What's the deal with t-mobile S6 DNS name resolution...
If I'm on wifi (anyone's wifi, not just through my AC1900 Nighthawk) anything that requires some sort of name resolution is slow as hell? For example, when browsing websites (and is especially prominent using the Samsung browser, but not as much with others), there are 2-15 second delays before a website that has not been loaded before will come up. Another example is any game that connects frequently to a server (like google play or game data servers) somewhere like Summoners War or Star Wars Uprising (the only two games I generally play). They games will sit and do nothing on a black screen or spinning icons forever and adds 30+ seconds on simple stuff like starting the game. It only does it on WIFI. The phone is completely stock on latest lollipop, however it has done it for all prior releases too.
How do I know it's a DNS issue? Because if I use DNSSet (On Google Play Store). Everything, including games, suddenly works as it should with no delays.. Yes it fixes the problem I'm having, but I SHOULDN'T have to!! I've reset to factory, 3 times now and re-installed every app in testing, and it's always there. it pisses me off to no end as it won't go away!
Does anyone else have the latency with WIFI DNS name resolution? Can someone else try this? Using the Samsung browser (because it's the worst offender), go into the app manager and clear the browser cache. Now on "WIFI" manually enter some site and time how long before it opens it (On mine the sites take an extra 4-10 secs to load). Turn off the WIFI, do the same cache clear on 4G LTE and it's much faster to load web pages. As I mentioned, WIFI DNS name resolution seems to affect all web-related browsing, but shows less impact with other web browsers. Now if I load DNSset that I mentioned above, the name-resolution latencies are all gone.. but I don't want to have to use DNSSet as it messes up my work corporate WIFI connections.
After 4+ months with this phone, I am so tired of stupid little issues...
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Anyone experience 2-3 seconds of freezing/hanging when coming out of an article back to the headline list? This makes RSS Hub so frustrating to use, which is a shame because it is otherwise perfect. I do a lot of offline reading when on the London Underground...
When you say you can use it offline does it download the full articles for offline viewing or just the summaries? I just tried but it loads opera and seems to need a connection. I didn't have any problems with it freezing though.
v64 said:
When you say you can use it offline does it download the full articles for offline viewing or just the summaries? I just tried but it loads opera and seems to need a connection. I didn't have any problems with it freezing though.
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Yes it fetches news every hour and I read offline while on the underground (no phone reception).
I have well over 60 channels split into different catagories. This was a problem with newsbreak (stand alone version, same software) for me on the Original HTC Touch, but back then I put it down to my slow touch - now the same issue affects my touch diamond. Its clearly a bug - but makes the software very frustrating to use.
I have accidentaly DELETED RSS hub
I have deleted this program and looked for it in those CDs but could not find it.
Any idea where I can find a download for this application?
Thanks
search around the forums i have seen the .cab
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Anyone experience 2-3 seconds of freezing/hanging when coming out of an article back to the headline list? This makes RSS Hub so frustrating to use, which is a shame because it is otherwise perfect. I do a lot of offline reading when on the London Underground...
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Yes, it's still a problem and you are right. That's the exact issue. You read an article, then go back to the feed list and it pauses. Mine just jumped to 30+ seconds. I can actually kill the task and restart the app faster with wktask than waiting for it (which is nuts).
feature wise, It's the best simple rss reader so far I can find (let's you email yourself the links, so you can look on PC), and I would totally keep it if it weren't for the crazy pauses. The problem is I think the app is dead in development and I haven't found another app with the same ease of use to see what is new, update on demand (not auto) and email the article links.
Nuts.
I think the pauses only happen while you have a live connection on a feed that has a logo. It can get stuck a few seconds retrieving the logo. I don't have any delay when I read RSS offline, and when I'm online it may freeze for a couple of seconds on feeds where there is a logo (like Space.com).
I've been using NewsBreak for a while and now RSS Feed on my Diamond and HD, it's the same software built into the ROM. So far both behave the same, it doesn't matter which you use. So I use the one on ROM and save some storage.
Anyone else interested in this browser? It looks like it will kick ass and who knows they might make a mobile app for it...outside of Android.
Reading your post using it now.
I will give it a go, but I do like Firefox.
opera been ok for me 7 years now on pc
and a few on pda
I've been using it for about 30mins now, it has some quirks but overall speed is the fastest I have seen in a long time.
Check out the cartoon about it:
http://www.google.com/googlebooks/chrome/
Just installed it on my HTC Shift, and it seems pretty good so far.
Regards,
Dave
Yea it is really fast. I like it.
Maybe in the future could be a good option, but now in Beta... I´ll stick to Opera.
There is no options to personalize, change color, etc, speed is good but not as good as they anounce
Don´t let go with Ads mates! Google want´s all the "Internet World", at least they have to pay us for that!!
Cheers,
it is fast though..but cant replace my Opera..no support for Emails so useless..but it has some fetures which makes it a lil nices
I've tried on my Acer One, and it works very fast, both to launch, and to open web pages. It is very low memory consuming, so i think it will be my preferred browser.
My problem with Opera is it's unstable nature with certain sites, especially older forums. Sometimes it can be a major PITA.
I downloaded it last night, it seems much faster than Firefox. I didn't know there were so many ads on some of the forums I visit I'll stick with Firefox so I don't see the ads.
** This morning I noticed that GoogleUpdate tried to access the internet about 12 times last night. This was with Chrome closed!! I don't give any programs access to the internet for updates.
I have found a problem with Chrome and vBulletin boards like XDA.
It is incorrectly turning DST ON in Eastern Australia making all times out by an hour.
In
User Control Panel
Setting DST Correction option to [Always Off] works around the problem for now. Something amiss in the Chrome javascript engine perhaps?
Without making this change whenever I switch between IE or Chrome with a vBulletin board I get an auto DST update message. IE time is correct. Chrome is wrong.
Anyone else wee this?
You might want to check the EULA a little closer there. It is definitely a boilerplate with some wide ranging implications of they enforced it. It also has a number of bugs, such as a carpet bombing vulnerability right off the get go. Nice idea and if they were to put a decent EULA on it, I might use it.... In the mean time, I'll stick with SeaMonkey or Opera.
-Will
IM USING IT RIGHT NOW!!!
It PWNS!!!
The EULA agreement has already been debunked just check section 9.4....here is how another user explained it:
Actually this is pretty flawed. I know this was posted in MANY other places as well, and I can't write to the authors of ALL those posts, but here's where copypasta news and blog entries have their flaws.
If you read section 9.4 closely, you'll see what I mean:
9.4 Other than the limited license set forth in Section 11, Google acknowledges and agrees that it obtains no right, title or interest from you (or your licensors) under these Terms in or to any Content that you submit, post, transmit or display on, or through, the Services, including any intellectual property rights which subsist in that Content
That "limited license" it refers to is what has exploded onto the internet as a violation of rights, privacy, etc. Again, if you actually read section 11, you'll see that the limited license is only for the promotion of Chrome, and this only holds to things that aren't already covered under other rights, such as copyright or intellectual property. Basically, this boils down to: Google can use anything that is online to promote itself, if one of it's users accesses that site. Which, in all honesty, it could do anyway.
This doesn't violate anything. And if you're still scared of it, use Chromium, the active open source project without the EULA that Chrome is based on.
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As for bugs. I have noticed the DST bug, also it seems spell correction doesn't work on some boards I post on. Other then that it's the best browser I prefer.
Sledutah said:
I downloaded it last night, it seems much faster than Firefox. I didn't know there were so many ads on some of the forums I visit I'll stick with Firefox so I don't see the ads.
** This morning I noticed that GoogleUpdate tried to access the internet about 12 times last night. This was with Chrome closed!! I don't give any programs access to the internet for updates.
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I uninstalled it yesterday. After installation it was still trying to access the internet via GoogleUpdate. I went through the registry and there were tons of references to googleupdates and chrome. I deleted all of them and haven't had any more requests. Wow, don't think I'll even reinstall it in the future just for that.
Theres some kind of memory leak
Whenever i run it
My CPU usage shoots WAY UP
Its fast but dam should it be taxing my processor like that
Cool browser
I love it, been using it for about a week now LOL. But there is still a lot of work needs to be done!
Google Chrome is so much faster on many websites, especially on XDA-developers.com, where it is seconds faster when switching between pages in the forum.
And by using privoxy on newspapers, etc., you can get rid of those annoying ads with ease.
Hey everyone-- not totally sure where else I should post this, as it's sort of an odd problem/question
I'm on T-Mobile USA's 3G with my N1. I've noticed that I'm completely unable to access any webpages for KCRW.com. Any and all pages within that domain simply timeout when I try to load them.
I've tried this in both the stock Browser app, as well as in Dolphin HD (my default browser). In Dolphin HD, I've tried to reconfigure my User Agent settings and none of them alleviate the issue. Oddly enough, when I connect to Wifi, all KCRW.com pages load up just fine.
I downloaded the Public Radio Live Stream app in the Market which streams KCRW's online broadcast audio to me just fine. I don't know if that has anything to do with my inability to get to the webpage, but I just thought that I would mention it.
Has anyone come across this issue before? I've peeked in the official T-Mobile forums, and they look godawful. I'm much more confident in XDA's ability to shed some light on the problem for me :]
EDIT: Ahh crap. I forgot to mention that although I haven't personally noticed any similar issues with other websites, I have the feeling this is something that may be more systemic with certain types of webpages or something. Thanks
Hey guys,
I have the new nexus 7 WiFi, and I just got 4.2.2. I love it, but I am having some crazy drain by chrome.
This was in idle on my campus, in WiFi range.
Any ideas?
Trev
Strange!
Chrome just released an update today.
Sent from my Nexus 7 using xda premium
Could be a tab you have open, having an issue, or perhaps (as the person above me said) it has something to do with the update.
Regardless, and this is just my opinion, Chrome is still a long ways away from being the browser of choice on most devices. Though I still stick with it, hoping that one day it'll be as perfect as I'd expect it to be, there are numerous better options right now, like Dolphin, Firefox, Opera (somehow) and others.
I don't think much of a conclusion can be drawn about Chrome, as the behaviors it engages in depends entirely on the web pages which you have open in its' tabs.
Page refreshes, long-running JavaScript, ad banner rotations, etc etc etc.
If you said your battery was being drained by Chrome with only a single blank tab open, that would be a little different.
I am really hating the Pie update. Has really made my phone less functional and convenient for my daily use.
Issue 1:
While playing YouTube or other videos off of websites from the Samsung internet browser, they keep randomly pausing after 5 or 10 seconds....
Any suggestions as to why or a fix? Beyond frustrating.
Issue 2:
Also, the defualt video player through the internet browser is severally lacking...
On Oreo with my S9+ and even on the Note 9 before the update it worked much better in many ways.
When I played a video from a website using the stock samsung internet browser it had these important funtions.
1. Had a fast foward and rewind button.
2. Had an option to minimize the video so you could multi task and adjust the video to any size or position on your screen so you could play any video while working on or using another app.
3. It had an option to allow you to stretch the video to the FULL size of the screen without any noticable distortion. That way you can use the full screen you paid big money for. Its ridiculous to think that my S9+ essentially allows me to watch videos on a larger screen vs the Note 9 because of this.
Is there a way to change the default video player that the Samsung web browser uses???? That way I can truly have full screen or be able to play the videos in the background while I use other apps.
Thanks.
gn4life84 said:
I am really hating the Pie update. Has really made my phone less functional and convenient for my daily use.
Issue 1:
While playing YouTube or other videos off of websites from the Samsung internet browser, they keep randomly pausing after 5 or 10 seconds....
Any suggestions as to why or a fix? Beyond frustrating.
Issue 2:
Also, the defualt video player through the internet browser is severally lacking...
On Oreo with my S9+ and even on the Note 9 before the update it worked much better in many ways.
When I played a video from a website using the stock samsung internet browser it had these important funtions.
1. Had a fast foward and rewind button.
2. Had an option to minimize the video so you could multi task and adjust the video to any size or position on your screen so you could play any video while working on or using another app.
3. It had an option to allow you to stretch the video to the FULL size of the screen without any noticable distortion. That way you can use the full screen you paid big money for. Its ridiculous to think that my S9+ essentially allows me to watch videos on a larger screen vs the Note 9 because of this.
Is there a way to change the default video player that the Samsung web browser uses???? That way I can truly have full screen or be able to play the videos in the background while I use other apps.
Thanks.
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Issue #1 what speeds/connection are you getting, such as data 2g/3g/lte, or wifi up/down speeds. try using speedtest.net to see if it's slow, maybe your connection is slow causing browser to keep buffering.
Issue #2 I believe if you are using the stock Samsung browser the video player is built in to browser, only fix would be to remove & or upgrade/downgrade browser to see if another version will give you this functionality back, try apkmirror for newer/older version.
If you had this functionality before with the exact/same version browser you could force stop and reset cache & data to return app to like first use and default settings. Otherwise the only thing I can suggest is to either use another browser such as chrome, or use separate video app & download the video first then watch in new separate video player app. This would probably be a hastle though.
Hope something I suggested my help or trigger an idea for you. More info would help like when you noticed it started (after upgrade) or when you change locations, or are you on WiFi or data or does it happen on both, the (constantly buffering/loading issue)? Also is it constantly this way all of the time on all websites & anything else that you may know that may have changed around that time. My browser supports everything that yours is missing, depending on the website tho. I'm on Snapdragon Galaxy Note 9 SM-N960W Canadian Variant Running First Pie v9.0 OTA Update.
One last thing, try turning on airplane mode, wait ten seconds, then turn it off & retry. This will cause phone to reconnect with WiFi & closest/fastest cell tower. You could also reset all connection settings. To do so just do this....
Tap on settings>tap on general management>tap on reset>finally tap on reset network settings. Good luck fixing friend.
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Issue #1 what speeds/connection are you getting, such as data 2g/3g/lte, or wifi up/down speeds. try using speedtest.net to see if it's slow, maybe your connection is slow causing browser to keep buffering.
Issue #2 I believe if you are using the stock Samsung browser the video player is built in to browser, only fix would be to remove & or upgrade/downgrade browser to see if another version will give you this functionality back, try apkmirror for newer/older version.
If you had this functionality before with the exact/same version browser you could force stop and reset cache & data to return app to like first use and default settings. Otherwise the only thing I can suggest is to either use another browser such as chrome, or use separate video app & download the video first then watch in new separate video player app. This would probably be a hastle though.
Hope something I suggested my help or trigger an idea for you. More info would help like when you noticed it started (after upgrade) or when you change locations, or are you on WiFi or data or does it happen on both, the (constantly buffering/loading issue)? Also is it constantly this way all of the time on all websites & anything else that you may know that may have changed around that time. My browser supports everything that yours is missing, depending on the website tho. I'm on Snapdragon Galaxy Note 9 SM-N960W Canadian Variant Running First Pie v9.0 OTA Update.
One last thing, try turning on airplane mode, wait ten seconds, then turn it off & retry. This will cause phone to reconnect with WiFi & closest/fastest cell tower. You could also reset all connection settings. To do so just do this....
Tap on settings>tap on general management>tap on reset>finally tap on reset network settings. Good luck fixing friend.
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Thanks for the reply.
All of this started happening with the Pie update.
This Note 9 worked just fine with the Oreo OS it came with out of the box.
It happens on 4gLTE and both Wifi with strong signal. Its litterally like the pause button is being pressed. I have to hit play to get it to play again. So I dont think its buffering.
So my phone is stock. Its leased so I dont have it rooted.
Can you walk me through getting the Oreo version on the Samsung Internet Browser???? Or how to reset the app to how it was out the box????
This sounds like the best solution. Thanks so much. This may be the most helpful. Having the older browser should fix a lot of these issues.
gn4life84 said:
Thanks for the reply.
All of this started happening with the Pie update.
This Note 9 worked just fine with the Oreo OS it came with out of the box.
It happens on 4gLTE and both Wifi with strong signal. Its litterally like the pause button is being pressed. I have to hit play to get it to play again. So I dont think its buffering.
So my phone is stock. Its leased so I dont have it rooted.
Can you walk me through getting the Oreo version on the Samsung Internet Browser???? Or how to reset the app to how it was out the box????
This sounds like the best solution. Thanks so much. This may be the most helpful. Having the older browser should fix a lot of these issues.
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If you want to reset the app to all stock/factory settings you click on...
Go into Settings> tap on apps>scroll down and tap on Samsung internet>tap on storage>then you hit both "clear cache" and also "clear data" and once you have done this your browser when launched will be set back to all the stock/new settings as if it hasn't been used before. If this doesn't work you can get a newer or older version of "Samsung internet" and try that. Find it on the apkmirror website at...
https://www.apkmirror.com/?post_type=app_release&searchtype=apk&s=Samsung+internet
Feel free to ask questions about anything else you may need help with along the way or with the process.
Cheers
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If you want to reset the app to all stock/factory settings you click on...
Go into Settings> tap on apps>scroll down and tap on Samsung internet>tap on storage>then you hit both "clear cache" and also "clear data" and once you have done this your browser when launched will be set back to all the stock/new settings as if it hasn't been used before. If this doesn't work you can get a newer or older version of "Samsung internet" and try that. Find it on the apkmirror website at...
https://www.apkmirror.com/?post_type=app_release&searchtype=apk&s=Samsung+internet
Feel free to ask questions about anything else you may need help with along the way or with the process.
Cheers
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Ok I
-Forced Stopped Samsung Internet Browser
-Cleared Data
-Cleared Cache
Did not work. Still randomly pauses online vid through the browser. So no full screen mode. Still no minimize background mode. Still the same. Not working like it did out of the box when it was on Oreo.
Ok so I downloaded this APK file....looks to be the last version of the app for Oreo.
https://www.apkmirror.com/apk/samsu...owser-8-2-01-2-android-apk-download/download/
It downloaded but when i click Install after giving it permission to download from unknown sources it says
"App not installed" and doesn't give a reason....
Thanks for the help.
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Ok I
-Forced Stopped Samsung Internet Browser
-Cleared Data
-Cleared Cache
Did not work. Still randomly pauses online vid through the browser. So no full screen mode. Still no minimize background mode. Still the same. Not working like it did out of the box when it was on Oreo.
Ok so I downloaded this APK file....looks to be the last version of the app for Oreo.
https://www.apkmirror.com/apk/samsu...owser-8-2-01-2-android-apk-download/download/
It downloaded but when i click Install after giving it permission to download from unknown sources it says
"App not installed" and doesn't give a reason....
Thanks for the help.
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Sorry for not responding quicker, but life has been busy lately. Now that I think about it the Samsung internet browser is part of the operating system and cannot be uninstalled. I would suggest clearing cache and then clearing data and upgrade with the apk at the link I provided you at the end of this post. I have a link I will provide at the end which is the latest version of the browser, if you have enabled allow downloads from alternate sources or whatever it asks, I don't see why it wouldn't install for you if the version you downloaded is newer than the one that is currently on your phone. The only other thing that I could think of would be sometimes on my phone I run into the exact same issue and even though I have enabled downloads through alternate sources sometimes I have to go into my file browser and install from there which almost always fixes the failed install issue. Anyway here is a link to the latest Samsung internet browser and if you read description it is meant for anything from lollipop up to Pie. It is the newest version I could find and I believe it was released on the 21st of this month. I got it from APK mirror which usually has the most up-to-date versions but if you are trying to install a version that is older then the one that is on your phone already the installation will fail every time. Hope you can get it working and message me if you have any progress or any questions.
https://www.apkmirror.com/apk/samsu...ernet-browser-9-0-01-80-android-apk-download/
This is v9.0.01.80, and should be one of the, if not the, most recent.
Cheers
Have you troed wiping the Cache Partition in Recovery Mode?