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[Cyanogenmod] Swap Smilie-/Returnkey in Stock-Messaging-App

Hello dear community!
Our CM7 stands in the wings and most of us are reporting bugs to CyanogenMod.
But apart from the bugs, there are other things that could be improved.
I noticed for example in the SMS app, that there is no way to force the line break through the return key has been replaced by the key for emoticons.
Okay, what's the problem, are now some thinking.
You can use a different keyboard or simply another SMS app such as handcent. Well, would not be a problem, but honestly - who would not like to have everything from one source?
I'm really pleased so far with CM7, the stock keyboard is better than Swiftkey or Smart Keyboard Pro and i like the stock SMS-App much more than other alternatives from the market.
Here my request to you:
Issue 2898 - CyanogenMod - Enhancement: Swap Smilie-/Returnkey in Stock Messaging App - Project Hosting on Google Code
Give the project a star, if you also like to have the line break back and if not, still give the star that does not hurt you and increases the chance that the project is implemented.
The whole was unfortunately already tried, but it has been there for more than 8 months and only 3 people starred this. I hope this time on more resonance, especially by the large community here. This is why i've opened this thread.
With best regards
Olli

Starred. I find this terribly annoying too as I never use the emoticon button but frequently want a line break.

Is there a way for toggle "android:inputType="textShortMessage"" ?
I've just decompiled mms.apk and deleted those lines from
..\res\layout\compose_message_activity_black and ..\res\layout\compose_message_activity
then compiled again and now i've got the returnkey back.
But that's only a workaround, can this be put into a option?

mik101 said:
Starred. I find this terribly annoying too as I never use the emoticon button but frequently want a line break.
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this is a frequent topic between me and my psychiatrist as well, lol.
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OneStepAhead said:
this is a frequent topic between me and my psychiatrist as well, lol.
Sent from my PC36100 using XDA App
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Ok let's keep it constructive... This annoys me limitless too. Is there a workaround meanwhile?

[Q] Having Difficulties with android BROWSER

Hi, I just got my samsung galaxy tab 10.1 one week ago. Having fun with this awesome tablet. Very fast and interesting tablet. FANTASTIC!!! However, I have some difficulties using the default browser. When I was surfing Xda forum or whatever forum which contain a long page and have a lot of stuff, my browser started to get lagging. When i was trying to scroll down, the browser was lagging for while then started to load the page again. The browser was slow and is incomparable to ipad2. I was not trying to praise ipad2 or what, i just simply get upset with the performance of the browser =(((( ..you guys have any idea about this problem? Any suggestions for me to improve the browser performance??
CHeers.

Try to scroll down to bottom and change to Xda Classic in the drop down.
Sent from my HTC EVO (CM 7.0.3)

The classic interface was not as nice as 2010..not very like it..but it real go smooth...whats the problem with the 2010 version?..anyway..thanks for your suggestion

ganjinhan1990 said:
The classic interface was not as nice as 2010..not very like it..but it real go smooth...whats the problem with the 2010 version?..anyway..thanks for your suggestion
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Yeah, that's true, but the same happened to me with the Asus TF.
I was reading on Xoom's forum that Honeycomb 3.1 update have better browsing speed and scrolling, also the OS UI overall. It's matter of time if someone reports better results with XDA 2010 mode under 3.1

dark_aura said:
Yeah, that's true, but the same happened to me with the Asus TF.
I was reading on Xoom's forum that Honeycomb 3.1 update have better browsing speed and scrolling, also the OS UI overall. It's matter of time if someone reports better results with XDA 2010 mode under 3.1
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Sad to hear that you having the same problem =(( But how come ipad dont have this kind of problem...? Just wondering why..anyway, i still like andorid so much...An OS that was amazing and full of interest..thanks^^

i gave up. There were to many issues. I switched to dolphine HD instead.
Nice job giving us a device with out 3.1 wtf

T3chn0crat said:
i gave up. There were to many issues. I switched to dolphine HD instead.
Nice job giving us a device with out 3.1 wtf
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Having problem using dolphin as well..so many problem when i surfing webpage that contain of long page or full of flash...Will samsung or android sort this out soon? Or just i am the one who having the problem?

I am also having a strange issue. Ever since I browsed XDA I will now see page artifacts left over show up randomly from the forum on other sites. For instance, on a google search result when I scroll I will see a large square chunk of the XDA page for a second. I have tried clearing browser cache, history etc... any thoughts? I hope this makes sense

I cannot get Quick Controls to show up in the stock Android browser on my 10.1v? Can anyone else?
Doesn't matter which way I swipe once enabled, can't get it to display!

Major Clod said:
I cannot get Quick Controls to show up in the stock Android browser on my 10.1v? Can anyone else?
Doesn't matter which way I swipe once enabled, can't get it to display!
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This is a known issue. Once we have root we can replace the browser with the browser from the Xoom.

I wanted to love this tablet but seriously the bugs make this thing crappy. The browser issues are bad. Dolphin works but tweaks out from time to time. Add in the wifi and disappearing status bar issues. Makes me wish I had sold this puppy. So unhappy with this thing. Really disappointing. Glad it was free.

T3chn0crat said:
I wanted to love this tablet but seriously the bugs make this thing crappy. The browser issues are bad. Dolphin works but tweaks out from time to time. Add in the wifi and disappearing status bar issues. Makes me wish I had sold this puppy. So unhappy with this thing. Really disappointing. Glad it was free.
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Just wait, it's definitely a software issue. I bet Sammy will pull it together.

thewarlocke said:
I am also having a strange issue. Ever since I browsed XDA I will now see page artifacts left over show up randomly from the forum on other sites.
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I have the same problem in the stock Android browser. I haven't done anything specificaly to try to fix it. I do find it helps to zoom in and then the artifacts dont show.

Chandelure said:
Just wait, it's definitely a software issue. I bet Sammy will pull it together.
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Wish I could agree with that but their record of updates and support I am not going to hold my breathe. Hopefully there will be some good ROMs for it.

T3chn0crat said:
Wish I could agree with that but their record of updates and support I am not going to hold my breathe. Hopefully there will be some good ROMs for it.
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Didn't google say they were stopping fragmentation and forcing OEMS and carriers to have at least 18 months of updates?

Except for US carrier's phones, Samsung gave quite good updates.
But that's US carriers faults.
Just wait, it's definitely a software issue. I bet Sammy will pull it together.
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Wish I could agree with that but their record of updates and support I am not going to hold my breathe. Hopefully there will be some good ROMs for it.
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Sent from my Nexus S using XDA App

I haven't been having much problems with my tablet other than the time change issue which was fixed using someone's apk to unlock the automatic time. I too have a few issues with the browser occasionally, especially scrolling in XDA but you just have to be patient. Sometimes scrolling will stop working but I just close all my tabs and re-open and it's fixed.
I'm extremely surprised at the fact that some people are upset at the fact that we got a tablet that is not even publicly released yet for another month and it has bugs. YES, the unreleased tablet has bugs. It was mainly given out at a "developers conference" to DEVELOPERS to develop for. I am absolutely happy that they gave us these devices so that now the people whom want to develop applications on a tablet device are now able to test and debug on an actual device other than the emulator which they admit is not-so-good.
It's almost upsetting that people are so easily selling these on ebay just to make a quick buck and chance the fact that google may stop (but probably won't) giving out these sorts of devices to developers in the future developer conferences.

I wouldn't have a problem if it was just a few bugs. Or even bugs that didn't stop daily use. However I have probably an entire page of bugs and issues with this thing and I haven't done anything fun to it yet. I can only go maybe a day or so without restarting it.
Maybe I sound ungrateful and I shouldn't be. But my frustration at this thing is unpalatable. I hope that Samsung fixes these issues and soon. Because to me this thing is almost unusable and I am certainly not going to develop on it until something more stable is available.
I also don't understand the decision to announce 3.1 and then a few minutes later give everyone a device with 3.0 and tell us a competing device will get 3.1. WTF?! In what meeting did that sound like a good idea?

I'm sorry to hear that you're having so many problems :-/
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I also don't understand the decision to announce 3.1 and then a few minutes later give everyone a device with 3.0 and tell us a competing device will get 3.1. WTF?! In what meeting did that sound like a good idea?
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This right here is what I was extremely confused about when they had the whole keynote section about 3.1 and then we go down and pick it up and it has 3.0 on it. I was like whoa whoa, I don't understand what is going on here.

OMG the default browser's editor is an abomination!

Purely pathetic. Freshman CS students code better for homework assignments. Gimme a break!!

"Browser's editor"? A five year old could piece together a more thought out and complete sentence than your post.

Gary13579 said:
"Browser's editor"? A five year old could piece together a more thought out and complete sentence than your post.
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Browser's editor = editor in the browser, which is what I use to reply to impertinent and disrepectful posts.

...What editor?

Carl LaFong said:
Browser's editor = editor in the browser, which is what I use to reply to impertinent and disrepectful posts.
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I GOT COMPARED TO A FIVE YEAR OLD ON THE INTERNET! BETTER BUST OUT THE BIG WORDS!
I kid.
Anyway, he's talking about the typing lag in the default browser. And, yeah, it is pretty bad. But it's manageable. The default browser has too many things that I love to dump it for the one flaw.
To the OP directly, a lot of it has to do with XDA, too. It's bad on most sites, but XDA with the 2010 theme takes the cake for slowest website to view on the Transformer. It was a lot worse before the 3.1 update. Take a little time and do it better yourself, too, if you really feel that way.

There is no editor in the browser. The textarea you are writing to is part of the website. It's sluggish on this forum and probably that caused you to comment like that.

Magnesus said:
There is no editor in the browser. The textarea you are writing to is part of the website. It's sluggish on this forum and probably that caused you to comment like that.
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Ok whatever. When I acces this site with Opera no problems. When I access any other ste it screwsup.
Above typos are uncorrect4d.
Got it?

Opera works wonders with Javascript-enabled sites, especially in modern forums. Other browsers fail in this regard, possibly due to the lack of optimization used by Opera's team. However, the problem with this one is that the devs need Honeycomb source code to optimize Flash content, so we're stuck with a Flash-less Opera for tablets.

Turn off flash. It may speed up the browser substantially.

It's a shame we can't report posts anymore using the report buton.

And so isn't that the beauty of the system, that one can so easily substitute another browser for the stock browser? I mean, seriously: Opera works better for that particular use. Awesome! Firefox works better with my company's SharePoint site. Bonus! Dolphin works well with some particular sites I visit. Cool!
Complaining that the stock (browser, or whatever) doesn't work in a particular instance only makes sense if there were no other options. But then, of course, you'd probably be talking about an Apple product.

Indeed, the beauty of Android: Choice. Why settle for stock when you've got a whole group of alternatives, each with their own unique strengths and weaknesses. You may not be satisfied with one particular browser, but you will be if you use multiple ones catered for a specific need.

Carl LaFong said:
Browser's editor = editor in the browser, which is what I use to reply to impertinent and disrepectful posts.
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You are the one that came into this forum calling things pathetic, posting vague and useless information that leaves us no way to determine what you are talking about. If you expect to be met with respect, then perhaps you should calm down.
Next, by "editor" I am assuming you mean the keyboard. The ASUS keyboard does really suck, but guess what? Android is awesome and you can switch the keyboard. There are literally over a dozen keyboards you can choose from. Thumb Keyboard, Swype, stock Android keyboard, etc all work great for me.
If you mean the browser is laggy, then switch to another browser. Try Dolphin HD or Opera or Fennec. Yay options!

I believe all of us like options, but having good browser in a first place would be better. now I'm using opera mini to browse forums. fast n smooth.

-_- browser's editor...rofl.....xda really needs to add a 'Report' button...

You guys are really something - this guy has a very valid complaint even if he doesn't have the best handle on computer-related terms. You're all just looking for an excuse to hassle someone, even though I found his description weird I immediately knew he was referring to the browser lag.
And to those asking why we don't just move to another browser, because the stock Android browser would be, by far, the best mobile browser around if it weren't for the keyboard lag.
Yeah, it's nice that you have choice with Android but that's not what this complaint is about. This is about the stock browser that ships with Honeycomb, which is amazing by almost all accounts, is almost unusable because of this typing lag - unless you purely consume content in the internet and don't ever post anything.

Use Tapatalk for forum access

Evostance said:
Use Tapatalk for forum access
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But this is yet another stopgap measure, like using a third-party browser merely so you can type properly.
Tapatalk is a great app, but it was designed for phones. It's a waste of the 1280x800 screen on the Transformer.
These suggestions will work great to hold us over until a fix is released, but none of these excuse or dismiss the browser lag problem.

Shawn_230 said:
But this is yet another stopgap measure, like using a third-party browser merely so you can type properly.
Tapatalk is a great app, but it was designed for phones. It's a waste of the 1280x800 screen on the Transformer.
These suggestions will work great to hold us over until a fix is released, but none of these excuse or dismiss the browser lag problem.
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This is a Javascript issue, correct? If so, then why is this happening?

I also hate the lag... but I only assume google will eventually fix this maybe in the next update... hopefully... no biggie
Going to try firefox

Infuriating SwiftKey bug in Chrome with Google Instant + eBay etc

Hey guys,
I don't know how many of you are running the SwiftKey app for tablets but whenever I use it to search or type anything in a bar where the website provides instant search results like Google or eBay, a bunch of extra characters are always inserted and it's absolutely maddening.
I've included a link to demonstate:
http://youtu.be/I4Nn3qyVEEc
I'm trying to search "Verizon Galaxy Nexus Extended Battery" and what I end up with is nothing close to it.
I know my accuracy isn't amazing because I was holding my Nexus between my knees in order to record the video but it's clear that I didn't actually type that many characters...
I'm at my wit's end here. The only way to prevent this is to type incredibly slowly =\

advocat3 said:
Hey guys,
I don't know how many of you are running the SwiftKey app for tablets but whenever I use it to search or type anything in a bar where the website provides instant search results like Google or eBay, a bunch of extra characters are always inserted and it's absolutely maddening.
I've included a link to demonstate:
http://youtu.be/I4Nn3qyVEEc
I'm at my wit's end here. The only way to prevent this is to type incredibly slowly =\
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it's the top item on their bugreport list, and yes, absolutely infuriating and i can't believe they haven't fixed it yet
http://support.swiftkey.net/forums/116693-2-swiftkey-bugs-

barrmulio said:
it's the top item on their bugreport list, and yes, absolutely infuriating and i can't believe they haven't fixed it yet
http://support.swiftkey.net/forums/116693-2-swiftkey-bugs-
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Thanks for the link, good to know it's on their radar. This has been bugging me ever since I bought my N7 though which sucks!

I believe the bug was squashed in the latest release!
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That happened to me too.. Super annoying. But the latest update to SwiftKey has fixed that issue
Sent from my Nexus 7 using Tapatalk 2

Yes this bug has been successfully squashed. Not as quickly as I'd hoped but it's all good now.

Chrome sucks!

Now with JB update, the main browser is chrome and is very slow slow slow and sometimes when I am playing html5 videos makes my system reboot, I know html5 is now and the future but a lot of web sites still use flash player. We still have the android browser but with the update now it does not synchronize anything. In my my opinion, asus tf300t is I nice device but for internet browsing is little bit frustrating. I tried dolphin that used to work fine with ICS, and now is slow.
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While I'd hold off on saying it sucks outright, I will say that it leaves a whole lot to be desired. Chrome for Android is no where near as good as it's desktop big brother.
What I'm confused the most about is that they include it alongside their 4.1 updates, with it indented to become the users default browser, but it lacks some of the basic functionality of even the stock Android browser.

I am curious as to what you think is basic features? not bashing in any way...some need more than other.
i personally think Chrome is completely Fine. it does everything i need it to do and works well enough that i dont feel like i have to download or try any other browser out there.
however there is the occasion i need FLASH and have to use the stock browser.

turdbogls said:
I am curious as to what you think is basic features? not bashing in any way...some need more than other.
i personally think Chrome is completely Fine. it does everything i need it to do and works well enough that i dont feel like i have to download or try any other browser out there.
however there is the occasion i need FLASH and have to use the stock browser.
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I want it to be able to request, by default, the desktop version of websites, without me having to either specify it every time I load a new site or root and run any custom scripts.
For a device as capable as the TF300, and considering the stock browser has that function, I'd consider that a pretty basic feature. Until I see that little check box in the settings menu that allows me to "Always request desktop site", it's the stock browser for me.

Bolandk said:
I want it to be able to request, by default, the desktop version of websites, without me having to either specify it every time I load a new site or root and run any custom scripts.
For a device as capable as the TF300, and considering the stock browser has that function, I'd consider that a pretty basic feature. Until I see that little check box in the settings menu that allows me to "Always request desktop site", it's the stock browser for me.
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http://droidnerds.com/content/how-to-permanently-have-desktop-mode-on-chrome-mobile-for-android/ there you go

SpeedNess said:
http://droidnerds.com/content/how-to-permanently-have-desktop-mode-on-chrome-mobile-for-android/ there you go
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I posted similar information here on xda, but I had the useragent string that the tf300 defaults to on desktop mode, if you'd rather do that:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=29386622&postcount=7

SpeedNess said:
http://droidnerds.com/content/how-to-permanently-have-desktop-mode-on-chrome-mobile-for-android/ there you go
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I posted similar information here on xda, but I had the useragent string that the tf300 defaults to on desktop mode, if you'd rather do that:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=29386622&postcount=7
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Come on guys, did you not read my post?
"I want it to be able to request, by default, the desktop version of websites, without me having to either specify it every time I load a new site or root and run any custom scripts."
I do not want to unlock in order to root. Once there is a root exploit developed for 4.1.1 that maintains the locked boot-loader I'm all game to give the above options a try.
In the meantime though I'm still of the opinion that if the default browser can be programmed to request desktop versions of websites by default, there is absolutely no reason why Chrome can not be developed to do the same.

I agree it's silly that the old android browser would have features that chrome does not. Chrome can be unbearably slow on my pad. Google now as well.

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Come on guys, did you not read my post?
"I want it to be able to request, by default, the desktop version of websites, without me having to either specify it every time I load a new site or root and run any custom scripts."
I do not want to unlock in order to root. Once there is a root exploit developed for 4.1.1 that maintains the locked boot-loader I'm all game to give the above options a try.
In the meantime though I'm still of the opinion that if the default browser can be programmed to request desktop versions of websites by default, there is absolutely no reason why Chrome can not be developed to do the same.
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Did you get it on ics?
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new ion? said:
Did you get it on ics?
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Did i get what on ICS? The custom script for Chrome that is linked above? Yes I was using that while locked/rooted on ICS, but that's not the point of my complaint with Chrome.
There should be no reason that a feature like automatically requesting the desktop site in a tablet based browser should not be included, without the need to unlock/root/run custom scripts. It's just a lack of effort on the part of the Chome developers as far as I'm concerned.

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Did i get what on ICS? The custom script for Chrome that is linked above? Yes I was using that while locked/rooted on ICS, but that's not the point of my complaint with Chrome.
There should be no reason that a feature like automatically requesting the desktop site in a tablet based browser should not be included, without the need to unlock/root/run custom scripts. It's just a lack of effort on the part of the Chome developers as far as I'm concerned.
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I think its something that'll be coming.. I mean chrome for android hasn't had as long to develop as the stock aosp browser has.
Also, I meant root on ics. It was possible without unlocking. I am rooted but locked.
Sent from my SAMSUNG-SGH-T989 using xda premium

Surprisingly the new firefox outperforms both chrome and stock in my opinion. I principally use my tablet for surfing and notice little lag and smooth scrolling on firefox.
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gaboury83 said:
Surprisingly the new firefox outperforms both chrome and stock in my opinion. I principally use my tablet for surfing and notice little lag and smooth scrolling on firefox.
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Firefox gives me old school Google like on my dumb phone... I won't use it
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Dolphin browser beta for me
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Currently useless app on tf300, I use it on my sgs2 running aokp-jb and it works so good. Crap on tf3 though.

chrome alternative
have you ever tried ninesky browser, it is similar to chrome but does not FC and is very stable, no flash issues, no html 5 issues and overall a speed demon try that as an alternative very good browser

Some news about the full screen mode?
I heard some rumors in February and nou we are in September...

bige914 said:
have you ever tried ninesky browser, it is similar to chrome but does not FC and is very stable, no flash issues, no html 5 issues and overall a speed demon try that as an alternative very good browser
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Well, I would love to try ninesky but it crashes upon opening the app.

Zadeis said:
Well, I would love to try ninesky but it crashes upon opening the app.
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Yes I am seeing that as well. I am pretty disappointed with chrome on this beast (hell it loading like aol did on my 386). I use Chrome everywhere else (galaxy nexus, razr maxx, my linux machine and my windows 7) and it blows all other browsers away - the sync is amazing when switching between devices. There has to be something coming soon that will get it back to where it belongs. Does anyone know if these chrome issues are related to JB running on tablets or is this a transformer thing. I love this tablet (bought it two nights ago lol) but without chrome working, it feels broken. Hope this gets handled soon. I am debating on trying out one or two more tablets before I fully commit (tf700t? I actually have no other ones on my radar-nothing seems exciting). Anyone know of anything i should check out before I commit?)

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http://droidnerds.com/content/how-to-permanently-have-desktop-mode-on-chrome-mobile-for-android/ there you go
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I posted similar information here on xda, but I had the useragent string that the tf300 defaults to on desktop mode, if you'd rather do that:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=29386622&postcount=7
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Well I finally unlocked, installed Hydro and then tried applying the custom command line linked to by SpeedNess above...no joy.
I then tried the method liked to by rumspringa9, again no joy.
Yes I changed permissions on the command line file. Might be that the new chrome version doesn't allow for the custom script to work.
Oh well, back to the stock browser and Browser2Ram for the time being.