Just got nexus 7, chrome browser lags?? - Nexus 7 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting

Just got nexus 7, chrome browser lags??
Anyone know why this is?
Its not smooth at all, I am on the latest firmware and completely stock.
Others notice this?

Yes it isn't smooth, If you want smoothness then try Firefox. Its just like on IOs.

Yeah it is choppy . Better try alternatives btw i don't think the sluggishness has anything to do with n7 it could be due lack of optimization of chrome .
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Chrome is the worst browser ever. It's sooo bad. Sooo so bad.
Boat Browser, firebox, dolphin, etc are all better than the piece of trash Chrome
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So.. Does Firefox have integrated flash or did I get something wrong?
Sorry for the off topic ^^'
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fushla said:
So.. Does Firefox have integrated flash or did I get something wrong?
Sorry for the off topic ^^'
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Firefox is the only browser I've gotten flash to work with, but you still need to install the flash 11.1 apk separately.
On topic chrome browser is smooth for me.
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95Z28 said:
Firefox is the only browser I've gotten flash to work with, but you still need to install the flash 11.1 apk separately.
On topic chrome browser is smooth for me.
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Oh well then I don't care
I thought it would be integrated...
And I'm also happy with chrome...
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Chrome is also fine for me. Plus I can't live without the browser sync.
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I use Firefox Beta and it works just fine n.n I just can't live without the addons!

What's strange is that for me Chrome is the only browser that scrolls smoothly, Firefox and opera both lag on my 7 where on my nexus 4 they are both smooth... Go figure.

I use Firefox beta it seems to show Web sites the best out of all the browsers, but it is not the fastest loading
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Using Chrome on CM10.1 12-23 nightly and it's for the most part working great.
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I m personally fine with using Chrome on my nexus 7..
Tried dolphin with jet pack, it crashes every single time.
Tried Firefox beta, it's super slow at loading pages so slow that I can't tell if it's loading or if it's hanged.
I'm on completely stock 4.2 without any mods at all. Anyone else with the same experience?
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I m personally fine with using Chrome on my nexus 7..
Tried dolphin with jet pack, it crashes every single time.
Tried Firefox beta, it's super slow at loading pages so slow that I can't tell if it's loading or if it's hanged.
I'm on completely stock 4.2 without any mods at all. Anyone else with the same experience?

Trying out Dolphin right now and it seems really fast.

+1 chrome been working really good for me...
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korockinout13 said:
Chrome is also fine for me. Plus I can't live without the browser sync.
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The browser sync is exactly why I use Chrome.
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Stock Web Browser! Best One out there?

I have tried many web browsers out there but I always find myself coming back to stock web browser. I think its the best combination of speed and ui for web enabled sites. I also like its simplicity.
What do you guys think?
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I like the stock browser too especially on 2.1 roms. Opera is smoother though but I don't really feel using it.
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iynfynity said:
I like the stock browser too especially on 2.1 roms. Opera is smoother though but I don't really feel using it.
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Exactly my point. Opera mini is a little faster but I don't like its interface. I wanted to stick to firefox but it takes up alot of memory and also is a bit laggy.
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Try Miren from the marketplace ...best one imho
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Tried dolphin and never went back.
Sahil! I tried dolphin a while back and hated its cheap look. My $.02!
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sLiKK said:
Exactly my point. Opera mini is a little faster but I don't like its interface. I wanted to stick to firefox but it takes up alot of memory and also is a bit laggy.
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I don't think he's not talking about Opera Mini, but Opera Mobile, which recently released version 11 for Android with Flash support. It's ridiculously good and the performance is wildly superior to the stock browser.
The Stock Browser is unusable on some sites like WMPowerUser where if a blog entry has 20+ comments the scrolling is so terrible it's like 0.5 Frames per second. Opera doesn't have this issue (the Eclair browser didn't have this issue, I'm not sure what happened...).
With Opera Mobile being as good as it is I really have no idea who'd wanna use Mini, unless they only have a 200MB data plan.
My only complaint about Opera Mobile is the RAM size. It seriously can go up to 90+ MB somewhat quickly/easily and there is no exit option in the application...
I feel the stock browser is the best too..opera mini is good for having a slow connection
Opera Mobile 11 > All other Browsers
XScope pro is the best out there for me.
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I too was also ways going back to the stock browser until Oprah mobile finally updated to 11. made browsing such a better experience and opera link is very convinient seeing as I use opera on desktop also.
I use skyfire. It's nice and quick and I used to be able to watch Jersey Shore but the season ended already. :'(
skyfire is good when watching videos, but for me it has the most ugliest UI.
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iynfynity said:
skyfire is good when watching videos, but for me it has the most ugliest UI.
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Now that I think about it, that's the only time I use the web on my phone...to watch vids...
I love Dolphin HD now, never have any issues with it..
Google should make 'chrome for mobile'.
xScope Pro was the least laggy with 2.1, now it feels super fast under Android 2.2
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sLiKK said:
Google should make 'chrome for mobile'.
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maybe it's already the stock browser? but I would love a chrome browser
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Do you guys know any browsers with Inverted Color option (just like the option we find on CM7 stock Browser)?
Thank you
Opera 11 is simply the best hands down. I used to hate it... because of the mobile view. But it has transformed into a full browser like its pc counterpart. It feels so smooth. It takes advantage of our hardware much better than any other browser. Even flash intensive sites are smooth as silk.
Okay enough from this new opera fanboy. Just my 2 cents. I actually started using it today and im in love.
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I downloaded Flash..what now

Forgive the dumb question, but now that I've downloaded the Flash apk for my stock nexus 7, how do I get dolphin to recognize it? When I try to play flash video it says that I need to install flash, or that my device is not compatible....is there a way to make this work
Nexus 7....Verizon sg3..stock as hell.
latest version of Dolphin browser does not support flash.
I would suggest you use Firefox Beta....works like a champ.
Boat browser is also good but dolphin will not allow you to use flash.
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Ahh..thanks
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Downloaded Firefox beta, seems smooth, but there is no sound on flash video. What the bleep am I doing wrong?
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miketoasty said:
Boat browser is also good but dolphin will not allow you to use flash.
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+1 for boat, have been using it since I got my Nexus a few months ago because of the flash support and it's been rock solid!
I still think the AOSP stock browser is best for flash support
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Stock Browser seems to work best with flash for me (using Paranoid ROM)

Any other browser instead of Chrome?

Well, Chrome lags. Dont know if its a hardware fault (i seriously doubt it) or just the browser's fault, but it just lags. Even the default browser on my HTC Sensation feels a lot more smoother.
Is there any other good browser which doesnt lags?
I believe Dolphin browser is a popular alternative.
Firefox, Opera, Opera Mini
You can't go wrong with the major ones
But Dolphin is also good.
Quite a few, all up to you :thumbup:
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I'm an opera person myself.
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I was a Dolphin user for a couple of years. It's a good browser, and recently I switched to Firefox. A few months ago Firefox was quite terrible bit it has really matured a lot.
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I've been using Boat Browser along side Chrome - its nice and quick. Not sure why I haven't made it my default browser yet LOL. I do agree that Chrome is significantly slower than most third party replacements.
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I am using Boat Browser. It supports flash and has nice themes.
I use smooth Rom which upon install with aroma asks what browser you want to install. I chose the stock android browser because I chrome is pretty laggy and it works a charm xD. You don't get all the functionality of chrome, but it adds up to be a much more pleasant experience.
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I've been using Boat more and more. All I really care about is how well a browser renders and scales a page since I'm almost always in portrait mode.
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i've been using dolphin beta and it's not too bad. is there one besides chrome or stock that will sync bookmarks with your google account?
I highly recommend dolphin
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Most important to me in a browser is text reflow.
I don't get that on my note with dolphin so i use Opera mobile & Maxthon mobile (by far the fastest browser I've ever found) both give Reflow on my note.
*Maxthon is a good simple browser with some well thought out settings options & one touch full screen button.
Dolphin is trying to be everything while neglecting its basic purpose in my opinion.

No flash on Nexus 7??

i thought my browsers dialed the flash, but it seems the device is incompatible with adobe flash player. Why would Google follow the lead of Apple and do this?
How to watch flash?
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tytung2020 said:
i thought my browsers dialed the flash, but it seems the device is incompatible with adobe flash player. Why would Google follow the lead of Apple and do this?
How to watch flash?
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Its not Google fault as such, Adobe abandoned mobile flash so Google couldn't add it since they said they wasn't going to support it past 4.0. You are able to sideload it and it does work pretty well with firefox beta. You should be able to find the flash file on this forum there are lots of posts on the subject.
To get file see here, its just been posted this morning
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2049935
tytung2020 said:
i thought my browsers dialed the flash, but it seems the device is incompatible with adobe flash player. Why would Google follow the lead of Apple and do this?
How to watch flash?
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Adobe abandoned flash for mobile devices. Blame them.
Use dolphin browser
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esema1o said:
Use dolphin browser
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I'll give that a go, tried to sideload on Firefox Beta and go to IPlayer but no joy.
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Use dolphin browser
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ditto that. I use dolphin beta, works great.
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Try the ver 8.5.1 HD the works for me
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Flash player

Are there any apps that will give flash support on jelly bean or are we just screwed?
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Flash works perfectly for me. I'm rooted and replaced the default browser (Chrome) by renaming the BrowserProviderProxy.apk and BrowserProviderProxy.odex and copying in the Browser.apk from the AOSP Nexus browser. Side-loaded flash for mobile from the Adobe site. Search a little and you'll find lots more info about this. Other users claim Flash support on other browsers, but I haven't used them.
People like to use Firefox and install the flash apk. I have honestly never needed to use flash player though.
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I sideloaded the flash player that I backed up from another device and use it with Firefox Beta (no root required).
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I've attached the latest flash player. It worked fro me with Firefox. Mine is rooted. But if you are not you can give it a shot. Let me know if it works.
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Works great on boat and maxthon browsers.
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Dolphin works. Even newest versions. You need to delete or change some tunny browser file. I forget exactly, just search dolphin and flash. And no....you don't have to use version 8.5.xxx. that will crash if you full screen a video.
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I just tried UC browser with flash and it worked. So far it's the only one that hasn't crashed when playing flash videos. Firefox crashes occasionally, boat crashes EVERY time I try to play a flash video.
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gc84245 said:
I just tried UC browser with flash and it worked. So far it's the only one that hasn't crashed when playing flash videos. Firefox crashes occasionally, boat crashes EVERY time I try to play a flash video.
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As I said...I'm on newest dolphin and watch stuff daily....full screen. Never had a crash.
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or just use the aosp browser which in my opinion is the best
kj2112 said:
Dolphin works. Even newest versions. You need to delete or change some tunny browser file. I forget exactly, just search dolphin and flash. And no....you don't have to use version 8.5.xxx. that will crash if you full screen a video.
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Many thanks. always want to use newest versions of Dolphin with flash support and now my dream just came true.
After read your comment and google that finally I has found this http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1933179 thread and it work!!
Ok, but I'm not rooted (yet)
Just got my nexus 7 recently, maybe in the future I'll root it.
I would recommend puffin browser or boat browser, both support flash without any extra app. Just download one and 'ur ready to go!
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And now with Jelly Bean 4.3, anyone have flash player working?
Thanks
Flash works for me with Firefox beta
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benuron said:
And now with Jelly Bean 4.3, anyone have flash player working?
Thanks
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The browsers need to update.
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Working now, thanks
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benuron said:
Working now, thanks
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What are you using? I've tried dissent versions of flash and different browsers and they all crash
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I am using Firefox 22.0 and have installed a newest version of Flash Player
Please note that in Firefox you have to allow use of plugins in Definitions menu
efan3719 said:
What are you using? I've tried dissent versions of flash and different browsers and they all crash
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