Chrome is horrible compared to the aosp browser

[blackhand1001]

Chrome is way slower and the drawing lags badly on scrolling compared to the aosp browser. There's one to. On here that uses the aosp browser. Its so much smoother and faster. Unfortunately autorotation does not work on that ROM. Why did Google make chrome the default?

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[redmonke255]

Surely you jest.

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[blackhand1001]

Surely you jest.

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Try a rom with the stock browser. It benchmarks higher and it never has to load more of the page when scrolling.
Its the same way on the galaxy nexus. They just let you choose in that case which to use.
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[Jayrod1980]

Don't have experience yet with my nexus 7 but chrome is horrible on the galaxy nexus. It is awful at text reflow on this phone. Hopefully it will be better on the tablet.
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[blackhand1001]

Don't have experience yet with my nexus 7 but chrome is horrible on the galaxy nexus. It is awful at text reflow on this phone. Hopefully it will be better on the tablet.
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Unfortunately its the same garbage on this tablet. It was really stupid of Google to make chrome the default and not include the aosp browser. I tried the aosp browser and its butter smooth with zero lag. Chrome on the other hand is a complete lagfest.

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[redmonke255]

On my phone I use opera mobile. Better than stock in my opinion. I just like the chrome sync.

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[NeoMagus]

Whenever they let us download the old browser from Play somebody let me know. I don't mind Chrome as a backup but I don't like it as my primary either


**Edit. If you have root give this a shot.

If you guys want to use the original browser , check out this thread. Everything seems to work on mine except synced bookmarks.

 

[barrmulio]

Whenever they let us download the old browser from Play somebody let me know. I don't mind Chrome as a backup but I don't like it as my primary either

i doubt this will ever happen...i would imagine though you can pull it from Browser.apk from /system/app from any ics rom and install it

 

[NeoMagus]

i doubt this will ever happen...i would imagine though you can pull it from Browser.apk from /system/app from any ics rom and install it

Google said we could download it from Play already they just havent put it up somebody else can look up a source for you cause I dont feel like it right now

 

[got556]

Yes...Chrome definitely blows for Android. Sad really. Chrome to phone and all the syncing options are really nice, but the browser itself is just awful. Hoping Google really gives this some love soon b/c as others have said, the stock regular browser that has been on Android forever is so much nicer.

 

[Eclair~]

Just by watching videos, I can already tell that I hate the Chrome browser. It can have a horrendous amount of lag, and it is extremely annoying having to watch reviews that show this sub-par browsing experience when I know for a fact that all of this dreadful performance could be alleviated by switching to the AOSP browser. Google quite obviously did this to promote their browser, but it does not do good for the Nexus 7 image.

 

[evonc]

Hmm have you guys fully updated your n7's? Chrome is blazing fast for me. Haven't had a single issue with it except for Swype entering spaces after every letter in the address bar sometimes.

 

[blahblahyoutoo]

on my GNex, ICS Browser+ (basically stock ICS browser with some additions) was smoother than Chrome.
it crashes now on JB though.

 

[the noan]

i doubt this will ever happen...i would imagine though you can pull it from Browser.apk from /system/app from any ics rom and install it

Negative, been trying this all day. I don't mind chrome. The syncing with the desktop, phone, and tablet is ****ing awesome. Everything else is just ehh. I don't care much for opera or dolphin so I have been searching for all day for a browser apk or browsergoogle apk that will work but to no avail

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[hajabooja]

Yeah, I haven't been able to get the BrowserGoogle.apk to work on my Nexus 7. It'll start, but closes right away.

 

[blackhand1001]

Yeah, I haven't been able to get the BrowserGoogle.apk to work on my Nexus 7. It'll start, but closes right away.

Yeah there's one rom with it but they forgot to include the blobs for the rotation sensor so it doesn't work. The aosp browser works great though.

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[Artood2s]

on my GNex, ICS Browser+ (basically stock ICS browser with some additions) was smoother than Chrome.
it crashes now on JB though.

That's because it needs the stock browser to work I think. At least that is how it works on my HTC One X. If I freeze the stock HTC browser, ICS + force closes.

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[kind3rgarten]

Hmm have you guys fully updated your n7's? Chrome is blazing fast for me. Haven't had a single issue with it except for Swype entering spaces after every letter in the address bar sometimes.

Same or me on my 7 and Gnex. Chrome seems even faster than the stock browser to my on my Gnex.

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[NeoMagus]

If you guys want to use the original browser , check out this thread. Everything seems to work on mine except synced bookmarks.

 

[drose6102]

Chrome is terribly choppy on the 7. Go to memebase.com and it has massive rendering issues. As long as the website isn't heavy loaded with pictures, chrome is fine.

I need my stock AOSP browser back, Dolphin isn't cutting it

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