Hi. I am having problems with changing the user agent for my broswer( the default one and I am running ics 4.0.3). I have tried user:agent and user:debug and even the request desktop site feature, but is still unable to get the desktop site. If u have any solution without rooting the phone, please reply. thx in advance.
Change browser to Quick ICS browser or else, which has the browser agent switching option.
For Gingerbread it was about:useragent.
Btw- There is an option in the stock browser to select 'request desktop site'.
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ithehappy said:
Change browser to Quick ICS browser or else, which has the browser agent switching option.
For Gingerbread it was about:useragent.
Btw- There is an option in the stock browser to select 'request desktop site'.
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I have tried using the request desktop site but it did not work. Btw where can i find the quick ICS broswer
jonnieyap said:
I have tried using the request desktop site but it did not work. Btw where can i find the quick ICS broswer
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https://play.google.com/store/apps/...sMSwyLDEsImNvbS5iZWFuc29mdC5icm93c2VycGx1cyJd
try InBrowser from the Market, I was also sick of Facebook being loaded as phone mode even when I had changed the setting for stock AND skyfire browsers......... skyfire used to be good, now I don't think so, YouTube and Facebook load how they want to regardless of changing settings and also inputting text on some sites can be near on impossible...... before someone recommends it, avoid Skyfire it's dated!
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in default browser i couldnt find such an option. with dolphin browser yes it is possible but default browser is much faster than dolphin. anyone could change it?
cCeT said:
in default browser i couldnt find such an option. with dolphin browser yes it is possible but default browser is much faster than dolphin. anyone could change it?
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Surf to about:useragent with default browser.
cCeT said:
in default browser i couldnt find such an option. with dolphin browser yes it is possible but default browser is much faster than dolphin. anyone could change it?
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Go to browser and type
about:useragent
It will default back to normal when you restart the phone
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Any chance to make the change permanent?
What does user agent do?
It does identify the type of browser to the website, resulting in websites showing mobile optimized pages with extremely limited functionality.
If it is set to use the same info as, say your firefox desktop browser, the website will show just as it would on your desktop.
Ciddy said:
Any chance to make the change permanent?
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I've adde about:useragent to the favourites. at least this way takes me 2sec to change it
cCeT said:
in default browser i couldnt find such an option. with dolphin browser yes it is possible but default browser is much faster than dolphin. anyone could change it?
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not exactly the answer you were looking for, but why not try different browser? Many browsers out there, many of them very quick. I.e.:
xscope browser
Dolphin mini (my favourite)
opera mobile
miren browser
All of these are very good, many features, and fast.
Hi guys, I had a quick question regarding using multiple browsers in your android os. Everytime I use another browser, it keeps asking me to pick a browser when I click on a link.
For example, If I am using skyfire and i click a link, it will ask me again if I want to use skyfire or stock browser for the link.... im like.. im in skyfire I'd like skyfire to complete the link.
I know I can solve this issue by setting the default program for internet but if I do set the default to skyfire, it won't let me use the android browser as a link pressed in android default broswer will open up skyfire for any link I press in the stock browser....
Any help would be appreciated thanks!
Solution: Either keep pressing the select browser to open link every time or use the default browser and switch to using only 1 browser.
Opera is a really good choice btw and better than both stock and skyfire.
There really aren't too many other "solutions" for this. Find a browser you really like and use it for your default.
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Solution: Either keep pressing the select browser to open link every time or use the default browser and switch to using only 1 browser.
Opera is a really good choice btw and better than both stock and skyfire.
There really aren't too many other "solutions" for this. Find a browser you really like and use it for your default.
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Hey thanks for the help. I guess I'll just have to stick to manually clicking my choices each time because I do want both. Sometimes, other browsers just have problems and I need to use the stock android browser.
I also tried all of them, dolphin(s), opera, miui, etc... I came out liking skyfire best other than the stupid social network bar at top.
one quick thought, it only makes sense that this needs to change. it's kinda like using chrome on my desktop and it asking me what browser to use everytime I click a link. Is this a fix on the os side or the app side??
I use 2 browser which is the stock and opera, I don't have this problem.
try this, if you're on the stock browser select the stock browser as default, then when you're on Skyfire when it ask you again choose Skyfire. I think that's what I did.
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There is also a free app in the market that lets you input a URL and choose which browser to use for that specific URL.
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boodies said:
one quick thought, it only makes sense that this needs to change. it's kinda like using chrome on my desktop and it asking me what browser to use everytime I click a link. Is this a fix on the os side or the app side??
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It's OS-side and I don't see it being changed simply because most people use a single browser and never have this issue.
Here is yet another "possible" fix though: Set your default Android browser as default. Get an icon to skyfire on your homescreen. Every time you click a link from within another app (XDA, Email, Messaging, etc), it will open it with the default browser. Every time you wish to use Skyfire, start it up from its icon.
You should never be asked which browser you wish to use again.
The stock browser on my galaxy s2 does not seem to have an option not to load the mobile versions of webpages. It's quite annoying, e.g. mobile Google checkout does not allow editing payment methods.
This is android gingerbread onwhere mod based on Chinese firmware.
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bluppfisk said:
The stock browser on my galaxy s2 does not seem to have an option not to load the mobile versions of webpages. It's quite annoying, e.g. mobile Google checkout does not allow editing payment methods.
This is android gingerbread onwhere mod based on Chinese firmware.
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In browser type in, about:useragent
Then choose desktop
Otherwise use Opera Mobile and under the advanced menu select Desktop, I know this method works perfectly no more mobile sites with Opera Mobile
thank you for solving this problem for me. It's been bugging me ever since I got the phone and the only negative issue I've experienced mainly because I've not had time to have a good old geek weekend just playing with it whilst pretending to look painfully efficient using phrases like "work hard, play hard and 24/7" It sounds like I'm a f***ing Mars Bar.
bluppfisk, do you have a location for that onwhere firmware? The only site I can find it on is in Chinese and I can't seem to download from it.
It doesn't work, the about:useragent option reverts back to "custom"
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It doesn't work, the about:useragent option reverts back to "custom"
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As soon as you Exit the browser it will be reset to Custom. Permanent fix you could do from here,
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1126826
I can't set my brain for it anyway.
Regards.
I upgraded to ICS yesterday and everything seems great. The only issue I have is that I can't find out how to put the stock browser into desktop mode. I found a menu option for "request desktop
site" but it seems to need to be checked everytime you visit the site. Any ideas how to get this turned on permanently?
There may be a way to do it in debug mode but luckily someone has made a version of the stock browser with just such an option easily available!
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1439200
Had the same problem just ended up getting ics + browser from the market. Fixed my problem.
wish i had an answer...
probably why everyone uses other browsers like dolphin, or opera...
Ya its weird. The option to do it was in honeycomb but they seem to have forgotten to include it in ICS
You have to type in "about:debug" then go into settings, then into developer or something. Should be in there, under like UA String
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Jeff1192 said:
I upgraded to ICS yesterday and everything seems great. The only issue I have is that I can't find out how to put the stock browser into desktop mode. I found a menu option for "request desktop
site" but it seems to need to be checked everytime you visit the site. Any ideas how to get this turned on permanently?
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I don't seem to have this problem with bookmarked sites. Once I set the drop menu option, add to bookmarks, it will work every time.
For non bookmarked sites it seems to be iffy. Most of the time it continues to work, but sometimes not.
ICS Stock Browser desktop option has something seriously wrong. I cant get pages to load after enabling it. I have to go into system settings and clear cache to make it load pages again. Anyone else having this problem?
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There may be a way to do it in debug mode but luckily someone has made a version of the stock browser with just such an option easily available!
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1439200
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this helps a lot. thanks.
I am using both dolphin hd and default browser. The ics default one lacking of user agent tweak bothers me a little.
iamhcg said:
this helps a lot. thanks.
I am using both dolphin hd and default browser. The ics default one lacking of user agent tweak bothers me a little.
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The UA tweak is in the debugging menu.
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I think that this is one of the biggest problems with the stock ICS browser, and its one that has made it unusable for me. I'm moving to Dolphin HD until Google release some kind of fix for this, preferably returning to the old way of setting the user string.
Download ICS browser in the market, the stock is total embarrassment to ICS.
Hi there, is there any easy to stop the browser identifying itself as a mobile device so it'll open up web pages in standers desktop format?
Many thanks
You need to be able to change the user agent to do so. If you are on ICS, try ICS Browser + and you will have those options.
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This was actually one of the first things I wanted to do myself. Stock browser can't do it though.. As of yet I've not found a single browser that can do it all, so I recommend you install a couple of browsers as they're not too big of a strain on your storage space anyway. Try Dolphin, Firefox and Opera. You'll figure out which sites work best with each browser soon enough.
Certain custom ROMS give you the option to choose via the browser settings. If you're running stock or the option is not available, just go to "about:useragent" via the browser address bar.
Try Xscope as well.
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ohyeahar said:
Certain custom ROMS give you the option to choose via the browser settings. If you're running stock or the option is not available, just go to "about:useragent" via the browser address bar.
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Do that or use Firefox/Dolphin Browser. Stock browser not that good anyways and the "about:useragent" will not save (must be entered each time you open the browser - unless I missed something).
hjf3Gd said:
Hi there, is there any easy to stop the browser identifying itself as a mobile device so it'll open up web pages in standers desktop format?
Many thanks
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Browser => Settings => Advanced => Allow Plugins => Always.
Browser => Settings => Advanced => Auto Fix Page. Uncheck it.