Browser

unibeam · May 29, 2012

Ahmazin said:
I've tried all the major browsers. I've had the force close and had browsers crash and actually had the device completely reboot a couple of times. I'm doing a factory reset, right now. Hopefully it will help.

Thanks for the suggestions. I love the form fact and look of this tablet. Movies play great on it and I onlive gaming client plays great on it. If I get the browsing from lagging so badly and causing crashes. It's a definite keeper.

It just restarted after the factory reset, so I'll report back after I give it a run through!

I am in the same boat as Ahmazin. I've tried Chrome, Opera, stock browser and mostly use Dolphin HD. In general, they are laggy and as I read in a review(either Verge or Engadget) that the same problem exists where it likes to stop loading around 80%. I think this is more of problem than just an occasional lemon. In the same reviews, I also read to click Wait instead of force closing and that appears to be correct so far. Though I've had each browser unexpectedly quit out to the home screen. Also, not a great experience when trying to make a Flash video go full screen. Dolphin handles it ok as long as you give it a few seconds but disappointed it does not work with the HDMI.

Everything else runs smooth. Transitions, loading apps like Pulse or Youtube. I can't really complain about anything else except the browsing experience.

ryzilla23 · May 29, 2012

KindaUndisputed said:
Didn't you lose all your data from the reset?

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yes, you lose all your data from a factory reset.

also, the newest firmware update does improve the overall stability and the browsing experience.

ualdriver · Jun 1, 2012

System reset

I did a complete system reset this morning, with the intention of giving up on Asus tablets if it didn't work. Well, I went through settings, did the reset, and it *appears* to be working much better. There is still some lag where the tablet sort of "locks up" for a couple of seconds when it is loading a complex web page or multiple tabs, but it is much better than it was before. I have yet to see that little dialog box pop up that asks you to wait or cancel, and I used to get that all the time.

I hope the posts above about our TF300 not using all the processing power available to it while browsing is untrue. I am still kind of disappointed with the browsing performance as even after the reset it isn't much faster (if at all) than the Xoom I gave up.

JamesRC · Jun 2, 2012

SO unimpressed with the browser, and it's the main use of the device for me. So damn laggy and unresponsive - Chrome and stock browser.

Nomad692000 · Jun 4, 2012

Tried Opera Mini and it was a bit laggy. Installed Opera Mobile and it runs flawlessly. I use FireFox on my Mepis PC and it runs great. I don't think FF is ready for the Tablet yet.

gaboury83 · Jun 4, 2012

I just downloaded overskreen browser. Costs a $1.99 but so far the smoothest browsing experience by far. I'm nit sure if its simply Google chrome but it flies. Love the overskreen windows as well.

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react9 · Jun 5, 2012

gaboury83 said:
I just downloaded overskreen browser. Costs a $1.99 but so far the smoothest browsing experience by far. I'm nit sure if its simply Google chrome but it flies. Love the overskreen windows as well.

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I just tried overskreen and it seems the smoothest one so far! Its too bad chrome isn't smoother, but I guess this will do for now.

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Jarm3r · Jun 5, 2012

I'm having the same horrible browser performance, on both stock and chrome. To the point of me considering returning the damn thing. What good is a tablet that can't browse the web? If I go to any site that's not as basic as possible, the entire browser locks up, is unresponsive for about 10 seconds, then does the "not responding" error message. Other times it just quits by itself for no reason.

Going to give Opera a try I suppose.

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react9 · Jun 5, 2012

Jarm3r said:
I'm having the same horrible browser performance, on both stock and chrome. To the point of me considering returning the damn thing. What good is a tablet that can't browse the web? If I go to any site that's not as basic as possible, the entire browser locks up, is unresponsive for about 10 seconds, then does the "not responding" error message. Other times it just quits by itself for no reason.

Going to give Opera a try I suppose.

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I am curious, I haven't really noticed a big slow down when browsing. Its no ipad2 smooth, but it is still usable. Can you give me a site that is "heavy" to try out?

What I have noticed is, when you try to load a site I see the bar loading and gets close 80% or so, it stalls for a few seconds and then page becomes active. If you try to do things at this stage, thats when I noticed the FC/WAIT screen. And usually I just hit "wait" and it comes back within a second working normally.

I bet it is caching or writing something to the disk at this point and thats causing the general slow down.. (probably) since writing to disk seems to be not the greatest on this tablet in general.

Nekromantik · Jun 5, 2012

I seem to get random freezes when not on the web even.
Mostly when web browsing though.
The tablet seems to not respond for 5 to 10 seconds to any touch.
I had it on stock ROM and now on CM9.

Jarm3r · Jun 5, 2012

Okay, here is a good example.

Using stock browser, go to http://www.ign.com/events/e3 --- I was trying to check on some e3 news earlier today and just flat out gave up.

On my tablet, it takes the input for the address, sits at a white screen for about 3 seconds with no progress, starts to load the page, like I see the basics of the page elements, and then it locks up for about 10 seconds and if I try to do anything, it does the "not responding, either wait or force close" error. On this page in particular, it did that error twice. Once while loading, then again once it had loaded and I tried to navigate down the page.

Now I know that this particular site is very heavy, IGN is notorious for that, but it's a good example of a problem. Basically the tablet is useless to go to that site with the stock browser. With a quad core processor that should NOT be the case. My dual core galaxy nexus has no problems whatsoever loading and navigating that site with the stock ICS browser.

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jgaf · Jun 6, 2012

I don't understand why people keep using the stock browser, bottom line it sucks. Get another one, Dolphin, Opera, ICS+. I just loaded the IGN page in 10 seconds on a 3mb connection while watching netflix on my PS3 with no holdups with ICS+ and yes it is on desktop mode. Oh yeah and I'm underclocked at 880mhz, this is a software problem not a hardware one.

linye · Jun 6, 2012

Stock browser performs fine here. It loaded that ign website fine. Slow due to connection but fine.

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leroybrute · Jun 6, 2012

I just loaded the ign page in 4 seconds on mine. I am tethered to my resound at about 26mb down.

UndisputedGuy · Jun 6, 2012

jgaf said:
I don't understand why people keep using the stock browser, bottom line it sucks. Get another one, Dolphin, Opera, ICS+. I just loaded the IGN page in 10 seconds on a 3mb connection while watching netflix on my PS3 with no holdups with ICS+ and yes it is on desktop mode. Oh yeah and I'm underclocked at 880mhz, this is a software problem not a hardware one.

Stock browser aint that bad but it does get them force close messages quite often. I find ign is one of the worst sites and slowest. It loads fast on desktops which is unfortunate as i would like that speed on a tablet. It lags as well sometimes. The desktop version of eurogamer has similar problems. Disabling javascript helps with the sites though.

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nullzorz · Jun 6, 2012

Chrome is still very beta, nowhere near ready for android. Even having it installed (with or without using it), will slow down your tablet.

I've been using Dolphin HD, which still has issues, but seems stable enough for daily use.

From my reading, it seems Opera may be the most stable on android. I'm going to try it for a week.

capt730 · Jun 6, 2012

I have been using Opera. Internet is Fios at home, Comcast at work and LG Revo 4g if I need it out and about. Not experiencing any lag. Stock browser is ok, but not as snappy as Opera.

I am unlocked, stock rooted w/ CWM. No other tweaks.

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Mark923 · Jun 6, 2012

Chrome bookmarks

I too am disappointed in how stupidly slow browsing is. I had the stock browser and just installed Chrome so now I have it on all my devices which is brilliant.

But, I'm not seeing the row of my bookmark tabs. Where can I have that synced/imported?

UndisputedGuy · Jun 7, 2012

Which opera?

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Jarm3r · Jun 7, 2012

Opera mobile.

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