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[Asus  Eee Pad Transformer Prime] TheOnionKnight:
Indeed, the idea is to completely eliminate these messages. I did observe the app version failing to start correctly on boot on one of the devices I tried it on. For the people who still got wait messages after installing the app:

1) Did it ask for superuser permissions after the first reboot?

2) Could you run 'mount' in Terminal Emulator or adb shell and post the output?

3) logcat just after rebooting may also be useful but probably won't tell me anything the other two don't.

Yeah, if it's what I think (poor random write performance) then it's a system wide problem. The browser just happens to be one of the apps most heavily affected by it.
[Asus  Eee Pad Transformer Prime] aznmode:
1. It didnt ask me for superuser permission and when I open superuser I dont see the app in my list. So I should reinstall? Wonder why it sorta fixed it for me if it never asked for super user perm.

I really think it is what you think it is. So can you think of any solution or leave it up to Asus?
[Asus  Eee Pad Transformer Prime] TheOnionKnight:
Ok, I figured out why this is. Essentially, from Honycomb onward Android stopped sending broadcasts to apps unless the user has manually started them at least once. This caused the startup code not to be run on boot. The reason this didn't show up during testing is that early versions of the app still included the default activity created by the Android SDK. As a result of this activity having been run android treated the app as having been started manually, even after the activity was removed. I've updated the post with the original app version to contain a fixed version and instructions on how to use it.

I can't think of any simple solution. Any software fix for the problem would have to be at the kernel/driver or firmware levels.
[Asus  Eee Pad Transformer Prime] aznmode:
Thank you will try the updated version

Looks like i have to download with a PC later. I get parse error if i dl with my prime.
[Asus  Eee Pad Transformer Prime] TheOnionKnight:
Actually, this looks to be an issue with the attatchment. Have a dropbox link while I try to figure out what went wrong with the upload: http://db.tt/PAHet657

Edit: Looks to be fixed now.
[Asus  Eee Pad Transformer Prime] Pat1981:
have same problem.. with browser.. every few minutes this error msg.. please asus fix this asap! I'm not happy with this situation..

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[Asus  Eee Pad Transformer Prime] sdynak:
signing up .. hoping Asus fixes this.. in the interim Opera with on demand suits me.. would rather full working stock browser tho..
[Asus  Eee Pad Transformer Prime] 1SiK1500:
Fyi. I have this apk installed on my non rooted prime.. My prime web browsing seems much snappier. I may not receive the full potential of the apk. But it Is noticeably better.

I hope another non rooted user can confirm.
[Asus  Eee Pad Transformer Prime] The_Stranger:
I will try the APK (thanks BTW), but besides the waiting message, I wonder what the reason is for chrome to be so buggy on my prime and almost perfect on my galaxy nexus (besides the waiting message I never get on my nexus, it shows blank pages, black pages, CTD's, etc on my prime, which I never have on my nexus)
[Asus  Eee Pad Transformer Prime] justPorter:
force close

i agree this needs to be fixed, it has to be some software optimization or something. i run dolphin with caching to sd turned on (doesnt seem to do anything) and history turned off, and if i dont have too many apps in the background i still get them, not as often as i used too, but it is just annoying as all heck.
[Asus  Eee Pad Transformer Prime] VinceT3:
This issue has plagued my ATP since I got it.. My wife saw it and gave me the "Apple products just work" comment.. *cringe* I couldn't disagree with her on this flaw.. seriously needs to be fixed.. browser is the only app I get this issue with..
[Asus  Eee Pad Transformer Prime] richk2:
Does this apk only work for the stock browser or does it also work for the browsers like dolphin, ics plus etc, that are based on the stock browser
[Asus  Eee Pad Transformer Prime] aznmode:
I think its the I/O issue as it doesnt just happen in browser for me. Just now it happened as I was downloading game data for Dark Meadow. Right now everything so slow too and the tablet is unusable so I'm just leaving it the the download screen. I really feel this is Asus specific only. I have an Acer a100 with ICS and it doesnt have this issue at all. Nor does it slow down when Im downloading. From what I hear the new Acers dont have this issue either. Asus really needs to fix this and I do hope it is their software implementation cause if its hardware were all SOL.
[Asus  Eee Pad Transformer Prime] aznmode:
Ok that link worked direct to my Prime. Rebooted but didnt ask for superuser so I went to app drawer and ran browser2ram and then it told me to reboot. Upon reboot then it asked for superuser permission. Thank you for this!
[Asus  Eee Pad Transformer Prime] RubenRybnik:
Tried the new version( dropbox link ) everything worked for me and asked for su on reboot ... looking great so far, I've never gotten the wait dialog very frequently( using aokp ) but did get it on the browser here and there, haven't gotten it since using the apk, and seems faster. Great work ... think you could create one for chrome, and maybe dolphin or ics + browser? Hopefully it would be quick mods, but it would be a great addition.

Also to share some info I ran Dolphin, Stock ICS browser, and the Opera dev version( one that you can install addons in on the opera labs site ) through futuremarks peacemaker html5 speed test. Dolphin and ICS browsers both scored in the upper 500's not much difference between then, Opera labs version scored around upper 300s ... Just a lil bit of info for anyone wondering on speed( this was on aokp overclocked to 1.8 ghz btw ) ... Too bad opera scoring so low, I've been dieing for a browser with full addon support( really need lastpass and xmarks support :) )
[Asus  Eee Pad Transformer Prime] Rytkonen:
I agree with you. People just whine about GPS and Wifi when the most used application does not work as it should. Or at least I assume that people use tablets mostly for web surfing.

I love the Prime, but I am disappointed at the web browsing. Anyone who has used SGS2 knows what smooth and fast web browsing means. Look at this video and skip to 1:00.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PO0gSLf73AI

That is how fast SGS2 is and it was over a year ago on Gingerbread.
[Asus  Eee Pad Transformer Prime] TheOnionKnight:
I can tell you with absolute certainty that it has no effect on non-rooted phones. Any impressions otherwise are just placebo effect/wishful thinking.

Only the stock browser currently but see below.

Honestly, it wouldn't be too hard to make it work with most apps. The only ones that would cause problems are ones that try run automatically on boot. The only real issue is that this really is just an ugly hack, not a proper fix. Doing it to just one app like the browser works fine but if you started doing it to multiple apps you're more likely to hurt overall system performance than improve it.

If you do some testing, sequential write performance is fairly good, it's only random writes that are abysmally slow. Although this doesn't prove anything, it does to me strongly imply a software issue.
[Asus  Eee Pad Transformer Prime] richk2:
surprised this thread isn't a sticky or get more responses - do people think that the apk does not work??? It does seem to be helping with my browser issues....
[Asus  Eee Pad Transformer Prime] htcplussony:
Just saw Gary do an update about issues with games, wifi direct, reboot/problems and nvflash.

If only he would make my day by writing about bad browser and wifi power consumption.
[Asus  Eee Pad Transformer Prime] kevinm2k:
I get this issue too. Not just in browser, had it numerous times in different apps the whole prime freezes to almost a stop then seems to catch up and is fine again. Very frustrating. Definitely needs fixing
[Asus  Eee Pad Transformer Prime] ken830:
I just want to thank TheOnionKnight for his fix. I installed the applified version last night and so far, so good on the stock browser. Thank you, TheOnionKnight!
[Asus  Eee Pad Transformer Prime] darll:
Can anyone explain why this "browser not responding" problem is not present in Opera...

I have tried several browsers on my Prime and Opera is the only browser that has never had the problem
[Asus  Eee Pad Transformer Prime] Arun01:
Yup I reinstalled Opera Mobile yesterday & it's been running like a champ lol.No more crashing. That was my main complaint about it but it's flying now.!:cool:
[Asus  Eee Pad Transformer Prime] fast2climax:
I've had good luck disabling JavaScript as well, I don't think the browser wait issue has resurfaced since then. I think the opera browsers benefit from having some of their processing offloaded to external servers, but I'm not an opera user so I can't say for sure.
[Asus  Eee Pad Transformer Prime] bpear96:
Has anyone tried the "Fix for hangs/stalls/lags, because of background disk I/O" kernel module here http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1455382 ?

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Opera mobile doesnt, use external servers for processing by default, unless you enable it. Opera mini does. Opera mobile without external server compression, works fine.
[Asus  Eee Pad Transformer Prime] malaeus:
Having the same browser issue. Even after ondemand. Launchers crash too... all icons go away but it won't force quit
[Asus  Eee Pad Transformer Prime] bpear96:
I applied TheOnionKnights fix, and "Fix for hangs/stalls/lags, because of background disk I/O" kernel module here http://xdaforums.com/show....php?t=1455382 ? and browsing is much smoother and havent had one "force close" or wait
[Asus  Eee Pad Transformer Prime] buxtahuda:
Bad link FYI

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1455382
[Asus  Eee Pad Transformer Prime] aznmode:
I use this and have my Prime set to Turbo 1, and set scheduler on start up (noop)

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1473520

And the one by Onion posted in this thread and so far both have helped with overall performance. My browser is barely freezing and the sluggishness have been almost non existent.

Interim solution for the time being...
[Asus  Eee Pad Transformer Prime] sdynak:
THANK YOU!

You are my GOD Onion Knight! THANK YOU! This has been the absolute most frustrating issue with the Prime for me and so far so good. You are my HERO! Please go work for Asus.. I can actually sit back & relax now and forget about when Asus would actually step up to this and provide a fix.
[Asus  Eee Pad Transformer Prime] jrkart99:
sigh... sincei started this thread, my browser experience has gotten worse. not only do I get wait message, I'm getting straight crashes with no force close message on all browsers. except chrome. this is so weird, but I'm really starting to get fed up with this tablet.
[Asus  Eee Pad Transformer Prime] syklitengutt:
I too have this problem on my, my girlfriend and her brothers tps.

Tried a bunch of browsers.

Have anyone sent this thread to gary?
[Asus  Eee Pad Transformer Prime] justPorter:
if you are not rooted, the best browsing experience is by using opera or dolphin hd. first set flash to on demand instead of always on. for dolphin i turned off keep history and i turned on cache to sdcard. as long as you dont have 5+ apps running in the background it works pretty good, you could always go to development options and limit background apps to 2 or 3 to prevent background tasks from messing with you.

i also at one point had ics browser set to javascript off and dolphin with javascript on. as you will see with javascript off everything works great, but some sites just dont work without javascript.
[Asus  Eee Pad Transformer Prime] justPorter:
good news, looks like gary has acknowledged the browser issue in his latest update;

5/3/2012 Update - (from Gary)

We have new NV base code that is undergoing validation testing now. I will released this firmware to a few beta users in the near future. It addresses random reboot/lock problems among a few other items. In addition, we are still working with NV and Google on code changes to address browser issues once multiple browsers are installed and Flash is not uninstalled and reinstalled again after a cold reboot.
[Asus  Eee Pad Transformer Prime] aznmode:
Is this issue .21 specific? I don't recall .15 having this issue. Was thinking about going back to 15.
[Asus  Eee Pad Transformer Prime] darkbahamut:
My Prime has done this on every single firmware update released to date. I've owned my Prime since December and I'm yet to install an update that doesn't have this issue.
[Asus  Eee Pad Transformer Prime] jrkart99:
So I wrote Gary and let him know about this thread... He was very prompt in his response, but stated that part of my problem was the chrome browser causing the crashes. He stated that there have been reports of chrome changing settings etc and then causing crashes.

He told me to uninstall Opera, Dolphin, Chrome, and Flash, cold reboot, then re-install Dolphin, Opera, and Flash. So far after my testing things have been better, I have only surfed for 15-20' but have not experienced a crash yet, so thats good.

He did not say anything about the wait/close messages, but I see from another post he is aware and things are being worked on.
[Asus  Eee Pad Transformer Prime] htcplussony:
Its nice to see Gary do an update on the browser issues but the wait or close happens even if u never installed another browser.

EDIT thanks jrkart99!
[Asus  Eee Pad Transformer Prime] aznmode:
Thanks. I think Demandarin mentioned he brought this up to Gary also. After reading your post and what you quoted gary I decided to uninstall flash and all the broswers cept stock. Rebooted and reinstalled flash. Gonna see how this works out.

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Thanks for the tip. But going to go with stock browser and not install the others.

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Are you referring to crash or the wait/close pop up?
[Asus  Eee Pad Transformer Prime] darkbahamut:
I mostly get the 'Not responding' pop up on mine with the odd force close (once or twice a day it closes down). It's no less annoying though, given that I get it every minute or two.
[Asus  Eee Pad Transformer Prime] jrkart99:
been surfing for over two hours on dolphin with flash on always, have only had one wait/ close message and no crashes. I would recommend everything from my previous post and reinstall after a cold boot. definitely better, but not perfect. ;-)
[Asus  Eee Pad Transformer Prime] dalingrin:
The browser crashes are likely something to do with Asus/Nvidia browser changes because AOSP browser does not crash for me in CM9.

I hope they look into the I/O bottleneck that seems to be causing the browser slowness and freezing. The wait/close messages happens when the system is too slow to respond to user input so it would seem that the I/O is causing a dramatic slow down. I hope this is Tegra 3 kernel issue rather than us having crap eMMC storage.
[Asus  Eee Pad Transformer Prime] aznmode:
So after running just stock browser and reinstalled flash player i tried making it crash by trying to scroll while a page is loading. I cant scroll till it stops loading completely or till i see the quick scroll on the side and this is when its hanging and i get the pop up. So i have to wait for it to finish before i start scrolling. So I decided to disable the quick scroll to see what will happen. With that disabled now i cant force it to hang or get the wait/ok to pop up and i could actually scroll now while its loading. Can you guys do the same and tell me if you get the same result.
[Asus  Eee Pad Transformer Prime] indie13:
Gents, after reading the comment from Gary, i did a cold reboot, then uninstalled flash, cleared down my browsers cache, then cold booted again. Once it was powered upi reinstalled flash and did another cold boot.

Once all this was down the browser does seem quicker. Ive not had a lockup since and i had 12 tabs open all with flash.......it could be just a temp thing but worth a go.
[Asus  Eee Pad Transformer Prime] justmart:
Opera Mobile doesn't have this issue. My new default browser.
[Asus  Eee Pad Transformer Prime] UndisputedGuy:
What is a "cold" reboot?
[Asus  Eee Pad Transformer Prime] buxtahuda:
You reboot by pressing the recessed button in the *w*hole next to your mSD card.

*EDIT:

Wow, lol, I feel bad about the fact that I'm so good with grammar and I let these things happen :D Laziness lol
[Asus  Eee Pad Transformer Prime] UndisputedGuy:
Thanks
[Asus  Eee Pad Transformer Prime] jrkart99:
update- as I grieve the loss of mca, I have been doing very heavy surfing all day on dolphin with flash always on. there is definitely an improvement. loading has been much snappier and have not had a wait message all day. there is definitely something going on with chrome. obviously there are kernel issues too. at least this is manageable for now.
[Asus  Eee Pad Transformer Prime] Lock-N-Load:
3-4 times on stock browser in last hour on non flash sites if that matters.... so annoying
[Asus  Eee Pad Transformer Prime] wrick01:
Why has this issue still not been fixed???

Im stock, not even rooted and busting my balls to browse on a tablet i paid a fortune to.... Well... Browse.

Im on the verge of saying i miss my ipad... First gen!!!

:thumbdown:
[Asus  Eee Pad Transformer Prime] anthonyalberto:
From what I can tell, the Browser2Ram apk really helps!

It's really just a temporary work-around though, we need a real and definitive solution to this ...
[Asus  Eee Pad Transformer Prime] riyatch:
I have this problem and it was getting worse and worse and was happening with other apps as well. I took the advice here and uninstalled flash and chrome and clear caches of the browser and seval other programs that seem to lock up. Cold booted and reinstalled chrome and flash. So far for the past 2days I have not gotten the 'wait' message once. Everything is running a bit smoother too.
[Asus  Eee Pad Transformer Prime] RubenRybnik:
This is what I usually do after a flash.

1.) Restore everything EXCEPT flash, browsers and Nova Launcher via Titanium

2.) Reboot

3.) Install Nova and restore Nova settings to get apps and widgets back

4.) Cold boot

5.) Install Flash and Browser of choice( I use Dolphin and stock Browser mostly )

6.) Cold boot

7.) Install Browser2Ram and reboot

8.) Run through the steps for the V6 Supercharger script( This helps out SOO much in my opinion ) and really isn't hard at all to setup, basically run script and follow prompts( use the latest RC, much more user friendly ) and reboot when it tells you and at the end. Then copy over your patched services.jar( the auto patch website makes this super simple ). Reboot, rerun the script and let it reboot one last time. After last reboot just run the script to make sure settings stuck( they always do for me )

All in all this process doesn't take me longer than 30 min for a fresh ROM, and leaves me with all my apps, widgets, etc just like I had it, and the browser issues / system wait issues don't happen much at all( if any for me really ).

Anyways just giving my 2 cents. I agree Browser2Ram is a bandaid fix, but it works fine for me for now.

Honestly, the only other thing I -really- wish I had was options for Browser2Ram to choose which browsers you can enable. Would love to see Chrome, Dolphin and Opera Mobile as options to choose( maybe only letting you select one so you don't over due it ). If that script / apk was modified to allow you to choose I'd be happy as heck :)
[Asus  Eee Pad Transformer Prime] agzela:
Since Adobe Flash update recently anyone experience better browsing?
[Asus  Eee Pad Transformer Prime] wrick01:
Im posting because mine just crashed and caused a reboot.

Lots of fun.
[Asus  Eee Pad Transformer Prime] aznmode:
I noticed the reboot I was having on mine was caused by having force gpu enabled
[Asus  Eee Pad Transformer Prime] rootusr:
wow Im not sure if it is a coincidence or not but Im not having any browser lag problem since the flash update. I will report back if it appears again
[Asus  Eee Pad Transformer Prime] Electronics_eng:
Internet Pause

I have had the browser lockup problem from the day I bought the Prime (Stumble upon app also has this issue). It is so annoying, that I do not use this product very much. This device's main purpose in life is to access the internet, you would think that ASUS would have fixed this problem before attacking the GPS issue. I have been hoping for a proper firmware fix for 4 months! Not very happy ASUS! :mad:
[Asus  Eee Pad Transformer Prime] willumpie82:
Are there people with rooted and or customized devices that experience the same lag?
[Asus  Eee Pad Transformer Prime] yumms:
Nope, zero lag for me. I've got wsg installed, with the motley kernel and I've also blocked ads.

Even when I was not rooted their only thing that helped was blocking ads with OpenDNS.
[Asus  Eee Pad Transformer Prime] RubenRybnik:
Does anyone else notice how much faster disk writing is in CWM Vs. Titanium in ICS? I know they aren't doing the same thing, but it seems like CWM backup would actually do more, and it's faster than titanium, does this point to it certainly being some kind of ICS issue?
[Asus  Eee Pad Transformer Prime] buxtahuda:
You're using Pro? Yes, a nandroid is going to get all the same information plus some, so it should take longer. And in the case of my phone it does.
[Asus  Eee Pad Transformer Prime] demandarin:
likely. good observation. ive always thought its some kind of software issue that needs addressing. even rooting and overclocking speeds up the disk writing speeds. at least based on running memory benchmarks @ stock speeds vs. overclock speeds.

there's a developer for the 300 making me a custom build.prop with his tweaks. You may remember his thread here before they moved all 300 related threads. It was called "T-300 Minor Tweaks & speed increases(root required)" people were asking if it could work on a prime. he said he doesn't recommend it because it could mess things up. So he just told me to give him my build.prop and he would modify it for the prime. cant wait to try it out. alot of tweaks n mods like forced 60fps, kernel tweaks, increased fling velocity(im guessing this is swiping and touchscreen related), dalvik increases, nvidia graphics tweaks, etc...

ill let you know how it is once i finally try it out.
[Asus  Eee Pad Transformer Prime] NeoMagus:
Just rooted on .21 here. I run on performance, use Ad-Free and ever since switching to "Plug-ins on demand" I haven't had an issue with the stock browser and wait messages.
[Asus  Eee Pad Transformer Prime] RubenRybnik:
Can't believe I'm saying this, the Prime is just about my ideal device in every way( I don't give a crap about GPS on my tablet anyways ). But I'm about a day away from returning my Prime to BestBuy( Got their last one with dock ) and waiting on a new device. I really can't stand how slow things are due to such a stupid issue like disk IO. I've tried every ROM, including last nights Gummy release, tried all sorts of build prop tweaks( V6SuperCharger ) and kernel mods that are supposed to releive disk IO pain, but to no avail. After all these tweaks it does get better, but not nearly to the point where it should be. You know something is wrong when your SGSII runs better than your tricked out tablet.

Errr... anyways, I guess I'm just venting right now, not expecting that "magic" fix. Honestly, I'm not even asking for much, if Asus would just come out and say they now about the issue( I've seen Gary's posts but it doesn't sound like hes acknowledging our main overall complaints, just the browser one, which is only a symptom imo not the root ) and once they admit it just tel me for sure they know its software and -will- be fixed. I'd then gladly put up with the tablet and wait on them ... really, just a little light at the end of the tunnel, is that too much to ask.

Well I got about a week or so left before my return window runs out, hoping I hear something promising before then :(