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[Q] How to Prevent Galaxy Tab browser access Mobile optimised webpage

I've just bought a Galaxy tab, pretty enjoy it since i moved from HTC Desire. However, it pretty annoying when i access a webpage, the Tab's browser always go to Mobile webpage instead of default PC UI page.
=> Anyone know how to disable this feature.

thacvinh said:
I've just bought a Galaxy tab, pretty enjoy it since i moved from HTC Desire. However, it pretty annoying when i access a webpage, the Tab's browser always go to Mobile webpage instead of default PC UI page.
=> Anyone know how to disable this feature.
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Enter "about:useragent" in the address bar, and select the Desktop user agent.
It doesn't persist though, which is annoying!
Regards,
Dave

Also look at the foot of the web page concerned..... If it can go to Desktop you should see an option named 'Classic'. If so click on it to change from Mobile view to Desktop.

a former iphone zombie here, they had a sbsettings toggle called user agent faker... for android the equiv would be a toggle switch widget on the desktop?... not sure if its out there, been searching though. looking for a persistant toggle..

gophet said:
a former iphone zombie here, they had a sbsettings toggle called user agent faker... for android the equiv would be a toggle switch widget on the desktop?... not sure if its out there, been searching though. looking for a persistant toggle..
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Install MiUi Browser

foxmeister said:
Enter "about:useragent" in the address bar, and select the Desktop user agent.
It doesn't persist though, which is annoying!
Regards,
Dave
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I can change the user agent, but seems not to be stored. if I enter again in "about:useragent", the "custom" option remains selected.

Or just download Dolphin HD browser,then in the browser,go to settings>Useragent and choose desktop instead of Mobile by default,worked great for me.

Dolphin HD browser + euro firmware did the trick for me.
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Using Dolphin HD browser on US T-Mo, agent switched to Desktop and no luck - it would still go to mobile version. Same settings in the same browser on my EVO - no problem - always takes me to a full website. I hope there is some other solution. Otherwise it is very annoying not to be able to see full NY Times site...
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Well! Too many of xda member faced this problem. But there is no such probbaly tweak to prevent the Tab access defaut webpage from it's stock browser.

Anybody has found a solution ? It's super annoying not to be able to see the "normal" websites given the form factor of the Tab...

Are you guys talking about the homepage? Or the fact that the stock browser reverts to mobile user agent upon closing? The stock browser will not save user agent settings after being closed. Download a new broswer. Don't rely on stock.
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plasmathrower said:
Are you guys talking about the homepage? Or the fact that the stock browser reverts to mobile user agent upon closing? The stock browser will not save user agent settings after being closed. Download a new broswer. Don't rely on stock.
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The thing is... why should you have to download a different browser just to be able to view web sites in desktop mode ~ and even then different browsers don't necessarily give you a desktop view.
As an example I have Dolphin HD installed and if you attempt to access either ITVPlayer or the BBC web site you get the mobile version.

sadly, you need to re-do the about:useragent everytime you completely close the browser. Also, on stock UK firmwares (Even JJ7) iPlayer doesn't work even with desktop mode selected. Need to be on JM6 or JMA for the fixed browser.

2kmy477 said:
Or just download Dolphin HD browser,then in the browser,go to settings>Useragent and choose desktop instead of Mobile by default,worked great for me.
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Exactly what I did since day one, works flawlessly ...
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jackie_jagger said:
Exactly what I did since day one, works flawlessly ...
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It will Jackie... Providing as stated above you are on a later ROM.
For those however on the stock ROM it does not work.

Beards said:
It will Jackie... Providing as stated above you are on a later ROM.
For those however on the stock ROM it does not work.
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It works on JM6 ? OK, good to know

Try skyfire.
It works for mine (T-Mobile US version)

if you wants normal desktop browsing try Miren Browser and in the options set the Desktop version( or the ipad version, it works)
however,
some sites (like megavideo) will go further than a User Agent and try to guess if you are really on a desktop or not, to redirect you to some annoying ads and jo-games.com
if you want to avoid that use NetFront Live Browser, it's the best low level changer browser for android so far, you won't be dissapointed and its kind of tablet optimized.

mingkee said:
Try skyfire.
It works for mine (T-Mobile US version)
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same here, same version

[Question] change platform for honeycomb browser? (About:debug)

Hey
I've put on my browser's bar (about:debut) and changed uastring to an iPad platform. Afterwards it works really well, but in a while all pages read my browser as desktop while its still iPad. I've to do it again to let it work again.
Any ideas?
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[Q] open browser full site instead of mobile

I have read some Honeycomb trick to always open full sites. Apparently, all androids have some sort of switch. Please enlighten me.

jpatt said:
I have read some Honeycomb trick to always open full sites. Apparently, all androids have some sort of switch. Please enlighten me.
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In your "Web Browser" I'm Pretty Sure if you Select Menu/Settings... Then Uncheck the Mobile View Box, It Should Enable the Desktop View until its Rechecked!!
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Skyfire browser has an option on the main screen. Makes switching really easy. Works well if you are willing to try a different browser or just use like I do and only use skyfire when you want to run the full website.

Thanks. I kinda wanted to know this too.
Now to find out how to disable flash to make sites load faster, and to lessen that damned scroll lag. >.>

nothing beats the speed of 2.1 broswer. :/
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In the browser that comes with the phone i see no option to uncheck the mobile site. I too am annoyed by these stupid mobile sites. As if they were designed for blackberrys or something else crappy.
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Use Dolphin browser, it asked you during installation if you would like to view the mobile sites or desktop.

There is also a plug in for dolphim broeser hd that,toggles between mobile and desktop views. Works pretty good, sometimed have to restart the browser, not often.
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Opera does this as well

can't you go to about:useragent on any browser and change it?

I am not interested in switching browsers. I dont have a mobile view switch in settings and i dont have about:user agent. I'll attempt to locate the article which said all androids can be switched to full view instead of mobile.

jpatt said:
I am not interested in switching browsers. I dont have a mobile view switch in settings and i dont have about:user agent. I'll attempt to locate the article which said all androids can be switched to full view instead of mobile.
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You do have user agent string in your browser. This should work on all webkit based browsers. I had read about this a long time ago, and with a single google search this came up.
http://lifehacker.com/#!5547037/change-the-user-agent-on-an-android-phone

The useragent string may or may not work depending on which ROM you are running. Back when I had stock eclair jfd I tried the user agent trick and all that did was crash my browser. Even rebooting wouldn't fix it, I had to factory reset
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=7313019&postcount=5
I have froyo.ka6 and haven't tried it again, nor am I interested in trying it again since I have both Miren and Dolphin HD (both of which allow toggling of user agent AND have flash support).
I don't use stock browser anymore. Everyone says it's the fastest but I can't see any speed difference opening same sites with Dolphin HD or Miren...maybe in benchmarks you will see a few milliseconds?

Correct, i do have access to additional settings with about:command but don' have access to UAString which is needed to switch settings. Anyway the more i read about the subject, i found it was only temporary - per browser session. That is a waste of my time so i am moving along. i have eugenes froyo 2.2

If you want full vs mobile websites you definitely need to try another browser. You have lots of choices. Since you're running froyo you don't need the skyfire video capabilities 2.2 has flash video built-in.
Best free browsers for froyo (IMO)
Miren
Dolphin Mini
Dolphin HD (ad supported)
Opera Mobile 10 beta is ok but slower
Firefox is slowest but still in beta
Proxy browsers: (I don't like proxy browsers)
Skyfire
Opera Mini
Fastest for rendering / navigation are Dolphin HD and Miren.
There are a few others out there (xScope, Maxthon, UCWEB, Infinity).
All I can say is try them all decide which you like best - All have their pros and cons but they are all better than stock.

Opera 11

Finally opera 11 is out. Nice. Always like this browser. Very easy to read when pinch and zoom. Always in one page.
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??
Opera 11 is not for Android.
Search for Mini or Mobile

skdubg said:
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Opera 11 is not for Android.
Search for Mini or Mobile
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He means Opera Mobile 11 for Android!
Trying it out now as it's the first non-Webkit browser that supports the Flash plugin.
Regards,
Dave

wow it's seriously damn smooth. i loaded engadget desktop site and the scrolling is smooth to the max. but.. can't change the useragent to desktop as default.
edit: okay found a way to change UAstring. just type opera:config in the address bar. tap enter. scroll down to User Agent, change the number to 2. the settings will stick even after restarting. it's not like the stock browser where you have to keep changing unless of course you're using overcome rom's stock browser.

skdubg said:
Opera 11 is not for Android
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Yes, it is
http://www.opera.com/mobile/specs/
kay_kiat88 said:
can't change the useragent to desktop as default.
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Can you not change the user agent by browsing to opera:config ?

ah okay my mistake.

johncmolyneux said:
Can you not change the user agent by browsing to opera:config ?
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Yes you can.
Regards,
Dave
EDIT: Doesn't seem to work properly though. Testing with Engadget and having set my useragent to Firefox (option 2), I still get the mobile site - I have mobile view turned off too.

johncmolyneux said:
Yes, it is
http://www.opera.com/mobile/specs/
Can you not change the user agent by browsing to opera:config ?
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googled it before i read your post. thanks anyway

foxmeister said:
Yes you can.
Regards,
Dave
EDIT: Doesn't seem to work properly though. Testing with Engadget and having set my useragent to Firefox (option 2), I still get the mobile site - I have mobile view turned off too.
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Works if you type in a desktop UA string under User Prefs - Custom User Agent

foxmeister said:
EDIT: Doesn't seem to work properly though. Testing with Engadget and having set my useragent to Firefox (option 2), I still get the mobile site - I have mobile view turned off too.
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you're right. doesn't work properly.
edit: found a fix.
read this
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=12288976&postcount=15

Was using the beta, and this was really good although it lacked flash support.
I think it's the best browser for android by far.

Id always overlooked Opera before; lack of Flash support was a kick to the balls and it UI was nice, but it seemed a bit pixelated.
Just redownloaded it and I'm impressed. UI is amazing and its quick as hell! Thanks for letting us know its updated
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I still get redirected to mobile versions of websites

I was on the Beta of Opera (I've been an Opera user for about eight years) and liked it except that it wasn't as integrated as the Stock browser with certain sites. Lack of Flash support was buzz-kill too.
So, I tried Miren and, I've got to say, it's very, very nice. It integrates like the stock browser but has features and UI much like Opera.
I'll try the 11 release and post back my impressions.

TheGrammarFreak said:
I still get redirected to mobile versions of websites
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for those who still get redirected to mobile site.. do this :
1 type "opera:config" in the address bar and tap enter
2 scroll down to user preferences and tap it. You will see a long list of options.
3 scroll down to "custom user agent" and copy this (without the inverted commas) "Mozilla/5.0 (Macintosh; U; Intel Mac OS X 10_5_7; en-us) AppleWebKit/530.17 (KHTML, like Gecko) Version/4.0 Safari/530.17" into the box.
4 scroll down and tap save
5 restart opera by using task manager to close and then start opera again. You should not get redirected to mobile website.
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Now Opera needs only one function to be ideal browser.. "Exit" button

kay_kiat88 said:
for those who still get redirected to mobile site.. do this :
1 type "opera:config" in the address bar and tap enter
2 scroll down to user preferences and tap it. You will see a long list of options.
3 scroll down to "custom user agent" and copy this (without the inverted commas) "Mozilla/5.0 (Macintosh; U; Intel Mac OS X 10_5_7; en-us) AppleWebKit/530.17 (KHTML, like Gecko) Version/4.0 Safari/530.17" into the box.
4 scroll down and tap save
5 restart opera by using task manager to close and then start opera again. You should not get redirected to mobile website.
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Sweet, cheers. Although I used the UA string for Opera Desktop
DemonGloom said:
Now Opera needs only one function to be ideal browser.. "Exit" button
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Tru dat

TheGrammarFreak said:
Sweet, cheers. Although I used the UA string for Opera Desktop
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it won't make a difference right? or will it make a difference in speed? since viewing webpages on a desktop with different browsers still gives the same webpage.

Wow. I'm impressed. Super smoothe browser and killer interface. A little buggy here and there and for whatever reason its missing an exit option.
Oh and thanks Kay for your custom user agent info. It worked for me. Now I can view websites just like my desktop.
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IMHO the BEST browser for a tablet like the galaxy tab out there

Stock browser mobile view

Anybody know how to enable constant desktop view while open the website ?

Not easy without root,im using chrome with thr chrome ua app,but it only works with root
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you could use javelin browser, go to setting, request desktop view.
good luck!
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What's the point to not giving the choice which view would you like to? Any new website you have to open twice
Thanks for replies :good:

I use Dolphin Browser HD. You only need to click the option "request desktop view" once. Then all succeeding browsing will be on desktop view on any day.