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Galaxy Tab Web Browsing... Painful!

I have an AT&T Galaxy Tab, rooted and ran OCLF.
When I load pages like ESPN.com (full site) it is almost unusable. Scrolling takes forever, typing is waaaaaaaay laggy and just completely frustrating.
I have an iPad and their HTML5 version is smooth and has no issues.
I have also noticed this on other full content web sites. Is anyone else having this problem or have any suggestions?
Thanks.

Web browisng is terrible on big sites like ESPN, Engadget,etc, etc. It's almost unusable. I've contacted Samsung and Sprint and made a video even to show them how bad it is. Generic responses of course. If it's not fixed before my 30 days are up I'm returning this thing for an iPad -- I got this for web browsing primarily, and the iPad does it SOOO much better. I don't need Flash THAT bad!

Have you tried setting plugins to on demand in the stock browser or using a different browser like Opera or Dolphin HD?
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Guys please just disable flash/follow raqballs advice.
Those sites are flash heavy that is why they're slow.

download dolphin HD browser...
I noticed that on the stock browser too, it sucks
Dolphin HD is great...same as my ipad pretty much

i don't think i'm browsing heavy flash sites. i tried to use both stock browser and dolphin hd (and compared it to my droid inc) and the tab browses much much slower. not sure what setting i need to change. i'm on wifi so it should be blazing.

Flash sucks, that's really about it. I can't wait until it dies.
I use anything but the built-in browser, and I avoid Flash like its the plague. Dolphin HD isn't half bad.
That said, I found the Flash browsing experience to be a little more sluggish on AT&T and Verizon tabs than it is on my Sprint one. I tested with both ESPN and Engadget. On another forum this was said to be due to bloat, but when I owned both the Verizon and Sprint tabs I could never get the Verizon one to perform as well even with bloat-removal.
I ended up returning my Verizon Tab and keeping the Sprint one, its just a smoother experience, the coverage in my area is the same, and you get unlimited messaging.
I'm not dogging AT&T or Verizon, though, because I own the Samsung Focus and Samsung Fascinate. But something about their Galaxy Tabs seemed off despite having the exact same hardware. YMMV.

Use dolphin hd. Buy the full version, its worth every penny.
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Opera 10.1 works the best.
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Samsung will have to address this issue. period.
I noticed that even some sites without flash lag like hell.
There is a bug somewhere with the or browser lib.
It is even present on the SGS 2.2 browser but it was not present on the SGS 2.1 browser.
For now use Opera 10.1 with 200% zoom enabled. it works the best. very smooth.

Its probably Flash related. I keep the **** off, not even on demand because its such a hog. Its utterly useless on mobile devices.
I personally can't wait until its dead for good & its not ruining my web experience on my devices.

airbag22 said:
Use dolphin hd. Buy the full version, its worth every penny.
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What's the difference between the free and the paid version?

peestandingup said:
Its probably Flash related. I keep the **** off, not even on demand because its such a hog. Its utterly useless on mobile devices.
I personally can't wait until its dead for good & its not ruining my web experience on my devices.
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Even with flash disabled or 100% removed from the device, it still lags horribly on some web sites.

Get ad free it does the job

Well for me the stock browser keeps on crashing from time to time, tried Mozilla but it seems more sliggish than ever. So i tried the Dolphin HD browser with flas 'on demand' and it seems to work fine! Am also using AdFree to block ads in all apps.
Endgadget and ESPN seems to load pretty fast over wifi and the scrolling and all seems to silky smooth. . .
Am on the stock rom btw though the phone is rooted.
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I use Skyfire and works great
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This is why I never buy anything samsung. Its stuff always seem perfect specs and features wise. Then when you play, you are guarranteed to find some serious bugs which samsung won't fix. Apple's price without the continued support. Unless 1/3 the price or Apple-class out-of-box experience and post upgrading, no point go samsung.

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This is why I never buy anything samsung. Its stuff always seem perfect specs and features wise. Then when you play, you are guarranteed to find some serious bugs which samsung won't fix. Apple's price without the continued support. Unless 1/3 the price or Apple-class out-of-box experience and post upgrading, no point go samsung.
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I think you have a skewed perspective there.
But for the most part I find browsing to be pretty good on the Tab. Keep in mind the stock browser is now rendering a LOT more pixels than your typical smartphone, and is dealing with Flash if you have it enabled.
Could be faster, but it ain't "painful".
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I'm also having the same issue on the website i always browse like dpreview.com there is only two browser that will scroll/browse faster opera or safari.

I don't like how I can't go home on the browser.

Should Chrome stay in CROMI or just be a play store app?

Vote now!
I hate Chrome on mobile. It is next to useless and with it being available on the play store I no longer want to offer it at all in CROMI going forward.
Give me a good reason to keep supporting it otherwise it goes!

sbdags said:
Vote now.
I hate Chrome on mobile. It is next to useless and with it being available on the play store I no longer want to offer it at all in CROMI going forward.
Give me a good reason to keep supporting it otherwise it goes!
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bye bye chrome. no flash in chrome so i dont use it anyway

I don't like Chrome either..removed it and using Dolphin now...it is the best browser sofar I think.

I use chrome. It's quite bad to be honest but i like the UI and it's "trusted". Browsing in general is quite poor on stock
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UndisputedGuy said:
I use chrome. It's quite bad to be honest but i like the UI and it's "trusted". Browsing in general is quite poor on stock
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Let's say it wasn't installed by the ROM by default - you'd still be able to install it from the google play store or from a titanium backup though right? What does it offer over the stock browser which is significantly faster than chrome on all web pages I have seen, offers full screen options, java, flash and bookmark synching with PC chrome. I really can't see why anyone prefers mobile chrome.

Stock browser hangs a lot when you're stock and unrooted. I've just got used to chrome now i guess
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Firefox runs the way I want. I've had flickering issues on chrome on multiple devices.

Yeah, chrome for tablets has always been below par. Firefox ftw!
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I've tried other browsers but I just keep coming back to Chrome. Its just a personal preference.

Mobile Chrome sucks a lot. Stock is way better when you're rooted.
I thinks there's no need to put it in your rom.

If people want to use it, they'll know how to download it. It'll cut down on ROM size anyway.

sbdags said:
Let's say it wasn't installed by the ROM by default - you'd still be able to install it from the google play store or from a titanium backup though right? What does it offer over the stock browser which is significantly faster than chrome on all web pages I have seen, offers full screen options, java, flash and bookmark synching with PC chrome. I really can't see why anyone prefers mobile chrome.
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How do you do that?

Off with Chromes head !!!
I mean well yeh the stock browser works great as long as your not on the stock rom.

(I'm on 4.2 and atm don't use your ROM), BUT why do you want to remove Chrome? It's just one apk of your ROM and doesn't slow down the tablet, ppl who don't want it should just not use it (put in Aroma Installer so that they just don't have it if they don't want it )
But I prefer Chrome over Stock, as Stock also with all this tweaks etc. just didn't have such a nice user surface and also felt smoother (had bit longer to load)

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(I'm on 4.2 and atm don't use your ROM), BUT why do you want to remove Chrome? It's just one apk of your ROM and doesn't slow down the tablet, ppl who don't want it should just not use it (put in Aroma Installer so that they just don't have it if they don't want it )
But I prefer Chrome over Stock, as Stock also with all this tweaks etc. just didn't have such a nice user surface and also felt smoother (had bit longer to load)
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Chrome is now 20mb and is available on the market. That is the main reason for wanting to remove it. However I have been using it exclusively for the last few days and am quite enjoying it. It is nowhere as smooth as stock (can't agree with you there) but where it does well is on sites with java script. The one failing of the stock browser is it is seriously buggy with js.

I did lots of testing on this a few days ago, all tests were done in the same part in my house so it was fair, and the test was loading xda forum with all topics, boat, stock, angel and firefox all failed after 90 seconds they were still loading and i got bored of waiting lol, dolphin (the latest with flash took on average 45 seconds but chrome killed it by loading the forum in around 25 seconds, i did t his test lots of times and as controlled as possible, i shut all other apps and the free ram was always close to 450mb so i suggest chrome for most things but if you need flash then dolphin is the browser for you, or do it like me and have both and use the best for the task
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robgee789 said:
I did lots of testing on this a few days ago, all testes were done in the same part in my hose so it was fair, and the test was loading xda forum with all topics, boat, stock, angel and firefox all failed after 90 seconds they were still loading and i got bored of waiting lol, dolphin (the latest with flash took on average 45 seconds but chrome killed it by loading the forum in around 25 seconds, i did t his test lots of times and as controlled as possible, i shut all other apps and the free ram was always close to 450mb so i suggest chrome for most things but if you need flash then dolphin is the browser for you, or do it likeme and have both and use the best for the task
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Really? Testes and hose in the same sentence? Awesome...

giant25 said:
Really? Testes and hose in the same sentence? Awesome...
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fixed now lol
but if any wants to test this i would like to hear there results
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Is Chrome really laggy for you?

It's laggier than my Z3! I was NOT expecting this. Scrolling on certain sites is super choppy.
Guys, can you confirm?
UPDATE:
I have performed a factory reset and first impressions are that it is super smooth and silky now when scrolling again. I am yet to sign Chrome into my google account to sync a tonne of my bookmarks and see if this affects performance. Also, waiting on all my 237 apps to install in the background first before carrying out another test too. I will report back once I've done so.
UPDATE 2:
On my previous factory reset, somebody said I should remove last pass, which I did but it made no difference as I still had other accessibility services enabled. So the problem resurfaced.
Okay, so it is all down to accessibility services, IMHO. Once enabled, Chrome seems to suffer from this dreaded laggggg and slow touch response or sometimes freeze and crash on sites like daily mail, XDA and huffpost. I have performed a factory reset and not enabled any accessibility services yet and everything is hunky dory, even with full bookmark and account sync.
I will update when and if problem recurs. All seems well for last couple weeks, thank God.

I find the whole phone slower and more laggy than my S6 Edge. Very surprised by that.
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Batfink33 said:
I find the whole phone slower and more laggy than my S6 Edge. Very surprised by that.
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It's definitely slower but I don't think it's more laggy.
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Haven't noticed, I never found chrome to be snappy on any phone I had.

Has anyone got another lsat gen or current phone other than their 6P to compare and report back?

Try opera beta.

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Try opera beta.
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I appreciate the tip and will actually do that.. Only thing is, I'm looking for a direct solution or fix for Chrome and whether the guys at Google are aware of this embarrassment.
I have bookmarks, PC sync, Pushbullet, ad block, Pocket and other extensions that work seamlessly on Chrome. Terrible shame that it is laggier than my Note OK and Z3 in scrolling and panning etc.

subhani said:
I appreciate the tip and will actually do that.. Only thing is, I'm looking for a direct solution or fix for Chrome and whether the guys at Google are aware of this embarrassment.
I have bookmarks, PC sync, Pushbullet, ad block, Pocket and other extensions that work seamlessly on Chrome. Terrible shame that it is laggier than my Note OK and Z3 in scrolling and panning etc.
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Well chrome is not laggy here.

Not laggy for me, but a lot of browsers are better
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subhani said:
It's laggier than my Z3! I was NOT expecting this. Scrolling on certain sites is super choppy.
Guys, can you confirm?
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that's absolutely right. chrome is the king of lag. I have had issues with it on all my phones. (N5, N6 and now N6P)

valapsp said:
that's absolutely right. chrome is the king of lag. I have had issues with it on all my phones. (N5, N6 and now N6P)
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Thank you... I thought my 6P was throttling the CPU.
What I would like to know is, how come it lags a LOT less on my other phones?

All of you saying that Chrome lags, which browser are you using?

WizeGuyDezignz said:
All of you saying that Chrome lags, which browser are you using?
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I use Chrome only. Is yours as smooth as say your last device or not? At least when compared to a last gen device?
Mine is laggier than my Z3.

subhani said:
I use Chrome only. Is yours as smooth as say your last device or not? At least when compared to a last gen device?
Mine is laggier than my Z3.
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Sorry, I wouldn't know because I have had Samsung devices lately and I never used Chrome on them. I always preferred the Samsung browser since Chrome always seemed too bloated.
Now that I can't use the Samsung browser, I was curious what people are using instead of Chrome.

Which site specifically is lagging? It seems fine to me.
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[hfm] said:
Which site specifically is lagging? It seems fine to me.
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The Daily Mail is just one example. I even had XDA desktop version lagging earlier today. Does anyone know how I can upload a video without a YouTube account, to demonstrate this?

subhani said:
The Daily Mail is just one example. I even had XDA desktop version lagging earlier today. Does anyone know how I can upload a video without a YouTube account, to demonstrate this?
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Daily mail I was able to just scroll the page up and down the display very quickly. Was smooth when scrolling slower as well.
Are you using ad blocker or anything? Pure stock? Any apps consuming cpu in the background?
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[hfm] said:
Daily mail I was able to just scroll the page up and down the display very quickly. Was smooth when scrolling slower as well.
Are you using ad blocker or anything? Pure stock? Any apps consuming cpu in the background?
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I'm pure stock, no root. Does Chrome have ad blocking on its mobile app? I don't have any installed from the Play Store neither.
I also noticed that unlike before, Chrome doesn't respond to touch as willingly as it does on my Z3 until the full page and ALL ads/banners are completely loaded and the blue bar is gone... It DOES scroll while loading, just after hesitating first and then being choppy when scrolling. I need to record this and upload someplace. Any ideas?

You should have a YouTube account, all Google's accounts can do this. Presumably you can with whatever account you're using on your nexus device.
Edit: not sure what is going to help though, I don't think just proving it's happening will help as that doesn't get to the root cause.
Get a cpu monitor and make sure no other apps are consuming cpu in the background. I'd the phone warm at all?
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[hfm] said:
You should have a YouTube account, all Google's accounts can do this. Presumably you can with whatever account you're using on your nexus device.
Edit: not sure what is going to help though, I don't think just proving it's happening will help as that doesn't get to the root cause.
Get a cpu monitor and make sure no other apps are consuming cpu in the background. I'd the phone warm at all?
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Good point. It's now showing itself on the Z3 as well. Simply because I'm now running Sony's concept marshmallow on there. I still have my old Note II and it is still coping better than my marshmallow toting devices.
It isn't warm neither. I think Chrome isn't optimised for Android 6.

What Browser are you using?

So question is, what browser are you using?
And what browsers is out there for least battery and ram usage?

Over the years i got used to chrome so much that i just cant make myself try other browsers, even if its not necessary the best one

I had problems playing video within other browsers, including Firefox a long time ago. I've been on Chrome for the past couple years, now.
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Chrome. I find it integrates better with Android.
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Chrome Beta

feis said:
Over the years i got used to chrome so much that i just cant make myself try other browsers, even if its not necessary the best one
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Exactly this. I've tried so many other browsers... But I just can't pull myself away from chrome. Chrome I think just works better for what I do/need.

Chrome Beta or Dev. Gives a good glimpse of experimental/upcoming features.

Used to use dolphin and only reason i didn't move away was i had lastpass, now i use keepass i've moved to chrome and i much prefer it.

I've been using Chrome for long time and I don't plan to change that anytime soon.
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Chrome got a stranglehold on me on both phone and desktop. I can't get jiggy with any other browsers.

Chrome. Mostly for the syncing. It's so good. It's not the fastest by any means. Aosp browser blows everything it if the water for speed, but not worth giving up syncing for me.
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CM browser is fast..dolphin browser for flash player..:good:

Like Dolphin as my daily driver....

Chrome Dev. Regular Chrome crashes webpages way too often on Android N.

Forever on Chrome as well.

Opera is the best BY FAR! Like not even any close seconds.
It's pretty quick, smooth (mostly)....but the main thing..REFLOWS TEXT!!!
Google got rid of reflow text so you would be forced to see their ads. Chrome sucks because who wants to keep scrolling constantly to read!
Makes a huge difference.
Also can set to use Desktop sites. Highly recommended.

Saknice20 said:
Opera is the best BY FAR! Like not even any close seconds.
It's pretty quick, smooth (mostly)....but the main thing..REFLOWS TEXT!!!
Google got rid of reflow text so you would be forced to see their ads. Chrome sucks because who wants to keep scrolling constantly to read!
Makes a huge difference.
Also can set to use Desktop sites. Highly recommended.
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I'm pretty sure chrome, Firefox and most browsers can be set to use desktop version of the website you're visiting.
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I switched to opera a year ago and have not looked back. Beside the aforementioned items, the quick buttons to scroll completely to the top or bottom of a page is something I cannot be without anymore.
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Namyep said:
I'm pretty sure chrome, Firefox and most browsers can be set to use desktop version of the website you're visiting.
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That's not the selling point. Reflow text is. Try it out.
It makes it SOOOOO much better than Chrome.

Why do some people got for chrome beta instead of just chrome? Are there different features?

Chrome Vs Stock Browser

Hey guys,
I'm deciding which browser I should use in my Galaxy S7 edge, considering that I want to have an ad blocker (preferably the one that consumes less battery as possible), which browser you think is the best? {Speed + Features + Ad blocker}

I use stock browser with Adguard

I've always been a big fan of chrome, the multi sync between devices is great and I use my Google accounts a lot. Although for the S7 E I have switched over to the Stock browser, fingerprint login and the tiny speed improvement is worth it in my opinion.

if you want to use Chrome and reduce the lag in it significantly. Go to settings>Privacy> Prefetch resources and select never. I noticed a significant speed boost. Still lags sometimes, but nowhere near before!!

I prefer Dolphin actually!!
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The way you phrased the question sort of leads to a specific outcome, since Chrome doesn't do ad-blocking at all.
But I still answered Chrome. I do my ad blocking with NetGuard (which also blocks most ads in apps), so the fact that one browser supports ad blocking and the other doesn't makes no difference. And while Samsung's browser is a little faster, the integration with Google's ecosystem makes Chrome's feature set far more useful to me than the speed advantage of Samsung's app.

The only reason I am not using the default browser is its inability to cast videos from its player. I use that function so often. Otherwise its speedy and well done.

Stock browser + Adblock Fast = Best combo

Which ad block you guys recommend for the stock browser? I heard that crystal is really good..
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Normally I would say chrome, but for some reason it's not working properly on the s7 edge, at least on the exynos version. On my old note 3 chrome is flying, it's very smooth and fast. Probably because it's not properly optimised for these new chipsets yet. Stock browser works very well tho, and even if chrome will perform better in the future, Samsung's offering will still be a solid option.

Stock browser isn't also faster, it's also more battery friendly than Chrome, I tested it a while ago. I used Chrome for like 1 hour and lost 17% battery while stock browser 12%, saves a lot imo.

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I prefer Dolphin actually!!
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Neat! A post from 2009! :victory:
MrPhilo said:
Stock browser isn't also faster, it's also more battery friendly than Chrome, I tested it a while ago. I used Chrome for like 1 hour and lost 17% battery while stock browser 12%, saves a lot imo.
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Yeah, I agree. The stock browser seems a little quicker and a little more battery friendly than Chrome. It's no secret that Chrome (on all platforms) is a battery hog beyond dimensions, so this doesn't surprise me one bit. Crystal Adblock also does its job well, so I don't have any complaints really. I just wish tab-switching was a little quicker. I love how Chrome handles tabs, so it's a little bothersome to have to tap that freakin' button to get to the tabs, instead of just swiping.
So the short answer is, I like Chrome better overall, but I prefer Samsung Internet in this case (for now).

Is there a way to have tabs open in the background in Stock browser
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I use the stock browser with Crystal Adblock.
I tried using Chrome since that's what I usually use but the stock browser is not only faster but it's easier on the battery as well. I noticed that syncing Chrome raises the "Android System" battery usage.
If anyone is debating on which browser to use then you have to figure out what is more important to you. Do you want the syncing ability across devices with Chrome or do you want a faster browser that is easier on the battery.
By the way the Samsung browser with Crystal Adblock is lightning fast. Once you use a Adblock you'll never be able to not use one.
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Hgneto said:
Which ad block you guys recommend for the stock browser? I heard that crystal is really good..
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I have 2 S7 Edge phones so I did speed comparison between the different adblockers for the stock browser (Adblock Fast vs. Crystal vs. Adblock Plus). Overall Adblock Fast was the fastest out of the three.

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I have 2 S7 Edge phones so I did speed comparison between the different adblockers for the stock browser (Adblock Fast vs. Crystal vs. Adblock Plus). Overall Adblock Fast was the fastest out of the three.
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Good job man! That's exactly what I would do if I had 2 s7 edges.. Did it win by a big margin by the way?
Also, it's just for the browser or overall apps?
Thanks man!

i disabled chrome just because samsung browser is insanely fast.

I'm using Firefox cause I can listen to YouTube playing while the screen is off or even browsing my phone . Anyone can check is it working also on stock browser?

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Good job man! That's exactly what I would do if I had 2 s7 edges.. Did it win by a big margin by the way?
Also, it's just for the browser or overall apps?
Thanks man!
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No problem! It won by a significant margin imo. It won for browser page load speeds, both fresh and reloaded pages.

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No problem! It won by a significant margin imo. It won for browser page load speeds, both fresh and reloaded pages.
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It's just an add blocker for the browser correct?