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Chrome for Android 4.0

Its in the market. Go get it.
http://chrome.blogspot.com/2012/02/introducing-chrome-for-android.html
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Someone should upload the .apk since its not available in every country..
/Edit, here http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=22276497&postcount=7

Seems interesting
Nexus S (GSM i9020a)
CM9 Nightly Kang (Build 1 of v2.1)
Eugene's Kernel (Speedy-7)
OC 1100/100 (ondemmandx)

anybody else having problems with it crashing when loading websites?

It's ok. It doesn't seem as smooth as the builtin browser in ICS. I'm really surprised they didn't make it overwrite the builtin browser like they do with Gmail updates, etc.

Well it's still beta...

ICS only? Oh **** all kinds of duck.

Awesome!
I've just converted to chrome desktop too so bookmark sync should be ace.
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hmm it's feeling rather slow and flash doesn't work.

Everything is working well here. Though pages don't scroll as smoothly or load completely like stock ics browser. All the options are sweet though. All around improvement over stock. Been waiting for this for awhile. Love chrome on PC.
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ScuzUK said:
hmm it's feeling rather slow and flash doesn't work.
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Yeah, the standard browser already has Chrome bookmark sync. I think the Chrome beta has quite a ways to catch up to the standard browser's performance.

Seems kinda flaky sometimes, but that is expected cause it's still in beta! It does render much quicker than the stock browser does, and the animations are very cool!!

I like the other devices option.
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Quick HTML5 compare test
Here is mine quick compare test of stock, chrome and chrome for ubuntu
http://imageshack.us/photo/my-images/59/androidbrowserhtml5.jpg/
HTML5TEST.com

Yeah, render speed is good. Actually scrolling and clicking is real sluggish though. And the omnibox really slows down typing. It makes the stock keyboard freeze for a second after almost each button press. Maybe it is different on the Galaxy Nexus which has beefier hardware.

david279 said:
Its in the market. Go get it.
http://chrome.blogspot.com/2012/02/introducing-chrome-for-android.html
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Dude beat you by 4 minutes http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1485437

Compare rendering of anandtech.com in the stock browser vs chrome, the text reflow and doubletap behavior is completely different. Also try the html5 fishtank demo. I will never go back to stock. Thanks Google!
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Chrome on Android

I'm an idiot...I've been using Chrome since it came out...I just realized when you have multiple tabs, you can quickly go from one to another by swiping on the edge of the screen....I was always clicking on the dots and then changing tabs...grrr
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I cannot wait until I get ICS or get Chrome on GB. Desktop-wise, I have been a Chrome user for a while now.

chrome to phone
Using chrome to phone addon is a quick way to get links and other stuff to your phone from your computer

I like Chrome a lot, I just prefer the appearance of the stock ICS browser, with the full-screen and thumb controls and stuff (which admittedly would be tricky to implement into Chrome with the tab switching, which I also really like). Chrome also has MUCH better tap-to-zoom and text entry than the stock ICS Browser.
But is it just me, or does Chrome seem like a bit of a battery hog?

Stadsport said:
I like Chrome a lot, I just prefer the appearance of the stock ICS browser, with the full-screen and thumb controls and stuff (which admittedly would be tricky to implement into Chrome with the tab switching, which I also really like). Chrome also has MUCH better tap-to-zoom and text entry than the stock ICS Browser.
But is it just me, or does Chrome seem like a bit of a battery hog?
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Agreed - stock ICS wins for me at the moment. Using Chrome on my desktop, though. Seems to be very slim on the desktop.

Yea can't wait for a chrome version on GB .. I have been a chrome user on desktop since its first appearal and have tried it on an ICS rom and its amazingggg
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meh, rendering is only so so

I installed Chrome on my Galaxy Nexus, but it has no flash. I understand the pros and cons of flash, but in my opinion until flash is no longer used, there is no reason to leave it out of the browser. Why hasn't Google rid themselves of flash on the PC?

The sync to the desktop is really useful though. No need to add bookmarks etc everything is just way that it is on computer.
It's my go to browser over opera and stock

Sync is vital to me. I was shocked when I realised that standard Android browser didn't support Chrome bookmarks sync. Like it was on iPhone OS 3 back then. Now I'm angry because Android Chrome is ICS exlusive.

I hope Chrome gets better soon. The ICS stock browser is just so good I can't justify using Chrome for now.

I can't wait till chrome is done as buggy as it is now its still night
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Pbwizkid said:
I can't wait till chrome is done as buggy as it is now its still night
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Me too
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Chrome is horrible compared to the aosp browser

Chrome is way slower and the drawing lags badly on scrolling compared to the aosp browser. There's one to. On here that uses the aosp browser. Its so much smoother and faster. Unfortunately autorotation does not work on that ROM. Why did Google make chrome the default?
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Surely you jest.
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redmonke255 said:
Surely you jest.
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Try a rom with the stock browser. It benchmarks higher and it never has to load more of the page when scrolling.
Its the same way on the galaxy nexus. They just let you choose in that case which to use.
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Don't have experience yet with my nexus 7 but chrome is horrible on the galaxy nexus. It is awful at text reflow on this phone. Hopefully it will be better on the tablet.
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Jayrod1980 said:
Don't have experience yet with my nexus 7 but chrome is horrible on the galaxy nexus. It is awful at text reflow on this phone. Hopefully it will be better on the tablet.
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Unfortunately its the same garbage on this tablet. It was really stupid of Google to make chrome the default and not include the aosp browser. I tried the aosp browser and its butter smooth with zero lag. Chrome on the other hand is a complete lagfest.
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On my phone I use opera mobile. Better than stock in my opinion. I just like the chrome sync.
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Whenever they let us download the old browser from Play somebody let me know. I don't mind Chrome as a backup but I don't like it as my primary either
**Edit. If you have root give this a shot.
NeoMagus said:
If you guys want to use the original browser , check out this thread. Everything seems to work on mine except synced bookmarks.
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NeoMagus said:
Whenever they let us download the old browser from Play somebody let me know. I don't mind Chrome as a backup but I don't like it as my primary either
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i doubt this will ever happen...i would imagine though you can pull it from Browser.apk from /system/app from any ics rom and install it

barrmulio said:
i doubt this will ever happen...i would imagine though you can pull it from Browser.apk from /system/app from any ics rom and install it
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Google said we could download it from Play already they just havent put it up somebody else can look up a source for you cause I dont feel like it right now

Yes...Chrome definitely blows for Android. Sad really. Chrome to phone and all the syncing options are really nice, but the browser itself is just awful. Hoping Google really gives this some love soon b/c as others have said, the stock regular browser that has been on Android forever is so much nicer.

Just by watching videos, I can already tell that I hate the Chrome browser. It can have a horrendous amount of lag, and it is extremely annoying having to watch reviews that show this sub-par browsing experience when I know for a fact that all of this dreadful performance could be alleviated by switching to the AOSP browser. Google quite obviously did this to promote their browser, but it does not do good for the Nexus 7 image.

Hmm have you guys fully updated your n7's? Chrome is blazing fast for me. Haven't had a single issue with it except for Swype entering spaces after every letter in the address bar sometimes.

on my GNex, ICS Browser+ (basically stock ICS browser with some additions) was smoother than Chrome.
it crashes now on JB though.

barrmulio said:
i doubt this will ever happen...i would imagine though you can pull it from Browser.apk from /system/app from any ics rom and install it
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Negative, been trying this all day. I don't mind chrome. The syncing with the desktop, phone, and tablet is ****ing awesome. Everything else is just ehh. I don't care much for opera or dolphin so I have been searching for all day for a browser apk or browsergoogle apk that will work but to no avail
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Yeah, I haven't been able to get the BrowserGoogle.apk to work on my Nexus 7. It'll start, but closes right away.

hajabooja said:
Yeah, I haven't been able to get the BrowserGoogle.apk to work on my Nexus 7. It'll start, but closes right away.
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Yeah there's one rom with it but they forgot to include the blobs for the rotation sensor so it doesn't work. The aosp browser works great though.
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blahblahyoutoo said:
on my GNex, ICS Browser+ (basically stock ICS browser with some additions) was smoother than Chrome.
it crashes now on JB though.
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That's because it needs the stock browser to work I think. At least that is how it works on my HTC One X. If I freeze the stock HTC browser, ICS + force closes.
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evonc said:
Hmm have you guys fully updated your n7's? Chrome is blazing fast for me. Haven't had a single issue with it except for Swype entering spaces after every letter in the address bar sometimes.
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Same or me on my 7 and Gnex. Chrome seems even faster than the stock browser to my on my Gnex.
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If you guys want to use the original browser , check out this thread. Everything seems to work on mine except synced bookmarks.

Chrome is terribly choppy on the 7. Go to memebase.com and it has massive rendering issues. As long as the website isn't heavy loaded with pictures, chrome is fine.
I need my stock AOSP browser back, Dolphin isn't cutting it
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[HOW TO] Flash on Nexus 7

I saw this yesterday and thought I'd share:
http://www.nkonecny.com/blog/2012/07/19/adding-flash-to-nexus-7/
Download Adobe Flash Play 11.1 apk here or download it from XDA Developers. After the file has downloaded open and install it.
Please be sure that “Install from unkown sources” is checked off in the Android settings for the Nexus 7.
Install Firefox Beta browser from the Android Market.
That’s it, now you have Flash support on your Android 4.1 (JellyBean) Google Nexus 7 tablet! Couple things to note:
1. This will NOT work with the current build of Google Chrome. A dev may fix this in the future but Google nor Adobe will be adding Flash support to any future builds of Android. I’ve also tried: ICS+ Browser and Dolphin Browser HD, both of which don’t work with the method used above. FireFox seems to be the only browser currently that works with the flash plugin in Android 4.1.
2. that by default FireFox Beta has plugins set to on demand which can cause some minor inconviences, however you can remedy this by going to:
FireFox Beta settings (three dots to right corner) -> Settings -> Plugins -> Select: Enabled
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After flash was installed, I just had to quit completely out of Firefox (top right menu -> quit) then reopen it and it worked fine.

The posted apk will also allow flash content on the stock browser as well. Great post thank you.
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What do you mean it will allow flash on the stock browser? Do you mean flash will work on chrome? Is this apk an different than the other flash apk's that have been posted in the last couple days?
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http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1780746

If you want to use flash websites just use dolphin hd
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Flash works good with the new Puffin browser as well.I tried several others but this one worked the best for me.

nandihno said:
If you want to use flash websites just use dolphin hd
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To head off the inevitable....Flash will not work on the Play Store version of Dolphin as they disabled it on Jellybean. You'd need to side load an older apk.
Firefox Beta and xScope Browser from the Play Store do however work providing you side loaded Flash.
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Well this version does work on my nexus 7 and the stick browser kinda.... I notice on certain sites the video freezes at some point while playing 8 out of 10 times. Doesn't at all on my gnex. So it works just not well with some sites not sure why.
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Hi Nexus 7 owners....
I'd just like to share my personal experience on the issue...
I tried 3 browsers with the above version of flash.
1.dolphin hd
2.firefox beta
3. puffin
Now, for dolphin, it is fast, but if you try to press that little square icon that takes you to fullscreen mode, the browser crashed every single time at least for me.
As far as puffin is concerned, it was the worst because the videos were laggy and it didn't even respond to the fullscreen icon. (must admit though loading times on this thing, if you dont care about the flash issues, are blazing!!!)
Firefox although loads heavy pages by far the slowest, was the only one from the three that had no lag and the fullscreen icon worked!!! So, until now, thats my choice for flash vids.
What I did notice on all of them, was that the sound of the vids was pretty lower than usual. Anyone else witness this????
Oh, and another thing so there wont be misunderstandings...
There are other ways ofcourse to do the whole flash thing, MAYBE even for stock browser from what a friend tells me, BUT that requires rooting the device. (just for the record)
Many thanks to XDA and everyone else and please share your thoughts on the sound issue and also if you find a browser that does the job like firefox beta, but FASTER!

Do you guys try flashify in market? It uses is like this:
1.whenever you open the flash page with chrome
2.press share
3.choose flashify
4.choose another browser that got flash
It's easy so you no need to use firefox all the time because it's really slow
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concerning firefox beta
Unfortunately, although I stated that firefox beta was the only browser that the fullscreen icon on flash video, worked without crashing, that is not the case anymore after the last update on Oct 11, 2012.
If anyone can post the apk of the previous version I would be oblidged.
Ps. Flashify does come in handy if one wants to keep chrome as deafault browser (which is advised) and simply switch to a flash capable browser like firefox without copy-paste but with a couple of clicks.
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Ok, problem solved. Although I dont see many N7 owners too troubled with this issue, I did make a few more "test drives" and it seems like firefox beta version 16.0 is the one to go with. (Along with the rest of the steps pre-mentioned here, that goes without saying.)
Fullscreen works and generally it seems less laggy than any other. (concerning flash videos ofcourse.)
The apk can easily be located via google.
Download directly from the tablet, install it and.... happy flash and with fullscreen working fine!
Gus Hayabusa said:
Unfortunately, although I stated that firefox beta was the only browser that the fullscreen icon on flash video, worked without crashing, that is not the case anymore after the last update on Oct 11, 2012.
If anyone can post the apk of the previous version I would be oblidged.
Ps. Flashify does come in handy if one wants to keep chrome as deafault browser (which is advised) and simply switch to a flash capable browser like firefox without copy-paste but with a couple of clicks.
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Boat browser works with flash, quite well enough.
Sent from a galaxy far away!

JesseMT4G said:
Boat browser works with flash, quite well enough.
Sent from a galaxy far away!
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You are right Jesse!!! Boat does also work well and has a few features and options that firefox beta doesnt! Thanx a lot!!!!!
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Boat browser works with flash, quite well enough.
Sent from a galaxy far away!
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By the way, do you know why the forum looks terrible and without the same colors and ui as pc or as from my galaxy s3? Do I need to download something else specific for nexus 7?

Been using boat now exclusively as my browser because of the flash support. Zero issues with so far!

roid666 said:
Been using boat now exclusively as my browser because of the flash support. Zero issues with so far!
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The more I use boat, the more I like it!!!
I even bought the Notebook theme and its very nice!!!!!

AuroraX for me, works a lot better with some critical sites than Firefox for some reason.
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Using an older version of Dolphin on my SG3. On the N7 Firefox plays, but with no sound. Going to look into this Boat one...

Boat works fine for me. Thaks.

Best browser for nexus 7

Firefox vs chrome vs Dilphin ..
Addons vs speed vs gestures, which is better in ur experience ?

I periodically try the others, but keep going back to Maxthon. Not much in the way of add-ons, but then I don't need much. The built-in "reader" mode works for most sites and gives an easy-to-read, clutter-free experience.

Boat browser, by far.
"What do you tell a man with two black eyes? Nothing. He has already been told twice."

Firefox beta
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Tried a lot of browsers but stock browser is still my favourite by far. Its Quick Controls feature is something I can't live without.

I was actually getting fed up last night with chrome and chrome beta crashing every 2 seconds so i jumped on play store and grabbed a random browser just for fun, i found UC Browser HD and so far i absolutely love it! It works great in portrait and landscape and it feels like it loads pages really quick. Also, i almost forget to mention two finger swipe for adding and closing tabs and a handy little toolbar on the bottom right that you can add shortcuts to, right under where your right thumb usually rests.
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I'd like to mention that for me UC browser was horrible because it spammed my devices. I complained directly in their forum and asked for ad free version but they don't have a pay version. So for me UC was out of the game.
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random hero said:
I'd like to mention that for me UC browser was horrible because it spammed my devices. I complained directly in their forum and asked for ad free version but they don't have a pay version. So for me UC was out of the game.
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Oh really? I haven't seen a single ad, maybe because I'm running an ad blocker
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Opera Mobile. On Presto, of course.
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For me it's mostly chrome as I have no bugs and it works flawlessly with chrome on my desktop for bookmarks and tabs. Stock browser for everything else because of flash.. And the speed. Gotta love that speed.

It seems like everyone is stating something else. I think it's best to just try some and see for yourself.
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Remcotjuuh said:
It seems like everyone is stating something else. I think it's best to just try some and see for yourself.
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Just like roms and kernels, that is the one universally correct answer.
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I prefer using the stock aosp browser but on my n7 it geta wonky on every rom ive tried. It will randonly freeze up and fc and stop being able to go back to the last page. I dont have time to get around and try every rom because of time and because i have 3 users on the device so restoring is a *****. If someone could pm me a rom that the aosp browser (not chrome) works good for them id appreciate it.

Opera is amazing. Chrome is good. Firefox has really upped their game lately and I still hate stock.
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Triscuit said:
Oh really? I haven't seen a single ad, maybe because I'm running an ad blocker
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Well, I use ad blocker, too. When using UC Browser the first page/start screen showed always ads. To be true, if you're willing you can ignore it... but I am very sensitive to ads. They annoy me. :angel:
For all fans of Dolphin browser ->
read this: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1319529
Right now I'm using stock CM browser.

The AOSP browser by a long mile, IMHO... Sure, the other browsers (Dolphin, Opera, Maxthon) might have more options (lots of bells and whistles), but AOSP has the edge in terms of speed and smoothness.
For anybody not rooted or unwilling to flash a custom ROM, then Lightning Browser is the next best thing to the AOSP browser... (IMHO, of course).
Here are the links...
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2113198
http://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=acr.browser.barebones&hl=en
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youdug said:
I prefer using the stock aosp browser but on my n7 it geta wonky on every rom ive tried. It will randonly freeze up and fc and stop being able to go back to the last page. I dont have time to get around and try every rom because of time and because i have 3 users on the device so restoring is a *****. If someone could pm me a rom that the aosp browser (not chrome) works good for them id appreciate it.
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Hi, youdug...
I've never experienced any problems with the AOSP browser in Paul O' Briens MoDaCo ROMs... including the CyanogenMod variant I'm currently running...
http://www.modaco.com/forum/657-google-asus-nexus-7-nexus7modacocom
Hope this is of some use.
Rgrds,
Ged.

On my Galaxy 3, I prefer Boat Browser (it's unbelievable fast),
But on my n7, I use Firefox because of f-sync, add-ons and flash...
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Tried almost all browsers in market and my favorite browser is AOSP browser love that speed and flash support. But sometime using Chrome because of browser sync feature is really useful.

How do I get firefox to work with flash ?
I tried installing the archived android flash from adobe website and nothing ?

I've recently switched to AOSP browser, and I'm happy with it.
I used chrome before, but got annoyed by those popup bubbles when clicking links, because it ended up showing a bubble EVERY time I'd click something.
And also I can't stand their text scaling, most signatures on XDA were MASSIVE while actual posts were tiny.
I tried other browsers as well, every one had something that bugged me (like swiping from one side would bring up a menu or such...)
I still use Firefox occasionally when chrome or AOSP won't download something or for very rare flash.