Chromium's unusable after Android 13 update
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The Teclast store told me to do a factory reset. Since I am getting desperate, I just did, but unfortunately everything is still the same. The older versions of the browsers work fine and the latest give only blank pages. I reported back to them and and asked for other solutions. Will keep you posted...
In the meantime I also tested Ms Edge and that browser did not even display the address bar, everything was blank.I have been thinking about the flags, tried to be smart and compare the flags with Opera, but there are only 4 flags, so that's not going to help me. Then I thought, if the flags don't give a problem on the older version, why should changing them be the solution? They probably are not the problem, cause the old version works fine?! Maybe with updating some flags changed, but I am not able to see that with the blank page. Do you or anyone else on this forum know if that's the case? I'll be happy to test these flags. It would be madness to test them all. I guess there are hundreds of 'm and most of them on default that, since I don't know what the default is, have to be tested twice (enabled and disabled)...
I found two older software updates (nov & dec) for my tablet on the Teclast website. That will be my last resort if nothing else works. I hope that will not be necessary, so does anyone have any idea what else I could try to hopefully solve this?
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@Vlinder
Hi, I was just guessing about the flags, your screen shot looks like your GPU cant render the UI and the the blocklist flag help sometimes.
I'm a little surprised that other Teclast users don't have the same problem.
A disaster if an update break many Chromium browser.
I am sorry but I am out of ideas and I don't think the Vivaldi developers have such a device to test this.Cheers, mib
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@mib2berlin said in Chromium's unusable after Android 13 update:
I'm a little surprised that other Teclast users don't have the same problem
Those users don't know about Vivaldi--
Maybe they didn't Upgraded their devices.
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@Zalex108
Yes but if Chrome, Edge and Brave are not working some should notice it. -
@Zalex108 said in Chromium's unusable after Android 13 update:
Try testing all versions
Thnx!
I was able to install the armeabi v7a version and the arm64-v8a version, but all blank pages. The x86_64 version is not compatible with my device.
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The Rom is an Official one?
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@mib2berlin said in Chromium's unusable after Android 13 update:
@Zalex108
Yes but if Chrome, Edge and Brave are not working some should notice it.Maybe they did and are now waiting anxiously to see if we can solve it here?!
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@Zalex108 said in Chromium's unusable after Android 13 update:
The Rom is an Official one?
Are the Apps on the Local Storage or in a SD Card?Yes I didn't mess with anything yet.
Almost new (beginning of january) and out of the box, first Android update. No SD Card on board. -
@mib2berlin said in Chromium's unusable after Android 13 update:
@Vlinder
Hi, I was just guessing about the flags, your screen shot looks like your GPU cant render the UI and the the blocklist flag help sometimes.
I'm a little surprised that other Teclast users don't have the same problem.
A disaster if an update break many Chromium browser.
I am sorry but I am out of ideas and I don't think the Vivaldi developers have such a device to test this.Cheers, mib
I understand, thanks so much for your time and effort!
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I've seen a complain regarding Chrome not loading sites
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@Zalex108 said in Chromium's unusable after Android 13 update:
I've seen a complain regarding Chrome not loading sites
Thank you! Yes and only 2 days ago. Not that I really doubted that, but now I am definitely not the only one anymore!
In my search for a solution I came across several complaints about white pages and pages loading but not showing, also in the review section of Google Playstore / Chrome browser by the way. Lot's of other complaints too, so it is maybe not exactly the same issue, but quite enough that could be the same. Most I found online is from longer ago, but in the Playstore an increasing number of reviews with only 1 or 2 stars. Considering I can only see the reviews in my own language there are probably a lot more complaints than I am able / allowed to see.
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I don't know, but maybe the WebView version is somehow related?
Recently found an App called Hidden Settings for MIUI has access to the WebView and I've started to play with its Flags.
That app has equivalents for Android itself, I would either search about WebView and Android or try to find an App to access it and Toggle its GPU Flags.
Don't know whether will do anything or not, IIRC, this os for other Apps not Vivaldi's but
https://play.google.com/store/search?q=Hidden Settings&c=apps
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Thnx!
Played a little with it and when I enable the first flag 'highlight-all-webviews' the Gmail app gives yellow emails but the browsers don't. So it probably doesn't work there. Just to be sure, I tested all the gpu related flags with Vivaldi snapshot, but that didn't solve anything.
I may have some good news too. I installed Chrome beta version 123.0.6312.3 and the issue is apparently solved in that one. It displays websites as it should and I can go to the settings and back without the app freezing. I compared the gpu related flags of Chrome beta with Vivaldi 6.1 and as far as they are overlapping the settings are the same. Chrome beta has some extra flags though that are not in the older version of Vivaldi. Considering the date of this Chrome beta version, February 21, I tend to think they are well aware of this major bug and found a way to solve it.
How long do you think it will take for Vivaldi snapshot to get there too?
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Guess I have to be patient anyway. Do you think it would speed up things a little bit if I report this bug in the bugreport section?
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@Vlinder
Hi, I guess no, Vivaldi 6.6 with Chromium 122 is not even published.
After the release the internal daily builds are updated to 124, then it need some time for stabilization, then the first snapshot get public.
Therefor it need 2-3 weeks after 6.6 stable before the snapshot 6.7 with Chromium 124 is ready.Cheers, mib
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Well, it is what it is then, I 'll have to be patient, at least a month or 2, I guess, and probably a while longer for the stable version. We 'll see...
Fortunately there are a view working alternatives I can use in the meantime, including a Vivaldi 6.2 version. That is the latest build I found working on my tablet. I 'll have to be very careful not to accidentally update it.
Thank you both @mib2berlin and @Zalex108 for all your help! I 've learned quite a lot and enjoyed our conversation very much!
Maybe, if this topic stays open and I remember to do so, I 'll lett you know when everything is working again...
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@Vlinder
Hi, thread are not closed, they get archived after two Years or so.Nice to meet you and have a nice day, mib
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@mib2berlin , @Zalex108 , @yeswap
Good news!
Today my tablet received a new Android update and all chromiums are working again now. No more blank pages!
Minor bugfixes according to the release note... Well if they consider not being able to use several browsers a minor bug, I 'm wondering what qualifies for 'major'... 🫣
Thank you all and have a nice day!