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[Q] Dumb Q: how to get "home" on stock browser?

This is gonna sound dumb but is there a "home" button that I don't see on the stock browser???
How do i get "home" after surfing a bunch of pages?

The only one I know of is on the top right of the Bookmarks screen
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Can't you open a new tab, and that is your homepage? Thats what I do.

thank you both for those suggestions, they will work for me.

alternatively, from from the quick menu via the sides, hit the bookmark and it'll be on the upper right of the bookmark screen

lacrossev said:
alternatively, from from the quick menu via the sides, hit the bookmark and it'll be on the upper right of the bookmark screen
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yes, enable the quick access menu from the Settings of the stock browser. That will give you buttons like: forward&back&reload, bookmarks, new tab, etc. Basically if you open a new tab that will have your home page.
rio

I thought the first thing everbody did when they got their transformer was to install another browser

checkbox111 said:
I thought the first thing everbody did when they got their transformer was to install another browser
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Why? The stock browser is as good as (as bad as?) any other browser.

checkbox111 said:
I thought the first thing everbody did when they got their transformer was to install another browser
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That is true enough, but I have found that no matter what browser I try, I always go back to the stock one.
Just my 2 cents,
rio

I just wish there was an ad-blockling plug-in for it.
For all firefox mobile's problems with flash support and appalling image quality the ability to surf without annoying ads everywhere is tempting...

Matchstick said:
I just wish there was an ad-blockling plug-in for it.
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Install an ad-blocking hosts file!

Matchstick said:
I just wish there was an ad-blockling plug-in for it.
For all firefox mobile's problems with flash support and appalling image quality the ability to surf without annoying ads everywhere is tempting...
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Yea, especially from this site, I guess that is what the xda premium app is for. I have a hell of a time trying to close the ads that pop up on my transformer when browsing this site through the browser.

not to hijack this thread, but i find i cant use the search box in this forum. I click it, but i cant type on it.

[Request] widget to open phone log

Sorry if this the wrong forums.
I'd really like a shortcut to phone log I can add to the static part of the screen.
I hardly ever use the phone to dial, just calling old numbers, is there any way to get this?
(Yes I realize it's incredibly lazy not to want to open phone and tap the log section, but that's why I got android, it makes it posible to skip unnessesary steps like this.)
Very happy if someone can help or know an app that does this?
Thanks

EASY!
adjin said:
Sorry if this the wrong forums.
I'd really like a shortcut to phone log I can add to the static part of the screen.
I hardly ever use the phone to dial, just calling old numbers, is there any way to get this?
(Yes I realize it's incredibly lazy not to want to open phone and tap the log section, but that's why I got android, it makes it posible to skip unnessesary steps like this.)
Very happy if someone can help or know an app that does this?
Thanks
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Howdy Dude,
if you are running ADW you can.
1. long press on desktop
2. select add custom shortcut
3. press pick activity
4. press activities
5. scroll down to contacts
6. expand contacts, then find
7. call log(.callslist.RecentCallsListActiviy)
8. press ok and the shortcut will be on one of your home screens
it's prety cool it doesn't show the 4 buttons at the botom just the list on the screen.
you can do this on most launchers from the market i think. i use adw tho so yeah.
hope that helps.
Pvy.

Sorry, forgot to say, I'm on wolfbreaks 3.9.0 as of right about now.
You think it's posible to use adw with this rom?
Thanks
Edit, it does and it's amazing, I can even get a 100% clean home screen, very happy with this, thanks a lot!

adjin said:
Sorry, forgot to say, I'm on wolfbreaks 3.9.0 as of right about now.
You think it's posible to use adw with this rom?
Thanks
Edit, it does and it's amazing, I can even get a 100% clean home screen, very happy with this, thanks a lot!
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if you want to use adw but want sony dock bar check out my theme in my sig
Sony Launchifier.

Check recent call widget
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sahil4u said:
Check recent call widget
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yep . thats right .
http://db.tt/kj2gb0D
1 download
2 install
3 make widget on homepage
4 click the log tab at the top of widget
5 ???
6 profit
7 hit thanks :'SD
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Transparent film over web pages

I did not post this in a rom specific thread because I have had it happen on both stock ICS and JB. and CleanRom. When using Dolphin Mobile browser and another one that I do not recall at the moment, I will get what looks like some type of film (I do not know how to describe it better) over the web page to make it appear faded out. It does not happen everytime. Has anyone else experienced this? Is it a common occurrence?

lartomar2002 said:
I did not post this in a rom specific thread because I have had it happen on both stock ICS and JB. and CleanRom. When using Dolphin Mobile browser and another one that I do not recall at the moment, I will get what looks like some type of film (I do not know how to describe it better) over the web page to make it appear faded out. It does not happen everytime. Has anyone else experienced this? Is it a common occurrence?
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It's called s creen. Just kidding. Does it go away when you press the Back button? Is it a pop-up that's hidden? Do you have it on other apps (especially other browsers)?

lartomar2002 said:
I did not post this in a rom specific thread because I have had it happen on both stock ICS and JB. and CleanRom. When using Dolphin Mobile browser and another one that I do not recall at the moment, I will get what looks like some type of film (I do not know how to describe it better) over the web page to make it appear faded out. It does not happen everytime. Has anyone else experienced this? Is it a common occurrence?
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If you are talking about xda just change the theme to xda 2010 down the bottom left.

MartyHulskemper said:
It's called s creen. Just kidding. Does it go away when you press the Back button? Is it a pop-up that's hidden? Do you have it on other apps (especially other browsers)?
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And yes my screen is clean also I will have to check out the back button. How does one check for hidden pop-ups?

Should have done a multi quote, my bad. But yes it does occure a lot with xda, so I followed you suggestion. Will see what happens.

I've noticed this too on a site I visit, it's really annoying.

I have that as well, using the Stock Browser. Doesn't happen in Chrome (at least it didn't the last time I checked). On XDA it disappears if you either change the theme or press quick reply. A little annoying, but I can live with it.

Desktop View of Websites in Stock Browser

I'm sorry if this question is already asked, I've searched this forum, but couldn't find it.
My question is, is there any way/settings through which we can make stock browser to automatically load Desktop View of websites when we open them? I've checked stock browser's settings, but couldn't find anything related to this
Does anyone have idea about it?
Thanks in advance
Regards

"Open the Android web browser. In the address bar enter 'about:debug' where you would normally enter a URL and hit enter or Go. Be sure to erase the 'http://www.' that the browser likes to leave in the address bar for you. No page will load and you may or may not get a pop-up message 'Debug mode'. But if you now go to Menu > More > Settings in the browser and scroll to the bottom of the list, you should see a new group of options under the 'Debug' heading. The bottom setting is 'UAString' and if selected will give you the option of enabling your browser to identify itself as Android, Desktop or iPhone. Results after making this switch have been mixed, but go ahead and give it a try if you have a need to. I'm not sure what the other options do, so use at your own risk."
From - Here

In address bar type: about:useragent

@NZ JOHN
Pretty interesting. But there is no such option. I used to type: 'about:useragent' and then there is a pop up screen to switch between Desktop, Android, etc..
Sent from my Galaxy Ace 2 i8160

NZ John said:
"Open the Android web browser. In the address bar enter 'about:debug' where you would normally enter a URL and hit enter or Go. Be sure to erase the 'http://www.' that the browser likes to leave in the address bar for you. No page will load and you may or may not get a pop-up message 'Debug mode'. But if you now go to Menu > More > Settings in the browser and scroll to the bottom of the list, you should see a new group of options under the 'Debug' heading. The bottom setting is 'UAString' and if selected will give you the option of enabling your browser to identify itself as Android, Desktop or iPhone. Results after making this switch have been mixed, but go ahead and give it a try if you have a need to. I'm not sure what the other options do, so use at your own risk."
From - Here
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Thanks for your reply. I've tried it and a new group of settings "Debug" does appear. But still unfortunately there's apparently no option of "UAString" in it
The last option is some "MultiWin3D", which is unchecked.

kyrillos13 said:
@NZ JOHN
Pretty interesting. But there is no such option. I used to type: 'about:useragent' and then there is a pop up screen to switch between Desktop, Android, etc..
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Oh great! Thank you very much. This option has worked for me. :good:
But will I've to do every time I open the stock browser or is this setting (Desktop View) has become a default setting?

Eselter said:
In address bar type: about:useragent
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Thank you!
Yeah it is working, but still when I open engadget, it is open in mobile view
But working with many other websites (which I regularly use).
And one more thing which I've noticed, that every time I open the stock browser, I've to set the default view to "Desktop" by going to about:useragent. It would have been even better if the browser had remembered this setting (like it is in dolphin browser).

I made mod with changed User Agent permament (ofc we can use about:useragent to change for android UA (ex. Galaxy S)
Download for:
HoloBean
Kyrillos' ROM
stock
I use UA from Chrome
Code:
Mozilla/5.0 (Windows NT 6.2; WOW64) AppleWebKit/537.17 (KHTML, like Gecko) Chrome/24.0.1312.56 Safari/537.17

Thanks again.
But what will these softwares do? I am not an expert with android, so excuse me for my ignorance about it.
Actually when i change the useragent to desktop, it works fine, open desktop view of websites. But when i close the browser and open it again after sometime, I need to change the UA again, otherwise it opens the mobile view of websites.
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You must flash from recovery .zip from previous post if you want permament effect.

Eselter said:
You must flash from recovery .zip from previous post if you want permament effect.
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Okay. I think it wud require a root?
But my phone is not rooted.
Anyway i think i shd wait for the JB update to this phone, JB' stock browser might give this option of viewing the desktop version, and that setting remain there permanent.
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You can use other browser. Boat, Dolphin both are very good browser with option to change UA.

Eselter said:
You can use other browser. Boat, Dolphin both are very good browser with option to change UA.
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Yeah i have dolphin, but it seemed a bit slower than the stock browser, thats y i was asking. But i think dolphon browser deserves one more chance.
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NATIVE SIP is built into STOCK ROM!!! Can someone mod framework to make functional?

NATIVE SIP functionality is built into the stock ROM, Here is how I found it...
First, you'll need to download Launcher Pro Plus (go to 4 Shared and find the app). Once downloaded, longpress on your homescreen and chose "Shortcuts", then "Activities", then "Phone', then scroll down to the "Sip Settings" listing (which accesses com.android.phone.sip.SipSettings). Click on it and it will make a shortcut on your homescreen. You have found the SIP Menu built into the framework of your stock ROM! Below the Sip Settings option are two others under the listing "Phone", which access com.android.phone.sip.SipEditor, and com.android.phone.SipCallOptionHandler. Hope this helps everyone out. I poured through line after line of code only to realize the answer was under my nose the whole time!
{{{NOTE: The two options in red do not open up to any menus, but the first one in green is a GO}}} FYI, I don't even think you need to be rooted to do this.
Also, there are settings to mess around with the SIM lock and SIM PIN, carrier settings, and other functions and menus that I always see in the system apps but can never seem to access. A lot of these shortcuts open up to user interface menus. Awesome!
And props to Arrrghhh, you indeed were correct in assuming that it was the carrier that probably limits access to SIP options. However, it seems that it is not actually removed from the build, only the option is removed from the Call Settings Menu, and the settings are somehow disabled from sticking, unfortunately. Check it, once you access the SIP Menu, press the scroll back button in the very top left-hand corner of the page. It'll drop you back off at call settings. Is there a way to possibly edit the actual Phone.apk or Settings.apk, that one may replace the SIP option back in the menu??? Hit me up.

Nice to know its a bit ugly to be forced to install an additional launcher just for the activits, but maybe after setup it could be purged.
also nice now being able to disabl sim-pin (i searched for it in the native menu but did not find anything)
Only question I have so far:
how do one make an actual SIP/VoiP call with native phone app?

Re: NATIVE SIP and VOIP on STOCK ROM!!! With NO MODS
kecksk0enig said:
Nice to know its a bit ugly to be forced to install an additional launcher just for the activits, but maybe after setup it could be purged.
also nice now being able to disabl sim-pin (i searched for it in the native menu but did not find anything)
Only question I have so far:
how do one make an actual SIP/VoiP call with native phone app?
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Well, truthfully I haven't had time to enter my SIP credentials and test it yet...but will later and will post results.
I believe that once info is entered and account is set up, it should ask when I make a call whether I wish to place it via voice or internet (data). We'll see...
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Re: NATIVE SIP and VOIP on STOCK ROM!!! With NO MODS
Looking forward to your results!
In the mean time, are there any good, cheap sip services. GrooveIP is hit n miss on pq.
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Cheap SIP alternatives...
jae18708 said:
Looking forward to your results!
In the mean time, are there any good, cheap sip services. GrooveIP is hit n miss on pq.
Sent from my XT897 using Tapatalk 2
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Yeah, follow this link...http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=5728982
It will explain what you need. I'll also give you another provider I use (Ekiga), but need to find my damn SIP account settings before I can share how to use it or even post my results from the test with stock settings in call settings.

galacticservant said:
And props to Arrrghhh, you indeed were correct in assuming that it was the carrier that probably limits access to SIP options. However, it seems that it is not actually removed from the build, only the option is removed from the Call Settings Menu. Check it, once you access the SIP Menu, press the scroll back button in the very top left-hand corner of the page. It'll drop you back off at call settings. Is there a way to possibly edit the actual Phone.apk or Settings.apk, that one may replace the SIP option back in the menu??? Hit me up.
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Nice you found it!
In order to modify this stuff (which is do-able, but can cause bootloops if not done correctly) you will probably need to de-compile the APK.
Otherwise, if you had the source - you could just modify the overlay. But I would think it's still possible - or even some other way to launch this app without having to install a 3rd party launcher.

You can use activity manager. eg.
Code:
am start com.android.phone/.sip.SipSettings
in adb or terminal emulator.

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arrrghhh said:
Nice you found it!
In order to modify this stuff (which is do-able, but can cause bootloops if not done correctly) you will probably need to de-compile the APK.
Otherwise, if you had the source - you could just modify the overlay. But I would think it's still possible - or even some other way to launch this app without having to install a 3rd party launcher.
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So, another relevant question...do you know if Sprint blocks the VoiP ports on the Q?
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galacticservant said:
So, another relevant question...do you know if Sprint blocks the VoiP ports on the Q?
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I didn't think Sprint blocked any specific type of traffic, but who knows... I've never tried to use a pure SIP provider on my phone.

btw you can also use Apex launcher (setup is like described above)

kecksk0enig said:
Nice to know its a bit ugly to be forced to install an additional launcher just for the activits, but maybe after setup it could be purged.
also nice now being able to disabl sim-pin (i searched for it in the native menu but did not find anything)
Only question I have so far:
how do one make an actual SIP/VoiP call with native phone app?
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I am working to see if I can use Elixer Widgets to obtain the same home screen shortcut, without having to use a third-party launcher.
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Has this been tested w ADW launcher?
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feeway730 said:
Has this been tested w ADW launcher?
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Just downloaded and tried ADW, does not work for SIP menu, there's no shortcut or link to "activities".
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arrrghhh said:
Nice you found it!
In order to modify this stuff (which is do-able, but can cause bootloops if not done correctly) you will probably need to de-compile the APK.
Otherwise, if you had the source - you could just modify the overlay. But I would think it's still possible - or even some other way to launch this app without having to install a 3rd party launcher.
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So, I have downloaded ROMzilla from XDA member digitalhigh, and am going to decompile some stuff and see if I can throw it back together and have it work. As it turns out, everytime I enter my SIP credentials and exit the SIP menu, the info I entered is automatically cleared. So there is some code that needs to be changed, if not within the Phone.apk then within the android framework. I am going to work on my PC with the stock ROMs that ShabbyPenguin posted and test it in Eclipse first. Let me know if there is any particular approach I should take. Thanks.
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galacticservant said:
Just downloaded and tried ADW, does not work for SIP menu, there's no shortcut or link to "activities".
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Of course there is. Long tap on screen then Add -> Custom Shortcut -> Pick your Activity -> Activities

ujoty said:
Of course there is. Long tap on screen then Add -> Custom Shortcut -> Pick your Activity -> Activities
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Yes, however the activities included for options in ADW are not nearly as extensive as Launcher Pro's nor do they include SIP settings...sorry, I should have been more precise.
Moto Q stock with Arrrghhh's kernel v.0.10

galacticservant said:
Yes, however the activities included for options in ADW are not nearly as extensive as Launcher Pro's nor do they include SIP settings...sorry, I should have been more precise.
Moto Q stock with Arrrghhh's kernel v.0.10
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Of course they are, to find SIP settings you need first go to "Phone", when you tap it it will expand and you will find SIP settings there.
At least in paid version ADWLauncherEX, but I would be supprised if free version would not support that.

ujoty said:
Of course they are, to find SIP settings you need first go to "Phone", when you tap it it will expand and you will find SIP settings there.
At least in paid version ADWLauncherEX, but I would be supprised if free version would not support that.
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Oh, that was the reason, I indeed was using the free version. Have you tried getting any SIP credentials to stick? I think that some rescripting is in order to do so; Sprint's devs probably disabled it somehow of course. But if you could check that it'd rock
Moto Q stock with Arrrghhh's kernel v.0.10

galacticservant said:
Oh, that was the reason, I indeed was using the free version. Have you tried getting any SIP credentials to stick? I think that some rescripting is in order to do so; Sprint's devs probably disabled it somehow of course. But if you could check that it'd rock
Moto Q stock with Arrrghhh's kernel v.0.10
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They don't stick. I don't think that any launcher would change that. Launcher is mearly a tool to access this settings.

ujoty said:
They don't stick. I don't think that any launcher would change that. Launcher is mearly a tool to access this settings.
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I wasn't referring to a launcher making it stick, I was talking about in general, cause there must be some way, even if it is by changing some coding...
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