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Old 11-03-2014, 02:53 PM
 
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Huh?
Can you explain?
They don't become apps, they're just shortcuts on your home screen.
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Old 11-03-2014, 06:54 PM
 
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They don't become apps, they're just shortcuts on your home screen.
So, you can download Firefox as a browser on your phone?
You just don't have to use Chrome?

Forgive me, I'm pretty ignorant to all this
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Old 11-03-2014, 07:15 PM
 
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So, you can download Firefox as a browser on your phone?
You just don't have to use Chrome?

Forgive me, I'm pretty ignorant to all this
You can use any browser you'd like.
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Old 11-03-2014, 07:24 PM
 
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You can use any browser you'd like.
Awesome
Thanks guys!
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Old 11-03-2014, 07:35 PM
 
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If i download Firefox, will it eat away at my data usage?
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Old 11-03-2014, 10:47 PM
 
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If i download Firefox, will it eat away at my data usage?
The browser only uses the amount of data that you tell it to. If you go to google.com in chrome it'll take the same amount of data as it would in firefox.
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Old 11-04-2014, 04:46 AM
 
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The browser only uses the amount of data that you tell it to. If you go to google.com in chrome it'll take the same amount of data as it would in firefox.
Thanks
I'm going to give it a whirl
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Old 11-04-2014, 04:53 AM
 
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If some one got less memory android phone "super backup" google play wold very helaf full to send everything to email such as smses and call logs as well contacts but that is already backed up with google. I found that is very help full regarding maintain space
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Old 11-04-2014, 08:26 AM
 
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When you're looking at which browser to use on your phone, compare simplicity, size, and speed of the installed app, with how much you'll want it to be synchronized with your primary computers browser.

I love Firefox, so I don't know about the others, but I know you can have Firefox synchronize your Favorites, saved passwords, auto-fill ins, etc, so that you can jump from desktop, to laptop, to tablet, to phone, and it looks to you like it's all the same Firefox.
(Just be careful with security for the portable version - saved passwords and such)
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Old 11-04-2014, 09:49 AM
 
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So, you can download Firefox as a browser on your phone?
You just don't have to use Chrome?

Forgive me, I'm pretty ignorant to all this
We use Dolphin. We find it to be the closest to using a browser on a PC. There is a learning curve and I highly recommend reading through the help and the settings menus. Download Dolphin Jetpack as well as Dolphin.

https://play.google.com/store/search...0browser&hl=en

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When you're looking at which browser to use on your phone, compare simplicity, size, and speed of the installed app, with how much you'll want it to be synchronized with your primary computers browser.

I love Firefox, so I don't know about the others, but I know you can have Firefox synchronize your Favorites, saved passwords, auto-fill ins, etc, so that you can jump from desktop, to laptop, to tablet, to phone, and it looks to you like it's all the same Firefox.
(Just be careful with security for the portable version - saved passwords and such)
Be careful about using synch in FF. We had tons of trouble with it ignoring the password to get in. I finally gave up and dumped it as I was spending too much time trying to find help in getting it resolved. After 25 plus years of computing, both privately and professionally, I have reached the point where if a program takes that much work, or the help available is thin or not correct, I move on to something that works.

Others use it and love it. I have no answer to why we got crapped on.
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