Hi
Has anyone noticed how the stock android browser "paginates" some web sites. I don't know if that's the correct word to describe it, but I mean when it separates a web site into several pages and you have to click continue at the end to see the rest of the content. Also, when you see the list of open tabs next to the title you see "(1/3)".
I find it very annoying and haven't found a way to disable it. Does anyone know how to do it?
This happens to me using a Galaxy 3, that's why I'm asking in this forum. Could some other user of this phone please confirm if it happens in your phone too?
Thanks.
let me guess. This happens generally when you are using google search and click one of the links.. right?
It happens when using google search, but also when entering the site URL directly. For instance, I just loaded emol.com (local newspaper) and I got the paginated view. I'm also getting it when accessing this very same forum, which makes it almost unusable.
So nobody else has seen this behavior?
I figured this would be a good place to ask, lots of users of this phone. Would you please suggest some other place to post this question if it is not relevant here?
Thanks
Finally, mistery solved. I figured it only happened when using 3G and not when using WiFi. I went to the APN settings and the default APN had a proxy server enabled. I removed the proxy address and now all pages look as they should. So,
it wasn't android browser's fault, it was my network operator's. No wonder I couldn't find anything about this issue.
Sorry for all the annoying posts
I've pretty much been experiencing this issue since I got my Xoom, but can't find any information on it. Most of the time when attempting to use the back button in the browser it does nothing. If I press it multiple times it sometimes triggers, but I usually end up multiple pages back. Anyone else experiencing this issue?
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Try switching to Quick Controls, and see if the back button there exhibits the same behavior:
Browser | Settings | Labs | Quick Controls
Touch the edge of the screen to bring up the control wheel, then swipe to the back button. Does this also not register?
zonk7ate9 said:
I've pretty much been experiencing this issue since I got my Xoom, but can't find any information on it. Most of the time when attempting to use the back button in the browser it does nothing. If I press it multiple times it sometimes triggers, but I usually end up multiple pages back. Anyone else experiencing this issue?
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i rarely use the browser back i use the the back button on the notification bar and have no issues with it. if the web page has re-directs before it when you hit back it will just re-direct you to the same page
I actually use the notification bar back button most of the time too, but it is the same function. I tried the thumb controls with no luck. I think it may be just the site as the others I had issue with (all heavy JavaScript) seem to work fine now.
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zonk7ate9 said:
I've pretty much been experiencing this issue since I got my Xoom, but can't find any information on it. Most of the time when attempting to use the back button in the browser it does nothing. If I press it multiple times it sometimes triggers, but I usually end up multiple pages back. Anyone else experiencing this issue?
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I've had this problem, too. At first I thought it was similar to the twitter issue on phones, where you have to mash back a few times to actually leave a twitter page, but it seems to happen any time I load a webpage with flash on it. I haven't really had a problem when it comes to pages without flash elements, but who knows if that's actually the problem.
Have you updated to the latest version of flash? It greatly increased the performance and decreased the strain it would cause on the CPU/browser.
I too am experiencing this bug. It doesn't do it for every site, but is getting more frequent. Did you find a fix for this? I I am running rooted 3.1
I have the same problem as well, it all seemed to start when I flashed someone CWM flashable desktop UA String fix
I've got the same thing on my Transformer, must be a bug in the browser.
I never had that problem , maybe it's because you are rooted . However , I do have this problem with gmail .
Have you all changed the browsers default (as in, by somehow changing the framework, and not the about:debug method) UA String to desktop? I have only been having this problem since I flashed someones UA String fix on my Wifi only Xoom (US). I know that changing the UA String's/browsers framework can cause some weird things to happen such as with one fix, the screen won't rotate 180° from the normal landscape view (Camera ontop and Motorola logo/name are to the top left of ur screen. Please respond if you have done a UA String change and now have the back button issue or other issues, thxs.
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I have not modified the browser in any way apart from rooting.
I have that bug. Going to apps / all apps and clear cache and force close browser helps it. I have a modified UA string. But having done the mod myself, I can't see how it would mess up the back button. I'm betting bug.
It does look like a bug, but seen as there at not a huge amount of seems to make me thinks it could be fixed by wiping the browser settings. Maybe some configuration somewhere got corrupted. Is there a way, say using titanium backup, to wipe just the browser settings?
Clearing the Data and Cache for the App in settings should clear all of these, if you want to reinstall the whole browser your probably going to have to reflash your ROM and clear all data and cache.
I am having this same issue I went back to completely stock and flashed tiamat 1.4.4 and it still does it! The issue occurs in both the stock browser and Dolphin HD it is extremely annoying!
i finally found a solution if you update the host list in adfree android it causes the back button to not function properly. I reverted my host list and everything works great now! I ended up uninstalling adfree though cuz its nearly useless without host list updates
I can confirm this fix, frustrating as it is you can choose this bug or ads. I personally choosenthe bug. Maybe there will be a better fix later on, maybe something to do with the ip of the hosts file
OK, I have been messing around with this and I noticed that when the back button doesn't do anything there was an iframe ad that just refreshed the iframe.
So, I changed the ip in adfree to be a pc on my lan with an apache server. It was setup to redirect all traffic from a blank page. This stopped the iframe from refreshing. Now the back button works fine
Now, does anyone with more knowhow know of a more efficient way to sort this out? I have a wifi xoom that is always at home so it's OK for me, but for others a better solution is needed
Ive got this bug too -- can you be more specific how to edit the hosts file?
It's annoying as hell! Anyone else getting this? Every time I open a new window it opens all the way, then reloads... If I open a link in a new tab the original window also reloads. This is on the stock browser and had been doing this from day 1 on the phone before root or anything. I like stock and was wondering if anyone else has had this problem and knows of a fix besides using a different browser apk. Thanks!
amebiasis said:
It's annoying as hell! Anyone else getting this? Every time I open a new window it opens all the way, then reloads... If I open a link in a new tab the original window also reloads. This is on the stock browser and had been doing this from day 1 on the phone before root or anything. I like stock and was wondering if anyone else has had this problem and knows of a fix besides using a different browser apk. Thanks!
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yeah...its annoying to me. I quit chrome because of it.
If youre rooted...try the AOSP browser with bookmarks sync I posted in the themes section. Its a better browser than sammys or chrome anyway. Its faster...and the double tap zoom is perfect. Thats why I prefer it over the other browsers.
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yeah...its annoying to me. I quit chrome because of it.
If youre rooted...try the AOSP browser with bookmarks sync I posted in the themes section. Its a better browser than sammys or chrome anyway. Its faster...and the double tap zoom is perfect. Thats why I prefer it over the other browsers.
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Thanks ill check it out!
I know a thread has been made about this before but theres has been no help for the force close issue im having. Is there a way to get the stock samsung browser on the Verizon S5? I like chrome but hate how it always refreshes pages and my girlfriend hates chrome all together. I know there are other browsers in the play but i want the samsung one. Any ideas?
When you say, "how it always refreshes pages" if you mean when you open a page, go to homescreen and open another app or simply have your screen off for a while and then go back to it and the pages refresh, using the stock one or any other one won't change that, thats just how it works, I don't know a solution and i appologize but i just thought i'd put that out there.
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Hmm maybe I get lucky haha but the stock browser and dolphin never refresh at the rate chrome does for me. Sometimes I'd have 10 tabs open for over a day and open the pages no problem.
Hi, can anyone help me on this.
When i use the internet, and it needs to go to another page or tab, an error message appears that says I have consumed all 16 tabs and should close some if not all. I check and only have a few open. I close all except for the internet, and , its still the same error message and does not make the phone go to the next part of the website I am looking at.
Use to happen once in awhile, but, now always.
Anyone pls assist
Thanks,
Bert
zoeway said:
Hi, can anyone help me on this.
When i use the internet, and it needs to go to another page or tab, an error message appears that says I have consumed all 16 tabs and should close some if not all. I check and only have a few open. I close all except for the internet, and , its still the same error message and does not make the phone go to the next part of the website I am looking at.
Use to happen once in awhile, but, now always.
Anyone pls assist
Thanks,
Bert
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Which mobile browser are you using? Assuming it's either the Samsung stock browser, try in chrome and try downloading Firefox from the play store to see if the error reproduces in other browsers
Edit; when you say you close some "except the internet" are you referencing apps? Because that would be a memory issue and not a browser tabs issue so be sure to check the tabs in your browser, not in your recent apps screen.
Got it
Thank you. I was using the Samsung internet app. When I used chrome, didn't have the problem anymore.
zoeway said:
Thank you. I was using the Samsung internet app. When I used chrome, didn't have the problem anymore.
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Great, if I was able to help, pressing the the thanks button below my post would be appreciated
P.s I don't think there is an issue with the Samsung Browser itself, it's layout can be quite awkward but there should be a button near the top right that lists all of your open tabs with an option to close them!.