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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.
When i try to download files from rapidshare or zshare etc.. the counting clock never goes down to zero. It just sits at the same number the whole time. I have everything enabled and it stills gives me trouble. Its annoying when i am not around a PC and i come to xda to download stuff and im crippled until im at my PC again. Any suggestions Devs?
Not run into this issue before, have you even been able to Download to /sdcard on the G1 (never tried it)
additionally what ROM are you running??
Ya I have similer probs sometimes. Rapidshare doesn't like to show up for me at all. Zshare and others sometimes have that no counting count down. Thew way I fix that is hit back then click on link again. Sometimes it takes 2 or 3 tries but always gets it, annoying yes, but works...
Now to get uploads working (besides email, that's easy)
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Not run into this issue before, have you even been able to Download to /sdcard on the G1 (never tried it)
additionally what ROM are you running??
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Ive always been able to download to the sdcard any file i want using download crutch. Its just when i get to those countdown download sites, the countdown number remains the same.
Ive had this problem since jf rc33, i am currently running haykuro 6.0 rom
Someone told me to turn on javascript but it has always been on. Not sure wat 2 do next. Is your browser over refreshing also? like you hit home key, then go to like messaging to fire off an sms, go back to browser and the whole effing browser page is reloading again?
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Ya I have similer probs sometimes. Rapidshare doesn't like to show up for me at all. Zshare and others sometimes have that no counting count down. Thew way I fix that is hit back then click on link again. Sometimes it takes 2 or 3 tries but always gets it, annoying yes, but works...
Now to get uploads working (besides email, that's easy)
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Really? Where have you uploaded besides the built in youtube uploader available now? i remember going into the gmail website and it was saying that uploads are disabled.
bbbblack said:
Ive always been able to download to the sdcard any file i want using download crutch. Its just when i get to those countdown download sites, the countdown number remains the same.
Ive had this problem since jf rc33, i am currently running haykuro 6.0 rom
Someone told me to turn on javascript but it has always been on. Not sure wat 2 do next. Is your browser over refreshing also? like you hit home key, then go to like messaging to fire off an sms, go back to browser and the whole effing browser page is reloading again?
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Not really nitcied it over reloading,,,, ill have a bash at it tonight when i get in from work and see what i see, on a side note when ou go into the browser again does pressing 'back' take you back to the last page you viewed? i can imaging the browzer shortcut on the home screen simply launches it a fresh so that might be the problem
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Not really nitcied it over reloading,,,, ill have a bash at it tonight when i get in from work and see what i see, on a side note when ou go into the browser again does pressing 'back' take you back to the last page you viewed? i can imaging the browzer shortcut on the home screen simply launches it a fresh so that might be the problem
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Yeah it does take me back to the page before it, but i have to wait for it to refresh. Maybe holding down the home key and using the built in task switcher? Is that how you flip through your apps? As opposed to clicking the desktop icons?
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Yeah it does take me back to the page before it, but i have to wait for it to refresh. Maybe holding down the home key and using the built in task switcher? Is that how you flip through your apps? As opposed to clicking the desktop icons?
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I usually use the task switcher but usually messages come to me so i drag the notification bar down and it always keeps the browzer page/app im working on
Ok
ill start using the task switcher and see if its still happens
thanks alot ! ill repost with results
For the count down, when I hit back it goes to previous page, then click link again, not foward. Sometimes it will do nothing and do it again and it works. Sometimes I get 2 or 3 secs counting then stops, has to do it again, lol.
For uploads, yes its disabled, but there is a work around. Go to linda file mgr. Long press the file u want, select send to, then gmail (email doesn't work for some reason, has to be gmail). It will automatically bring u to a new email with the file attached ready to send. I've tested this with all types of files, test up to 7mb so far.
Wow!
Thanks for the tip ! I was in need of that attachment workaround. I remember i tried to send a few attachment emails through gmail on the phone and they all got stuck in the outbox. With a zip file though
bbbblack said:
Thanks for the tip ! I was in need of that attachment workaround. I remember i tried to send a few attachment emails through gmail on the phone and they all got stuck in the outbox. With a zip file though
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Ya I've sent .apk .zip .mp3 mp4, they all work. When I was on jf rc33 my gmail app didn't work at all, all got stuck in outbox. Since 1.5 I've had no probs. Now I have backrounf serevices and all syncs turned off to save battery. So after I send it, I got to gmail app, go into outbox and hit refresh and it forces a sync, and volia sent.
I'm bout to send update.zip (45 mb) to my friend and see if that large of a file goes though.
And when I say all got stuck on rc 33 I mean even norm email no att, my gmail app on rc33 always said no connection. But that's like complaing about the graphics of my nintendo, with a ps3 sitting next to me, old news who cares, lol.
And sorry would just edit my previous post, but for some reason can't edit post from phone, lol
The download timers always countdown on my phone, but I have noticed more frequently I have a problem where it'll start downloading something with the actual download file name but instead of the actual size of the file, it will be something really small like 7kbs or 26kbs etc. Anyone else have this problem. Again its completely random sometime happened on files that I eventually was able to download correctly, but not so lucky on some files.
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Ya I've sent .apk .zip .mp3 mp4, they all work. When I was on jf rc33 my gmail app didn't work at all, all got stuck in outbox. Since 1.5 I've had no probs. Now I have backrounf serevices and all syncs turned off to save battery. So after I send it, I got to gmail app, go into outbox and hit refresh and it forces a sync, and volia sent.
I'm bout to send update.zip (45 mb) to my friend and see if that large of a file goes though.
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Yeah let me know how that works out because 45mb is pretty big and its a zip, if that goes through then im figuring nothing is impossible. The way i used to send files was use droid ftp to send files to my ftp server and send the link 2 the receiver
I have always installed Linda File manager and that helps to handle unknown file types. Just d/l'd the Haykuro addons for JF1.5 a few hours ago on the phone. Some of the file sites did not start the d/l, but i think finally z-share let me d/l it no problem...
EDIT: that file is almost 50MB, so you should have no issue. i believe i have done even larger, but dont recall what it was atm...
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I have always installed Linda File manager and that helps to handle unknown file types. Just d/l'd the Haykuro addons for JF1.5 a few hours ago on the phone. Some of the file sites did not start the d/l, but i think finally z-share let me d/l it no problem...
EDIT: that file is almost 50MB, so you should have no issue. i believe i have done even larger, but dont recall what it was atm...
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Oh ok ill be installing that linda file manager ASAP ! By the way haykuro addons? Does that mean you have j.f 1.5 with haykuro 6.0 build apps? Or everything including dialer etc
bbbblack said:
Oh ok ill be installing that linda file manager ASAP ! By the way haykuro addons? Does that mean you have j.f 1.5 with haykuro 6.0 build apps? Or everything including dialer etc
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Exactly... until a couple hours ago when i finally got hykuros 6.0r1 to work on my G1.
Even tho i knew i had a pvt board i was still sweating like hell when doing the spl and the update to 6.0 lol... i made it though... brick free. Im glad you did 2.... i have tried using setcputo make the g1 operate faster but i dont think its working because for one i dont see a option that says haykuro 1.5 nor does it show up in task manager or processes when i set the cpu clock. Have you used set cpu ?
When I try to use a rapidshare link the page never loads up on my browser. I noticed it happens with megaupload too.
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?
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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.
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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.
So basically I had added a favorite to the sense tab and clicked on it while using free WiFi at McDonald's so the page it shows is the page where you accept the terms of service for the free WiFi. I have searched for it, but if I somehow did miss the answer I apologize in advance. I have tried removing the favorite from the tab & removing the favorite all together & then re-adding it and it still shows the wrong preview. I am guessing that there is a directory somewhere that I would be able to just delete the preview data. TIA for any help!!!
Bump I would love to know too.
NemesisX2047 said:
So basically I had added a favorite to the sense tab and clicked on it while using free WiFi at McDonald's so the page it shows is the page where you accept the terms of service for the free WiFi. I have searched for it, but if I somehow did miss the answer I apologize in advance. I have tried removing the favorite from the tab & removing the favorite all together & then re-adding it and it still shows the wrong preview. I am guessing that there is a directory somewhere that I would be able to just delete the preview data. TIA for any help!!!
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That's a weird one. Did you try deleting it, then doing a soft reset, then adding it?
Have you looked in the Windows\Temporary Internet Files folder? Or maybe it's the Temp folder? See if the images for the shortcuts are cached in one of those folders. If so, you can just delete them and that should take care of it.
all the thumbnails are located in:
/Windows/Thumbnail
simply find the one you have and replace it with one you want or delete it. (the names are very long and make no sense, but in the end are simply .pngs.)
for a tut on this see:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=632095
for my examples:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=731196
cheers.
jsmccabe78 said:
all the thumbnails are located in:
/Windows/Thumbnail
simply find the one you have and replace it with one you want or delete it. (the names are very long and make no sense, but in the end are simply .pngs.)
for a tut on this see:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=632095
for my examples:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=731196
cheers.
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Ok so I found & deleted the 1 that was giving me problems, but now it won't generate the new preview! I have tried a soft reset with no results. Is there a way to force it to create the new one? Thank again!
NemesisX2047 said:
Ok so I found & deleted the 1 that was giving me problems, but now it won't generate the new preview! I have tried a soft reset with no results. Is there a way to force it to create the new one? Thank again!
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scratches head...sorry mate. it worked for me previously. did you save the file somewhere else before deleting it? sorry it isn't working out the way you/i had hoped...
I upgraded to Oprea 10 I think it is beta and I don't have this problem anymore, it seems to update the thumbnails often.
It just doesn't stick. It resets if I close the browser meaning to get it back I have to go through the whole process again. While this isn't a big deal, it is annoying. Is there any way to get the UAstring to remain valid until the setting itself is changed manually?
I don't want to change browsers if that's the only option. I like the stock browser and sliding (labs, quick controls) features.
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It just doesn't stick. It resets if I close the browser meaning to get it back I have to go through the whole process again. While this isn't a big deal, it is annoying. Is the any way to get the UAstring to remain valid until the setting itself is changed manually?
I don't want to change browsers if that's the only option. I like the stock browser and sliding (labs, quick controls) features.
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It works for me for most sites but definately not all. I happen to use msn as my home page and it always reverts to mobile version for some reason.
Tried Dolphin but it had other issues and I like the stock browser for it's simplicity.
Maybe in a later fix....
... maybe.
Create a bookmark to about:debug or even set it that as your homepage. That'll get it browser back in debug mode so that it remembers your UAString from before.
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Create a bookmark to about:debug or even set it that as your homepage. That'll get it browser back in debug mode so that it remembers your UAString from before.
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That was the first thing I tried and it doesn't quite work like that. Calling it as a bookmark doesn't work.
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set it that as your homepage.
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Good idea, trying that now. We'll see what happens.
Edit: Didn't work.
I saw in the Xoom forums that someone changed the framework-res.apk to have the change permanet. I wonder if someone can do that for ours.