Don't know if this has been covered or not here but I figured I'd post if it hasn't and for users who are not aware of this. If it has then someone let me know and I'll ask for the thread to be removed.
Now I use the default browser alot because "Imo" its a nice and fast browser and suits my needs. But I was frustrated when I went into settings and unchecked mobile view in the default web browsers settings and yet some web pages still came up as the mobile version. So after some google searching I stumble upon a nice little tip. I'm sure more advanced users/members might already know this but it was new to me. Henceforth.
To make the default web browser show desktop mode for all websites try this.
Open up the web browser. Then in the address bar type
about:debug and press the "go" key on your keyboard.
Then hit menu and choose the setting option for the browser.
Then scroll down and you wil see a new list of settings. Then choose the one that says "UA String" tap on that and choose desktop. Then back out of your settings menu and go back to the address bar and type
about:debug
Then hit the search key/arrow next to the address bar and it will return the browser back to its normal state.
However the setting will not stick if you reboot or close the browser via app manger. ""I think as long as you keep the browser running it should stick"" However the settings do remain they just have to be activated again. So say you reboot or close the web browser. When reopen it just type
about:debug and hit the go key.
Then immediately after that just type
about:debug and hit the search key/arrow
to reactivate them again.
It might seem like alot but it actually can be done in just a few seconds and its worth it to me. And I'm sure there are alot of browsers on the android market that can make it alot easier but I perfer the stock browser. And it very well could be different methods of achieving this but this but, I don't have the knowledge and this way seems to work. Also if you check the "smooth rotate" option it give the browser a nice little animation when going from landscape to portrait or vice versa. Also it makes switching views a bit faster. I'm still searching google for what the rest of the options are for and what's the risks and benefits of them because I don't know. So I advise not to altar anything your not familiar with. But if you do happen to know what the other options are for and if they could speed up the browser please post the info. As I wrote above this if this has been covered elsewhere post it and I will ask a mod to remove this thread asap. Well hope some members with the evo3d will find this helpful or fun.
Updated 05/06/12
I've also noticed this.
When I enable WiFi power lock it give you better download speeds.
Also if your like me and download a lot of files via stock browser after a while I noticed that my downloads will be a tad slower than say three weeks ago even after I cleaned cache via app and via recovery. What I've noticed is that the stock browser keeps a record of all your downloads. If you tap menu then select
downloads you will see what I mean. Now these are linked to your sd card's download folder. So what I did was create a download2 folder on my sd used root explorer to move all of my files from my download folder to my download2 folder. Then I reopened the stock browse and went to downloads and checked all of my downloads
"It was quite a few" and deleted them. After that I rebooted and the stock browser was back to downloading at the usual speeds. Not saying that this effected the download speeds to much but I want every bit of performance out of my phone Lol. If you try this don't forget to move what ever files you have in your download folder on your sd to a seperate folder because if you don't and you delete them from the browser you will erase them from your sd as well. Hope members can find this useful.
just tried it...didnt work for me. once i input about:debug, I got "about:%debug". what am i missing?
Interesting. I couldn't get any advanced settings. In fact, couldn't get stock browser into the debug mode. Went into settings to clear cookie data, cache, history and form data to get into debug mode. It still won't go into debug. But now I get all websites in desktop mode!
That's my story and I am sticking to it. Leaving it alone.
jinwu57 said:
just tried it...didnt work for me. once i input about:debug, I got "about:%debug". what am i missing?
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When you entered about:debug the first time did you hit the go key/enter key on your keyboard???
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liverstealerJobs said:
Interesting. I couldn't get any advanced settings. In fact, couldn't get stock browser into the debug mode. Went into settings to clear cookie data, cache, history and form data to get into debug mode. It still won't go into debug. But now I get all websites in desktop mode!
That's my story and I am sticking to it. Leaving it alone.
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When you first type about:debug hit the go key/enter key on your keyboard. Then hit the menu button and open up the browsers settings. Then scroll all the way down. You should see extra options.
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laie1472 said:
When you first type about:debug hit the go key/enter key on your keyboard. Then hit the menu button and open up the browsers settings. Then scroll all the way down. You should see extra options.
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Yes, I see that now. But, I was able to enable always desktop by just clearing cookie data, cache, history and form data. And of course deselecting enable mobile view. I suspect the form data may be the key.
Now espn, profootballtalk, engadget, gizmodo all show in desktop mode on my phone. YMMV.
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Yes, I see that now. But, I was able to enable always desktop by just clearing cookie data, cache, history and form data. And of course deselecting enable mobile view. I suspect the form data may be the key.
Now espn, profootballtalk, engadget, gizmodo all show in desktop mode on my phone. YMMV.
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You suspect the form data may be the key "puzzled" how so?? And nevertheless glad its working for you.
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You suspect the form data may be the key "puzzled" how so?? And nevertheless glad its working for you.
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Just guessing Don't see how the others would affect it. Still testing.
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Just guessing Don't see how the others would affect it. Still testing.
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Oh ok cool. A did you check out the smooth rotation option?? Also single column view screws up how the website looks so I left that one unchecked. Also to the way you mentioned in your earlier post that way worked for me as well. But an example of how only some websites still appear mobile was when I was using the mobile app engadget and one of the articles had a link and when I clicked on that link the site appeared as mibile. When I checked my settings they were all the same as you mentioned above. That's why I started my srarch. Also it happened with the news app I use wtmj4.
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Finally...got it. Thanks!
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jinwu57 said:
Finally...got it. Thanks!
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No prob. Glad you got it working for you.
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Oh ok cool. A did you check out the smooth rotation option?? Also single column view screws up how the website looks so I left that one unchecked. Also to the way you mentioned in your earlier post that way worked for me as well. But an example of how only some websites still appear mobile was when I was using the mobile app engadget and one of the articles had a link and when I clicked on that link the site appeared as mibile. When I checked my settings they were all the same as you mentioned above. That's why I started my srarch. Also it happened with the news app I use wtmj4.
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Yes, my method is hit or miss. Right now mostly miss. Trying your method for awhile.
Smooth rotate is pretty cool. Thanks
liverstealerJobs said:
Yes, my method is hit or miss. Right now mostly miss. Trying your method for awhile.
Smooth rotate is pretty cool. Thanks
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Thanks but its not my method. Just info I found searching. And yea I'm really liking the rotate effect lol. Also I checked wifi power lock and it seems to hold my wifi signal a little better. When I to the basement of my home wifi usually drops to 2 or 3 bars being the router is on the 3rd floor. With that checked I have 3 bars solid. Still testing the other settings.
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I also set my "Set connection count" to 20 and noticed a speed improvement on how sites load.
Other settings I changed:
Flash version - changed this to Flash 10 from Mixed
Enabled save Picture - turned this on
Enable GEP zoom - turned this on
UAString - set to Desktop
Thanks for the tip!
OP, what sites show up mobile? Engadget, Gizmodo, Espn already display in desktop mode..
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rockky said:
OP, what sites show up mobile? Engadget, Gizmodo, Espn already display in desktop mode..
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All show up desktop now.
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akiradavis said:
I also set my "Set connection count" to 20 and noticed a speed improvement on how sites load.
Other settings I changed:
Flash version - changed this to Flash 10 from Mixed
Enabled save Picture - turned this on
Enable GEP zoom - turned this on
UAString - set to Desktop
Thanks for the tip!
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I set mine to set connection count to 0 and got the same. Gonna try 20 now and see how it runs. Also do you notice a difference with the GEP turned on??? And no prob. Glad you could use the info.
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I notice zoom feels a bit smoother, but nothing to great. pages with embedded flash feel a bit more responsive while zoned in but the phone is so fast I don't know if it truly made a difference.
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I'm currently using Opera and I really like it however I notice that when I'm on certain websites it still treats everything like its a mobile browser. (yes I realize it is). Like Facebook for example, it doesn't bring up that chat functions at all. Is there a browser that has true full blown browsing ability as if your on a regular comp?
In Opera you can change user agent and then all web pages are loaded like on desktop!
In Dolphin HD, they even have a widget to switch back and forth between mobile and desktop user-agents at the touch of a single button, so you can go with whichever works better on the nook for a particular page. Mostly, I keep it set to desktop, but occasionally a site looks better as android.
found that TUT : http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=12285171&postcount=1
Personally, I prefer Miren. Opera is awesome, but its UA is typically passed as IE and Opera doesn't render all IE fixes the same as IE. Miren can be set to view as desktop and it still uses the webkit engine for rendering.
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GMKcz said:
In Opera you can change user agent and then all web pages are loaded like on desktop!
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Can you explain? I don't see that anywhere in the settings.
I like maxthon
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GMKcz said:
In Opera you can change user agent and then all web pages are loaded like on desktop!
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I've been using Opera since I was rooted stock 1.1. Recently I flashed Phiremod 6.2 and changed the user agent in Opera to desktop browser mode. OMG, this is the tablet I've always dreamed of.
Here's how:
forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1009443
is it possible to set the agent permanently?
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nolook said:
is it possible to set the agent permanently?
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Not sure what you mean. The setting stick for me.
In Opera, how do you keep the page from moving around? Is there a way to make the columns snap into place after you zoom in. thxs
boxcar8028 said:
In Opera, how do you keep the page from moving around? Is there a way to make the columns snap into place after you zoom in. thxs
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Unfortunately, no. Not with this version. Not that anyone's been able to find, anyway. One of my peeves with Opera. It's just too damn good to give up, though.
If U dont want to change hidden settings for Opera, why dont U just use Dolphin which has this as a standard option?
KDOG2020 said:
Can you explain? I don't see that anywhere in the settings.
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to modify user agent.
1. download opera mobile from market (not mini)
2. open it and in the url bar type--> opera:config
3. scroll down to the second to last option 'User Prefs'
4. expand it and look for 'Custom User-Agent', it will be empty.
5. enter --> Opera/9.80 (Linux; en) Presto/2.7.81 Version/11.00
6. scroll down way to the bottom and hit save, close, and re-open.
7. go to cnn (full site) and compare scrolling with stock vs. opera mobile. much better.
dexx0008 said:
to modify user agent.
5. enter --> Opera/9.80 (Linux; en) Presto/2.7.81 Version/11.00
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You enter that exactly? along with the symbols and slashes?
That's what I did and I get desktop versions, just making sure I did it right.
I Am Marino said:
You enter that exactly? along with the symbols and slashes?
That's what I did and I get desktop versions, just making sure I did it right.
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That's what I did, complete with spaces and everything. Desktop web pages seem to be working fine for me.
I Am Marino said:
You enter that exactly? along with the symbols and slashes?
That's what I did and I get desktop versions, just making sure I did it right.
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Yep, enter that exactly everything after -->
i was going to put it in quotes, but then people add the quotes.
you can test cnn.com for a test. that would normally default to mobile site. once you save pref. and restart opera, you'll be good.
dexx0008 said:
Yep, enter that exactly everything after -->
i was going to put it in quotes, but then people add the quotes.
you can test cnn.com for a test. that would normally default to mobile site. once you save pref. and restart opera, you'll be good.
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Yea I did that. It loaded full CNN, it thought I was from outside the US but oh well.
I Am Marino said:
Yea I did that. It loaded full CNN, it thought I was from outside the US but oh well.
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interesting, i didn't really pay attention to where it thought i was from.
dexx0008 said:
interesting, i didn't really pay attention to where it thought i was from.
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Anytime I've ever used Opera anything, I've had the issue, I'm just thinking because Opera is based in Europe.
Hey guys just wanted to share this with everyone in case no one knew this. You can change the default setting on your browser so it doesn't show the mobile sites all the time. To do this type in the browser address bar about: debug then press go. Nothing will happen but then go to settings and scroll all the way down til u see UAString. Click that and you will see ALL the options it gives you, like iphone, desktop, ipad, android ect. Hope this helps!!
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aaron130 said:
Hey guys just wanted to share this with everyone in case no one knew this. You can change the default setting on your browser so it doesn't show the mobile sites all the time. To do this type in the browser address bar about: debug then press go. Nothing will happen but then go to settings and scroll all the way down til u see UAString. Click that and you will see ALL the options it gives you, like iphone, desktop, ipad, android ect. Hope this helps!!
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Didn't work for me. I've done this for my tablet and that worked fine. Just to confirm, I should type "about: debug", correct?
Yes u it NO SPACE them click go. Dont get out of the browser and click settings and scroll allllll the way to the bottom
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ahh, getting rid of the space worked. Thanks.
No problem!
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thanks so much aaron you rock!!!
No problem man!!
Confirming that it works in Maxtron browser as well.
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This works, thanks for the post. One thing I notice is that if you reboot your phone, or if you end the Browser task, you need to re-do about:debug for it to load the custom UA again.
brianez21 said:
This works, thanks for the post. One thing I notice is that if you reboot your phone, or if you end the Browser task, you need to re-do about:debug for it to load the custom UA again.
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yes I can confirm that after you end the browser you have to redo it.
Is there a way to make the user agent string stick so we don't have to keep changing it back after a reboot or closing the browser completely? This browser is forcing mobile sites with no way to get the full site unles the website has a link for desktop version on their page. This and the fact there's no way to go directly to my home page using menu just sucks.
I upgraded to ICS yesterday and everything seems great. The only issue I have is that I can't find out how to put the stock browser into desktop mode. I found a menu option for "request desktop
site" but it seems to need to be checked everytime you visit the site. Any ideas how to get this turned on permanently?
There may be a way to do it in debug mode but luckily someone has made a version of the stock browser with just such an option easily available!
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1439200
Had the same problem just ended up getting ics + browser from the market. Fixed my problem.
wish i had an answer...
probably why everyone uses other browsers like dolphin, or opera...
Ya its weird. The option to do it was in honeycomb but they seem to have forgotten to include it in ICS
You have to type in "about:debug" then go into settings, then into developer or something. Should be in there, under like UA String
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Jeff1192 said:
I upgraded to ICS yesterday and everything seems great. The only issue I have is that I can't find out how to put the stock browser into desktop mode. I found a menu option for "request desktop
site" but it seems to need to be checked everytime you visit the site. Any ideas how to get this turned on permanently?
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I don't seem to have this problem with bookmarked sites. Once I set the drop menu option, add to bookmarks, it will work every time.
For non bookmarked sites it seems to be iffy. Most of the time it continues to work, but sometimes not.
ICS Stock Browser desktop option has something seriously wrong. I cant get pages to load after enabling it. I have to go into system settings and clear cache to make it load pages again. Anyone else having this problem?
optimiss said:
There may be a way to do it in debug mode but luckily someone has made a version of the stock browser with just such an option easily available!
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1439200
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this helps a lot. thanks.
I am using both dolphin hd and default browser. The ics default one lacking of user agent tweak bothers me a little.
iamhcg said:
this helps a lot. thanks.
I am using both dolphin hd and default browser. The ics default one lacking of user agent tweak bothers me a little.
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The UA tweak is in the debugging menu.
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I think that this is one of the biggest problems with the stock ICS browser, and its one that has made it unusable for me. I'm moving to Dolphin HD until Google release some kind of fix for this, preferably returning to the old way of setting the user string.
Download ICS browser in the market, the stock is total embarrassment to ICS.
I've tried everything! Different browsers, settings within FB, even disabled FB app.
Any help will be appreciated..
I'm having the same issue. I use dolphin and it's set to desktop. Then in browser I open Facebook.com and go to bottom left and click desktop and it keeps reverting back to mobile version.
I use Opera Mobile. Have the options set to desktop. Facebook comes up just as it would on my laptop. Never shows the mobile version.
Opera Mobile settings...Settings>Advanced>User Agent
Dannydeez said:
I use Opera Mobile. Have the options set to desktop. Facebook comes up just as it would on my laptop. Never shows the mobile version.
Opera Mobile settings...Settings>Advanced>User Agent
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I'll check it out thanks.
djscissorhands said:
I'm having the same issue. I use dolphin and it's set to desktop. Then in browser I open Facebook.com and go to bottom left and click desktop and it keeps reverting back to mobile version.
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I use Dolphin too. UNFORTUNATELY, you'll have to toggle the desktop top switch every time the mobile version tries to load.
1. Load the Facebook page.
2. When you see m.facebook.com in the browser, immediately stop the load.
3. Toggle the desktop switch to Android mode and then right back to Desktop mode.
4. Type the letter 'F' which should pull up the desktop version of Facebook if you were ever able to access it. If not, go into the browser bar and edit out the 'm.' in the mobile Facebook web address and then load the page.
Change from mob
You have to open your browser and open the menu. Make sure that view desktop site has a check next to it.
carlos64030 said:
I use Dolphin too. UNFORTUNATELY, you'll have to toggle the desktop top switch every time the mobile version tries to load.
1. Load the Facebook page.
2. When you see m.facebook.com in the browser, immediately stop the load.
3. Toggle the desktop switch to Android mode and then right back to Desktop mode.
4. Type the letter 'F' which should pull up the desktop version of Facebook if you were ever able to access it. If not, go into the browser bar and edit out the 'm.' in the mobile Facebook web address and then load the page.
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What a pain in the a**! Glad the rest of the sites I visit doesn't do this or I'd be returning the phone.
rc51rider said:
What a pain in the a**! Glad the rest of the sites I visit doesn't do this or I'd be returning the phone.
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Try using Google Chrome. It's not as feature packed or convenient like Dolphin, but it won't give you Facebook mobile issues either.
carlos64030 said:
I use Dolphin too. UNFORTUNATELY, you'll have to toggle the desktop top switch every time the mobile version tries to load.
1. Load the Facebook page.
2. When you see m.facebook.com in the browser, immediately stop the load.
3. Toggle the desktop switch to Android mode and then right back to Desktop mode.
4. Type the letter 'F' which should pull up the desktop version of Facebook if you were ever able to access it. If not, go into the browser bar and edit out the 'm.' in the mobile Facebook web address and then load the page.
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I never had to do this with og evo. Pita
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djscissorhands said:
I never had to do this with og evo. Pita
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It has nothing to do with the phone itself. It's facebook's ungodly coding that causes the issue. It probably isn't triggering a cookie that reminds the site to load in desktop version. You can confirm this by trying to do the same on any other mobile site (try Android Police) you'll see it sticks
What will work 100% of the time is what someone mentioned above: setting your user agent (if your browser allows you to) as something like Mozilla. This tricks the website into thinking you're on desktop and never even knows you're on a mobile site.
I downloaded Opera browser as suggested above and I don't have any problems anymore.
Opera browser is pretty sweet BTW
rc51rider said:
I downloaded Opera browser as suggested above and I don't have any problems anymore.
Opera browser is pretty sweet BTW
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Told u man. Ive been using opera mobile for years. I like when you go to download something and it gives you a popup letting you select which folder you want to download to. Oh, wouldnt hurt to hit the thanks button either...:good:
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It has nothing to do with the phone itself. It's facebook's ungodly coding that causes the issue. It probably isn't triggering a cookie that reminds the site to load in desktop version. You can confirm this by trying to do the same on any other mobile site (try Android Police) you'll see it sticks
What will work 100% of the time is what someone mentioned above: setting your user agent (if your browser allows you to) as something like Mozilla. This tricks the website into thinking you're on desktop and never even knows you're on a mobile site.
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I think the issue is either with the phone or SENSE. I still have my EVO 3D and the Samsung Galaxy S2. Both of those phones are still running on Gingerbread and neither one of them have Facebook mobile issues.
Hi there! I'm having some doubts about the phone, switching between apps forces app refresh, even if I switch only for a couple of seconds. If I was filling up a form and had to check something in another app (let's say a bank app), everything I completed resets itself. If I was using a browser, leave it for a couple of seconds, come back, it refreshes the website (spending data and time). Any way to make it better? A really fast phone but this is bothering me.
Here is a video I recorded to show what I mean.
https://youtu.be/b_wrBgJrS4M
Tried limiting 4 background process as someone suggested me but it didn't change behavior.
Thanks!
McMacri said:
Hi there! I'm having some doubts about the phone, switching between apps forces app refresh, even if I switch only for a couple of seconds. If I was filling up a form and had to check something in another app (let's say a bank app), everything I completed resets itself. If I was using a browser, leave it for a couple of seconds, come back, it refreshes the website (spending data and time). Any way to make it better? A really fast phone but this is bothering me.
Here is a video I recorded to show what I mean.
https://youtu.be/b_wrBgJrS4M
Tried limiting 4 background process as someone suggested me but it didn't change behavior.
Thanks!
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I think you should add wanted application to App protection (actually you have to remove them from the list of "killable" applications, they will appear in Disabled auto cleaning part).
You will find those settings in Phone Manager > Power saving management > App protection.
If you want all applications to be kept you should disable Ultra-long standby during sleep.
Let me know if it has worked.
xavihernandez said:
I think you should add wanted application to App protection (actually you have to remove them from the list of "killable" applications, they will appear in Disabled auto cleaning part).
You will find those settings in Phone Manager > Power saving management > App protection.
If you want all applications to be kept you should disable Ultra-long standby during sleep.
Let me know if it has worked.
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Yessssss! That did it, you are a god among men!
All the browsers keep refreshing when I get back to them, do you have any tip for that? I know its something they just do, but perhaps you know
McMacri said:
Yessssss! That did it, you are a god among men!
All the browsers keep refreshing when I get back to them, do you have any tip for that? I know its something they just do, but perhaps you know
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Nothing more sorry, thought that adding borwsers to "don't kill" list would stop theses refresh. Maybe it's the way your browsers are designed. Try others to compare.
I tried a couple of browsers, opera, chrome, dolphin, they all do the same, the only that kind of works are the bubble type browsers but I don't find them stable enough. Oh well, if you think of something let me know, for now I'm grateful you could help me the way you did.
McMacri said:
I tried a couple of browsers, opera, chrome, dolphin, they all do the same, the only that kind of works are the bubble type browsers but I don't find them stable enough. Oh well, if you think of something let me know, for now I'm grateful you could help me the way you did.
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Well really weird
Btw just an update, I installed the USA .16s version and its a really nice improvement over the Chinese .14 that I had, now I can see my phone using the ram as intended, the old rom always had 1 - 1.6gb free and cleaning the memory all the time.