One of my few frustrations with the tablet has been a laggy feel while browsing in Chrome. So after a bit of research, try this tweak and see if it feels faster for you:
1. In a new tab, surf to chrome://flags/#max-tiles-for-interest-area
2. Change value from "default" to "512"
3. Click button on bottom that says "relaunch now"
Enjoy!
I'm using the beta and is awesomely smooth
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toyanucci said:
I'm using the beta and is awesomely smooth
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Tested the 10.5" at Bestbuy during the week-end and found Chrome was quite laggy. I installed the Beta (that i usually use on my phone), it was not really better. Scrolling on web sites like dpreview.com wasn't smooth at all.
I have to test again I guess. That prevented me from buying the tablet. For me web browsing experience has to be great a on new tablet.
tiguanito said:
Tested the 10.5" at Bestbuy during the week-end and found Chrome was quite laggy. I installed the Beta (that i usually use on my phone), it was not really better. Scrolling on web sites like dpreview.com wasn't smooth at all.
I have to test again I guess. That prevented me from buying the tablet. For me web browsing experience has to be great a on new tablet.
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You have to remember to close all the open apps on those display units at best buy, sometimes almost every app is open lol. The demo unit I tried everything lagged till I closed all those running apps.
That said, my unit at home is smooth on all fronts.
I have the 10" here at home, and that's what I'm experiencing on Chrome Beta, which is what I use.
I think my Nexus 5 has spoiled me.
myculito said:
One of my few frustrations with the tablet has been a laggy feel while browsing in Chrome. So after a bit of research, try this tweak and see if it feels faster for you:
1. In a new tab, surf to chrome://flags/#max-tiles-for-interest-area
2. Change value from "default" to "512"
3. Click button on bottom that says "relaunch now"
Enjoy!
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This trick helped immensely. Thank you for posting it. Now I just need to wait for root for the 8.4 and I'll be able to get rid of some crap to speed it up even more.
Sythrix said:
This trick helped immensely. Thank you for posting it. Now I just need to wait for root for the 8.4 and I'll be able to get rid of some crap to speed it up even more.
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Which one do I change there are loads of options
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craigels said:
Which one do I change there are loads of options
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The particular item: "#max-tiles-for-interest-area" will be highlighted at the very top of the page in yellow as soon as you enter the address. It's the only thing that will be highlighted. It will say: "Maximum tiles for interest area Mac, Windows, Linux, Chrome OS, Android". Change the option below it.
Thanks it did improve the browsing speed on chrome. I was a bit worried because of the lags. The browsing was faster on my sony tab z then on tab s.. not any more .
I have tried Chrome browser (with max-tiles-for-interest-area = 512) on several 10.5" and always find it quite laggy.
I have closed all apps, etc.
The scrolling on web sites with lot of pictures like dpreview , theverge.com, etc. is definitely not smooth. An iPad air for example is lot more fluid.
I like the 10.5" but not sure to buy it until I see a good web browsing demo on it.
I have found the Next Brower to be very good
tiguanito said:
I have tried Chrome browser (with max-tiles-for-interest-area = 512) on several 10.5" and always find it quite laggy.
I have closed all apps, etc.
The scrolling on web sites with lot of pictures like dpreview , theverge.com, etc. is definitely not smooth. An iPad air for example is lot more fluid.
I like the 10.5" but not sure to buy it until I see a good web browsing demo on it.
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The verge website runs smoothly on samsung stock browser on my 8.4
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tiguanito said:
The scrolling on web sites with lot of pictures like dpreview , theverge.com, etc. is definitely not smooth. An iPad air for example is lot more fluid.
I like the 10.5" but not sure to buy it until I see a good web browsing demo on it.
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My iPad lags bad and even freezes sometimes viewing live blogs. Was about to throw it in the trash but will take advantage of Best Buy $100 trade in offer.
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Has anyone tried this yet? Been using since last night and I have to say... wow. It's what the android browser should've been. Opera 10 was smooth, but this is even better with flash support now. Runs buttery smooth (iPhone like... smoother than any other android browser) even when I'm underclocked to 800mhz =)
Yes, better than the laggy stock browser, more smooth and support flash, for me the better mobile browser with safari.
you know yes....! Opera - need to be original browser in Nexus S
I'm liking it a lot more.
Tried it and uninstalled within half an hour, word-breaking for Thai characters looks terrible. Super lag compared to Dolphin Mini & stock browser...
I dont seem to get any reactions to anything I touch on webpages:S?
Wait reboot and fix permissions sorted it...BEST BROWSER TO DATE! I use the psx scene site as a benchmark which one dolphin and stock lags like a *****! On opera its perfect..very very smooth!
To enable desktop view:
opera:config>UserPref>Custom User>Agent-Agent>Type:Opera/9.80 (Linux; en) Presto/2.7.81 Version/11.00 >Scroll down the list untill you find the save icon (quite a way down the expanded user pref list) then restart and there you go
I have to agree. Opera 11 is awesome. (click for browser shootout)
dude is fantastic! !!!!
Thanks for this! I was wondering how to get the full engadget site to show. =)
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To enable desktop view:
opera:config>UserPref>Custom User>Agent-Agent>Type:Opera/9.80 (Linux; en) Presto/2.7.81 Version/11.00 >Scroll down the list untill you find the save icon (quite a way down the expanded user pref list) then restart and there you go
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I've just tried the V11 and ... WOW :O
Absolutely perfect, lighteningly fast, no checkerboards at all, no lag, etc... The fastest browser I've ever seen.
The best mobile browser ever!!
Thanks to Opera team for this fantastic work on Android.
xmRipper said:
I've just tried the V11 and ... WOW :O
Absolutely perfect, lighteningly fast, no checkerboards at all, no lag, etc... The fastest browser I've ever seen.
The best mobile browser ever!!
Thanks to Opera team for this fantastic work on Android.
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that's true!!!! I hope Cyanogen gonna change original stock laggy browser, for beautiful and performance Opera 11.
I love this browser as well, but some of the pages don't look like they should. Like m.db.no and mobil.aftenposten.no. (these pages are in Norwegian, but you'll see what I'm talking about). Any tips? I would like the mobile version, not the desktop one.
Edit: the m.db.no seems to be working as it should now, but what I wrote still holds true for mobil.aftenposten.no.
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To enable desktop view:
opera:config>UserPref>Custom User>Agent-Agent>Type:Opera/9.80 (Linux; en) Presto/2.7.81 Version/11.00 >Scroll down the list untill you find the save icon (quite a way down the expanded user pref list) then restart and there you go
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how the hell do you get this to work?
I tried putting in opera:config that takes me to a list of stuff but got stuck there theres no userpref option halp thanks
I would love it if it didn't make a lot of websites look terrible. great speed and features but I can't stand how it renders google.com
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jaker.the.skater said:
I would love it if it didn't make a lot of websites look terrible. great speed and features but I can't stand how it renders google.com
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It's the old-mobile version of Google. You have to change your user-agent to default Android browser or iPhone browser etc. to see proper mobile version of Google.
what should I put for the user agent in the opera:config to get the android user agent?
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Ya that is quite nice. I've used previous versions and none of them were quite perfect but this might just do the trick. Its quite a nice piece of kit, if I'm honest. I use Bank of America and can't use their mobile site in my area or even load their full site on the standard browser for reasons unknown to God himself but this using the spoofing lets me do just that which makes it completely worth its weight in Gold.
The lack of a user-agent preference in the settings area is a big downside. The browser's fast, but that's a setting that should be easily accessible. Going to the config page address and what-not is a pain in the ass.
im just curious as to which browser you guys run and which ones you guys think run faster on past experiences. i use chrome as my daily driver but have been curious as to what might run faster. I would just download opera and try it but im at school and cannot run .exe files. thanks!
Kevin001111 said:
im just curious as to which browser you guys run and which ones you guys think run faster on past experiences. i use chrome as my daily driver but have been curious as to what might run faster. I would just download opera and try it but im at school and cannot run .exe files. thanks!
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Firefox is the best.
Rapid.
Has Ad-Free.
Better than Chrome/Opera.
Of the two, I prefer Chrome. Opera has some nice features, but seems to get sluggish after a while (in my experience). Chrome is fast, lightweight, and has some nice extensions to customize to your liking. You should also consider the newest version of Firefox. I've been using that for a couple weeks and the speed improvement is nice.
Quinn1513 said:
Of the two, I prefer Chrome. Opera has some nice features, but seems to get sluggish after a while (in my experience). Chrome is fast, lightweight, and has some nice extensions to customize to your liking. You should also consider the newest version of Firefox. I've been using that for a couple weeks and the speed improvement is nice.
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+1 on firefox...
I'd really wanna know which browser will run well on a Pentium 4 PC with 512MB RAM. On Windows XP. So far FF is beating Chrome with a slight edge.
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firefox the best!
I stay with Chrome.
Chrome all the way! I hate Firefox. Here's Lifehackers' browser speed test btw: Clicky<--
I don't like Firefox's new update and I tested it out, not for me. I prefer Chrome, it's simple and I just like simple.
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I don't like Firefox's new update and I tested it out, not for me. I prefer Chrome, it's simple and I just like simple.
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This.
For the longest time, I was a diehard Firefox user.
Since they updated to 4, that ish is laggy as hell for me. I couldn't stand it.
So now I'm using Chrome.
Much better, in my opinion!
boothten said:
This.
For the longest time, I was a diehard Firefox user.
Since they updated to 4, that ish is laggy as hell for me. I couldn't stand it.
So now I'm using Chrome.
Much better, in my opinion!
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I thought it was only me who was having the laggy issues. Glad to see I'm not the only one. But, glad to see you're enjoying Chrome
I'm still using the old version of firefox. Haven't tried the opera browser.
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Chrome rocks but the new IE9 is also right up there...
PERSIMMONS said:
I thought it was only me who was having the laggy issues. Glad to see I'm not the only one. But, glad to see you're enjoying Chrome
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It was awful!
Loading times for pages used to be really quick. Then, when I updated, it got pretty bad at times. I'd have to restart Firefox sometimes.
I'd never had that problem, and have really fast internet, so I didn't understand what it was.
No problems whatsoever on Chrome though!
my browser
I'm using firefox 4.It's amazing
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DanWilson said:
Firefox is the best.
Rapid.
Has Ad-Free.
Better than Chrome/Opera.
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Chrome is the best. End of.
Smaller, lighter, faster, more user friendly.
Chrome and mozzila are great
flyboyovyick said:
Chrome is the best. End of.
Smaller, lighter, faster, more user friendly.
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This. Opera is too buggy for me
I am a diehard fan of Chrome. Not only do I run it on my Acer Netbook, but on my CR-48. I love how no matter what machine I use it all syncs up automagically.
Sparky WAS in the doghouse. Now, He's allowed on the deck at least.
My Nexus S is annoying me.
chrome!
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chrome is for noobs who wanna be cool by using somthing "trendy" and different ..
get outta here ya yuppies , who you tryna fool , real men use latest firefox pre alpha nightly builds
My N5 is on stock 4.4.2,
Having read that the Nexus 5 CPU throttle back when it hit it's preset temperature to prevent overheating (while charging or running intensive apps) generally doesn't affect much of the UI, most apps and gaming (still buttery smooth) but the throttling had affect Chrome so badly that it's absurb !!
When I'm charging, web pages takes ages to load on HSPA+ and never ever loads completely, the blue loading bar in Chrome will hang at about 9/10 of it's way thou page are readable but images don't load up. Pinch zoom and kinetic scrolling stutter, couple with Chrome hang for a good 2 sec before resuming itself. Web pages like the Verge, dpreview, gsmarena and xda forum can never load up completely and I'm getting incomplete texts and forget about images !!
I've initially though it's the N5's cell signal problems but atlas I downloaded Dolphin Browser, I can full load all the above mentioned web pages in about 7 - 10 sec. I think Google should really further optimize Chrome for upcoming Kit Kat updates, If they can make Chrome blazing fast on a x86-64 PC why not Android ?
I'll be sticking with Dolphin Browser for a while thou until 4.4.3, finger cross then
Anybody experience this problem too?
Weird this doesn't happen on
my nexus 5
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Weird this doesn't happen on
my nexus 5
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Maybe I should give Chrome a 'good cleaning' inside via clear cache and app datas
Or reinstall it
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I've noticed Chrome using much more battery then any other browser I've tried. Not sure exactly why I've since switched to Firefox which syncs with my desktop browser.
bblzd said:
I've noticed Chrome using much more battery then any other browser I've tried. Not sure exactly why I've since switched to Firefox which syncs with my desktop browser.
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Exactly... chewing up to about 12% of juice during my N5 9hrs usage time, forget to took a screen shot thou...
Just today I was also wondering why chrome is so slow. Slow to load and really bad scroll stutter. My GS2 with CM10.1 browser so much better. How can that be?
But lots of people reporting no problems with chrome. Would love to know what I should be doing differently.
mrbuddy said:
Just today I was also wondering why chrome is so slow. Slow to load and really bad scroll stutter. My GS2 with CM10.1 browser so much better. How can that be?
But lots of people reporting no problems with chrome. Would love to know what I should be doing differently.
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Short answer, Chrome sucks. First thing I did when I got my N5 was root it, install Titanium backup and freeze Chrome. I use Dolphin and Next for now. I do notice that in general, the browsing experience has gotten worse going from 4.3 to 4.4. Hopefully google will address this going forward.
LOL to root to freez chrome ?
just use the disable functionthat come with android
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LOL to root to freez chrome ?
just use the disable functionthat come with android
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Was a slight exaggeration, I flashed kernel trinity and rastakat before I froze Chrome
Shouldn't use dolphin. They have some serious privacy violations with all their apps. I recommend Firefox, Chrome, Opera or Naked Browser. Chrome does suck though IMO.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1319529
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After clearing cache and app datas, Chrome run like brand new again thou for less then 10 over web pages. It begin to rear it's ugly head again...
Looks like just have to wait for the next 4.4.3 again before I'm going back to Chrome... sigh.
Chrome has been my go-to browser since the galaxy nexus days, never had a problem. It's the only browser I'll use. JMO
jlevy73 said:
Short answer, Chrome sucks. First thing I did when I got my N5 was root it, install Titanium backup and freeze Chrome. I use Dolphin and Next for now. I do notice that in general, the browsing experience has gotten worse going from 4.3 to 4.4. Hopefully google will address this going forward.
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Yup Chrome performed wonderfully on my 2 yrs old Gnex with 4.3, maybe the codes are not yet fully optimised for 4.4... bummer.
1stx2 said:
Chrome has been my go-to browser since the galaxy nexus days, never had a problem. It's the only browser I'll use. JMO
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Happy for you, are you on LTE? because I've only HSPA+ and Chrome loads painfully slow...:crying:
stelv said:
Shouldn't use dolphin. They have some serious privacy violations with all their apps. I recommend Firefox, Chrome, Opera or Naked Browser. Chrome does suck though IMO.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1319529
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But dolphin has flash support
I think Dolphin's security exploit had been fixed after ver 7
check out their blog...
http://dolphin.com/webzine-does-not-store-user-data/
You really trust the people at Dolphin. Its up to you guys. I personally don't like handing over my private data to some untrustworthy company in another country. Check the privacy thread out. Dolphin Zero still has privacy issues too.
I think Firefox supports flash and you can always sideload it too.
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Just made the switch to the browser that comes with the tablet, realized that chrome on the tablet is very laggy for what ever reason. Anyone experience this?
Yes.
Chrome is laggy on this hardware, I'm using samsung-stock-browser.
Try these tips to make Chrome Browser quite a bit faster on Android...
http://digiwonk.10-speed-hacks-thatll-make-google-chrome-blazing-fast
b00mb00mchuck said:
Try these tips to make Chrome Browser quite a bit faster on Android...
http://digiwonk.10-speed-hacks-thatll-make-google-chrome-blazing-fast
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This made it faster on my computer, not faster on my tablet.
Still laggy on my tablet. Surprisingly, I'm totally fine with the stock browser. It performs way better than Chrome.
Will definitely try the above linked page to see if it helps. I use stock browser for web sites I need to keep cookies/pw's for logging into, Firefox in private mode through a VPN for everything else. Google is too darned nosy for my tastes. Remember if you log into GMail etc even through a VPN Google has your IP address so don't use Google for a search engine or they still know who you are.
Yes i use Chrome + Chrome samsung support library
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Will definitely try the above linked page to see if it helps. I use stock browser for web sites I need to keep cookies/pw's for logging into, Firefox in private mode through a VPN for everything else. Google is too darned nosy for my tastes. Remember if you log into GMail etc even through a VPN Google has your IP address so don't use Google for a search engine or they still know who you are.
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cappa662 said:
This made it faster on my computer, not faster on my tablet.
Still laggy on my tablet. Surprisingly, I'm totally fine with the stock browser. It performs way better than Chrome.
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I'm using chrome on my tablet with android 5 and I don't get any lag at all, it didnt lag when I was using touchwiz either.
ok that's very weird because i use chrome every day :v no lag at all :v but at first, it was lag like hell :v but now it's smooth like butter
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Try these tips to make Chrome Browser quite a bit faster on Android...
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wow this seems like it worked on my lg g3.
will try on my tablet when i get home
chrome in my tab s 10.5 T805 is unusable
cappa662 said:
Just made the switch to the browser that comes with the tablet, realized that chrome on the tablet is very laggy for what ever reason. Anyone experience this?
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qbic2 said:
Yes.
Chrome is laggy on this hardware, I'm using samsung-stock-browser.
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Chrome was really slow on Touchwiz.
Switched to CM12 and now its is super smooth and fast.
No more scrolling lag or stutter
adelancker said:
Chrome was really slow on Touchwiz.
Switched to CM12 and now its is super smooth and fast.
No more scrolling lag or stutter
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it's smooth like silk on my t805 with TW
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it's smooth like silk on my t805 with TW
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Really?!
Either Samsung have pushed an update since when I switched to (first CM11 and now) CM12.
Or it is due to the different processors the Tx05s have compared to the Tx00 wifi-only versions.
I heard those LTE versions somehow have more optimization or horsepower than the wifi versions...
Chrome runs pretty fast for me. There's a few hiccups here an there but not too bug a deal. If you have a low-end tablet it may not even be good at running Chrome. Try Chrome Beta and tell us if it goes any faster. I use that at love it. What do you mean by laggy? Is it sloe to respond to touches or load pages? That may be your internet connection slowng Chrome down
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Maybe try installing this: https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.chrome.deviceextras.samsung&hl=en
I'm not even really sure what it does but the reviews claim it speed things up.
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In my opinion who have good performance whit chrome have Tab s T800(snapdragon) and who have bad performance have T805 (exynos). Because is impossible that everyone have different performance whit the same tablet.
robox88 said:
In my opinion who have good performance whit chrome have Tab s T800(snapdragon) and who have bad performance have T805 (exynos). Because is impossible that everyone have different performance whit the same tablet.
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It's not impossible for different people to have different performance with the same tablet. It happens often and not only with browers. I like Chrome because it's easy to sync my bookmarks which I have hundreds with my desktop, laptop and phone. But it is laggy on my tablet so I often use Dolphin instead which runs very smoothly and supports flash.
True on that one. Chrome can run differently depending on how may apps you have, how many are open, WiFi connection, and evenbbatyery life. Chrin cab be a bit laggy at times if there's multiple apps open or your low on space.
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I do not believe. In my notes 3 Chrome runs very well always. My Tab s (T805) chrome, always turns bad, even with the tablet just formatted.
if someone is good and other is bad, there must be something underneath, or have different yardstick, or there is some version of the tablet that runs better, and others in which turns worse.
i use chrome simply because i have all my bookmarks and history from browsing on pc..
Hi all,
Is it just me or is this phone laggy/choppy while browsing, especially in the XDA website?
I'm coming from an m8 which seemed a lot smoother than touchwiz. Any tips on how to smooth this out? Thanks
I've been doing many tests actually trying to force it to lag. So, far I've been unsuccessful in the challenges.
Can you give specifics on what it's doing? Is it just when browsing the Web? Or also seen laggy when browsing around the screens? Are other apps laggy or do they seem fine?
Seems like its more with browsing, it can be very choppy at times. The apps seem fine.
Dude, either your the most critical human on the planet , or you have a bad unit. Thete is not 1 flagship in u.s. that I haven't owned, and by FAR this is the smoothest and most exes prion yer
rizzo777 said:
Seems like its more with browsing, it can be very choppy at times. The apps seem fine.
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Have you tried using different browsers? I haven't had any issues so far with browsing using the stock browser. Granted Verizon took the Samsung browser away and a lot of people seem upset by this.
Try downloading different browsers and see if there's any difference. If not I'd reset and if still no dice return it.
If there is a specific website they is laggy you may want to mention it so others can check.
For instance, cnn.com seems to always be a little crappy on chrome mobile for me. Including on this phone.
I don't get lag or choppiness when on the TouchWiz home. however, I noticed it gets a little choppy when I use the Google home launcher instead.
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