I know Opera mini reroutes through a server to decrease the data actually downloaded to the phone. Does the pre-installed Opera 9.5 work along the same lines, or does it download the full page as per a regular browser?
If you activate Turbo in Opera Mobile it will function like Opera Mini and route the data through a server, but in 'out the box' configuration it is like any other browser, direct from the server of the page you are accessing (simplistically speaking anyway)
Thanks!
Does anyone know whether Skyfire reroutes or loads directly?
Steeve24 said:
If you activate Turbo in Opera Mobile it will function like Opera Mini and route the data through a server, but in 'out the box' configuration it is like any other browser, direct from the server of the page you are accessing (simplistically speaking anyway)
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I don't see any option to turn it on and off. Did I miss it somewhere?
nevermind, I guess I had to use the command opera:config and change it in there. I though tit would be some kind of quick toggle switch in setting.
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Didn't like the homepage in PIE so changed it. (attached photo)
However, everytime i click on favorites or history tab(the ones wif the double arrows pointing downwards), i'm directed to opera mobile(it opens by itself). it's really puzzling..
On my HTC elf, clicking on favorites opens up my favorites, and clicking on history opens up my history. On my HTC cruise it doesn't.
I tried to go into opera's settings to unclick it from being default but it seems opera mobile doesn't even have this option.
Can anyone help me wif a registry tweak or something?
this could be due to file association problems. maybe when u installed opera mobile it changed file assoc. for webpages (html,shtml,php, etc.) to open w/ opera mobile only ..
i have opera mobile but i don't have that prob. check the reg for file associations.
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sire
thesire said:
i have opera mobile but i don't have that prob. check the reg for file associations.
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could you give me some directions as to where that might be?
I have PHM regedit on my hp..
Somehow my internet browser switched to a different one for default.
Opera to IE
I want Opera to be the default browser, how can I fix this?
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Somehow my internet browser switched to a different one for default.
Opera to IE
I want Opera to be the default browser, how can I fix this?
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I have the same problem but vice versa. I like IE and NOT Opera.
I had this same issue after installing Skyfire. I found the solution for restoring Opera to default here :
http://discuss.pocketnow.com/showthread.php?t=25543
[TIP] Restore Opera Mobile as default browser
If you have tried Skyfire and are wishing you could restore Opera Mobile as the default browser, there is an easy way to do this.
1) Open Opera Mobile
2) Type opera:config into the address, this gives you access to tons of preferences
3) Expand the install bullet
4) Check Browser First Time Launch and press Save
5) Exit Opera
6) Restart Opera
The first time you restart it will take a while, and may even close without showing you the browser, but now open a link from e-mail or other source and it should use Opera to open.
TaurenSnake said:
I had this same issue after installing Skyfire. I found the solution for restoring Opera to default here :
http://discuss.pocketnow.com/showthread.php?t=25543
[TIP] Restore Opera Mobile as default browser
If you have tried Skyfire and are wishing you could restore Opera Mobile as the default browser, there is an easy way to do this.
1) Open Opera Mobile
2) Type opera:config into the address, this gives you access to tons of preferences
3) Expand the install bullet
4) Check Browser First Time Launch and press Save
5) Exit Opera
6) Restart Opera
The first time you restart it will take a while, and may even close without showing you the browser, but now open a link from e-mail or other source and it should use Opera to open.
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Thank you very much. It works!
Thank you much -- it worked for me as well. Don't know why, but Skyfire was awful on my Fuze -- slow, jerky, and wouldn't even render some pages?!?
Hi,
is there a way ( registry hack or settings or program ) which will allow me to set the DEFAULT browser for ALL applications to either IE or Opera ? or something to switch back and forth ?
On my AT&T Fuze, cerain applications use Opera, but then some of the web sites displayed won't display correctly, however these web sites display just fine in IE, so I'd like to change the default browser to IE !!
Any thoughts ?
Thank you,
JCE
I have a bit of a concern here regarding Skyfire as i wonder how it works and loads pages.
I tested the following by opening a site which shows your IP-adress, source and stuff (sorry links are forbidden for me but it doesnt matter anyway and can easily be tested by you guys).
(1) 3G connection, OPERA browser: It shows adress A (as expected)
(2) WLAN connection, OPERA browser: It shows adress B (as expected)
(3) 3G connection, Skyfire browser: It shows adress C (???)
(4) WLAN connection, Skyfire browser: adress C again (??????)
What i am worried about: am i using a proxy all of a sudden (automatically)? Can I forbid it to do so?
I have the bad feeling about that, so could someone please explain to me what exactly happens (say when I open my bank account)? Who grants it is my device that renders the pages?
Privacy terms:
(is it normal to collect all this as a browser? Does Opera/IE do so as well?)
Am i just paranoid?
When you use Skyfire Labs' mobile browser, Skyfire Labs keeps collects activity information as follows:
•When you sign up for a Skyfire Labs account or service in the application, you provide personal information during the registration process, such as your name, email address, mobile phone number, and account password. We maintain your sensitive information, such as account passwords in an encrypted form on secure servers.
•When you use the Skyfire Services, our servers automatically record certain information about your usage from your mobile device. These server logs may include information such as a mobile device identification number and device identifier, web requests, Internet Protocol ("IP") address, browser type, browser language, referring / exit pages and URLs, platform type, number of clicks, domain names, landing pages, pages viewed and the order of those pages, features used in the Skyfire mobile application, the number of shared pages and referrals related to Skyfire, the amount of time spent on particular web pages, the dates and times of your requests, and cookies that may uniquely identify your device to web sites you visited.
•Skyfire Labs might maintain usage data to assist Skyfire Labs in debugging its system or addressing other problems in its products or services. This usage data may include such information as your web request, web response, IP address, the date and time of your request, size of the communication, and cookies as well as client side data such as connect times, connect failures and performance problems.
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archvile77 said:
I have a bit of a concern here regarding Skyfire as i wonder how it works and loads pages.
I tested the following by opening a site which shows your IP-adress, source and stuff (sorry links are forbidden for me but it doesnt matter anyway and can easily be tested by you guys).
(1) 3G connection, OPERA browser: It shows adress A (as expected)
(2) WLAN connection, OPERA browser: It shows adress B (as expected)
(3) 3G connection, Skyfire browser: It shows adress C (???)
(4) WLAN connection, Skyfire browser: adress C again (??????)
What i am worried about: am i using a proxy all of a sudden (automatically)? Can I forbid it to do so?
I have the bad feeling about that, so could someone please explain to me what exactly happens (say when I open my bank account)? Who grants it is my device that renders the pages?
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Skyfire works by rendering pages server side, compressing them, and then sending them to you. It has a few advantages, but yes, it does mean that all information goes through them. Adjust tinfoil had accordingly.
this means that even the information i enter like usernames/passwords and so on have to be transferred to their servers. otherwise they would be unable to render protected sites.
which means: bank accounts, any logins,....
i am shocked tbh.
Yup. It's the downside of server-side rendering with compressed transmission. Opera Mini does it as well (not Opera Mobile).
opera mobile do it too if you turn on opera turbo
how can i avoid being redirected to wap websites? i tried the about:debug command in the browser but didnt see the setting to set to desktop. Also tried dolphin HD and set the user agent to desktop but Im still being routed to wap websites when i want to access the full version.
1. Which APN are you using? Is it a WAP one or an Internet one?
2. Which sites?
erezak said:
1. Which APN are you using? Is it a WAP one or an Internet one?
2. Which sites?
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Im not sure how to check my APN settings. Sites like southparkstudios.com, crackberry always loads as m.crackberry, and a few other sites. Mostly I'm just curious because with flash now I wanna get the full internet experience.
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how can i avoid being redirected to wap websites? i tried the about:debug command in the browser but didnt see the setting to set to desktop. Also tried dolphin HD and set the user agent to desktop but Im still being routed to wap websites when i want to access the full version.
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technically it is not WAP - that is even worse. You just want the full site, not the mobile version.
I would try another browser that lets you change the user-agent string. It has nothing to do with your APN settings; it is the web server looking at your user-agent string and saying "android - send over the mobile page".
BTW - the setting is in our browser:
about:debug
Settings->more->settings all the way at the bottom is UA settings (User agent) - you can change it to desktop or iphone.
All i get though is a force close, and you have to clear browser cache and data (manage apps) to get it working again.
Others have had luck with xScope Lite browser in getting full sites.