Is it just me or this browser is much slower than stock? I've been reading all these nice articles about how Chrome is better etc etc, but I cannot see how it's better. It's a memory hog and less snappy than ICS stock browser. I really think the 512MB of ram in the Nexus S is taking a toll with Chrome (same with the CPU).
Works fine for me.
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rasengan82 said:
Is it just me or this browser is much slower than stock? I've been reading all these nice articles about how Chrome is better etc etc, but I cannot see how it's better. It's a memory hog and less snappy than ICS stock browser. I really think the 512MB of ram in the Nexus S is taking a toll with Chrome (same with the CPU).
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I assume you on a stock, no tweaked rom thinking its smoothly alrite.
RAM is not the problem as much kernels had these new thing called "HBigmem" which boost 35-87mb more ram...
Like Matr1x has 405mb of ram instead of getting 334mb....
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Chrome is definitely slower. I also hate it will slow to a crawl when typing in the search bar. I use xscope. It's the best browser. I've tried em all.
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Very slow here too compared to the stock browser
And I thought I am the only one -.- Chrome is a little bit laggy. Starting to type is a nightmare. It needs 2 or 3 seconds to catch up on your typing...
Yup, same here... I really like it's features and looks, but it just don't work how it should...
agreed. it runs a bit laggy on bigmem and non bigmem kernels. i hope google makes it smoother on nexus s.
Its a bit laggy on GN too....
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I agree, it's really slow compared with stock. Now i'm using the new Firefox beta, and it's really fast and snappy
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=org.mozilla.firefox_beta
The new FF beta is cool. I just hate it vibrates whenever I touch a link. Its smooth too.
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thanks guys firefox beta runs smoother and more fluid even opens a bit faster than chrome
Holy crap! Firefox beta is so fast!!!
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Chrome works well for me. Stock rooted 4.0.4. Fast and smooth.
It's pretty slow for me too. I really enjoy the features it comes with but i keep going back to the stock browser. I'll try out the new Firefox though.
Previous version of Chrome was really fast and smooth
The latest release is very slow :/
i wanted to like chrome on android because it LOOKS cool and the UI is cool but i found the same. then i realized i hadnt wiped/data in FOREVER and i've even flashed a few ROMs (i know, not the best idea but i'm lazy so i usually see if all hell breaks loose first, which it usually doesnt).
so i did a clean wipe and install of CNA 2.0 and Matrix 19.5 and chrome is now very fast and snappy, i love the tab feature where you can fling one to the side to close it.
Chrome is also slow most of the time on my stock nexus s. I found that opera mini works best and is very very fast (I have did not try Firefox yet). The reason for the speed is that, Opera Mini uses its servers to compress and optimize data and then sends it to your phone - this makes Opera Mini very fast. It also includes tabbed browsing among other features.
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.opera.mini.android
I have now also removed Chrome from my Nexus, because it is indeed slow.
I have then tried 5 other browser and for now I decided to go with Dolphin HD browser, which for me is the best compromise between features and speed.
Stock android for me. The one that a actually made by Google for PHONES not desktops or tablets
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Not any one thing in particular, but just overall it "feels" unresponsive? I have the OTA update before it was suspended.
Am I the only one noticing this?
Also has anyone been able to actually use the new Calculator? That thing doesn't register button presses to any form of practicality for me.
I'm just wondering if there are steps to fix this, or if this is how ICS is on the Nexus S. I'd rather go back to GB if that was the case.
I haven't noticed any unresponsiveness issues, to be honest. Although I had the phone just for a short while before the ICS update came out. So I didn't have much time to get accustomed to GB in order to be able to compare them accurately.
I had some random crashes, but last night I did a factory reset and it solved those issues for me. I'm using the calculator on a regular basis, no issues there.
the same to me, seems to move slower after OTA update
Because gb was made just for this phone. Every other phone just runs it, wasn't tailored for them.
Now ics was made just for the gnex. Same as all nexus phones.
Gb was made for the hummingbird. Etc etc...
Simple as that.
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Wrong section btw. Mod should move it.
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Same here....maybe because of all the new animations?
Its much faster for me
Nothing slow over here my phone is faster then ever
From the browser to everything in general....
Everything is working up to par on my end.
It is fast, but GB was faster overall. Not sure even "faster" is the better word. Perhaps "snappier" is more appropriate.
You can notice it in the small things... Opening an app, scrolling in some menus, etc.
Nop, It's running super fast here.
Browser experience is best ever!! Changing tabs is fast and very cool with the zooming animations
I say overall, it's feeling even faster than gingerbread.
Even with the battery issues, I'm not downgrading.
No problem here. Pretty smooth and snappy. Of course I flashed a custom kernel, OC and all the mod goodies. All help my phone snappier. I also recommend spare a buck and buy Autostarts app from the Market, if your phone is rooted.
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Runs very smooth here. Stock ICS 4.0.3 on i9023 ;-)
The experience overall is very smooth. The browser has a few quirks here and there with some websites, but overall its much better than the GB browser. The only place where I feel the phone struggles is opening the app drawer. It's like waiting for one of the older automatic cars to gear shift when u put the pedal to the metal.
My only problem is the frame-rate in ICS. Just swiping over home screens seems limited to 30 fps (definitely below 60).
Nope my phone is not slower at all.. ICS is very snappy!!
no troubles at all.
flashed the 4.0.3 stock plus the Glados v2.3 kernel (deep idle is a beast, rly...) and my NS is faster than ever. I'd never return to gb.
battery power ends in about a day if I use the phone intensively (internet, wifi, 3g, some games, music and so on...) but in a daily use (some sms, facebook news, email reading, etc) I'm experiencing no "battery drain problems" at all. charged 2 nights ago, still at 68% right now... (probably because the kernel, tho...)
edit: i forgot to mention that I'm running 110% live OC w/stock voltages and get no reboots or similar hellish-noobish things
Mine seems quicker and more responsive than ever I'm happy to say.
No lags or any problems with ICS stock rom. Also some of the best battery life for a long time.
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Absolutely no,
I formerly used CM7.1 and then installed ICS in the cleanest possible way (wiped everything, went to 2.3.3, updated to latest Gingerbread, wiped everything installed ICS from the zip file)
It works alot better, it feels much smoother, web browser was improved alot.
I can use the calculator properly and it works better than in GB, maybe its a random matter that some people face.
In my case , ICS >> GB. feels as if I got a new phone.
I love ICS on the Nexus S, no sluggishness at all. Custom roms seem to be very buggy and slow. I'm running it strait stock with no problems at all.
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I have been loading most of the patchwork JB Roms that have been popping up here. I like some things about it, like Google Now, but I cant seem to understand "project butter." I cannot tell any real difference in smooth-ness. It still seems pretty laggy on my NS4G. I am hoping this is because either I have been using a newer device as my daily driver, or just that these Roms are hacked from other releases.
Does anyone else feel this way? What are your experiences with devices like the nexus 7 that were designed with JellyBean? smoother? same?
Nope I can see the difference its faster & smoother than ICS open app draw opens fast in ICS it took a little longer jellybean is the best OS update from Google so far 2 big thumbs up & I'm getting the same or a little better battery life than I was on ICS
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I can definitely see a huge difference it terms of smoothness. You should probably delete some apps you don't need or do a factory wipe.
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I mirror your experience, however am still hopeful that when Sprint releases the actual files, things will be better. I haven't experienced JB on any of the newer devices, but the reports are good. Life is all about expectations ... guess we should be thankful that we're even receiving the updates.
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Nope I can see the difference its faster & smoother than ICS open app draw opens fast in ICS it took a little longer jellybean is the best OS update from Google so far 2 big thumbs up & I'm getting the same or a little better battery life than I was on ICS
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FYI---it is VERY hard to understand you without any punctuation.
You still should keep in mind that we're on a 2 year old device... yeah yeah the original Nexus S came out in Dec 2010... not quite 2 years, but it's based off of tech that debuted in the original Galaxy S in the summer of that year. It's great hardware, but it's expected that we'll have a tough time dealing with newer OS' ... quite frankly I've considered going back to a stripped down CM7 just because of the smoothness compared to ICS (and JB) ... we're just running into serious RAM limitations on this device.
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I have been loading most of the patchwork JB Roms that have been popping up here. I like some things about it, like Google Now, but I cant seem to understand "project butter." I cannot tell any real difference in smooth-ness. It still seems pretty laggy on my NS4G. I am hoping this is because either I have been using a newer device as my daily driver, or just that these Roms are hacked from other releases.
Does anyone else feel this way? What are your experiences with devices like the nexus 7 that were designed with JellyBean? smoother? same?
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Try different kernels as well with the rom.
I definitely see a difference,
I have no more lag at all with what i used to before.
I think, the UI can be a bit smoother, but multitasking and opening/closing apps works smoooooth!
Much faster and smoother than ICS.
Running Jelly Belly 1.5.1
Don't expect 2 much from old device like nexus s.
Google is getting sued for project butter being "too smooth" by apple because apple claimed smoothness was patented.
Kidding,
But, I could see it happening.
JB is 3 steps ahead of any other OS :x
I am on jelly bean. I want to ask too why browsing in chrome is laggy? Opening apps and switching between apps is smooth though, but I dont feel that only switching and opening apps constitute the project butter.
I just don't like the fact that it keeps the phone awake over night. You ask me jellybean trying to do too much in the background. Last night I turned off 3g. When I woke up someone sent me a mms at 12am. When I check the battery stats it kept my phone awake trying to download a mms without data on. Not to smart
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lekhwani said:
I am on jelly bean. I want to ask too why browsing in chrome is laggy? Opening apps and switching between apps is smooth though, but I dont feel that only switching and opening apps constitute the project butter.
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Dialer slow, opening Apps in Settings freaking slow, chrome slow...
JB gave new life to my NS, definitely the smoothest it has ever been, and I don't feel the need to OC. As I do with all phones/roms, all transitions and animations are turned off, including the third one added with JB. Also using Nova launcher, but am going to try Apex again now that they updated it with JB base.
And the biggest thing I noticed is how quickly the recents come up now, it's instant. I honestly didn't think that would be possible on the NS.
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I have been loading most of the patchwork JB Roms that have been popping up here. I like some things about it, like Google Now, but I cant seem to understand "project butter." I cannot tell any real difference in smooth-ness. It still seems pretty laggy on my NS4G. I am hoping this is because either I have been using a newer device as my daily driver, or just that these Roms are hacked from other releases.
Does anyone else feel this way? What are your experiences with devices like the nexus 7 that were designed with JellyBean? smoother? same?
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Pick up the Galaxy Nexus and you'll see the difference much clearer. NS is just plain old.
Why don't you try setting animations to 0.5?
Nexus S (GMS i9020a)
Paranoid (1.6 - 4.0.4)
Matrix Kernel (CFS - 20.0)
Ondemmand (800/100)
Deep Idle (On - Deadline)
Live OC - 100 (400/800)
BLX - 98 (Inverted Apps)
People don't like change, I remember seeing threads bashing ICS when it came out. Its new and the devs here have done made great progress in the short time since its release.
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smoka206 said:
People don't like change, I remember seeing threads bashing ICS when it came out. Its new and the devs here have done made great progress in the short time since its release.
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I'm not bashing at all, love jelly bean.
Just mentioned where is slow.
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FYI---it is VERY hard to understand you without any punctuation.
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I didn't know I was in school & you where an English teacher. I think you need an eye exam if you can't see or feel that jellybean is faster than ICS.
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I am on jelly bean. I want to ask too why browsing in chrome is laggy? Opening apps and switching between apps is smooth though, but I dont feel that only switching and opening apps constitute the project butter.
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Chrome is a ram hog. Add in all the other processes eating ram, and you'll see why it's laggy.
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My annoyance with laggy 4.X.X finally spilled over the edge and I moved back to stock gingerbread. I am loving it!! Lightning fast, just the way it was when I first got nexus s. I miss some of the jelly bean refinement, but the phone responsiveness in everyday use is much more important to me.
Besides stock 4.x.x, I tried cyanogenmod 9.x.x. Lag is just unacceptable. I figure Google optimized ICS to be thread happy targeting new multi-core devices, pushing our single core nexus s under the bus.
not any laggy in here ! poor you
4.1.2 here. fast and fluid. great battery life too.
BUT I feel your pain and have been very frustrated before, ya just need the right mix of kernal rom and settings.
Useless post!
Poor your still having gingerbread in your nexus as.people already moving to jb and having the same speed.
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slvr00gt said:
My annoyance with laggy 4.X.X finally spilled over the edge and I moved back to stock gingerbread. I am loving it!! Lightning fast, just the way it was when I first got nexus s. I miss some of the jelly bean refinement, but the phone responsiveness in everyday use is much more important to me.
Besides stock 4.x.x, I tried cyanogenmod 9.x.x. Lag is just unacceptable. I figure Google optimized ICS to be thread happy targeting new multi-core devices, pushing our single core nexus s under the bus.
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I've thought the same thing before and went back.... Browser speed is what sold me on jb. Its painfully slow swiping around pages on GB.
Cm10 stable is same battery life I got on GB...4 hours screen time. About 15 hours with a full charge on 3g without WiFi. I guess its all in the eye of the beholder....
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I've thought the same thing before and went back.... Browser speed is what sold me on jb. Its painfully slow swiping around pages on GB.
Cm10 stable is same battery life I got on GB...4 hours screen time. About 15 hours with a full charge on 3g without WiFi. I guess its all in the eye of the beholder....
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GB browser on my Nexus S feels much more responsive then it ever was on JB.
May be I venture to CM10, but more likely I just upgrade the phone to Galaxy S3 or such when GB gets too old.... ICS/JB feels right at home in S3. Response is instantaneous
slvr00gt said:
GB browser on my Nexus S feels much more responsive then it ever was on JB.
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You probably need to get your eyes checked.
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You probably need to get your eyes checked.
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WTF is your problem dude?? Ass*???!!s like you make it difficult to maintain reasonable discussions
I opened this thread to share my experience with the phone over the last two years.
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GB browser on my Nexus S feels much more responsive then it ever was on JB.
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Seriously? Go to anandtech.com and scroll around in the stock GB browser. You should post a video of this so we can all remember how awful that browser was.
Currently i am using cm10 stable with air kernel jb stable and my phone is good performance and good battery life
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slvr00gt said:
WTF is your problem dude?? Ass*???!!s like you make it difficult to maintain reasonable discussions
I opened this thread to share my experience with the phone over the last two years.
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Just ignore him, he tends to talk down to anyone who posts something he doesn't agree with or that he feels they should have already known. Classic case of alpha male syndrome..
If you're happy that's all that matters..
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Just ignore him, he tends to talk down to anyone who posts something he doesn't agree with or that he feels they should have already known. Classic case of alpha male syndrome..
If you're happy that's all that matters..
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It's called "being honest";]
As for not agreeing, found this nice video, fun begins at 0:45 :
Good video.
It's side by side comparison of
1. Loading the web pages
2. Scrolling down the web pages
3. Opening/closing apps
4. Moving between apps
Scrolling down the web page is the only comparison where ics is ahead. I believe it's only faster while working with large, full size web sites. Also,GB, allows you too scroll before the web site is fully loaded while JB makes you wait longer. I suspect it's a factor in making scrolling choppy
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The problem with Androix 4.x is that it eats more RAM than Gingerbread and animations are sometimes laggy on the Nexus S.
I'm running 4.2.1 quite happily on my NS4G. Using the Marmite kernel I have quite a bit of RAM compared to stock kernels. I also limit my background processes as I don't really use any multitasking (2 processes is where I cap it).
Meh, to each their own. I loaded up CM7 stable a few weeks ago and couldn't stand being back on GB, however, my wife is still running 2.3 on her Inspire 4g and I can't get her to even do the OTA for 2.3.5(? maybe .7).
Flash 4.2 and you will feel the real speed.
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Hey there, I own a Nexus 7 now for quite some time, only rooted it back then, I am still on 4.2 original rom. It's getting a bit too slow for my taste now compared with my HTC One's speed on ARHD.
Can you recommend a rom for me thats both fast and lightweight? I do not need fancy optical stuff, I only use some widgets and use it mainly for browsing, facebook and stuff like that, maybe the occasional game. Performance when browsing would be my priority. Thanks!
Either flash CyanogenMod or SlimBean.
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I don't know if it's just me but I get micro stutters while scrolling no matter what kernel I use. Is this normal?
Must be just you. Rom feels fast to me. I have McLaren but I doubt there is any real world differences
Im rooted but using stock kernel and rom and this is the fasted and smoothest android device I ever had. Mine has zero lag. Compared it with an iPhone earlier and scrolling was the same. I have the 6T 8gb version.
Must be my phone. I have the 8gb ram version and no matter what I get micro stutters once in a while.
Stutters in the overall system or just the browser? For me it's only when I use Chrome (but that's on almost every device I use). I've switched to using Samsung Browser Beta on every Android device because it's so much smoother and you can download ad blockers that works so damn well.
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Stutters in the overall system or just the browser? For me it's only when I use Chrome (but that's on almost every device I use). I've switched to using Samsung Browser Beta on every Android device because it's so much smoother and you can download ad blockers that works so damn well.
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Stutters on chrome, twitter, and xda forums
elpindian said:
Stutters in the overall system or just the browser? For me it's only when I use Chrome (but that's on almost every device I use). I've switched to using Samsung Browser Beta on every Android device because it's so much smoother and you can download ad blockers that works so damn well.
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I use the Samsung browser not beta. Is the beta that much better?
Honestly I haven't tried the regular. Accidentally downloaded the beta first and had zero issues with it so I've just stuck with it for my last 4 or 5 devices.
No stutters on mine, that I have noticed yet at least. I am stock/unrooted, but in Dev settings I did speed up the animations (I do this on all phones, personal preference).