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[Android Apps and Games] LordLTSmash:
Unable to access Google account from Bromite

Hey, I installed the 64.0.3282.168 ARM64 SDK24 version, when I try to access to my Google account it will launch Google Play Services app and it won't show my account even though I'm already logged in, then if I type it in manually it will tell me that the account already exists in my device (but I can't select it, so I don't get access to passwords, history and so on...)

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Oh, it seems its an API restriction. Well, no Bromite for me then :crying:
[Android Apps and Games] gondsman:
I think there's a case of overzealous adblocker with bromite, as I can't open the package tracking pages on amazon, while it works with every other browser. Apart from that, great job, it's a really good browser!
[Android Apps and Games] Ultramanoid:
No issues here. Are you sure the page is in Amazon's domain and served through https, or are you in the carrier's site ?
[Android Apps and Games] csagan5:
If you can provide the URL that is being blocked (remove your privacy-sensitive details from there) I can add it to the testcases which are run against the adblock filters before release; I had a problem like that in the past, it is because Bromite does not support DOM-level blocking so some rules should be skipped.

In next release I am adding support for the rules which specify domain= options, but having some false positives/negatives is still possible.
[Android Apps and Games] gondsman:
Ehm, I have no idea how to purge sensitive information from it (the page has my name and address...). It's the link I get from the confirmation email from Amazon when I buy something, it starts with https://www.amazon.fr/gp/r.html?EDITEDOUT

The actual link is longer, but this part also works as an example, as it say it can't find the shipment on other browsers while bromite doesn't load the page at all.

Thanks!
[Android Apps and Games] csagan5:
Edit your message and replace it with https://www.amazon.fr/gp/r.html that is enough for a testcase; it is fixed in next release, perhaps even on current one 64.0.3282.168; tried downloading it again? If you cannot access latimes.com then you have a very early version that I re-released with the adblock filters fix.
[Android Apps and Games] lavis800:
Does Chrome Duplex (Chrome Home) in Chrome://flags work?
[Android Apps and Games] gondsman:
The shorter link you wrote works with the current bromite, but the one I posted doesn't, so they're not equivalent for some reason...
[Android Apps and Games] Ultramanoid:
The link you posted works for me : "Les informations sur le suivi des expéditions ne sont..." etc.
[Android Apps and Games] Allen_Walker:
how to adjust the text to the screen?
[Android Apps and Games] Megabliss:
Webview issue

Hi, I'm on 7.1.2 and I tried to install the webview component. I found it was not enough to disable the google webview, I had to actually uninstall it (and reboot). After installing the Bromite webview it is recognized as "AOSP WebView" in developer settings. I did not have to convert it to a system app.

For most sites it performs beautifully with working adblock. However I cannot view certain links such as this, if I open it in webview (from a Reddit app):

http://nationalpost.com/sports/olym...team-beats-czech-republic-to-win-bronze-medal

I get net::ERR_CONNECTION_REFUSED. If I open it externally with full Bromite it works. The same links also do not work if I try to open them with Firefox Focus (which I know also uses Android's webview).

Any idea why this might be?

I have a few more links that do not open but I would rather PM these to you [MENTION=8627832]csagan5[/MENTION] if you would care to examine them.

Thanks
[Android Apps and Games] chicato83:
It doesn't allow me to login to my Google account. What can I do for fix it?
[Android Apps and Games] Ace42:
"Does Google Sync/Translate/Data saver work?

No. This is not a limitation of Bromite but of all Chromium-based projects in general, as general public is not allowed to use Google's APIs for free unless when using Chrome."
[Android Apps and Games] abraden80:
Couldn't find the chrome home flag, does it not work with this browser?
[Android Apps and Games] csagan5:
The easyPrivacy filters contains:

||amazon.*/gp/r.html?

So that's why that is blocked. If you try on a desktop with an adblocker using EasyPrivacy, you should see the same problem. Somebody should report the issue to EasyPrivacy.

For now I will skip that rule so in next version it should be fixed.

As I suggested in previous post you should remove the link from a public forum if it contains personal information.

Well, both Bromite and its Webview should block it. I find it strange that one blocks it, the other does not. Can you make sure that you install the Webview and Bromite of the same version?

As for that specific link, I tested it against current rules (that means, for the next release) and it works. Feel free to send me other links, I can add them to the tests.
[Android Apps and Games] kkslider1:
[MENTION=8627832]csagan5[/MENTION] Any plans to add an "Icognito Only" mode like Chromium SWE Browser? :)
[Android Apps and Games] Ace42:
Use the search button, most questions have been answered multiple times by Cs. It could happen in the future, but probably not in time for the next release.

https://github.com/bromite/bromite/issues/18
[Android Apps and Games] J0nhy:
Hey, first of all nice browser it's my favorite i was using brave but for some reason i feel more comfy with this one, second of all is there another way to donate besides paypal? I was banned from paypal long time ago therefore i cannot use their service, third of all, I'm on 7.1.1 but every time i try to watch a video full screen it does not work correctly, here's how it looks every time i try to view it in full screen
[Android Apps and Games] csagan5:
64.0.3282.182 has been released.

CHANGELOG
[Android Apps and Games] Ultramanoid:
In the OP : https://www.bromite.org/ ( > DONATE )
[Android Apps and Games] csagan5:
Thanks! I have also a BTC and LTC address; I did not setup Patreon or something like that, maybe I will in future

are you on latest version 64.0.3282.182? CPU type?
[Android Apps and Games] NamitNayan:
[MENTION=8627832]csagan5[/MENTION] in latest update

When the website is loading scrolling becomes laggy

Cpu msm8916

Android 7.1.2(32 bit)

Not on all websites but present

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Also can you bring the address bar (everything) from top to bottom of the screen

Enabling chrome home didn't do that

It will be great if you bring the bar down leaving everything same(just a request don't do this if it brings instability of any kind)
[Android Apps and Games] JFK1975:
Hello,

Installed your nice browser about 7 days ago. I like it a lot. My device is a s4 mini i9195i with arm cpu 1.5gb ram and unofficial Los14.1.

Since yesterdays update there is a delay.

This http://buildyourownandroid.selfhost.eu/smartphone/daily-builds/

Its an example. Maybe too many links on one page, I don't know but display freezes for a while and it says bromite shows no reaction, wanna wait?

Or: https://www.firefind.de/

Made a new installation, first it seemed better but after scrolling a bit it freezes again
[Android Apps and Games] jowaky:
AVG Antivirus detected Bromite as a dangerous file.

So much for trust.
[Android Apps and Games] JFK1975:
I used Sophos yesterday after the update and yet Dr. Web after your post. Everything's fine here.
[Android Apps and Games] Ace42:
Lol. He linked his github. Why don't you point out the malicious commits on it, since you dismissed the possibility of a false positive from AVG.
[Android Apps and Games] S4turno:
AVG ?
[Android Apps and Games] Ultramanoid:
Antivirus for Android deserve zero trust. They do nothing. They are often loaded themselves with analytics and data mining, spyware bordering malware.

They will flag a modified application ( just changing an icon will do ), they will flag an application with root permissions ( because root is DANGEROUS ), and so on.

And they will detect zero vulnerabilities in Android itself, which is where 90% of real security problems come from. How many antivirus detected stagefright, or bluetooth or krack vulnerabilities ? Zero.

And like stated above, you have the code on GitHub. Audit it.
[Android Apps and Games] jowaky:
I tried to find out what in particular it was detecting that was bad, but there's no way to find out in the app itself. The previous version was detected as safe.

I don't know! I'm sorry I just wanted to be informative.

I like the browser myself. But don't count out MITM attacks or recent malware, Trojans, etc.

Thanks!

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I agree 100% :highfive:

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Sorry, I'm new to this.

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I reinstalled it and AVG says:

"APK:CloudRep [susp]"

I missed it the first few times.
[Android Apps and Games] d1n0x:
Just get rid of AVG. It is doing more bad than good for your phone.
[Android Apps and Games] Ultramanoid:
Which basically means AVG does not recognize the application as a 'popular' one, since they rely often on reputation and installed base among users. Not being in the Play Store is enough sometimes to cause that. Seriously, antivirus are essentially useless, they do not protect against serious vulnerabilities, and make hysterical warnings about nothing, and can be, ironically, potentially dangerous, particularly those including advertising code.
[Android Apps and Games] csagan5:
I cannot reproduce this, but I do not have 32bit version so not really able to

Big changes are unlikely to be done because we cannot steer away too much from current Chromium/Chrome development; I have not seen any patch on current Chromium to implement this

I cannot reproduce this as well, works smoothly. Did you find anything in the logs about this freeze?
[Android Apps and Games] csagan5:
I agree with Ultramanoid that antiviruses are useless, it's like those magic crystals you put in the car to protect from accidents. I've seen shop clerks upselling an antivirus with a new tablet "because it's more secure". These companies play on the fear of common users and make some money in the process (scam).

The patches on Github are however not enough, because the APK files might be bundled with any hard to detect malicious code (although analysis of outgoing connections is the most common way to spot them, but not sufficient).

The best would be to have reproducible builds (see also: https://reproducible-builds.org/) via F-Droid or similar, which I have worked on quite a bit without many results so far.

The burden of proving a malicious intent is not on me though: you can decompile the APKs and find out anything that has been added via the patches. If you build Bromite yourself you will also get a flagged APK from these antivirus products, but if you are using one you have already decided to trust it so stick to your choice. They are probably using some kind of heuristic to flag APKs, I have zero concern about this and I invite anybody that does not want to trust APKs downloaded from internet to not install them and instead build them from scratch where possible; if not possible, then do not install them. Most people that install "untrusted" APKs do so trying to figure out if there is an incentive to conduct malicious activity (a browser is indeed a very sensitive application on a phone). Also another reason why we should have open source browsers and reproducible builds in general is because even if somebody does not have a malicious intent, his/her accounts can still be hacked and the APKs riddled with malware. It happened to some distributions/companies in the past (not just Android related). The same can happen to "trusted" APKs and that's why the iOS store and Google Play Store scan the APKs (as far as I know).

This is a very broad topic so I do not go further into it, but as a reminder: Bromite is provided "as is". I am definitely not paid to develop it and I would build it anyway for myself. I believe with all the contributions from the users we are making it better. If some day we manage to build it from scratch on F-Droid, then use that. I will keep maintaining the patches and the official builds for the time being.
[Android Apps and Games] NamitNayan:
Well try loading a website on slow connection (where it loads ,but not completely {so that it is loaded enough to be scrollable})

I also don't face it when the website loads in jiffy
[Android Apps and Games] JFK1975:
I cannot reproduce this as well, works smoothly. Did you find anything in the logs about this freeze?[/QUOTE]

Changed to 168 no problem at all. Another try with last 182 stuttering and freeze shortened log

Hope it's enough:confused:
[Android Apps and Games] csagan5:
[MENTION=8064684]NamitNayan[/MENTION] [MENTION=7556296]JFK1975[/MENTION] both your problems seem the same; if you have the patience to make some tests, I am going to make separated builds specifically to tackle this problem by starting to remove the recently added ungoogled-chromium patches until we found a build without the problem. We have like 10 builds to test and they should be all ready in a day or two.
[Android Apps and Games] NamitNayan:
Might be my ROM issue

Thanks for the support though
[Android Apps and Games] NamitNayan:
chrome://flags/#enable-chrome-home

This flag is for that only (I like that it brings search bar down,but hate there isn't any home page (all are tabs))

Bromite doesn't use it(just shows a bottom white empty bar), all other chromium browsers works fine.

{Just reporting, not an issue for me}
[Android Apps and Games] OSheden:
It is for me.

I don't use this browser every day so I couldn't say when it started but I always used this flag. Since a few builds it no longer works.

Moreover G+ website is lagging now. It seems that recent modifications were not all positive.
[Android Apps and Games] Ultramanoid:
https://www.xda-developers.com/google-deprecating-bottom-address-bar-chrome-home-chrome-duplex/

Things over at chrome://flags are experiments ( I use many myself too ) and a testing phase for things that may become part of the application or that may be deprecated at any time.
[Android Apps and Games] OSheden:
Thanks for the link. Duplex is not as handy as Chrome Home though.
[Android Apps and Games] scannman:
Is there any way to enable the bottom bar in bromite? I've tried all the usual home flags but none worked.

I'd been using brave for a while but YouTube background playback broke today. SA sad
[Android Apps and Games] kesaras:
Would it be possible to add an exit and clear data button?

I just recently discovered this browser and it's absolutely terrific. Keep up the good work guys.
[Android Apps and Games] 4Freedom:
I agree with you, it'll be really useful.

Or even an option to clear automatically cookie,cache etc... on closing. Something like in Firefox.
[Android Apps and Games] Ultramanoid:
Use incognito tabs. When you quit all is cleared.
[Android Apps and Games] kesaras:
If it was incognito by default yes that would work but you have to open one every time . Maybe there is an option and I don't know about it.
[Android Apps and Games] Ultramanoid:
You have to open a normal tab every time too. Don't use normal tabs. Just use incognito only, not sure I understand why you can't.
[Android Apps and Games] kesaras:
You just open up the app. You don't have to open a new tab. Of course there are workarounds for what I ask but the exit & and clear button would be great.
[Android Apps and Games] snke:
I have problem with my Google account synchronization...settings tell me "update your your access data"
[Android Apps and Games] Avalon:
Is there a way to turn on auto suggest in the URL bar?
[Android Apps and Games] S4turno:
That works if we're inside the browser and want to visit a website, but when we click on a link inside other app, it still uses a "normal" tab.

Only a "clean on exit" (eg: firefox) or "incognito only" (eg: caf chromium) mode can fix this.
[Android Apps and Games] csagan5:
Does the problem persist with latest 64.0.3282.193? If yes I can start making custom builds without the ungoogled-chromium patches that may have introduced the problem, but first we need to rule out if it's in Chromium itself.

See my posts above about testing with latest version + other custom builds I might do to narrow down the issue.

Seems like they are breaking it in Chromium
[Android Apps and Games] csagan5:
64.0.3282.193 has been released.

CHANGELOG

On a separate topic: is XDA now blocking URLs to getgadgethacks dot com? If you write it altogether I see a bunch of asterisks. Somebody market it as bad word? I understand it's not a great site but why the censorship? I had to use a URL shortener in the first post where I had put a link to an article there about Bromite.
[Android Apps and Games] kvevand63:
Viewing downloads offline causes Bromite to freeze and crash on this update and the previous one. Stock Android 6.01/Samsung J3. Unfortunately no logs.
[Android Apps and Games] nARMstrong20:
Works for me, Nexus 5 on Oreo. Maybe check your storage permissions?
[Android Apps and Games] NamitNayan:
[MENTION=8627832]csagan5[/MENTION] any ETA for HTTPS everywhere feature?

Also do bromite have these features-figerprint protection, tracking protection...

(Don't get angry for ETA{for others} )
[Android Apps and Games] JFK1975:
Unfortunately still the same problem with the new build.
[Android Apps and Games] csagan5:
It should not crash even without the right permissions. Without logs cannot do anything.

Before ETA I should commit to develop this, which I did not. I am not going to add this, it is not planned. It is a too complex feature and I never said I would add it. It would not work.

You can read the features list here: https://github.com/bromite/bromite/blob/master/README.md#features

[MENTION=7556296]JFK1975[/MENTION] are you available for testing custom builds? If yes I will start making them; others can also join the testing if you have the same issue. I will publish them on a special pre-release on Github.

Edit: I checked the differences with .168, I was mistaken: the ungoogled-chromium patches were already introduced there: https://github.com/bromite/bromite/blob/master/CHANGELOG.md

The only Bromite patch that changed between .168 and the next was the domain-based blocking, so I suspect these problems might just be Chromium issues.
[Android Apps and Games] Ultramanoid:
Try a quick test with Chromium to discard it's Bromite-specific :

http://chromium.woolyss.com/#android
[Android Apps and Games] Daniel Br:
Thank you for this and gonna try it soon.
[Android Apps and Games] JFK1975:
Thanks for the link! Chromium works like a charm as Bromite .168 did!
[Android Apps and Games] mccbrandon:
New to Bromite, installed yesterday and got an update this morning keep up the updates dev
[Android Apps and Games] Ultramanoid:
It's not about getting angry. It's about following the forum's rules. I could start posting in Japanese and say 'don't get angry, English speakers'... That's not how XDA works.
[Android Apps and Games] JFK1975:
[MENTION=7556296]JFK1975[/MENTION] are you available for testing custom builds? If yes I will start making them; others can also join the testing if you have the same issue. I will publish them on a special pre-release on Github.

Edit: I checked the differences with .168, I was mistaken: the ungoogled-chromium patches were already introduced there: https://github.com/bromite/bromite/blob/master/CHANGELOG.md

The only Bromite patch that changed between .168 and the next was the domain-based blocking, so I suspect these problems might just be Chromium issues.[/QUOTE]

Yes I am. Looking forward to it.:svetius:
[Android Apps and Games] NamitNayan:
I said that because most of the time Dev is fine with small ETA but some guys aren't

My bad

Sorry
[Android Apps and Games] JFK1975:
It's really not that kind and not xda policy.

Most of the things and the hard work of the developers are free here. It's not that pleasant in any way to ask them when they get things done.:eek:
[Android Apps and Games] darkmind21:
Hi guys...nice really nice app. But...cant sinc whyt my goolge acccout
[Android Apps and Games] Ace42:
No Google sync for chromium projects not made by Google. Just search the thread for "sync", this topic comes up like every week. :)
[Android Apps and Games] fitittome:
Because Google will not permit it. You have to use Chrome and then subjugate yourself to their privacy, adverts, terms & conditions. Is that feature worth it?
[Android Apps and Games] d1n0x:
lol
[Android Apps and Games] jacomail95:
Just an idea, can Google Encrypted search engine be added in Bromite?

Inviato dal mio Nexus 5 con Tapatalk 2
[Android Apps and Games] nARMstrong20:
If you go to encrypted.google.com, search something, then go to Settings > Search Engine it should appear as an option.
[Android Apps and Games] Ace42:
It worked, thanks!
[Android Apps and Games] Colossus96:
sometimes ads still show up & if ads are bkocked their square box still shows but not the ads itself just where it supposed to be.

feature requests: interface like tuga browser. it's much more easier to navigate.
[Android Apps and Games] nARMstrong20:
If you want an interface like TugaBrowser then why don't you use TugaBrowser? Pretty sure they are both derived from Chromium, block ads and all that jazz.
[Android Apps and Games] Colossus96:
currently i am using tuga browser. but it's outdated. so thinking about shifting to this browser.
[Android Apps and Games] Ace42:
Tuga hasn't been updated past v60 because caf sources have seen no changes in the past month or two. For now caf browsers like tuga will remain on v60, instead of v64/v65. These browsers have vulnerabilities that were patched in Bromite.
[Android Apps and Games] Ntress:
is there an option to make the bottom nav bar?
[Android Apps and Games] marcdw:
Here's an idea. Search for "bottom" and see what you come up with. Asked and answered just a day or two ago I believe.

LG G3 D851, PAC-MAN LP ROM, MultiROM, Tapatalk 4.9.5
[Android Apps and Games] csagan5:
Unfortunately that Chromium build does not match the one used by Bromite, so the test is not telling much.

I have decided to start building vanilla Chromium as well, that should be available with next release. This way you can test directly if the issue is in Chromium or in Bromite.

I remember about Google Encrypted, it has some minor benefit related to referrers but nothing else relevant; you can add it by visiting the page as they advised you.

Yes, this is important and the main reason why I started Bromite. The CAF project seems dead, if it were rebooted it would be a major benefit for the community, however Bromite will not become a CAF project reboot. I have 0 interest in doing that. Most users here ask about having those features in Bromite, they will only be accepted and developed if they are in line with Bromite goals (and easy enough to achieve/maintain).
[Android Apps and Games] Ultramanoid:
Thank you for considering adding a Chromium build to the build roster.

I knew I was giving a link to a nightly build which is the most recent version in development; the latest daily 'snapshot' as they call it, but it was because there is no other official Chromium build anywhere except that one, plenty of Stable, Beta and Canary builds if it was Chrome.