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I need a good ICS Browser, the default one is boring I have tried:
-ICS Browser +
- Google Chrome
-Dolphin Browser
-Firefox
Post your Favorite with a screenshot would be great
Acer Iconia A500 Rooted Running Flexreaper R7 ICS 4.0.3

Since 3 days ,i'm use opera mobile . It's the best for me
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I kinda like XScope. You can easily theme it. And it isn't too boring.
I would try the free version first. The Pro version is a little funky on ICS. Ran great on Honeycomb...
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Id have to +1 on xScope. Ive been using the pro version for years and whenever i wonder off and try other browsers I always come back to it.

It doesn't look optimized for tabs
Acer Iconia A500 Rooted Running Flexreaper R7 ICS 4.0.3

I think Opera works best

Been using Google Chrome Beta on mine, pretty impressed with it.
Have since installed it on my GS2

Take Opera Mobile
Chrome Beta is nice but for me i miss the flash support...

IMHO nothing works better on a tab than ICS browser+...... why didn't you like it?

I've been using Opera, has been the best for me, after trying stock, firefox, dolphin.

I use Chrome beta, just for the fact that I can sync my bookmarks. I'd probably still be using stock if it worked there. I used to use Dolphin's Pad beta but once Chrome came out, it was an obvious choice.
The stock browser is pretty fast in 4.0.4 on my Galaxy Nexus, so when I get that on my A500 I'll try it out and see how it goes.

Overskreen. Allows you to have a tab open above an app.

Opera and Boat Browser https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.boatbrowser.free

mtmerrick said:
IMHO nothing works better on a tab than ICS browser+...... why didn't you like it?
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+1 on this, ICS Browser + rocks! In fact, I just reviewed it on tablified.com, here's the link: http://www.tablified.com/reviews/ics-browser-simply-amazing/
I can't try Chrome because I live outside of the US, I know I can probably just find the apk somewhere, but ICS Browser+ is already enough for my needs and right now, I'd rather have flash support than not, although that might change soon...
Used to use Dolphin but it felt really clunky to me, and well, the stock browser on both HC and ICS never really cut it for me.

mtmerrick said:
IMHO nothing works better on a tab than ICS browser+...... why didn't you like it?
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i too have tried many like FF, Google Chrome, Dolphine but ICS+ is the best and the customize options are great

browser
I think Boat browser is the best for me so far.

I liked Dolphin Tablet but it started to crash and it didn't seem as if they were releasing updates for it much. I went to Chrome. It was ok. I am now using Dolphin HD. Its amazing and I have no problems so far. Very stable. It also has soo many plugins. I suggest Dolphin HD.

boat browser update
Just did a boat browser update yesterday and it is now very laggy, wish I could un update the update.

I had trouble with the default browser downloading files. Sometimes it would just hang, other times I'd get blank files. And it just seemed sluggish to me. This was, admittedly, while running a stock Acer rom, though.
I played around with Chrome when it hit, but I ran into some problems with SwiftKey, and even now on a custom ROM, it gives me blank white pages with no content far to often to not annoy me.
I also kicked around Dolphin some. It just never satisfied me.
I finally happened by Aurora - Firefox's alpha channel - and I am more than pleased with it. It's yet to crash on me, it has the must-have addons - like AdBlock - available, as well as UserAgent changers - as I prefer desktop sites only. It's fast, and it's been optimized for a tablet layout. I've been running it exclusively since discovering it and I haven't had a single moment where I debated going back to Browser.

Hi I have been using the Maxthon HD browser with the RE-FLEXxx Rom and find it works better for me than the others (I tried all of them)

Benchmarks after Jelly Bean

Ran RL Benchmark and Androbench - Is it just me or do these numbers not make a lot of sense? They seem downright horrific or am I misinterpreting?
It would seem that there is virtually no significant improvement in performance with Jellybean as far as I can see. At least on these tests.
For Reference and pre-jellybean comparsion consult this article from Android Police:
http://www.androidpolice.com/tags/rl-benchmark/
Could some of the benchmarking experts around here comment?
Androbench Run on my TF300 after Jellybean:
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Androbench Ranking for my TF300:
As I understand it:
Random Write: Higher is Better
Random Read: Higher is Better
Sequential Read: Higher is Better
Sequential Write: Higher is Better
Here's RL Bench from mine - not rooted - completely stock

Wtf I'm on jelly bean and look at mine
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jeffbud98 said:
Wtf I'm on jelly bean and look at mine
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Wtf indeed. Will re-run.
Edit: Getting same basic results the second time.
Wait a minute - something's fishy here - your results don't look the same as mine - mine say "This Device" but yours says "Your Device" - so if you are legitimately running the same test and version, why is your result chart phrased differently? In fact, the entire diagram is different, color code, bar width, everything. In fact, my results actually say RL Benchmark in the upper right - yours doesn't.
Pretty lame if intentional
I am running: RL Benchmark SQLite Performance v1.3. Please verify you have the same version.

He's running antutu.
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I don't think "Project Butter" is fully included in CM10 roms.
Wait for a official release before doing benches. Its like trying to bench a Full version with a Beta. Not the same

toxicdust said:
I don't think "Project Butter" is fully included in CM10 roms.
Wait for a official release before doing benches. Its like trying to bench a Full version with a Beta. Not the same
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You seem to have missed the official JB update that Asus released in the US for the Tf300.
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I'm running ICS (4.0.3) and ran these tests. I cold booted, opened task manager and shut down everything then ran the test each time. No widgets on any screens, no other apps running. Here is RL benchmarks results.
Did another cold boot, clear out running apps and test. Here's antutu.
All tests were done in "performance" mode.
This is a brand new tab, 2 days old. Beginning to really wish i had bought a galaxy tab instead. These warranty issues suck.
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There's an IO discussion going on in the TF700 forum and whether JB will make things signficantly better. Here's a chart showing how the TF300 (post-JB) stacks up against the Note 10.1 and a Teg3 One X based on their respective AndroBench scores. The Note and One X are both stock running 4.0.4. Thought you might find it interesting.

Battle of the Web Browser - Is Dolphin Unbeatable?

Web browsers are the most important part of any smartphone. A normal human with a smartphone spends most of time in the internet today than using the rest of the applications. Dolphin is highly rated and constantly in the top 3 of all review websites. Does this means Dolphin is the best Android has to offer? Which browser are you using? Which one is the fastest, the nicest UI, have the most features? Share with us your experience on..
The Battle Of The Web Browser!
Dolphin Browser
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Dolphin browser is one of the minimal theme browser which has become a favorite. Its gesture based web surfing makes browsing fast and easy. Make gestures and the browser understands which page to render. It also has voice based web searching feature. Some of the important features which makes this browser different from the rest are: Webzine (Fast Web page loading, with no ads), Speed dial, sidebars and interesting add-ons.
VS
-----------Google Chrome---------------------------Opera Mobile--------------------------------Maxthon ----------------------------------UC Browser----------------------
​This is a list of 5 of the best Android web browsers of 2013. If you think there are some best browsers which should have been listed in this list then feel free to leave your suggestions below.
Also
Battle of the Music Players - Neutron Vs The Others
Battle of the Launchers. Is Nova Prime still King? ​
Pictures and original article from Fazle Rahman • January 11, 2013 http://gadgeticworld.com/2013/01/11/5-best-android-web-browsers-of-2013/

OH LOOK! Another unrelated repeated thread!

NightHawkUndead said:
OH LOOK! Another unrelated repeated thread!
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It's the Battle series bro, don't denigrate, participate

boat browser for me

These threads feel like it's a question in disguise so the OP can find out which is the best without getting flamed. Same with the Launcher thread and the Rom thread.
We've just had a huge browser discussion, I suggest you look in there for your answers. I believe it was the stock browser that won.

omnia1994 said:
boat browser for me
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Good call, Thats a good one.:good:

I personally like Sleipnir.

irish-sid said:
These threads feel like it's a question in disguise so the OP can find out which is the best without getting flamed. Same with the Launcher thread and the Rom thread.
We've just had a huge browser discussion, I suggest you look in there for your answers. I believe it was the stock browser that won.
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Yes because I really need to find out which one is best. It never occur to you that XDA is a forum and a forum is there to share information and discuss. If you don't want to participate don't, But be careful, if you do, you might learn something.

Yes, Dolphin is over rated but good. I use it usually.
Maxthon Browser
Opera Mini Browser
Boat Browser
Those comes next for my ranking.

I use dolphin and lighting browser.
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You guys should try Firefox beta, seriously.
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Boat Browser is the best but I personally prefer and use the stock browser for surfing the Web and Opera Mobile to download things that the other browsers refuse to.

Maxthon so far

I had used dolfin boat firefox maxthon every browser is in play store, i think default samsung is the best for note 2, is faster than anyone other and don't spies u.
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Chrome because of sliding from the edge of the screen to change tabs.

Long time dolphin user but switched easily to stock browser and never looked back since I got the Note 2.
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Stock Browser Simply awesome....support Adobe Flash app tooo

How do you switch tabs quickly on stock? The Safari like tabs suck, absolutely hate it. And no gestures either. Fine for stock, but still not good enough.

Naked browser is the fastest I have found
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Dolphin use to be good, now its bloated.
Boat and Chrome are the best browsers ive used after that

[VIDEO] KitKat 4.4 on Galaxy Tab 2 7.0

Just for sharing, I made a really simple (0:34) video of Android KitKat 4.4 (CyanogenMOD 11) running on my Galaxy Tab 2 7.0 (P3110)...
VIDEO LINK>>>http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F9Cn2O0mZF0
ROM LINK: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2525713
Picture from my own Tab
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Looks very smooth! :good:

Yes, it is really smooth

Thanks, my video on install and running is stuck in upload on youtube
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tokenpoke said:
Thanks, my video on install and running is stuck in upload on youtube
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Glad to see another video coming, KitKat is perfect

Yeah. Its stuck in upload. Note to YouTubers, don't unmount your sd card while uploading. Es no buenos
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How's performance compared to 4.3 or 4.2?

Raymonf said:
How's performance compared to 4.3 or 4.2?
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In my daily use, it is even better than 4.2 and 4.3...
Games runs more smooth and without any lag,
But remember, its an alpha build (CyanogenMoD features wasn't ported yet) and it haves bugs and graphical glitches...
Benchmarking, I got 10058 points (versus 6880 in Stock 4.1.2)
Press thanks button if you liked the video

Hopefully p5110 version will be released soon

Screencast?
Thanks for the video! Does inbuilt screencast work on this KitKat Rom?

Cm 11 is cool,hope Cody can fixed the orientation glitch and Screenshot bug also BBM blackscreen..beside that this ROM was great

Errors found on the early build of CyanogenMod 11 on the Tab 2 7"
1. Black boxes appear when browsing
2. Screen rotation bug
3. @Narciso Neto , when i play 3d games like Modern combat 4, I get lags which is very unlikely on CyanogenMod 10.2 ...can you please tell me how you got it to run smooth.....
Other than that KitKat is Very Very VERY AWESOME!!!!!! UI is DARN SMOOTH but gaming performance........that is where it lacks i guess.....but really do hope they fix this

Oh yeah, what was the wallpaper on your home screen from your video??

jorel040 said:
Oh yeah, what was the wallpaper on your home screen from your video??
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I'm using the stock wallpaper, it comes in the Launcher and it's one of the best wallpapers i've ever used )

jorel040 said:
1. Black boxes appear when browsing
2. Screen rotation bug
3. @Narciso Neto , when i play 3d games like Modern combat 4, I get lags which is very unlikely on CyanogenMod 10.2 ...can you please tell me how you got it to run smooth.....
Other than that KitKat is Very Very VERY AWESOME!!!!!! UI is DARN SMOOTH but gaming performance........that is where it lacks i guess.....but really do hope they fix this
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1. This error shows up in every app that uses browser interface (Instagram like page, GNow, BBM etc), there must be and error with rendering but it should be fixed
2. Should be fixed also (not a big deal)
3. I never palyed MC4 on my tab, but less-hardcore games like GTA III, ShadowGun Deadzone, Dead Trigger got and improvement on perfomance...
KitKat drivers for our GPU (PowerVR) isn't out, and maybe never be released, but I think gaming will be improved also, and get even better than JB's

ashishj said:
Thanks for the video! Does inbuilt screencast work on this KitKat Rom?
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I am not sure, but I didn't saw any "screencast" option...

I think Koush built screencast feature for 10.2, the tree was implemented into 10.2's main branch some weeks ago. Take a look at this:
http://review.cyanogenmod.org/#/c/50449/

Kit kat is really pretty. I'll install it later

yes is smooth but is experimental some bug not fixed i ty all 3 version ...internet navigator bug.. no button to close all active app ...rotation animation bug some flash video bug and freeze device but system is good in autonomy this is so positive too...

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...no button to close all active app...
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That's a CyanogenMOD thing...
Official CM11 wasn't released yet, so there's a LOT of features and simple thing (like this loved button) from CM10.2 that's missing on these builds (because wasn't ported yet)... But they will return, let's just keep calm and enjoy all KitKat glory :cyclops:

Suggest A Browser

OK so here's the thing. Let's All share which browser u use and rate it comparing two factors -
1. Speed
2. Low data consumption
Also Your favorite unique feature of it
That way ppl can decide which browser is recommended for the required purpose

Opera mini
Speed 4 out of 5
Data consumption is low
Special feature = can save pages for offline reading(highly helpful) and saves memory too =0.9mb apk.. Total memory consumption =2.82 mb

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Uc Browser
1)Speed: 4.5/5
2)Dual browsing mode
3)Save page
4)UC disk for Offline Download
5)Change Useragent
6)Look( themeing)
7)Attractive UI
8)Screen capture & QR code generation service

Even though Puffin browser is not popular but it is d fastest of em all....
Sanju Joseph

imElectronica said:
Uc Browser
1)Speed: 4.5/5
2)Dual browsing mode
3)Save page
4)UC disk for Offline Download
5)Change Useragent
6)Look( themeing)
7)Attractive UI
8)Screen capture & QR code generation service
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You forgot incognito mode! the most useful feature for... you know....

nothing like opera classic

Ok UC browser mini is awesome .... It's just 1.3mb apk size and it saves a lot of data + almost all features of UC Browser .. Give it a try...

i still prefer stock browser thou..
but if the case is custom browser.. i prefer Dolphin Browser.. :good:

I like Opera mini next.....data usage is moderate but speed is awesome.
Just give it a try m sure u will like it for its speed
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I concur. The UC browser is brilliant and there is that magic button which makes it even faster.
However, i am currently testing Boat browser. It is not as fast as UC mini, but it has loads of addons.
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Baidu browser is also a better option.You can give it a try.
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I suggest Naked Browser and Opera Mini.
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if you want speed then opera mini is best..
If you want to bypass cyberoam on some sites then uc browser mini is only option...
For download speed next browser is awesome....
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Well,
Opera Mini and UC Browser are the best !

uc mini n next browser r the best :thumbup:
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TrojanHorses said:
You forgot incognito mode! the most useful feature for... you know....
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Ya.....i 4get to mention.

firefox and firefox only

the X Machine said:
firefox and firefox only
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i dont suggest it coz it lags a lot

burak144 said:
i dont suggest it coz it lags a lot
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no it dosn't firefox is smooth on my y duos stock no scripts and an other reason for geting firefox is that its full of addons and support and a decent download speed and it uses its own internet script like the internet bug on my xdous the only browser that worked is firefox and if it was slow which can never happen you can flash a oc kernel install a script and you will be ok
sorry if i was mean to you you are a great developer/porter

I guess nobody tried the maxthon yet. Install it and then comeback to this discussion and try again to rate the best browser for android.
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