Hi,
I've tried a couple of the Opera cabs available on d0ugie's BlownFuze site:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=446306
and I've found that they work fine the first time they are launched, but once they've been closed (I used the GScroll function mapped to a double tap to close the app), I couldn't re-open it.
I don't know whether it's specifically down to the way I'm closing it - I've restored my Touch Pro now, so can't re-test easily, but the stock version (v9.5 build 1522) supplied with my v1.90.00.00 HTC ROM has no such problem.
Anybody else seen this behaviour, and have any suggestions?
Cheers,
Steve.
I think I had such an issue. This was basically that Opera didn't close. If you have a good Task Manager you'll notice that one of the processes related to Opera still hangs around. If you kill it you'll be able to open new Opera explorer.
I had such issues with custom roms and new Opera builds. I now have a factory rom and it seems to be working fine.
ok - thanks.
It was probably how I was closing it, using GScroll that was the issue. If I venture down that path again, and the problem still exists, I'll probably write a program to shut Opera down completely.
Cheers,
Steve.
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Opera Mobile 9.5 Beta
http://www.opera.com/products/mobile/download/
version: 9.51b1
brumle80 said:
Opera Mobile 9.5 Beta
http://www.opera.com/products/mobile/download/
version: 9.51b1
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I have tried this version, I am not so happy with it. I find it rather slow and the zooming in zooming out feels tedious. I may be spoiled because I am also using an iPod Touch with the Safari Mobile browser but are there any previous builds of the Opera Mobile 9.5 browser that have faster performance than this?
I am working on a Samsung i780 so I have a lot of power behind the phone, I just don't find this version jaw-dropping.
Okay this looks great. Just tested it on the Diamond and it's fast, seems stable and fixes the "black whole problem" at least on the sites I had problems with.
One drawback: it doesn't seem to support the g-sensor out of the box. however we might be able to work around that with gsen... didn't try that though.
I guess this is a real candidate for some cooked ROMs...
Edit: This thing is REALLY fast. We might probably want to work on how to replace the original opera on a diamond with this version?
Cheers,
Alex
Will installing this overwrite the default Opera diamond browser?
You can install it on the internal storage - so your pre-installed opera should be left untouched. As for the default browser setting - I didn't check that. But you should be able to switch back if desired as well.
Okay from some testing I can report the following issues:
Does not use old Opera's bookmarks, so when overwriting old opera there's no way to sync bookmarks with Manila (some tiny application might be written to do the job however I guess)
Occasionly prevents device standby (even when manually pressing the standby button) - getting out of opera helps
At least in my setup it keeps starting itself when exited - that might however be a result of me playing around to replace original opera with new one
The most noticable bug from opera's official known-issues list is the non-working re-flow of text paragraphs. instead the paragraphs are _always_ sized to fit the zoomed-in screen
Auto-rotation is not implemented out of the box - I didn't test, yet if GSen would do the trick (for some of us disabled auto-rotation might actually be a plus ;-)
Some of these issues obviously have to be fixed for a final - but I assume they will do so until the final release.
On the bright side we have:
Definitely faster
Looks like it has lower memory consumption (not measured though) - this actually makes the auto-restart thing I experience acceptable for me - I simply keep it running in the background at the moment
The black-hole problem seems to be fixed
Once the issues have been worked out this will be a huge step forward in mobile browsing on the diamond - even compared to the current version of opera mobile!
If anyone else is testing this software I'd be happy to hear some feedback and maybe solutions found to the issues I mentioned.
Cheers,
Alex
Does it also support Flash based websites? (containing flash video's?)
i also tried to install it both on the device & internal storage, but it just won't start the new version... even when i start the program from the program list it will start the old version...
i guess the beta version wanted to prevent the resizing of the paragraph while zooming in some text pages, but i do like it coz the zooming in & out is now more precise...
anyone have any idea how to replace the old opera with this new beta...
also another problem encountered is the pop up of the input keyboard... it will automatically switch to the default windows style even if i set it to full qwerty keyboard...
i hope htc will implement it soon or opera could release the final version soon, this browser is the best so far~
Here is the Thread containing the latest Opera build, was released yesterday I think. Anyway, its miles better than this beta, go check it out!
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=401643
not impressed, seems much slower than what im currently using
find it in the file manager to launch it.
I find it has a keyboard issue... it keeps reverting back to small qwerty.
I uninstalled it and now my original opera takes longer to load up. (now those progress blocks have appeared?)
FH1 said:
find it in the file manager to launch it.
I find it has a keyboard issue... it keeps reverting back to small qwerty.
I uninstalled it and now my original opera takes longer to load up. (now those progress blocks have appeared?)
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i need to do the samething to launch it;
the keyboard issue is really annoying but the performance is better; i like the skin of it
i didn't have that problem... i tried installing it on internal mem & device & my diamond opera is still working
Jin187 said:
Here is the Thread containing the latest Opera build, was released yesterday I think. Anyway, its miles better than this beta, go check it out!
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=401643
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Have to agree, build 1938 is *way* better than this one, it's a lot faster and far more stable. At least on a Samsung i780 which is what I used to test it.
I also tried it on an iMate Jasjar but the build had problems working with the qwerty keyboard -- when you try to type it will take in one character then close the SIP, so you can no longer enter any letters. Horrible bug, did not have this problem with any other build I tried so far. But it works fine, only problem is I have to use the SIP, and the point of getting a Universal is to have the QWERTY!
On my Tilt sounds and notifications/ Hardware buttons keeps disabling. I always like to keep hardware buttons sound ticked to enable me to avoid typing errors. However, this gets unticked after some time or soft reset.
This hasn't by any chance started happening since you installed Opera 9.5 beta has it?
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This hasn't by any chance started happening since you installed Opera 9.5 beta has it?
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No. I have, however, installed Netfront. Don't no if this problem started after install of a particular program. I have Informant, Address Book, PQZII, Netfront 3.3, Powerone Finance Calc, AEButton, Softmaker, Resco explorer
Hmm...afraid I'm in the dark then. I know many people (including myself) were having problems with the first beta of Opera 9.5 turning off all notifications (fixed in the latest beta), so I was hoping it was as simple as that.
Valtamr said:
Hmm...afraid I'm in the dark then. I know many people (including myself) were having problems with the first beta of Opera 9.5 turning off all notifications (fixed in the latest beta), so I was hoping it was as simple as that.
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Found out. It is AEbutton 2.6. Whenever I run this program, hardware button sound gets disabled. I have to enable again. Soft reset also runs my AEB plus from startup. Don't know the workaround yet.
Still does it. Nobody's found a workaround?
Hi. This has probably been said somewhere, but I can't find it...
I called Telus (Canada) and they told me, believe it or not, I was the first to complain about this, yet they tried it on several units themselves and they all did it:
When I try to rotate the phone in Opera, unless I am EXACTLY perpendicular to the ground, it will crash and boot me out of Opera - minimize it that is. I updated the phone with the G-Sensor app to make it better, but it didn't help.
Is this something we know how to fix by any chance??
Thanks
ts
Opera issue...
Try updating to a newer version of Opera. There are a number of different versions in this forum, one of them should solve the issue... search away
opera
the landscape mode is bugged, say's so on the opera website.
If you download the latest beta for touchscreens, the documentatoin states that landscape has been disabled. get it anyway, its way fast and shares bandwidth with wifi
Sweet, thanks guys!
Don't know what telus did, but the rom update also fixed this problem. Opera no longer crashes when switching.
In R2AA i've get used to the optical joystick (d-pad) to slide really smooth through internet pages in the Opera Browser. A few days ago I've upgraded to R3AA and suddenly the smooth scrolling is gone. Sliding with the optical joystick will let the page jumps (in pretty big steps) instead of smooth kinetic scrolling. So scrolling with the optical joystick isn't that effective and precise anymore...
I've done a lot of settings by enter opera:config into the address bar, but that didn't do the trick. I've also used the "solution" in this thread http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=444694 but they had a different problem (the optical joystick just moves a highlight between the links on the page), so that didn't work for me.
Does someone knows a solution? Maybe by posting the input.ini or opera.ini file from a Generic R2AA phone will help.
I am also having this same issue.
Opera flips through pages rather than scroll smoothly.
And "smooth scrolling" in opera config is enabled btw.
A friend of mine has the same issue. It was fine after he installed R3A, but after a couple of days he noticed the "jumping". I guess some fo the programs that you have installed messed Opera up?
I thought, just bring the thread back to the front
I don't think it has to do with any other program I've installed. I installed exactly the same programs after I've upgraded from R2A to R3A... But on the other hand, if it worked smoothly for a couple of days after upgraded to R3A (as you mentioned orelsi), and than suddenly the smooth scrolling in Opera was gone.... hhmmm that's a different story.
All I want is my smooth scrolling back, but I don't wanna hard reset my device to test it... it's a hell of a job with all the installations and settings and stuff.
I still believe by posting the input.ini or opera.ini file from a Generic R2AA phone (maybe) will help. Or if someone else have an other suggestion?
Jeecobs said:
I thought, just bring the thread back to the front
I don't think it has to do with any other program I've installed. I installed exactly the same programs after I've upgraded from R2A to R3A.
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Sigh...facepalm... Just like he said it is software incompatibility. How could you not understand that the programs cause it? Obviously you installed the same programs and obviously the programs conflict in the new firmware. And once again, obviously the programs conflicted in R3A but not R2A. Sigh... think people...think!
Has nothing to do with software incompatibility. Fresh install of UK generic ROM R3A. And the same thing is occurs with opera's scrolling. Its not smooth as it used to with the previews ROMs.
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Has nothing to do with software incompatibility. Fresh install of UK generic ROM R3A. And the same thing is occurs with opera's scrolling. Its not smooth as it used to with the previews ROMs.
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Thank you rotsu
poetryrocksalot said:
Sigh...facepalm... Just like he said it is software incompatibility. How could you not understand that the programs cause it? Obviously you installed the same programs and obviously the programs conflict in the new firmware. And once again, obviously the programs conflicted in R3A but not R2A. Sigh... think people...think!
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It isn't that I won't THINK about it! How could you not understand that the programs NOT cause it?
Ok, to be honest, I'm not sure what's the cause and I'm not sure if it's a program conflict in R3A, but I don't like the way you use the word "obviously". Obviously with a fresh R3A ROM installation the same thing occurs...
I've also installed Opera 9.7 beta, but first I don't like the version right now (text is pretty blurry) and second, scrolling with the optical joystick jumps between links instead of free scrolling.
I have just updated mine to the new rom and opera is also jumping about in big blocks now instead of smooth scrolling like it used to.
Has anybody found a fix for this yet?
You can still have smooth scrolling by using your finger to scroll the screen
Hey, I am new to flashing, so I am not fully up to date on every aspect, so sorry if this has been answered.
I recently flashed to itje's v12 Touchit rom, and i would rather have hardware keyboard than push support for the Opera Browser.
Would anyone be able to tell me how to get this? Do i just get the standard Opera Mobile cab from one of the threads and install it? Do i need to uninstall the one i have now first or will it just "update" it?
Or other options could be a registry fix? or does 9.7 beta work? Sorry i have been searching a long time and can't seem to find the answer.
thank you
in 9.7 it worx for me
u can have the versions both on ur device
9.7 Works just fine
Thank you for the responses Just installed 9.7 beta, will see how that goes!
edit: Just installed it, 9.7b works perfectly. But i would rather have the globe launch this one rather than the old one. Would anyone be able to point me in the right direction of getting this to work. I can't seem to uninstall the one that came with it, it just isn't in the list. I have also read that you go to application data/manila and change a reg in there to change the default, but first of all i don't seem to have the key and second what is the exe name for the beta?
Thanks!