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OriginalThinking
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Finally! Pretty amazing for a beta too!
overthehill99
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Stock browser had this too.
Is there any downside to turning it on to "Always" other than the fact that it will use more data?
Glowingmonx
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-Pyromaniac-
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Finally happened eh, really nice.
you are god
Deadly Cyclone
Pride of Iowa State
So it won't work on Gingerbread? 
OriginalThinking
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Testing, testing 123!
Gingerbread? What the hell is that?So it won't work on Gingerbread?
get with the times maaaaaannnnn
Deadly Cyclone
Pride of Iowa State
Gingerbread? What the hell is that?
get with the times maaaaaannnnn
Ha, some of us have contracts. My Droid X silently weeps.
OriginalThinking
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You can flick away the tabs in the tabbed view just like you can in the stock browser. So good!
Oh shiiiiiiiit.
So now Google is technically competing with itself? £5 bet that Android 4.1 does away with the Android browser in favour of Chrome. I mean if Google now sandbox and look after flash (kinda) for the desktop, what's stopping them from doing this with Chrome mobile?
So now Google is technically competing with itself? £5 bet that Android 4.1 does away with the Android browser in favour of Chrome. I mean if Google now sandbox and look after flash (kinda) for the desktop, what's stopping them from doing this with Chrome mobile?
Good Job Bob
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If you're posting in the GAF Android thread, and you don't have ICS already installed on your Android device; shame on you.So it won't work on Gingerbread?
I'm running it now on my $0.01 Captivate. Just have to run a custom rom (which you should be doing, regardless).
overthehill99
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You also need power to charge your phone. The only way to do that would be to buy a house. Jesus. That's like $300,000 for a house. So basically you need to pay $300,600 just to try the Chrome beta.
What the fuck Google?
cuevas. PhD.
Member
I can't install ICS on my iphone, can I?
OriginalThinking
Member
Loving the sync with other devices feature. Basically incorporating chrome to phone into the browser and making the standalone app redundant. I also think this is the slickest android app yet created. Animations, smoothness, feature set. It really nails it. Some checker boarding and incorrect fonts plus a lack of force desktop but beyond that it's already brilliant. Amazing stuff.
Manmademan
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Sense on my HTC Evo 4g is too good to give up
The browser on your phone stopped working after they released Chrome?
Deadly Cyclone
Pride of Iowa State
Well how do I get ICS that doesn't kill my Droid X?
Also, to redeem myself, I am currently running APEX rom RC4 on my X. So there.
Circle T
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Flashing new ROMs is simple, whether you use ODIN or CWM. Only takes a minute or so. Problem is, there isn't an ICS ROM for the Infuse yet
Updated Voice App: YAY!!!
Still doesn't sync properly: BOOOO!!
Please direct me to the nearest ICS rom for the t-mobile GSII (T989) then... I'll even take an alpha build ...
Scrolling is quite a bit worse than the stock ICS browser on my Touchpad. Slower scrolling speed, much lower framerate, lots of time staring at empty white space (compared to none at all with stock). There's not that much extra functionality for the tablet version, either. Integrated Chrome to Phone is probably the neatest thing. Still, it's cool that it's out, hopefully updates will be fairly frequent.
Noticed the same thing when scrolling fast on secondapps webapp; stuttering at least, haven't seen white space yet (probably need image heavy site for that).
Lookin good for a beta though!
MEGATON!!!!
http://www.theverge.com/2012/2/7/27...ta-launches-on-android-4-0-phones-and-tablets
Chrome for Android beta launches with place shifting, faster rendering, and card view
SHIIIIIIT!!!!!!
Im disappointed with the shift in color scheme. The black was awesome.
Good Job Bob
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Yeah, hopefully their will be themes in the full version.
Circle T
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I loaded up the full Verge site, and if you scroll fast, it will "white out" for just a second. Nothing major, and like everyone says, for a beta it is really nice.
Unknown Soldier
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No problem here on my Best Galaxy, my Fatty Tuna. /smug
-Pyromaniac-
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Say whaaaat, the black looks worse than the simplicity of the grey.
Jayayess1190
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Chrome for ICS only? Boo. Wish CM9 would release. Or Google drop the G Nexus price.
It's a little better. New icon makes the ICS UI much more cohesive. Still think that the text conversation interface needs mayor work.
Should look more like the stock SMS app.
Wait, wouldn't that be Galaxy Best (Galaxy Note, Galaxy Nexus, etc).
Well, we all know the best Korea is the one that looks like a set from Equilibrium.
MEGATON!!!!
http://www.theverge.com/2012/2/7/27...ta-launches-on-android-4-0-phones-and-tablets
Chrome for Android beta launches with place shifting, faster rendering, and card view
SHIIIIIIT!!!!!!
Gifs are animated flawlessly. It might take ages for some pages to load but once done there are no dropped frames and it's way better than the Android browser
MEGATON!!
Bookmarklets work properly. (Finally!) I've tried
Quix
YTMA (youtube playback is somewhat glitchy, even after switching off flash)
Tapping Spoilers on GAF
WhatFont
even the bookmarklet for saving other bookmarklets works! I can't transfer over my 1Password bookmarklet for some reason but if that works too then I'm switching to Chrome beta immediately. I hope Chrome team makes the interface for bookmarks much more elegant but this is good enough
I'm not sure what the procedure is when you update to official gingerbread, i assume its the same as the rogers root method: flash a custom kernel for root and then get clockworkmod from rom manager (selecting galaxy S in the menu)
You may have to poke around XDA forums to see what it is for AT&T with the gingerbread update. Knowing XDA though they will probably start bitching if you simply ask them.
As for roms I think the best ones are CM7, MIUI, ZEUS, and NumasX. CM7 and MIUI though are ports of the galaxy S variants and because the bluetooth chip is different you lose bluetooth audio functionality completely. ZEUS and NumasX don't have this problem. You lose HDMI support with all of them as well, so if that's important to you don't bother with it at all (for now).
Personally I'm on ZEUS with the ICS theme, looks pretty nice to me.
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yeah reading up on it im 99% sure its the exact same as the rogers method now but you should still at least confirm that on XDA.
which would be:
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Code:
Instructions:
1) Create a folder on your internal SD card called Voodoo. Then create another folder inside of it called disable-lagfix.
2) Make sure the Samsung USB drivers are installed. Installing Kies is a good way to accomplish this. It shouldn't matter which version of Kies you install as they all contain the same USB driver.
3) Download and unzip Odin_Infused_Gingerbread_Kernel_v1.zip.
4) Right click on Odin3_v1.81.exe and run it as administrator.
5) Place your phone into download mode. Do this by powering it completely off and then holding down both volume buttons while plugging in the USB cable.
6) Make sure your phone shows up in Odin as COM##.
7) Click the PDA button and choose PDA_Infused_Gingerbread_Kernel_v1.tar.md5.
8) Press Start.
9) If the phone doesn't automatically reboot after it completes the flash, just pull the battery and then replace it and turn on the phone.
10) You should now be rooted and see the Superuser app installed on your phone.Odin_Infused_Gingerbread_Kernel_v1.zip being the attachment at the end of this post: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=19405569&postcount=2
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Code:
1) Install ROM Manager from the Market and select "Flash ClockworkMod Recovery"
2) Select "Galaxy S i9000" (The partitions are identical. I checked.)that gives you cwm. Then you just flash whatever ROM you want (iirc MIUI updates CWM when you install it so it hangs at the startup screen first time around)
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