Don't laugh but I've only just noticed the z1 doesn't come with a stock browser, or mine is missing??
Is there a stock apk avaliable? ?
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gibbo82 said:
Don't laugh but I've only just noticed the z1 doesn't come with a stock browser, or mine is missing??
Is there a stock apk avaliable? ?
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Mine came with Chrome. I now us Boat browser which seem to be a lot faster and battery affiant than Chrome
mine came with 'browser' and chrome (uk pre-order BH901)
nzrocketman said:
Mine came with Chrome. I now us Boat browser which seem to be a lot faster and battery affiant than Chrome
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Funny that as I am using boat. Disabled chrome as I don't like it.
Do u know the difference is between boat and boat mini??
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demoniality said:
mine came with 'browser' and chrome
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Would you be able to upload the apk for the browser??
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CB512, no browser, only chrome but that is fine with me
There is the small browser in smallapp and chrome on mine.
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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
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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
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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.
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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
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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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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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Am I retarded or what BC I can't seem to find peoples photo albums on my nexus when using the Facebook app...weird right? If I'm wrong its OK to call me stupid lol
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poobank said:
Am I retarded or what BC I can't seem to find peoples photo albums on my nexus when using the Facebook app...weird right? If I'm wrong its OK to call me stupid lol
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I noticed this yesterday but didn't give it much thought. I wonder if it's a compatibility issue with Jelly Bean or something.
Just click on the persons thumbnail and then you can swipe through their pictures
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Yeah its really limited. You can't even view the about page either. The thumbnail is only for profile pictures I think.
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??
Where is the facebook?
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Where is the facebook?
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Wut. This makes no sense. I'm assuming that you're asking where the app is. It isn't included on the device, you need to download it from the Market.
Just use FB through the browser... that's what I do on my 5" Player, I assume it will be even better once I get my N7.
http://www.freshnewsarea.com/news/install-google-chrome-on-android-2-3-gingerbread-devices/
Found this. It will install on our TB, but I do believe it is not fully developed. But it is still nice to have Chrome on a GB Device.
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http://www.freshnewsarea.com/news/install-google-chrome-on-android-2-3-gingerbread-devices/
Found this. It will install on our TB, but I do believe it is not fully developed. But it is still nice to have Chrome on a GB Device.
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Thanks for sharing.
This is actually rather nice and works quite well.
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According to one of the comments on that page they say it's not Chrome and instead a Chinese browser called Miren. I have not downloaded this yet to try it out. Miren use to be on the android market about a year ago.
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According to one of the comments on that page they say it's not Chrome and instead a Chinese browser called Miren. I have not downloaded this yet to try it out. Miren use to be on the android market about a year ago.
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No, its clearly not chrome. It's supposed to give the feeling similar to chrome, and it certainly does. But after trying it, I'm just going to stock to the stock internet browser.
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Yea its def not Chrome. But it is not a bad browser. I have not had a problem with it. But i haven't used it that much.
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How u do that? Can it be installed on a jellybean rom?
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It seems Dolphin has disabled Flash. I tried to turn it on some time back and it gave some message about HTML5 and flash causing your browser to crash. I was just reminded of this a few minutes ago and wanted to update anyone who is interested. Anyway, I had side loaded Adobe flash some time back and it is still working on Mozilla Firefox. Not sure what other browsers support it except for Frost lite. Hopefully I posted this under the right topic because all of my posts always get moved, lol. I am not rooted because I like the way everything is currently and have no real need to root. So, I guess it seems dumb for me to post this seeing most on here are probably rooted? God bless!
As you can see it no longer allows you to turn it on.
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This is old news I believe, I'm fairly certain Dolphin has disabled flash for months now.
Best bet for flash is the AOSP browser. At the same time, though, I feel that if a site still uses Flash, they don't deserve my clicks
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Best bet for flash is the AOSP browser. At the same time, though, I feel that if a site still uses Flash, they don't deserve my clicks
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Actually Firefox is the best bet. Doesn't require flashing, and works fine.
Puffin Browser works fine with sideloaded Flash 11 and Android 4.2.1
Boat browser mini work fine with flash and android 4.2.
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I'm using dolphin browser mini and flash is still working
Nobody should be using dolphin browser IMO.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1319529
Doesn't make for happy reading.
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Actually Firefox is the best bet. Doesn't require flashing, and works fine.
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The only thing is if you update it becomes bigger and bigger in storage usage. It already is on the "not-lite" side. I only use it for flash video. It's not my choice for browsing.
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Best bet for flash is the AOSP browser. At the same time, though, I feel that if a site still uses Flash, they don't deserve my clicks
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That's quite a bold statement, lol. Often, there are things one needs to do and often one will go with the particular means to get to the ends of getting those particular things done.
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7thSeal said:
I'm using dolphin browser mini and flash is still working
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Strange. Maybe you don't have the newest version?
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toidimaet said:
Nobody should be using dolphin browser IMO.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1319529
Doesn't make for happy reading.
Cheers Danny
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Interesting. I deleted Dolphin anyway. Never could see what all the hype was about. That fella who developed naked browser seems rather helpful. Wonder why the browser uses HTTP by default? By the way, I did ask him that question on his forum post. I am waiting for a reply. Thanks for the link!
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I use Firefox for flash myself. I prefer the aosp browser but haven't rooted or anything so Firefox was the only way I could find to watch south park episodes on my tablet.
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Naked Browser works well. It's small and fast.
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I run Maxthon. Works just fine with sideloaded flash.
I can play flash videos on other pages but when trying to watch anything on biography.com I just see the great screen. No plug in icon in the middle...?? What am I doing wrong pray tell??
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I've just tried with both stock (AOSP) and the none beta Firefox and it works fine for me. Bit surprised TBH as I'm in the UK and expected it to be geo IP locked.
Might be worth trying the none beta Firefox and see if it makes a difference.
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I used to vet problems with that combo on certain sites too. Started using boat browser and everything is perfect.
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rebel1699 said:
I used to vet problems with that combo on certain sites too. Started using boat browser and everything is perfect.
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Both my sons N7 and mine will not run flash. Even though it is loaded and showing in the app drawer. I even tried Boat and still nothing? I guess I will try and undo/reinstall everything. Too weird..
Jeff
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Jklsr55 said:
Both my sons N7 and mine will not run flash. Even though it is loaded and showing in the app drawer. I even tried Boat and still nothing? I guess I will try and undo/reinstall everything. Too weird..
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Montana, USA
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If u use Boat remember to enable flash plug in under settings. Nothing is straight forward in this world anymore lol
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Jklsr55 said:
Both my sons N7 and mine will not run flash. Even though it is loaded and showing in the app drawer. I even tried Boat and still nothing? I guess I will try and undo/reinstall everything. Too weird..
Jeff
Montana, USA
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Like the above poster said, enable flash in settings. Also, set plugins to auto for best performance.
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I'm running the Flash Player 11 v11.0.1.153 armv6.apk with Firefox beta, latest version downloaded yesterday and on some sites like Biography.com the video plays but no sound. Just downloaded Boat and it doesn't work at all, says Flash needs to be installed. Both browsers obviously have plugins enabled.
Running stock 4.2.1 on my Nexus 7.