Hey, I had two questions:
First, I can't seem to get the wireless storage built-in app to work on Chrome. When I enter the web address it says to, Chrome can't load it. IE explorer works correctly with it (now THAT'S a first!). Any ideas?
Second, what's the deal with the default launcher pinch to zoom action? When you pinch to zoom out, it shows all of your screens. However, when you pinch to zoom in, everything just kind of disappears on your home screens. It's really bizarre, any idea what the point of this action is?
Cheesejam said:
Hey, I had two questions:
First, I can't seem to get the wireless storage built-in app to work on Chrome. When I enter the web address it says to, Chrome can't load it. IE explorer works correctly with it (now THAT'S a first!). Any ideas?
Second, what's the deal with the default launcher pinch to zoom action? When you pinch to zoom out, it shows all of your screens. However, when you pinch to zoom in, everything just kind of disappears on your home screens. It's really bizarre, any idea what the point of this action is?
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just pinched the screen, went to a card view of my screens, then pinched "out" and it worked fine.
friguy3 said:
just pinched the screen, went to a card view of my screens, then pinched "out" and it worked fine.
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Maybe my wording was bad, but try pinching the other way ("in" I guess) from the home screen. It's weird.
haha that is weird..wtf..can you have 2 sets of homescreens maybe?
That was actually one of the tips that the phone pops up. Not sure what the purpose is really...
Cheesejam said:
Hey, I had two questions:
First, I can't seem to get the wireless storage built-in app to work on Chrome. When I enter the web address it says to, Chrome can't load it. IE explorer works correctly with it (now THAT'S a first!). Any ideas?
Second, what's the deal with the default launcher pinch to zoom action? When you pinch to zoom out, it shows all of your screens. However, when you pinch to zoom in, everything just kind of disappears on your home screens. It's really bizarre, any idea what the point of this action is?
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You can just use your windows explorer folders to open it up as well.
NoLeftHere said:
You can just use your windows explorer folders to open it up as well.
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Could you explain how to do this? I am not very good with this stuff haha
Huh, I can't get wireless storage to work in any browser on my mac i tried chrome, firefox and safari.
Cheesejam said:
Could you explain how to do this? I am not very good with this stuff haha
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it is a network share. on Windows, go to start, run (or windows key + R), and type in the address it pops up. when you see \\hostname, that means it's a share.
Cheesejam said:
Could you explain how to do this? I am not very good with this stuff haha
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Just open "my computer" or any desktop folder, where you see the destination "computer" you type in the network address given by your G2
Thanks guys!
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Opera is dreadful on the hero, the basic browser is weak.
Any others to use?
cheers
What exactly is wrong with the built in browser?
I would prefer to see the full page directly, not that zoom. And the scroll should be more reactive and not make the webpage move that much. I prefer the iPhone way, sorry
There is also a problem with some services. I travel a lot and in some hotels I'm not able to log in. When there should be a name/password screen, nothing shows for example. Also some radio stations won't stream.
So if there is an option, I'll try it.
You could try Steel.
I don't like the iPhones broeser. It always has to try and catch up with its self
robboy said:
I don't like the iPhones broeser. It always has to try and catch up with its self
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Really?? What does that even mean? I'm not referring to the bad grammar, but the comment itself? Catch up with itself?
I know what he means, say you start moving around the web page quick it is like the cpu can't keep up and can't load it up fast enough so the web page breaks up then loads when its caught up if that makes any sense.
one other major problem that i have found with teh browser is that it actually changes the code of websites - in particular, it seems to disable file uploads. this is a big problem.
Jabbypants said:
I know what he means, say you start moving around the web page quick it is like the cpu can't keep up and can't load it up fast enough so the web page breaks up then loads when its caught up if that makes any sense.
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Iphone GS doesn't do that anymore FYI (well almost never I'm sure you could find a site to do it but its significantly, like 98% reduced over the Iphone 3g).
Aridon said:
Iphone GS doesn't do that anymore FYI (well almost never I'm sure you could find a site to do it but its significantly, like 98% reduced over the Iphone 3g).
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I was only referring to the Iphone 2g/3g those i have used, didn't explain myself properly.
Wow awesome find TruBrit Steel is quality
bgorin said:
I would prefer to see the full page directly, not that zoom. And the scroll should be more reactive and not make the webpage move that much. I prefer the iPhone way, sorry
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the browser got way better with the MoDaCo ROM so try that for improved smoothness.
thenewshaft said:
Wow awesome find TruBrit Steel is quality
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Steel has a nice interface. I like the function of a virtual icon in the corner... no need to press menu to bring in the adress bar...
The only major drawback which made me uninstall the application is the lack of zoom function.
deeren said:
Steel has a nice interface. I like the function of a virtual icon in the corner... no need to press menu to bring in the adress bar...
The only major drawback which made me uninstall the application is the lack of zoom function.
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Steel has Zoom function.... hold down anywhere on page and Zoom away with the
popup menu...
//Nik
nikjensie said:
Steel has Zoom function.... hold down anywhere on page and Zoom away with the
popup menu...
//Nik
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ya , but it didnt seem to be working on the hero. maybe there's a new version. i'll check it.
Just used it yesterday and even though it's not a very smooth zoom, it is a zoom...
//Nik
I have been using steel for a couple of days and find it very good
i've tried both i-nigma and mobiletag, but they crash/lock up.
any suggestions?
nick2k said:
i've tried both i-nigma and mobiletag, but they crash/lock up.
any suggestions?
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Mobiletag works fine on my HD2.... at what point does it crash for you?
that screen that tells me to take a photo of the code. it sends me to 'camera mode'. after taking the photo, i'll hit return and it brings up a "ARM 11 error" screen. then it crashes out. i'm running energy rom. i downloaded the app thru the developer's website, rather than microsoft marketplace.
nick2k said:
that screen that tells me to take a photo of the code. it sends me to 'camera mode'. after taking the photo, i'll hit return and it brings up a "ARM 11 error" screen. then it crashes out. i'm running energy rom. i downloaded the app thru the developer's website, rather than microsoft marketplace.
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I've never gotten anything from ms marketplace either... no point. Anyways, with that app, when it takes you to camera mode, you are not suppose to take the picture yourself. As soon as it can read the bar code properly and it focuses, the program snaps the picture automatically. Just try to get the barcode in the middle of the screen and keep it still so it focuses. Don't push anything to take the pic yourself.... that's probably whats throwing the program off. It has trouble reading the barcode in low light settings sometimes, too.
I hope that helps.
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I've never gotten anything from ms marketplace either... no point. Anyways, with that app, when it takes you to camera mode, you are not suppose to take the picture yourself. As soon as it can read the bar code properly and it focuses, the program snaps the picture automatically. Just try to get the barcode in the middle of the screen and keep it still so it focuses. Don't push anything to take the pic yourself.... that's probably whats throwing the program off. It has trouble reading the barcode in low light settings sometimes, too.
I hope that helps.
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ahhhh. yep. i didn't position the code correctly in the middle and i kept trying to take photos of it. once i let the code appear like the size of a postage stamp, it finally worked. thanks.
does it force you to use IE too? i googled for a work around so it would use opera instead...but no go.
nick2k said:
ahhhh. yep. i didn't position the code correctly in the middle and i kept trying to take photos of it. once i let the code appear like the size of a postage stamp, it finally worked. thanks.
does it force you to use IE too? i googled for a work around so it would use opera instead...but no go.
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Not sure. I thought it used opera for me, but I'm not positive. I haven't installed it again since I last changed roms. I'll install it again later and see what I can figure out.
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ahhhh. yep. i didn't position the code correctly in the middle and i kept trying to take photos of it. once i let the code appear like the size of a postage stamp, it finally worked. thanks.
does it force you to use IE too? i googled for a work around so it would use opera instead...but no go.
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Is opera set as your default browser?
keepzero said:
Is opera set as your default browser?
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It could be...it is on my HD2, and I still can't get mobiletag to use that instead of IE
any answer for this? would prefer to use opera
mr1ncred1ble said:
any answer for this? would prefer to use opera
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If you open Quickmark, then tap "Options" (on the bottom right in the HD2), then tap "Settings", then tap "Settings" again, you should see an option to choose "Opera Browser" instead of IE. If you don't, then this feature might be disabled in your registry. With a registry editor, search for "Quickmark" and you will find a value called "Choice_Browser". Make sure this is set to "1".
All my webpages are showing in mobile view. I have looked all through the settings and cannot find the option to make everything show up like I am on a PC.
Does anyone know if this can be done, I have been able to do this on my previous HTC phones. I have loaded Dolphin Browser HD and Xscope but they still both also show some pages in mobile view.
Thanks.
I have the same problem
I've tried every thing to and it won't disable mobile views anyone have ideas
After playing with different settings in multiple browsers, if you download xscope browser and tell it your an ipad it makes everything show up correctly. I tried desktop view in that browser but some things still came up as mobile view.
Egads, this is my #1 annoyance. although this is a Google thing and not Samsung, per se. HTC Sense however has an option in the browser settings to disable mobile view pages from coming up (doesn't disable WAP capability though so you can still open a wap page manually).
i tried the manual method where you enter that debug command in the address bar and then go into the settings where you can change it from mobile to desktop (and iphone lol) views and other phones the 'desktop' view takes care of it, but i tried it on the Vibrant and then it renders the browser unusable until you reset the browser.
I came to this site to post about this but someone beat me to it. I hope there is a solution out there. I also think its really stupid that these websites think they need to show android phones their mobile views.
Maybe someone can push one of the other ROM's browser .apk to this phone. The browser on the rom I'm using has an option in the settings to change your User Agent.
Hey guys/gals, try something out for me (I don't have a V so I can't)
Open up your stock browser.
Type “about:debug” in the address line and press enter. (No quotations)
Hit “menu” and then select “Settings.”
You should now see all kind's of debugging settings including "UA String"
Click that and select "Desktop"
Let us know if it worked
Thanks!
Doesn't do anything.
blueman9 said:
Doesn't do anything.
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AFter typing about:debug in the browser address window you have to press menu, then settings and then go down to the bottom and look for UAstring. That is how it works on the Nexus. I don't have a Vibrant yet either but it is on the way.
blueman9 said:
Doesn't do anything.
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May be Sammy did something to the Browser app... can we get few more confirmations that it in fact does not work?
Other solution could be to rip out Browser.apk out of CM 2.1 rom and try installing or ADB pushing it to the system.
southpaw773 said:
i tried the manual method where you enter that debug command in the address bar and then go into the settings where you can change it from mobile to desktop (and iphone lol) views and other phones the 'desktop' view takes care of it, but i tried it on the Vibrant and then it renders the browser unusable until you reset the browser.
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Already confirmed here.
One just can't trust Samsung... I tell ya
Here's stock Eclair Browser.apk for the brave ones ( I take no responsibility for whatever happens)
borodin1 said:
Hey guys/gals, try something out for me (I don't have a V so I can't)
Open up your stock browser.
Type “about:debug” in the address line and press enter. (No quotations)
Hit “menu” and then select “Settings.”
You should now see all kind's of debugging settings including "UA String"
Click that and select "Desktop"
Let us know if it worked
Thanks!
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So I did this and got it to work. Clicked UA string and selected desktop. Now my browser force closes repeatedly and I can not get it open. Please tell me how to undo what I did.
Thanks
southpaw773 said:
Egads, this is my #1 annoyance. although this is a Google thing and not Samsung, per se. HTC Sense however has an option in the browser settings to disable mobile view pages from coming up (doesn't disable WAP capability though so you can still open a wap page manually).
i tried the manual method where you enter that debug command in the address bar and then go into the settings where you can change it from mobile to desktop (and iphone lol) views and other phones the 'desktop' view takes care of it, but i tried it on the Vibrant and then it renders the browser unusable until you reset the browser.
I came to this site to post about this but someone beat me to it. I hope there is a solution out there. I also think its really stupid that these websites think they need to show android phones their mobile views.
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How do you reset the browser? Ugh
After changing my UAString to Desktop, Browser did nothing but FC on start, I had to push a default version of Browser back to the phone and reset the settings.
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After changing my UAString to Desktop, Browser did nothing but FC on start, I had to push a default version of Browser back to the phone and reset the settings.
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Hate to be a Noob here, but how exactly did you push the default stock browser for the fix.
Thanks
edykes1 said:
Hate to be a Noob here, but how exactly did you push the default stock browser for the fix.
Thanks
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Since I'm not using ADB, I used terminal to copy the Browser.apk from the Vibrant dump.
install busybox
cp /sdcard/Browser.apk /system/app/Browser.apk
reboot
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Since I'm not using ADB, I used terminal to copy the Browser.apk from the Vibrant dump.
install busybox
cp /sdcard/Browser.apk /system/app/Browser.apk
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OK. I am not rooted. Is there a non rooted way to reset a FC browser?
edykes1 said:
OK. I am not rooted. Is there a non rooted way to reset a FC browser?
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You could do a Factory reset.
offensive said:
You could do a Factory reset.
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Haha. Don't really want to do that. Maybe it is time to root.
I suppose. Idk, coming from the Mytouch, I'm used to wiping and formating and reinstalling and wiping and resetting things so many times testing the new roms that I'm used to it. May wanna try Titanium Backup first, I suppose.
I do not take credit for this fix. I just came across it on phandroid.com Check this out:
http://androidforums.com/evo-4g-sup...id-browser-different-pinch-zoom-behavior.html
I hope this helps some of you!
I actually used it and it does help. I didn't notice but now that I did, I'm questioning why I even used the other way
So people don't have to hunt for it:
I was able to disable this annoying zooming behavior on my HTC Incredible with stock Android 2.2/Sense. Here are the steps I went through: Enable debugging options by typing "about:debug" into browser address bar. Then go to Menu > More > Settings. Scroll down to settings under "debug" heading. You should see the option "Enable GEP zoom", and it will be turned off. Turning it on will give you the Google zooming behavior.
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Awesome tip, thank you for bringing to my attention.
Agreed great tip!
Dude thanks!
I like that...thanks op. And the other op
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So basically this disables the reflow of text when zooming in the browser. I don't notice a difference in smooth zooming, both on and off it looks the same to me. The difference like I said is reflow of text. I like that function so I will have to leave the setting as off.
it works great, but you have to keep on going into debug mode to use it
Doesn't bring up a menu.. I get a java toolbox. Running fresh.
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This does prevent the reflow of text, but it does fix one annoyance I've had since i got the EVO.
In a modern smartphone browser, the page should follow your fingers as you zoom. So where ever you touch on the page should follow your fingers as you spread/close them. This means that if one finger stays still and the other one moves, the page should stay put under the finger that hasn't moved. This is the way other browsers work and it helps to zoom so that you can expand the page and keep it centered where you want to see. The EVO browser does not work this way. Try it and see. Keep one finger still and the page will still move under the still finger. Grr.. You have to zoom then let go and recenter on the area of interest. However, checking this option makes the zoom work properly this way. This is at the cost of reflowing the text, which I rather like though. So its a tough call which way I would like more.
Anyhow, thanks OP. Nice find
After doing the fix, does anyone have the problem of it reverting back to the old style, even if the box is checked?
Nothing pops up when I type about:config into my browser.
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After doing the fix, does anyone have the problem of it reverting back to the old style, even if the box is checked?
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Yup, I had that problem. So I just downloaded that dolphin browser to fix the zoom
Pushed the updated one to my phone, starts to play the startup sound, then hangs.
Running Fresh Evo 3.2.0.0 ManUP's theme, and unrevoked forever
Rydah805 said:
Nothing pops up when I type about:config into my browser.
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Use about:debug, not about:config.
Rydah805 said:
Nothing pops up when I type about:config into my browser.
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After doing the fix, does anyone have the problem of it reverting back to the old style, even if the box is checked?
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Typing about:debug will not pop up anything. It will add new menus in settings.
The changes you do in the debug menu are temporary. The browser goes back to normal settings after its been closed.
Can someone try to port over the desire(flashable) version of this?
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=786290&page=3
soxozor said:
Can someone try to port over the desire(flashable) version of this?
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=786290&page=3
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Did you try to flash it yourself? I'm going to flash it in a bit...
Edit: It works, just looks ugly as balls, gonna do a little work on it..
Edit2: Im going to take a guess and say that the only thing edited is the debug xml file, so im assuming that if you replace the xml file from our browser.apk with the one from theirs, it should work. im doing that right now.
I personally tried to flash it but got fc.
I have a pet peev with the browser for the Transformer, when you click on something in the webpage you don't see the thing you are clicking on. Many other mobile browsers will put a box on the item or even color in the text field, but the TF doesn't do any of that, nor does it have a sound.
Am I missing something here? Perhaps a setting you can configure?
Bump, does anyone know what I'm talking about? When you tap on a hyperlink it doesn't show any visual cues that let you know what you're clicking on.
The only solutions is switch to Opera mobile.
traxxus said:
The only solutions is switch to Opera mobile.
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Or Firefox, or Dolphin.
i know what you mean, it doesnt do it on Dolphin either, i kinda like to know that what i have clicked has been actually clicked.
bob dylan said:
i know what you mean, it doesnt do it on Dolphin either, i kinda like to know that what i have clicked has been actually clicked.
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Weird, I swear Dolphin does it on my phone.....
Col.Kernel said:
Weird, I swear Dolphin does it on my phone.....
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on your phone yes, does the same on mine.. but it doesnt do it on the transformer.. weird.