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TRYING to access youtube.com FULL site on a Vodafone X1

I go to youtube.com but it redirects to 'http://m.youtube.com/?client=mv-vf-uk'. When I click on 'View desktop version' it justs redirects me to that same site.
When I copy the link location of the 'View desktop version' link it is actually 'http://www.youtube.com/?nomobile=1&client=mv-vf-uk&gl=GB&hl=en-GB'
I have tried 'http://www.youtube.com/?nomobile=GB&hl=en-GB' and 'http://www.youtube.com/?nomobile' but they still redirect me to to 'http://m.youtube.com/?client=mv-vf-uk'
Does anyone have a solution to my problem?

Do a search on the forum to change your "user agent".
Currently websites are detecting that you are on a mobile device and re-directs you to a mobile version of the site if available.
Changing your user agent will full the website into thinking your another device instead.

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I can get the full youtube site on my xperia, but it won't play any of the videos when i select them. Any ideas to what i could do?
Thanks

antmagpie said:
I can get the full youtube site on my xperia, but it won't play any of the videos when i select them. Any ideas to what i could do?
Thanks
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search a few pages back for desktop youtube / flash on the xperia.
i can goto youtube.com - pick any video and it plays straight in the page in opera, works a treat.
Incidentally, when youtube detects your on a mobile, there is a "View desktop version" url at the bottom of the page - same with most sites.

silent_killa said:
Do a search on the forum to change your "user agent".
Currently websites are detecting that you are on a mobile device and re-directs you to a mobile version of the site if available.
Changing your user agent will full the website into thinking your another device instead.
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you wouldnt happen to have the link would you? when i search for user agent it comes up with too many results to sort thru

Did a quick search on google and i changed the value of HKLM\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Internet Settings\5.0\User Agent\Platform to Windows NT 5.0 and then Windows NT 5.1 but neither of them worked. I performed a soft reset after each registy change.
I have also gone into about:config on Opera and channged the 'User Agent' feild to 3 to spoof sites into thinking that its IE6 but it still doesnt work'.I also performed a soft reset after this.

Any ideas on this one? There must be other people out there with Vodafone X1s who are having/solved this problem

My Vodafone X1 with a Vodafone SIM reaches normal YouTube just fine. Think I just clicked on the link at the bottom of the mobile version.
Saying that, I can't actually watch the video, just get a grey screen and after a while some RGB bars.

Really? That sucks ass, mine just keeps going to the mobile version with the webpage http://m.youtube.com/?client=mv-vf-uk... very annoying.
Try installing http://forum.xda-developers.com/attachment.php?attachmentid=127398&d=1225817419
Sthoeft said all he did was install that and he coud view the videos on the full youtube site

Solution:
- Clear cache and cookies in opera
- close Opera
- Retry, but click on "Show Desktop version" at the youtube landing page.
Worked for me.

Are you sure you don't have "mobile view" ticked in settings?

Find show desktop version and install myflash on your device, then youtube works on your pc.

Has anyone with a Voda UK device managed to get this working? I'm still constantly getting redirected to m.youtube.com, etc.

steelydan said:
Has anyone with a Voda UK device managed to get this working? I'm still constantly getting redirected to m.youtube.com, etc.
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type opera:config into the address bar and then change the user agent there.
i changed the user agent to 3 and then had to change another setting but i can't remember exactly what it was - it was pretty obvious (it had vodafone in the string) and was in user prefs if i remember ...

mrdo said:
type opera:config into the address bar and then change the user agent there.
i changed the user agent to 3 and then had to change another setting but i can't remember exactly what it was - it was pretty obvious (it had vodafone in the string) and was in user prefs if i remember ...
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Changed that settings and removed the custom user agent string under "user prefs" and now not getting redirected!
Cheers!

a couple of comments;
1. My X1i can access desktop version of Youtube w/o modifying any registry setting. Yes, first time when you access it'll bring you to the mobile version instead (m.youtube.com), but there should be a link (very small print though, you need to scan through to pick it up) in the mobile page that will enables you to jump to the desktop version. You shouldn't be required to modify your X1i in order for that to happen.
2. Even if you can go to the desktop version, you won't be able to play the video if you do not have Flashlite 3.1 installed. Do a google, once you install, you will be able to play the youtube video like you would on your PC/desktop.
3. A more efficient way to access *ALL* the youtube videos will be using an application specifically designed to access Youtube. Do a google in this forum, there's a tried and tested Youtube application that works on X1i.
4. LAstly, if you really need to find the setting to inform the site that your device is not X1i, User String may not necessary be the only value that the web site would look. See this link http://www.ppcsg.com/index.php?showtopic=103290&pid=766907&st=0&#entry766907

I think what people fail to mention is that the full Youtube website works over wi-fi just fine.. though when connected through hsdpa/gprs (via vodafone live) we automatically get redirected to the mobile version of the website, no matter what.
This is also why the "youtubeplay" app cannot access the cookie for FLV playback.
Has anyone found a way around this problem?

On your phone go to live.vodafone.com, then go to Info -> My Phone Bill. In there you will find "Web Preferences". Change the display option to "Do not adapt any sites".
Hope this helps.
Scott

RoleX1 said:
I think what people fail to mention is that the full Youtube website works over wi-fi just fine.. though when connected through hsdpa/gprs (via vodafone live) we automatically get redirected to the mobile version of the website, no matter what.
This is also why the "youtubeplay" app cannot access the cookie for FLV playback.
Has anyone found a way around this problem?
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can explain more about the problem?
I dont' have any problem using the youtube app to access all the youtube videos.

The Voda X1 are set to use the Wap APN instead of the Internet one, which makes some third party apps which connect to the internet not work correctly. Try changing Settings -> Connections -> Connections -> Advance -> Select Networks to WEB

Browser: Load all pages as 'desktop' ?

Is there an easy way to make all pages 'think' that the browser is a desktop? Like if I go to google.com I want it to take me to classic instantly, and any other sites that automatically adjust to mobile sites if it detects a phone.

If you use Dolphin Browser you can set the user agent to desktop and it will load all pages that way.
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How does dolphin compare to the stock browser?

Dolphin HD is slow in my opinion, you could also try opera mini 5.1.
I still prefer the stock browser.
here is a trick to always view your favorite websites in desktop view. I don't know how to make every site open as desktop, just your most frequent ones.
Go to a website.. such as www.google.com
it will auto open mobile view...scroll down in the website and click on desktop. once desktop view opens.. set this page as a bookmark... now everytime you access the pg via bookmark, it will go to desktop view.
another option, if you want to set google.com desktop as your homepage.
again click desktop, when desktop google comes up, copy the link, paste this new link as your homepage. and your phone will automatically go into desktop google everytime you open your browser.
you can bookmark many webpages, so just set up your most favoritely frequented sites to be bookmarked as desktop view. simple!

There is a code you can enter into your browser that gives you more settings. One of those is the ability to make your phone appear as a desktop, not a phone.
However, I tried this and my browser crashed and I had to delete all data and cache to get it to work again. This DID work on the Nexus One when flash came out (allowed us to watch hulu.com)
The string is about:debug, then go to web settings. Last option is ua string. Change to desktop. Again though, I DO NOT recommend doing this.

s15274n said:
There is a code you can enter into your browser that gives you more settings. One of those is the ability to make your phone appear as a desktop, not a phone.
However, I tried this and my browser crashed and I had to delete all data and cache to get it to work again. This DID work on the Nexus One when flash came out (allowed us to watch hulu.com)
The string is about:debug, then go to web settings. Last option is ua string. Change to desktop. Again though, I DO NOT recommend doing this.
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Can't seem to find this option :S

I don't know about everyone esle but i like SKYFIRE browser from the market: allows you to choose between Android, Desktop or Iphone i think as your default loading method. It's very speedy to load in desktop mode. Try that out

stepinmyworld said:
I don't know about everyone esle but i like SKYFIRE browser from the market: allows you to choose between Android, Desktop or Iphone i think as your default loading method. It's very speedy to load in desktop mode. Try that out
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Yep, this works well. A few pages still detect the presence of a mobile browser, but 9 out of 10 pages load the desktop versions.

I always experienced Skyfire on other phones as laggy. Does it run as fast as Android stock browser?

[Q] Browser setting

Is there a way to make the browser look like a PC not a mobile device. I would like it to open web sites as a full page not the mobile version.

xlch59 said:
Is there a way to make the browser look like a PC not a mobile device. I would like it to open web sites as a full page not the mobile version.
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Open the browser and enter the following in the address/search bar: about:debug then enter. Nothing will change with the current page but now go to settings. You will see a Debug menu. Select that then tap "uastring" and choose "Desktop".

type in about:debug znd hit enter.
Go into your settings, select debug and change the UAsfring setting to desktop

The about:debug does work, but my Xoom looses that setting after opening the browser a few times. Anyone know of a way to make it permanent?

What I am noticing is that the setting it keeping, but it is like the sites are saying "Oh, you think you are a 'Desktop' but I know better you clever XOOM" Bam! Mobile site.
Argh...
Anyway, each time I see this I go back into the debug settings and sure enough it is still set to 'Desktop.' I try the site again, and I get redirected to the mobile version.
-Loc

not sure if its the same because I haven't done this on my xoom, but on my droidx, when I change the uastring after a while it goes back to mobile (a couple don't because of cookies) but if I do about:debug and go look at the uastring it still says desktop but its really lying to you because it isn't and I have to reselect it or select android then reselect desktop. I hate how it does this, looks like it kept the setting but it really didn't.

When the UAString is set to "Desktop", the device uses the following useragent:
Mozilla/5.0 (Macintosh; U; Intel Mac OS X 10_6_3; en-us) AppleWebKit/533.16 (KHTML, like Gecko) Version/5.0 Safari/533.16
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Why is it trying to emulate Safari? Just a little stab at Apple? Wouldn't it make more sense to have it emulate Chrome or Firefox?
And if any devs are out there, could someone PLEASE give us an option to set our useragent manually? It's frustrating to have sites think they can go around restricting content to mobile devices.

Locarian said:
What I am noticing is that the setting it keeping, but it is like the sites are saying "Oh, you think you are a 'Desktop' but I know better you clever XOOM" Bam! Mobile site.
Argh...
Anyway, each time I see this I go back into the debug settings and sure enough it is still set to 'Desktop.' I try the site again, and I get redirected to the mobile version.
-Loc
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Miñe is doing this also. I went to pcmag.com and did the whole debug thing and it still says desktop but is still giving me the mobile site. Ugh!

I set about:debug as a bookmark to make my life a little bit easier until this is resolved.

You can also use a different browser like dolphin. Am i the only person that has not run into this problem? I'm using the stock browser and all my sites load as desktop, even facebook (seen someone comment on that site).

hulu on xoom

hello fellow xoomers!
im trying to watch hulu on my brand spanking new xoom wifi that i purchased from bestbuy yesterday. i've installed the flash and installed Flash_10.3-Hulufied_BRDizzle.apk
but am not able to goto about:debug on the browser. is anyone experiencing the same issue?

There is a special version of flash you need to install. Funny, b/c I am looking for it now
Sent from my Xoom using XDA Premium App

Go to the navigation bar and type in about:debug and hit enter - nothing will seem to happen. Then go to settings, debug.
For me, I bought PlayOn which is running on a Windows machine in my house. With PlayOn I can watch Hulu, CNN, Comedy Central, Netflix, Amazon VOD, and local media files. Well worth the invenstment.

i did install the special flash version. i cant post web links since im a newbie, but if you google - watch hulu on xoom. you will find driod life - how to watch hulu on the motorola xoom site with instructions, but its not working for me.

settings, debug?
settings, applications, unknown source is already checked.

He means the settings in the browser itself... it's in the upper right. Running the about:debug just unlocks extra settings

on the browser itself, on the upper right, settings. i only see general, privacy & security, advanced, and labs. no debug. do u guys have debug???

ok, i followed these instructions and debug showed up in settings on the browser
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Here are the steps to make Honeycomb's browser load the Desktop version of sites rather then the mobile one.
1. Open the Android Honeycomb browser on your tablet.
2. In the address bar, type: about:debug and press enter.
3. Now open the browser's settings by tapping the icon in the very top-right corner of your screen (it looks like four horizontal lines) and selecting "Settings" from the drop-down menu that appears.
4. On the left side of the screen, tap the section labeled "Debug."
5. On the right side of the screen, tap the item labeled "UAString," then select "Desktop."
6. Press the back button (in the very bottom-left corner of your screen) to exit the browser's settings.
7. In the browser's address bar, type: about:debug once more; this will disable debugging mode and return the browser to its normal state. [Optional] If you do this step you will need to redo this step every time to enable Desktop Browsing.
Here's a tip for quickly enabling desktop mode in the future, if you wish to add it to the first post:
8. Do these one-time actions to create a shortcut to "about:debug" after completing through step 5 above:
A. Open Bookmarks and choose Add Bookmark
B. Edit the properties of the bookmark to set Label to "about:debug", Address to "about:debug", and leave Add To as "Bookmarks" so it's at the top level.
9: To quickly toggle desktop mode on and off in the future:
A. Go to Bookmarks and select "about:debug". This doesn't enable the mode, but puts it in your address bar.
B. Touch the address bar to give it focus, and press ENTER or tap the GO icon. This will turn Debug Mode on or off depending on its last state, and if you previously enabled desktop mode... toggles that as well.
Note 1: Verify your mode by tapping the Settings icon. If you see "Dumping navigation cache" and "Dump V8 counters", then Debug mode is enabled.
Note 2: You do not have to drill down and change desktop settings each time you toggle debug mode - all of your debug settings from your last session are rememberd.
i've change the UAString to desktop and it displays - hulu requires Flash Player 10.0.32 or higher. Please download and install the latest version of the Flash player before continuing.
bummer, it doesnt work.....

Thank you for posting the instructions for the shortcut .

Make sure pluging are always enabled . I also had to uninstall Adobe Air .

has anyone able to watch hulu with 3.1 and adobe flash 10.3?

I am on 3.1, using the "hulified" version of Flash 10.3 found in the development section. I use DolphinHD browser exclusively for hulu with good results.

Using a rooted 3.1 wifi on BRD Tiamat 1.4.4, flashed with ua string perma change, using the Hulufied Flash installed.
Plays Hulu without any issues.

Go to Desktop, Settings, Manage App, All App, Browser, and Clear cache, clear data, and force stop. Open back up the browser. Then redo the about:debug directions on here again.. It should then work for you. Some how Hulu saves data to your phone identifying it as a mobile device so when you do install the modified flash version, it still thinks you on mobile.

JaredC01 said:
Using a rooted 3.1 wifi on BRD Tiamat 1.4.4, flashed with ua string perma change, using the Hulufied Flash installed.
Plays Hulu without any issues.
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i guess im going to have to root my xoom.

Is anyone elses video choppy when they play hulu? I got the mod working, but the video doesn't play smooth long enough to watch an entire episode. It will start out playing fine for the first couple minutes, then it will start to play choppy and eventually the video image will just freeze. The audio will continue, but the video stops.

try a different browser like dolphin mini. I use that just for hulu.
Is anyone elses video choppy when they play hulu? I got the mod working, but the video doesn't play smooth long enough to watch an entire episode. It will start out playing fine for the first couple minutes, then it will start to play choppy and eventually the video image will just freeze. The audio will continue, but the video stops.
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JaredC01 said:
Using a rooted 3.1 wifi on BRD Tiamat 1.4.4, flashed with ua string perma change, using the Hulufied Flash installed.
Plays Hulu without any issues.
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(not a noob but possible noobie question)
Hey,
Where did you get the uastring perma fix from?
I have been successful to root my US Xoom WiFi 3.1 using BRD's method as well as putting tiamat 1.4.4 on it but cant seem to get framework-res.apk working properly. I used this method here but i ran into a few problems:
-desktop uastring opens websites in desktop mode fine BUT
-when i got to the address bar to do a google search, the search doesnt go through.
instead it opens a url titled "http://friday/... (cant remember the rest of this).
Would you be a doll and send me a link to where you found a good framework-res.apk? or send me yours
Thanks in advnace!
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[Q] Blackberry view

How can I get my Iconia to display Huffington Post in the normal way and Not the Blackberry view. I can type in the adderss ---.com and it adds /Blaackberry.
thanks
Secular

Most browsers have a setting where it "declares" itself as a mobile or a desktop version. Some sites show a different page depending on what the browser says. For me, I have set my Dolphin browser to say it's a desktop, and problem solved. I can't help you with the default one though, I have removed it some time ago.

Go to Settings -> Advanced and change Viewing mode to Desktop. Should help you with most of the sites, but there are still ones that recognize it as a mobile device. My Desire HD opens the desktop version but the Iconia is still recognized as a mobile device
EDIT: Just tried it with the site you want to open - unfortunately it's the mobile version again.
Sent from my A500 using XDA Premium App

Most sites now also have a link, usually in the header or footer of the content, to switch to "Full view" or something similar...
Edit: huff post has a View Desktop option at the bottom, click it. Enjoy.
And if that don't work, try http://www.huffingtonpost.com/?m=false

dont work
Nothing youve suggested works. Always goes to /Blackberry.
There is no desktop toggle at the bottom, nor a relative setting. I am set to desktop though.
Didnt used to have this problem.

Even the direct link with /?m=false ....??? No idea then

Did you try clearing your cache, etc. The tablet may have some residual info of the site and loads it that way to optimize the load time.
If you clear the cache, and navigate directly to the desktop site, you might be ok.

dhruvmp said:
Did you try clearing your cache, etc. The tablet may have some residual info of the site and loads it that way to optimize the load time.
If you clear the cache, and navigate directly to the desktop site, you might be ok.
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I doubt it would work because I have never opened the site the OP wants in desktop mode and still got the mobile version.
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Really?!?
An entire thread dedicated to user agent at the Huffington Post?!?
To the OP. Write an email to them telling their webmaster to get off his dead azz and find an up to date script that detects user agent correctly instead of the ancient one he's using.
That's the only way you're going to be able to see the site the way you'd like to.
If any of y'all want to see something funny, go to:
http://whatsmyuseragent.com/
Try at least two different browsers, and see how most sites detect your OS, and browser. You'll be surprised!