Hi I did the update to 1.2 does anyone know how to make this hulu hack work for NC 1.2
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mobilecrunch . com /2010/ 05/ 24/ how-to-watch-hulu-on-android-2-2
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First up, open up your browser. Now, type “about:debug” (without the quotes, silly) and hit go. Click “Settings”, and scroll on down to the bottom to reveal the dastardly tricky “UAString”.
This is where the plan gets really cunning: you now change your user agent string — the bit of info that tells a website what type of device you are running — to “Desktop”.
From now on, Hulu (and every other website) will think you’re accessing it from — you guessed it — a desktop PC rather than a mobile device.
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thanks in advance
Hulu disabled the ability to do this on any android device about a day after somebody figured it out. There is a hacked Flash out there somewhere that can fool Hulu, but there won't be a way to run it until somebody roots 1.2.
That being said, doing the above trick to edit the UA string is still good because it gives you the real version of websites in general.
Try PlayOn. They now have a mobile setup and an Android App. I use it on my nook running Nookie FroYo.
Basically you install PlayOn on a PC in your house. Then you install the PlayOn app on the nook. You have to connect the PlayOn app to the PlayOn server via the same WiFi the first time, but after that you can watch Hulu, Netflix, Amazon VOD, and many others on your nook anywhere you have an internet connection!
No need for about:debug on Stock. Just go to settings and UA Changer is at the Top. Only Desktop and Mobile modes though.
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cgtombstone said:
That being said, doing the above trick to edit the UA string is still good because it gives you the real version of websites in general.
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Thanks for the info, have you tried this, I didn't find that string or a way to edit it.
Yes I'm a nob, so help is greatly appreciated.
japzone said:
No need for about:debug on Stock. Just go to settings and UA Changer is at the Top. Only Desktop and Mobile modes though.
I have always run NC in desktop browser mode, but sometimes sites load the m.site version. it is rather annoying.
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Try my thread posted in the apps section.
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I may be posting in the wrong location and if i am my apologies but:
Just a question does anyone know of a site like iphonemoviez.net that will allow you to stream movies from an android device namely the DX????
Well there is that blockbuster app. I've seen a few other services but ether their servers get pulled or the software has become broken and buggy with the new android versions.
What i do though is use transdroid to search and remotely add torrents to my utorrent at home then using orb live (or the mobile site) and stream it once its done downloading. May not be as click and watch as i would like but it gets me by.
Keep in mind i only watch creative commans documentaries. Copyrighted movies are illlegal to view without buying the rights. So if ur intrested in that the blockbuster app is the only one i know that acutally works today.
Hope this helps
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thanx for the prompt response
i was actually able to figure this one out in the browser there are hidden "advanced setting" which allow you to render a webpage like an iphone after changing this i was able to stream movies right off the iphonemoviez.net site
How to:
in the browser address bar type about:debug
then go to settings scroll all the way to the bottom you should see some new settings there
select uastring and then iphone
if someone else posted this before props and apologies to them
I tried this method and I can't seem to get this to work.
barry1685 said:
I tried this method and I can't seem to get this to work.
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Same with me. I tested it and I got "not able to stream movies to this type of device"
anyone get iphonemoviez to work on the droid x? on 2.2 and flash installed.....
I have noticed that the new browser version in 2.2 allows you to define a custom UAString which made me happy. I went and found all the info to my actual desktop's browser and input it into the settings. Yet I am still unable to see some websites in their desktop views.
Anyone know of a fix?
More info:
UAString: Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 6.1; en-US) AppleWebKit/533.4 (KHTML, like Gecko) Iron/5.0.381.0 Chrome/5.0.381 Safari/533.4
Have also tried the other built in options.
Enable mobile view: UNCHECKED
They could be matching you to mobile via your IP address. Does that happen over WiFi too, or just cell data?
Good idea. It was on 3G. I'll try WiFi now. Thanks.
Nah, still mobile on Wifi. Made sure the settings were still applied.
I've been using user-agent-string.info/parse to make sure the strings are working.
Have you tried going to http://whatsmyuseragent.com? I noticed that after changing my ua string to internet explorer 6 default, it still showed the android user agent when checking with the site above.
vinscuzzy said:
Have you tried going to http://whatsmyuseragent.com? I noticed that after changing my ua string to internet explorer 6 default, it still showed the android user agent when checking with the site above.
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Thanks for the response. That website does show that my UA is set to Firefox's UA copied from my computer.
This is driving me nuts lol. What else on my phone can be letting the browser know I'm on a phone?
I like the default browser as well, so I don't really want to switch to Dolphin or anything.
I guess there is nothing then.
do this...
try typing "about:debug" into the http adress bar, (no quotes) then hit "go" or enter ...whatever....nothing will appear to change...then go to settings, uastrings and make sure desktop is checked. try going to a webpage...it should now work.
Also try clearing your cache/cookies.
kbone213 said:
Thanks for the response. That website does show that my UA is set to Firefox's UA copied from my computer.
This is driving me nuts lol. What else on my phone can be letting the browser know I'm on a phone?
I like the default browser as well, so I don't really want to switch to Dolphin or anything.
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If you've been through all of that, try disabling javascript and flash. Its probably client side.
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adeyo said:
try typing "about:debug" into the http adress bar, (no quotes) then hit "go" or enter ...whatever....nothing will appear to change...then go to settings, uastrings and make sure desktop is checked. try going to a webpage...it should now work.
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If you would kindly read above, you would notice that I am able to change my UAString to whatever I want let alone to "Desktop". Regardless, I appreciate your interest and wanting to contribute to the matter.
I have tried clearing the cache/cookies/history/location data and turned off "Enable location" just in case it somehow could tell from that to no avail.
I just tried turning off Java and Flash and still nothing.
IT'S LIKE THEY'RE PSYCHIC!!!!!!!!
What website is this?
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A porn site, redtube, but that part doesn't matter to me. It's just something that is annoying me.
It definitely has something to do with the HTC browser. I just loaded CM6 and when you set the user agent to desktop, it loads the FULL page. Try out eskimotube and see the difference. P.S. its a porn site.....
vinscuzzy said:
It definitely has something to do with the HTC browser. I just loaded CM6 and when you set the user agent to desktop, it loads the FULL page. Try out eskimotube and see the difference. P.S. its a porn site.....
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I think that's it. Dolphin is loading it just fine so it would have to be something in between the HTC browser's settings and the OS itself, which would be the browser.
Thanks a lot. I feel better now that it has been figured out.
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Also try clearing your cache/cookies.
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By coincidence I did this earlier today to try to get it to visit a non-mobile version of a website, and it worked. Without ever visiting the site OP mentioned (hence no cookies), it loaded the desktop version fine.
Edit: Someone above said that it may be the Sense browser specific, this was on CM6.
Edit edit: Tried clearing cookies, switching UA to Android, loading site, then switching back to Desktop UA, and it loaded the desktop version. So yeah, Sense specific.
Trying to download .rar files says "Cannot Download, The Content is not supported on this phone. " Anybody found a way around this? (Yeah we could all use our Pc's but seriously)
I remember this happening when I had the samsung moment and I sent that thing back.
Also. Has anybody found a way to turn off mobile Browsing? So annoying
TIA
Download astro file manager. In the settings for that program you can turn off browser restrictions on what files you can download.
I too would like to know how to disable mobile browsing on the default browser. I feel kind of stupid that I can't find the setting, but the more I look and don't find it, I'm beginning to think Samsung is stupid for removing the option...
My co-worker showed me how to do it. Type "about:debug" (without the " ")in the address bar then go to Settings and you'll have some new options at the bottom. Change the UAString from Android to Desktop and voila. Full desktop browsing experience.
Sometimes you just gotta dl stuff on the puter. Anyways, here's download crutch. People say get this program or that because it's built in. Here's the plugin without the program, just in case you don't have any need for the main program.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=5301039
I have it on my phone but can't upload from it. I wish the devs would enable uploading from a browser.
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Download astro file manager. In the settings for that program you can turn off browser restrictions on what files you can download.
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Give the man a reward that worked perfect thanks
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los1223 said:
My co-worker showed me how to do it. Type "about:debug" (without the " ")in the address bar then go to Settings and you'll have some new options at the bottom. Change the UAString from Android to Desktop and voila. Full desktop browsing experience.
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Nice hack worked perfect you guys rock at this stuff
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los1223 said:
My co-worker showed me how to do it. Type "about:debug" (without the " ")in the address bar then go to Settings and you'll have some new options at the bottom. Change the UAString from Android to Desktop and voila. Full desktop browsing experience.
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I tried this but no go the menue ont pop
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los1223 said:
My co-worker showed me how to do it. Type "about:debug" (without the " ")in the address bar then go to Settings and you'll have some new options at the bottom. Change the UAString from Android to Desktop and voila. Full desktop browsing experience.
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wish I knew about this long ago! THANK YOU!
Edit: just realized this OP was from a while back, haha
ok, so a couple of questions about that "about:debug"
1. any way to get it to default to desktop? If you exit the browser you have to type and select it again
2. why is "iPhone browser" an option????
3. I no longer have dk28 installed (waiting for OTA froyo) but for those with working flash, will something like hulu work in full blown desktop mode (or iPhone mode)? My gut still says no, but when I visit hulu in iPhone mode it asks me to download the hulu application and in desktop mode it says nothing about being on android platform -- just that I don't have flash.
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ok, so a couple of questions about that "about:debug"
1. any way to get it to default to desktop? If you exit the browser you have to type and select it again
2. why is "iPhone browser" an option????
3. I no longer have dk28 installed (waiting for OTA froyo) but for those with working flash, will something like hulu work in full blown desktop mode (or iPhone mode)? My gut still says no, but when I visit hulu in iPhone mode it asks me to download the hulu application and in desktop mode it says nothing about being on android platform -- just that I don't have flash.
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it dont work it says u need 10.0.32 also u could use skifire web browser from the app store it has flash built in.
Some websites that use browser detection don't properly recognize the android webkit browser. But they do recognize iphone. So to render some websites properly in a mobile view you can pretend your an iphone...luckily it doesn't turn you into a douche bag iphone user when activated.
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I have Download All Files for downloading unsupported files. I went the Astro route for a bit, but I bought Root Explorer, so I didn't want Astro taking up space.
Just got my Xoom...they waived the activation fee and I got a 25% discount on accesories...but that is all beside the point....
The browser defaults to the mobile version of websites. If anyone aware of a way to change that?
Change the browser user-agent to desktop? That what I do using Dolphin HD on the gTablet.
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Just got my Xoom...they waived the activation fee and I got a 25% discount on accesories...but that is all beside the point....
The browser defaults to the mobile version of websites. If anyone aware of a way to change that?
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type about:debug in the browser bar
(in 2.2)
you would scroll down to the bottom of the menu list and in settings there is a setting called user agent. turn it to desktop.
Yea If you dont see a setting for useragent strings try putting "aboug:debug" in the browser address bar. Nothing will happen, but check the menu settings again and see if the option becomes available. I would assume useragent string would be available by default in the new chromey browser, but who knows.
edit: grrrr.. generic.imitation beat me
Thanks....I didn't see this at the bottom of the websites before, but now I have the option to view the full site.
the "about:debug" works i just did it on my xoom
it puts a debug category in the settings and under "UAString" select Desktop
Just curious if anyone else have to do this every so often? I would change mine to desktop and surf to droid-life, which would display the full site but the next time I fire up the browser, droid-life would display the mobile site until I select desktop in settings again (which was already selected). This happens on other sites as well.
debug in browser worked for me. Great simple tip. Thanks guys
Benkr0n said:
the "about:debug" works i just did it on my xoom
it puts a debug category in the settings and under "UAString" select Desktop
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This works great!
Droid4All said:
Just curious if anyone else have to do this every so often? I would change mine to desktop and surf to droid-life, which would display the full site but the next time I fire up the browser, droid-life would display the mobile site until I select desktop in settings again (which was already selected). This happens on other sites as well.
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Same problem here.
Definitely only a temporary fix. Hopefully an update comes soon or a good replacement browser... the mobile version thing is literally the only thing I don't like about this browser.
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Somehow Facebook knows. It still sent me to their mobile site.
By setting the user agent to match the Xoom with honeycomb, I was able to load the tablet version of websites, while still being viewed as an Android device. Here is the user agent I used:
Mozilla/5.0 (Linux;U; Android3.0.1; en-us; XoomBuild/HWI69)AppleWebKit/534.13 (KHTML,likeGecko) Version/4.0 Safari/534.13
Just copy and paste this as the custom user agent string in Dolphin and you should be good to go!
Here is a website with a list of a bunch of user agents, for those who are interested: http://www.zytrax.com/tech/web/mobile_ids.html
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Is there a way to enable the tablet version of websites on my Fire? I know I can use the iPad user agent, but I would like websites to recognize it as an Android device. I am currently using Dolphin HD on CM7. I found a thread once for the HP Touchpad with a similar question, but I don't think a solution was found.
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i use dolphin hd also - settings - more - settings - user agent - set to android(default)
b63 said:
i use dolphin hd also - settings - more - settings - user agent - set to android(default)
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The issue with this is that websites do not recognize the fire with CM7 as a tablet, so they load the phone version instead. Google is a good example.
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i'm using dolphin on stock os - thaught it's only on the browser settings - tried one of the other settings ? - "ipad" will not work, "custom" maybe
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i'm using dolphin on stock os - thaught it's only on the browser settings - tried one of the other settings ? - "ipad" will not work, "custom" maybe
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Are you seeing the tablet version of websites with the stock Amazon OS?
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do you have a site where i can test it ? - the google search seems to know only mobile (where i'm with setting "android") or normal
b63 said:
do you have a site where i can test it ? - the google search seems to know only mobile (where i'm with setting "android") or normal
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Sounds to me like you're not getting the tablet version of websites either. Google is a good site to test with. I think the trick will be a custom user agent, I'm just not sure what it would be. Now that I am thinking about it, theoretically you should be able to get the tablet version of sites from your phone as well if a custom user agent will work.
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i think if the site has a portion for tablet and we set the custom useragent to "Tablet" (if it's the right name) then it should work
Update: I just tested with my phone, and by setting the user agent to iPad, I was able to pull up the tablet version of Google from my phone. But this leaves me in the same situation as earlier: my device is recognized as an iPad, and not as Android.
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b63 said:
i think if the site has a portion for tablet and we set the custom useragent to "Tablet" (if it's the right name) then it should work
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Just tried setting the agent to "tablet", and it brought up what looked like an older version of Google, but not the tablet version of the site. From what I can tell, sites are using different methods to determine if you are using a tablet. Perhaps if we can find the user agent from a honeycomb tablet, we can get it to work.
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funny - just tested the same before reading your post !
but looks nice also !
i'hv gooled a little bit and found nothing about a tablet version only
standard - mobile (also if i set to iphone) - ipad
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tested on a galaxy tab with stock browser - also the mobile version
where have you seen such a android tablet version ?
b63 said:
funny - just tested the same before reading your post !
but looks nice also !
i'hv gooled a little bit and found nothing about a tablet version only
standard - mobile (also if i set to iphone) - ipad
update:
tested on a galaxy tab with stock browser - also the mobile version
where have you seen such a android tablet version ?
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I updated the OP with a user agent that should work. I will test on my Fire when I get home. Thanks for your help!
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I just got home and tested the new user agent string, and I can confirm that it works. I am seeing the tablet version of Google on my Kindle Fire using Dolphin HD.
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could you post a screenshot from the settings and the google site ?
can't get it - must have a typo somewhere ...
update: had a typo - works perfect !!!
Thanks, works great for me!
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