Quick question... something that has started to drive me crazy about my Hero, although related to the whole OS....:
1) Is there REALLY no Exit Option for the Browser???
2) Is therer really no "Home" Option for the Browser???
Both seems kinda basic don't they?
//Nik
No and no.
There are very few apps that have an exit or quit option on Android. The OS manages memory and processes for you so you in theory don't need to worry about it.
There are task managers available of course, but IMHO, not needed.
The Home page can be set, but there is no way to go to it... a bug I think
Yeah, I know about the lacking Exit button in the system, but most apps you can press "Back" to "close" the program, some prgrams close, some minimize, that's fine and it's a routine I've gotten used to, but with the Browser, the "Back" button will take me back one page and I would have to do that through the history since I started the browser, all the way back to my start page where it will finally close the browser...
I know that we can use a Task Manager, I use Advanced Task Manager myself and am happy with it but there really needs to be a one-click solution implemented....
Just my opinion...
//Nik
nikjensie said:
Yeah, I know about the lacking Exit button in the system, but most apps you can press "Back" to "close" the program, some prgrams close, some minimize, that's fine and it's a routine I've gotten used to, but with the Browser, the "Back" button will take me back one page and I would have to do that through the history since I started the browser, all the way back to my start page where it will finally close the browser...
I know that we can use a Task Manager, I use Advanced Task Manager myself and am happy with it but there really needs to be a one-click solution implemented....
Just my opinion...
//Nik
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just pres HOME key to "exit" an application
Just hit the Home button then to get out of the browser
Mind you, if you've hit a link in an email or Peep etc and launched the browser, that will lead you to have to press and hold Home to go back to the previous app.
Still, easy enough, but I agree, a bit of a pain to have to remember.
joemax said:
Just hit the Home button then to get out of the browser
Mind you, if you've hit a link in an email or Peep etc and launched the browser, that will lead you to have to press and hold Home to go back to the previous app.
Still, easy enough, but I agree, a bit of a pain to have to remember.
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if you hit a link on an email or other app, you can return to your previous app by pressing back
Pressing back if you've clicked through to other pages in the browser will take you back through the pages until the last one, then it will go back to the last app you were in or Home if you were there.
well, this is the function of a "back" button
Exactly... just that sometimes 'Back' is further away than you thought
Thanks for all you guys' answers, you guys are great... good reading...
I know about the little tricks and ways to get "back" to home and navigate through the phones interface... I've been pushing the phone quite a bit since I'm testing it through work where we might add it to our current line of Windows Mobile phones as an option for those who don't like em, and also to do our best NOT to get the very popular iPhone as an option...
Anyway, during the last two weeks, I have been pushing it quite hard, and I have a personal agenda in there as well since I'm thinking of movin over to Android after a very long Smartphone/Pocket PC/Windows Mobile era... and this issue was one I needed to confirm that it is what I've seen, cause to me it is a little bit of a disadvantage to the whole system, there is too many steps to close programs, and I don't want all these applications in the backgroud eating up the RAM...
Browsing around on the web, which I do quite often on my phone gets quite cumbersome as I use my bookmarks as my Home Page, and to get to it, is quite a few tasks, when a Home-button would do the trick.
I don't think these two issues should be something that you "live" with or learn to adapt to cause I do think they are basic enough to implement.
Let's hope Operas browser has everything the built in has and more... and that a "close-button" gets implementet in the system or perhaps a third-party app...
Thanks again y'all!
//Nik
if you really visit these websites so often, you can use the stock standard bookmarks widget. Click on the bookmark from one of your home screens and you open straight to the webpage.
I never ever open the browser by itself anymore. Always straight to a bookmark.
Another way might be to create a shortcut to the bookmark. Not sure if this can be done... but I might try it and find out.
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I have noticed that while going through the forums the pages do not refresh when I go back to a thread I read earlier. Is there a way to have auto refresh like IE?
Are you just using the back button to navigate back to the forum? I've noticed a few funky things, but I've picked up advanced browser on the app store, and I don't seem to see it AS often. Ymmv.
[Q] web browser
Is there any other web browser for the touchpad? Or any fixes for the browser? It sucks! Anytime you go to a site when you revisit it it loads as if you never left and you have to refresh it.
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Is there any other web browser for the touchpad? Or any fixes for the browser? It sucks! Anytime you go to a site when you revisit it it loads as if you never left and you have to refresh it.
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nope, nothing else. won't be anything else unless someone extends the browser, which you can do if you know how to develop.
What about the "Advanced browser"?
https://developer.palm.com/appredirect/?packageid=com.maklesoft.browser&applicationid=9962
There's advanced browser which gives you tabs but it's also $3. The reviews seem mixed.
I'd like to extend the browser to have many of the features of opera mobile when I have some time to do it. It's on my list of things "webos needs, but need the time to work on them."
the only thing I really miss on this browser is the trinication or what ever they call it. Its when you double tap or use the plus and minus on the bottom right of the screen or pinch to enlarge in android. It automatically puts the next word on the right of the screen on the second row and aligns the article to the width of what you are seeing regardless of how big you make the font size in the article. Really great for aging eyes without glasses. My 2 cent input. Hopefully the incredible devs here at XDA will find a way...please...thanks for all your work...experienced it with viewsonic gtab and nook color....you are the greatest....
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the only thing I really miss on this browser is the trinication or what ever they call it. Its when you double tap or use the plus and minus on the bottom right of the screen or pinch to enlarge in android. It automatically puts the next word on the right of the screen on the second row and aligns the article to the width of what you are seeing regardless of how big you make the font size in the article. Really great for aging eyes without glasses. My 2 cent input. Hopefully the incredible devs here at XDA will find a way...please...thanks for all your work...experienced it with viewsonic gtab and nook color....you are the greatest....
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[Q] Browser: Reduce Caching?
One thing that has really been annoying me about the browser is that it caches whole pages, which is rather bad on forums.
Is there any way to reduce the caching do it works like a regular browser? I'm hating having to hit refresh every time I view a board.
[Q] Browser: Broswer caching issue?
I've been using my Touchpad to browse the internet and it's having some issues. For a certain forum, I will view it at one time. I come back later, refresh, and nothing will change. I have to clear the cache every time. Is there any fix for this or is anyone else having the same problem?
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I've been using my Touchpad to browse the internet and it's having some issues. For a certain forum, I will view it at one time. I come back later, refresh, and nothing will change. I have to clear the cache every time. Is there any fix for this or is anyone else having the same problem?
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I've found the same issue, clearing cache solves it. Browser needs work.
MOD/FIX- Browser Caching Issue Fix!
So if you have notice the default browser on the TouchPad is over aggressive with its caching. Its painfully evident when browsing XDA, when you return to a forum here it won't load a lot of the new information until you manually refresh. I was finally able to find this simple fix to get the browser working better(at least closer to the way it should run).
1- Download internalz pro from Preware.
2- Launch internalz and go into preferences under the dropdown menu in the top right corner. Scroll to the very bottom and turn on Master Mode. Hit yes on the pop up (its warning you that if you screw things up, you screwed your self). Then touch the drop down menu in the top right corner again and hit close.
3- Now navigate to /etc/palm/browser-app.conf
4- Now find and change the following to this...
MemCacheMinDeadBytes=0MB
MemCacheMaxDeadBytes=0MB
MemCacheTotalBytes=0MB
DiskCacheEnabled=false
5- Now save this under the drop down menu and do a full restart. (not just Luna)
6- Enjoy and hit Thanks!
Just a heads up, some people with a slower internet connection may notice a little bit slower loading. I haven't noticed being any slower though!
There is a patch in Preware called "Disable Browser Cache" that fixes this. You could also do a search on Pre-Central for the patch. Someone posted the file there too. http://forums.precentral.net/hp-tou...eboss-flawed-browser-cache-3.html#post3146221 check post #59 for the file. Very EASY to install.
I forgot to mention that you need Preware installed to use the patch.
The patch didn't seem work for me, plus the patch won't apply if you have some of the other ones installed. This method was great and was still able to be apply with other patches. I was just posting this here for anyone on XDA that wanted to use it.
Your very welcome your rudeness!
So is there anything to this battery pull? I tried it for my i777 yesterday since I was confounded as to why goSMSpro & the stock web browser wouldn't close/exit when I hit the back button all the way until I ended up on the homescreen. They still showed up as active in the Samsung Task Manager widget.
Also, when I tried running the Speedtest app it was getting a weird error wherein no data would transfer and so I hit the home button (NOT the back button) and I saw the task manager turn red and upon entering the Active tasks, it shows that the Speedtest app was using 42.7% CPU
So I closed the app from inside teh task manager widget and decided that it would be best to do a battery pull. Upon donig a battery pull and then waiting approximately 30 seconds, I powered on and was very surprised to see that my battery usage is not reset?
If I'd done a battery pull on my T-Mo G1, it would've "forgotten" what my battery usage was to that point.
Very surprised that a battery pull does not equal a battery reset...if that makes sense.
I think what you're referring to is the battery usage stats. To my knowledge they only reset after charging because they are currently displaying what your usage up to this point has been on the current charge.
yeah, i think they'll reset once you charge your phone to 100%
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I think what you're referring to is the battery usage stats. To my knowledge they only reset after charging because they are currently displaying what your usage up to this point has been on the current charge.
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yeah, i think they'll reset once you charge your phone to 100%
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Thank you both! I was really shocked to see that the phone somehow remembered my battery usage even after pulling the battery. My G1 could NEVER do that! LOL -- anytime I pulled the battery, that was that. Of course, that phone is ancient by today's standards.
Either of you guys have trouble with the stock browser or stock messenger (or goSMSPro) not closing/exiting when you hit Back > Back > Back to Homescreen? These two still stay in the Task Manager and I can't figure out if they're supposed to? I thought ALL apps closed when you backed all the way out of them?
the task manager will show it as in memory because you just used it and thats normal. Android OS will kill the process when it needs that memory for other things.
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the task manager will show it as in memory because you just used it and thats normal. Android OS will kill the process when it needs that memory for other things.
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Thanks for the info nyydynasty. Yeah, I read up on how Android OS keeps the apps "suspended" I guess is the term I'm looking for here. But I thought the proper way to close out of an app was to either do one of the following three things:
1. Click on the menu button from within the application and (assuming there is an exit option), click 'Exit'
2. Hit Home > click on the samsung task manager widget and then click Exit on the app you want to close or click on 'Exit All'
3. From whatever app you're in > continue to press on the 'Back' capacitative button until you find yourself back on the homescreen.
Now, I understand if I have the messenger or stock web browser app open and I just click the home button to land me back on the homescreen then the apps should appear w/in the task manager widget.
However, since I'm "backing all the way out" shouldn't they close?
it depends on how that particular app is programmed. Some apps allow you to simply hit 'back' and it will exit, while others require you to exit from its in-app menu. if you hit 'home', the app does not close but if you go to the task manager and exit from that menu, it will force it shut.
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it depends on how that particular app is programmed. Some apps allow you to simply hit 'back' and it will exit, while others require you to exit from its in-app menu. if you hit 'home', the app does not close but if you go to the task manager and exit from that menu, it will force it shut.
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Correct but the stock web browser and stock messenger being that they're STOCK part of the framework, I would fully expect them to close out when I back out all the way.
Ugh, gonna have to try this with the wife's phone. I wanted to last night but she'd just plugged it to charge it in.
Could you do me a favor and try opening up your stock web browser and going to any site or bookmark you may have and then backing out all the way to see if it closes.
My concern is that something somewhere went wonky on me and I'd like to know before I do a factory reset/restore.
Thank you!
even after hitting the back button it does not fully close on the messenger or the browser, but if you let it sit for a while, it will close itself out.
just let android take care of it for you, and stop worrying about it. only worry if you start getting absolutely terrible battery life. the only thing that i have that will not stop running is freaking words with friends. i have to close that via task manager every time. everything else takes care of itself
as pirate said, dont worry about how the OS handles the memory. The browser stays dormant while not in use and so does the messaging app.
Pirateghost said:
even after hitting the back button it does not fully close on the messenger or the browser, but if you let it sit for a while, it will close itself out.
just let android take care of it for you, and stop worrying about it. only worry if you start getting absolutely terrible battery life. the only thing that i have that will not stop running is freaking words with friends. i have to close that via task manager every time. everything else takes care of itself
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Thanks Pirateghost! I tell ya taht some of these things just make my OCD get the better of me. Yeah, I was thinking that since everything else closes why doesn't the stock browser and messenger close too! All stock apps/programs should work the same way! OCD is > than me!
OKay, so this is my first android phone, coming from an Iphone 4 and let me tell you im about 80% disappointed.
Here are some problems im having, im hoping that you can help me turn that 80 into a 20.
1. Apps just randomly run in the background: I'll close all but my live background, my task manager and my alarm clock and go to sleep. When I wake up almost EVERY SINGLE app I have is running in the background. Why? How do I stop this, the Iphone never did this, I feel this is a hard fail on androids part.
2. Many apps force close while im trying to use them: Ive tried stock rom, and serenity 8, same apps same issues. Its becoming a turn off to use the phone for any apps.
3. Multitasking: Is there any? MOST of the time when I switch apps and "multitask" its just like having the app open at the start page, I dont have to reload the app but its not where I last left it like the Iphone. Even on web pages I find if I switch out of the web and go to another app if I return to the web im back at my home page and I have to go to my history just to get back where I was. Is there a way for me to fix this?
4: Ram usage: when I turn my phone off, then on I see 150 in the used ram. This number raises even with out opening any apps. I kill all apps and close all running programs I see nothing running except services and it raises as high as 600 mb with 0 apps open and nothing running except a live background and the task manager. My iphone never had a memory leak, how do I fix this? 600 mb to do nothing is a bit excessive.
As a software developer im really confused as how Google tricked everyone that android was good. Perhaps Im just uninformed and that is why I am here. I am wondering why there would be all these problems right out of the box on an item that is what 4th 5th generation? These are problems that shouldnt be as frequent in 1st and 2nd generations. Any help would be wonderful thank you.
1. this question has been asked a million times. In short, the Android OS handles memory much different than you'd expect. An app will appear as running after you close it but it may not be. Android just keeps that memory allocated to that app in case you need to use it again. But if the OS needs that memory for something else, it will release it from that app and use it for something else.
2. what apps FC on you?
3. i'll leave this for someone else to explain because I dont use the browser much so I dont have much experience with that.
4. this goes along with my answer for #1. Android OS likes to have its memory allocated but it doesnt mean those apps are running.
I might be a little off on my explanation so I'll leave it to the experts to clarify but i'm pretty sure i'm fairly accurate.
1/4 - Not deficiencies, Android is designed that way. If an app is resident in memory, it is more readily accessible. Some badly written apps DO more than just sit there in the task list - but most are OK. Sitting in memory is not bad - holding a wakelock or showing up in your battery usage is.
2 - No clue - not having this problem here. I haven't seen an FC in a few weeks, and the last one was my own fault. What apps?
3) This depends on the app. However, usually the browser returns to wherever I last was when I use it. In fact I wish it were easier to "go home"...
3) Matter of using the right button. Close the app with the home button, and restart it where it left off. Back out of the app with the back button, and start over.
List off apps that FC on me Both stock and Serenity 8:
Alarm Clock Plus
Chase
email
Gmail
hootsuite
maps
market
netflix
qik
web
Also no matter how I work the web 60% of the time I start back at my home page.
Lastly to do anything on android it seems like a process, just to switch from one app to another I have to do this, then that, then this, now im on my other app... Iphones multitasking is button click im there. Is there a multitasking app that works kinda like iphones? I really like the tray that holds ALL my open apps. Im trying hard to like this phone and android but being able to customize and have widgets just does not seem like it is worth it. Unless there are some really big secrets im missing.
Thank you all for the answers as well!
i really dont know what to tell you about the FC's because none of those FC on me ... whether I was stock or not. That just doesnt sound right. If you're stock, it shouldn't be FC'ing at all. I can understand if you're rooted and running S8 or some other ROM. Maybe something happened during the flash but stock should be fine.
I'm also trying out the browser on my phone and if I load a random website, go home, open another app and go back to the browser, its still on the last page I viewed.
DKS1282 said:
List off apps that FC on me Both stock and Serenity 8:
Alarm Clock Plus
Chase
email
Gmail
hootsuite
maps
market
netflix
qik
web
Also no matter how I work the web 60% of the time I start back at my home page.
Lastly to do anything on android it seems like a process, just to switch from one app to another I have to do this, then that, then this, now im on my other app... Iphones multitasking is button click im there. Is there a multitasking app that works kinda like iphones? I really like the tray that holds ALL my open apps. Im trying hard to like this phone and android but being able to customize and have widgets just does not seem like it is worth it. Unless there are some really big secrets im missing.
Thank you all for the answers as well!
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If you're swithing from app to app, and want to do it more quickly, hold the home button for a few seconds (pretty much anywhere, no need to go 'home' first). It will open up a list of the last 6 apps you've used. Pretty sure from the point you left off.
holding the home button does work pretty well, although sometimes it does not have the last couple apps I was using, mainly Go SMS pro. I am currently running S8 thought it was stable, guess i'll reflash and give this another go for a week, if not then its return to the IP and trade this back for the 4s. Thanks for the help!
Any suggestion on what rom to flash to?
Having THAT many apps FC on you is usually a sign that you did one of two things:
1) Forgot to wipe data/factory reset when installing a new ROM
2) Performed an improper Titanium Backup restore - restoring more than just "MISSING apps and data"
Chase
email
Gmail
maps
market
netflix
web
I'm running Serendipity 8.1 and do not have any problems with these apps from your list. You may need to re-flash.
Edit: what Entropy said.
DKS1282 said:
holding the home button does work pretty well, although sometimes it does not have the last couple apps I was using, mainly Go SMS pro. I am currently running S8 thought it was stable, guess i'll reflash and give this another go for a week, if not then its return to the IP and trade this back for the 4s. Thanks for the help!
Any suggestion on what rom to flash to?
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any of them are good but I personally use UnNamed. You really should wipe your phone first. Thats probably why you have so many FC's. When you flash a new rom, make sure you do NOT restore system apps via Titanium Backup (if thats what you use).
Entropy512 said:
Having THAT many apps FC on you is usually a sign that you did one of two things:
1) Forgot to wipe data/factory reset when installing a new ROM
2) Performed an improper Titanium Backup restore - restoring more than just "MISSING apps and data"
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i think thats exactly what happened because having that many FC's is not normal .
DKS1282 said:
List off apps that FC on me Both stock and Serenity 8:
Alarm Clock Plus
Chase
email
Gmail
hootsuite
maps
market
netflix
qik
web
Also no matter how I work the web 60% of the time I start back at my home page.
Lastly to do anything on android it seems like a process, just to switch from one app to another I have to do this, then that, then this, now im on my other app... Iphones multitasking is button click im there. Is there a multitasking app that works kinda like iphones? I really like the tray that holds ALL my open apps. Im trying hard to like this phone and android but being able to customize and have widgets just does not seem like it is worth it. Unless there are some really big secrets im missing.
Thank you all for the answers as well!
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To switch between running apps all you have to do is long press the home button - one press to see the last six open apps and your there.
Having the browser return to the home page every time just means you don't know what you are doing.
Being concerned about what is being held in ram its also a sign you don't know what you are doing. The memory chip where the ram resides, where you see a list of apps being held has to remain powered on all the time. Whether it is holding 250 MB of data, 500 MB of data or just 10 MB of data it will still be drawing the same amount of power. And just because an apps data is being held in ram does not necessarily mean it is running. Top see what us running you need to check cpu usage.
The only time to concerned about ram is if more than 85% is being used then you would start having problems. But this does not happen on our phones, and only would happen if you had something causing a major memory leak.
All of your force closes are related to you or your particular phone. I have maybe five fc's in a month and three of those happened while I was running cm7.
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Lot of user error here. I'm on the stock ROM with root.
Switch apps quickly by holding home.
If you use the back button to exit an app then you truly are exiting the app. Use home if you want it to start running.
Don't worry about ram usage. This device has 1GB and Android manages it very well without you ever having to worry.
I never have force closes unless it's the developers issue. If you're running from backed up apps then you can expect to have FCs. Install from fresh if you try a new ROM.
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I think the main reason the op is having his browser reset most of the time is because the op is using some kind if task killer. This task killer is also probably the cause of a significant portion of the fc's being experienced.
There should be a forum rule against people who run task killers then complain about fc's, laggy apps, and problems with multitasking.
I mean it should be obvious running a "task killer" on a device designed specifically to multitask - it is so silly. Look at the two phrases side by side "task killer" "multitasking device" - can you see what I mean.
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To switch between running apps all you have to do is long press the home button - one press to see the last six open apps and your there.
Having the browser return to the home page every time just means you don't know what you are doing.
Being concerned about what is being held in ram its also a sign you don't know what you are doing. The memory chip where the ram resides, where you see a list of apps being held has to remain powered on all the time. Whether it is holding 250 MB of data, 500 MB of data or just 10 MB of data it will still be drawing the same amount of power. And just because an apps data is being held in ram does not necessarily mean it is running. Top see what us running you need to check cpu usage.
The only time to concerned about ram is if more than 85% is being used then you would start having problems. But this does not happen on our phones, and only would happen if you had something causing a major memory leak.
All of your force closes are related to you or your particular phone. I have maybe five fc's in a month and three of those happened while I was running cm7.
Just because you don't know how to use a device does not make the device a general fail. Let's put the blame where it belongs, on the guy who has no understanding on what is going on with the processes in the device and drawing conclusions on based on an obviously ignorant perception those observations.
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I have upgraded to the Galaxy S2 from the Iphone 3gs. The long pressing of home button to bring up apps is something I did not know. Is there a thread somewhere to get this kind of information. Very helpful, thanks
Jim
jmj12us said:
I have upgraded to the Galaxy S2 from the Iphone 3gs. The long pressing of home button to bring up apps is something I did not know. Is there a thread somewhere to get this kind of information. Very helpful, thanks
Jim
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Not that I know of. There are little tricks like that and a good majority of people would never know of them I'm afraid.
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jmj12us said:
I have upgraded to the Galaxy S2 from the Iphone 3gs. The long pressing of home button to bring up apps is something I did not know. Is there a thread somewhere to get this kind of information. Very helpful, thanks
Jim
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Samsung has a tips and tricks page specifically for the AT&T GS2 that may show you some things you didn't know. One thing I didn't know was that you can take a screenshot with stock by pressing the power button and the home button at the same time. I also didn't know you can access the clipboard to show everything you "copied" from text fields.
http://www.samsung.com/us/article/tips--tricks-galaxy-s-ii-at-t-
As far as the OP's issues, I have all of those apps except for chase and hootsuite installed on stock and I don't FC at all. For the browser concerns, you may just be opening a new window each time you run the browser from the app icon. Try zooming all the way out of the page and then pinch to zoom out once more and it will show you the windows you have open, or you can press the menu key and select windows. The icon for "windows" in the menu will have a number on it if you have more than one open.
Entropy512 said:
Having THAT many apps FC on you is usually a sign that you did one of two things:
1) Forgot to wipe data/factory reset when installing a new ROM
2) Performed an improper Titanium Backup restore - restoring more than just "MISSING apps and data"
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Number 1... I didnt do that. I didnt think I had to off of a stock rom, but your right, I should have.
Thread cleaned... Please do not make me have to do so again. This forum is for friendly discussion.. Lets keep it that way.
edit --- I see Devine madcat is pushing back to topic
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I have a question that might relate more to Android than to the Note. I've been using an iPhone since the 3gs and got my Note on Sunday.
On an iPhone, I can exit the browser, do something else, then come back to the browser and continue where I left off. The state of the browser is saved.
With Android, the browser goes back to the home page. I tried Opera and it seems to bring me back to the page where I last left off, but it has to reload it. It's better than nothing but I'd really like to save the browser state in memory.
Can I get the same type of thing in Android? I looked through the settings and didn't see anything?
Thanks
As long as you don't use the back button, it should stay on the page you were viewing. Hasn't happened to me yet.
Hmm.
I just opened up the Android Browser, went to slickdeals.net, hit the home button, went back into the browser (slickdeals was still there), opened up the weather widget, hit home button, opened go SMS, hit home button and went back into the browser and it took me to the home page again.
What am I doing wrong?
Hmm mine does the same thing. I'm using Opera. It seems like if it's closed for any length of time then it dumps the page from memory and requires a reload when you come back to it. My guess this is working a working as intended feature of the operating system.
I tried the exact same thing. Opened Engadget, hit home button, hit weather widget, hit home button, opened the messaging app, hit home button, hit Opera and it had to reload the page. I remember my iPhone saving browser state for days and I guess I never noticed it when I switched to Android about 8 months ago. Just tested my old Inspire on wifi, it does the same thing and it's running ICS. It's gotta be the operating system.
I notice the same thing with my Note. my moto Atrix didnt do this so i dont think it has to do with android in general.
its android..doesnt have anything to do with the Note.
sega_102 said:
I have a question that might relate more to Android than to the Note. I've been using an iPhone since the 3gs and got my Note on Sunday.
On an iPhone, I can exit the browser, do something else, then come back to the browser and continue where I left off. The state of the browser is saved.
With Android, the browser goes back to the home page. I tried Opera and it seems to bring me back to the page where I last left off, but it has to reload it. It's better than nothing but I'd really like to save the browser state in memory.
Can I get the same type of thing in Android? I looked through the settings and didn't see anything?
Thanks
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I know what you're talking about. This happened to me several times on my Note. The first few, I kind of blew it off, then it got annoying. When I actively tried to duplicate the issue, it came right back to the same page I was on, rather than the home page. This makes me think that either I closed all apps from the task manager and forgot or that Android actively killed the browser after a time. I definitely never had this happen on my Skyrocket or Vivid.
I just tried to reproduce this - opened Opera, loaded a page, went back to Home, opened a half-dozen apps, went back to Opera, and my page was still there.
Opera keeps the page but has to reload it. The default browser just loads the home page.
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Dolphin Browser HD seems to save my pages for days. If I forget to close out my pages it is always on where I left it.
It probably has to do with how the browser is treated by the automatic task manager built into android. My guess is that the stock browser and Opera get closed after a while of non-use, whereas Dolphin probably has some sort of higher priority and stays where you left it.
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Dolphin Browser HD seems to save my pages for days. If I forget to close out my pages it is always on where I left it.
It probably has to do with how the browser is treated by the automatic task manager built into android. My guess is that the stock browser and Opera get closed after a while of non-use, whereas Dolphin probably has some sort of higher priority and stays where you left it.
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I'll try Dolphin HD and post my results later today.
Thanks for the suggestion.
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Opera keeps the page but has to reload it. The default browser just loads the home page.
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To be clearer - Opera did NOT reload the page after opening the various other apps in my test. It wasn't until much later when I re-entered Opera did I see it reload the page. Maybe an hour after I ran my test.
sega_102 said:
I have a question that might relate more to Android than to the Note. I've been using an iPhone since the 3gs and got my Note on Sunday.
On an iPhone, I can exit the browser, do something else, then come back to the browser and continue where I left off. The state of the browser is saved.
With Android, the browser goes back to the home page. I tried Opera and it seems to bring me back to the page where I last left off, but it has to reload it. It's better than nothing but I'd really like to save the browser state in memory.
Can I get the same type of thing in Android? I looked through the settings and didn't see anything?
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This is samsung's browser most likely as I didnt have this happen when using cm7 on my htc inspire, but if you go do something else and want to return to the browser's last page you were on what I find is working for me is holding the home button and when all the open apps show up just select the browser and it should return you to the last page you were on. Since it only shows 6 apps, if you've opened more than six apps since you left the browser then it wont be on the list and would need to start a new session. This is so far how I've been able to return to my browser's last page I was reading.
This is not a Samsung or a typical Android issue. I have had the Skyrocket, Atrix, Atrix 2, Thrill, Inspire, Captivate, and a some others. Never had this issue. Only with the Note.
After having used my s3 for almost 2 months now and having a recurring problem with the browser i have decided to speak out!
The issue is when i want to go back a page using the bank button it will only refresh the page and usually i will need to press the back button 3-5 times to go to the previous page. I am unsure whether or not this is just me as i have not seen any other thread on this and would like to know if anyone else has been experiencing this problem and if they have managed to solve it.
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Jack
Please no comments saying just download a third party browser
Usually that is not the browser's fault and can be reproduced on other browsers too.
It happens when a page auto-redirects you to another. By going back, you'll land on the auto-redirect which again forwards you to the current page.
The only solution is, as you described, to hit the back button twice.
Browser manufacturer's could easy bypass this issue but that would potentially break sites relying on it to work and it would be a violation of how a browser should handle such things.
So there is no work around ?
will on certain sites the contain auto direct you can try to press the back button multiple time quickly so it can skip the auto direct
Been havin this issue to for a long time..super annoying, becouse many of the regular sites im browsing does this.. gotta hit the back button 4-5times. Dont get why the mobile browser does this when an desktop pc browser dont? I would guess both are supposed to behave the same way either way on the same sites.. anyone have a solution for this? If so i would be very pleased!