDA 2010 to XDA classic. All your problems should vanish!

I'm having the same issue on my Acer a500. I was getting ready to return it and wait for a transformer. I guess its just xda developers site. Thanks.
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May changing the forum style to the xda classic helps?

N23 said:
May changing the forum style to the xda classic helps?
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Classic colors are hard to take?
Strange this site works fine on the iPad it seems rather basic?

Vigneshd said:
This forum always gives people issues..
But it has a relatively easy fix.
Scroll all the way to the bottom right and then change XDA 2010 to XDA classic. All your problems should vanish!
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You sir, are an absolute star.
As indicated, all my laggy problems have indeed vanished

SonicTab said:
Classic colors are hard to take?
Strange this site works fine on the iPad it seems rather basic?
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It appears to be the Flash ads that are driving it crazy, so no problem with those on the iPad heh. The TF tries to render all of them, and although they do work they are very slow.

You would think that without flash installed, it wouldn't try to render them, but it appears to get stuck on them for some reason. It doesn't make a difference with or without flash, still unbearably slow. Can we pay $5 a month to get the flash ads turned off? LOL...

y2jdmbfan said:
You would think that without flash installed, it wouldn't try to render them, but it appears to get stuck on them for some reason. It doesn't make a difference with or without flash, still unbearably slow. Can we pay $5 a month to get the flash ads turned off? LOL...
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I love this site & I would pay to get rid of all ads to make my browsing faster on my TF101. I'll have to try the classic mode which was mentioned in a few post earlier when I get home from work.

The xoom had the same issue and switching to classic worked for a while until they updated the xda premium app. Not sure if the xda premium app will work for the tf but I would try that.
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Not sure it's the Flash ads. I have the browser set to only load Flash on demand, so the Flash ads are not shown. And it it's still extremely laggy.
I just tried switching to "XDA Classic", that fixed it. Ugly as hell, but it works now.

Surface is Here!

I have just recieved my surface! Bought it yesterday night. Playing with it and its like a real laptop to me! Hope you guys get yours soon!!
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I assume you have the 64gb? as the others are on back order.

Surface Delivered
Received mine today also.
I am having a hard time linking my outlook Microsoft account and my old Xbox live account otherwise having fun.

I wonder if either of you could do a test for me on your Surface please?
Can you open up a powerpoint presentation, and then try and "Print to Onenote" I know this is possible in Office 2010 and Office 2013, I am very keen to see if its still there in the RT version?
Or is there any other way of sending a powerpoint show to Onenote?
Cheers

prb304 said:
I wonder if either of you could do a test for me on your Surface please?
Can you open up a powerpoint presentation, and then try and "Print to Onenote" I know this is possible in Office 2010 and Office 2013, I am very keen to see if its still there in the RT version?
Or is there any other way of sending a powerpoint show to Onenote?
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I will try that! If you need to know if you can print to your printer you can. I will try to do a print to onenote. Bringing this to school instead of my iPad! REPLACED ALREADY
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im_awesome_right? said:
I will try that! If you need to know if you can print to your printer you can. I will try to do a print to onenote. Bringing this to school instead of my iPad! REPLACED ALREADY
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Just got my 64gb delivered a few minutes ago. There were very little instructions with it. I got my Microsoft account linked up but not sure how to get all my contacts and calender synced up with my Office 2010 on my desktop. I guess the days of Acticesync are gone and it all has to be done through the cloud. Is there any way to sync it up with a desktop standalone Office program?
Otherwise very cool.

prb304 said:
I wonder if either of you could do a test for me on your Surface please?
Can you open up a powerpoint presentation, and then try and "Print to Onenote" I know this is possible in Office 2010 and Office 2013, I am very keen to see if its still there in the RT version?
Or is there any other way of sending a powerpoint show to Onenote?
Cheers
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Yes works perfect

FedEx delivered mine at 10am this morning. So much for work...The weekend is starting early! =D

Got mine before work too... Crap lol. Now I just need to know when and how we can install bluestacks and I'm good
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eorsini said:
Got mine before work too... Crap lol. Now I just need to know when and how we can install bluestacks and I'm good
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Bluestacks isn't in the store yet - I just checked (LOL). We need to reasch out to them and find out their timeline.

First Gotcha
The first limitation I've encountered that I'm not real fond of is the lack of POP3 support in the mail client. If you go to Mail -> Settings -> Add -> Other Accounts, it let's you enter the info for a pop3 account then populates a screen with the info it's retrieved from the server, then shuts down with no message. I don't like that.

guitar1969 said:
Bluestacks isn't in the store yet - I just checked (LOL). We need to reasch out to them and find out their timeline.
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Yea.. I know they are planning on supporting it, but they didn't say when. I'm good with playing with it all for now and I just got it connected with Xbox music(got a free year for being one of the first 100 in the store!) so that should keep me occupied for a few days lol
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The only problem I have with my surface is that it doesnt treat the microsd card as part of the library. The sd card is only useful for transferring media or watching or listening to one file at a time. Other than that it is great. I have to admit thatbi like my lenovo yoga a little more.
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dee32181 said:
The only problem I have with my surface is that it doesnt treat the microsd card as part of the library. The sd card is only useful for transferring media or watching or listening to one file at a time. Other than that it is great. I have to admit thatbi like my lenovo yoga a little more.
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I had heard that the MicrosSD would not house apps, but only media but did not realize it would not be part of the library. I am sure that will be addressed.
The only issue I have had is the Wifi disconnecting and I am right next to my router.

Its a windows 8/ rt thing because my wibdows 8 computer does the same thing.
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What about the google applications? Are there any google map or gmail? How is the readability on the browser compared to an Ipad with retina display? And finally...have somebody tested any games?

Miracle1980 said:
What about the google applications? Are there any google map or gmail? How is the readability on the browser compared to an Ipad with retina display? And finally...have somebody tested any games?
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No gmail yet. Readability is great. Web pages fill up the screen perfectly. I played hydro thunder hurricane and it ran at 30fps. Looks like a more graphically demanding version of riptide. I have fond memories of hydro thunder from my dreamcast days.
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dee32181 said:
The only problem I have with my surface is that it doesnt treat the microsd card as part of the library. The sd card is only useful for transferring media or watching or listening to one file at a time. Other than that it is great. I have to admit thatbi like my lenovo yoga a little more.
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You can get the sd media into the library. It involves going into disk management (via desktop mode) and adding a mapping to a local ntfs folder (you need to create this folder on the c: drive of your surface. Once you do this, you can then add the local directory (I created c:\media and mapped separate folders for each library, i.e. Music/pictures/videos) or subdirectory to your library.
There is a thread on wpcentral discussing this.
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You can also download the app "metro commander". It allows you to view all your files and folders in metro without switching to desktop mode
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i pre ordered on 20th oct and have no idea when it will be shipped to me...... should have not waited 4 days... ****...

has anybody tried the Netgear-PTV3000 Push2TV

has anybody tried this with the s3? I heard it only works with 4.2 i.e. nexus 4

ucpro said:
has anybody tried this with the s3? I heard it only works with 4.2 i.e. nexus 4
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Did a little bit of digging for you.
This is the only thing I found on the S3 and WiDi (aka. be compatible with the device you listed above)
http://forums.androidcentral.com/samsung-galaxy-s-iii/189506-anyone-try-sgs-iii-w-widi-wi-fi-display-adapter.html
To be honest, the thread was pretty messy, but overall definitely has some interesting information

I'm thinking it should work. I saw another thread where someone said it worked with their note 2
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ucpro said:
I'm thinking it should work. I saw another thread where someone said it worked with their note 2
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Personally I run a:
http://www.amazon.com/Adapter-HDMI-3FHU-Samsung-Galaxy/dp/B0080CXSOU
to connect to my home theater. Not sure how well the wireless video/audio would turn out.
In my experience streaming anything over the air turns out poorly.
I guess the wireless nature of it all could be convenient though

warfront1 said:
Personally I run a:
http://www.amazon.com/Adapter-HDMI-3FHU-Samsung-Galaxy/dp/B0080CXSOU
to connect to my home theater. Not sure how well the wireless video/audio would turn out.
In my experience streaming anything over the air turns out poorly.
I guess the wireless nature of it all could be convenient though
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I have the mhl adapter also, but it gets annoying having to constantly hook it up every time I wanted to watch a movie. At the same time, I don't wanna sacrifice sound quality just to be wireless. I'm torn!!!!!
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Chrome browser heats up phone

I've been monitoring my temp on my nexus 5 and notice that chrome browser would heat up about 20 degrees more comparing to Firefox, dolphin and opera. I almost get about the same type of heat while playing a game.
I've tried it with stock, Franco, faux and elementalx kernel. And got similar results.
It does run smooth but I miss my aosp browser with text reflow...
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I noticed this too. I see that the CPU runs on max speed when chrome is open.

Yeah Chrome destroys the battery as well. Idk what's up with it. I hope there's a update here soon.
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Google needs to restore the old aosp webkit code in 4.4. The new chromium webview is so inefficient. Ditch chrome for android and update the old aosp webview to the latest version of webkit and v8.

nitrogen618 said:
I noticed this too. I see that the CPU runs on max speed when chrome is open.
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Really? Chrome pegs the CPU to max value? If true that is pretty ****ty of Google. It sounds like something an OEM would do to "fix" their weakest point, which for Google is seriously Chrome's lagginess. Sounds like one of those "features" that would get turned off in an update after all of the reviews are in.
Gonna have to test this out.

Good thanks guys, I figured I'll get slam for posting this. But at least now I know I'm not alone. It really feels like with the nexus 5 they are really trying to push Google stuff down our throat.
Just like the YouTube and Google plus integration.
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I can confirm that Chrome does not peg the CPU to max value. It certainly seems like it ramps up the CPU higher than is necessary, but its not "cheating" like Samsung does for benchmarks in any way.

The Nexus 5, for me, heats up no matter what I do. 5 minutes of youtube produces noticeable heat, as does facebook and many other apps. Personally, I would suggest you set the max CPU freq lower and see what happens. Personally, I do not mind the heat that much, as it does not seem to detrimentally affect the battery life.

I've been using Firefox and find the phone gets warm and drains the battery fairly quickly. I have it set up to sync, are you using sync options on your chrome?

bblzd said:
I've been using Firefox and find the phone gets warm and drains the battery fairly quickly. I have it set up to sync, are you using sync options on your chrome?
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Somewhat unrelated, but do you have any issues with images displaying on some sites? I see nothing on bing images and ebay mobile, for example.

duckied said:
Good thanks guys, I figured I'll get slam for posting this. But at least now I know I'm not alone. It really feels like with the nexus 5 they are really trying to push Google stuff down our throat.
Just like the YouTube and Google plus integration.
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Why wouldn't they; those are their products? Lol. Do you expect them to release a phone and urge you to use other people's apps, etc.? Just think about it for a minute...
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I do not have this issue
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JmPTaz09 said:
Why wouldn't they; those are their products? Lol. Do you expect them to release a phone and urge you to use other people's apps, etc.? Just think about it for a minute...
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I did think about it for a minute. Nexus 5 without stock Android browser and YouTube integrated with Google plus is kinda like pushing us to use the service they want us to use. Which Google normally don't do. What I like about android was the freedom. I aware this will change with custom roms but its the direction it is going.
And I didn't mention other people app? Not sure if you realized stock android browser and YouTube is own by Google.
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bblzd said:
I've been using Firefox and find the phone gets warm and drains the battery fairly quickly. I have it set up to sync, are you using sync options on your chrome?
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g2tl said:
Somewhat unrelated, but do you have any issues with images displaying on some sites? I see nothing on bing images and ebay mobile, for example.
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Checked Bing images and it's working fine on FF. I should also note that I have an addon to use desktop versions of sites checked by default.

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Checked Bing images and it's working fine on FF. I should also note that I have an addon to use desktop versions of sites checked by default.
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Do you mind checking in mobile version? No images show for me.

On my phone chrome pushes CPU to max value until thermal throttle kicks in.
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Chrome is a battery hog, it's very heavy on the system. Dolphin with Jetpack for the win!

Surface rt won't update

I just picked this surface up last night, it had 55 updates that I let install. Then it said 8.1 was available, it would download half the way then stall and give me error code 0x80240031. Any thoughts? Thank you.
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You just have to try again, it does happen sometimes, just keep trying. Jim

You may also want to reconsider updating as the jailbreak will no longer function

It's brand new, no jail break or nothing
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My point was that 8.0 has a jailbreak whereas 8.1 does. If you update to 8.1 you wont be able to jailbreak in the near future.

Oh that's fine.
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On second thought... maybe I should figure out the benefits and what I can do with jail breaking it. I've always been android, so not sit what the surface is capable of.
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Nickdroid86 said:
On second thought... maybe I should figure out the benefits and what I can do with jail breaking it. I've always been android, so not sit what the surface is capable of.
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With the jailbreak you can run third party desktop applications whereas without the jailbreak you can only run the desktop programs that come on the device already. They still need porting specifically for windows RT though in most cases.
The jailbreak is here: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2092158
And then there is a list of software to go with it here: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2092348
Got some nice little gems in there, if this doesnt concern you too badly then go ahead with the 8.1 update.

I finally got it to update, but now I'm getting furious. Getting another error code. 0x8020002e when installing a simple ****ing app. This is getting old quickly.
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I'm about to snap this stupid thing in half... or just return it.
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Spent an hour and a half on the phone with tech support. Got me nowhere.
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Guess I can install tiny little apps but that's it.
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So I got rid of the surface, picked up a laptop, and SAME THING! This is strange.
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are you on a metered connection?

How can I find out?
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That is probably a no then, and the only known thing to cause that error to occur across multiple platforms.
Open the settings charm (mouse to right of screen or windows key + I), Change PC Settings, Network, Connections, Select the connection and under data usage it has a metered connection toggle. It being on seems to cause that error, but it wont be on unless you set it to be on.
Otherwise I cant find anything about why that error would occur and only a handful of people experiencing it, all of whom have had it go away after a system refresh, but you've just gotten a whole new machine which should have sorted that.

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That is probably a no then, and the only known thing to cause that error to occur across multiple platforms.
Open the settings charm (mouse to right of screen or windows key + I), Change PC Settings, Network, Connections, Select the connection and under data usage it has a metered connection toggle. It being on seems to cause that error, but it wont be on unless you set it to be on.
Otherwise I cant find anything about why that error would occur and only a handful of people experiencing it, all of whom have had it go away after a system refresh, but you've just gotten a whole new machine which should have sorted that.
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Thanks man, It's not on a metered connection, this is so confusing.