Poor browser performance

[bsaman]

I've owned my tab since it first came out, and one thing has been bothering me since day one. Does anyone know why the browser performance is so poor on my tablet (I don't think this affects everyone with a TF300T).

In stock form, the browser would hang on many web pages, especially those with ads. I tried many different browsers with no luck. I finally broke down and unlocked and put CM9 on it, and the performance was much better, but not great. Now running JB and I no longer get the hangs, but the browser performance overall is still poor.

I've sort of learned to live with it, and thought it was simply due to CPU or I/O performance on a device not designed for sustained performance, but for comparison, sites on my HTC Vivid (Android 4.0.3) in stock browser or Chrome are about on par with a Windows desktop. I've seen chatter online regarding a forthcoming Asus upgrade to address I/O (something to do with MySQL or SQLLite performance, can't recall the details). Anyone have experience with this or any input for me?

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[nooktablet]

I've owned my tab since it first came out, and one thing has been bothering me since day one. Does anyone know why the browser performance is so poor on my tablet (I don't think this affects everyone with a TF300T).

In stock form, the browser would hang on many web pages, especially those with ads. I tried many different browsers with no luck. I finally broke down and unlocked and put CM9 on it, and the performance was much better, but not great. Now running JB and I no longer get the hangs, but the browser performance overall is still poor.

I've sort of learned to live with it, and thought it was simply due to CPU or I/O performance on a device not designed for sustained performance, but for comparison, sites on my HTC Vivid (Android 4.0.3) in stock browser or Chrome are about on par with a Windows desktop. I've seen chatter online regarding a forthcoming Asus upgrade to address I/O (something to do with MySQL or SQLLite performance, can't recall the details). Anyone have experience with this or any input for me?

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i had the same experience before i rooted and installed adfree,
yesterday i rooted mine and installed adfree, then now i see no ads and the browser is really quick, i'm sure the ads make the browser hangs, i'm using chrome

 

[bsaman]

i had the same experience before i rooted and installed adfree,
yesterday i rooted mine and installed adfree, then now i see no ads and the browser is really quick, i'm sure the ads make the browser hangs, i'm using chrome

I've encountered two issues with this as a solution:

1. Adfree isn't very manageable. If I do want ads on a page (somes sites refuse to play video unless you watch the ads first). Adfree doesn't provide a UI to easily bypass the block, and editing the HOSTS file is problematic as it is too big to open in most tablet text editor.
- <aside>Could my inability to open and edit the HOSTS file be somewhat related? The tablet has enough RAM to open a >100MB file, yet I can't get it to open without locking up the text editor </aside>

2. My phone doesn't have adfree and the sites behave normally. No delays.

 

[jgaf]

get browser2ram

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[Rycon33]

dolphin browser beta seems to be better for me on my un-rooted pad

Tapatalked from my TF300 Pad

 

[bsaman]

dolphin browser beta seems to be better for me on my un-rooted pad

Tapatalked from my TF300 Pad

You're right, it was better for me as well, but not enough to stick with it. This is especially true now that I'm running the stock browser in JB and having none of the browser hangs I used to experience on the stock ICS. In reality, I would much prefer using the stock browser as it does most of what I need, including play flash video.

 

[bsaman]

get browser2ram

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This looks promising. A quick search revealed that the developer for this app is a XDA member: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=25286407

Here's a separate blog post regarding this issue: http://mark-tech.blogspot.com/2012/06/browser2ram-fixes-transformer-prime.html

I'll try it this evening.

 

[UndisputedGuy]

It only works with stock browser AFAIK

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