AOSP Browser 4.2

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Anybody less than enchanted by Chrome in its current state? Well, now that the Nexus 4 has been rooted you can install AOSP browser, which is lovely and smooth The apk was extracted from a Nexus 7 AOSP 4.2 build, but it should work on the N4 as well.

Benefits = faster benchmarks and smoother scrolling.

> Must be rooted.

> Copy the browser.apk into the system/app folder

> With a root file explorer change the file permissions of the browser.apk to -rw-rw-r (you will see this represented as 664) If you don't do this, it won't install.

> You must rename the BrowserProviderProxy.apk & BrowserProviderProxy.odex otherwise the browser will force close, just add a 1 to the name e.g. 1BrowserProviderProxy.apk1 Do not delete them, if you still want to OTA update Android. Android checks for any changes to the system/app folder before performing an OTA, so you will have to delete the browser.apk and rename the two file back to stock, when it is OTA time.


MD5 Sum: cdc18db0cad812225d8412be4e27182b


Props to ScuzUK (Post #6) for highlighting a method of syncing bookmarks between Chrome Desktop.

Bookmark Sync apk.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/show...&postcount=145

This should go in Themes and Apps, not development.

Brilliant and got that working but no bookmark sync?

Originally Posted by IAmAN00bie

This should go in Themes and Apps, not development.

+1 please move to themes and apps

Does this one have the private browsing page too where there is no history? Incognito I think it's called. The browser apk I have does not have it. Also can some one upload the browser proxy apk and odex file for me I deleted mine like an ass. And I agree chrome blows!

Originally Posted by ScuzUK

Brilliant and got that working but no bookmark sync?

Got bookmarks working thanks to: http://forum.xda-developers.com/show...&postcount=145

So I now have smooth Asop browser with flash and bookmark sync.

Thanks OP

Could anybody running AOSP browser on their Nexus 4 please perform a Sunspider test, link below, thx.

http://www.webkit.org/perf/sunspider....1/driver.html

Originally Posted by Turbotab

Could anybody running AOSP browser on their Nexus 4 please perform a Sunspider test, link below, thx.

http://www.webkit.org/perf/sunspider....1/driver.html

http://www.webkit.org/perf/sunspider...,143,128%5D%7D

Quite a bit slower than my stock Nexus 7 with the same ASOP browser 4.2, and even a blind crack-addicted donkey knows that the S4 Pro is more powerful than Tegra 3

Your result 1801 ms (Nexus 4)

My Result 1443 ms (Nexus 7)


At the end of the day, Sunspider is an outdated benchmark and page load times and HTML 5 compliance are more important, but it is strange that the same SoC minus 2 cores in Windows Phone 8 can achieve sub 1000ms scores, it seems that Qualcomm have a lot of room to optimize their Javascript libraries for Jelly Bean 4.2.

Guess I MUST root my phone now!

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