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[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] martonikaj:
Hoping for improvements in the laggy typing (esp in URL bar) and "request desktop site" to show up then it'll be 100% primary.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] masully84:
I'm sticking with the stock browser, more than enough for me. I tried out chrome, wasn't a big fan but I don't hate it though. I didn't like was the look of it, it was disappointing.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] hiohokaybye:
I noticed that too :/ but hopefully that'll be improved :)

I like it overall, but I think i like the stock browser a little more
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] zeke1988:
comparing a beta with a out of beta software is like comparing a pair of chop stick with toothpick.

as of right now, i set chrome as default because it is faster than the stock browser. chrome offer keyboard prediction, which hands down a win for me.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] ksizzle9:
This
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] Aridon:
I still like dolphin hd best. Stock + as a close second. Chrome is nice for a first offering.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] orion2001:
I personally can't stand Dolphin HD. I used to use it a lot back in the day, but now it just seems too bloated and laggy. I really like Chrome beta, though I'll stick with stock ICS Browser (especially with the 4.0.4 update) for now.

I did notice that Chrome beta cannot handle proxies. I can use the Wifi at work just fine with ICS Browser (I have the proxy info entered in the System Wifi settings) but Chrome beta cannot seem to use those same settings, so it just fails and gives a generic error message that is actually meant for the desktop version of the browser.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] Kupfel:
I'm really digging chrome so far. Tab handling is awesome and so much better than stock. Directly syncing open tabs from chrome on the computer is awesome. Syncing all bookmarks from chrome is awesome.

The only thing missing is flash but who cares. It is used little enough these days and I don't usually need to see those pages on my phone anyway.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] webarnes:
Exactly.

I haven't run into any bugs yet, and it syncs. I even switched back to Chrome from Firefox on the desktop because I want tab sync (and Firefox Mobile just doesn't seem usable to me).
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] a1exus:
I really like Chrome but if I want flash I have to use stock browser. I think stock browser is excellent too though..
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] dwielunski:
Adaptive zoom on double tap is a huge advantage of Chrome over stock in my opinion
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] Guto ViP:
Here i can find the historic log in Chrome?

And about native browser 4.0.4? Where i can find? Needs root for update it?
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] nory82688:
I'm definitely loving chrome . Already am using it as my default browser. Its fast and pinch to zoom is butter. The tabs are fun little add on too, I like the whole 3d effect. The only things I miss from stock browser are the on screen controls and ability to request desktop site easier. Even though it doesn't really bother me to scroll down the page to get the desktop site, and then from what I've noticed , once you click on desktop site for one website , every website after that automatically loads in desktop form , which I think is great. I think for the initial beta release Google has done a great job. Definitely like how it dominates all the HTML 5 tests too ;)
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] krazie1:
Only thing I noticed chrome dont have is ability to save pictures or set as wallpaper like the stock browser.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] MattSkeet:
Lack of full screen and quick controls is no go for me . I. Can live without flash but not the full screen . Also no user agent selection . Go to armorgames.com and see what happens. Also rendering pages is a bit slow. Pages like engadget are really long . Try to fast scroll down it just cannot handle it and if you slowly scroll down without previously seeing the full page there is a little bit of a stutter when scrolling . Love the tabs and general feel and look.

Ohh and tabs in landscape mode stutter as well, they're not as smooth as in portrait mode
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] LuffyPSP:
i immediately switched chrome to be my default browser and put it in the dock replacing the stock. not much features yet but hey its still in Beta and looks promising. i love the ability to sync with my open tabs directly from my laptop. and history too. it just syncs almost immediately i was browsing on my laptop. :D
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] biffsmash:
Chrome is far too slow and laggy. Stock browser is brilliant except downloads cant be quickly cleared from history. FAIL. Lol.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] ranova:
I noticed that if you go into settings, tap your google account, it has built in Chrome to phone. But it doesnt seem to work. I uninstalled the separate chrome to phone app and when I go to my desktop, chrome to phoning doesnt work.

Can someone else try?

I really like Chrome beta, but a few sites lag or just dont work. For example: the full desktop version of theverge.com and the facebook mobile site keeps auto scrolling to the top.

Oh, and "Request Desktop Site" is a feature I miss from stock
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] virtualcertainty:
Good effort for a beta. I like the tab handling. Don't like bookmarks - Dolphin is much smoother, compact, and easier to access. Chrome is also a big batter hog in my experience. Browsing that will normally consume 5 or 6% on stock/Dolphin will use up twice as much if I use Chrome.

My browser usage is very fragmented now. I'm evenly divided between using stock, dolphin, and chrome. They're all ok, but none do it all.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] NIK516:
The way you use it is not like chrome to phone it does not send you a link if you press sync it should be in your browser history
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] levky:
anyone can extract the apk? chrome for android is not available in my country.

cheers.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] The Nexus Project:
Im looking forward to the stable release, hopefully the chrome browser end up being the the hands down best mobile browser. It's a shame mozilla epically failed on the firefox mobile browser. Overall im happy with it for now, the simple UI is decent. As for the no flash support issue. I agree that alot of the browsing I do doesn't need flash anymore but having the option is nice

Sent from my i9250(GSM) Galaxy Nexus
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] apratomo:
There's new extension on chrome desktop called chrome to mobile, try google it. It works for me, sending links from desktop to mobile, I think its more stable than chrome to phone
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] matt30:
Mine doesn't work either. I have tabs open on my desktop but nothing shows up on my phone.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] jhuynh:
Try logging out on your desktop chrome and log back in. Then refresh all your tabs as they only show up when they get loaded.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] andy7g:
Run some ie HTML 5 test drive demos

Chrome is much faster than stock browser
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] hurricurry:
I think The UI needs to be black.

Black and blue like ics.

Also, flash!!
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] oscillik:
will never happen. Matias Duarte was quoted in an interview saying that all the Google apps will have a white UI, whereas everything else will be black and blue.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] xCaldazar:
I understand Adobe won't develop for it, but could't Google make use of the Flash for the current browser? I don't feel it is off the table until someone from Google officially say so.

Luckily the default browser (open source) and Chrome for Android is Chromium based (Open source). So maybe even a dev would be able to take Chrome features and add Flash support into one nice package. Possibly manufacturers could do it too (doubtful). Also their comes to mind the IE in Chrome extension for the desktop, maybe do something similar if/when extensions come out and have it just call the stock browser whenever needed within the Chrome app. There exists a few possible solutions.

http://www.theverge.com/2012/2/7/2782600/android-browser-aosp-chromium

https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/hehijbfgiekmjfkfjpbkbammjbdenadd
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] thereddog:
Great article on Anandtech:

http://www.anandtech.com/show/5517/google-releases-chrome-for-android
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] rajitsingh:
Despite having some rendering issues, Chrome is pretty solid. Very nice for a beta offering.

But I cannot use it. I don't use Chrome/Chromium on the desktop and all my systems (Chakra/Ubuntu/Win7) have Opera as my primary browser.

Using Opera Link Sync, I can sync my Opera bookmarks with the stock browser, but it's not possible (yet) to sync them with Chrome.

So, at least for now, Stock ICS browser (ICS Browser + actually) is my choice. It's fast, slick and renders beautifully. :)
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] THS1989:
Stock!!"

It is blazing fast with 4.0.4
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] DirgeExtinction:
I go back and forth between the two. I love how my PC Chrome bookmarks are synched to Chrome Beta for android automatically. :)
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] The Nexus Project:
I've been using Chrome since it's release and am pretty satisfied with its performance. After hearing that Chrome will be dropping the Beta and releasing a Stable version. Im sold on Chrome. Although I can't complain about the stock browser, it's actually pretty decent. Chrome just currently caters to my needs

Sent from my i9250 (GSM) Galaxy Nexus.

Phazenine@Twitter
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] malikadnanm:
Chrome is still choppy, while stock browser is as smooth as it gets. I don't get how they are going to drop the beta with the stuttered scrolling still present. Unless they're planning on fixing that. Till then it's stock browser for me.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] pattont:
Yea, my biggest problem is the performance. I'm using this on their premiere phone right now and Chrome is sluggish. I really want it to work :-)
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] brianisme:
This. Been using Chrome since its release on Android and recently went back to fiddle with the stock ICS browser. I had completely forgotten how smooth it was. Definitely smoother then Chrome. It's back to stock browser for me too.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] Enhanced:
While the stock ICS browser is smoother and has flash, I just can't stop using Chrome because of it's integration with desktop Chrome. It's the killer feature for me.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] onthecouchagain:
I don't understand why it's so difficult to organize Bookmarks in Chrome. Why doesn't it let us easily move Bookmarks around? >:T
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] axne1:
Stock ICS

sent from a Android device :)

I'm always on!
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] RogerPodacter:
Yeah chrome lags for me compared to the stock browser. Plus I despise that enormous service that constantly runs from chrome that you can't get rid of and eats 70mb of ram. An activity is one thing, but services get much higher priority and a service that large really has devastating effects.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] The Nexus Project:
Nice point, Your definitely on to something. I never really considered how much of your resources chrome eats up.

Sent from my i9250 (GSM) Galaxy Nexus.

Phazenine@Twitter
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] kyokeun1234:
I use chrome for primary and I use flashfy to go to stock browser to watch flash...
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] Ves:
I use Chrome beta due to the integration with the desktop version. Stock is pretty smooth too but Chrome wins it for me.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] livaye:
i am using chrome browser with lastpass extension
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] digweed4me:
Love the chrome beta but no list view on bookmark or anybody know how to list view on chrome or stock browser.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] fushla:
I'm using Google Chrome.

First I was shocked that it's fast & stable..I expected some bugs like every browser had at the beginning, but everything works fine (:
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] TheDareDevil:
Chrome has a great UI but no full screen browsing + no permanent desktop view kill it for me.

Stock Browser is great in that aspect
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] lorin_93:
I am definitely on Chrome. Much much nicer integration with desktop and really reliable, definitely the winner for me.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] vash1053:
Chrome ftw. Flash is dying anyway.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] Chad_Petree:
Chrome integration is nice but the stock jellybean broswer is way smoother, chrome lags and stutter a lot more, so ill pass until they improve it more
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] RoadHazard:
That's pretty weird, since Chrome for Android doesn't support extensions. Or are you talking about the desktop version? If so, how is that relevant to this thread?
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] team56th:
Never understood all the love for Chrome... Stock browser does its job btw.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] :
it's called opinions. if one was just 'better' then everyone would use it with no competition. i personally prefer chrome for the reason i think the layout is more efficient to use and syncs with my desktop.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] Lesicnik1:
I use both, depends on the task at hand :)

Stock browser for general browsing

Chrome for sync
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] g virus:
awesome sync with desktop chrome.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] RoadHazard:
Bookmarks, open tabs, typed addresses and searches, etc, are synced both ways between the desktop and Android versions, which is pretty awesome. I also prefer how Chrome handles tabs; switching to the next tab by simply swiping from the edge of the screen is great!
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] andrewNY:
I prefer Chrome as well, even though it seems a little less smooth than the stock Browser. Hopefully a future update to Chrome can incorporate some of the smoothness hacks that Browser uses.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] DualDark:
Both for me. Chrome for general Web surf, and stock ics browser for flash content.

Enviado desde mi Galaxy Nexus usando Tapatalk 2
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] kitecarl:
Would go Chrome all in, apart from the fact I'm missing the Save as Wallpaper function on long pressing an image
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] AmericanCon:
I preferred stock. It felt faster and smoother to me. Especially the pinch to zoom smoothness.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] asicman:
Chrome for general web surfing and stock for flash content.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] imdrgonzo:
Stock JB is much smoother but I love the double click to fit a div gesture. I wonder why only Chrome and Firefox have this feature, should be on all browsers.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] Bayint Naung:
I don't know whether it's only me. Chrome always re-load/redraw pages even 2-3 tabs opened.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] ace-user:
chrome loads pages much faster but stock browser is more smooth...
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] DeWitt_A:
I use Bugless Beast JB (Verizon) and Pete did not include the stock browser, just Chrome. I had to dig around and add the stock browser back myself because some of the sites I need to use still are not usable with Chrome (Bad rendering, not flash).
[G2 and Desire Z Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Barry://:
Hello guys

Yesterday I was watching this tech show and it said that google chrome beta had came out for android 4.0 aka ics and above..on the market..now my question is can it be taken and installed on a non ics rom such as cyanogenmod...

*thanks in advance
[G2 and Desire Z Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] OriginalGabriel:
Nope
[G2 and Desire Z Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Barry://:
Y
[G2 and Desire Z Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] blahbl4hblah:
Because it's only meant for ics at the moment
[G2 and Desire Z Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] naruvam:
I have Andromadus ICS on my Vision and when i use Chrome to open some heavy site it slows down phone to a crawl and then phone reboots it self.

Btw chrome needs hw acceleration so i doubt they will even make gingerbread version at a later date...
[G2 and Desire Z Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Spastic909:
Keep in mind there is no flash for the android chrome browser. Affirmed by adobe today
[G2 and Desire Z Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Barry://:
True but this is the beta version..hopefully later versions will have flash support
[G2 and Desire Z Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] biohazrd51:
"Adobe has issued a statement confirming that Chrome for Android does not support Flash content. The company also indicated that it does not plan to work with Google to add Flash support to the new mobile browser. Adobe will, however, continue supporting Flash in the current default Android browser.

"Today Google introduced Chrome for Android Beta. As we announced last November, Adobe is no longer developing Flash Player for mobile browsers, and thus Chrome for Android Beta does not support Flash content," wrote Adobe's Flash Platform product manager Bill Howard."

My guess is going to be no.
[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 General] beestee:
Nice write-up! I am on ST as well.

A tip for getting a refurbished e71 to show up in the phone options is by starting the process with a zipcode nearish to where you live that is more densely populated, and then just changing the address when you are placing the order. Save some bucks that way.

Also, I believe that the E71 provided by ST is locked to the SIM included with it and will not work with other SIM cards. It is probably best to just hang onto the handset.

I have tried with Fast Dormancy (*#*#9900#*#*) both enabled and disabled and get the same speeds either way (2-3Mbps), so I just leave it disabled since it seems that it could drain the battery more if left enabled.
[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 General] Hirudin:
Thanks!

I forgot I'd seen Fast Dormancy mentioned on the other threads... I'm going to try it with it disabled for a while as well.

... later

Hmmm... disabling it seems to have started causing problems immediately. I connected to the Market and searched for a speed test app. It worked for a little bit, but by the time I had typed "speedtest" into the search bar my internet connection apparently got lost. I tried turning it back on and the internet connection seemed to return.
[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 General] rogconnect:
I am just curious, what sort of speed you getting with the Straight Talk.

I have the go-phone plan and getting these speed :

btw, i have the Fast Dormancy disabled and it work great!
[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 General] MrDSL:
What data plan you have to get those speeds with go phone?

Thanks for the info OP.. I didn't know you needed a special phone for removeable sim card.
[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 General] rogconnect:
I have the 500MB data package for $25 with monthly roll over. I guess any data plan can get my speed with go-phone.
[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 General] Hirudin:
Argh, I wrote out a response but then, being absent-minded, I decided to click a link and lost it. Here's a pic with five speed tests I did. The results are inconsistent, but it doesn't look like they're being throttled or anything to me.

Note the second one on the list. Extremes in both directions. It says 33 kbps upload speed, but I though it hung so I attempted to cancel the test early. I'm not sure if it actually finished, timed out, or if I successfully canceled it.
[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 General] duowing:
I'm also using my note with this setup. The only difference I did is that instead of making two separate APN types I just combined everything into one and set the APN type to Internet + MMS. Works fine for me.
[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 General] got556:
Thank you thank you thank you for this.

Going to use my note on Straighttalk also.
[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 General] PolishDude:
Have been using my note on straight talk since day 1, have had a couple days of going 100+mbs of data in a day without any issues
[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 General] Skiddledank:
Just like to let you guys know, don't think the grass is greener if you have a tiered data plan on ATT

I have a 2g data plan and out of 142 speed tests mostly at two different locations a mile apart I have had exactly 25 times where my speed was over 1mbps download and the majority of those were at 2am or later when there's nobody on the network. I even called them to ask if they had throttled me because my speeds were so low (I'm in the Melbourne area of Florida btw) and they said no....we just suck...ok they didn't say we just suck but after looking into it I was told yea well in the daytime there's a lot of people on the network which slows things down...Yea really? to below 1 mbps???

So if you're thinking you're missing out on something you're not...that is not until your area gets LTE theeeeeeen you'll be missing out on what is nothing short of phenomenal speed. In the meantime...save ur dough til it's in your area. I'll be going to ST or Go Phone until then myself. It's the principal of the thing too. Why should I pay top dollar for that kind of crappy speed when someone in the city is getting 49mbps dl speed on the same plan I got? While being restricted to 2Gb no less.
[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 General] beestee:
I have tested both the combined APN and seperate APN and get better speed with seperate APN.
[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 General] wangjaroni:
wow this is on straight talk? I live in downtown seattle and was testing their network and it was like 1.5 down....

If their 3g (hspa+) speeds are the same as straight talk, there isn't any reason to get into an expensive contract.

Can anyone else post their straight talk speeds?
[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 General] MrDSL:
Straight Talk lets you buy just the sim card now so you can save $50 and skip the phone purchase.
[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 General] jay_jay_n:
great! is there any issues with using strait talk on the note aside from not having 4g speeds? and when do they start throttling your bandwidth? i really would rather transfer my number from tmobile and get a st sim than have to deal with edge speeds on tmobile.
[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 General] sprintuser1977:
So this is faster than t-mobile right? If so I'm getting it cause I'm on t-mobile now and might as well if its faster and same price

From the Beast : Galaxy Note
[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 General] wangjaroni:
sounds like it is faster than normal AT&T HSPA+. From what i've seen, normal AT&T hspa+ speeds are around 1 to 1.5megs..

So if there is no LTE in your city, why have AT&T at all? Buy a phone off contract and pay only $45 a month in cell phone bills..
[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 General] p51d007:
H+ in my area is around 2-3 during the weekday, and 5-6 meg in the evening.

Is yours not setup correctly to get only 1-2?
[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 General] PorscheGuy:
I got 4 Down and 2 Up using the settings they sent me with my SIM Only Straight Talk Account.

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[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 General] despine:
how is straight talk data service?

i have a question about straight talk's data service. on the internet, it seems like straight talk imposes limitations as to how you can use the data?

are you able to use the internet normally like watching youtube videos etc?

can you tether?

are there things that you cannot do compared to what you can do with other 3g/4g providers?

i ask these questions because i just saw this thread a moment ago, and gave me some hopes to buying an internation version of galaxy note and not have to pay too much money getting a plan with att. (i don't want the att version because of the hardware difference)
[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 General] B2L:
This is a really good question, I was about to come here and ask a similar question. I've only had Straight Talk for a few days now, the first two it worked great. I had decently fast data speeds, and everything was working great. As of today I can load the Market, but it won't download/update apps, weatherbug won't load, but my browser, facebook, and google+ all seem to work just fine.

My wife has the same phone, and is on Straight Talk like I am. As of today Facebook, and data in apps is working. But when she opens the browser it won't load any pages, or it's giving her an error saying it could not load.

I'm thinking about calling Straight Talk and seeing what the deal is, but I thought I would ask around here first.
[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 General] MrDSL:
Has anyone ported their number to this service?

I dont have service with them now and when I enter my IMEI it tells me its not in their system which makes sense since it is my phone..

Do I need to purchase a sim and activate service them wait for my sim to arrive...pop in phone and then go back to the website and then port my number?