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Fuze - access to non-mobile only sites?

Does anyone know the setting to change to access the regular version of sites like yahoo, cnn, etc...
Out of box setup causes Opera to go to mobile versions only of some pages.
Thanks in advance,
Michael

on bottom right, open up menu, then go to "settings">"display" and uncheck "mobile view"

It already is unchecked, I think it may be a registry / hidden proxy issue. I am using media net for my connection.

i have spent countless hours trying to figure this out and found a solution. i also wanted iphone versions of websites (read espn).
in operas preferance editor (about:config in the address bar) you scroll down to user prefs, then uunder that tab go to custom user agent and plug in " Mozilla/5.0 (iPhone; U; CPU like Mac OS X; en)" no quotes, then under the user agent i turned spoof agent to 2.
i akso changed the IE user agent to "Mobile Safari 1.0" in advance config
im not sure if its the combination or just one thing but i can now access full pages that i couldnt before aand i can use iphone web apps, so im happy

Correct, the trick is to change the user agent that the browser identifies itself as. You can go into opera:config and do that. Feel free to research the more common user agent strings and experiment to find the one that works for you. I personally setup a user string in my device for IE6. Hope this helps.

76flip said:
i have spent countless hours trying to figure this out and found a solution. i also wanted iphone versions of websites (read espn).
in operas preferance editor (about:config in the address bar) you scroll down to user prefs, then uunder that tab go to custom user agent and plug in " Mozilla/5.0 (iPhone; U; CPU like Mac OS X; en)" no quotes, then under the user agent i turned spoof agent to 2.
i akso changed the IE user agent to "Mobile Safari 1.0" in advance config
im not sure if its the combination or just one thing but i can now access full pages that i couldnt before aand i can use iphone web apps, so im happy
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I tried this w/o editing the IE user agent, and it didn't work on my Fuze. The homepage that I had set to MSN, is now showing the mobile version instead of the web version, which worked previously. Do you know what the default setting was? I'd like to revert it back, but when hitting the 'default' button, it only clears the box. [I think it was 'Opera 9.5' but I rather be 100% sure].

I tried what someone else had told me now my cingular video doesn't work when I just went in. I tried this one and not only don't have cingular video but now Internet explorer isn't working. You would think that someone would know what to do with fixing the whole mobile thing. I don't want to use the mobile versions. I use yahoo mail and the mobile version sucks. It won't let you do anything but put in text.
Would like to know how to take it back to the way it was as well. any help would be great.

original settings
Custom user agent under was Opera/9.50 (Windows NT 5.1; U; en)

by the way I tried this as well and now only get mobile sites. I'm not sure if I did something wrong, but I was better off before.

I hate to keep adding stuff one post at a time, but I just wanted to let you's know. I changed the part in ( ) back to the windows setting and left mozilla and spoof agent at 2 and it is working, and going to full sites. Hope this helps.

So switching it to what gave you the regular sites? When I change these things, do I need to restart my phone for them to go into effect? Definately need to fix this. I still can't get to cingular video. What the heck. I changed it to the original one and still no cingular video. I am having too many issues with this. It's just ticking me off.

[Q] Data Connectivity Problem - Android Browser

I posted this in the official android bugs issues forum: [forum wont let me link there until 8 posts] but I dont think i'm getting a response anytime soon. So ill try here somewhere active.
Phone: Samsung Galaxy S, using 2.2
I am trying to access a website (which I wont name, its private sorry) from my phone. This website had been working on a 3g connection for a considerable time until recently, The only reason for this post is that im 99% sure its a bug otherwise I wouldn't bother, so please do not ignore.
My troubleshooting:
1. The website is up and running, because I can access it on my desktop.
2. The website works on default android browser with WIFI on.
3. The website works in OPERA MINI With both WIFI and 3G.
4. The website does not work in default browser with 3G on (other websites work, bbc, yahoo, google etc). It also doesn't work in other browsers. Dolphin Browser, Firefox Beta, Mirren whilst using 3g etc But it does work on these browsers when accessing via WIFI. However it works in OPERA MINI (3g and wifi). My understanding is OPERA MINI is a proxy browser that delivers Web pages fed through Opera's servers and thats why I believe this works on OPERA but not on androids default browser or other similar browsers.
5. My brother has the same phone and network provider as me and he CAN access the website on 3G on the default browser (remember I used to be able to access it on the default too until recently), this all but eliminates a mobile network provider error, and pretty much points to a phone related issue.
My conclusion is that all these browsers share files/settings based in android OS and something has got corrupt that relates to site in question. DNS cache or Proxy setting or something along these lines.
Additional info this website is on a subdomain
1. vvww.sitename.com WORKS on 3G + WIFI with default browser
2. subdomain1.sitename.com WORKS on 3G + WIFI with default browser
2. subdomain2.sitename.com WORKS on WIFI with default browser but does not work in 3G Using androids default browser.
Im positive a setting somewhere in the phone that relates to subdomain2.sitename.com under 3G and has become corrupt. I need to correct that but I dont know where to look. My gut feeling is its something to do with proxy, as it works on opera with operas proxy.
Edit: tried clearing proxy entry in setting (my provider doesnt use a proxy setting anyway)
Does anyone have any ideas?

anyone with any idea.
i will rephrase the question if it helps:
I cant access a certain website only when using 3g!!! it works on wifi!!!
It does not work in any browser, The only web browser where it works is opera mini.
What is the problem? 3g connection is working for all other websites!

I was having a similar problem yesterday after I upgraded the OS on my phone.
Let me describe what I am using:
HTC Glacier with Cyanogen 7 ROM including Google Apps.
I installed TransProxy 3.08beta and a few other applications, made some config changes, enabled / disabled proxy a few times and later on the browser application that was included with the ROM would not connect to 3G data. It was working fine on WiFi. However Opera worked fine on either.
This is what fixed it for me:
1. Disable proxy in TransProxy
2. Create a shortcut for system proxy settings on home screen:
long press on home screen > custom shortcut > pick your activity > activities > settings > Proxy Settings(.ProxySelector)
3. Open proxy settings using the shortcut
4. Clear settings using 'Clear' button
5. Save
After this the browser started connecting to 3G data.
Hope this helps.
Cheers

unique agent per site?

Well I am using two different browsers right now, the stock honeycomb browser and opera mobile. Opera does seem a bit quicker, but i havent figured out how to disable the mobile mode when doing any search, so thats a bit annoying and i prefer tabs to the method they use for multiple open pages.
Anyway, i was wondering how i can setup a specific site to use mobile or desktop or tablet mode. I only see a master option. Is it possible to do this?
Sent from my Transformer TF101 using xda premium

would love this feature too

The newest version of the stock browser in Prime! v1.9 has an option for "Website settings", allowing advanced settings for individual websites. However, there is no way to manually add new websites to the list, nor is there a way to view or change the settings for websites that do populate the list, and so far I've only seen Google-specific services like Gmail getting their own individual entries.

Sleipnir browser may be what you are looking for
MACscr said:
Well I am using two different browsers right now, the stock honeycomb browser and opera mobile. Opera does seem a bit quicker, but i havent figured out how to disable the mobile mode when doing any search, so thats a bit annoying and i prefer tabs to the method they use for multiple open pages.
Anyway, i was wondering how i can setup a specific site to use mobile or desktop or tablet mode. I only see a master option. Is it possible to do this?
Sent from my Transformer TF101 using xda premium
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It appears that the Sleipnir browser has this capability to set user strings per the actual website. I just downloaded it today to give it a try. I have been trying to find a way to create custom user strings (spoofing??) to truly force the desktop environment, I have been selecting the included "desktop" settings on both the stock browser and Dolphin for Pad browsers and it works ok for some sites, but others it doesn't work worth a crap. I have also been STFA to find the actual text/scripts for adding into the stock and Dolphin browsers under their "custom user agent string" settings. Trying to find the user agent strings that I can copy or type in and implement, has not been very fruitful so far (If anyone knows where I can find the information it would be appreciated)
Since I just downloaded the Sleipnir browser today I can't offer any feedback but it may be worth a try.
LINK:
https://market.android.com/details?id=jp.co.fenrir.android.sleipnir&hl=en

[Q] How to avoid mobile sites?

On my rooted Desire i never had an issue, the roms I used included the user agent option in the browser and changing that to desktop ensured that every site I visited was the full desktop version and I was never forced to view mobile versions. The Sensation seems to be a problem though. I am able to activate the user agent setting in the browser but even when I change it to desktop there are still sites that insist on displaying mobile versions (mainly adult video sites but the odd betting site and i'm sure there are more). Is there anything else I can do to fix this? I have even tried typing various custom user agent strings, nicked from other browsers, in there but this still doesn't work. I cant help but think these sites are using some other information received from the browser to determine that it is a mobile device!

Dude, you read my mind, I was just about to post here after spending an hour or so messing around trying to stop the damn mobile view from showing!
Even if you change the setting in about:debug, going to www.google.com still gives me the stupid mobile version. This never happened on my Desire either! I think the Sensation is just bugged and changing the UAString doesn't actually do anything.

Im sure changing the User agent does do something, as it did stop some sites. Also if you got to http://whatsmyuseragent.com/ then change the useragent and go back, you can see the changes! I have changed my useragent to exactly the one that my chrome desktop browser sends, and still some websites dont work. There must be something else determining which site is shown.

Just out of interest, what is your Chrome UA string that you've used? Does it stop www.google.com from defaulting to Mobile view?

My User agent string is set as
Mozilla/5.0 Windows NT 6.0 AppleWebKit/535.1 KHTML, like Gecko Chrome/14.0.835.202 Safari/535.1
But it doesnt sort out google.com!

Always Force Desktop Website Version

Is there a way to go past the website's UA checks and always load their desktop versions instead of mobile? Asking because I already set in the preferences of all my phone browsers to always load the full desktop version and still, many websites somehow know I'm using a mobile device and force the mobile version.
Anyone found solution for Dolphin or Boat browsers? I've read about "about:debug" and "about:useragent" showing extra UA menu elements which in my case does nothing (android 6). I was also unable to find an user agent switching app that could always force Desktop parameters to the websites.
Even if there's no immefiate solution, I would like to know the principle websites choose which version to load irrespective to browser settings. Is it network/data/service provider settings, or specific browser/resolution signature? Thanks a lot for any ideas.

Menergy said:
Is there a way to go past the website's UA checks and always load their desktop versions instead of mobile? Asking because I already set in the preferences of all my phone browsers to always load the full desktop version and still, many websites somehow know I'm using a mobile device and force the mobile version.
Anyone found solution for Dolphin or Boat browsers? I've read about "about:debug" and "about:useragent" showing extra UA menu elements which in my case does nothing (android 6). I was also unable to find an user agent switching app that could always force Desktop parameters to the websites.
Even if there's no immefiate solution, I would like to know the principle websites choose which version to load irrespective to browser settings. Is it network/data/service provider settings, or specific browser/resolution signature? Thanks a lot for any ideas.
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If the problem is website's UA check, often you can choose an AdWay or something similar, on my phone i'm surprised to see as "auto check" some pop up, check and box.
But for what never stop working, that's need update every day...
There isn't much you can do in this case.
Sometimes in some browsers you've an option with whitelist or other but I do believe they can be related to the mobile display or desktop of a particular site.
Maybe there is an add-on xposed or plugin that I don't know

My problem is that some websites force the mobile version no matter what, as well as lack on services that I need in there, and you couldn't circumvent that in any way.
Yesterday I had to verify an email address and tried with all the browsers I have on my phone (like 5 different). They were all set to display the desktop version and all were forced into the mobile. But on the mobile you couldn't verify the link, probably on purpose (security if on mobile device), and I would not have access to laptop/desktop browser by the evening. The same is with many other features/missing services on forced mobile websites so I want to find a way to have full functionality when on the go.
Does AdWay have options for influencing data the browser notifies to the websites? Anything similar to Mozilla-code based Random Agent Spoofer browser add-on where you can basically force the browser to inject any incorrect data and prevent other data leaking while browsing? Any special cookie mechanisms inherent to mobile browsers only?
Alternatively, can I access browser settings with something like about:config/debug or else? Dolphin, Boat, others? I am sure the browser notifies the correct desktop user agent, there's something else, probably very simple, that tells websites the connection is from a portable device...

Menergy said:
My problem is that some websites force the mobile version no matter what, as well as lack on services that I need in there, and you couldn't circumvent that in any way.
Yesterday I had to verify an email address and tried with all the browsers I have on my phone (like 5 different). They were all set to display the desktop version and all were forced into the mobile. But on the mobile you couldn't verify the link, probably on purpose (security if on mobile device), and I would not have access to laptop/desktop browser by the evening. The same is with many other features/missing services on forced mobile websites so I want to find a way to have full functionality when on the go.
Does AdWay have options for influencing data the browser notifies to the websites? Anything similar to Mozilla-code based Random Agent Spoofer browser add-on where you can basically force the browser to inject any incorrect data and prevent other data leaking while browsing? Any special cookie mechanisms inherent to mobile browsers only?
Alternatively, can I access browser settings with something like about:config/debug or else? Dolphin, Boat, others? I am sure the browser notifies the correct desktop user agent, there's something else, probably very simple, that tells websites the connection is from a portable device...
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I use "user agent switcher" for chrome and it always works. It requires root though.
Can you provide an example of a website that refuses to show the desktop version?
And additionally, your build.prop contains your device's information. The browser might be transmitting that information to the website.

Thank you, the build.prop info was very helpful. I am not rooted yet as I've got my new phone just less than a month ago so still exploring, but can't really find the file, even among the hidden files on the internal memory. I will explore more and see how it goes.
I am in the UK so for example one of the websites that always loads the limited mobile instead of desktop version is the one of my service provider, EE, ee. co. uk (apologies for the intervals, I'm otherwise not allowed to post it). This mobile version is too basic and 60% of what you could do on a desktop version is cut. I've been on Three Mobile and sometimes I could get their full website working, sometimes not. Other websites are let's say bbc. co. uk and other media/news/bank websites that know, no matter browser settings, you are accessing them from a portable device.
Unfortunately I do not trust Google and any of their products so avoid voluntarily and (un)intentionally handing any personal data over to them. I would have used Mozilla for Android if it was close to the functionality Boat and Dolphin browsers provide. I even contacted the Dolphin team having previously assisted them but have got no feedback whatsoever. There must be a way for editing these unusual browser settings, but as pointed out above, I suspect it has something to do will submitting device ID info from within system folders. Thus probably only browser developers could tell us how the problem could be circumvented (and hopefully at least for now, with no root).
Or the developers of addons such as the Random Agent Spoofer or the user agent switchers.

Menergy said:
Thank you, the build.prop info was very helpful. I am not rooted yet as I've got my new phone just less than a month ago so still exploring, but can't really find the file, even among the hidden files on the internal memory. I will explore more and see how it goes.
I am in the UK so for example one of the websites that always loads the limited mobile instead of desktop version is the one of my service provider, EE, ee. co. uk (apologies for the intervals, I'm otherwise not allowed to post it). This mobile version is too basic and 60% of what you could do on a desktop version is cut. I've been on Three Mobile and sometimes I could get their full website working, sometimes not. Other websites are let's say bbc. co. uk and other media/news/bank websites that know, no matter browser settings, you are accessing them from a portable device.
Unfortunately I do not trust Google and any of their products so avoid voluntarily and (un)intentionally handing any personal data over to them. I would have used Mozilla for Android if it was close to the functionality Boat and Dolphin browsers provide. I even contacted the Dolphin team having previously assisted them but have got no feedback whatsoever. There must be a way for editing these unusual browser settings, but as pointed out above, I suspect it has something to do will submitting device ID info from within system folders. Thus probably only browser developers could tell us how the problem could be circumvented (and hopefully at least for now, with no root).
Or the developers of addons such as the Random Agent Spoofer or the user agent switchers.
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The build.prop is a text file which should be located in system/ folder. And you usually can't view the contents of that folder without root, so that's why you haven't been able to find it.
I visited ee.co.uk using chrome, and I was able to switch between the mobile and desktop version of the site without any issues, even without using the UA changing app. All I did was select "request desktop site" from the side menu.
I tried using CM's stock browser though, and just like you experienced, the same website refused to load in desktop mode. I even went as far as changing the UA in its settings menu and even that didn't work.
So all that you wrote in the last two paragraphs have been confirmed.
Right now, it's either chrome or root until the devs fix/properly implement their UA changing feature.

I was testing other browsers the whole morning here and finally reluctantly tried Firefox. Somehow its Android version never impressed me or was too buggy for me when tested before. Probably because just before going for it I tried Pale Moon and have seen that I can readily edit just about everything via about:config. The Pale Moon's UI settings menu was however completely missing (probably a bug), along with no other controls, so I had to skip it.
So I am glad to report that using Firefox's "Request desktop website" option I finally was able to load desktop versions of websites that were forcing me to always have their mobile one instead. This means that Firefix for now becomes my main browser. As suggested by you, I tried first with Chrome but with no success (using its internal user agent options). There were a few Chrome user agent switchers in the market but although some of them did not explicitly require root, upon starting them they did so I had to uninstall them.
My question yet remains, what exactly tells websites not to load full version, even if browser's user agent reports the correct values. I will leave this to me as I go deeper into this. Glad to have got what I wanted
Thanks a lot for all your help.

Just to add for all having my problem and using Firefox for Android.
By default Firefox will always load the mobile website version and every time you will need to tick "Request desktop site" if you dislike it. As I do, there is an addon called "Desktop by Default" that will always keep the tick on for you. You may instead try creating a new string called "general.useragent.override" adding a desktop OS signature but it won't work (tested by me) for exactly the same websites I had issues with above, so do use the addon instead. It will however work for all other websites that don't have issues with Desktop mode on other browsers.
There is another string that I disabled also called general.useragent.site_specific_overrides.
Tweaking with the Chrome for Android settings seems to require root so Firefox in my case is a God bless. I hope this is helpful to all others with my issue...