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UAStrings and mobile versions of websites.

I have noticed that the new browser version in 2.2 allows you to define a custom UAString which made me happy. I went and found all the info to my actual desktop's browser and input it into the settings. Yet I am still unable to see some websites in their desktop views.
Anyone know of a fix?
More info:
UAString: Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 6.1; en-US) AppleWebKit/533.4 (KHTML, like Gecko) Iron/5.0.381.0 Chrome/5.0.381 Safari/533.4
Have also tried the other built in options.
Enable mobile view: UNCHECKED

They could be matching you to mobile via your IP address. Does that happen over WiFi too, or just cell data?

Good idea. It was on 3G. I'll try WiFi now. Thanks.

Nah, still mobile on Wifi. Made sure the settings were still applied.
I've been using user-agent-string.info/parse to make sure the strings are working.

Have you tried going to http://whatsmyuseragent.com? I noticed that after changing my ua string to internet explorer 6 default, it still showed the android user agent when checking with the site above.

vinscuzzy said:
Have you tried going to http://whatsmyuseragent.com? I noticed that after changing my ua string to internet explorer 6 default, it still showed the android user agent when checking with the site above.
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Thanks for the response. That website does show that my UA is set to Firefox's UA copied from my computer.
This is driving me nuts lol. What else on my phone can be letting the browser know I'm on a phone?
I like the default browser as well, so I don't really want to switch to Dolphin or anything.

I guess there is nothing then.

do this...
try typing "about:debug" into the http adress bar, (no quotes) then hit "go" or enter ...whatever....nothing will appear to change...then go to settings, uastrings and make sure desktop is checked. try going to a webpage...it should now work.

Also try clearing your cache/cookies.

kbone213 said:
Thanks for the response. That website does show that my UA is set to Firefox's UA copied from my computer.
This is driving me nuts lol. What else on my phone can be letting the browser know I'm on a phone?
I like the default browser as well, so I don't really want to switch to Dolphin or anything.
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If you've been through all of that, try disabling javascript and flash. Its probably client side.
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adeyo said:
try typing "about:debug" into the http adress bar, (no quotes) then hit "go" or enter ...whatever....nothing will appear to change...then go to settings, uastrings and make sure desktop is checked. try going to a webpage...it should now work.
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If you would kindly read above, you would notice that I am able to change my UAString to whatever I want let alone to "Desktop". Regardless, I appreciate your interest and wanting to contribute to the matter.
I have tried clearing the cache/cookies/history/location data and turned off "Enable location" just in case it somehow could tell from that to no avail.
I just tried turning off Java and Flash and still nothing.
IT'S LIKE THEY'RE PSYCHIC!!!!!!!!

What website is this?
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A porn site, redtube, but that part doesn't matter to me. It's just something that is annoying me.

It definitely has something to do with the HTC browser. I just loaded CM6 and when you set the user agent to desktop, it loads the FULL page. Try out eskimotube and see the difference. P.S. its a porn site.....

vinscuzzy said:
It definitely has something to do with the HTC browser. I just loaded CM6 and when you set the user agent to desktop, it loads the FULL page. Try out eskimotube and see the difference. P.S. its a porn site.....
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I think that's it. Dolphin is loading it just fine so it would have to be something in between the HTC browser's settings and the OS itself, which would be the browser.
Thanks a lot. I feel better now that it has been figured out.

dallashigh said:
Also try clearing your cache/cookies.
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By coincidence I did this earlier today to try to get it to visit a non-mobile version of a website, and it worked. Without ever visiting the site OP mentioned (hence no cookies), it loaded the desktop version fine.
Edit: Someone above said that it may be the Sense browser specific, this was on CM6.
Edit edit: Tried clearing cookies, switching UA to Android, loading site, then switching back to Desktop UA, and it loaded the desktop version. So yeah, Sense specific.

[Q] Turn off Mobile Browsing, and download .rar files

Trying to download .rar files says "Cannot Download, The Content is not supported on this phone. " Anybody found a way around this? (Yeah we could all use our Pc's but seriously)
I remember this happening when I had the samsung moment and I sent that thing back.
Also. Has anybody found a way to turn off mobile Browsing? So annoying
TIA

Download astro file manager. In the settings for that program you can turn off browser restrictions on what files you can download.

I too would like to know how to disable mobile browsing on the default browser. I feel kind of stupid that I can't find the setting, but the more I look and don't find it, I'm beginning to think Samsung is stupid for removing the option...

My co-worker showed me how to do it. Type "about:debug" (without the " ")in the address bar then go to Settings and you'll have some new options at the bottom. Change the UAString from Android to Desktop and voila. Full desktop browsing experience.

Sometimes you just gotta dl stuff on the puter. Anyways, here's download crutch. People say get this program or that because it's built in. Here's the plugin without the program, just in case you don't have any need for the main program.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=5301039
I have it on my phone but can't upload from it. I wish the devs would enable uploading from a browser.

icantdrawanime said:
Download astro file manager. In the settings for that program you can turn off browser restrictions on what files you can download.
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Give the man a reward that worked perfect thanks
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los1223 said:
My co-worker showed me how to do it. Type "about:debug" (without the " ")in the address bar then go to Settings and you'll have some new options at the bottom. Change the UAString from Android to Desktop and voila. Full desktop browsing experience.
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Nice hack worked perfect you guys rock at this stuff
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los1223 said:
My co-worker showed me how to do it. Type "about:debug" (without the " ")in the address bar then go to Settings and you'll have some new options at the bottom. Change the UAString from Android to Desktop and voila. Full desktop browsing experience.
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I tried this but no go the menue ont pop
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los1223 said:
My co-worker showed me how to do it. Type "about:debug" (without the " ")in the address bar then go to Settings and you'll have some new options at the bottom. Change the UAString from Android to Desktop and voila. Full desktop browsing experience.
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wish I knew about this long ago! THANK YOU!
Edit: just realized this OP was from a while back, haha

ok, so a couple of questions about that "about:debug"
1. any way to get it to default to desktop? If you exit the browser you have to type and select it again
2. why is "iPhone browser" an option????
3. I no longer have dk28 installed (waiting for OTA froyo) but for those with working flash, will something like hulu work in full blown desktop mode (or iPhone mode)? My gut still says no, but when I visit hulu in iPhone mode it asks me to download the hulu application and in desktop mode it says nothing about being on android platform -- just that I don't have flash.

djbacon06 said:
ok, so a couple of questions about that "about:debug"
1. any way to get it to default to desktop? If you exit the browser you have to type and select it again
2. why is "iPhone browser" an option????
3. I no longer have dk28 installed (waiting for OTA froyo) but for those with working flash, will something like hulu work in full blown desktop mode (or iPhone mode)? My gut still says no, but when I visit hulu in iPhone mode it asks me to download the hulu application and in desktop mode it says nothing about being on android platform -- just that I don't have flash.
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it dont work it says u need 10.0.32 also u could use skifire web browser from the app store it has flash built in.

Some websites that use browser detection don't properly recognize the android webkit browser. But they do recognize iphone. So to render some websites properly in a mobile view you can pretend your an iphone...luckily it doesn't turn you into a douche bag iphone user when activated.
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I have Download All Files for downloading unsupported files. I went the Astro route for a bit, but I bought Root Explorer, so I didn't want Astro taking up space.

[Q] Browser default to mobile version of websites

Just got my Xoom...they waived the activation fee and I got a 25% discount on accesories...but that is all beside the point....
The browser defaults to the mobile version of websites. If anyone aware of a way to change that?

Change the browser user-agent to desktop? That what I do using Dolphin HD on the gTablet.

TheZuneLune said:
Just got my Xoom...they waived the activation fee and I got a 25% discount on accesories...but that is all beside the point....
The browser defaults to the mobile version of websites. If anyone aware of a way to change that?
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type about:debug in the browser bar
(in 2.2)
you would scroll down to the bottom of the menu list and in settings there is a setting called user agent. turn it to desktop.

Yea If you dont see a setting for useragent strings try putting "aboug:debug" in the browser address bar. Nothing will happen, but check the menu settings again and see if the option becomes available. I would assume useragent string would be available by default in the new chromey browser, but who knows.
edit: grrrr.. generic.imitation beat me

Thanks....I didn't see this at the bottom of the websites before, but now I have the option to view the full site.

the "about:debug" works i just did it on my xoom
it puts a debug category in the settings and under "UAString" select Desktop

Just curious if anyone else have to do this every so often? I would change mine to desktop and surf to droid-life, which would display the full site but the next time I fire up the browser, droid-life would display the mobile site until I select desktop in settings again (which was already selected). This happens on other sites as well.

debug in browser worked for me. Great simple tip. Thanks guys

Benkr0n said:
the "about:debug" works i just did it on my xoom
it puts a debug category in the settings and under "UAString" select Desktop
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This works great!

Droid4All said:
Just curious if anyone else have to do this every so often? I would change mine to desktop and surf to droid-life, which would display the full site but the next time I fire up the browser, droid-life would display the mobile site until I select desktop in settings again (which was already selected). This happens on other sites as well.
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Same problem here.

Definitely only a temporary fix. Hopefully an update comes soon or a good replacement browser... the mobile version thing is literally the only thing I don't like about this browser.
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Somehow Facebook knows. It still sent me to their mobile site.

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

Remove link previews through Samsung's messenger app?

OK, so I've been using Google Messenger for ages now, and I have no idea how the Samsung messenger works. Right now, when I click a link in a text, it brings up an internal Samsung browser that opens the page. Is there any way I can disable it, and just open it in my default web browser (In this case, Firefox)?
Thanks in advance for the help.

entropism said:
OK, so I've been using Google Messenger for ages now, and I have no idea how the Samsung messenger works. Right now, when I click a link in a text, it brings up an internal Samsung browser that opens the page. Is there any way I can disable it, and just open it in my default web browser (In this case, Firefox)?
Thanks in advance for the help.
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you need to clear default data from Samsung Browser
next it will ask how to complete action (select Firefox)
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Sorry, maybe I was unclear: Clicking the link isn't opening Samsung's browser itself, it's opening like an "in app" browser, which opens the web page. I then have to click "more" and select "Open in browser". I've never actually opened the Samsung browser, and it's not selected as a default for anything.
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you need to clear default data from Samsung Browser
next it will ask how to complete action (select Firefox)
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Just use textra man. Best app ever.
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entropism said:
Sorry, maybe I was unclear: Clicking the link isn't opening Samsung's browser itself, it's opening like an "in app" browser, which opens the web page. I then have to click "more" and select "Open in browser". I've never actually opened the Samsung browser, and it's not selected as a default for anything.
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well thr should be an option inside messenger Setting about it
like use external browser or open link inside app or ...
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Brava27 said:
Just use textra man. Best app ever.
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I actually hate textra. The only reason I'm using the stock app is for the RCS and the always on screen notifications. If I was going to move away from the stock app, I'd just go back to Google Messenger.
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well thr should be an option inside messenger Setting about it
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There isn't, at all. I've checked every setting in the app, trying to find something hidden through system settings but I'm not expecting anything.

edit: wrong reply.

entropism said:
I actually hate textra. The only reason I'm using the stock app is for the RCS and the always on screen notifications. If I was going to move away from the stock app, I'd just go back to Google Messenger.
There isn't, at all. I've checked every setting in the app, trying to find something hidden through system settings but I'm not expecting anything.
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What is RCS?