Using Opera Mini improves Wifi

[smarthousesys]

HAve Scroll 8" tablet with until now an absolutely apalling level of wifi disconnects. Requiring restarts every 10 minutes or so. I notice quite a few comments from folks with similar symptoms. I have just stopped usung the android browser and swtiched to Opera Mini exclusively and the problem seems to have disappaeared completely. Opera Mobile hangs but Opera Mini is just fine.

[Mitre]

Hi
i agree that opera mini is so good for scroll i use it on my phone too but i sudgest that you dont use it for buying online etc as it goes through many different servers(bit like peer to peer) i use it all the time but kept the standard browser for things like that

[Zoey]

i sudgest that you dont use it for buying online etc as it goes through many different servers(bit like peer to peer) i use it all the time but kept the standard browser for things like that

I didn't know about that I use Opera mini on my phone, and standard Opera on my PC. Is even the PC version unsafe??
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[Mitre]

Hi Zoey
read this then make your own mind up
4.2is the same as previous versions ; your secure data is VERY SECURE ENROUTE , that is , between your phone and Opera's server , any problem , IF THERE IS ONE , occurs within Opera's server where your " secure data " is TRANSLATED from one secure code ( RC5 I think ) to another , SSL ( the web standard for secure connection ) and onward transmission to the final secure server i.e. your bank etc. The consequence of all this is that your " secure data " is decoded and therefore " known " to the Opera server , and potentialy , it's owners ! The data is , as I have said , very secure from Opera to your bank etc. As Opera say in their FAQ on this topic , don't use Mini for secure transactions if you do not trust Opera to keep your data safe ! Me ? I've banked with Mini since 3.? and have had no problems , as do tens , maybe hundreds of thousands , of others around the planet !
Unlike ordinary web browsers, Opera Mini fetches all content through a proxy server that reformats web pages into a format more suitable for small screens.[32] A page is compressed, then delivered to the phone in a markup language called OBML (Opera Binary Markup Language).[33] This compression process makes transfer time about two to three times faster[17] and the pre-processing also increases compatibility with web pages not designed for mobile phones.[34]
When a user browses the web using Opera Mini, the request is sent via the General Packet Radio Service (GPRS) to one of the Opera Software company's proxy servers, which retrieves the web page, processes and compresses it, and sends it back to the client (user's mobile phone).

By default Opera Mini opens one connection to the proxy servers, which it keeps open and re-uses as required. This improves transfer speed and also enables the servers to quickly synchronize changes to bookmarks stored in Opera Link.[35]

The Opera Software company maintains over 100 proxy servers to handle Opera Mini traffic. They run Linux and "are massively parallel and massively redundant."[36]