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hiraethified
Uninstall and reinstall could be the way to fix that.Since this update my browser isn't working at all - keeps crashing
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spanglechick
High Empress of Dressing Up
Will try the browser but can't do anything about that at the moment cos our home Internet connection is on the bollock. Again.
Am anxious though. Why wouldn't a brand new machine work with the default browser? Fresh out of the box, surely a brand new piece of kit should work perfectly? I'm worried that's a clue that it's a lemon. I don't want to spend too much time setting it up, downloading apps etc, to find its actually just a dud.
I did reboot it, btw.
Am anxious though. Why wouldn't a brand new machine work with the default browser? Fresh out of the box, surely a brand new piece of kit should work perfectly? I'm worried that's a clue that it's a lemon. I don't want to spend too much time setting it up, downloading apps etc, to find its actually just a dud.
I did reboot it, btw.
spanglechick
High Empress of Dressing Up
In the meantime, have had a play with the notepad app, which is the only non internet thing on it, right? Anyway - that does work beautifully. So should BT ever give us back our broadband, I will download another browser. Would I do that from the android store?
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hiraethified
Well yes and no. These boards use some fairly clever code to do their thing, and some mobile browsers just aren't up to handling them (or you could try switching to the mobile skin and see what happens). The fact that Notepad works OK suggests that it is indeed the browser.
Chrome is just about the best browser you can get on any mobile device - I strongly recommend downloading it as it should work fine (it does for me). Otherwise you can use the Tapatalk or Forum Runner apps instead.
spanglechick
High Empress of Dressing Up
Ok. I think I probably sound thick - I certainly feel really stupid but... You and I and twentythreedom all have exactly the same hardware running the same OS and pre installed with the same software and default browser... How can it be that yours works with the default browser and mine doesn't? Because my (obviously flaweds) understanding leads me to the conclusion that my one must be somehow broken or otherwise substandard.
If all of them didn't work properly, that would make sense. If the software on mine was different, that would make sense.
If all of them didn't work properly, that would make sense. If the software on mine was different, that would make sense.
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hiraethified
I suspect your default browser might be equally crap but I didn't bother trying it out. I immediately installed Chrome because it's what I use on my phone and desktop and I like the fact that all the bookmarks and recent sessions are shared.Ok. I think I probably sound thick - I certainly feel really stupid but... You and I and twentythreedom all have exactly the same hardware running the same OS and pre installed with the same software and default browser... How can it be that yours works with the default browser and mine doesn't? Because my (obviously flaweds) understanding leads me to the conclusion that my one must be somehow broken or otherwise substandard.
If all of them didn't work properly, that would make sense. If the software on mine was different, that would make sense.
If you hang on a bit, I'll have a look at urban on the default browser.
spanglechick
High Empress of Dressing Up
Oh ok. That would make sense. It was Facebook it was really struggling with.
The standard browser is utter balls. Chrome is miles better.
Tried speedtest.net when the browser is playing up yet? Might be connection issues.
Tried speedtest.net when the browser is playing up yet? Might be connection issues.
Oh sorry, need to keep up.
Any joy, spangles?
Any joy, spangles?
spanglechick
High Empress of Dressing Up
Ok. When we get our home Internet back I'll try chrome and report back.
editor
hiraethified
Have you tried rebooting your router, btw?
(Sorry to be always telling you to reboot things!)
spanglechick
High Empress of Dressing Up
Grinder has, I think. It's just shit. It's been out for a total of about five days in the month and a half since we moved.
editor
hiraethified
Ah OK. Can your phone set up a hotspot and you connect via that?
I use my phone to hook up my Asus a lot when I'm out and there's no wi-fi signal.
spanglechick
High Empress of Dressing Up
PrObably. Will try tomorrow. Bedtime now.
fractionMan
Custom Title
The nexus 7 comes with chrome and it's never missed a beat. Same processor as the prime iirc.
spanglechick
High Empress of Dressing Up
Well, after all the faff of the browser, after which it did work, 24 hrs later it stopped being able to be switched on, so I'm sending it back.
Will get a replacement, but am a little anxious: amazon say they won't accept returns on faulty computers after thirty days. Surely that's illegal?
Will get a replacement, but am a little anxious: amazon say they won't accept returns on faulty computers after thirty days. Surely that's illegal?
They may not but I would expect you have a manufacturers warranty for 24 months on this item?
spanglechick
High Empress of Dressing Up
Oh ok. Mayb. Anyway, google tells me it's a pretty common fault. There may be fixes but I reckon this is a lemon. Going back, lets have another go. *sigh*
Keep the faith, spangles!
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hiraethified
Really sorry to hear your woes.
Hopefully the ringing praise for the prime you've read here and elsewhere assures you that it is a good device and you've just been unlucky!
One long-shot thing to double check: on some devices I've had, if the battery is totally flat, the thing won't turn on immediately even when it's plugged in.
spanglechick
High Empress of Dressing Up
It'd been used for a couple of hours after a full charge, left asleep off the charger for about 20 hours, wouldn't switch on. Plugged it in. Nothing. Tried again after half an hour of charging, still nothing. Charged overnight. Tried again. No joy. Dead.
beesonthewhatnow
going deaf for a living
FWIW the stock Android browser can get pretty laggy when I use it on my phone as well, and typing into the reply boxes on here is a somewhat hit or miss affair...
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hiraethified
Install summat else then!
beesonthewhatnow
going deaf for a living
I keep trying various browsers and they're all shit. For some reason on my phone Chrome (which is perfect in pretty much every way) doesn't auto wrap/size text when you zoom in and out, rendering it useless.
The stock browser is fine if you're not typing anything and just reading sites. For the typing issues this site is the worst by a mile though, the Xenforo software really doesn't like mobile browsers...
beesonthewhatnow
going deaf for a living
Can't stand them. I just want to browse as I do on my desktop, with the big screens of modern phones it should be perfectly possible. It's my phone rather than Chrome though, as everyone else seems to work fine. Fucked if I can work out what's causing the problem though.
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hiraethified
I've only just noticed that the tablet has a microSD card slot 
So, you can add a 128GB SD card in the dock for £80, and a 32GB microSD for £13 to have a massive total of 192GB (incl the 32GB built in)!
Or go for a cheaper 64GB SD card for just £29 and bump up the total storage to 160GB for £43. Cheap as chips!
And - of course, you can always use the USB port to pug in an external drive too.
So, you can add a 128GB SD card in the dock for £80, and a 32GB microSD for £13 to have a massive total of 192GB (incl the 32GB built in)!
Or go for a cheaper 64GB SD card for just £29 and bump up the total storage to 160GB for £43. Cheap as chips!
And - of course, you can always use the USB port to pug in an external drive too.
Hoorah for the transformer!
It really is a great gadget - surprised they aren't more popular tbh
It really is a great gadget - surprised they aren't more popular tbh
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