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Fennec (Firefox for Android) - out now

You can get it here, but it's crap and takes up 40+MB of internal storage!! And it's still beta
http://www.mozilla.com/en-US/m/beta.html

it`s Fennec (aka desert fox) and yes it huge and crap

Even moved to SD card it was still about 30MB! It's also unusably slow at the moment, and it doesn't reflow the text either so I doubt it will ever be an improvement on the stock browser.
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flash doesn't work on this, right?

andyb949 said:
Even moved to SD card it was still about 30MB! It's also unusably slow at the moment, and it doesn't reflow the text either so I doubt it will ever be an improvement on the stock browser.
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The size is ridiculous but its definitely not slow for me. The scrolling and zooming are very smooth. The address bar is awkward, you cant type something in without it brining up the whole bookmarks/history stuff, very annoying.
I really like the sync features. Having access to all the bookmarks on my PC is really convenient.
Its lacking a lot of settings and options though.
Overall I like it, but not good enough to replace other browsers yet.

I used it awhile ago, doesn't compare to the stock browser or any of the others for that matter.
Skyfire is no doubt the best.
Sent from my SPH-D700

remember guys this is still in beta, im sure before we get an rc, mozilla will have an awsome browser

It's good that we android users have choice. But until mozilla fixes the size & optimize the browser its a no go for me.

Last time i checked, it was a resource hog, not as slow as hell but slower than the stock browser and Opera.
Uninstalled it less than 5 miniutes later.

tried it and yes the size is unbelieveable! shall be patiently waiting for them to go out of beta.

AndroHero said:
remember guys this is still in beta, im sure before we get an rc, mozilla will have an awsome browser
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Personally, I think this is a long way from being a beta quality release. It's a late alpha/pre-beta at best. I think Mozilla have done themselves a disservice by calling it a beta.
Regards,
Dave

InfDaMarvel said:
I used it awhile ago, doesn't compare to the stock browser or any of the others for that matter.
Skyfire is no doubt the best.
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skyfire is laggy man.just compare its scrolling with dolphin's.dolphin is smoother than it.

it's slooooooooooow.

Web browsing performance? smooth scroll?

So, any browsing lag like described here?
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=873364

gogol said:
So, any browsing lag like described here?
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=873364
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I havent had anything even relating to lag since i started using this phone at 8 , i love it ,, sorry Nexi, you will never been forgotten <3

Start at 2:05
http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=scawEG9dryA
Flash enabled though.

It has something to do with the fact that the Hummingbird SoC is not optimized for flash acceleration.

Someone post a video scrolling around Android central zoomed out like that with Flash disabled so we can tell how much of that lag is actually caused by Flash.

I went to both anandtech.com and androidcentral.com to try to replicate the issues witnessed in those videos.
No problems whatsoever. Scrolling is fine, even when not zoomed in. Pinch-to-zoom is fast. Flash is enabled.

mmas0n said:
I went to both anandtech.com and androidcentral.com to try to replicate the issues witnessed in those videos.
No problems whatsoever. Scrolling is fine, even when not zoomed in. Pinch-to-zoom is fast.
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What's your definition of fine? It would still be great to get a video so we can judge for ourselves.
Fine like this?
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MkZZXeF5uV8

gtg465x said:
What's your definition of fine? It would still be great to get a video so we can judge for ourselves.
Fine like this?
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MkZZXeF5uV8
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Not fine like that, no.

SADLY: the LAG in the browser is indeed there - and it shows up only after you have installed a decent number of apps (i have 67).
This is EXACTLY how it was on the SGS until Samsung released a fix.
Out of the box, it hardly lags - but as soon as i install some apps the lag starts. not always, but it is there.
shame.

67 apps and you complain about the lag?

Highl1 said:
67 apps and you complain about the lag?
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Seriously?
YES i complain about lad with 67apps installed where my droid X has 100apps and there is zero lag.
My Nexus one has 110apps and there was no lag.

Solution:
Stick with Droid X or Nexus One. I use my phone heavily for work (2 Exchange accounts used all the time, 1 GMail) and I develop Android apps and have never had the need for more than 20-25 apps. Out of those 67, 30-40 can be useful tops, but 67, no way jose

Web browsing is smooth and fast. I think I like this phone better than the Vibrant. So far so good, no issue.

My mytouch 4g was definitely smoother when it comes to scrolling. It also automatically re-wrapped the text when I used pinch to zoom. With the nexus s it only re-wrapps text when I use the zoom control buttoms on the display.
Sent from my Nexus S using XDA App

When I finish my exam tomorrow I will try to post a video. There is a lag sometimes but foe this site it's. Almost as smooth as what u posted.
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What's your definition of fine? It would still be great to get a video so we can judge for ourselves.
Fine like this?
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MkZZXeF5uV8
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c_licious said:
My mytouch 4g was definitely smoother when it comes to scrolling. It also automatically re-wrapped the text when I used pinch to zoom. With the nexus s it only re-wrapps text when I use the zoom control buttoms on the display.
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Pinch zoom and then double tap the text for reflow. The standard way.

I think lag is caused by using more app in the background. It will be very smooth but if u open like 10 apps or so you will get some lag. So try to test it with and without that many apps running ...
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raeef said:
I think lag is caused by using more app in the background. It will be very smooth but if u open like 10 apps or so you will get some lag. So try to test it with and without that many apps running ...
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I said installed apps. Not running apps. Of course I don't run 67apps in the background...not even one to be honest.
Sent from my Nexus S using XDA App

Browser is not at all improved from my Nexus One. EXTREMELY disappointed and the main reason why I will probably return this phone within the 30 days.

what i noticed is that flash (mostly ads) is causing the lag on my phone. i dont need flash all of the time so it went into the browser settings>enable plugins> and set it to on demand. that way flash isnt loading all of the time, only when i click on a certain flash element that i want to watch. makes pages load faster and probably saves battery too.

Chrome browser available..in beta

www.wired.com/gadgetlab/2012/02/chrome-android/
Sent from my Transformer TF101 using xda premium

Only good with ICS.

baseballfanz said:
Only good with ICS.
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Yes i know but wanted ppl with the 4.0 port to try it out for us.. Also wanted ppl to know about it since we getting 4.0 soon.
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just downloaded it for my phone.. im getting force closes tho

mafo5000 said:
just downloaded it for my phone.. im getting force closes tho
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You running ICS on your phone?

Used it on OG Transformer with paulburton's ICS ROM. The browser is pretty smooth, and looks just like the pc chrome browser.
I don't have enough posts to link to the file, but it should be pretty easy to find the apk by now.

i tried it on Sensation
its pretty sweet
we need ICS for TF101 now!

Does Chrome for Android have all the same security and privacy issues that Chrome for desktop has?
If it does, i'm sticking with Opera.

Google and Adobe won't support flash for Chrome on Android
Which is either good or bad depending on you.
I use Flash for live video so I don't like this decision. It's a good option to have, you can always opt to not install it

baseballfanz said:
You running ICS on your phone?
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Im running cm9 on my Samsung captivate. Chrome force closes tho.

I've tried this on my G2 running ics and its great man really fast ans smooth

It looked really smooth on a Nexus.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Uys0o1ZBDAs
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d33zwNZG1Qg

mafo5000 said:
Im running cm9 on my Samsung captivate. Chrome force closes tho.
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Same thing happened to me. Try moving some apps to the sdcard, that worked for me.

Its slow when loading a link from an app. The chrome browser loads up instantly but doesn't start loading the page for a while.
Sent from my lag free TeamHackSamsung CM9 Build 15 Galaxy S using the XDA Premium app

chewitard said:
Same thing happened to me. Try moving some apps to the sdcard, that worked for me.
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Running TeamHackSungs ICS build 15 on my cappy and its fine no fc's and smoooooth as butter

I love Chrome browser . I've being waiting for this since... well since Android 1st came out
But i'm going to wait for the official ICS for the TF101 before i try it.
I just hope that is not a RAM devourer app

Works great on my Rezound with 4.0.1! This browser is sweet! I would totally dump the stock browser for this anyday, but I kinda wished they kept the darker gray theme rather than going back to light gray..
The tabs sharing with the desktop Chrome is F-ing Awesome! Like what Chrome2Phone should have been all along!

No Flash in Chrome for now. Adobe say they won't support it but hopefully Google will adapt it later.
http://www.theregister.co.uk/2012/02/08/flash_chrome/

Where be the tab stack? Do we lose that, another Tablet sacrifice?
Fairly stable for me. The only crash I had was with something like 7-8 tabs open (all XDA Prime forums, plus a few chrome blogs, LOL! I like it. A LOT! And typically I am hard to please, especially where browsers are concerned. There are way to many Android browsers out there that are acceptable, but not outstanding. Each has their own little tweaks and claim to fame, but under the hood they are ridiculousy similar. Let's see, I have had on my Prime, at one point or another:
Stock. - Works well. So well it bores me, LOL
ICS+ - A nice set of enhancements. I use it more than the stock webkit browser
Dolphin and Dolphin HD - I like, don't love it. A bit TOO slick, and some things frustrate me. It will be better when the HD catches up to the small screen version, I think
Opera Mini and Opera Mobile - What can I say. 2 solid browsers here. Mobile is a keeper. [
boat browser - Not imopressed, other than speed, it was buggy. removed.
Skyfire - I LOVED this one on my phone in early releases it was amazing. When Skyfire decided t charge me to see flash, I decided to cut them lose. Too many alternatives. It's not THAT great.
Firefox - a HUGE let down, but everyone expected magic here. Didn't materialize.
Maxthon. Very cool new browser.Jury still out on this one.
That's right off the top of my head.
Anyone know how to make the tab "Stack" appear in chrome, or is that only in the phone version, because we have the real estate to see the tabs. If so I am disappointed. That was chromes one big trick pony, and I was excited to try it. So far I can't see the button in top left to enable them, just a new tab button. Anyone?

baseballfanz said:
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Just another reason Asus need to pull their finger out, and stop sitting on the ICS update.

Google Chrome for Android 4.0

Google Blog
http://googleblog.blogspot.in/2012/02/introducing-chrome-for-android.html
Market Link
https://market.android.com/details?i...android.chrome

Yes, there have been lots of threads already. Here's the .apk. It's pretty unstable though. Not for "daily" usage yet.

TheSaw said:
Yes, there have been lots of threads already. Here's the .apk. It's pretty unstable though. Not for "daily" usage yet.
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But the screen shot looks great... specifically the tab management

The people with galaxy Nexus can run the chrome web broswer with nearly any problem.
But I am running with Andy ICS room and chrome is very weird.
A lot of little jumps or shakings when sliding or zooming the webs. and sometimes it freezes or closes when displaying the multiple tabs.
Any way my room is beta, and also the Chrome web browser, but sure it will be my default web browser soon... it could be amazing...

ive been hearing this is running nice on custom ics roms

darshanbangre said:
But the screen shot looks great... specifically the tab management
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Yes, it looks nice, and it's fast also. Go ahead and install it, no harm in trying. It just freezes too often to use it on a regular basis.

On the SGS2 I had freezes only when 'force gpu acceleration' was enabled....

tried it both with this rom (bezke LPB http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1393569) and this rom (wanam LPB http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1436817) and it's exactly what i wished for in a mobile browser! it's just a pity that it crashes very often on both roms. i'm sure they'll figure it out until it's out of beta i'm anticipating a release

darshanbangre said:
Google Blog
http://googleblog.blogspot.in/2012/02/introducing-chrome-for-android.html
Market Link
https://market.android.com/details?i...android.chrome
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This has nothing to do with SGS2!!!

planetf1 said:
On the SGS2 I had freezes only when 'force gpu acceleration' was enabled....
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I don't have it enabled, and it still crashes.

aslsthlm said:
This has nothing to do with SGS2!!!
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How come...!!!!!! the chrome browser is related to our SGS II since w got the ice cream sandwich ........and by looking to your signature you are running ICS........so don't fool yourself......it has to do with the SGS II..........

Thread closed.
Use the existing thread that's in the correct section that was posted yesterday.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1485434
Thanks.

Nexus 7 running super slow.. Think a clean 5.0 may help?

Have had my n7 since they came out (32g WiFi) and love it.. Lately she's been running real slow. (Official cm11).. If I do a full FULL wipe and drop an official 5.0.0 image on it, think that will help get some performance back? I know the internal memory type is a big limitation, any way to format it and maybe clean or speed it up?
(I've done the usual, wrote and reflash, open space, stop apps at startup, speed up tricks...)
Thanks..
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rhcreed said:
Have had my n7 since they came out (32g WiFi) and love it.. Lately she's been running real slow. (Official cm11).. If I do a full FULL wipe and drop an official 5.0.0 image on it, think that will help get some performance back? I know the internal memory type is a big limitation, any way to format it and maybe clean or speed it up?
(I've done the usual, wrote and reflash, open space, stop apps at startup, speed up tricks...)
Thanks..
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A full wipe would more than likely help right now. Although with 5.0 a few weeks away, its best to wait until then. You could flash the official 5.0 factory images once they're up, or someone's bound to make a stock rooted 5.0 ROM also.
If you can't wait you could try experimenting with the f2fs formatting, there's a how to thread and a good selection of compatible ROMs available. In haven't tried it personally but most users seem to notice significant improvements on their N7.

I would suggest to install a diagnostic app like diagnosis by darken and read a report of how apps eat your cpu/ram instead of going the process of backuping and formating.
From my experience apps which slow a device
Facebook
Viber
WhatsApp
And most of the messaging apps.

A clean install of any Android version would help. ?

I would suggest using a cleaning tool like SD Maid by Darken and formatting your Cache/Dalvik Cache.
Sent from my Nexus 7 using Tapatalk

Don't install 5.0 it made things worse then in 4.4

mrsofa said:
Don't install 5.0 it made things worse then in 4.4
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I installed 5.0 on my N7 2012 and it is crazy fast! As soon as I installed Facebook the whole thing froze up. Systemui crashed, everything crashed. Finally managed to get FB uninsulated (took 20 minutes) and it runs smooth again. Not sure what the hell FB app did, but it was pretty crazy. I tried it again and same thing.
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Schaweet said:
I installed 5.0 on my N7 2012 and it is crazy fast! As soon as I installed Facebook the whole thing froze up. Systemui crashed, everything crashed. Finally managed to get FB uninsulated (took 20 minutes) and it runs smooth again. Not sure what the hell FB app did, but it was pretty crazy. I tried it again and same thing.
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Before you installed android 5.0 your nexus 7 2012 was very laggy and choppy?

antimo84c said:
Before you installed android 5.0 your nexus 7 2012 was very laggy and choppy?
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Yes, it was very laggy on 4.4.4.
Sent from my Dev Edition Moto X

Schaweet said:
Yes, it was very laggy on 4.4.4.
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My n7 2012 3g is almost unusable. I hope lollipop will solve bug and lag

antimo84c said:
My n7 2012 3g is almost unusable. I hope lollipop will solve bug and lag
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My wifi model was the same way. 5.0 fixes it. Just don't install FB beta.
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Schaweet said:
I installed 5.0 on my N7 2012 and it is crazy fast! As soon as I installed Facebook the whole thing froze up. Systemui crashed, everything crashed. Finally managed to get FB uninsulated (took 20 minutes) and it runs smooth again. Not sure what the hell FB app did, but it was pretty crazy. I tried it again and same thing.
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I recommend the Facebook app below, its based on the browser version and it a hundred times lighter than the official app. Doesn't have access to the permissions (basically everything) that the official fb app has either which is better.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2864561

Schaweet said:
My wifi model was the same way. 5.0 fixes it. Just don't install FB beta.
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Unsubscribed from fb beta right now because it was making problem on my htc one aswell... Fixed problems on the HTC, but the nexus...still no go. Sometimes it works...normally (my HTC is faster, but is not horribly slower) but then I looses it all and starts lagging so badly I put it down and dont use it for 2hours, and then it's okay again...

mrsofa said:
Unsubscribed from fb beta right now because it was making problem on my htc one aswell... Fixed problems on the HTC, but the nexus...still no go. Sometimes it works...normally (my HTC is faster, but is not horribly slower) but then I looses it all and starts lagging so badly I put it down and dont use it for 2hours, and then it's okay again...
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Yeah same thing here. What's crazy is I installed Friendcaster instead of the stock FB app and the same thing happened. Makes me think it's not the app and instead something with FB server side not liking LP.
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Same problems here. I have hangups amounting to tens of seconds doing what used to be otherwise instantaneous actions when the tablet was new.
The question; is this performance degradation related to component aging or software-related? Our N7s are more or less out of 1yr warranty now and I am wondering whether there will be any traction with ASUS about a flaw which was present at purchase? Components crap out of the door outlasts a claim on fault developments in the wild.

Prostheta said:
Same problems here. I have hangups amounting to tens of seconds doing what used to be otherwise instantaneous actions when the tablet was new.
The question; is this performance degradation related to component aging or software-related? Our N7s are more or less out of 1yr warranty now and I am wondering whether there will be any traction with ASUS about a flaw which was present at purchase? Components crap out of the door outlasts a claim on fault developments in the wild.
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2 things. A bloated system and cache will slow things down. And for me... My N7 seems slower every time I upgrade my phone. Lol
Wipe it clean and start again with fresh stock install. ?
Hardware doesn't slow down. It works, or doesn't work... Or can work intermittently if it's damaged. But not just slower.

Darth said:
2 things. A bloated system and cache will slow things down. And for me... My N7 seems slower every time I upgrade my phone. Lol
Wipe it clean and start again with fresh stock install. ?
Hardware doesn't slow down. It works, or doesn't work... Or can work intermittently if it's damaged. But not just slower.
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Everyone in this thread is saying that 5.0 and 4.4.4 fresh install are slow for them, why is everyone saying do a fresh stock install?
I have a 2 day stock install and this works slower then my friends samsung ace.
p.s. i uninstalled fb, and messenger... still slow.

mrsofa said:
Everyone in this thread is saying that 5.0 and 4.4.4 fresh install are slow for them, why is everyone saying do a fresh stock install?
I have a 2 day stock install and this works slower then my friends samsung ace.
p.s. i uninstalled fb, and messenger... still slow.
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Then go to the last version that was fast? Or a good custom rom?
My point was and is... Hardware doesn't slow down. It may break or become erratic.. But not slower.
So the issue is on the software side. ?
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I never liked kit Kat either on my N7...its still running stock, rooted 4.2.2. Smooth and snappy. ?

How does google even thing about putting out something that's so slow?
Are they desperately wanting us to switch to the nexus 9?
This is my last tablet I ever bought.

So anyone has 5.0.2 allready?
I have it. I see no difference. The tab freezes for about a minute sometimes when using chrome. Dolphin is even worse. So most of the time i get these freeze ups and the whole tablet becomes unresponsive.
Anyone else?