https://community.sony.no/t5/xperia-archive/4-4-4-firmware-update-disappearing-browser/m-p/3290936#M426725 <P>Has anyone from O2 experienced this? The browser is called webmall,you could download it.</P> Thu, 31 Jul 2014 13:04:23 GMT _alexdon_ 2014-07-31T13:04:23Z https://community.sony.no/t5/xperia-archive/4-4-4-firmware-update-disappearing-browser/m-p/3290930#M426719 Hi. Just downloaded the 4.4.4 update on my Z1. Everything seems fine (no immediate issues apparent) except that the native Android browser has disappeared. Is this intentional? I don't particularly like using Chrome, Firefox etc. and was very happy with the browser as it was. What has happened to it? I've not seen this issue reported elsewhere so I thought I'd put it out there. Can anyone shed any light on this? Network O2 in the UK if that helps.<BR /><BR />Thanks in advance. Wed, 30 Jul 2014 21:14:03 GMT https://community.sony.no/t5/xperia-archive/4-4-4-firmware-update-disappearing-browser/m-p/3290930#M426719 fortescue 2014-07-30T21:14:03Z https://community.sony.no/t5/xperia-archive/4-4-4-firmware-update-disappearing-browser/m-p/3290931#M426720 Don't know sorry. I'm on 3 and I still have mine Thu, 31 Jul 2014 11:31:29 GMT https://community.sony.no/t5/xperia-archive/4-4-4-firmware-update-disappearing-browser/m-p/3290931#M426720 XUK 2014-07-31T11:31:29Z https://community.sony.no/t5/xperia-archive/4-4-4-firmware-update-disappearing-browser/m-p/3290932#M426721 <P>I just recently bought the phone (i am in UK). A week ago. sim free and not locked to any network. I am on 4.4.3. And I dont have any other pre-installed browser apart from Chrome.</P><P>I never realized that there is no native browser until I read your post <SPAN class="lia-unicode-emoji" title=":slightly_smiling_face:"><span class="lia-unicode-emoji" title=":slightly_smiling_face:">🙂</span></SPAN>&nbsp; I checked in the user manual and it mentions "chrome" as the browser.</P><P>Did you upgrade from a version lower than 4.4.3 ?</P> Thu, 31 Jul 2014 12:23:12 GMT https://community.sony.no/t5/xperia-archive/4-4-4-firmware-update-disappearing-browser/m-p/3290932#M426721 Harry_B 2014-07-31T12:23:12Z https://community.sony.no/t5/xperia-archive/4-4-4-firmware-update-disappearing-browser/m-p/3290933#M426722 <P>You should have the browser in small apps,did you check?</P> Thu, 31 Jul 2014 12:31:31 GMT https://community.sony.no/t5/xperia-archive/4-4-4-firmware-update-disappearing-browser/m-p/3290933#M426722 _alexdon_ 2014-07-31T12:31:31Z https://community.sony.no/t5/xperia-archive/4-4-4-firmware-update-disappearing-browser/m-p/3290934#M426723 Yep, I did. And it's not there. Thu, 31 Jul 2014 13:01:01 GMT https://community.sony.no/t5/xperia-archive/4-4-4-firmware-update-disappearing-browser/m-p/3290934#M426723 fortescue 2014-07-31T13:01:01Z https://community.sony.no/t5/xperia-archive/4-4-4-firmware-update-disappearing-browser/m-p/3290935#M426724 I think the upgrade was from 4.4.2. I guess they're ditching it and pushing users to Chrome instead. Thu, 31 Jul 2014 13:03:10 GMT https://community.sony.no/t5/xperia-archive/4-4-4-firmware-update-disappearing-browser/m-p/3290935#M426724 fortescue 2014-07-31T13:03:10Z https://community.sony.no/t5/xperia-archive/4-4-4-firmware-update-disappearing-browser/m-p/3290936#M426725 <P>Has anyone from O2 experienced this? The browser is called webmall,you could download it.</P> Thu, 31 Jul 2014 13:04:23 GMT https://community.sony.no/t5/xperia-archive/4-4-4-firmware-update-disappearing-browser/m-p/3290936#M426725 _alexdon_ 2014-07-31T13:04:23Z https://community.sony.no/t5/xperia-archive/4-4-4-firmware-update-disappearing-browser/m-p/3290937#M426726 I'm sorry I have no solution but I am having exactly the same issue, latest kit-kat update and now I've lost the stock browser. Can't find any official reasoning. Sun, 03 Aug 2014 09:48:03 GMT https://community.sony.no/t5/xperia-archive/4-4-4-firmware-update-disappearing-browser/m-p/3290937#M426726 NickT 2014-08-03T09:48:03Z https://community.sony.no/t5/xperia-archive/4-4-4-firmware-update-disappearing-browser/m-p/3290938#M426727 Alexdon, why would a browser be called 'webmail'?<BR /><BR />Nick, glad to see I'm not the only one. Others I've spoken to have also experienced this. I can't understand why this is not more widely reported. Sun, 03 Aug 2014 09:57:17 GMT https://community.sony.no/t5/xperia-archive/4-4-4-firmware-update-disappearing-browser/m-p/3290938#M426727 fortescue 2014-08-03T09:57:17Z https://community.sony.no/t5/xperia-archive/4-4-4-firmware-update-disappearing-browser/m-p/3290939#M426728 <P>It is not webmail,it is webmall.Just search on google for it.</P> Sun, 03 Aug 2014 14:36:37 GMT https://community.sony.no/t5/xperia-archive/4-4-4-firmware-update-disappearing-browser/m-p/3290939#M426728 _alexdon_ 2014-08-03T14:36:37Z https://community.sony.no/t5/xperia-archive/4-4-4-firmware-update-disappearing-browser/m-p/3290940#M426729 That's for the small app browser. That's not what I was referring to - I'm talking about the stock Android browser which has been removed in the 4.4.4 update. Sun, 03 Aug 2014 14:46:55 GMT https://community.sony.no/t5/xperia-archive/4-4-4-firmware-update-disappearing-browser/m-p/3290940#M426729 fortescue 2014-08-03T14:46:55Z https://community.sony.no/t5/xperia-archive/4-4-4-firmware-update-disappearing-browser/m-p/3290941#M426730 <P>It was removed,you cannot have it like that,only as a small app.</P> Sun, 03 Aug 2014 14:52:54 GMT https://community.sony.no/t5/xperia-archive/4-4-4-firmware-update-disappearing-browser/m-p/3290941#M426730 _alexdon_ 2014-08-03T14:52:54Z