Chrome Lollipop sucks

[delliottg]

My phone updated to Android 5.01 (Lollipop) a couple of days ago. Just tried to use the Chrome browser during lunch to read WaGuns (and other sites). The old Chrome browser was nice & friendly, I knew how to use it, and it didn't have any extra crap attached to it. The new Chrome browser is pretty much the opposite of that. It's been AT&T-ified, defaults to Yahoo (which I never use), no longer has tabs, pops up ads both in the center of the screen & at the bottom, something it never did before. I tried to uninstall it to install the "real" Chrome browser, except when I looked in the Google Store, it said the "real" chrome browser was already installed. I guess I'll start using Dolphin instead, because this is now a steaming pile of shit.

[UpDog]

root your phone and download an old chrome APK and install.

[WaJim]

Feel for you man...

I skip all phone upgrades...I'm too old for that shit.

[Massivedesign]

My chrome on my iPhone still works flawlessly....

[delliottg]

My chrome on my iPhone still works flawlessly....

I was wondering when you'd pipe up...

[KeystoneCowboy]

I love it! Dont care for the new face of Gmail, but otherwise it runs like a raped ape for me.

[kf7mjf]

My chrome on my rooted android runs just fine.

[usrifle]

I have no idea what you guys are talking about. What the hell is a "Rooted" Android anyway?

[kf7mjf]

Android is basically Linux. Root access means you essentially have sysadmin level of control over it. Phones generally do not ship rooted for safety and reliability issues.

[usrifle]

Android is basically Linux. Root access means you essentially have sysadmin level of control over it. Phones generally do not ship rooted for safety and reliability issues.

I see....so guys like me who are technological Dinosaurs don't hose it up.
Thanks for the clarification.

[kf7mjf]

Android is basically Linux. Root access means you essentially have sysadmin level of control over it. Phones generally do not ship rooted for safety and reliability issues.

I see....so guys like me who are technological Dinosaurs don't hose it up.
Thanks for the clarification.

Pretty much. I have mine set to only allow certain programs to have Super User (admin) status and am notified whenever anything else asks for that permission. I also have a firewall restricting what can access the internet and what can't. I could also lay down heavy password protection and encryption, but I'm not hardcore enough to care and don't have a legit reason to encrypt or password lock most things.

[Massivedesign]

and don't have a legit reason to encrypt or password lock most things.

What happened to your last phone?

[spikedzombies]

My chrome on my g3 works flawlessly after lollipop update last night.

[AR15L]

I'm still waiting...

[delliottg]

I love it! Dont care for the new face of Gmail, but otherwise it runs like a raped ape for me.

I mostly like it otherwise, but Chrome is just a piece of shit to use now. It says you can swipe the address bar to switch to another page, but I was only able to get it to work once.