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Tweak Stock Browser for a Desktop Experience

I see a lot of folks complaining about a poor web browsing experience. Perhaps this will help.......
There is a hidden settings menu that you can access by doing the following:
* type "about:debug" in the URL line and press enter/go
* select the "settings" menu (squiggle lines) top right corner
* select Debug, UA, and Desktop
* back out of this and again type "about:debug" in the URL line
This should tell other websites to display web pages in a non-mobile format. I have not yet tried, Netflix, Hulu, etc... but I believe these sites will work properly thus removing the need for the android apps. Please confirm.

Irieone said:
I see a lot of folks complaining about a poor web browsing experience. Perhaps this will help.......
There is a hidden settings menu that you can access by doing the following:
* type "about:debug" in the URL line and press enter/go
* select the "settings" menu (squiggle lines) top right corner
* select Debug, UA, and Desktop
* back out of this and again type "about:debug" in the URL line
This should permanently tell other websites to display web pages in a non-mobile format. I have not yet tried, Netflix, Hulu, etc... but I believe these sites will work properly thus removing the need for the android apps. Please confirm.
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Works fine but we need something that is permanent, have to do this everey time browser has been killed

I know I know....
I just minimize the browser and it holds me until I reboot...

just close the browser
the setting are kept...
I ve done this a while before, and didn't have to change to desktop again after...
but for me that option should be... in setting directly and not in a debug mode

works fine...therenare also options for rendering.."render single cloumn"nsounds interesting

I can't get this to work with Hulu, though. I have the latest flash installed, as well as the latest Adobe Air, and when I go to Hulu, I am still told that my platform is not supported at this time.
Can anyone confirm that it is working with Hulu and the stock browser? How about with Dolphin or even Mozilla?

it just does not work, it always goes to the default page it is not accepting about:debug any ideas??
thx

krachlatte said:
it just does not work, it always goes to the default page it is not accepting about:debug any ideas??
thx
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After you type about:debug nothing will change. Select the menu square in the upper right hand corner of your browser. Select settings. Then select debug. The setting for the ua string are in there.

thx alot mate, looks mich better know.

You can use Dolphin HD. It uses the same rendering engine (which means flash enabled) and can set the user agent to desktop permanently.

VillainousVivi said:
I can't get this to work with Hulu, though. I have the latest flash installed, as well as the latest Adobe Air, and when I go to Hulu, I am still told that my platform is not supported at this time.
Can anyone confirm that it is working with Hulu and the stock browser? How about with Dolphin or even Mozilla?
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you are correct.... hulu reads that you are using the mobile flash even in desktop ua

I use dolphin HD it has that option in its setttings.
Sent from my A500 using Tapatalk

Dolphin sucks in a major way. They even acknowledge that they have a known bug with web pages simply not opening.

Can't use Netflix because Silverlight needs to be installed and as far as I know that can only be done on a tab running Windows.
The setting stays in my browser even after boot, thanks for the tip.

The setting stays for me, but I always have to type about:debug to get websites to detect it correctly.

Euclid's Brother said:
The setting stays for me, but I always have to type about:debug to get websites to detect it correctly.
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I too have to do the same thing. I'm not sure if this will be fixed with 3.1. On my thunderbolt it always works and loads full pages instead of mobile.

Is there away we can use Tasker to set something every time we open a web page.

about:debug did not work for me (stock browser no OTA update).
When I select the settings menu I have additional options for "Dump navigation cache" and "Dump V8 counters" but not a Debug option.
Am I missing something?
UPDATE: Ugh! I just realized I needed to select settings FROM the menu - sorry!

scottw714 said:
Can't use Netflix because Silverlight needs to be installed and as far as I know that can only be done on a tab running Windows.
The setting stays in my browser even after boot, thanks for the tip.
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Maybe in a browser, but there is an app for that - I have Netflix on my Evo. There's about a half dozen Android devices that can run Netflix and many others are able to trick Netflix by making it think it is a different device.

[Q] how to watch megavideo videos on tablet?

i'm used to streaming shows on my laptop: go to a website, select a show then a link takes you to a megavideo. when i try this on my tablet, i somehow end up on some ad website.
any way around this?
(could someone address Hulu as well)

1. Type about:debug in stock browser
2. UAString options, select DESKTOP
3. Restart browser n u r good to go.
Should work for both Hulu, and Mega

megavideos always pop up a ad, hit back once, and it should take you to the video

i did exactly that: about debug > the menu on the top right > settings > debug > UAString > desktop
absolutely no change. still getting sent to ad site.
for a fraction of a second the link shows the megavideo site i'm being directed to, but then it takes me to the ad.
i've even tried emailing myself the megavideo link and opening it on my A500 and same friggin result.
i could stab one of those ad makers right now.

no one else has this problem?
buuuump!

Trie to finde site to which you can paste video link from megavideo and stream. It took me a while to finde one. If you cant finde I ll PM you.

I'm having the same problem. There's no way I can fix it and it's driving me crazy.
The app for pasting the link and streaming there doesn't work for me, not in the Iconia nor in the Galaxy SII.
Cheers

Depending on your configuring, on my desktop, I just x out of the add window and I am left at the download thing. Took a few times to see what was going on.

Always had issues playing megavideo on the stock browser, even with desktop setting, I personally use Opera Mobile now and it has no such issues.,

Constant locks or playback errors with Prime or Netflix

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I'm a Nexus 7 user and I am very unfamiliar with how to "troubleshoot" the KFHD. My wife has a KFHD and the past few weeks it has been having issues streaming videos through Netflix or Amazon Prime. We can navigate through the menus and episode lists, but when we go to play it, the loading bar goes for a while until it gives me an error about connection. It's right next to the router at home, and every other device we have is working just fine. I sometimes have success going to the home screen and going back into the program. However, I don't know if this clears the applications cache, since I can't hit the multitask button and close any apps that are running in the background.
Any ideas or troubleshooting steps? Thanks.

hunterx82 said:
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I'm a Nexus 7 user and I am very unfamiliar with how to "troubleshoot" the KFHD. My wife has a KFHD and the past few weeks it has been having issues streaming videos through Netflix or Amazon Prime. We can navigate through the menus and episode lists, but when we go to play it, the loading bar goes for a while until it gives me an error about connection. It's right next to the router at home, and every other device we have is working just fine. I sometimes have success going to the home screen and going back into the program. However, I don't know if this clears the applications cache, since I can't hit the multitask button and close any apps that are running in the background.
Any ideas or troubleshooting steps? Thanks.
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Have you done a factory reset? Also you can see your running apps if you go to settings menu then go to applications then go to installed applications and then go to filter by and select running.
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[Q] Turn off Suggestions / Recommendations Update:Answered

In the review on Gizmodo they said you can turn off the recommendations per app but I can't find it anywhere. Can anyone find it?

They seem to be controlled by the notifications setting:
Settings > Apps > (whatever app) > Notifications > On/Off

xBIGREDDx said:
They seem to be controlled by the notifications setting:
Settings > Apps > (whatever app) > Notifications > On/Off
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Oh crazy, thanks. I saw that setting but I didn't think notifications = recommendations. Totally works though.

ah nice moves! never use google play movies

Well, we have been using Amazon Instant Video (since we're Prime anyway). And I'm racking my brain trying to figure out how to get the Amazon apk to the Nexus so that Chainfire's lovely little app can find it and hopefully that will work.
What do I do.... get the apk to the PC, then connect the Nexus Player to my PC and copy it over? I'd hate to re-invent the wheel if someone else here has already done it. I'd like to know how YOU did it.
Thanks!

The-Chief said:
Well, we have been using Amazon Instant Video (since we're Prime anyway). And I'm racking my brain trying to figure out how to get the Amazon apk to the Nexus so that Chainfire's lovely little app can find it and hopefully that will work.
What do I do.... get the apk to the PC, then connect the Nexus Player to my PC and copy it over? I'd hate to re-invent the wheel if someone else here has already done it. I'd like to know how YOU did it.
Thanks!
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Hello there,
This was one of the first thing I tried, but it didn't work. Both the Amazon, and the Prime Instant Video apps have to be installed. Just like on a phone. (In case you're not aware the Instant Video app doesn't work without the Amazon app.) Anyways, I side loaded both apps, they started up, I logged in and was able to browse my video library, but I was not able to play any videos. The video begins to load, but shortly after it just goes blank. I used a USB OTG cable and a mouse to navigate through the Amazon apps. (A mouse just makes it a lot easier.)
So, if you would like to try it for yourself here's what I did:
On Nexus Player:
1. Enable developer options. (Go to "Setting," under Device row go to "About," scroll down to and click "Biuld" 7 or 8 times.
2. Turn on USB debugging. (Go to "Setting," under Preferences row go to "Developer options," click on debugging and turn on USB debugging.
3. Turn on Unknown sources. (Go to "Settings," under Personal row go to "Security & Restrictions," and turn on "Unknown sources."
On computer:
1. Make sure you have the latest Android SDK installed. (and that it's up to date)
2. Place whatever apk(s) you want to install inside the "platform-tools" folder. (wherever you extracted it\adt-bundle-windows-etc..\sdk\platform-tools) Once the apk is in the folder I usually rename the app with no spaces.
3. Connect your Nexus Player to your computer.
4. Open a command window on the platform-tools folder. (Shift, Right click, "Open command window here")
5. Check that your computer actually detects your NP by typing this command: "adb devices" No quotation marks, it should show your device as something like "04fc8453e8f6d75b device" (The very first time you do this an RSA key fingerprint notification will pop up on the NP (TV screen) saying, "Allow USB debugging?" check the "Always allow from this computer" mark and then "OK."
6. If step 5 checks out, and your NP is detected then use this command to sideload/install apps: "adb install appname.apk" Again, no quotation marks. (fill in "appname" with the actual name of the app, no spaces.) If all goes well you will see a "Success" remark in the command window.
7. Check Sideload Launcher and your app should now be listed there for you to use.
**To uninstall a sideloaded app go to "Settings," under Device row go to "Apps," then under the Downloaded apps row just select an app, and you'll have the option to uninstall it.
Good luck....

Johnny Martinez said:
Hello there,
This was one of the first thing I tried, but it didn't work. Both the Amazon, and the Prime Instant Video apps have to be installed. Just like on a phone. (In case you're not aware the Instant Video app doesn't work without the Amazon app.) Anyways, I side loaded both apps, they started up, I logged in and was able to browse my video library, but I was not able to play any videos. The video begins to load, but shortly after it just goes blank. I used a USB OTG cable and a mouse to navigate through the Amazon apps. (A mouse just makes it a lot easier.)
So, if you would like to try it for yourself here's what I did:
On Nexus Player:
1. Enable developer options. (Go to "Setting," under Device row go to "About," scroll down to and click "Biuld" 7 or 8 times.
2. Turn on USB debugging. (Go to "Setting," under Preferences row go to "Developer options," click on debugging and turn on USB debugging.
3. Turn on Unknown sources. (Go to "Settings," under Personal row go to "Security & Restrictions," and turn on "Unknown sources."
On computer:
1. Make sure you have the latest Android SDK installed. (and that it's up to date)
2. Place whatever apk(s) you want to install inside the "platform-tools" folder. (wherever you extracted it\adt-bundle-windows-etc..\sdk\platform-tools) Once the apk is in the folder I usually rename the app with no spaces.
3. Connect your Nexus Player to your computer.
4. Open a command window on the platform-tools folder. (Shift, Right click, "Open command window here")
5. Check that your computer actually detects your NP by typing this command: "adb devices" No quotation marks, it should show your device as something like "04fc8453e8f6d75b device" (The very first time you do this an RSA key fingerprint notification will pop up on the NP (TV screen) saying, "Allow USB debugging?" check the "Always allow from this computer" mark and then "OK."
6. If step 5 checks out, and your NP is detected then use this command to sideload/install apps: "adb install appname.apk" Again, no quotation marks. (fill in "appname" with the actual name of the app, no spaces.) If all goes well you will see a "Success" remark in the command window.
7. Check Sideload Launcher and your app should now be listed there for you to use.
**To uninstall a sideloaded app go to "Settings," under Device row go to "Apps," then under the Downloaded apps row just select an app, and you'll have the option to uninstall it.
Good luck....
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I also had the same issue. Got both amazon and amazon instant video sideloaded, but just when the video is about to start playing it returns me to the main window. It also happens with the Xfinity Go app...
Any ideas why this is?

codya321 said:
I also had the same issue. Got both amazon and amazon instant video sideloaded, but just when the video is about to start playing it returns me to the main window. It also happens with the Xfinity Go app...
Any ideas why this is?
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I really couldn't tell you why. My best guess is simply that these Amazon apps are not designed to work on Android TV.
I also sideloaded Popcorn Time, but it's a hit or miss. Some movies download just fine and play fine, while others get downloaded to a certain percentage and then stop and some just don't download at all. (FYI after watching a movie from Popcorn Time on the NP I always clear the cache folder in the Popcorn Time setting because some movie end up being about 2GB in size.)

codya321 said:
I also had the same issue. Got both amazon and amazon instant video sideloaded, but just when the video is about to start playing it returns me to the main window. It also happens with the Xfinity Go app...
Any ideas why this is?
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Lollipop hasn't been out long enough for many apps to become compatible. Too early to tell if its a Lollipop issue or an Android TV issue. I'd assume you'll have to wait a while since I'm sure it's not a priority for Amazon to update for Lollipop since the FireTV isn't Lollipop yet either.

Johnny Martinez said:
I really couldn't tell you why. My best guess is simply that these Amazon apps are not designed to work on Android TV.
I also sideloaded Popcorn Time, but it's a hit or miss. Some movies download just fine and play fine, while others get downloaded to a certain percentage and then stop and some just don't download at all. (FYI after watching a movie from Popcorn Time on the NP I always clear the cache folder in the Popcorn Time setting because some movie end up being about 2GB in size.)
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Yea, but what is odd is that I see mixed comments. Some people say that amazon video is working, but they don't say if it works for them or how.
Seems odd that both amazon video and xfinity apps do the same thing... Apps work fine but video won't load...
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Elrondolio said:
Lollipop hasn't been out long enough for many apps to become compatible. Too early to tell if its a Lollipop issue or an Android TV issue. I'd assume you'll have to wait a while since I'm sure it's not a priority for Amazon to update for Lollipop since the FireTV isn't Lollipop yet either.
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Xfinity app works fine on my lollipop nexus 7. I haven't tried amazon yet though.

Default app and notification settings being ignored

Color OS v.6
Been wrestling with some really infuriating problems with this phone since i bought it 4 months ago.
Default apps are ignored when clicking links via Chrome or Google search - if I select Waze as open by default for maps, and select DO NOT OPEN for Google maps, it will always open Google maps when I click a map or directions. If I select do not open for YouTube and either always open or always ask for newpipe or YouTube vanced, it will always open YouTube links in YouTube. It just completely ignores the settings
Opening via Firefox will work sort of, but for some reason FF have added a little 'open in app' button step so you have to load the web page for YouTube then select the android button for it to bring up the select app dialog, so it's rubbish and frankly a deal breaker. Also this doesn't work for directions, neither Maps or Waze are options for directions, bizarrely.
Another thing thats frustrating is that it forgets notification settings. If I set a notification as unimportant, like a battery usage alert or WhatsApp web is open, it will appear again an hour later.
Does anyone else get these issues? You could argue the first one is a chrome/google issue, but i have never had this problem on other androids. My OnePlus works fine for example
If anyone has a solution to these, I would be grateful for hear it. At the moment I am done with Color OS weirdness and considering a custom rom (if one exists)
Edit: Actually I can't get it to open any app via chrome. Everything opens in chrome. Tried resetting everything but it won't work.