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Risks of removing the stock browser on LineageOS
I ended up going ahead and just removed the Jelly browser – initially manually by using TWRP's file manager and later – since it came back when I updated the system afterwards (duh) – using a handy ...
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Allow usage of SID and LSID cookies in Android browser
From Google Privacy & Terms - Types of cookies used by Google
Preferences
[...] Most Google users will have a preferences cookie called ‘NID’ in their browsers. A browser sends this cookie with ...
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Silk Browser's full screen option has gone on Kindle Fire HDX?
Nope. Not nuts. Yup. They rolled out a version without full screen for some reason.
From an e-mail inquiry:
Note: As part of this redesign, we have temporarily removed the Full Screen feature. We ...
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Why does my browser think that it's Chrome?
As Andy commented, some Android stock browsers are based on chromium.
The issue you explained is kind of a bug where Android WebView built on chromium fails to loads the page in question due unmapped ...
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How to use "drag & drop" on websites?
Pair a Bluetooth mouse with your device. YouTube is full of demonstration videos such as this video by Android Tech Tips.
Or use an OTG mouse, as demonstrated in this video by XDA Developers.
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What is this strange symbol when I try to play YouTube videos on Kindle's Silk Browser?
I had the same problem a couple of days ago. I performed a factory reset and restored my files from the backup and that seems to have cleared the problem, mostly.
I used one of the YouTube apps on the ...
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Advanced "Find in page" in Google Chrome mobile?
With Chrome for Android, you can't perform "advanced" search for example using regular expression. There are extensions such as Chrome Regex Search or find+ | Regex Find-in-Page Tool that ...
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How does Android WebView Update from Google Play work?
It means that applications that use the WebView class (for displaying a web page within an app, basically) will now use the Chromium version of WebView and thus render things the same way Chrome does, ...
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How can I determine the SD card's path?
Just six years later...
I am using the android app sshelper (https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.arachnoid.sshelper) on the android device.
It acts as an SSH server on the smartphone ...
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How to use "drag & drop" on websites?
You can use puffin web browser and enable virtual mouse
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