yashsingh1/xdaforums huggingface dataset:
[Android Apps and Games] csagan5:
I see. I never dived into getting it to work, so cannot help much. Some users here reported it working without root. I think the success depends from the custom ROM/Android you are running, but just an informed guess.
[Android Apps and Games] codified:
Is this a recent change? I've only had this problem since I updated Bromite. Now I keep getting logged out of all of my websites and get the Google privacy agreement banner reappearing all the time. It's made the browser unusable for daily use - will have to revert if there is no option to keep cookies
[Android Apps and Games] csagan5:
No the patch has been in since the first release, you can read it in the changelog.

I have also seen this problem but I cannot pinpoint where it comes from. Cookies do not flush when force-terminating the app (which is unexpected on its own). Have you tested with Chromium to see if it happens there too? If the problem is not in Chromium then if you can tell exactly at which version in Bromite it starts, that could help narrow it down. None of the ungoogled-chromium patches has to do with cookies, so this is a mystery and could as well be due to something changed in baseline Chromium.
[Android Apps and Games] marcdw:
I've had similar results depending on the ROM.

First try was on my G3 running a Lollipop ROM. As per the wiki it works great.

Oreo was a different matter. If ROM is using AOSP webview then I couldn't even install Bromite's even though the former was disabled. So I manually replaced the system webview, cleared caches, and tested. Got the crashes. However, installing it normally afterwards (essentially updating) it all worked.

Tried that on two GZR ROMs and checked with their included WebView Browser Tester app. All good.

EDIT: Oops. Sorry, I forgot you weren't rooted so not possible for you to try the above.

ZTE Axon 7 A2017U, Stock B32, Tapatalk 4.9.5
[Android Apps and Games] OSheden:
Created by [MENTION=4958579]Primokorn[/MENTION] => https://bugs.chromium.org/p/chromium/issues/detail?id=826681

Feel free to give your star :)
[Android Apps and Games] csagan5:
65.0.3325.198 has been released.

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[Android Apps and Games] ..Cory..:
I was all excited until I read the edit :p appreciate it though, will post my findings if I find a way to install!
[Android Apps and Games] wilpang:
Hi csagan5

Bromite and all my Chromium based browsers which include Chromium and Samsung Internet Beta are all playing up with the same issues I was having previously. Only Chrome has no issues, must be my phone ?
[Android Apps and Games] csagan5:
A question for users here that are familiar with adblocking on Android, for example AdAway/DNS66: if we were able to configure the DNS resolution settings for Bromite alone, couldn't we use something like AdAway running locally without root?

No root privileges are needed to run an app that exposes a DNS port locally; is this already possible? I am talking about something like DNS66 without the extra burden of a VPN layer.

As far as I know, Android does not let you set DNS resolution for all networks but you have to override it one by one, and sometimes with DHCP it's not viable. So if we were able to set the DNS configuration for the browser alone, we could benefit from any adblock engine that runs as a DNS resolver.
[Android Apps and Games] csagan5:
On the fingerprinting mitigations topic: I have added a test for the client rects fingerprinting: https://www.bromite.org/detect

This is the same test from browserleaks.com; as for previous mitigations, it is also expected on next release that we do not have this API available anymore, thus those 3 new fingerprints will not be possible to calculate.

Edit: the approach is to randomise the result for those 3 fingerprints, so you will get a different one every time a page is loaded. Equally effective and does not break websites functionality.
[Android Apps and Games] ht16:
Unable to download file big than 2 gb
[Android Apps and Games] csagan5:
65.0.3325.204 has been released.

CHANGELOG
[Android Apps and Games] csagan5:
(duplicate)
[Android Apps and Games] JFK1975:
Thanks for your hard work on this great browser. There is a x86 and arm64 version of 65.0.3325.204. Simple arm version is missing, once again thanks a lot and a great easter-time to everyone.:cool:
[Android Apps and Games] Ultramanoid:
I've been wishing for something like this for a while myself and nobody seems to have been able to do it as yet. Besides contacting the developers of AdAway, who may have some useful insight and have been pretty active as of recently ( particularly PerfectSlayer ), I would suggest to contact also ukanth of AFWall+, who is quite knowledgeable about these matters.

Related, and just announced today : https://blog.cloudflare.com/announcing-1111/
[Android Apps and Games] besweeet:
Are update installs not possible?
[Android Apps and Games] ouzowtf:
ARM64 installed without a problem for me
[Android Apps and Games] goofwear:
Would it be a possibility for you to add the option to have the browser always start in incognito mode.
[Android Apps and Games] csagan5:
Somehow the upload failed; I will upload them again. Thanks for reporting.

Ok, thanks for the pointers. I might give this a try (a feature to configure the DNS and perhaps in future the proxy only for Bromite).

Nice addition. It seems like DNS-over-HTTPS will win over dnscrypt; Chromium already has support for DNS-over-HTTPS.

You should report what is your current Android version and CPU type and what you are trying to install. They are working correctly as far as I know.

See also https://github.com/bromite/bromite/issues/18
[Android Apps and Games] besweeet:
Android 7.0, Snapdragon 820 (Galaxy S7). Simply trying to install 65.0.3325.204 over 65.0.3304.0.
[Android Apps and Games] csagan5:
There is no such version...you should install the ARM64 SDK21 version. Also check that you have enough storage space, that error can be symptom of that.
[Android Apps and Games] besweeet:
That version number came from the about menu. I have no shortage of storage space.
[Android Apps and Games] csagan5:
I really have no idea which version is that. It is possible it is from the time the version/package was broken. You can try using a backup and migrating the data like explained here: https://github.com/bromite/bromite/wiki/Migrating-user-data

Also, please post smaller images in future? These seem to be too big
[Android Apps and Games] JFK1975:
Bromite works like a charm. I'd love to test vanilla chromium too. Is there a way to make start page/ ixquick default search engine as in Bromite? :confused:
[Android Apps and Games] besweeet:
I opted to simply remove the old version and install the new one. Things seem fine except that the quick web view (when opening links in other apps, for example) doesn't seem to be a thing anymore.
[Android Apps and Games] Primokorn:
Site Isolation in Google Chrome will roll out in version 67

FYI Strict site isolation and Top document isolation can already be enabled in chrome://flags
[Android Apps and Games] vivian.shaolijun:
thanks for sharing ：）
[Android Apps and Games] csagan5:
Yes, that will be a nice feature and much more advanced than "wipe all 3rd-party cookies on exit".

I was reading on a related topic about Intelligent Tracking Prevention, a feature of the WebKit engine itself:

https://webkit.org/blog/8142/intelligent-tracking-prevention-1-1/
[Android Apps and Games] luils:
add regions lists

Could the adblock add regions lists to block?

In the uBlock, you can select which regions need to block.

http: //220.241.173.249/qr/upload/3013686.png

Thank you.
[Android Apps and Games] tsc316:
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[Android Apps and Games] Primokorn:
On Chromium-based browsers I have always seen requests and questions about bookmarks. Don't you think it could be a good thing to not be dependent of your browser?

I use xBrowserSync for months, it's a FLOSS software available on Android, Chrome Web Store and AMO (soon).
[Android Apps and Games] csagan5:
I can save more than 8, it could be a problem of your data directory
[Android Apps and Games] csagan5:
Only after

https://github.com/bromite/bromite/issues/33 is done
[Android Apps and Games] IronTechmonkey:
There may be some confusion about terminology and components here. Are we sure this is not in reference to the 8 "Top Sites" tiles shown at the top of the New Tab page - which are not necessarily bookmarks, but rather they are the most used sites (Top Sites) regardless of bookmark status (remove one from bookmarks to see this).

I also had only 8 tiles in the "Top sites" section at the top of the New Tab Page (NTP) and nothing in the bottom section (until modifying flags), but in any event all of my bookmarks are available at Menu > Bookmarks as expected.

Just to clarify are those in the Top Site section or the bookmarks section accessible via Menu button > bookmarks?

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Also, this brings up a seeming limitation of Bromite which is actually borne of its virtues. IIRC, Since Bromite restricts some of the items which would populate the "Top Sites" section and other parts of the NTP, the NTP looks bare (especially to new users who may not understand the privacy context), but many people would probably like an easier path to bookmarks. Although the flag to put the bookmarks button in the main top bar has been removed there is one Chrome flag which somewhat mitigates the absence of bookmarks on the NTP. This will show a larger selection of recently used bookmarks in the bottom half of the NTP and at the bottom of that list is a link to actual bookmarks,

Browse to chrome://flags/ > set flag "Show recently visited bookmarks on New Tab page" to enabled.
[Android Apps and Games] zxcasd0:
please help with installing

Newbie here. Unsuccessfully trying to install this latest version arm_ChromeModernPublic, and arm_SystemWebView in rooted KitKat 4.4.2 (moto g xt1033). Please let me know what apks need to be installed in what order. Thank you.
[Android Apps and Games] IronTechmonkey:
Some process & testing suggestions.

> Double-check the OPs of this thread.

> Install the Bromite for "Jelly Bean and above (SDK16)" from the Bromite website (not from XDA Labs).

> Test Bromite alone to see if it works.

> Install applicable webview version.

> Test

Also just and FYI: Answers are often in the details, and these details are generally expected and are quite helpful, so, specifically:

- The version of Bromite being installed (not just the file name)?

- Where did you get that version (Bromite site or XDA Labs)?

- Actual error message or symptoms?

- A step by step walk-though of your installation process?
[Android Apps and Games] csagan5:
The top sites in the New Tab Page are always 8, I have never been able to change that (although I wished so). [MENTION=7118043]tsc316[/MENTION] the tiles in the New Tab Page are not the same thing as bookmarks, FYI. We cannot just call them the same, they are separate things.

The Top Sites are populated from your history as usual, what has been limited is that there is no roundtrip to Google servers to ask "what are the most visited websites?" for the (supposedly initial, but actually fetched regularly) list of top sites to show in the new tab page. The Google logo and search engine have also been disabled, since that would go to Google servers to fetch the doodle/logo.

The only limitations are about filling-in the top sites (or the above area for the search integration) from Google sources, nothing has been changed regarding your own history or bookmarks. For every website in a tile, you're still getting the icon from each website's server (it is updated regularly). I did not change that, although somewhat it is a beacon to third-parties.

The empty space is just used to show most recent downloads.
[Android Apps and Games] csagan5:
That is not the correct version. You need arm_ChromePublic.apk which is in the first row Jelly Bean and above (SDK16).

When you visit the website, is the first row green or not?

There is no SystemWebView before SDK21 so you cannot replace that on Android 4.x.
[Android Apps and Games] IronTechmonkey:
Likewise. There seems to be no flag that forces more than 8 tiles to appear, other than the flag which populates the lower half of the NTP with recently used bookmarks in list as opposed to tiles.

Yep, picked that up from your documentation gathering.

Good point. My privacy needs are not that strict but there is a faint trail there. As to the empty space below the NTP tiles, I've got 10 recently used bookmarks below them with a link directly to actual bookmarks - until Boogle removes that particular flag.
[Android Apps and Games] Dildacorn:
I wonder if it is possible to migrate MicroG with Bromite so we can use Google Sync. Anyone else wondering this? Anyone with an answer to why this maybe can't be done? Please, it would be amazing to use Bromite with Google play services!
[Android Apps and Games] Techwolf :
I installed Bromite several months ago. I went to Settings>About and see Application version "Bromite 66.0.3340.0" I am about to nuke and reinstall everything due to a bad battery causing some file corruption by doing un-safe sudden shutdown when under heavy load. Replaced battery and was checking the version to see if I had the latest version, I think I got one from the future. :D
[Android Apps and Games] marcdw:
If you're referring to what I think you are, please read the FAQ in the OP.

Moto G5S Plus XT1806, GZOSP_PixelExperience, MultiROM, Tapatalk 4.9.3
[Android Apps and Games] csagan5:
That version was built with Beta channel, for a few releases, by mistake; so it was correctly v66. Now we build Stable channel as it should be.
[Android Apps and Games] csagan5:
65.0.3325.218 has been released.

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[Android Apps and Games] lazostat:
When I press on chromium app on xda to go to forum it brings me here. So it's the same app?
[Android Apps and Games] IronTechmonkey:
The distinction between Bromite and Chromium as well as the reasons both are available through this thread (via the Bromite site and other linked resources) and in XDA Labs from the same developer is explained in first few posts of this thread.

Hint also: It's also implied by the name of the thread itself: "Bromite - Chromium plus adblocking" :).
[Android Apps and Games] lazostat:
It shows me a notification that bromite has a high battery drain. It works on background? It happened once so far.
[Android Apps and Games] csagan5:
It works on background if you have youtube/vimeo tabs open.
[Android Apps and Games] Ultramanoid:
Well, P will solve the lack of DNS options in Android, at last. Can't come soon enough :

https://www.androidpolice.com/2018/04/14/google-explains-new-private-dns-setting-android-p/
[Android Apps and Games] kingbenzima:
hey [MENTION=8627832]csagan5[/MENTION] can you please take a look at this Brave Browser issue especially the commit that fixes it , https://github.com/brave/browser-android-tabs/issues/167

it's literally identical to the one that affects Bromite where it request permissions on every boot up.

For those of you who have MyAndroidTools app on your phone, 1)open it 2)click on Services 3) click Third Party 4) Click Bromite 5) Disable ChromeBrowserSyncAdaptiveService and ChromeGcmListenerService 6)open your terminal emulator and type Reboot so as to skip the shutdown animation.

Enjoy without the nag for account permission ??
[Android Apps and Games] Afg Playa:
Hello,

does googlesync work? does it still freeze sometimes?
[Android Apps and Games] IronTechmonkey:
Nice find. Is there anything else upon which those services depend?
[Android Apps and Games] Ultramanoid:
Never saw that nag myself because I disable those services and several others. Thanks for posting about the tool used. For those who want to experiment with this, FX file manager and Servicely ( adware ) are other applications that can disable services reliably as well.
[Android Apps and Games] marcdw:
Far as know Google sync doesn't work at all. Only with Chrome. See FAQ in the OP.

LG G3 D851, CyanogenMod CM12.1 ROM, Fechda R7 Kernel, MultiROM, Tapatalk 4.9.5
[Android Apps and Games] csagan5:
Great job tracking this! I am going to try this for next release, I think it will work.
[Android Apps and Games] SkoreK89:
Hi,

I have a problem. I can't install bromite browser on Note 2 with Eclipse v9 ROM KitKat 4.4.4. I chose version for Jelly Bean and above, but installation ended with error. Need help guys :)

Wysłane z mojego SM-N910C przy użyciu Tapatalka
[Android Apps and Games] csagan5:
First thing, please report the error message text or screenshot.

which CPU architecture did you download? arm, arm64 or x86?

how much free space was available when you tried to install? how much now?
[Android Apps and Games] SkoreK89:
I use arm version, and I have 7,46 GB free space. I download arm_ChromePublic.apk

Edit:

Older version installed without problems.

Wysłane z mojego SM-N910C przy użyciu Tapatalka
[Android Apps and Games] csagan5:
You did not report the error message, it's the first thing I mentioned.
[Android Apps and Games] Colossus96:
Downloaded the Arm64 lolipop version sdk 21 for my fire hd 8 (2017) .. but there app is not installing. Download is fine just it shows that app is not installed.
[Android Apps and Games] SkoreK89:
The error was just "Aplication wasn't installed" and the only think I could made was press "Done" button. The problem exist in newest version, even if I trying update previous version to the latest (using apk file).

The second-last version works perfect. Very fast, without ads. Just awesome.

Wysłane z mojego SM-N910C przy użyciu Tapatalka
[Android Apps and Games] marcdw:
Do you have an existing copy already installed? If so uninstall it and install the new one.

Try the 32bit one maybe.

Moto G5s Plus XT1806, PixelExperience Oreo, MultiROM, Tapatalk 4.9.5
[Android Apps and Games] Colossus96:
no i don't have any version installed. just regular chrome installed.

thanks i will try the 32 bit.
[Android Apps and Games] csagan5:
I do not know why this is happening. It is not due to the version code, I just checked and they are all incremental. Can you see any reason for the failure in the logs?

For now you can either reinstall it following instructions here or try with the next release.
[Android Apps and Games] t-ryder:
Found this project some days ago and after trying so many browsers found @ play store I am glad to have Bromite.

Thank you very much!

Just bought you a coffee.

Sigh... I wish there was Bromite for Windows and Linux...
[Android Apps and Games] csagan5:
Thanks! :)

We might have those builds in future but they would not include the adblock engine as you can use extensions on those platforms
[Android Apps and Games] csagan5:
I suspect too the OS might be 32bit. Try arm instead of arm64.

Which one is highlighted in green from Bromite website?
[Android Apps and Games] Colossus96:
arm64 is highlighted in the bromite website. but as you said the os might be 32bit.

i will check with arm version &report later.

Edit: thanks the arm version worked.
[Android Apps and Games] t-ryder:
OT; just deliver it with cooked in µBlock origin and google analytics opt out plugin =)
[Android Apps and Games] OSheden:
Give a try to Inox or Iridium browsers.

I used Inox on Manjaro for months.
[Android Apps and Games] robotkoer:
What happened to the XDA Labs listing?
[Android Apps and Games] jaydeep darandale:
I'm unable to sign in in the google account!!!

How to sign in

---------- Post added at 05:09 PM ---------- Previous post was at 05:08 PM ----------

I'm unable to signin in the Google account!!!

How to sign in
[Android Apps and Games] NamitNayan:
Because you didn't read OP (And XDA rules)
[Android Apps and Games] csagan5:
Yes, and ungoogled-chromium too. We use patches from Inox and ungoogled-chromium in Bromite.
[Android Apps and Games] csagan5:
There is a bug in XDA Labs that disables the listing every time a new upload is made but not enabled. This happens as I prepare all releases, which are activated at once to avoid posts asking "where is the release for X"?

They have to fix it in XDA labs, until then I can only do some workaround
[Android Apps and Games] csagan5:
65.0.3325.230 has been released.

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[Android Apps and Games] abelenki:
full desktop mode for Chromium (Bromite):

https://xdaforums.com/showpost.php?p=76303079&postcount=173
[Android Apps and Games] UFOZ24:
I have kit Kat but it won't install
[Android Apps and Games] csagan5:
This is not necessary for Bromite, it does not have an old user agent. It is the same as stable Chrome.

What is the error message? How much free space do you have?
[Android Apps and Games] abelenki:
you didn't understand. ;)

this patch makes permanent "desktop mode" in Chromium / Bromite / Chrome. it's for people, who don't want to see crappy mobile versions of sites.

when you installed it, a browser declares itself being a full desktop Chrome browser.
[Android Apps and Games] csagan5:
Clicking on the link to that post, you can read :

I replied here to that premise, in case you were proposing this for that reason.

So the only advantage is to not have to toggle desktop mode every time.

I guess it could be used likewise for incognito mode
[Android Apps and Games] UFOZ24:
I fixed it I was using xda labs so the version was higher than katkar
[Android Apps and Games] xehed:
sorry I would like to ask, does it have bottom address bar??
[Android Apps and Games] alagga:
You can enable chrome home in the chrome flags:

chrome://flags/#enable-chrome-home
[Android Apps and Games] xehed:
oh dats cool, thanks anyway :good:
[Android Apps and Games] ouzowtf:
But it will be gone with the update to chrome v66, since Google killed that option in chromium.
[Android Apps and Games] b.roid:
that's weird because its in the current chrome. also why did they get rid of swipe left to go back. great options they are killing.
[Android Apps and Games] xehed:
yeah, google is sucks!!
[Android Apps and Games] xehed:
If may I request (small request), can you add an adaptive icon for Android 8.xx please?
[Android Apps and Games] SkoreK89:
Updated to this version (in my Note II with Eclipse v9 ROM) without errors. Good job. :)

Wysłane z mojego SM-N910C przy użyciu Tapatalka
[Android Apps and Games] csagan5:
You mean a rounded square icon? We are keeping Chromium's icon, color-shifted to green. It has the same adaptive icon features of Chromium.
[Android Apps and Games] comeon123:
Is there any way to deactivate the AdBlock Filters? Having too many false positives...
[Android Apps and Games] xehed:
no, adaptive icon doesn't change nothing to the icon colors, here for references> Adaptive Icon
[Android Apps and Games] csagan5:
Yes, we might have in future such option. Can you report cases of false positives? These are official AdBlock filters, they should work. Or we should check the engine is working correctly

Sure, I am saying that we keep the icon of Chromium.

Yes, next Bromite release will be a v66 as is the current Chromium stable
[Android Apps and Games] xehed:
and that means the bottom address bar will be gone too, right??:crying:
[Android Apps and Games] comeon123:
The filters are working, but easylist and easyprivacy suck at anti-adblocking providers like adnxs.com.

Sites that use them can not be used with bromite.

Adguard allows for a per app and per site whitelist to circumvent this so i'd like to turn off the bromite filters.

Thanks for considering the option in the future.
[Android Apps and Games] csagan5:
The feature I can add is a global toggle for adblocking like I added for Javascript; more advanced functionality has to be planned
[Android Apps and Games] comeon123:
That would be awesome and already make this a non-problem due to 3rd party ad-blocking.
[Android Apps and Games] SnowFuhrer:
I am running lollipop, but when I try downloading it, it will suddenly stop downloading. What's wrong?
[Android Apps and Games] victorgamax:
Hi,

I like to use Link Stack app to open external links from Facebook etc. This app only works with Chrome, i think that of because the web view system. It's possible to make bromite a system app and the default web view engine? In this way we can discard totally Chrome app and only use bromite.

Nice work, go on!

Cheers