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Help req'd to make Opera the default browser

If I click on a link in an email or via RSS, Internet Explorer always opens up.
I've spent some time using the search tool on here to try and find an answer, but I still can't get it to play ball.
Is it possible and if so can someone please explain?
Thanks
Kevin

Hey, I've had this exact problem, I fixed it by typing OPERA:CONFIG into the URL bar in opera and hitting GO. NHow, in the options you'll see INSTALL... click on it and hit the default button. it promps that you may have to restart, so reset the phone, then try your RSS when you turn on again. All should be well!
Good luck!
BANE

This didn't do it for me. Any other ideas?

Speedmaster said:
If I click on a link in an email or via RSS, Internet Explorer always opens up.
I've spent some time using the search tool on here to try and find an answer, but I still can't get it to play ball.
Is it possible and if so can someone please explain?
Thanks
Kevin
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did you install another browser such as skyfire before then uninstalled it? upon uninstall of third party browser, they will revert back to IE, not the previous value before install (which should be opera.
i fixed mine a while ago using a bunch of registry edits. but i dont' remember where exactly. you need to go to \windows\ and locate the IE's file name, such as iexplorer.exe or ie.exe. whatever it is. then search for that in the registry, whenever you see that, change it to operal.exe (or whatever the opera executable is called, it's also under\windows\)
let me know if it works for you

had exactly the same problem after trying skyfire and uninstalling. the opera fix mentioned doesn't work... looks pretty, asks for a reboot but IE still runs up.
somewhere around this point my list of RSS feeds got wiped... no idea why. hmm.
thread here http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=2360767&postcount=16 doesn't work either.
suggests changing Default Browser key:
HKLM/Software/Microsoft/Shell/Rai/: DEFBROWSER/1 to operal.exe from iexplore.exe
no joy still.
however changing in same place, MSPIE: to operal.exe and then doing a reboot works.
may not be the perfect way to do this but Google Maps and RSS Reader now use Opera as wanted.

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Default reinstating Opera Mobile as a default browser
Tested and works as a charm
COPYASTE from http://discuss.pocketnow.com/showthread.php?t=25285
"You can actually reinstate Opera Mobile as the default browser (PIE would have been made the default browser if you had installed another browser such as Skyfire or Iris, and uninstalled them subsequently).
Launch Opera Mobile manually via Start Menu > Programs. In the address bar, enter "opera:config" and go to the page. The "Preferences Editor" page will be shown. Scroll down until you see "Install". Tap on it to expand the section. Enable the tickbox for "Browser First Time Launch", then tap "Save".
You have now reinstated Opera Mobile as the default browser.
Regards,
Joon Suan"

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Default reinstating Opera Mobile as a default browser
Tested and works as a charm
COPYASTE from http://discuss.pocketnow.com/showthread.php?t=25285
"You can actually reinstate Opera Mobile as the default browser (PIE would have been made the default browser if you had installed another browser such as Skyfire or Iris, and uninstalled them subsequently).
Launch Opera Mobile manually via Start Menu > Programs. In the address bar, enter "opera:config" and go to the page. The "Preferences Editor" page will be shown. Scroll down until you see "Install". Tap on it to expand the section. Enable the tickbox for "Browser First Time Launch", then tap "Save".
You have now reinstated Opera Mobile as the default browser.
Regards,
Joon Suan"
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Splendid, works after soft reset.
Regards,

Tick box, Save, Soft reset.
Not working for me - I still have sux0r PIE when I follow links fom other apps :-(
I've tried it with and without pushing the 'default' button next to the checkbox. Anyone know what that button's for? I also tried the registry hax... but with no joy.

Spotted an updated ROM on the HTC site and installed it. Technically not a fix, I know, but based on how the dev guys at work do stuff... it still counts ;-)

a bit drastic as a fix.
the opera fix didn't work for me, asked for soft rest, and did all the necessary things but no joy.
changing the MSPIE registry entry did though , and has been fine since.

No Opera Turbo

Hi, I use the standard Opera 9.7 that came with the HD2 and it doesn't have the "opera turbo" option under "settings -> display" as it says in the FAQ that comes with opera. I can't even find a setting for opera turbo anywhere in the registry so far.
Do you have that issue, too? Or is turbo enabled by default so there is no need to show that option?

I also can't found it. But You can use Opera 10 mobile beta 1, it has turbo, but multitouch doesn't work and for auto rotating screen is necessary some registry key add.

According to Opera it should be there since 9.7 and the HD2 has 9.7
Anyone else got an idea?

I think its just not included, but maybe if you re-install with a version from the Opera website?

I'll wait for opera mobile 10 final

You can find the option by tipping "opera:config" in the adress bar -> User Prefs

Caramel said:
You can find the option by tipping "opera:config" in the adress bar -> User Prefs
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Find it, many thanks

Caramel said:
You can find the option by tipping "opera:config" in the adress bar -> User Prefs
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THANK YOU! and so many other nice settings, totally forgot about that

d3l1 said:
THANK YOU! and so many other nice settings, totally forgot about that
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Do you have it working now ?

However, do you find any different with the turbo is on ?

*pls delete*

haven't actually had the time to surf around, sorry. I'll report back when I get to it, if I notice any difference.
I also activated "smooth scrolling" in the same config and that made a difference I reckon.

I have test it and works really fast, half of loading time, I am not really sure why htc did not put that from stock ROM, any idea ?

would be nice to have the option to switch this in the setting menu. Turbo is not good when using secure sites. Also when in turbo i do not think it will remember passwords etc (i maybe wrong).

tbh I tried turbo boost, and I noticed a DELAY in page loading. since then i have returned to non Turbo.

diablous said:
tbh I tried turbo boost, and I noticed a DELAY in page loading. since then i have returned to non Turbo.
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Turbo uses Opera's servers to cache the webpage, which is then compressed and sent to your phone. Therefore you may well see a delay, but the loading time of the page will be quicker and the data transfer smaller. Using turbo on wifi is pointless.
The fact that the data is compressed on their server is why i say it is not ideal to use on secure sites.

despite the really short lag until the page show up, there is a real improvement in speed.
don't know if it's only me or did you experince the fact that some pages have a different "view style" now, too? seems like the turbo makes some pages use the "mobile view" although it is disabled. but maybe it's just that those pages see that you have a mobile browser and automatically use the mobile-css.

Browser acting funny

In the first few days it was fine, but now I cannot view some webpage completely.
One is the bookmark called My Verizon it use to display to where I could see the whole page, now the window that opens shows only the first 4 lines and that it.
I am having this same problem on some other sites, and they use to work good.
I have cleared the cache I am going to do the cookies next hope that helps.

Lino. said:
In the first few days it was fine, but now I cannot view some webpage completely.
One is the bookmark called My Verizon it use to display to where I could see the whole page, now the window that opens shows only the first 4 lines and that it.
I am having this same problem on some other sites, and they use to work good.
I have cleared the cache I am going to do the cookies next hope that helps.
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Is JavaScript enabled in your browser settings?

jonnybueno said:
Is JavaScript enabled in your browser settings?
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Yes it is, I did clear cookies and it did not solve the problem

Lino. said:
Yes it is, I did clear cookies and it did not solve the problem
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is flash enabled?
Edit: you are using the stock "internet" browser right? any other browsers installed?

jonnybueno said:
is flash enabled?
Edit: you are using the stock "internet" browser right? any other browsers installed?
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Yes I am using the stock browser and flash in enabled also.
I do not have any other browsers installed

Anyone else having browser problems?
I have not got this figured out yet, there is this option that I have not done because I don't know if it will delete all my bookmarks.
(Clear all internet data and reset all setting to default.)
Does anyone know if the bookmarks will be lost?
One of the sites that does not display correctly is Google maps online, does your phone display this correctly?

Have you restarted your phone? I had a problem where the browser wouldn't accept any input in text fields, I restarted and it fixed the problem.

Lino. said:
Anyone else having browser problems?=
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NOPE, everything works great here!
I noticed you only had 10 posts when I checked.
What does VZW support say? What is your signal strength in db when you are having problems (assuming 3G since you didn't say over wifi)? What apps do you have installed?
What is the most active under "Battery use", please list everything.

syntrix said:
NOPE, everything works great here!
I noticed you only had 10 posts when I checked.
What does VZW support say? What is your signal strength in db when you are having problems (assuming 3G since you didn't say over wifi)? What apps do you have installed?
What is the most active under "Battery use", please list everything.
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I have not checked Verizon support, I figured I could get better help here, from people that use the same phone.
Signal strength varies I have the problem at home or at work, at home I have 1 bar, at work I have full signal.
I have not used wifi mostly on 3G service.
Programs I have installed are, Advanced Task Killer, Astro File Manager, Convert Droid, ebuddy, Labyrinth Lite, OI Shoping list, PicSay,ShopSavvy, and Voice Recorder.
I got these programs as soon as I got the phone, they were programs I had on my G1 and my browser worked fine for a few days.
If this was on my home PC I would say that I have spyware on my PC or a virus.
I have not done a browser reset back to default because I did not want to loose all the bookmarks.

Just backup your bookmarks with "bookmark backup and restore" or "bookmarks2sd" you can find both of those on the market.

OK I downloaded and backed up my bookmarks with this program BookmarkBR (Bookmark Backup and Restore) and I reorganized my bookmarks then did a backup.
Then I did a Browser restore back to defaults and it took care of the problem without deleting my bookmarks, this is good because this BookmarkBR does not organize my bookmarks as I expected, so I figured that it did not work with this phone, I had to do a bookmark restore to display my changes, great program this BookmarkBR and it's free.
Thanks for the help.

Web Pages Show In Mobile View

All my webpages are showing in mobile view. I have looked all through the settings and cannot find the option to make everything show up like I am on a PC.
Does anyone know if this can be done, I have been able to do this on my previous HTC phones. I have loaded Dolphin Browser HD and Xscope but they still both also show some pages in mobile view.
Thanks.

I have the same problem
I've tried every thing to and it won't disable mobile views anyone have ideas

After playing with different settings in multiple browsers, if you download xscope browser and tell it your an ipad it makes everything show up correctly. I tried desktop view in that browser but some things still came up as mobile view.

Egads, this is my #1 annoyance. although this is a Google thing and not Samsung, per se. HTC Sense however has an option in the browser settings to disable mobile view pages from coming up (doesn't disable WAP capability though so you can still open a wap page manually).
i tried the manual method where you enter that debug command in the address bar and then go into the settings where you can change it from mobile to desktop (and iphone lol) views and other phones the 'desktop' view takes care of it, but i tried it on the Vibrant and then it renders the browser unusable until you reset the browser.
I came to this site to post about this but someone beat me to it. I hope there is a solution out there. I also think its really stupid that these websites think they need to show android phones their mobile views.

Maybe someone can push one of the other ROM's browser .apk to this phone. The browser on the rom I'm using has an option in the settings to change your User Agent.

Hey guys/gals, try something out for me (I don't have a V so I can't)
Open up your stock browser.
Type “about:debug” in the address line and press enter. (No quotations)
Hit “menu” and then select “Settings.”
You should now see all kind's of debugging settings including "UA String"
Click that and select "Desktop"
Let us know if it worked
Thanks!

Doesn't do anything.

blueman9 said:
Doesn't do anything.
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AFter typing about:debug in the browser address window you have to press menu, then settings and then go down to the bottom and look for UAstring. That is how it works on the Nexus. I don't have a Vibrant yet either but it is on the way.

blueman9 said:
Doesn't do anything.
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May be Sammy did something to the Browser app... can we get few more confirmations that it in fact does not work?
Other solution could be to rip out Browser.apk out of CM 2.1 rom and try installing or ADB pushing it to the system.

southpaw773 said:
i tried the manual method where you enter that debug command in the address bar and then go into the settings where you can change it from mobile to desktop (and iphone lol) views and other phones the 'desktop' view takes care of it, but i tried it on the Vibrant and then it renders the browser unusable until you reset the browser.
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Already confirmed here.

One just can't trust Samsung... I tell ya
Here's stock Eclair Browser.apk for the brave ones ( I take no responsibility for whatever happens)

borodin1 said:
Hey guys/gals, try something out for me (I don't have a V so I can't)
Open up your stock browser.
Type “about:debug” in the address line and press enter. (No quotations)
Hit “menu” and then select “Settings.”
You should now see all kind's of debugging settings including "UA String"
Click that and select "Desktop"
Let us know if it worked
Thanks!
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So I did this and got it to work. Clicked UA string and selected desktop. Now my browser force closes repeatedly and I can not get it open. Please tell me how to undo what I did.
Thanks

southpaw773 said:
Egads, this is my #1 annoyance. although this is a Google thing and not Samsung, per se. HTC Sense however has an option in the browser settings to disable mobile view pages from coming up (doesn't disable WAP capability though so you can still open a wap page manually).
i tried the manual method where you enter that debug command in the address bar and then go into the settings where you can change it from mobile to desktop (and iphone lol) views and other phones the 'desktop' view takes care of it, but i tried it on the Vibrant and then it renders the browser unusable until you reset the browser.
I came to this site to post about this but someone beat me to it. I hope there is a solution out there. I also think its really stupid that these websites think they need to show android phones their mobile views.
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How do you reset the browser? Ugh

After changing my UAString to Desktop, Browser did nothing but FC on start, I had to push a default version of Browser back to the phone and reset the settings.

offensive said:
After changing my UAString to Desktop, Browser did nothing but FC on start, I had to push a default version of Browser back to the phone and reset the settings.
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Hate to be a Noob here, but how exactly did you push the default stock browser for the fix.
Thanks

edykes1 said:
Hate to be a Noob here, but how exactly did you push the default stock browser for the fix.
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Since I'm not using ADB, I used terminal to copy the Browser.apk from the Vibrant dump.
install busybox
cp /sdcard/Browser.apk /system/app/Browser.apk
reboot

offensive said:
Since I'm not using ADB, I used terminal to copy the Browser.apk from the Vibrant dump.
install busybox
cp /sdcard/Browser.apk /system/app/Browser.apk
reboot
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OK. I am not rooted. Is there a non rooted way to reset a FC browser?

edykes1 said:
OK. I am not rooted. Is there a non rooted way to reset a FC browser?
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You could do a Factory reset.

offensive said:
You could do a Factory reset.
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Haha. Don't really want to do that. Maybe it is time to root.

I suppose. Idk, coming from the Mytouch, I'm used to wiping and formating and reinstalling and wiping and resetting things so many times testing the new roms that I'm used to it. May wanna try Titanium Backup first, I suppose.

default browser

is there any chance of disabling PIE as a default browser
ive tried to change it in sktools but doesnt allow me

indycar said:
is there any chance of disabling PIE as a default browser
ive tried to change it in sktools but doesnt allow me
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that depends, what are you trying to set as your default browser (opera skyfire ect.)

well im trying to add opera
i never used ie and i never will

indycar said:
well im trying to add opera
i never used ie and i never will
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no problem, just download the final version of opera mobile 10 (found in this thread: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=5892646&postcount=1638 ) then install. right after the installation is complete a window will pop up asking if you want to set opera as your default browser, then just click yes.

hi guys,
just installed Opera 10 and it is much much better then IE. love the interface and the ease of use.
Just one quick question, is there a way to remove IE from the phone altogether? cause as you know, X2 is not really great on available memory.