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[HTC Rezound] buckifvr:
I ran SunSpider JavaScript Benchmark and Rightware Browsermark on Stock, Chrome, Opera Mobile, and Dolphin HD, and Foxfire to determine the best performing browser. Please let With SunSpider, Firefox was best with Stock a very close second... With Rightware, Stock scored the best with Chrome a distant second... So for my setup the Stock browser seems to have the best performance.
[HTC Rezound] mighty_markus12:
i didn't like the ics browser+ so i installed dolphin hd and it seems ok. i don't think the browser was what was causing my battery drain. i like boat but the transition animations are all jacked up on ics.
[HTC Rezound] hardfallen87:
Im using dolphin hd and it runs flawlessly. Also its gonna some pretty cool features.
[HTC Rezound] Andro X:
I've been using it for a while now and haven't noticed any increased battery drain. On ics alone though I don't get the battery life I did on stock gb.
[HTC Rezound] esheesle:
The latest Firefox Beta is actually pretty darn amazing (from couple of days ago, yesterdays fixes some bugs seemingly). Don't get me wrong, I love the native browser and dolphin but dislike the fact that they are all using old versions of the Webkit engine with known vulnerabilities. Once I get ICS Chrome will be nice I'm sure, but until then I will stick with Firefox (beta because the stable stinks right now) and Opera so at least I know they are getting bugfixes to prevent vulnerabilities.
[HTC Rezound] I Am Marino:
Did you have to bump this?

Sent from my ADR6425LVW
[HTC Rezound] esheesle:
Sorry for contributing?
[HTC Rezound] platinumrims:
Rude

I liked your post.
[HTC Rezound] AshtonTS:
I think he said that because this thread was started by markus.... He was a huge douche troll that was always whining....
[HTC Rezound] PhantasmRezound:
Don't be, thank you. That was a very informative and helpful post.

As others say, you just gave the forum a collective heart attack by Phoenixing the OP's name, not the thread in general.
[HTC Rezound] I Am Marino:
Rude or not, bumping an old thread out of nowhere is not necessary.

Sent from my ADR6425LVW
[HTC Rezound] platinumrims:
Lol u mad?
[HTC Rezound] andyl66:
Am I the only overscreen enthusiast? I love it, best browser by far, can have multiple pages open on one screen.
[HTC Rezound] SgtBigSmoke:
Well, not to rebump a bumpy bumped thread, but personally I find Aurora to be the snappiest and most-user friendly browser on my tab at the moment. It's from Mozilla, basically the Alpha version of Firefox, but very nice..

www.mozilla.org/en-US/mobile/aurora/
[HTC Rezound] platinumrims:
I used to use dolphin but its kinda clunky. I just use the standard one now that I found where I can change the UA so I can watch naughty movies without needing two browsers xD
[HTC Rezound] I Am Marino:
Lol u immature?

Sent from my ADR6425LVW
[HTC Rezound] 1454:
Why? Would you rather everyone just start a new thread every time they have something to add?
[HTC Rezound] platinumrims:
Yea u mad :p
[HTC Rezound] platinumrims:
He was being sarcastic I think. If he was serious then superlol
[HTC Rezound] esheesle:
Thanks, that is why I posted to this one. It was a whole 1 page back. There are far more people that complain when posting a new topic when the old was within easy reach.

Anyway, the main point I was trying to make is that in terms of safe surfing, I've started having doubts that the stock browser(or dolphin or any other that uses the stock webkit) is really a safe way to go. Just seems too easy for someone to find a flaw in that webkit version and use it for many many months before a patch is ever passed along. It does surprise me a bit that Google made the Android OS and browser so tightly tied that the browser can't be updated via the market.

Hoping for official ICS soon so Chrome becomes a candidate, until then Firefox and Opera Mobile seem the safest to me, and pretty capable between the two of them.
[HTC Rezound] jayochs:
bump.

also I hate chrome. it was so slow and had like no features at all. I still use dolphin mini lol
[HTC Rezound] SgtBigSmoke:
I use Chrome on my Prime and my Galaxy SIII at the moment, and despite being nice in concept, it is very buggy. Slow to load pages, prone to crashes and he Chrome link to desktop doesn't work..

Really surprised me since it's Google's pride and joy, thought they'd have put more into it..
[HTC Rezound] EmerikL:
Don't know what you doing, but mine doesn't crash, is super fast and the integration from my desktop works as advertised.
[HTC Rezound] Kennnny1:
Agree with Emerik, DE 1.4 running chrome and no bugs, crashes, or problems of any kind. I use Firefox on the desktop but for now it's chrome all the way for my phone.
[HTC Rezound] nrfitchett4:
keep swapping browsers. Tried using opera mobile. Liked that it opened youtube links in the app before the fix was posted for that. Seemed very snappy as well. Biggest problem is that if you restore it with data after flashing a ROM, it force closes.

Back to trying chrome and ics browser plus. Still use dolphin strictly on user agent desktop for when that is necessary and have flashify to switch between browsers.
[HTC Rezound] I Am Marino:
ICS Browser+ force closes for me on any ROM I use and I don't know why.

Sent from my ADR6425LVW
[HTC Rezound] platinumrims:
Chrom on computer is good isn't it? I wonder why its not so gud on android. They should make it the stock browser lol
[HTC Rezound] blade30p:
Opera for me, handles all my dloads easily & browsing is more than fast enuff for my liking ;)
[HTC Rezound] SgtBigSmoke:
Very interesting.. I downgraded my Tablet's OS to a bit previous version of ICS for....reasons....and now Chrome seems to be running brilliantly.

On a hunch I decided to wipe my desktop Chrome, reinstall and reconfigure, now it works fine. Still some crashes on the SGS though, might just be a platform bug caused by some other 3rd party app.
[HTC Rezound] SgtBigSmoke:
Crossed my mind as well, but remember it's still in Beta and currently only runs on ICS, read about some implementation problems on previous versions but I'm not sure about the site, could just be rumours.

If they get a large enough user base on ICS and manage to get them interested in Chrome, they could consider implementing it as a stock browser, however they should also take into account things like Microsoft being sued a while back for anti-competitive practices by forcing I.E. on everyone..
[HTC Rezound] platinumrims:
I C ur point
[HTC Rezound] Proz00:
ff beta
[HTC Rezound] luke1333:
Dolphin hd
[HTC Rezound] alphabets:
Agreed.

Sent from my HTC Rezound.
[HTC Rezound] nrfitchett4:
it requires the stock browser to work. It just opens up features that are not apparent on the stock one such as user agent.
[HTC Rezound] luke1333:
Nothing compares to me and I've tried them all. Nothing has the add ons, themes, the bookmark and gestures as of dolphin hd its just unbeatable and I'm sure a lot of people agree
[HTC Rezound] skater95:
Dolphin HD Browser all the way.

ICS Rezound.
[HTC Rezound] luke1333:
There we go another believer lol
[HTC Rezound] RY4N75:
Used to use Dolphin but i now like the ICS stock browser

Sent From My Amazing Galaxy Nexus
[HTC Rezound] I Am Marino:
Dolphin HD remains my favorite, I'm trying out Opera and I don't get why people swear by it, it's slow and makes sites look terrible.

Sent from my ADR6425LVW
[HTC Rezound] giant22000:
I used Dolphin Browser exclusively for the longest time. Now, to me it seems bloated and unorganized and full of features and BS that I'll never use.

In recent times, Boat Browser for me seems to be a minimalistic fast browser without all the bloat.

My main goal is to surf the web. What's yours? lol
[HTC Rezound] Burkejt1:
I don't understant what everyone sees in either Dolphin or Opera, I honestly think the stock browser is better than both IMO.

Even though Chrome is still Beta I think it blows all the others out of the water, syncing bookmarks between Chrome on my laptop and that on phone and even pulling the tabs I have open from my desktop, once it is in full release I don't know why anyone would use anything else.
[HTC Rezound] I Am Marino:
Chrome is far too memory intensive still for a DD.

Sent from my ADR6425LVW
[HTC Rezound] GrayBoltWolf:
Ever since the "It gets better" commercial I stopped using Chrome.
[HTC Rezound] tekhna:
Homophobic much?
[HTC Rezound] EvoTillIdIE:
Opera mobile or dolphin

Sent from my EVO lte using my ****
[HTC Rezound] nrfitchett4:
dolphin and opera have been around a long time and are very well tweaked for performance. I use dolphin strictly on user agent desktop and with flash enabled so I have a full browser when needed.

Chrome is still somewhat buggy, doesn't render all websites properly, opens slower than the stock browser and doesn't support flash. Everytime I install it to try it again, I dump it within a day or 2.
[HTC Rezound] GrayBoltWolf:
I'm not going to start a flame war again because that got the "get something off your chest" thread closed because nobody respected my opinion.

I just think Google needs to stay out of that stuff.
[HTC Rezound] tekhna:
Wow, I just downloaded Boat and it flies. Awesome.
[HTC Rezound] nrfitchett4:
Just tried it on business ics and it seems no faster than the stock browser. Tested several websites.
[HTC Rezound] jmorton10:
I didn't find it to be any faster either.
[HTC Rezound] GrayBoltWolf:
He must have been using a terrible browser before.
[General Questions and Answers] illcat2000:
OK so I leave to Puerto Rico on Saturday. Then two days later on a cruise out of San juan. Anyway I called verizon today to let them know so they can enable my global capabilities. The fees per minute and megabyte are ridiculous obviously. The Verizon rep I spoke to said I won't be charged if I keep my phone on wifi. I plan to keep it on airplane mode till I enable wifi. I'm leaving my daughter behind and I want to be able to call and check up on her without a ridiculous bill. Is anyone aware of any wifi calling apps that will allow free international calls. I have google voice but I'm not sure if that will work. Any help is appreciated.
[General Questions and Answers] njd15:
Maybe google voice? I'm nor sure if it will work where ur gonna be at....but worth a try
[General Questions and Answers] GrimReaper24:
I dunno doesn't yahoo allow it.
[General Questions and Answers] pwhitersxs:
You can get wifi calling through signing up for gvoice and using sipdroid, but the wifi on the ships is expensive. From what I remember you can use your phone in Puerto Rico, but it's pricey and theres not much free wifi.

Good luck finding cheap service and have fun.
[General Questions and Answers] illcat2000:
Thanks I think the verizon rep made an assumption that wifi on the ship would be free. I figured it will would be as well. This sucks my bill will be ridiculous.
[General Questions and Answers] lvlolvlo:
Cruise ship wifi is not free from the ones I've been on. But if you really need to call home use a VoIP clients and a VoIP provider. I use Bria and configured it to Flowroute (https://support.flowroute.com/entries/20325927-how-to-configuring-bria-softphone-on-the-iphone).

Another option (this one is free) use gtalk over wifi and then initiate a voicecall.

Good luck and enjoy your cruise!
[General Questions and Answers] illcat2000:
Thank you.
[Nook Color Themes and Apps] dotzil:
For those with ICS on Nook.

Flash working on latest update of opera mobile.
[Nook Color Themes and Apps] Anniraff:
Which iteration of ICS are you using?
[Nook Color Themes and Apps] dotzil:
I'm using Samiam's nightly builds ( [UNOFFICIAL][ICS][NIGHTLIES] CM9/ICS Nightly Builds ). Now just need Netflix working.
[Nook Color Themes and Apps] lekofraggle:
Flash is not working on samiam's nightlies. You need to use eyeballer's opengl version.

I do not use opera though. When I get a chance, I will install and report.

~Leko
[Xperia Play Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] mamrhein:
I am going to do a test using the xperia play.

For a week ill use a task killer and do the same things each day. And for a week I won't doing the same things I did during the other week

Note:

No cell.or wifi will be used.
[Xperia Play Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] mamrhein:
who would wanna see the results?
[Xperia Play Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] The Alpha Gamer:
So what is it you hope to prove?
[Xperia Play Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] psxpetey:
Ya diddo what for
[Xperia Play Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] mamrhein:
Does using a task killer really hurt or help battery life.
[Xperia Play Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] The Alpha Gamer:
Then surely it would make more sense to do the same things both weeks but only use the task killer for one week?
[Xperia Play Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] paxChristos:
Read this, then think about your study:

http://m.lifehacker.com/5650894/and...ed-what-they-do-and-why-you-shouldnt-use-them

V6 supercharger is your best bet for actual memory optimization...
[Xperia Play Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] SirRudolph:
http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1433309

And this as well.

Theres alot of opinions on task killers. A sticky over on xperiaforums states you dont need them and that android will manage itself better. So godspeed.
[Xperia Play Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] swebosdev:
Before you test without the killer, afer you used one for a week you should reflash your phone back to stock for a true result.
[Xperia Play Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] lightningdude:
He worded it oddly, but that is what he intends to do.

Quite frankly, I think this test will prove to go differently than people will expect. I've always been an advocate for the educated use of a task manager, not necessarily a wipe-it-all task killer. Hoping for some educational findings, either way.
[Xperia Play Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Osinaldi:
EZ Task manager.
[Xperia Play Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] swebosdev:
If you want to prove something that has already been proven be our guest.
[Xperia Play Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] mamrhein:
Note my device is hacked complete stock and I've read all the articles I'm curious
[Xperia Play Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] DeadlyDazza:
I'm going to do a study.

One week I'm going to have strawberry jam on my toast, the next week I'll have apricot.

Anyone want to know the results???
[Xperia Play Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] swebosdev:
You should have peanut butter in between weeks to reset your pallet
[Xperia Play Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] psxpetey:
Clearly the author of this post is under 14
[Xperia Play Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] mamrhein:
Clearly rthe author is acually 18
[Xperia Play Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] netizenmt:
LOL - CLEARLY the author doesn't know how to use spell check.

And has no life, since he waited 3 months to even respond.

Of course I replied to it, so CLEARLY I have no life also! :D
[Xperia Play Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] beez1717:
I use a task manager to kill process that refuse to be killed by any normal means. For example, once my browser wouldn't quit and it kept crashing whenever I used it, even after telling the os to stop the process. Using a task manager I force killed the browser and it finally worked.
[HTC Rezound] tschmid5:
Ok, so I got my rezound today and the first thing I did was unlock the bootloader because of the factory reset, I didnt want to adjust any settings just to wipe them out. So i unlocked the bootloader and everything was smooth. Then I rebooted my phone and then tried to install Amon Ra via the guide in the development section. I did everything to the tee but the phone never rebooted automatically so I manually rebooted and then powered down. I deleted the PH98IMG file from my sd card (which was for the 1.02.605.6 version) Then I tried to access the Recovery via the volume down and power buttons. When it looks like the recovery is going to load but I get an image of a phone with an exclamation point inside of a red triangle ...???? So i booted my phone back up it would no longer connect via USB mounting as storage, I tried everything from formatting the SD card to factory resetting, to rebooting my computer. No idea why that all of a sudden my USB would not connect, I get a CD ROM auto play notification with a white square with VZ inside of it, WTF!?! Ok, also I cannot update to the newest software version. I even relocked but when my phone says checking for new software it just dissapears and nothing happens. This is so frustrating, I just wanted to install Amon Ra to perm root so I could install cleanrom but apparantley im doing something wrong and I have no idea, just trying to follow directions, theres just so many files and im not sure if I have the right ones

I tried to install Amon Ra with the AIO by Hasoon but all I get is a command prompt with this in it

'C:\Users\User\Documents\Desktop\HTC' is not recognized as an internal or extern

al command,

operable program or batch file.

C:\Users\User\Documents\Desktop\HTC ReZound\AIO Toolkit\Rezound_All-In-One_Kit_V

1.0\data>

Also, I charged my phone for like 2 hours when I got it, briefly powering it on twice, the battery light is still orange and the meter under about phone/battery is full and it still says charging???

EDIT: My device is connecting via USB all of a sudden magically....
[HTC Rezound] Kratz17:
Did you installed htc sync in your computer?

Sent From My Optimized Blasting 4GLTE ReZound :cool:
[HTC Rezound] tschmid5:
Yes I had to have the drivers installed to unlock it.... One more thing, I just did the oneclickroot method and it says that I now have perm root. I thought the one click was just a temp root. So I factory reset and still had root. Got the tether up and running now I just need to figure out how to install a recovery so I can flash roms.
[HTC Rezound] Kratz17:
That's interesting...

Anyways about recovery. Did you try pushing the recovery.img with adb commands? In fastboot?

Sent From My Optimized Blasting 4GLTE ReZound :cool:
[HTC Rezound] EmerikL:
Yes definately do it from fastboot. I just makes things to much easier.

Also I would apply the OTA before you get to far into the setup process as it will require you to relock your phone to get the new radios from Verizon.
[HTC Rezound] tschmid5:
I'm not sure I know exactly how to do that...
[HTC Rezound] tschmid5:
I did relock my phone "fastboot oem lock" from fastboot...it verified that it was "relocked" at the top. Then I tried to boot up the phone and checked for new updates and it searched for about 20 seconds and then just dissapeared and did nothing, just like when it was unlocked. I'm nervous to do anything to this thing now, i tried to restore a backup of apps that I had backed up from my Droid X, and it stuck at the boot logo, I've had to factory reset a handful of times already trying to figure this thing out. I just spent 2 hours re downloading all the apps I had. I suppose I would make a new backup before I try anything else.
[HTC Rezound] EmerikL:
Ok first of all you should never do a restore from a phone other than the one you are restoring to, that is just asking for problems.

Next, google RUU_Vigor.

You want the 2.01 version. This will give you the update and wipe your phone clean as if you had just taken it out of the box, meaning it will delete all your data.

After it is complete you can download the Amon Ra img file. Place that in the same directory that adb and fastboot are in. Rename it to Amon_Ra.img. Get your command line to the folder that you have fastboot in and then type this command, "fastboot flash recovery Amon_Ra.img" (without the quotes)

You now have the update and Amon Ra loaded on your phone. Boot into recovery and install su from the developer menu and boom you are done. Phone rooted.
[HTC Rezound] tschmid5:
Ok, awesome. This sounds doable except installing the RUU, I found the file and its downloading now but how do I install it? I notice it's a zip file but do I extract it and install the contents of it via fastboot as well? Or is there a way to flash zips with the stock recovery menu? Also, I am guessing a backup would be wise before this and the current version of Amon Ra is 3.14, the one titled "recovery-ra-vigor-3.14-gnm.img" . Just rename it to Amon_Ra.img, place it in platform-tools of my SDK files and install via fastboot?

Also, isn't there a newer RUU? A leaked 3.10.605.13? I have seen that ROMs are based off it but I cannot find the actual file anywhere...
[HTC Rezound] feralicious:
No. The RUU is for official releases only. If you're getting the PHzip file of it then just put it on your ext sd card and it will run in bootloader. Just boot the phone and it will find it. Then make sure to delete that file when it's done so your phone won't find it every time you boot.

If you download the exe file then you run it on your PC by double clicking on it and will need HTC.sync installed.

As to Amon Ra, personally I don't like to rename files I've downloaded from a dev so they don't get lost and disorganized. It's up to you, but you don't have to rename it to flash it, just type the name it has exactly. People rename it for easier typing I guess so if you do that I would suggest at least keeping the version number in the name.

Then after you flash Amon Ra, navigate to its developer menu and install su and then you'll be rooted.
[HTC Rezound] tschmid5:
Ok, so I factory reset my device after making a backup with mybackuppro, relocked my device and placed the 3.54mb PHzip from scottsroms website onto the root of my SD card, booted up into bootloader, it checked the file and then nothing. Rebooted the phone and checked the software version, nothing changed. I dont see how something so simple is so frustrating.....I could try to download the larger file thats like 449mb but its titled "Stock Rooted ROM - Vigor - WWE 2.01.605.11.zip" from scottsroms website and its not a PHzip. Should I rename it PH98IMG.zip? then try that?
[HTC Rezound] feralicious:
If you really want to start fresh you need to grab the RUU. That is the official release from HTC and will put you completely back to stock. Get it here:

http://xdaforums.com/showpost.php?p=22045045&postcount=58

I recommend going the RUU route to be certain you get your phone wiped clean. When I ran it for a fresh start it got rid of old folders/files that flashing a ROM did not. Here's some instructions I posted for someone before:

That smaller file you downloaded was most likely just a kernel.
[HTC Rezound] tschmid5:
Ok, now I see. I think I had to install an older version of Amon Ra since my software version was older. I succesfully installed Amon Ra 3.10 and installed su and superuser, now I see that I can just flash zips from the menu much like CWM recovery on my Droid X. Now I just have to figure out why my f&%!ing router keeps dropping to local only every 5 minutes, it won't stay connected long enough for me to download an RUU file that size...
[HTC Rezound] tschmid5:
So if I flash the zip from scottsroms website do I have to put the kernel on the memory card as well so that it flashes correctly? Thats assuming that the PHzip file is the kernel

Do you have a link or know where I could find an all in one zip file so i dont have to mess around with seperate kernels...a zip that i could flash that has the basebands and everything, i would use the RUU that you posted a link to but its an exe and im not sure what to do with that...
[HTC Rezound] feralicious:
Yes, you need to flash the kernel separately for that.

There is a thread for another stock ota ROM by con247. He has the update packed into it so it will flash the ROM then take you to hboot to flash the update. You need to lock your phone before flashing the update to get the new radios.

So...

Put ROM on sd card

Flash in recovery

When you get to bootloader put phone in fastboot and connect to PC

Relock phone

Flash PHzip in hboot

Unlock phone

Flash Amon Ra if needed (can't recall if you'll have stock recovery now or not)

Install su

The RUU is really easy. Just download it to your computer and double click on it. just have phone locked and HTC sync installed.