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warning! new opera update

zuul

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i know opera is one of those love/hate things. that's for another thread.

for those of us who do use it there is an update @ the play store that is a completely new and updated version that is HORRIBLE and probably will crash repeatedly if you try to use it on your elite. it seems to be made for newer versions of android.

you can read about it on the interwebz but to make a long story short opera used to be its own platform now it's using the chrome platform. it's basically an interface over the stock android browser and not it's own entity as it used to be.

if, like me, you've already downloaded it and are now kicking yourself... you can reinstall the old version... google search for opera 12.1.4. which was the last version before the revamp...

if you have a nandroid back-up somewhere you can backup your phone and get all your bookmarks etc.
 
It is pretty horrible.. Looks nice but crashes repeatedly or won't load sites. I've tried it on my Evo V and my work phone which is a Lg Viper 4g
 
Opera is hit or miss every update seems like. I have actually been switching back and forth between naked browser and xscope pro until the rc of operas new WebKit based browser drops.
 
The best opera to ever come fruition is 4.2 given its jar based and those all have socket connections unlike 6.0(html based) and up which is standard for all android phones
 
opera's developers went coca-cola and decided to release opera mobile classic... lol. apparently i wasn't the only one who thought it was crap.

it's in the play store i believe.

haven't tried it yet. still running the latest build before the switchover...
 
opera's developers went coca-cola and decided to release opera mobile classic... lol. apparently i wasn't the only one who thought it was crap.

it's in the play store i believe.

haven't tried it yet. still running the latest build before the switchover...

Yup. Using this now.
 
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