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Browser force closing every 30 sec

Anyone else having this issue? Its quite annoying.
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Try turning off JavaScript; been happening to me, too, and that's all that's helped.

I'm suffering too, cleared cache, didn't help. Unrooted xoom.
Ill try turning that off.
Only problem is limits website use...... not good
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Are there specific sites that have been problematic?
Not having issues here.

When it dies, it just "goes away", right? Not "Force Close"? If so it's the null-pointer exception I've been seeing. JS is causing it, don't know when or why.

'sup KC!
as i have mentioned on other sites, in cases like this its great to have a backup browser. also please post up the sites that are causing issue so others can test. ive not seen this. i have a stock xoom wifi latest updates.

Happens in backup browser too, I'm using dolphin HD as backup.
Happens on mini2.com, BBC sport. Tried turning off Java, but its needed in lots of sites.
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Sorry its not a force close it just closes. Have been having the biggest issue with forums like www.thedieselplace.com
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Any specific sites that it does it on? I havent had this issue with my default browser, firefox, or dolphin
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Make sure plugins are set to on-demand. I've seen a lot of sites that crash the browser with a ton of flash ads loaded from js.

I have seen this problem as well on many sites including android.net. It just started out of nowhere on Friday evening. I made situations better by clearing the Dalvek cache, but still crashed my browsers (Stock Browser & Dolphin Mini). I even reinstalled my recovery, and the kernel jst for grins. This helped out a little.
I then saw a note about set CPU causing problems so I uninstalled it and installed no frills CPU. This made things even better.
Next, I cleared the caches again which helped more.
Last, I upgraded the kernel to 1.2.2 and this fixed it up very well.
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SemperAndroid said:
It just started out of nowhere on Friday evening
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Yeah, Thursday evening for me- I'd just loaded another kernel from upstream right around the same time and had thought that was it (despite nothing in that kernel being related) and even backed up to a known-good kernel and init scripts (which didn't make a difference).
It's a null-pointer in the WebCore browser SDK, which explains why the Dolphin browsers are affected as well (as they also use that SDK). Opera and FF aren't affected by this, but they both have their own particular issues so I'm preferring Dolphin HD instead.
I've cleared all caches and turned on JS again, and have stayed away from sites that I know will bring it up (www.thesuperficial.com in "Desktop" mode is one), but I don't like knowing that it's only a workaround.
What I'm more curious about is if there was an update (to an app; none of the system files seem to have been affected), or a web-page we've all visited that's dropped something into the caches that is tripping up the JS processor. I don't know enough about HTML personally to know where to look.

Subscribing. Have this exact issue using stock browser, Dolphin Hd, and Maxthon on the following sites:
Www.ford-trucks.com/forums (disabling java allows me to read the site for about 5-10 mins before closing. Posting closes browser immediately.
Www.thedieselstop.com/forums (same results as above)
My Xoom is bone stock FWIW...

Having the same problem with both stock browser and dolphin. Really frusterating because the only fix I have is disabling JS but the only reason I bought the xoom was to do scheduling for work and I need JS for that. Hope someone ffigures this out before my return period is up or its bye bye xoom :-(

has anyone else found a remedy for the browser crash? its getting pretty darn annoying.

Are you rooted and running a kernel? Do you have the latest version flash player of installed? Is it only crashing on forums?

z06mike said:
Are you rooted and running a kernel? Do you have the latest version flash player of installed? Is it only crashing on forums?
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Mike,
first of all let me say that z06s ROCK! =)
Anyways, I am running the Tiamat OMG Rom with the built in Kernel. I am running Flash 10.3.185.22 and it seems to be mostly crashing on forums.

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Mike,
first of all let me say that z06s ROCK! =)
Anyways, I am running the Tiamat OMG Rom with the built in Kernel. I am running Flash 10.3.185.22 and it seems to be mostly crashing on forums.
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Yup, they do . I haven't had for a while though. I got rid of my last Vette about 8 months ago .
Is it only the browser that is crashing or does your Xoom reboot also?

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Yup, they do . I haven't had for a while though. I got rid of my last Vette about 8 months ago .
Is it only the browser that is crashing or does your Xoom reboot also?
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Did you have the c6 or c5 z06? Time to upgrade to a zr1! /offtopic
My Xoom was rebooting before, but now doesn't do it as much and seem stable. The browser is what is crashing often.

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Yup, they do . I haven't had for a while though. I got rid of my last Vette about 8 months ago .
Is it only the browser that is crashing or does your Xoom reboot also?
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Did you have the c6 or c5 z06? Time to upgrade to a zr1! /offtopic
My Xoom was rebooting before, but now doesn't do it as much and seem stable. The browser is what is crashing often.
To answer your question in my other thread (sorry for the double post), it even happens when I uninstall the Taimat OMG rom and reinstall bigrushdog's 3.1 rom.
according to kcrudup, its a JS issue, but it also happens when I set my JS to on demand.

Installing Windows 8 on my Windows 7 computer

Hi!
I just heard about Windows 8 and i have Two questions.
Does Windows 7 applications runt on this?
And Can you upgrade from Windows 7?
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xxviproxx said:
Hi!
I just heard about Windows 8 and i have Two questions.
Does Windows 7 applications runt on this?
And Can you upgrade from Windows 7?
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I solved this myself!
If you wan't links i can't post them so pm me for them!

the answer for everyone else is yes and yes and for the most part drivers from windows 7 also work.
EDIT: apps will be lost but settings and files will be kept.
Some stuff you need to right click and choose compatiblity mode.
FYI the windows phone emulator does some freaky **** to win8 so don't try running it, you've been warned.

Ok thanks!
My installation is stuck on 33%
What should i do?
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But windows 8 is not out yet?

You can download a developers preview. Looks quite nice.

Still stuck on 33%...
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Would you recommend trying Windows 8 developers preview or should I wait until the official release.

I think it is awesome try it!
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what could prevent you from trying?
Install it in a virtual machine for easy installing and easy deleting
OR
create an extra partition and install it there for a realistic performance impression.

win8 is nice but feels more like a mobile phone os than one geared for computers. tied too closely to the ms live services as well, did not like that it would change my live messenger picture when i changed my login image on win8.
if you have a touch screen pc (like the aio's) then this might be more practical, but it doesn't seem to be intended for mouse and keyboard use.

Windows 8 is for the most part, pretty similar to Windows 7.
Most applications and drivers will work.
But so far here's a mini list of applications that aren't working for anyone:
- AIM
- Combat Arms
- Maple Story
(yeah it's a really bad list but hey XD)

How did you manage to upgrade from Windows 7? I don't have the option on Windows 7 Professional.

first. there are some apps which from win7 can not run in win 8.
second. you cant upgrade to win 8 from win 7.
finally. win 8 is great. but it is not stable with some kind of hardware. you should install both win 7 and win 8 to have the best in working and getting exp

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Windows 8 is for the most part, pretty similar to Windows 7.
Most applications and drivers will work.
But so far here's a mini list of applications that aren't working for anyone:
- AIM
- Combat Arms
- Maple Story
(yeah it's a really bad list but hey XD)
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add Samsung Kies ;-)

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I tried out Windows 8 about a month ago and felt that it was a decent experience. Unfortunately for me though it wouldnt find the driver for my wireless card (WRT54GS) so I ended up uninstalling it.
Maybe its me but I don't see the big deal about it. I didnt really use the metro UI and the new changes to explorer didnt make or break the experience, it was just meh.

I'm tempted to try it but having issues with drivers and stuff is too annoying lol.

Hi all!
Well I'm running W8 dev installed in host (not virual) and it works great on my 6 years old computer.
I think it's awesome, it takes lots of memory but it wors so fast.
I was running w7 x86 before trying this and it was quite slow for my comp also for playing (league of legends around 25-30fps). Now I'm running w8 64 and it has been improved from 30-40fps (my graphic card is quite old). Maybe cause it's 64 instead of 32 bits?
My comp is an AMD athlon 64 3800 x2, 2GB DDR, 320GB SATA and nVidia 7800 GT CO
Anyway I recommend for everyone to try it, I've been using it a week from now and I think it's awesome but there're some apps that doesn't works at all of the Metro UI such as Socialité and the Weather app
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i installed win8 on my laptop. It is using similar resources to win7.
Win8 is great, but its still very buggy (pretty good for a pre beta)
I am sure it change a lot from now till the release date, but at least we get a picture of what to expect.
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Chrome/AndChat black screen issues

Anyone else having the issue of Chrome going completely black screen? YOu have to hit home and swipe the app away, then it will force close and you can re-open it. I've tried everything, wiping all data and caches, installing new ROMs, and it continues to have the same problem. When I open logcat, it shows me a bunch of errors along the lines of "OpenGLRenderer is out of memory!".
The same problem occurs on AndChat, only worse. On AndChat, I have to reboot the tablet to get it to open again. Force closing it doesn't fix it.
I also get problems running games for extended periods of time. Vendetta Online will just start crashing untili I reboot my tablet.
I've seen a few people with the Chrome problem, but is this issue really so small that no one else is having problems with it? If you have this problem, PLEASE post in this thread so I know I'm not alone and my TF isn't just ****ed up. I'm suspecting it is a memleak in the GPU driver, but it should effect more people than just a few of us...
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I have exactly the same problem. I thought it was a bug that will get fixed later since it is still a beta.

ro4sho said:
I have exactly the same problem. I thought it was a bug that will get fixed later since it is still a beta.
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I'm doubtful that it's a bug with Chrome. It only seems to affect Tegra ICS devices. The exact same issue ("OpenGLRenderer is out of memory!") occurs with other applications. I really think it is a problem with the Tegra ICS GPU driver. It also affects both Tegra 2 and Tegra 3 chipsets.
What revision is your TF? (the first three numbers/letters of your serial number)
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I have the same issues with AndChat, my YouTube app also displays artifacting while opening menus since the ICS update.

This problem is fixed using the latest guevor's kernel (I'm running v19.2, along with Megatron). My tablet has been on for over 100 hours now with AndChat running the entire time.
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Many games not running on Windows 8. Temporary or permanent?

I've spent some time re-installing a lot of games to find quite a few won't work now under Windows 8. Some will just crash on start up and won't boot or give various errors. I've confirmed online others that are experiencing similar issues. I've also noticed that installing framework .net during some game installations fail (not sure if is related or not).
A few examples of games are:
- Super Streetfighter IV Arcade Edition
- Streetfighter X Tekken
- Transformers: Fall of Cybertron
- The Darkness 2
- Rayman Origins (boots but no black screen and audio only)
- Flatout Ultimate Carnage
- Bastion (boots but no black screen and audio only)
- Dead Space 2 (boots but no black screen and audio only)
Does anyone know if these issues will be resolved closer to release through graphics card driver updates or other windows updates? Or will these have to be fixed by individual patches from the game manufacturers themselves? I would hate to think Windows 8 will break many of my games from running.
I've been considering installing Windows 7 on a separate partition just so I can play some of these games that won't run under Windows 8. However I read that you must install the older operating system first, and then install the more recent operating system. If you don't (for example, if you install Windows 7 on a computer already running Windows 8), you can render your system inoperable. This can happen because earlier versions of Windows don't recognize the startup files used in more recent versions of Windows and can overwrite them.
Anyone know if that will be an issue?

What video card do you have?
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TravisAntonio said:
What video card do you have?
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Nvidia GTX 590

http://downloadnvidiadriversdirect....dia-geforce-gtx-590-driver-windows-8.html?m=1
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Not sure I need that. I'm running the latest Windows 8 x64 drivers already right from the Nvidia website. Unless there's a new one that just came out in the last week I missed.

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Not sure I need that. I'm running the latest Windows 8 x64 drivers already right from the Nvidia website. Unless there's a new one that just came out in the last week I missed.
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The wddm 1.2 drivers are still a bit too fresh. The wrinkles should sort themselves out after a few more driver releases. Some reports say that the WDDM 1.1 drivers have fewer issues, though you won't get access to any of the new features.

Add Hitman Sniper Challenge to the list.

With previous Windows versions it was possible to e.g. install Windows XP after Windows Vista onto a separate partition (making Windows XP the only bootable system as the Bootloader was overwritten) and then do a Bootloader-Repair from the Vista installation medium which would find both XP and Vista and create a dual boot configuration.
This theoretically should still be possible with Windows 8 although I only tried dual booting with it when installing Windows 8 after Windows 7 so I can't guarantee that it works that way. In the worst case you should be able to get Windows 8 working again by doing a repair installation but when doing such things it's always a good idea to backup important data first.
As for the games: some will have driver issues, some will have issues with version numbers Windows 8 reports which they don't recognize or other Windows 8 behaviors they don't expect (which would make a game patch necessary) and some would likely work when launched in compatibility mode (right click on the Shortcut and navigate to Compatibility and select an older version of Windows).

Also add sleeping dogs to it.
Doesn't work in compatibility mode too. :'(
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I know for a fact Dead Space 2 works perfectly. In fact every game I have thrown at it works save for a few games from the Win98 era.
There has got to be something going wrong in a different area on your system.

serosis said:
I know for a fact Dead Space 2 works perfectly. In fact every game I have thrown at it works save for a few games from the Win98 era.
There has got to be something going wrong in a different area on your system.
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Nah.... I am one hell of a gamer, and yes 90% games work totally fine on windows 8. But some damn games, such as hp deathly hallows, and a 2012 game, sleeping dogs do not work whatsoever though m using the latest GPU drivers etc.
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do not work whatsoever though m using the latest GPU drivers etc.
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that might well be your problem then. Some people have reported having to roll back 1 driver version to get some software running.

I have tried certain games on Windows 8 including new and old and all of them worked fine for me. I must say, if a game runs on 7, it should work fine on 8 as well. But if it does not, .exe file that runs game requires some tweaking. But it is ''illegal'' to mess with such files in one sense.

Lags in chome

Hello every1 i installed win 8 about 2 weeks ago and i noticed something really annoying.when i play videos on 720p in chrome (desktop) they lag.Dont dont lag like all the time but they lag for like 1 2 secs and then they start running smooth again.I already check for drivers and i got the newest one.I tried in IE and i dont have this problem but EI sucks big time.I know that my video card is kinda old but with windows 7 i didnt had any problems with videos on youtube even on 1080p.So is there something i can do about those lags?Does any1 else have the same problem as me?

Flash videos or HTML5 (or both)? Can you provide an example link?

All videos lag.Idn if they are html5 or flash.They lag in general at 720p and chrome lags compared to win7 and it consumes more processor power compared to win7 idn why is that..

gogobaba said:
All videos lag.Idn if they are html5 or flash.They lag in general at 720p and chrome lags compared to win7 and it consumes more processor power compared to win7 idn why is that..
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Make sure your graphics drivers are up to date. And like the above poster said, give us a link to a video that lags for you.

BFvsGF chanell all the the videos lag at 720p and with win7 they didnt i gues its from the chrome because a fr of mine got the same problem

I don't know actually, but Chrome on my computer lag like hell since Windows 7. I use IE10 even it lacks a few features (and I really hate that most web pages don't have favicon) Maybe Chrome conflict with my hardware idk, maybe you have conflicting problem like me.
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Do you have good net speed?
And did u install the latest version of flash player
if not try installing them
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Its probably a chrome thing
My internet is pretty fast downloading with 8mb/sec i got the lattest drivers of my videocard and flash player

Try to reinstall chrome using one of the dev versions. Not as unstable as you would think. Practically as stable as the stable version itself.
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Chrome is a memory hog comparte to others like internet explorer.First make sure there arent too many background proccesses and apps on gchrome. Unless your system specs are good enough videos wont run smooth,especially not at 720p.You can do it via task manager and post a screenshot.In the meantime,while we figure out the problem use another browser easy on resources.