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Yet another browser issue

Am i the only one here suffer from checker box browsing issue? For those who don't know what it is. Is when you load a webpage they load box by box as you scroll down. Was there some setting i miss? I tried factory reset and it still doesn't solve anything. This really bug me because knowing that the TF is quite powerful in it's own way. But when using the stock browser it made it feel really cheap. Opera mobile on the other hand is way faster when rendering webpage. But since i have all my bookmark synced in the stock browser that made it my preferred browser. Just wondering if anyone else have this issue as well.

I have the same issue. I turned off opengl rendering and it fixed it, but scrolling is much less smooth.

I have the same issue, after receiving the Android 3.2 update. 3.1 was better for me. It has stated that 3.2 was suppose to fix this white box loading problem, but it caused me the problem instead. So I'm hoping the next update will fix it soon in the coming days for the U.S. on 8/23/11. 3.2 is such a buggy release.
As for how to disable OpenGL rendering? I don't think there is such option under any factory setting? Are you rooted legoman666?

to disable opengl you have to type about:config in the browser URL. Nothing will show up on the webpage. But just go back to your browser setting and the debug option is listed there. Yeah i really hope they fix this issue soon. I don't even feel like using the TF anymore because of this.

omishi said:
to disable opengl you have to type about:config in the browser URL. Nothing will show up on the webpage. But just go back to your browser setting and the debug option is listed there. Yeah i really hope they fix this issue soon. I don't even feel like using the TF anymore because of this.
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I believe I followed the instructions correctly. But I do not see the OpenGL option listed, nor a debug option within Settings on the stock browser.

lol my bad i mean type about:debug then go to setting. You should see the debug option. Sorry been using a couples other browser and got the command mixed up. Disabling openGL will cause some issue when loading webpage with flash.

this is such a huge annoyance I wonder why you don't see more complaints? Its buggingthe hell out of me!

I use Opera Browser and get nearly zero blockiness, however it is about time Asus got off their ass and fixed this issue once and for all!

Does opera work with flash?
And yes Asus needs to address this issue big time since most users are on the web 90% of the time!

markimar said:
Does opera work with flash?
And yes Asus needs to address this issue big time since most users are on the web 90% of the time!
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Yes flash works fine on Opera.

yeah i'm no longer using the stock browser. Switched to opera and so much faster. Just wish mouse scrolling work with it hehe. I can't believe we need to rely on third party software to enjoy web surfing. I thought tablet are meant for web surfing. Surely this is not the case with the TF stock browser.

Lets just admit the TF is a pretty good device. Except for the stock browser. The longer I use it the more I hate it. I honestly don't know why I keep using it other than it's familiar. Maybe if someone just removed it from the rom I would be forced to use something else

I agree. The device itself is awsome. I love playing old school emulator games using my ps3 controller. But when i want to surf the web. I tend to move to my desktop for that job. Hell even my samsung galaxy s does a better job. That's how much the stock browser had turned me off and not to mention when i want to post here. The keyboard lag is ridiculous. Can't surf and can't type. Definitely a pretty damn let down for a dual core device.

i sent a complaint to Asus. Lets see if we get a responce!

omishi said:
lol my bad i mean type about:debug then go to setting. You should see the debug option. Sorry been using a couples other browser and got the command mixed up. Disabling openGL will cause some issue when loading webpage with flash.
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For anybody who is looking for more information about this techniue, see this link here:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1073567

well Asus steered me back to Google for the issue! I filed a bug report on Google this time!

Hahaha thanks markimar for getting on their ass about this issue. Hope we get a solution for this problem soon.
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Choppy browser
Ok so from what I read the checker box browsing, slow keyboard typing and all are not exclusive to my device. I got my TF a week back and I tried different browsers (Stock, Dolphin, Opera) and on different roms (Prime and Revolver) and all were choppy like hell.
it was worst in case of facebook and endgadget pages which are quite long pages and what I saw was plain dissapointing, slow, checker boxes and the fact that it keep loading the whole page if I scroll up and down or zoom in and out!
Edit: ok so idid the "open gl rendering" uncheck and now the stock browser doesnt do checker box and its quite ok,could be smoother but its wayyyy better than before!

Netflix mystery

First of all. Not trolling.
My netflix app was suffering from what it seems like most infinity users were suffering from- painfully slow scrolling. Not even setting force hardware gpu setting did not solve the problem. But today I fired up the netflix and the problem has gone away! Smooth scrolling with almost no lag. I know there is an netfix update, but I have not updated. The problem of lagging when typing to search still exists though. I am happy but quite puzzled over how it "just" fuxed itself. Anyone here with more brain power care to explain?
I am running stock 26 build.

As chief Dan George said "sometimes the magic works and sometimes it does not"

My experience, I followed the "force 2D GPU" on to solve my Netflix issue, but it didn't work (still the same, impossible to scroll etc..), then I did a reboot and still no luck. The next day it works beautifully. So the only thing I may think is something with force 2d hardware did not really kick in until later or a glitch issue with force 2d on. I then turn off the force 2d and Netflix back to non function again, then I re enable 2D and it stills not working, then did a reboot and this time it works right away. So my theory is enabling "force 2D" will resolved Netflix issue but it may not kick in right away.

seolyang said:
First of all. Not trolling.
My netflix app was suffering from what it seems like most infinity users were suffering from- painfully slow scrolling. Not even setting force hardware gpu setting did not solve the problem. But today I fired up the netflix and the problem has gone away! Smooth scrolling with almost no lag. I know there is an netfix update, but I have not updated. The problem of lagging when typing to search still exists though. I am happy but quite puzzled over how it "just" fuxed itself. Anyone here with more brain power care to explain?
I am running stock 26 build.
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Netfilx had a update on my device on the 6th. After the update it made the app. work much like it did for me when I used the Prime."Force 2D GPU" is the required on my device anymore. Once the page is fully loaded, it more around fine.

seolyang said:
First of all. Not trolling.
My netflix app was suffering from what it seems like most infinity users were suffering from- painfully slow scrolling. Not even setting force hardware gpu setting did not solve the problem. But today I fired up the netflix and the problem has gone away! Smooth scrolling with almost no lag. I know there is an netfix update, but I have not updated. The problem of lagging when typing to search still exists though. I am happy but quite puzzled over how it "just" fuxed itself. Anyone here with more brain power care to explain?
I am running stock 26 build.
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Yea I noticed the same thing. After the update on the 6th it was still lagging but today, nothing. its perfect.

user311 said:
After the update on the 6th
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Anyone have a copy of the .apk file with the new NetFlix? I have NetFlix via a DNS Proxy, but don't get automatic updates to the application, due to being in Europe.

HeartWare42 said:
Anyone have a copy of the .apk file with the new NetFlix? I have NetFlix via a DNS Proxy, but don't get automatic updates to the application, due to being in Europe.
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Here you go: https://docs.google.com/open?id=0B-_1cBMNtSiqMzhqa3REcjNXa00
Thanks Seolyang for pointing this out. Netflix works great now. I went and turned off 'force 2d hw rendering' and it still performs the same. bout damn time!

Yes, my Netflix is working great now. Funny how people were returning their devices over a little software issue like that.

+1. I've turned off Force GPU and the newer version works basically like it did with force GPU. Not perfect, but infinitely more usable. I considered the UI non-functional without force GPU on the prior release. Really glad to see this fixed on the TF700. Netflix is an important app.

Mine is still super laggy even with the latest update

I think all of Netflix are running slow.
I tried to demonstrate the app to a colleague and the app totally undersold the Tranformer Infinity.
I don't know what to say about this.
I never experienced this problem with the Transformer Prime.

I tried searching for something on the app tonight and a bunch of search items showed up but it was impossible to select any of them. By touch or my trackpad. Most annoying bug ever.

Netflix issues of lag has already been fixed. By app update and latest .30 update. Its smooth and lag free now... at least on my end
Brought to you by Samsung Galaxy S3

jjdevega said:
Netflix issues of lag has already been fixed. By app update and latest .30 update. Its smooth and lag free now... at least on my end
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Nice... Improved alot better but I notice a slight lag when you were browsing netflix a few times. Only thing I wished you should have added in the video was scrolling a tv show with seasons and episodes to see if it was smooth also in netflix.

Nice to see they fixed it without needing to use the 2D forced.
The TV shows series interface stinks. Just do a big list that scrolls. I'm luke warm on the choosing the season thing.

junrider said:
Nice... Improved alot better but I notice a slight lag when you were browsing netflix a few times. Only thing I wished you should have added in the video was scrolling a tv show with seasons and episodes to see if it was smooth also in netflix.
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Here is another video of navigating TV SERIES. Initially there was a brief pause but after it loaded more it was smoother
Ok I completely forgot to do the tv show season/episodes scrolling. I'll do another take. I got nothing else to do atm.
Brought to you by Samsung Galaxy S3

To me, that still lags like crazy. Here is my experience with netflix. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lw6J_ZC3MD0 Impossible to search for a specific movie/show. Note, the reason the movie starts on the infinity is because I accidentally hit it on the main page outside of the search box. I would say that someone should do a side by side comparison with other tablets to show how bad it lags and doesn't work.
Sorry, I don't know how to insert the video like you have in your posts, lol.

Here is why it "all of a sudden was better" . They fixed things on their end without any update.

adamhlj said:
To me, that still lags like crazy. Here is my experience with netflix. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lw6J_ZC3MD0 Impossible to search for a specific movie/show. Note, the reason the movie starts on the infinity is because I accidentally hit it on the main page outside of the search box. I would say that someone should do a side by side comparison with other tablets to show how bad it lags and doesn't work.
Sorry, I don't know how to insert the video like you have in your posts, lol.
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There must be something going on with your tablet? What are you running? Could be something modified or a 3rd party app that could be causeing this. Its running very smooth as you can see from my video. And Netflix has fixed the lag issues and unresponsiveness. Maybe clear data on Netflix, uninstall reinstall.
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i have the search not working problems as well. i does not work on on my acer 500 either. I've read that because app uses html5 netflix can reprogram some things without an actual update from play store.
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Is chrome running like crap on your galaxy s6

mine is full of jank. Pages take forever to load even on mobile sites. if you touch before its finished loading there is a huge drop in frame rate. Flick scrolling looks terrible.
Actually a lot of google apps seem to be dropping frame rates for me. Coming from the z3c and didnt have this problem.

Yes, the Google Apps seem to be particularly bad for some reason. I'm glad someone else is noticing this. I was playing with my wife's Nexus 5 earlier and while not as snappy, it's definitely a lot smooth than the S6.

Search the Play store for "Chrome Samsung" and download the support library.

Haha, wtf! Thanks for the link. I've never head of this support library before. Runs better now, but not all smooth.

For me the support library fixed nothing.
It's not just you. There was even a thread on General but people started comparing with ip6 and a mod closed it (looks like just only comparisons where s6 wins are allowed). This is important and should not be silenced in order to get a fix.
My old nexus 4 scrolls perfect while my s6 do not.

Installed it
hope it will fix the problem

I had this problem. Now it is gone. How did I fix it? Rooted and using adaway. Sorry if this isn't the answer you want to hear. There is a pretty significant issue with javascript it seems.
I used the ad blocker in Javelin browser and it was also satisfactory without root. Don't really like javelin as a browser though

I just installed it and the performance in chrome seems way better, thanks!

I've found unchecking javascript under site settings in Chrome makes things a lot smoother. I know this probably isn't a solution for all but it's enough for me.

i installed ad blocker plus non rooted and used the proxy set up. runs a lot better now that its blocking the ads.
will try the support library now
the library didnt help much. loading ads seem to be the problem

aameghoo said:
I've found unchecking javascript under site settings in Chrome makes things a lot smoother. I know this probably isn't a solution for all but it's enough for me.
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Yes javascript is the problem but unchecking it breaks other things. It should be optimized not deactivated.

Chrome is garbage compared to the stock internet browser. I stopped using Chrome back on my Note Edge.

Chrome is garbage compared to the stock internet browser. I stopped using Chrome back on my Note Edge.
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yea but i really dont like the layout for the stock browser. would rather run aosp browser but havent figured out how to install it yet. it keeps failing

try CM browser please. better than chrome
try CM browser please. better than chrome. way,better than chrome.
jeff5891 said:
mine is full of jank. Pages take forever to load even on mobile sites. if you touch before its finished loading there is a huge drop in frame rate. Flick scrolling looks terrible.
Actually a lot of google apps seem to be dropping frame rates for me. Coming from the z3c and didnt have this problem.
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Just wanted to let you guys know that i've stopped using chrome and start using the default browser
its much much better super fast compared to chrome and very easy to set up/use
One thing i have no clue how to get rid of is those damm ads i think if ill find a way to block those apps the default browser would be a beast
So if you have any idea please let me know.

making Google Chrome a more smooth experience on SD625

As I like to read a lot of news/tech articles on my Lenovo P2 while commuting. I always get bothered when a website has stuttering issues when loading or while scrolling.
I finally passed all my exams for this year and had time to look into what I could do to try to make chrome a more smooth experience for our device. (It works on other devices too)
I do use Chrome beta but the changes should work on Chrome stable too. I had it tested by a friend on Chrome stable already and he said he is not going back to default values because the changes do make chrome a smoother experience.
So here is what you do if you want to try it out.
Go into "chrome://flags" in chromes address bar.
And change the following values (see attachment) accordingly. Relaunch Chrome and try it out.
You might experience stuttering on website's which load multiple ads. But you know what to do with ads. Just make sure you whitelist XDA
If you don't like it. Reset to defaults and don't use it!

thank you, i will try
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is there any effect on battery performance?

emrecan3321 said:
thank you, i will try
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is there any effect on battery performance?
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nope not really but if any.
it should improve it. because the rastering processing is done by the gpu now.
and the gpu uses its idle state clock cycle to process the rastering. it's not gaming so the gpu is pretty much "bored".

celoxocis said:
As I like to read a lot of news/tech articles on my Lenovo P2 while commuting. I always get bothered when a website has stuttering issues when loading or while scrolling.
I finally passed all my exams for this year and had time to look into what I could do to try to make chrome a more smooth experience for our device. (It works on other devices too)
I do use Chrome beta but the changes should work on Chrome stable too. I had it tested by a friend on Chrome stable already and he said he is not going back to default values because the changes do make chrome a smoother experience.
So here is what you do if you want to try it out.
Go into "chrome://flags" in chromes address bar.
And change the following values (see attachment) accordingly. Relaunch Chrome and try it out.
You might experience stuttering on website's which load multiple ads. But you know what to do with ads. Just make sure you whitelist XDA
If you don't like it. Reset to defaults and don't use it!
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In my case gerrit don't load after optimizations.
https://review.lineageos.org/#/q/project:LineageOS/android_device_lenovo_kuntao
Do you have the same problem?

nothingman1976 said:
In my case gerrit don't load after optimizations.
https://review.lineageos.org/#/q/project:LineageOS/android_device_lenovo_kuntao
Do you have the same problem?
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no it works flawless. make sure you clear your cache after changing the settings. GPU object cache is different than CPU object one.

celoxocis said:
no it works flawless. make sure you clear your cache after changing the settings. GPU object cache is different than CPU object one.
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Don't work for me even after clearing cache... I will try this evening with chrome beta

nothingman1976 said:
Don't work for me even after clearing cache... I will try this evening with chrome beta
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I tried again and it works even with google stable...

Front facing camera popped up while surfing Web!?

Surfing the Web, it popped up for a second, then retreated...
Device compromised?

Did it happen anywhere else, or just one site?
Kind of a nice extra security feature with the camera having to pop up. Hadn't thought of that.

Do you use Firefox? It's a known issue with Firefox

It happened to me also, on different sites (but not shady) on Chrome, a couple of times. I thought it could be that classic pop-up notif. that you get on the desktop sites that ask you to allow access to mic and camera and as such, when invoked on a mobile device, I assumed that was the expected behavior - to raise the camera - and automatically "shuts it down" and retracts almost instantly. Given the mechanism of the selfie camera, we notice this as the camera raises. But on a classic phone where the front camera is always displayed, I thought that the user is not aware of this (even thought the pop-up is not displayed or auto-closed).
Again, just a thought.

cantenna said:
Surfing the Web, it popped up for a second, then retreated...
Device compromised?
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Can you specify which website was that, I want to test that??

It is because the website uses extensive methods to fingerprint the device, also known as tracking. In Firefox you just enable Tracking Protection to not not only work in Private windows but also normal browsering.

Dungeon47 said:
Did it happen anywhere else, or just one site?
Kind of a nice extra security feature with the camera having to pop up. Hadn't thought of that.
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Agreed! Yikes, though, why is the www taping into people's camera like this!?

Dungeon47 said:
Did it happen anywhere else, or just one site?
Kind of a nice extra security feature with the camera having to pop up. Hadn't thought of that.
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superac11 said:
Can you specify which website was that, I want to test that??
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It was a pretty well known one, like BBC or abc I believe

StrongOneX said:
It is because the website uses extensive methods to fingerprint the device, also known as tracking. In Firefox you just enable Tracking Protection to not not only work in Private windows but also normal browsering.
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Thanks. Did this and disabled permission access to camera in Firefox (apps/settings)

Same thing happened to me with Firefox, I just turned off camera permission for Firefox.

Would have never guessed Firefox was the culprit! Cheers