Does anybody know of an app which allows me to overclock, underclock, disable cores, etc on my Nexus 7? Preferably free,
Also, a little off topic, but what is your favorite browser? Chrome is a little slow for me sometimes.
Thanks, loving my Nexus. Yes, I am rooted, by the way.
Stock browser is the best. And system tuner should do all that stuff.
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Colton127 said:
Does anybody know of an app which allows me to overclock, underclock, disable cores, etc on my Nexus 7? Preferably free,
Also, a little off topic, but what is your favorite browser? Chrome is a little slow for me sometimes.
Thanks, loving my Nexus. Yes, I am rooted, by the way.
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I use Trinity Kernel Toolbox to do all of the things you mentioned. But it's not free. It costs $3.69 in the Play store. However , it works with whatever kernel you are using, not just Trinity kernel. I like it a lot.
My favorite browser is Dolphin, it seems pretty fast, but Chrome seems fast to me too, so YMMV. The best part of Dolphin for me is the full screen browsing.
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Stock browser is the best. And system tuner should do all that stuff.
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My ROM doesn't have stock android browser. How do I get it?
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Using the default at the mo.
Any one using anything else?
Apex? etc?
Curious if the default has all the pinch-zoom capabilities of Xscope. I can zoom any mobile page with Xscope, the only browser I found that does that on all sites (like FB).
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Using the default at the mo.
Any one using anything else?
Apex? etc?
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tcat007 said:
Curious if the default has all the pinch-zoom capabilities of Xscope. I can zoom any mobile page with Xscope, the only browser I found that does that on all sites (like FB).
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He meant launcher, not browser lol.
OP, I started apex, but realized what a pita it would be to set up, and said "I'm out" and uninstalled. It works though.
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I stuck with the default one since "My Library" doesn't show your library in Apex.
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He meant launcher, not browser lol.
OP, I started apex, but realized what a pita it would be to set up, and said "I'm out" and uninstalled. It works though.
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I don't think it does right now. I tried configuring it and, unless I'm missing something, it's stuck in tablet mode. It won't let me get rid of the Tablet app launcher in the top right and the search bar in the top left. Also, all of the icons don't scale right, so they're tiny compared to the stock launcher.
I'm going to roll with stock until Apex updates for JB.
I use Apex. Its really fast and fluid on jellybean!
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I tried apex I dont like the way it works on my tabs screen. It leaves a gap at the top.
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I use Nova. It's pretty great.
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I use Nova. It's pretty great.
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i so wanna swat that bug on your post.. Make it stop...
please .
'My Library' does work in Nova. I'm using Apex at the moment.
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I tried apex I dont like the way it works on my tabs screen. It leaves a gap at the top.
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The vertical and horizontal margin options will fix this. Just change it to small or none.
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Nova Prime
http://forum.xda-developers.com/sho...uncher] Showcase your launcher's performance!
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GoLauncher EX. I know there are newer ones, but it works, runs great, and is consistent with what's on my SGS2. Just never saw a reason to change.
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+1 for go launcher. Smoothest and most functional on jelly bean yet. Apex lags with a few icons on screen and nova has a few bugs that need to be ironed out for jelly bean. Go launcher never lags at all 6x10 grid. Plus themes work awesome And effects. Plus it has full features and its free.
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I've tried both nova and apex. Apex has some rescaling issues when redrawing icons in tablet mode. Nova is ok but it seems as if many of its features are reserved for the pay version.
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Anything I should do to boost my performance? (Aside from rooting it). I searched around for a guide but most of them seem to require rooting.
Significa said:
Anything I should do to boost my performance? (Aside from rooting it). I searched around for a guide but most of them seem to require rooting.
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There isn't too much you can do to truly boost performance without rooting. Maybe try an alternate launcher.
Apex and Nova are both good and give you a lot of options. You can find them in the Play Store.
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Go on Dev options
Check use always us GPU screen compositing
under animations, change to 0.5 sec it will make you feel you tab is flying, better than buttery experience!
Cheers!
Root it
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Root it
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This ^
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Does it really help that much? Its pretty snappy at the moment although I feel battery life could use a improvement.
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Go on Dev options
Check use always us GPU screen compositing
under animations, change to 0.5 sec it will make you feel you tab is flying, better than buttery experience!
Cheers!
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this makes it fly
I love Chrome on the desktop, but I don't like it on the phone. I always use the stock Browser as it seems to be smoother. Will we be able to put the current Stock browser on the Nexus 4 when it comes out, or will we be stuck with Chrome?
You could probably use the 4.1 browser on 4.2, just have to put it in /system/app rather than installing it like a normal app
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I love Chrome on the desktop, but I don't like it on the phone. I always use the stock Browser as it seems to be smoother. Will we be able to put the current Stock browser on the Nexus 4 when it comes out, or will we be stuck with Chrome?
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You should be able to. And I'm sure Chrome will run smoother on the Nexus 4 than you think, considering Chrome (and most if not all Google apps) is build for Nexus devices.
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whittikins said:
I love Chrome on the desktop, but I don't like it on the phone. I always use the stock Browser as it seems to be smoother. Will we be able to put the current Stock browser on the Nexus 4 when it comes out, or will we be stuck with Chrome?
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Man I feel the EXACT same way. Like chrome a lot on a Computer, cant stand it on android. It is so laggy and inconsistent. The ics browser that originally shipped with the galaxy nexus is, to me, by far the best mobile browser on any phone. Google should have stuck to that.
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Pretty sure 4.2 will have its own stock browser, just not installed on the Nexus 4 by default. You can always grab that and install it.
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Pretty sure 4.2 will have its own stock browser, just not installed on the Nexus 4 by default. You can always grab that and install it.
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Chrome is the stock browser in 4.2
There's always this: https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.beansoft.browserplus&hl=en
If not put the jelly bean browser into system/app and you should have it back.
I agree with you though, i have both installed on my phone but always use the stock browser and only sometime use chrome
10 seconds after i'm rooted on this phone is when chrome.apk meets the delete button.
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Chrome is the stock browser in 4.2
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AOSP will always have a browser and it's not gonna be chrome since it's not a part of AOSP, the stock browser of 4.2 would be the stock android browser. Google will just be shipping with chrome like N7.
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You place the APK in to system/app and then you have to delete BrowserProxyProvider.apk (or similar) and it works
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AOSP will always have a browser and it's not gonna be chrome since it's not a part of AOSP, the stock browser of 4.2 would be the stock android browser. Google will just be shipping with chrome like N7.
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O RLY? That's good to hear. Do you have a source? I just haven't heard this before.
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O RLY? That's good to hear. Do you have a source? I just haven't heard this before.
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Its been the same since Nexus 7, JBQ said that chrome isn't a part of AOSP
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I much prefer the aosp browser, installed it straight away on n7
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AOSP will always have a browser and it's not gonna be chrome since it's not a part of AOSP, the stock browser of 4.2 would be the stock android browser. Google will just be shipping with chrome like N7.
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Was just about to mention this. AOSP has the stock browser by default, whereas factory images from Google will have Chrome by default.
Never liked chrome browser and definitely prefer stock.
Not a fan of Chrome on the phone either. It's more of a tablet browser (works well on my Transformer Prime), but Chrome sucks as a phone browser. It also lags like crap on my Nexus S.
I'll play with it, probably it's going to be much faster on the Nexus 4, but knowing how much resource it takes, I might just go back to the Stock Browser.
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so can the 4.1 browser be used on an non rooted nexus 4? if so how please?
So now that 4.2 is out on the galaxy nexus has anyone tried to install it on the nexus 4? have you succeed?
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O RLY? That's good to hear. Do you have a source? I just haven't heard this before.
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Yes, my galaxy nexus with stock 4.2. It does not have chrome, it has the stock aosp browser.
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Yeah, someone will just have to sign it so it can be installed rather than push to /system/app
I know there are forums for other phones on this topic but I don't believe there are any for the Nexus 4.
Chrome has been absolute trash for my Nexus 4, which is stock. It lags like no other. Anyone using chrome on the nexus 4 and isn't having the same problem, as in the browser works great? I'm currently using Dolphin to resolve the issue. But why would google make chrome the default browser when it clearly isn't ready for prime time? The stock ASOP browser was much better. Comments anyone?
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I know there are forums for other phones on this topic but I don't believe there are any for the Nexus 4.
Chrome has been absolute trash for my Nexus 4, which is stock. It lags like no other. Anyone using chrome on the nexus 4 and isn't having the same problem, as in the browser works great? I'm currently using Dolphin to resolve the issue. But why would google make chrome the default browser when it clearly isn't ready for prime time? The stock ASOP browser was much better. Comments anyone?
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Works fine for me. Not noticed any lag or that other browsers are any quicker.
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Mine isn't trash and doesn't lag at all..
calanizzle said:
Mine isn't trash and doesn't lag at all..
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I am using Chrome Beta works great. Feels faster and better then the stock one. Try the beta one and see how it is for you.
I've been using Dolphin over Chrome for a while now, can't get over the fact you can't set a home page for Chrome, I know you can set a home screen shortcut, but still.
No lag here. Using regular chrome and chrome beta.
No lag for me either. The only lag I get is when the page is still loading and I'm flicking around the screen. I will admit chrome lags on other devices. Its just the raw power of this phone thats making it not lag.
@OP: What is your ROM + Kernel setup?
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@OP: What is your ROM + Kernel setup?
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I'm running stock out the box setup. I've tried chrome beta and that's even worse.
Best browser for Nexus 4? Chrome seems to be slow at times.
Chrome Beta.. its better than Chrome. Newer features & Optimizations.
the aosp android browser
zephiK said:
Chrome Beta.. its better than Chrome. Newer features & Optimizations.
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If that's better, why didn't they update it on the Nexus 4 as the default browser?
simms22 said:
the aosp android browser
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I'm not rooted
You don't need to be.
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Naked Browser
AOSP browser and Adobe Flash player.
AOSP browser is quick. Definitely recommended you trying it out
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Boat.
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Dolphin browser is the best
Performance and features are really good...
Try it.
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+1 to Dolphin, although there really is no 'best' browser since its completely subjective.
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