first of all, i would like to apologize if this 'review' is in the wrong section, but i just wanted to put in my 2cents on this amazing app!
ive heard of palringo over a couple forums but i never gave it a try, untill now, and i must say, this app replaces atleast 3 of my old apps.
i had the facebook instant messanger (FIM), msn live messenger, and aols aim app on my phone.
i thought that FIM was awesome because i was finally able to chat with my facebook friends through my phone, but besides the chat function, this app didnt do anything for a 'facebook app'. viewing your homepage on FIM is the same as viewing it on mobile view on opera or IE.
the aol aim app looked really cool at first, but i realized how much it lagged and ran really slow. i fouund i liked the way it looked more than its messanging capabilities.
msn messanger was a cool app, but i rarely get on msn live so it just sat there and ate up storage space, not only that but installing the messanger also installs windows live, which i never use.
now, palringo, is a pretty light app that looks great, runs great, and allows you to get on any instant messenging service simutaniously! i was pleasently surprised at how fast it ran and how it only added 1% to my RAM usage.
if you wanna give it a try, just go to www.palringo.com and download it for free!
i hope this review helps others like me who have never tried palringo, but use their phone for instant messaging. if you want a free high performance IM APP, this is the one!!!!
thanks for reading
ps: if you do have palringo and wanna add me on the palringo messanger, my email address is [email protected]
i agree with u that this app rocks, but u have to be fair and tell that, if you leave it on your phone in the background running it will eat the battery in few hours...if im on extended sesion on palringo, max i can get from battery is 5-6 hours, normaly 2 days with lots of web browsing.
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i agree with u that this app rocks, but u have to be fair and tell that, if you leave it on your phone in the background running it will eat the battery in few hours...if im on extended sesion on palringo, max i can get from battery is 5-6 hours, normaly 2 days with lots of web browsing.
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there is a power saving mode in settings that will clear that right up ;-)
my issue is sometimes it crashes and wont relaunch without a power cycle .
but a good app PEROID
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Hi guys,
Have had my Hero just over a month now and love the thing to bits...
The one thing (battery life aside) that pees me off though is that the phone can be slow at times...
It seems to stem from apps either opening themselves and running in the background, or not closing properly when I select to close them.
I seem to spend half my time using the phone in TaskKiller getting rid of everything that shouldn't be running before I can do anything.
Has anyone got any smart ideas on how I can improve the problems above?
I've also noticed when I switch the phone off and back on a) it improves things slightly, but b) it also runs lots of things that I don't need open so is there a way to stop things running on start up?
Thanks for the help guys.
To show you what I mean, I just restarted the phone and killed everything except:
WaveSecure Beta
com.google.android.apps.mapssomething that goes off the screen) - can't kill this
HTC Sense
Touch Input
com.htc.provider
Go back to it 10 minutes later and I also have the following open:
Settings
vizBattery
Wi-Fi Status
Google Mail
Thats without me touching it at all.... if I had also used the Twitter app, Facebook, messaging etc then they would all still be open, the browser and music player would probably be there too.
It's normal fo it to start some apps on its own, for example peep (htc's twitter program) the music player (only if you have a widget on one of the homescreens)
same goes for calander etc etc google mail is push so it has to be opened to recieve messaged realtime.
Things like batterystatus thingy's often drain your battery and sometimes slow down your device I suggest removing that.
Also I don't know about wifi status but can imagine that draining battery to since
I don't think that will be running without your wifi being on. When continuosly searching for networks your device also will slow down, and drain the battery
My english isn't perfect so I hope you understand what I'm saying.
edit: do you use the official t-mobile rom or a custom? Don't know if htc released the last update for t-mob devices. That update really improved almost everything
so if you don't have that it's ''normal'' for the device to lag.
Some apps register themselves to start automatically. Obviously Gmail needs to run if you're syncing a Gmail account.
There's at least one app (paid) that can override this - I believe it is called Startup Auditor.
However, for the most part, it doesn't really matter since many of the apps that appear to be "running" will not be consuming any CPU time (and by extension battery life) unless they are designed to run in the background.
In addition, as Stafflover has already said, I'd also suggest you try removing vizBattery - whilst I've no specific experience with this app, I've heard that many battery status widgets drain the battery significantly.
Regards,
Dave
foxmeister said:
There's at least one app (paid) that can override this - I believe it is called Startup Auditor.
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AutoStarts does the same job, also paid. using it for weeks, works great.
programs starting up
gk141054 said:
Hi guys,
Have had my Hero just over a month now and love the thing to bits...
The one thing (battery life aside) that pees me off though is that the phone can be slow at times...
It seems to stem from apps either opening themselves and running in the background, or not closing properly when I select to close them.
I seem to spend half my time using the phone in TaskKiller getting rid of everything that shouldn't be running before I can do anything.
Has anyone got any smart ideas on how I can improve the problems above?
I've also noticed when I switch the phone off and back on a) it improves things slightly, but b) it also runs lots of things that I don't need open so is there a way to stop things running on start up?
Thanks for the help guys.
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Hey Pal! I had the same problem then I got into a bit of app development and understood. Some service need to be "broadcasting" and some other to be "listening". Best you can do is sometimes tell them how often to "wake up and check". But if you think about it, a program MUST be checking on a few things, at least sometimes, to give you the "android experience". Also, no matter how much you care about that number you see in the "free ram" widget (assunming you use taskiller with the widget), it is not very important until it REALLY does slow your phone down. Some apps are worse than others at clogging up or draining your battery: try them, weigh how useful they really are for you and then decide what to keep (running) Ciao!
I had some problems with battery time as many other here. Barely made it from 07 in the morning to 21 at the evening, with just 1-1,5 hours screen time.
Tried almost everything, without luck. Then i tried to log out and close Skype, and now battery live is much better, 14 hours with 3,5 hour screen time, and steel 40% left.
It looks like Skype just runs all the time, draining battery. Apps like BetterBatteryStats or Badass Battery Monitor don't show anything.
Is there no push mode in skype? If i close it, i don't get any messages.
Anyone else has this problem with Skype?
Skype is a P2P protocol based on a filesharing application dating years back.
So there is no real central infrastructure over which all your messages are routed as used e.g. by MSN, ICQ, IRC Servers, ...
However, as usual, some smart people have come to the rescue of us poor batterie-draining users; IM+ (Pro)
http://shape.ag/en/products/details.php?product=im&platform=android
You can configure it to connect to most protocols you might use (MSN, Skype, ICQ, Facebook Chat, ...) and set it to go to Push mode.
Their servers will then login for you and send a Google C2DM notification to your mobile whenever someone sends you a message - simple and very battery-friendly.
I've been using IM+ Pro on the S1 where it's the only viable method since there simply is not enough memory to keep Skype running in the background.
Additionally Skype on Android is somewhat flaky - I often don't get messages sent to me while the 3. party apps work just fine.
not sure but it says here
permissions denied app
The permission we want to block from Skype is the coarse location permission.
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http://thewangster.wordpress.com/2011/11/09/reducing-skype-android-standby-battery-usage/
is this going to work
Standby Skype drains my battery
galaxy44 said:
not sure but it says here
http://thewangster.wordpress.com/2011/11/09/reducing-skype-android-standby-battery-usage/
is this going to work
Standby Skype drains my battery
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I couldn't get this method to work.
Does the im+ method still work?
Or is there another method for stopping Skype battery drain?
Cheers
I've been using Skype on my LG G2 and it's horrendous!
It keeps draining the battery with constant wake locks and sometimes my phone is held awake by this one app for as much as 4 hours!
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I've been using Skype on my LG G2 and it's horrendous!
It keeps draining the battery with constant wake locks and sometimes my phone is held awake by this one app for as much as 4 hours!
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I'm using whats app for messages now so it someone wants to skype they can whats app me a text fist
Whats app is very good
galaxy44 said:
I'm using whats app for messages now so it someone wants to skype they can whats app me a text fist
Whats app is very good
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I've used What's App before and I agree it's pretty good but I like being able to use Skype both on my desktop and on mobile.
Also, it would be difficult to convince everybody on my Skype to switch to What's App especially work contacts.
lelik11a said:
I had some problems with battery time as many other here. Barely made it from 07 in the morning to 21 at the evening, with just 1-1,5 hours screen time.
Tried almost everything, without luck. Then i tried to log out and close Skype, and now battery live is much better, 14 hours with 3,5 hour screen time, and steel 40% left.
It looks like Skype just runs all the time, draining battery. Apps like BetterBatteryStats or Badass Battery Monitor don't show anything.
Is there no push mode in skype? If i close it, i don't get any messages.
Anyone else has this problem with Skype?
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What i do is set a data restriction on the app so my messages only come throught when it is in the forground ( when i am actively using it)
I also use this on bbm and certain apps which use data in the background this drastically improves battery life when running on 3/4g
I have been running CyanogenMod 10 Alpha 2 by dragonzkiller for a couple of days now and can say...my phone has never been better! As is expected there were some hiccups, but overall this thing rides smooth! What does everyone else think about it and what has been their experiences?
Here is what I've found so far
Not working:
Facebook
Dolphin Browser
SMS does not show text in field, and notifications do not show.
My workarounds:
Opera browser has so far worked flawlessly.
Friendcaster works fine in place of FB.
Combination of Handcent SMS and SMS popups as workaround to native SMS issue.
Weird things yet to be worked out or around:
File explorers (so far ES and File Expert) randomly will not delete or rename files.
And again, this ROM is great (thank you dragonzkiller!). Too bad providers didn't push for Jelly Bean on these models because I think it works the best so far. Older in the cycle, so I understand. I still have about of week of testing before I praise it any further, but so far I am mega happy. I can say this having tried various other ROMS throughout the year or so I've owned this phone, and of those I am coming from what I consider a rock stable ROM, Liberty3.
Introduction:
I have been using CM10 for a month and a half now. My review is based on the standard of an every day driver. I understand that Dragonzkiller is the only developer for this ROM and basically for DX2 (as far as I know) but I use my phone with the intention of USING it. With this in mind, I've been struggling with the idea of reverting back to the stock OS or some other rom because of some key issues I have with the current alpha release.
Pros:
Status Bar brightness control: Although you have to disable auto brightness, this is the biggest plus for me, mainly because auto brightness never seems to be good enough. Its always slighty too dim or too bright, even with custom brightness levels. The negative of this would be that if you have a passworded lock screen (swype lock screens don't affect this) the status bar is not click able so you can't increase brightness. This is a big issue if your screen is on the lowest brightness and you need to unlock your phone in the sun. This is mostly for taste. I find this feature highly convenient and puts control in my hands. Although automatic brightness works, it doesn't work well enough for me.
Toggle buttons in the notification pull down menu: This is insanely convenient. This coupled with the long pressing option to open the corresponding settings menu is also one of the biggest things keeping me with CM 10
Swypable notifications: You have no idea how convenient this is until you have it. To be able to pick and chose which notifications to dismiss with the swype of a finger.
Screen Shot and restart option in the power menu: I restart and screen shot enough that these options need to be in the power menu or somehow accessible
Everything else ICS and CM10 provides: I really dislike how Ginger Bread looks. It just doesn't have the nice clean feel. CM10 gets it right with the minimalistic look and design while adding features hidden where they should be hidden. Honestly, this is a HUGE plus. I really like the way CM10 looks and feels over almost every other ROM. I haven't found one that I've liked more than CM10.
Cons:
Most apps that use some form of a web view crash: A web view is a little window that renders webpages for you. Apps like Facebook use to use this and they crashed all the time. Exceptions include the stock web browser and most other web browsers. The reason for this crash is that there is a fatal Out Of Memory exception.
Google Now takes way longer to load: Yes, I already said that apps take a while to load but Google Now seems to take 5 seconds MINIMUM up to 10 seconds. I don't know why. I tried disabling the "Say Google to search" feature as well as the cards and that seems to have cut down on the load time but if Google Now is something you really want/need, this is a huge drawback.
Apps take a long time to load: Long is a subjective term so I'm defining it as between 1 second to just initialize to 3-5 seconds on a bad day. I am very sure this is because our phone has very little ram so the OS has to free some space for the new app and this is an intensive process that take that much time. At first, I pushed this off as some issue that doesn't really need attention but when you are trying to add a contact and it takes 5 seconds to load the Phone app, then another five seconds to load the People app, you're going to start being annoyed. Want to take a picture of your contact, add another 5 seconds to load the camera app.
The flashlight button in the notification pull down will crash: It will crash. You tap the button and it crashes. You long press and it crashes. Don't even bother. That's a big enough con for me to give it a mention and put it in the middle of my list. There have been a few times when I've needed a flashlight only to realize I need to actually open an app for it. I think the next best thing is to put the flashlight app in the swype to unlock menu.
Media Player stutters under load: Remember how I told you that app loading is an intensive process? Apparently, the thread priority for the media player process is lower than the app loading process. I say this based on the fact that as I play music from Pandora, if I press back, switch apps, or open a new app, the music from Pandora starts cutting and stuttering almost like a buffer, but not quite. I have not tried this with other music players but I have done it with another youtube player and I get the same problems. I haven't tried this with Google Music though so you may have some luck with that.
System Crashes: Rarely will my phone reboot on me for some strange reason. It has happened to me maybe 5 times in the last month and a half but it has happened. I don't really consider this a con just because it's so rare but it happens.
Google Maps Street View Crashes all the time: I believe this is related to the problem with Google Chrome. I remember reading that our kernel doesn't support certain drawing textures or drawing APIs so any app that tries to use those methods force close without warning.
Here are the apps I run and why:
Facebook Bookmark: I have a bookmark to facebook.com instead of using the facebook app mainly because the app USED to crash very frequently in the alpha one release (it used to use webviews instead of native code). I haven't noticed it crashing on me recently so I may switch back to using the stock Facebook App.
Go SMS: Simply because I like the look and feel of Go SMS better. It's really your choice on this one. I also like the popup notification when I receive messages that Go SMS provides over the one that the stock Messaging app provides.
K9-Mail: The stock E-Mail app crashed very frequently on me in the alpha one release. I could never figure this one out because it would crash even without the web views open. It may be fixed now but I've gotten used to K9-Mail
Stock Browser: Most other browsers clutter the screen (like Opera). I don't run firefox because I tried the beta release and it was very lacking. Google Chrome crashes all the time because of the kernel issue. I really enjoy using the stock browser with the "Quick Control" feature enabled under "Labs" in the stock Browser app. It cleans up the screen really well.
aCalendar: The widget is better. Plain and simple. I use day view for the widget. I use the widget on it's own home screen.
gTasks: Just something to use. I mostly use the widget on it's own home screen full sized
Conclusion:
Although I cannot recommend this ROM as an every day driver, I have to say that it does provide some serious features with some serious drawbacks. It is really up to you in my opinion because even I cannot decide whether it is a good or a bad ROM. The reason why I would flash a ROM is because I want to increase usability and to clean up my cluttered OS. However, minimalistic ROMs don't provide the features that CM10 provide. Those features definitely come in handy at times. Moreover, I like the CM10 lock screen way more but that's just taste. The reason why I haven't discarded CM10 already is because I can probably live with the longer load times for apps and the spontaneous crashes. The crashes are either rare enough to not bother me or predictable enough that I can avoid them.
My recommendation would be to try it out and see if you can live with it. If you can live with it, then you should definitely run it because it is by far the best app around. This is a good rom but not good enough for a solid recommendation. However, it is amazing it is still only on Alpha 2 considering how well it works for an alpha.
By the way, if you're coming form CM7/9, definitely jump to CM10. The decrease in force closes is worth the increase in app load time.
randomKID thanks for the awesome breakdown of the pros and cons you've found in this ROM. You still using it?
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It's been 5 days and it's holding quite well except my batteries drain 3 to 4 times as faster. I don't use 3G so it's disabled throughout the day. I'm coming from Gingerbread 4.3.3.
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OxyX said:
It's been 5 days and it's holding quite well except my batteries drain 3 to 4 times as faster. I don't use 3G so it's disabled throughout the day. I'm coming from Gingerbread 4.3.3.
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Gingerbread 4.3.3?
Well I do love CM10. I was getting some great battery life out of it. Wonder if everyone was/is that uses or used it? I had workarounds for just about every bug but one- the camcorder. I had to have a good working camcorder and the Videocam Illusion app was not reliable enough. Why so necessary? A 6 month old little girl that daddy loves to capture every day So I went to Eclipse but was not at all impressed with the battery usage (ROM was fine otherwise). I have now landed back on CM7 which I test drove some months ago. I will go back to CM10 provided there is an update that speaks to the camcorder issue. If not, I will hang out here for awhile most likely :silly:
You should try Eclipse 1.3 as I net 1.5-2 days of light use (phone calls / sms / fb) and it's blazing fast. I just put 2.3 on a few days ago and it's a very solid ROM but the speed isn't like 1.3 thou
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You should try Eclipse 1.3 as I net 1.5-2 days of light use (phone calls / sms / fb) and it's blazing fast. I just put 2.3 on a few days ago and it's a very solid ROM but the speed isn't like 1.3 thou
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I think I'll give that a try
I have serious battery issues running CM10. My battery NEVER lasts a full day on light/moderate use. When I was on CM7, I used to get a day and a half out of moderate use, so I'm a bit upset at that. I still prefer it to CM7 though, mostly because of the layout and the fact that my WiFi doesn't constantly lose connection. But the constantly-crashing apps and battery life have me ready to move on from the phone altogether. :/
Google Nexus 4, I'm on my way...
See photo to see how much power it is using up. Anyone else? Is this normal?
Can anyone recommend a browser with low power usage and supports website notifications?
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See photo to see how much power it is using up. Anyone else? Is this normal?
Can anyone recommend a browser with low power usage and supports website notifications?
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Had same problem. Crazy drain with chrome.
Wondering if it's not because I have a lot of favorite and data..
I disabled chrome and installed Samsung browser.. Very good browser and battery friendly. I'm trying also via browser. Nice one too...
If you want to stay on chrome you can also delete cache and data and watch if battery consumption is better.
At the end of the day Chrome is a bulky browser
I'd use Via browser. Its plenty fast and has it's own built in Ad blocker, plus you get access to some customization of the homepage
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I'd use Via browser. Its plenty fast and has it's own built in Ad blocker, plus you get access to some customization of the homepage
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Totally agree ?
tboy2000 said:
See photo to see how much power it is using up. Anyone else? Is this normal?
Can anyone recommend a browser with low power usage and supports website notifications?
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Chrome app on Android is using up over 20% battery without using. Have tried Force Stop but it keeps starting up anyway. Would like to DISABLE because it will not uninstall, but it says on Android Web View that it is Chrome-based. Will everything work OK if I Disable Chrome only on my Android?
Disabled chrome, went to kiwi browser.
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Disabled chrome, went to kiwi browser.
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kiwi is chrome lol. It is based on chrome and slightly modified. I used it for a few weeks and the drain is the same.
I used to access instagram via chrome it used to suck 1100mah/h. now i use the app again and chrome only for normal browsing. It is about 700mah/h.
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kiwi is chrome lol. It is based on chrome and slightly modified. I used it for a few weeks and the drain is the same.
I used to access instagram via chrome it used to suck 1100mah/h. now i use the app again and chrome only for normal browsing. It is about 700mah/h.
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Not sure why you have such high drain. Kiwi never uses that much for me.
I use brave browser, no battery drain that I can tell, well outside of my actively using it. I don't know if it is higher than if I used another browser though
I turned off the background running setting on it, via the launcher setting in the battery settings and turning it to manual and disable running in background/auto launch/etc
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Not sure why you have such high drain. Kiwi never uses that much for me.
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how much does it use per hour? It highly depends on what websites you visit though. as i said, i used to brows instagram on chrome including watching stories etc. Nowadays its mostly news, xda and an imageboard with pics and videos. thats probably why my chrome drain per hour is above average.
Firefox works perfect for me, never uses more than 400 mAh. I enabled only auto-launch while secondary launch and run in background are disabled. With this combination auto-sync and opening links from other apps work fine.
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how much does it use per hour? It highly depends on what websites you visit though. as i said, i used to brows instagram on chrome including watching stories etc. Nowadays its mostly news, xda and an imageboard with pics and videos. thats probably why my chrome drain per hour is above average.
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Maybe 250ma. I use it when browsing the Google app for links.
Try oh browser.
Very light powerful and battery friendly.
Found it on xda and it's on playstore
I use Microsoft edge. Has built in ad blocker too and send page to pc, direct in the nav bar. Perfect!
Hi,
I m new here.
First of all i have to say i m very happy with my Mate 10 Pro. Have it for 3 months now, and i love it.
Just wondering about the chrome browser..
I use it a lot. But my mate 10 pro says it uses about 50 % of my battery. Is this normal? There is one thing i observed: even when i close all the apps that are running in the background, my phone says chrome is still active.
Why is chome still active when not using it and after i closed all the apps? The only way to stop it is to go to battery settings and close it manually there (i do it where i can see the % that chrome uses, then i click on it).
I still manage to gett around 6.5 to 8 hours SOT, sometimes more. It is awesome compared to my s7 edge.
But would be nice to make it last even longer
Thanks for your help
If you mostly use chrome seems logic that it will be marked as the most power hungry app.
The "close all apps" function won't close some processes, if you want the chrome process to be stopped, you should terminate the app....
I really don't even waste my time closing apps, if an app isn't behaving as it should on the background, I just uninstall it.
But that said, I always have found chrome to be less efficient in Android. I'm trying edge, it's working okay.
I disabled Chrome personnaly.
Drains too much..
You can try Samsung browser, via, x browser or lighting browser.. Very good browser too.
Cheers
Mtha86 said:
Hi,
I m new here.
First of all i have to say i m very happy with my Mate 10 Pro. Have it for 3 months now, and i love it.
Just wondering about the chrome browser..
I use it a lot. But my mate 10 pro says it uses about 50 % of my battery. Is this normal? There is one thing i observed: even when i close all the apps that are running in the background, my phone says chrome is still active.
Why is chome still active when not using it and after i closed all the apps? The only way to stop it is to go to battery settings and close it manually there (i do it where i can see the % that chrome uses, then i click on it).
I still manage to gett around 6.5 to 8 hours SOT, sometimes more. It is awesome compared to my s7 edge.
But would be nice to make it last even longer
Thanks for your help
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Chrome is a browser that consumes a lot of battery, maybe you should change it for a lighter one
Thanks for you help.
Maybe i will change browser.
Can you recommand a good browser?
Mtha86 said:
Thanks for you help.
Maybe i will change browser.
Can you recommand a good browser?
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Samsung internet browser
Via browser
X browser
Lighting browser
The best one for me
Mtha86 said:
Thanks for you help.
Maybe i will change browser.
Can you recommand a good browser?
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Brave browser