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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.
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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
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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?
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).
Tired of the about:debug hopefully a fix is coming soon....
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Tired of the about:debug hopefully a fix is coming soon....
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From what I understand its up to the developers of websites to differentiate between "Android" which is tablets, and "Android Mobile" which is phones.
Dolphin is the bees knees on my xoom I love the side to side features... all ready uninstalled the stock browser
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From what I understand its up to the developers of websites to differentiate between "Android" which is tablets, and "Android Mobile" which is phones.
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You are correct, but isn't that a little ridiculous? I mean the other browsers deliver us a desktop experience with no problem. I guess I understand the desire for the browser to be recognized as Android-specific, but relying on websites to change their code ultimately results in a less-than-ideal experience for the user. I don't know what a website's motivation would be to change their code. From their standpoint, I think it would seem like we are expecting them to make changes so that our substandard app will work. The websites will probably catch up, but meanwhile, shouldn't the stock browser be able to bring us as satisfying an experience as a third party app does?
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The websites will probably catch up, but meanwhile, shouldn't the stock browser be able to bring us as satisfying an experience as a third party app does?
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The websites would never catch up if that was the case. Right now the best way to deal with it is write to page owner that have this problem and complain.
Why not just change the user agent? Am I missing something?
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The websites would never catch up if that was the case. Right now the best way to deal with it is write to page owner that have this problem and complain.
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You make a very good point here. And I guess the sites in question are actually the better sites that redirect a user to alternative content (low-res video or non-Flash pages) based on the browser's signature. Since they already consider that, they may be more likely to respond to user requests and feedback and change their code. Our browser type should begin to show up in their web traffic reports, too. But I think it'll be a slow-going change because in the whole lineup of browsers, we're a minority. Personally, I'll be more apt to open Dolphin to view a page that isn't displaying in desktop mode, long before I would hunt down a webmaster email address and send a note. I'm not even sure exactly what to ask for in the note. If anybody would care to provide a post with some proper terminology, that might help the cause.
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Why not just change the user agent? Am I missing something?
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As I understand it, we can select "desktop" as our user agent, but that identifies our browser as "android" which a lot of sites interpret as "android mobile" and redirect us to mobile content anyway. I have also read where some folks can't get the setting to stick through a reboot.
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You make a very good point here. And I guess the sites in question are actually the better sites that redirect a user to alternative content (low-res video or non-Flash pages) based on the browser's signature. Since they already consider that, they may be more likely to respond to user requests and feedback and change their code. Our browser type should begin to show up in their web traffic reports, too. But I think it'll be a slow-going change because in the whole lineup of browsers, we're a minority. Personally, I'll be more apt to open Dolphin to view a page that isn't displaying in desktop mode, long before I would hunt down a webmaster email address and send a note. I'm not even sure exactly what to ask for in the note. If anybody would care to provide a post with some proper terminology, that might help the cause.
As I understand it, we can select "desktop" as our user agent, but that identifies our browser as "android" which a lot of sites interpret as "android mobile" and redirect us to mobile content anyway. I have also read where some folks can't get the setting to stick through a reboot.
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Desktop is not android. Android is android just like iPhone emulates an iPhone... about:debug or dolphin browser? Cmon
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Desktop is not android. Android is android just like iPhone emulates an iPhone... about:debug or dolphin browser? Cmon
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When I select "desktop" in the stock browser, it gives me a very different experience than when I select it in another browser, such as Dolphin. I am under the impression that selecting "android" would tell a website that I am on an android phone, and it would render the mobile version of the site. I don't want that, so I selected "desktop" but still often get directed to mobile versions of sites. I thought I read that the reason for this is that selecting "desktop" identifies the browser as "android"...as opposed to "android mobile." I guess sites aren't coded to recognize "android" as being different than "android mobile" and render the mobile version.
The suggestion has been to notify site owners of the problem and ask them to update their code. I think to do that effectively, I need to fully understand the issue, and I'm sorry but your reply didn't help me with that.
Android user agent is for tablets. Desktop is for desktop. Not many sites are setup to render pages for a tablet that's why you get the mobile version when set to android.
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But...I'm getting mobile versions when I'm set to desktop.
Thank you for your replies. I think Chongo has made a pretty solid case for the Dolphin browser.
Dolphin is one of the best alternative.
I am using the Dolphin Mini on my Nexus S just because of this user-agent issue, plus tabbed browsing, quick bookmarks, etc.
It is not as fast as the stock one, but the speed is still fast enough to enjoy the experience.
I read that Dolphin is still not good enough on Honeycomb. They have updated it, but still choppy.
We can hope that the developers are hard work to bring it up to speed with Honeycomb, better stability, faster with hardware acceleration. Certainly, this will be realized quickly as I read Google developer posted detailed information about hardware acceleration on Honeycomb:
http://android-developers.blogspot.com/2011/03/android-30-hardware-acceleration.html
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But...I'm getting mobile versions when I'm set to desktop.
Thank you for your replies. I think Chongo has made a pretty solid case for the Dolphin browser.
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Btw, anyone can really catch the stock browser user agent string?
I am interested to know "exactly", the exact string text, what is the user agent string of the stock browser, default setting and when set to desktop via about:debug.
And also from the Dolphin set to "desktop".
Thanks if you can do this for us.
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But...I'm getting mobile versions when I'm set to desktop.
Thank you for your replies. I think Chongo has made a pretty solid case for the Dolphin browser.
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You need to type ' about:debug' every time you reboot and in some cases after clearing your browsing history or after the browser stops. In other words, 'about:debug' does not stick. But your settings are remembered, so you won't have to keep changing your user agent, you'll just need to keep typing 'about:debug' in your address bar. The easier way to tell if you're still in debug mode is by clicking the menu icon and seeing if you have expanded options or not.
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gogol said:
Btw, anyone can really catch the stock browser user agent string?
I am interested to know "exactly", the exact string text, what is the user agent string of the stock browser, default setting and when set to desktop via about:debug.
And also from the Dolphin set to "desktop".
Thanks if you can do this for us.
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http://my-addr.com/ua
For me, Safari is listed when in both desktop and android mode. When in android mode, platform shows as unknown.
With Dolphin in desktop mode, the agent is Chrome and the platform is Win7.
I don't have Xoom, so I cannot test that
But, I tested using my Nexus S, and here is the result:
Dolphin in Android mode:
Browser name: Default Browser
Platform: unknown
Operating System: Linux, Smart Move!!!
User Agent: Safari
Dolphin in desktop mode:
Browser branch name: Safari 3.1
Browser name: Safari
Browser version: 3.1
Platform: MacOSX
Operating System: Mac OS X
User Agent: Safari
Stock browser in Android (default) mode:
Browser name: Default Browser
Platform: unknown
Operating System: Linux, Smart Move!!!
User Agent: Safari
Stock browser in desktop mode:
Browser branch name: Safari 5.0
Browser name: Safari
Browser version: 5.0
Platform: MacOSX
Operating System: Mac OS X
User Agent: Safari
They are all using "Safari", no word "Android" mentioned.
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http://my-addr.com/ua
For me, Safari is listed when in both desktop and android mode. When in android mode, platform shows as unknown.
With Dolphin in desktop mode, the agent is Chrome and the platform is Win7.
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One good thing about being automatically sent to the mobile version of a site?
Gizmodo.com
The mobile site is vanilla and plain but DAMN it's better to look at than that new mess of a website they've put up the last couple of months.
/rant
I think the issue here is why can't the Stock browser settings stick when you change the user agent. Dolphin seems to work perfectly fine after rebooting or after a browser crash. If the Stock browser did the same thing, after changing it to desktop, I don't think anyone would have an issue.
FYI Google addressed why this happens in their Android Blog:
http://android-developers.blogspot.com/2010/12/android-browser-user-agent-issues.html
Basically, the browser reports itself as Android, but not Android Mobile (as someone else suggested).
Websites currently sense if you are using Android and assume its a phone (because it always used to be), but now they should key of the word "Mobile" instead.
This does have drawbacks, but from an engineering perspective, it is the "correct" way to do it. Hacking the user agent is bad practice - its important for web admins to know if a lot of tablets are accessing their website, for example, so they can make sure the site works well for them. If Google set it to spoof a windows desktop, web admins would never know how many tablets were being used, and may be serving their users with a less than optimal page for tablets without realizing it.
So it will take some time for web admins to fix their sites, but unfortunately, this is the right way to do it. It would be great though if the about:debug settings were sticky. It might be bad practice for Google to design the tablet to spoof the user agent, but its fine if an individual user decides to.
-Taylor
It seems like the best option is to complain to webmasters who do not allow the option of leaving mobile mode on their sites.
If the option to view either mobile or full site is given then there is no need to spoof the user agent and the device would be properly tracked by whatever software the host is using. We need to complain more to the web admins if we will ever see the compatability that the ipad users currently have when browsing the web. At the same time the web admins need to know that enough of our devices are out there before they will see a need to create an alternative browsing experience. This is why I am against changing the user agent.
Edit: Perhaps Google had the same thought in mind and this is the reason the user agent setting does not hold after a reboot.
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Is there a way around this? A lot of times I'll click a link and get taken to a mobile version of that site
I have the Wifi only model and browsing on the Xoom on my home wifi this still happens.
mikejet said:
Is there a way around this? A lot of times I'll click a link and get taken to a mobile version of that site
I have the Wifi only model and browsing on the Xoom on my home wifi this still happens.
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Go into the browser and type about:debug in the url press enter and then go to the settings and it should bring up a debug menu at the very end of the list. go to UA String and change it from android to desktop. should solve the problem.
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Go into the browser and type about:debug in the url press enter and then go to the settings and it should bring up a debug menu at the very end of the list. go to UA String and change it from android to desktop. should solve the problem.
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This solves the problem until the browser is closed. Next time the app is loaded, it is loaded back into a mobile mode.
Something people need to realize is that the browser UA String for Tablets is "Android" and Phone is "Android Mobile".
Most websites who do detection are probably only looking for either the word "Android" or "Mobile" to redirect. You will have to give websites time to adjust for the change. Send an email to the site admin.
Also, there is a hack in the development threads to solve this permanently, by broadcasting UAString as Mozilla(if I remember right) , Which could cause issues for websites that detect Mozilla to fix certain bugs, the work around that they may being using could potentially not work on android or cause a problem with viewing.
There won't be a perfect solution, all browsers are different, and you just have to hope that the website is updated, or trick it into thinking you are a desktop - which works most of the time.
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This solves the problem until the browser is closed. Next time the app is loaded, it is loaded back into a mobile mode.
Something people need to realize is that the browser UA String for Tablets is "Android" and Phone is "Android Mobile".
Most websites who do detection are probably only looking for either the word "Android" or "Mobile" to redirect. You will have to give websites time to adjust for the change. Send an email to the site admin.
Also, there is a hack in the development threads to solve this permanently, by broadcasting UAString as Mozilla(if I remember right) , Which could cause issues for websites that detect Mozilla to fix certain bugs, the work around that they may being using could potentially not work on android or cause a problem with viewing.
There won't be a perfect solution, all browsers are different, and you just have to hope that the website is updated, or trick it into thinking you are a desktop - which works most of the time.
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Wouldn't it make more sense to identify itself as "Chrome"?
Kcarpenter said:
This solves the problem until the browser is closed. Next time the app is loaded, it is loaded back into a mobile mode.
Something people need to realize is that the browser UA String for Tablets is "Android" and Phone is "Android Mobile".
Most websites who do detection are probably only looking for either the word "Android" or "Mobile" to redirect. You will have to give websites time to adjust for the change. Send an email to the site admin.
Also, there is a hack in the development threads to solve this permanently, by broadcasting UAString as Mozilla(if I remember right) , Which could cause issues for websites that detect Mozilla to fix certain bugs, the work around that they may being using could potentially not work on android or cause a problem with viewing.
There won't be a perfect solution, all browsers are different, and you just have to hope that the website is updated, or trick it into thinking you are a desktop - which works most of the time.
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ive haven't had to change it after the app closes out. it stays the same and it has fixed the mobile problem. I never have a mobile site pop up on my xoom since i've had it.
RayKinStL said:
Wouldn't it make more sense to identify itself as "Chrome"?
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Well, webkit is webkit. Chrome is webkit, safari is webkit, mozilla is webkit, and Android is webkit - however, each browser has its own changes for the way they want to handle things (Gotta love standards).
Mozilla is probably next to IE the most used browser, so it would make a little more sense to broadcast as it instead of Chrome. Chrome may actually be broadcasting still as Mozilla(it was at one time) or generic webkit, i can't remember.
This stuff changes monthly. And Android =\= Chrome its close, but not. From a web developers stand point there are several things that Android's browser cannot do that Chrome can (eg: 'Overflow:' )
isnt there a way to perma change the UA if your rooted?
HERE is the post about changing UAString for rooted users
along with some other goodies. Not sure if it works on Wifi Only yet - somewhere down there they where talking about it.
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Mozilla/5.0 (Linux; U; Intel Mac OSX 10_6_3; 3.0.1; en-us; Xoom Build/HR166) AppleWebKit/534.13 (KHTML, Like Gecko) Version/4.0 Safari/534.13
Like i said, it Identifies as Mozilla - should work 92% of the time.
thanks for that. I MAY try it later.
I'll try the debug method when I get home. I haven't decided if I will root or not yet
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HERE is the post about changing UAString for rooted users
along with some other goodies. Not sure if it works on Wifi Only yet - somewhere down there they where talking about it.
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Mozilla/5.0 (Linux; U; Intel Mac OSX 10_6_3; 3.0.1; en-us; Xoom Build/HR166) AppleWebKit/534.13 (KHTML, Like Gecko) Version/4.0 Safari/534.13
Like i said, it Identifies as Mozilla - should work 92% of the time.
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FYI, all WebKit browsers identify as Mozilla, including the default mobile UA String. The string I used was just taken from the 'Desktop' setting. It is actually emulating Safari, not Mozilla. You are right though, that changing your user agent can result in unexpected behavior.
I think even IE still says Mozilla from the Netscape days
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FYI, all WebKit browsers identify as Mozilla, including the default mobile UA String. The string I used was just taken from the 'Desktop' setting. It is actually emulating Safari, not Mozilla. You are right though, that changing your user agent can result in unexpected behavior.
I think even IE still says Mozilla from the Netscape days
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you are correct.
yea..... about:debug does nothing for me
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yea..... about:debug does nothing for me
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about:debug does not display anything. You need to go into the settings menu to see the debug options.
monkeefied said:
yea..... about:debug does nothing for me
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go to settings then under "debug" you'll see the menu. when you put 'about:debug' in the bar and hit enter, nothing will happen.
Kcarpenter said:
HERE is the post about changing UAString for rooted users
along with some other goodies. Not sure if it works on Wifi Only yet - somewhere down there they where talking about it.
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Mozilla/5.0 (Linux; U; Intel Mac OSX 10_6_3; 3.0.1; en-us; Xoom Build/HR166) AppleWebKit/534.13 (KHTML, Like Gecko) Version/4.0 Safari/534.13
Like i said, it Identifies as Mozilla - should work 92% of the time.
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Wouldnt push this to a wifi Xoom. You will boot loop since it is made for a 3G model. Framework-res cannot be swapped between the two models. :/
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It worked, kind of. Maybe 70% of the sites are fine but some still recognize as mobile.
Also, once I logged into youtube with my account it switched to the mobile version of the site for some reason.
i used Skyfire browser on here for a bit.
One feature I loved was that they had that dedicated button that changes mobile to desktop and vice versa.
wow i can't believe people still wasting time with stock browser..typing about:debug...just get Dolphin mini go to settings & set it to desktop then you're done for good lol...& furthermore it works better than Dolphin Hd
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.
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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.
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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.
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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!
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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.