Recent content by yanyan_1337

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    slow networking on 5.1.1 on old Samsung A8

    Hey man, no that's a different router. I wish my router was as configurable as that; the menus on mine are really bare. Thanks for the help. I realize i could also try connecting to a different WLAN.
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    slow networking on 5.1.1 on old Samsung A8

    Par for the course in the philippines. I was being facetious; it's a PLDT-branded router made by chinese company named Fiberhome. HG180U2 VDSL2 802.11ac Home Gateway. Just a step above no-name, if you ask me. I'll try posting there, thank you.
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    slow networking on 5.1.1 on old Samsung A8

    Is it possible for a non-system app downloaded from the Play Store to overwrite core Android libraries and/or drivers? Or change system configuration? I'm using some no-name chinese router provided by my ISP. No offense to you or anybody, i appreciate your help but this forum isn't exactly a...
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    slow networking on 5.1.1 on old Samsung A8

    Finally a sensible answer, thank you very much. The links you gave were for the newer A8, but i was able to find instructions for my old 2015 A8. First, i wiped the cache, restarted the machine, then went into Samsung Internet to open some URLs. It still took more than a few seconds for the...
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    slow networking on 5.1.1 on old Samsung A8

    Huh. Too far behind in design to open network connections quickly and with no delay or latency? Okay.
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    slow networking on 5.1.1 on old Samsung A8

    Hi, some time ago i noticed that network accesses from my Samsung A8 from 2015 running Android 5.1.1 have become slow. 1. Web browsing from Samsung Internet and Firefox: after typing a URL and pressing Go, it takes about 20+ seconds before things start loading. Sometimes (depending on the site)...