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Any update coming soon for 8320's Wi-Fi browsing????
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Posted by: fiddysheqel

The Wi-Fi browsing on the 8320 is so slow! All HTC devices (that i know of) blow the 8320's Wi-Fi speeds away! Why is it so slow? Is there any possibility of a firmware upgrade in the near future to address this issue? Otherwise, is there any way to help boost the speeds?

Posted by: carsmovies

New firmware version 4.3 should be out soon that has a updated browser but I don't know if it addresses this issue.

Posted by: jontymisra

What would the new FW essentially update?
I'm researching all I can on the BB's

Posted by: carsmovies

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Originally Posted by jontymisra

What would the new FW essentially update?
I'm researching all I can on the BB's

Do some searching. You can also go here;

www.blackberryforums.com

Posted by: Blaziniflo

Use opera as a browser. Much much faster than the stock browser. Only flaws are can't search for text and can't select and copy paste text. Other than that, real smooth.

Posted by: carsmovies

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Originally Posted by Blaziniflo

Use opera as a browser. Much much faster than the stock browser. Only flaws are can't search for text and can't select and copy paste text. Other than that, real smooth.

Yeah but it doesn't seem to work off of the wifi.

Posted by: rivvah

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Originally Posted by carsmovies

Yeah but it doesn't seem to work off of the wifi.

sure it does, it uses the socket connection on your device, so if Wifi is enabled it'll use that as the transport. it will, however, still go through the RIM servers gateway (yes, even Wifi) so it will be slower than raw, native wifi speed.

if you open the builtin browser, go to Options -> General -> Default browser, set it to 'wifi' and your browser data will not tunnel over RIM's servers, giving you a speed boost. I still get crappy speeds (no more than ~80kb/s usually) but it's better than going through the RIM gateway.

Posted by: carsmovies

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Originally Posted by rivvah

Now try it after first turning off your mobile network. It doesn't work on wifi.

Posted by: rivvah

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Originally Posted by carsmovies

Now try it after first turning off your mobile network. It doesn't work on wifi.

You didn't define "it", and I gave two paragraphs one on each browser. The builtin browser does indeed work just fine over Wifi without the mobile network on, but Opera does not - that is Opera's fault, not the device.

The only two apps I have that are network related and can handle the mobile network offline (aka connection type 'BIS-B") are BeamBerry and Google Maps, all the others (like Opera) are not smart enough to fall back to raw TCP/WAP.

Posted by: fiddysheqel

Thanks, this did help, although didn't make such a diffference. Back to the argument, is there any hope or any word on a Curve update which can make the Wi-Fi as quick as the Dash? It's really the only problem I have with a Curve stopping me from making it my daily phone.