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Trying to decide if this is a dealbreaker with my new Tab

Can only access mobile versions on many major sites... regardless if you use browsers that have desktop settings!
WTF SAMSUNG..... WHY DO YOU THINK WE OPTED FOR A BIGGER SCREEN???? THIS IS ONE MAJOR REASON. HELLO?
Man.. unreal.
Wondering if rooting in some way could enable circumventing this problem.
Actually might take it back for this.

Odd. using Dolphin HD i am able to change the user agent of the browser and browse either mobile or full version of the site.
Sometime after you change the user agent you need to clear your cookies and restart the browser. Have you tried this?

Have U tried nytimes, cnn, msnbc, nfl(. Com) engadget,....

rockky said:
Have U tried nytimes, cnn, msnbc, nfl(. Com) engadget,....
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I just got it working like the post said above I clear cache, data, history in both stock browser and dolphin. Then opened dolphin and hit menu>settings>under dolphin setting select User Agent and select desktop. After doing that I was able to go to ESPN and CNN and it was finally not in mobile view.

[Q] how to switch browser to always do desktop browser?

Some websites force you into the mobile site and there is no option for switching it to full site, I was just wondering if there was a way to make the browser always do full site.
Thanks in advanced.

Assuming you are on 3.1
Easy. Go into browser settings, advanced, change it.

[REQ] help me out how to open secure pages over WIFI

for using the wifi my university provides me ....
the thing is:
i need to connect to the the wifi access point and try opening some web page so that i will be redirected to their login page,once i log in i can use the internet....
this page which i am redirected to can be opened only in pc browsers and all the IOS devices in their safari browser.....
i am unable to open it in my galaxy s..
i tried all the browsers like firefox,opera,skyfire and stock browser..
i even tried many roms like galaxy s stock 2.1,2.2,2.2.1,2.3.3 and 2.3.4....and also cyanogenmod 7.1.0 and MIUI 1.9.2
but all my efforts were in vain.......
all that i see is a small lock symbol in the bar where we type the address and this page cant be opened messege in the Browser
plz help me to solve this problem...
and thanx for sparing ur time to read this ...

Have you tried dolphin hd & desktop toggle add-on? It makes the webpage to think that you are using normal desktop browser, so it should load properly.
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type in the address bar:
about:useragent
then select the user agent you want (Desktop more likely) and go to the page you want.

@fakename1 wow, is there any other hidden commands for Android browser?

Browser defaults to mobile instead of desktop

How do I get my defy to always display websites in desktop format? I want desktop to be my default settings so that all sites load this way and never realize that I am surfing the web from a mobile phone. I am using the default browser and do not want to (and should not have to) download a new browser.
What I did: I went into my browser, went to about:debug, went to UA string, and changed my option to desktop. However, most pages still load the mobile sites.
Does anyone know how to fix this? My phone is rooted.
Also, I have a tmobile bookmark and it is displaying as locked. How would I unlock and delete this bookmark?

phxmerlin said:
How do I get my defy to always display websites in desktop format? I want desktop to be my default settings so that all sites load this way and never realize that I am surfing the web from a mobile phone. I am using the default browser and do not want to (and should not have to) download a new browser.
What I did: I went into my browser, went to about:debug, went to UA string, and changed my option to desktop. However, most pages still load the mobile sites.
Does anyone know how to fix this? My phone is rooted.
Also, I have a tmobile bookmark and it is displaying as locked. How would I unlock and delete this bookmark?
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Here's what I tried. Open browser, go to settings > advanced > user agent and selected Desktop. I then opened a website which has an android app but it opened up the website instead of redirecting me to get the app. I then changed the setting back to Android, restarted the browser and tried the site again and this time it took me to the app page. I'm using quarx CM9 on red lens defy.

defydent said:
Here's what I tried. Open browser, go to settings > advanced > user agent and selected Desktop. I then opened a website which has an android app but it opened up the website instead of redirecting me to get the app. I then changed the setting back to
Android, restarted the browser and tried the site again and this time it took me to the app page. I'm using quarx CM9 on red lens defy.
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I do not have an option in settings for "advanced". Are you using a default browser?

Here's a quick guide how to set the browser to show desktop versions of websites. Images are from Honeycomb 3.2.

[Q] Change default browser for Google search widget results

On my Nexus 7, Dolphin is my default browser. However, when using the Google search widget, results are displayed in Chrome, and not Dolphin. After the list of results is displayed, then the link opens properly in Dolphin.
This issue would not be so irritating if I could long-press on links in the initial page of results and choose to open the link in a new tab. However, that option is not available, for some reason, so if I want to view several links, I have to keep going back and forth from the initial results page. This is very irritating.
So, simple question: how can I get the Google search widget to open the initial results page in my default Dolphin browser? If this is not possible, then how can I get the links in the search results to open in a new tab?
Thanks for your help.

Still hoping to make this work
I'm still hoping someone can help me figure out how to ensure that search results using the handy Google search widget open in Dolphin browser, which I find to be far better than the stock browser. As I mentioned earlier, once I choose a link, that link opens in Dolphin. However, the search results page does NOT open in Dolphin, and I am unable open a search result in a new tab from the stock browser, which is irritating.
Any ideas?

Can you clear the defaults on either the search widget or the browser and reset them? Maybe that will get them to switch.

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Can you clear the defaults on either the search widget or the browser and reset them? Maybe that will get them to switch.
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Thanks for your quick reply. Yes, I did clear the defaults, which I believe is why the search links open in Dolphin. However, the original search page stubbornly sticks with the inferior stock browser.
This is not a problem with the phone running ICS...just my Nexus 7.

Stock rom, rooted, 4.2.1. If you are rooted there is a way to remove Chrome as the default browser and place the default nexus browser (not chrome) from the nexus phone rom as default. I did this and Voice Search & Google Now open web searches in it. I side-loaded Flash and it works great with that browser. If you want to make Dolphin the default, I don't know about that.

If OP has rooted, stock Rom or otherwise and still has Chrome Browser - go to Store/Play to download free app called "AntTeh App Manager" and use it to freeze Chrome (thus, disabled it) That should allow Dolphin Browser to be the only one - boot into Custom Recovery & wipe dalvik cache to be sure, restart - and all searches should be going to the Dolphin.
I am using Boat Browser & Google Search and/or Voice Search, etc. will launch & show results in it. (rooted Stock 4.1.2 - franco kernel)
You can unfreeze Chrome & go back to it anytime as you wish as it's not deleted, just hidden & will no longer shown on the Apps list, unless re-enabled.