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    • emoller
      emoller last edited by

      If it's reloading when you switch back to a tab (without explicitly having closed the browser) what you're seeing is low memory pressure and Android automatically killing off processes. It does sound a bit strange that you wouldn't be able to keep a couple of tabs and a few apps active on a S6 though... sounds like there is some app or service using up a lot of memory. I'd suggest checking memory usage and try to identify the culprit.

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      • A Former User
        A Former User last edited by

        Of course blame users because you dont make mistakes...

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        • julio66
          julio66 last edited by

          Almost embarrassed to see such a respond from a representative of Opera???
          Such a childish answer especially when the user has a Samsung Galaxy S6.
          I have the exact same problems and so do A LOT of users commenting on Playstore.
          Swithing tabs makes them reload and it started with version 30, and I have 790Mb of FREE RAM on my phone so PLEASE don't blame the users.

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          • 3mel
            3mel last edited by

            I thought it was standard that everyone had this... it not refreshing the page though, it just reloads it from cache.

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            • julio66
              julio66 last edited by

              Horribly annoying

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              • jademonkey07
                jademonkey07 last edited by

                Notice how I ignored the first reply... there has to be a way!
                Yeah it is reloading from the cache, but the cache doesn't save my entered info. Even pc's from 15 years ago could hold multiple (read 10-20) explorer windows without having to refresh anything. And they had 256mb of ram.

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                • A Former User
                  A Former User last edited by

                  i only get this problem after watching a few youtube videos in a row, i've probably run out of my 2GB of memory

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                  • 3mel
                    3mel last edited by

                    are the sites where you lose form data secured sites ? that would explain at least why that part is happening for you OP...

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                    • rplaye
                      rplaye last edited by

                      I'm having the same problem with my Galaxy S6 as well. It used to happen too on my Galaxy S4 previously, although not as frequently. The most anoying is when trying to switch back to Opera when offline, the page is briefly displayed for a fraction of a second, then Opera tries to reload it and loses the content since there is no connection...

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                      • sme2808
                        sme2808 last edited by

                        The same happens for me. Also galaxy S6. The interesting thing is, that other browsers, like UC browser, doesn't need to refresh, even if you close the browser for hours.
                        Redraw is the reason why I was switching to another browser.

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                        • mrninko
                          mrninko last edited by

                          On my Xperia Z3 happening too... 😕

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                          • vksmstry
                            vksmstry last edited by

                            I have k3 note. Autostart eabled. No any restrictions to opera. It reloads tabs even with 1.3gb of free ram.

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                            • personal1985
                              personal1985 last edited by

                              I have seen this on all kinds of devices.

                              1 More and more apps start when the phone boots
                              2 to stay in memory apps declare themselves a service
                              3 Every app uses Graphics memory too
                              4 You might have enough RAM but are out of Graphics memory

                              It's like windows 98 with only able to display 65535 graphical things

                              You probably have high graphics resolution devices.

                              I really think it's out of Graphics memory, not RAM

                              Android it's memory handling is like a desktop opening all programs you installed and killing of randomly an application.

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                              • justingoldberg
                                justingoldberg last edited by

                                I noticed constant redrawing and network reloading when going from chrome on Android 4.4 to 5.0. I haven't tested older releases of chrome on 5.0 to be sure, though.

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                                • justingoldberg
                                  justingoldberg last edited by

                                  I noticed constant redrawing and network reloading when going from chrome on Android 4.4 to 5.0. this happened on going from one tab to another and then switching back to the originally open tab. I haven't tested older releases of chrome on 5.0 to be sure, though.

                                  Also if you have Facebook installed, use version 7.0 or use Facebook lite. It's blocked in the app store in some countries, so you may have to use a mirror site.

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                                  • nerv2
                                    nerv2 last edited by

                                    On my Xperia Z3 happening too...

                                    You mean with latest beta version? This behavior is expected.

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                                    • portsky
                                      portsky last edited by

                                      I'm hooked to Opera last time because of the tabs can hold the page even for many days without reloading itself...

                                      Now...it will reload...referesh...each tab again and again

                                      Please make the tab stays...

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                                      • nerv2
                                        nerv2 last edited by

                                        That depends on cache size too. Currently running Opera 37 beta (old UI) on (low memory) Android 4.4 the cache size is about 70MB and after that doesn't have a 'readable' location instead could be erased very fast.

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