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I used to be able to open 8 tabs of mixed web pages (blogs, news, Facebook, etc) and could queue them all up, read them one by one, and close out & switch to the next tab when I'm finished with one.
I used to be able to do this without any slow downs or reloading of each page when I switch to it. In addition, my phone would not become bogged down.
NOW when I do this, I have to wait for the page to reload when I switch to it. This only happens when I have over 2 or 3 tabs going at once and even then, only when the webpages are relatively content-heavy.
Ok, ready for the b*tching? This is AWFULLY PAINFUL when I've queued these pages up right before entering a no-service area like a tunnel or the subway. My ancient G1 used to behave this way but I always thought that was because it had half the RAM of this phone, so it did that to free up memory for other running processes/headroom.
This is by far the biggest disappointment of the JI6 update and I'm just wondering if anyone else has noticed this or can suggest a fix.
Note, my phone is bone stock and one of the reasons I loved it so much was the browser performance - now, the browser performs horribly.
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Anyone?
Have you tried using a different browser, like Dolphin or Opera Mini?
opiomorph said:
Have you tried using a different browser, like Dolphin or Opera Mini?
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I've tried other browsers in the past, but was always happiest with the stock browser.
Regardless, I want to know what happened to the memory management after the update. It would never attempt to reload pages if I had multiple tabs going but now it does.
What I meant was, have you tested to see if other browsers are behaving the same way as the stock browser after you updated to JI6?
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What I meant was, have you tested to see if other browsers are behaving the same way as the stock browser after you updated to JI6?
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No, I haven't, but I dont specifically know how they performed before the update with regards to multiple tabs and page reloading, so it wouldn't tell me much about what the update did.
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No, I haven't, but I dont specifically know how they performed before the update with regards to multiple tabs and page reloading, so it wouldn't tell me much about what the update did.
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Maybe not, but if they behave better than the stock browser does now that you've updated, that's what counts, right?
Well, I just opened up 8 tabs of different websites and was able to switch between them with no problem at all. Nothing had to reload for me. On stock browser with JI6.
Try clearing cache?
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Try clearing cache?
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I have tried clearing the browser cache, tried other browsers, kill the native task manager app, tried stock froyo, Bionix V, Ginger Clone and Axura, and the browser always behaves the same way. If you switch to another app, when you come back to the browser, it starts to reload all pages (very annoying). It feels like I'm back using the mytouch 3g.
Back when the Vibrant (and the galaxy family) first came out, this didn't happened. 8 tabs (I could live with 4) that were always there waiting in the same line where you left off.
Any ideas
I have experienced some browser crashes in the past week, on multiple sites, and especially when visiting IGN.com. Its sort of a flash heavy site, but it still happens when I have Flash turned off.
Anyone else having problems with browser crashes? It has happened with both the stock Android Browser as well as Dolphin HD Browser.
yeah lot's of random crashing with default browser, I have installed every browser available but none offer the same as desktop experience. Browsing is (for me) the most disappointing thing about the tablet.
Happens to me quite often. Well happened. If you can live without JavaScript turn it off. Just enable it on sites that you really need. For me the sudden browser closures (not FCs) happend mainly on sites with JavaScripts.
Yes lots of crashes for me as well. I tend to have a lot of tabs open, and it is particularly annoying that there seems to be no way to automatically open up the same set of tabs (anyone know if there is a way to do this)...
same here, getting very tired of having to turn flash and java off to make browswer stable, hell if wanted this i would have bought a ipad2!
Much of the content on good sites is java & flash, for me its only been really bad the last 7 days. Come on android/ Asus, sort it please!
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Happens to me quite often. Well happened. If you can live without JavaScript turn it off. Just enable it on sites that you really need. For me the sudden browser closures (not FCs) happend mainly on sites with JavaScripts.
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Just did that and both the stock browser and Dolphin HD work MUCH faster and no more FCs. Question--is the Java engine part of android, or is it in the browser? If it is in android, then I guess there is no point in trying other browsers.
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holy, I've experience about 10 force closes. My browser doesn't even show the pop up force close notification, it just closes and returns me to my launcher -.-
same here ,really annoying..my nook colors stock browser on cm7 was alot better as well as flash support on it...hopefully soon it ll be adressed...
i just experienced this during the weekend. anyone contact ASUS about this?
this is surely a software issue which can easily be fixed (i hope)
Wow - glad I am not the only one. I really hope this issue gets fixed, its annoying to say the least!
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Me too, hope they sort it soon.
I found that clearing my cache through the manage app settings helps me to load a page after a crash. It usually happens if I have over 25 MB worth of cache from previous browsing cessions.
I must be lucky... I've had no problems with my browser at all, I'm very pleased with it.
I Use Dolphin HD. Only Time my Browser Crashes is when My girl uses it and she gets on Tumblr. Weird..
Edit: Oh and it only happens after a While of use on that web Site.
Guys, I just turned off the fast scrolling in the advanced menu and it's stopped crashing. Can anyone else test?
so far so good. Crossing my fingers.
dunetails said:
Guys, I just turned off the fast scrolling in the advanced menu and it's stopped crashing. Can anyone else test?
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I've always had this turned off and still get crashes..
same here (firmware "ww") but only when visit "hwupgrade" so i open this site with dolphin without java. Today i try a new kernel...asus help us (sorry for my poor english)
This is a google issue. Guys over at the xoom forum are having the same issue.
I find that rebooting the tf every other day helps cut down crashing and app fc's
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The main app any tablet user uses is the Browser I'd assume and unfortunately its the weak spot on Honeycomb.
Viewing most desktop sites is very unbearable (try facebook, XDA, Google Plus) as the page lags, and text input is very difficult as well (huge lag)
Do any devs have any idea how to improve the speed on this stock browser in custom roms or so, I remember a kernel on the Xoom fixed things
This link has more info:
http://code.google.com/p/android/issues/detail?id=17353
If we could get a fix for this I could finally love my tab.
There is a lot less lag on the bonsai rom, but it's not completely gone. Ultimately google will have to be the to fix it.
theyve never mentioned it /acknowledged it
thats the worrying part
Ya know what actually, as,much as i dont like the look of the browser, opera mobile is the best functioning browser ive ever used. There is no browser lag, it render eveything exactly the way my desktop does. Im very suprised that google cannot mirror whatever opera mobile has done.
Ill give you an example of where opera finally got it right...
Try and do a search on xdas site and see what happens. It opens the text box for a second and then it drops the keyboard. Its never works and it is so annoying.
Now try it on opera mobile. Oh my god, it works!
It doesnt work on dolphin, firefox or any other browser ive tried. Opera mobile it works. Can a super sharp coder figure out a way to take whatever opera has in it and put it in the stock HC browser??
it`strange becouse in some forums is all ok, in other the text is very very slow :-(
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Ya know what actually, as,much as i dont like the look of the browser, opera mobile is the best functioning browser ive ever used. There is no browser lag, it render eveything exactly the way my desktop does. Im very suprised that google cannot mirror whatever opera mobile has done.
Ill give you an example of where opera finally got it right...
Try and do a search on xdas site and see what happens. It opens the text box for a second and then it drops the keyboard. Its never works and it is so annoying.
Now try it on opera mobile. Oh my god, it works!
It doesnt work on dolphin, firefox or any other browser ive tried. Opera mobile it works. Can a super sharp coder figure out a way to take whatever opera has in it and put it in the stock HC browser??
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I tried Opera and everything works great except two things. the first is that often times you will enter text in a text box, and then when you minimize the keyboard to click the submit button, it removes everything you just typed! I had this happen to me about 5 times and then I gave up and uninstalled it. The other issue is mainly a preference, but the tabs suck! Give me real tabs like the stock browser. opera and Firefox have a horrible tab implementation on Android.
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often times you will enter text in a text box, and then when you minimize the keyboard to click the submit button, it removes everything you just typed!
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i hate this thing more of the input lag , when it succeed often i close my browser and don't write more becouse i'm frustrated
Plus I am very tired of getting to the "mobile" version of the websites.
Its a 10 inch Tablet..
Google needs to give this thing a Desktop identity and load the desktop version of the websites. One thing Apple is doing right with the iPad.
Even better get rid of this Chrome Based Android Mobile Browser and put there the real Chrome.
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Plus I am very tired of getting to the "mobile" version of the websites.
Its a 10 inch Tablet..
Google needs to give this thing a Desktop identity and load the desktop version of the websites. One thing Apple is doing right with the iPad.
Even better get rid of this Chrome Based Android Mobile Browser and put there the real Chrome.
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even when I've manually set the useragent to a desktop browser, I still get kicked to the mobile versions of some sites. And sites like...google search, which should know better!
I've tested a bunch of browsers at this point and none of them are perfect. I think dolphin comes closest, but it definitely has little things that are annoying (such as it being way to easy to close the wrong tab)
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Plus I am very tired of getting to the "mobile" version of the websites.
Its a 10 inch Tablet..
Google needs to give this thing a Desktop identity and load the desktop version of the websites. One thing Apple is doing right with the iPad.
Even better get rid of this Chrome Based Android Mobile Browser and put there the real Chrome.
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If you type in about:debug in the browser you can go into the settings and change the uastring setting
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If you type in about:debug in the browser you can go into the settings and change the uastring setting
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I know. But after a while is going back to default.
I cant changing and play with the settings every other day.
Plus regular people cannot deal with such advance settings. I personally know 3 people they went with the iPad because of this.
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The main app any tablet user uses is the Browser I'd assume and unfortunately its the weak spot on Honeycomb.
Viewing most desktop sites is very unbearable (try facebook, XDA, Google Plus) as the page lags, and text input is very difficult as well (huge lag)
Do any devs have any idea how to improve the speed on this stock browser in custom roms or so, I remember a kernel on the Xoom fixed things
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http://code.google.com/p/android/issues/detail?id=17353
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I am a little confused. I don't have an issue with the browser or the typing...The pages load and scroll perfect and there is little to no lag at all on my typing. There can be a slight lag at times when i use the Keyboard/Dock but that is it.
Does anyone else have no issue?
Not sure if it just me... Since the Touchwiz update I semi to get lots of glitches when browsing web pages... Strangely the problems happen both in stock browser and dolphin hd
1 - often get message that there is a problem with certificate and tipically then if it is a purchase or something following a login then it gets stuck on the page
2 - stalls on random pages... Click on a link and page don't open
3 - can enter information in forms but just some fields...
4 - often can't open hotmail
5 - lots of little issues in facebook.
Etc. Small things but irritating as i had to pull out my pc to complete operations... Even stranger as my android phone never had these kind of issues...
Anybody else with these issues?
Any tips?
the browser crashes when clicking on pull down menu!
I had alot of problems as well including syncing bookmarks. Going into applications and clearing defaults and data seemed to reset the browser for me and haven't had any issue since.
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Did anyone notice that if you download a file it shortens the name?
For example when downloading pershoot's kernels this "boot-cm_2636.4_ux-oc-xtra-vfpv3-d16_fp-080911.zip" becomes "boot-cm_2636.zip". Might not see like an issue but if you are downloading the ux version and the non ux there is no way to tell which is which unless you remember which one you download first because the second one will be named "boot-cm_2636-1.zip"
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Not sure if it just me... Since the Touchwiz update I semi to get lots of glitches when browsing web pages... Strangely the problems happen both in stock browser and dolphin hd
1 - often get message that there is a problem with certificate and tipically then if it is a purchase or something following a login then it gets stuck on the page
2 - stalls on random pages... Click on a link and page don't open
3 - can enter information in forms but just some fields...
4 - often can't open hotmail
5 - lots of little issues in facebook.
Etc. Small things but irritating as i had to pull out my pc to complete operations... Even stranger as my android phone never had these kind of issues...
Anybody else with these issues?
Any tips?
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My experience with Xoom stock browser.
I had most of these problems on 3.0.1. With 3.1 update things got better, but still had some problems. I haven't had any problems on 3.2. I set flash On demand, this also helped a little. These seem to be general problems with HC stock browser.
Thanks - at least looks like it might get better as they push out updates to HC - mind you probably Samsung is not going to be in any hurry to do update....
I'd say these issues are not normal, so it's worth trying various things to fix them - I'd start with the already-mentioned clearing of app data, then perhaps a factory reset.
My browsing experience with the 'new' browser that came bundled with the TW update has been nothing but a spectacular improvement. Having flash on-demand and an ad blocking hosts file may also help.
Maybe not relevant, but I read elsewhere that Dolphin is just a front end or skin over the stock browser framework. If true, that might explain why you have the same problem in both. Maybe try Opera and see if it does the same thing?
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New browser is incredibly fast and reliable.
Clear your browser's app data in Manage Applications.
Im seriously thinking about returning the tablet. I've done alot of the fixes and tweaks other people have posted here to fix the lag. Everytime i try to view fantasy basketball on yahoo, it lags tremendously. The only fix ive found for this is turning off javascript but it's annoying to have to turn it on and off while browsing different websites. I've also used different browsers such as dolphin and chrome and it still lags. I do like the multitasking capabilities of the tablet but the lag while browsing websties is a major deal breaker for me. Are there any other people who play fantasy basketball and have a fix?
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Okay, now I at least see the lag. I never saw it but this web page is like browsing with brakes. And I compare it with other devices and it's only on the Note that it has such a lag.
So, I will analyze this web page to see what produce this lag.
PS. There exists also an app, maybe this is an solution?!
PPS. When I switch to the desktop view my lag is gone. I got the lag only in the mobile view (stock browser).
Can u check "Force GPU Rendering" in developer setting and tell me if that makes a difference?
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sholee said:
Im seriously thinking about returning the tablet. I've done alot of the fixes and tweaks other people have posted here to fix the lag. Everytime i try to view fantasy basketball on yahoo, it lags tremendously. The only fix ive found for this is turning off javascript but it's annoying to have to turn it on and off while browsing different websites. I've also used different browsers such as dolphin and chrome and it still lags. I do like the multitasking capabilities of the tablet but the lag while browsing websties is a major deal breaker for me. Are there any other people who play fantasy basketball and have a fix?
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Yahoo's new layout is notoriously awful for mobile devices. It takes almost 45 seconds to fully load a page on my old A500 in both Chrome and the AOSP browser. Yahoo did a terrible job. I would not read much into the device's capabilities based on that site only.
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Yahoo's new layout is notoriously awful for mobile devices. It takes almost 45 seconds to fully load a page on my old A500 in both Chrome and the AOSP browser. Yahoo did a terrible job. I would not read much into the device's capabilities based on that site only.
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yeah I know it's most likely on yahoos end but it is one of the main reasons why I bought a tablet so that I didn't have to Web browse on a phone. But it's unfortunate bc fantasy basketball is one of my top sites I view daily to check up on my roster, etc.
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Can u check "Force GPU Rendering" in developer setting and tell me if that makes a difference?
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I checked it and it didn't make a difference.
Is there anyway to keep viewing sites in desktop view? It doesn't lag in desktop view like someone mentioned earlier but Every time I load a new tab or site, desktop view automatically turns off.
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Is there anyway to keep viewing sites in desktop view? It doesn't lag in desktop view like someone mentioned earlier but Every time I load a new tab or site, desktop view automatically turns off.
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I don't use the default browser, but I use Opera/ Boat Browser HD and Next Browsers, and for all of them you can trip the User Agent setting to Desktop in their settings. I think Next Browser supports Flash too. Hope this solves your issue.
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I don't use the default browser, but I use Opera/ Boat Browser HD and Next Browsers, and for all of them you can trip the User Agent setting to Desktop in their settings. I think Next Browser supports Flash too. Hope this solves your issue.
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Dolphin has been crashing constantly in desktop view for some reason... i have no idea. I will try Next browser since it supports flash and see how it goes. This situation is so aggravating.. for a 500+ tablet, I expected better..
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Dolphin has been crashing constantly in desktop view for some reason... i have no idea. I will try Next browser since it supports flash and see how it goes. This situation is so aggravating.. for a 500+ tablet, I expected better..
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Opera smooth and fast. Tablet no problem. Because of app still not use all for GPU render.
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Opera smooth and fast. Tablet no problem. Because of app still not use all for GPU render.
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Okay, i've used MOST of the browsers and it's still not working. I've tried Dolphin, Opera, UC, Mozilla, Chrome, and Next. None of them work, while some have a desktop mode feature, for some reason, it does not load my fantasy basketball roster on the site, it scrolls but it only shows the background wallpaper, no images or text.
Can someone with a rooted device tell me if the fantasy basketball site lags or not for them?
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Okay, i've used MOST of the browsers and it's still not working. I've tried Dolphin, Opera, UC, Mozilla, Chrome, and Next. None of them work, while some have a desktop mode feature, for some reason, it does not load my fantasy basketball roster on the site, it scrolls but it only shows the background wallpaper, no images or text.
Can someone with a rooted device tell me if the fantasy basketball site lags or not for them?
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First...being rooted doesn't inherently make anything better. It all depends what you do with your root a access.
I went to the yahoo sports page and here are my results.
Stock browser: mobile was terible. Desktop mode was flawless.
Opera Browser: flawless in both mobile and desktop
Chrome browser: flawless in both mobile and desktop
Dolphin browser: slightly more lag in mobile but perfect in desktop.
When I say mobile and desktop, I mean the user agent of the browser, not to be confused the mobile version of the website.
I'm not sure why you are having problems. I agree, the stock browser in mobile mode sucks on that website. Are we talking about yahoo sports? You know they have a fantasy football app that would be much better than the site.
I don't have anything special done with root, just use it for cheating games
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Serinety said:
First...being rooted doesn't inherently make anything better. It all depends what you do with your root a access.
I went to the yahoo sports page and here are my results.
Stock browser: mobile was terible. Desktop mode was flawless.
Opera Browser: flawless in both mobile and desktop
Chrome browser: flawless in both mobile and desktop
Dolphin browser: slightly more lag in mobile but perfect in desktop.
When I say mobile and desktop, I mean the user agent of the browser, not to be confused the mobile version of the website.
I'm not sure why you are having problems. I agree, the stock browser in mobile mode sucks on that website. Are we talking about yahoo sports? You know they have a fantasy football app that would be much better than the site.
I don't have anything special done with root, just use it for cheating games
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The signup site for yahoo fantasy basketball is fine, it's when I log-in and load my rosters and team match ups that it starts to stutter. Dolphin crashes on me constantly, no idea why AND when it's not busy crashing on me, it doesn't even load my roster, it'll load up the background of the site but that's it. I'm able to scroll but there's nothing on the site except the background picture. Chrome doesn't have the option to stay in desktop mode, every time i load up a new tab, it'll turn off desktop mode. It's annoying to have to turn on desktop mode every time I go onto yahoo. Opera doesn't lag but for some reason the top banner with the menus scrolls down when i scroll down when it's not supposed to, it overlaps the stats of the players, making it difficult to read.
And the app for fantasy anything is crap, it doesn't allow for a lot of things that the website does, such as swapping your players. You can even see the reviews that many people are unhappy with the app and how it's limited to the things u can do.
I wish the note performed better, i was really excited when I used it until I went to yahoo and was really trying hard to see past this but it's soooo annoying!
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The signup site for yahoo fantasy basketball is fine, it's when I log-in and load my rosters and team match ups that it starts to stutter. Dolphin crashes on me constantly, no idea why AND when it's not busy crashing on me, it doesn't even load my roster, it'll load up the background of the site but that's it. I'm able to scroll but there's nothing on the site except the background picture. Chrome doesn't have the option to stay in desktop mode, every time i load up a new tab, it'll turn off desktop mode. It's annoying to have to turn on desktop mode every time I go onto yahoo. Opera doesn't lag but for some reason the top banner with the menus scrolls down when i scroll down when it's not supposed to, it overlaps the stats of the players, making it difficult to read.
And the app for fantasy anything is crap, it doesn't allow for a lot of things that the website does, such as swapping your players. You can even see the reviews that many people are unhappy with the app and how it's limited to the things u can do.
I wish the note performed better, i was really excited when I used it until I went to yahoo and was really trying hard to see past this but it's soooo annoying!
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well clearly this is not a performance issue with the tablet . In not Sure why you keep going Down that Road. For whatever reason the website is having some compatibility issue with the note, you can email yahoo about it, maybe it's a simple fix. If you need to return the tablet because of it, go for it. But it's not an issue with the performance capability of the tablet itself, the tablet is plenty capable of display the simple yahoo site, send an email to yahoo tech support is about the best advice I can give.
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