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Anyone else experiencing this?
On the stock ICS browser, I'll load up a page and while it loads, I cannot scroll until it is nearly done loading... this sometimes takes up a few seconds but it grinds the tablet itself to a halt until it's done.
It affects other apps such as Pulse as well. Did Google/Asus/Nvidia change the way that the browser loads? For example, one could move around freely in the browser and would get a checkerboard pattern and it loaded that section on the fly.
*Problem does not seem to affect Opera...but that has it's own set of issues...
avlon said:
Anyone else experiencing this?
On the stock ICS browser, I'll load up a page and while it loads, I cannot scroll until it is nearly done loading... this sometimes takes up a few seconds but it grinds the tablet itself to a halt until it's done.
It affects other apps such as Pulse as well. Did Google/Asus/Nvidia change the way that the browser loads? For example, one could move around freely in the browser and would get a checkerboard pattern and it loaded that section on the fly.
*Problem does not seem to affect Opera...but that has it's own set of issues...
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I am having the same problem with my stock browser.
Yup. Only happens in stock ICS browser
I've noticed that it also happens in the ICS+ browser (not surprising) but doesn't seem to happen at all in Opera.
Also, if I set Pulse to use Opera as its rendering engine..it seems to work fine.
It's a VERY annoying issue though since I prefer the stock browser other than that issue. If I press anything while the stock browser is in that open state I get the message:
"Browser is not responding. Would you like to close it?"
With the options of "Wait" and "Ok"
I haven't tried Dolphin yet but since it basically seems to be a skin for the stock browser, I would imagine that it would happen there as well.
Hopefully Asus will see this and fix in an upcoming update.
**Also, I tested the Stock browser on the Galaxy Nexus and it did NOT have this issue. I worked wonderfully**
avlon said:
I've noticed that it also happens in the ICS+ browser (not surprising) but doesn't seem to happen at all in Opera.
Also, if I set Pulse to use Opera as its rendering engine..it seems to work fine.
It's a VERY annoying issue though since I prefer the stock browser other than that issue. If I press anything while the stock browser is in that open state I get the message:
"Browser is not responding. Would you like to close it?"
With the options of "Wait" and "Ok"
I haven't tried Dolphin yet but since it basically seems to be a skin for the stock browser, I would imagine that it would happen there as well.
Hopefully Asus will see this and fix in an upcoming update.
**Also, I tested the Stock browser on the Galaxy Nexus and it did NOT have this issue. I worked wonderfully**
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I have the same issue. I think it is in all stock Android browsers. My Viewsonic G-Tab running Vegan-tab Gingerbread edition did exactly the same thing. I think there is some javascript or flash that is trying to load in the background of the page and is timing out. Usually, if I hit Wait on the pop-up dialog, it instantly frees up. Annoying, but normal on flash-heavy pages. You kind of get used to it after a while.
Anyway, it isn't isolated to ICS, the Prime or Asus for that matter. Not sure why the Nexus would be different, except that maybe it is seen as a 'phone' and the Prime is seen as a 'tablet' or 'desktop' in the user agent string.
Don Lettrich said:
I have the same issue. I think it is in all stock Android browsers. My Viewsonic G-Tab running Vegan-tab Gingerbread edition did exactly the same thing. I think there is some javascript or flash that is trying to load in the background of the page and is timing out. Usually, if I hit Wait on the pop-up dialog, it instantly frees up. Annoying, but normal on flash-heavy pages. You kind of get used to it after a while.
Anyway, it isn't isolated to ICS, the Prime or Asus for that matter. Not sure why the Nexus would be different, except that maybe it is seen as a 'phone' and the Prime is seen as a 'tablet' or 'desktop' in the user agent string.
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I never experienced it on the original Transformer running stock Honeycomb or my old Archos 70 running Froyo. While they did sometimes stutter through the pages, they never literally froze my tablet in place for 5 seconds while loading up a page. At worst I would get the checkerboard pattern as things loaded up or the browser would simply force close.
With 4 cores, I'm surprised that a browser could even have this type of effect. I did try enabling the force cpu usage in development options to see if anything made sense to me but unfortunately it made 0 sense to me. Hopefully someone a lot smarter than me can figure it out.
I am having the same exact issues. Any fixes?
sambow87 said:
I am having the same exact issues. Any fixes?
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yeah...switch to opera...
Definitely an ICS browser bug as I never experienced this with Honeycomb. Hopefully we'll see a new Asus update soon.
I have exactly he same issue... I hope there will be a update. Guess I'm going to use opera for now
Same thing here been using Opera it's hella annoying.
Same issue here. Hope they fix it soon. Also my keyboard stops responding in the browser a lot, particularly in google predictive searching.
The fix is coming. Asus knows about all the ICS problems and a fix is coming Mid to Late February.
The topics are stickied on the General area of the Prime.
This may resolve Random Freezing during Page Loads
Please see if this solves this issue for you
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=22079591&postcount=1
I've noticed it happens when the browser tries to load something at the same time another app is loading something.
Has there been a permanent fix determined yet?
I get this a lot, and while the cache/data deletion trick works for a while, within about 2 or 3 hours of use, the problem comes back...
I couldn't find a thread about this.
At times when I open a web page with lots of content (images) the page will be loaded just fine until it is almost done. Everything is fine and I can scroll the page. Then it will just freeze until I get the dialog "Browser not responding" asking if I want to close it. However, instantly when I choose "Wait" the browser becomes responsive again and finishes loading the page.
Lately this has been happening a lot more frequently. About every 5th time I load a big web site. Sometimes it happens even here, but it is quite rare.
I've tried this with other browsers and they behave almost exactly the same way, except they freeze for a shorter period of time and it never gets to the "App not responding" dialog. But they will still be frozen for multiple seconds during which I can't scroll the page.
During the freeze none of the Android buttons work but music playing in the background plays without any errors.
This has really started to irritate me so I wanted to know if others are experiencing this.
This far and away my biggest problem with the Prime. I really hope this gets fixed.
Same problem here.
I thought it was related to the common freeze/reboot issue addressed by the latest patches, but it is still occurring with patch .15 (just had one loading this thread).
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If you prefer to use the stock browser, download ics browser + from market.
Same as stock but with more features. Works flawlessly on my prime.
My friend also have this problem. Also with the ics+ browser. It works flawlessly on chrome though, so maybe flash is the problem?
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torsrex said:
My friend also have this problem. Also with the ics+ browser. It works flawlessly on chrome though, so maybe flash is the problem?
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No, even if you block flash on the stock browser, this problem randomly happens ... it looks like a problem with Stock and ICS+ browser (well ICS+ uses pretty much the same code base I think), but doesn't happen in other browsers as far as I can tell.
So most probably it's a problem with the stock browser !
For me it happens even if I don't have Flash installed.
It happens with Dolphin browser as well. Haven't noticed it in Opera.
Chrome is a bit different. Occasionally when you scroll down while it is still loading you only see white until after some time it starts to fill the page again. I think it could be related because the duration is pretty much the same as with the freezing issue.
My biggest frustration also.. figured it was possibly related with all the reboot issues also but still happens regardless of what browser I try and I have tried all of them.. I hope this get fixed soon..
That was my biggest complaint about the Prime... Browsing was just not fun because of this. I switched to Dolphin and it's much better.
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That was my biggest complaint about the Prime... Browsing was just not fun because of this. I switched to Dolphin and it's much better.
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You are lucky.. Dolphin no better here and just switched to chrome to post this after Dolphin closed out afterward and happened on chrome.. Please Asus fix this.. main reason I have a tablet is to surf! It is very tiring
from my experience all the browsers (ICS, ICS+, Firefox, Dolphin, Boat, Opera) have flaws, even Chrome Beta which still doesn't recognize the Function keys on the Keyboard dock and somehow interprets a character return when you try to enter an uppercase "B" on the dock.
At this point, I rather Microsoft get involved and just put up an Internet Explorer for Android. All the other browser alternatives have flopped hard to deliver. It would be an ironic twist if a IE for Android just simply worked. (not to mention the Silverlight and Flash support )
yup
Ditto here. Biggest complaint about the prime for me, too... after WiFi and GPS.
I think I've had this happen to me on every browser I've tried. Dolphin, chrome, ics, boat...
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I couldn't find a thread about this.
At times when I open a web page with lots of content (images) the page will be loaded just fine until it is almost done. Everything is fine and I can scroll the page. Then it will just freeze until I get the dialog "Browser not responding" asking if I want to close it. However, instantly when I choose "Wait" the browser becomes responsive again and finishes loading the page.
Lately this has been happening a lot more frequently. About every 5th time I load a big web site. Sometimes it happens even here, but it is quite rare.
I've tried this with other browsers and they behave almost exactly the same way, except they freeze for a shorter period of time and it never gets to the "App not responding" dialog. But they will still be frozen for multiple seconds during which I can't scroll the page.
During the freeze none of the Android buttons work but music playing in the background plays without any errors.
This has really started to irritate me so I wanted to know if others are experiencing this.
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I get the same thing. Figured it was just me.
My biggest annoyence by far, I've got this problem with all browsers on a regular base and it's a big problem that needs to be fixed quickly.
Same problem here even after latest update.
I also noticed this before. The strange thing is that with the same site, on different times, I sometimes do have this problem, and sometimes I don't.
I have same problem the browser freez and chrash and sometimes i get force close
Me too.
I have had the same problem on all the 4.0 builds. With stock, dolphin and chrome browser.
Did a factory reset after .15 update, no better.
The ics browser on my phone does not freeze. Seems its a prime thing. Anyone notice this behavior on any other ics devices?
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I've had my tablet since late February. Almost immediately after getting it, I got the prompt for a system firmware update, and I updated to ICS (update .15).
However, as much as I enjoyed having my new toy, I was frustrated. My browser was giving me problems. Initially, it would just close, suddenly and without warning. After the first close, i would be able to reopen it and all my existing tabs would re-open, but soon after that, it would randomly close again, and that second time, relaunching the browser would only launch the home page. Suffice to say, it made browsing a painful experience.
Later, the problem morphed into something worse... the dreaded restart. As described by others on this forum, the browser would just freeze.... and then, 15-20 seconds later, the entire machine would just reboot. It was very annoying.
So, for the last 3 or so weeks, I've been patiently waiting for a new firmware update to solve the issues with my browser. In the mean time, i tried other browsers - Dolphin, Boat, ICS+, Opera, even Chrome, but all of them had the same 'random close with no warning' problem.
I tried turning off javascript, and although it made the pages load faster and the 'browser close' problem less frequent, it did not stop it.
Eventually, at the start of this week, I uninstalled Flash Player out of desperation.
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5 days later, and i have not had a single reboot or browser freeze.
Of course, not having Flash installed can sometimes be a bit of a pain, but i'll gladly take that over the annoyances of the rebooting any day.
In addition, the xScope browser seems to have Flash built in, so in cases where I do need it, I can fall back to that browser.
I'm curious to see if my 'solution' works for others with the 'browser crashing/system rebooting' problem.
I've the same problem but disabling/uninstalling Flash don't change anything.
I had to disable javascript to solve browsers crashes...
The strange thing is it occurs on ALL browsers, which have different javascript engines.
Google should solve this BIG issue on Android tablets...
Could someone run this (just keep adding, dividing or whatever for a little while)
http://www.javascriptkit.com/script/cut18.shtml
And report back if browser crashes? Any browser that is.
Stock ICS browser and chrome beta on Sensation work ok, no crashes.
Sent through the wormhole from my CoinInserted Sensation OG.
Ever since Honeycomb, the absolute biggest problem I've had with this tablet is the browser. It doesn't freaking stay open. No matter what browser I use, no matter if I'm running Honeycomb, ICS or Jellybean, the browser always crashes. And it's not a typical FC either; It just closes right back to Launcher.
I've been hearing that it's caused by some null pointer exception in JavaScript; But you mean to tell me between Android 3.0, 3.1, 3.2, 4.0 - 4.0.4 and 4.1, 4.1.1, that this issue STILL isn't resolved? Not to mention, it only happens on tablets (Tegra 2 issue? Xoom has the same issue).
For me, it most notably happens when I'm browsing a Twitter page. In the past minute alone, I've had browser crash on my SIX times trying to load a page on Twitter. Let's make that 7 now.
So what the hell really causes this, and why won't it go away? My Sensation and myTouch 4G can browse just fine, and this temporary Galaxy S III works perfectly too, so what's with the tablet?
EDIT: Disabled JavaScript and set plugins to ondemand. Same damn result.
I've used the stock browser, Dolphin, Chrome, and Skyfire and none of them have ever crashed on me. Ever. Sounds like there is either something defective about your device perhaps your internet connection. A factory reset might help, as might going into applications, finding the Google framework and clearing data. Do the same for your browsers as well.
That's funny, I've noticed just the same thing. Browsers work terribly on this tablet.
With me, they only do crash sometimes – a lot more than on my HTC phone, though. But using browsers is a real pain, as they all feel kinda buggy, and I don't think it's their fault, since they all show the same "bugs". They're all kinda laggy. I've updated to ICS today and I was crying in emotion for being able to finally download Chrome, as it's the most stable one I've ever used in my phone, but I was disappointed when I noticed it too felt quite laggy. I'd rather go home and turn my Mac on than to struggle with web browsing on this tablet, honestly. I've tried many browsers –*stock, Dolphin, Boat, that other one with green icon, and also Skyfire or something.
If anyone has a better thing, or a solution, or anything, I bet there are many desperate people that would die to hear it.
(I know I sound more dramatic than I should, but let's face it, web browsing sucks in this device.)
I've never had any problem web browsing on my Tab. None. I'm not rooted, maybe that's why, or maybe it has to do with the sites you visit. Dunno.
On my tab with HC 3.2, the stock browser would also just disappear to the home screen, but not all that often.
I flashed to ICS, and the stock browser got a bit quirky. The address bar would no longer hide when I scrolled down
on a web page. Would stutter as if it was trying to hide but wouldn't.
Installed Dolphin and it worked fine.
I went back to HC 3.2 (had some other issues besides the browser) and so far the stock browser is working fine.
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On my tab with HC 3.2, the stock browser would also just disappear to the home screen, but not all that often.
I flashed to ICS, and the stock browser got a bit quirky. The address bar would no longer hide when I scrolled down
on a web page. Would stutter as if it was trying to hide but wouldn't.
Installed Dolphin and it worked fine.
I went back to HC 3.2 (had some other issues besides the browser) and so far the stock browser is working fine.
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Dolphin does the same thing though, just a lot less frequently. Motorola Xoom users in a thread from a year ago reported this same problem (in a filled up 14 page thread), and several of users report the same exact issue. I'm gonna poll some more Tegra 2 sections and see if they suffer from the same thing but it looks like this is just another issue with this ****ty SoC, like the portrait mode lag.
BretonGirl said:
I've used the stock browser, Dolphin, Chrome, and Skyfire and none of them have ever crashed on me. Ever. Sounds like there is either something defective about your device perhaps your internet connection. A factory reset might help, as might going into applications, finding the Google framework and clearing data. Do the same for your browsers as well.
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Not to sound rude but your opinion isn't really credible to me, you're the same one who went crazy when I said this tablet sucked. You have bias written all over you.
BretonGirl said:
I've never had any problem web browsing on my Tab. None. I'm not rooted, maybe that's why, or maybe it has to do with the sites you visit. Dunno.
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Come on dude, I'd have to be rooted to be running Jellybean. And as everyone else has shown, it does seem to vary by website. Full pages on twitter ALWAYS crash, (they work once in a blue moon). Other times browser crashes when browser feels like it hasn't crashed in a while. I could get through a day perfectly, then bam, crash.
I'm not a dude.
I've never had a problem with any of the browsers I've tried, I think maybe you have a faulty tablet.
I to have the same problems. The browser would even close and reopen with no webpages there.
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I to have the same problems. The browser would even close and reopen with no webpages there.
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did you set the start homepage?
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did you set the start homepage?
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Yes Google.ca. The browser just shut down without a force close notice and opens blank. Plus it becomes non responsive, on pages that have a lot of javascript.
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I to have the same problems. The browser would even close and reopen with no webpages there.
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That specifically happens the second time. On the first crash, I'd relaunch and it would reload my pages, but 99/100 times it would crash seconds afterward. Upon opening it again, i get one tab with the Google homepage.
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Yes Google.ca. The browser just shut down without a force close notice and opens blank. Plus it becomes non responsive, on pages that have a lot of javascript.
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Sounds like JavaScript is the culprit, but it still crashed for me even after I disabled JavaScript
I think it's all about memory management, I cant tell about HC 'cause I barely used it, but JB is still very experimental.
GazaIan said:
Not to sound rude but your opinion isn't really credible to me, you're the same one who went crazy when I said this tablet sucked. You have bias written all over you.
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I'm biased because I've never had any problems with my browser crashing? Whatever. I also never "went crazy" over anything. All you do is complain and complain. Why not just get an iPad and move on?
I have tried several browsers also, and for me I really only have problems with chrome freezing (not force closing). It seems to be random, but happens more frequently when opening new tabs. However, the stock browser on the same sites seems to work every time. My guess is that it may be due to timeouts on the network connection or possibly memory related. And, it seems to be random... I may go a day without a freeze, then have two back to back freezes. Oh tegra2, why don't you behave?
Hey guys,
It's been almost a week since I flashed the stock ICS and installed Chrome. So far so good, no complaints. I'm really relieved, as I was almost giving up. Give it a try
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Chrome is the way to go. The ability to create an account and sync all relevant browser data to your devices via the cloud - why hasn't anyone thought of this before? So obvious and useful.
I also strongly recommend trying out Boat Browser, which is highly underrated. Smoother and smarter layout than Dolphin and the best alternative to Chrome, IMO.
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Chrome is the way to go. The ability to create an account and sync all relevant browser data to your devices via the cloud - why hasn't anyone thought of this before? So obvious and useful.
I also strongly recommend trying out Boat Browser, which is highly underrated. Smoother and smarter layout than Dolphin and the best alternative to Chrome, IMO.
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Chrome acts really weird on JB. I'm still running pershoot's 8/4 build but I'll be updating and trying out Chrome again. Last time I tried it I would always get a white page while switching tabs, and scrolling was odd. Browser does a much better job but Chrome has too much nice functionality lol
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I have tried several browsers also, and for me I really only have problems with chrome freezing (not force closing). It seems to be random, but happens more frequently when opening new tabs. However, the stock browser on the same sites seems to work every time. My guess is that it may be due to timeouts on the network connection or possibly memory related. And, it seems to be random... I may go a day without a freeze, then have two back to back freezes. Oh tegra2, why don't you behave?
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I doubt it's memory relate, it happens a lot with 1 tab open, and with a full Gig of RAM, browsing should be painless when it comes to memory management, not to mention, but Android's memory management scheme is the most beautiful thing I've seen. Tabs and apps actually know how to stay open, and Android knows what to close. Works a lot better than any tablet I've used, even better than crapple's iPad.
Seems like after this latest chrome update, Chrome now freezes when switching between multiple tabs. I'm running latest HTC software version 2.17.605.2 710RD with the latest Chrome update 18.0.1025464.
Tested with another Dinc4 running 2.17.605.2 710RD and the previous version of Chrome 18.0.1025308 with no issues. As soon as that phone was updated to Chrome 18.0.1025464 same issues appeared... rendering Chrome useless.
Anyone else having Chrome issues with their Dinc4?
I have the same problem, though it is intermittent.
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I have the same problem, though it is intermittent.
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Mine started intermittent but now Chrome is un-usable. Did a full factory reset from boot screen and SD format, still no go. I can open multiple tabs but as soon as I try to switch between them they freeze and load blank pages. Then all the tabs freeze and I have to exit the app and go back in to close the tabs out.
Frustrating...
I posted on the google issue's board and also let HTC know about it as well. Pretty sure it has something to do with the latest Chrome update as the other phone running old version was fine, updated to latest Chrome and now it freezes.
I have this intermittent issue on this device as well as the Asus TF101, so I think it's a Chrome issue, not device-specific.
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+1 happens to me sometimes too
Happens to me as well, since the Chrome UG. I like Chrome but I've switched to Dolphin for now. I just got cloud printing going near the same time as the Chrome update (which required me to load Chrome on my laptop -- connected to my printer). I wonder if there's any connection there??
I'm having the same issue too. It is intermittent and clearing the Chrome cache seems to help for a little while. Really hope they get this fixed.
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I've opened up an issue ticket on the Google ticket site. I suggest everyone with a Dinc4 experiencing Chrome issues star that issue and comment to see if we can get some traction with Google. I'm afraid because we don't own an S3 we won't get noticed...
Issue 159481: Chrome Android Tabs Freeze
Chrome sent out an update 11/28. Issue is still present, no changes.
I'm having this issue as well and it appears to be getting worse and worse. I've also noticed many people on other sites also have this issue with the Droid Inc 4G .
So, so, so frustrating. I wish someone at Google will stumble on this problem. ugh
I've been having issues with the stock browser loading blanks and sometimes just jumping to the home screen instead of loading. Also wants to restart quite a few times. " site not responding would you like to restart?" Espn is the site that likes to restart and this site is the only that likes to jump to my home screen. Anyone else? It only started about the time we got our global update, sooooo.?
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I've been having issues with the stock browser loading blanks and sometimes just jumping to the home screen instead of loading. Also wants to restart quite a few times. " site not responding would you like to restart?" Espn is the site that likes to restart and this site is the only that likes to jump to my home screen. Anyone else? It only started about the time we got our global update, sooooo.?
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Same issue here with browser screen jumping to home screen. Chrome is jacked up and now the stock browser has issues!