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2.2 Desktop view in browser

Has anyone figured out how to stop the browser from automaticly switching to modile sitez?
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hopefully someone will correct me on this, but it is my understanding that whether or not you get a mobile site is not dependent on your browser, but rather some of the information that is given to the website when you contact it for content.
Here's to dreaming about hulu on my captivate while I work out... *swooon*

Just use skyfire it has the ability to make sites think that your using a desktop browser
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I know but I like the standard browser and on 2.1 you could change it. Thx
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On every other android phone you can enter about:debug in the browser & it will give you more settings like ua string where you have the option to choose between android, iphone & desktop but on the captivate this bricks the browser & you have to do a factory data reset to get the browser working agin or use an alternative from the market to go online agin! (SO DON'T TRY IT!!!) Someone should really try & fix this! I actually like the stock browser other than this. Now im using dolphin because of this but its not as fast as stock.
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bykr_dude15 said:
Just use skyfire it has the ability to make sites think that your using a desktop browser
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Thanks for the skyfire tip! Looks great.

bykr_dude15 said:
Just use skyfire it has the ability to make sites think that your using a desktop browser
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I've been running SkyFire and I am still not able to view Hulu regardless of my browser settings

[Q] Web Browser Issue

I have several websites for work that require Microsoft internet explorer. I have tried firefox beta, skyfire, stock browser, opera. None of these work. Is there any browsers that emulate MS IE?

Can you share the reason why those sites require m$ ie?
Activex content, asp.net?

Yes, you will need to provide further info..... As in how do you get the stock browser to open desktop versions of a web site which by default are opening in wap format?

Certainly for Windows update
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I'm wondering the same thing for my work sites. Not sure what causes them to not work. If someone feels like trying it out, http://caf.oeconnection.com is one to start with... Thanks in advance, and sorry for the hijack.
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Beards said:
Yes, you will need to provide further info..... As in how do you get the stock browser to open desktop versions of a web site which by default are opening in wap format?
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Well that's easy! Enter about:useragent and select Desktop.
It may well be that a custom useragent will help the OP, if he uses an IE useragent string. Probably won't though!
Regards,
Dave

foxmeister said:
Well that's easy! Enter about:useragent and select Desktop.
It may well be that a custom useragent will help the OP, if he uses an IE useragent string. Probably won't though!
Regards,
Dave
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Yes, sorry Dave I wasn't asking how to do this, just giving it as an example.
Good to note for others though ~ but bear in mind the about:useragent only works for that session as it does not save the information.

Possible to only show full versions of a site?

I find the mobile versions of facebook and ebay (especially ebay...omfg....) to be unbearbly...bad.
I tried the facebook app the ebay app...they are even worse. Can someone solve my delima, and teach me how to keep these sites full, and not "mobile"
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The5ickne55 said:
I find the mobile versions of facebook and ebay (especially ebay...omfg....) to be unbearbly...bad.
I tried the facebook app the ebay app...they are even worse. Can someone solve my delima, and teach me how to keep these sites full, and not "mobile"
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Is there not a option on the websites that say full website? usually at the bottom
Or
Use dolphin browser it has settings which make it go mobile desktop and something else

In the stock sense browser, should work in the android browser too, type about:debug, go into settings and change uastring to desktop

i use Dolphin HD
there you can set the user agent to "Desktop" and the normal version of all websites is used

Does dolphin support flash?
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I wrote about:debug in android default browser ported from 2.3 but nothing happened. Maybe the URL should be something else?

Zalastax said:
I wrote about:debug in android default browser ported from 2.3 but nothing happened. Maybe the URL should be something else?
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If I remember correctly (haven't used the stock browser in a while) nothing should happen. When you write that in the adress field you get more options in settings. So check out settings to see if you have stuff like "User Agent" there.

Menu>More>Settings>User Agent>Desktop. That is for the AOSP browser.
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I cant find this user agent or get the about to work
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Stupid question but you hit enter after about:debug right?

Where can I get the ported browser?
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I use Dolphin Browser HD & mini, they could change user agent very easily. You just need to go to settings to find them. : )

The5ickne55 said:
Does dolphin support flash?
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They say they only support flash on Froyo 2.2 or above. Mine is 2.2, flashes works great.

1. Go to browser
2. Type about:debug (I don't remember if you need to press enter, just try it if you want)
3. Nothing will happen visually and nothing really is supposed to happen.
4. Now, press menu
5. Select more
6. Scroll down to Advanced Settings
7. Select UA string
8. Select Desktop
if you can't see UA string, i don't know what else you can do

I have a Liquid A1 with Froyo 2.2 (LCR rom).
Unfortunately, I cannot view the full version of spome sites, even switching to "desktop user agent".
I tryed in Dolphin HD, in the default browser after the "debug" option, in Opera Mobile, Miren, etc...
For example, no way to go to the full view of this site:
http://www.primocanalesport.it/
(it's a local sport page: I would try the live streaming of their video news when I'm on the go)
I *always* finish to:
http://www.primocanalesport.it/mobile/
even manually writing the URL, with the user agent set on desktop mode.
Someone could help me??

internetbrowser only showing mobile versions

Hello dear people
i just got my HTC sensation and im getting a really nasty problem:
my phone shows only internetpages in mobile view and even i chance settings not to show up mobile view, it does it though!!
has anybody the same Problem oder can anybody help me out with this issue?
Help is greatly appreciated!

While I am still using my Nexus One, as the release of the sim-free Sensation is almost a full month in the future - and therefore can't say if there is a settings toggle that would solve your problem:
Dolphin HD is a great alternative to the default browser, it allows for changing the user agent which will allow you to view all sites in default desktop-view: https://market.android.com/details?id=mobi.mgeek.TunnyBrowser&feature=search_result
Most mobile versions of popular websites really are rubbish, and many of them miss the basic functionality of efficiently switching to their sites desktop view.

PartyMango said:
While I am still using my Nexus One, as the release of the sim-free Sensation is almost a full month in the future - and therefore can't say if there is a settings toggle that would solve your problem:
Dolphin HD is a great alternative to the default browser, it allows for changing the user agent which will allow you to view all sites in default desktop-view: https://market.android.com/details?id=mobi.mgeek.TunnyBrowser&feature=search_result
Most mobile versions of popular websites really are rubbish, and many of them miss the basic functionality of efficiently switching to their sites desktop view.
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Well thanks for this answer, tried the dolphin browser and surprisingly it works on this browser
Think i gonna use this browser in future so problem is basically solved.
Now i got a new problem: all wallpaper which i tried to use wont scroll on the home screen not even those wallpapers which are saved on the phone on standard... can anybody help me out? On my old desire, all wallpapers are scrolling!

some sites force mobile sites automatically no matter what. look on the page for a link to view full site. maybe that'll help?

On some sites there are links for the full site indeed but i dont want to always cklick these links first. On my old desire all pages are displayed in desktop view wenn i disable the mobile view in the browser settings. On my sensation it always shows all page in mobile view whatever i set the option to. But with dolphin browser it works and by the way im starting to like this browser more then the standard one
To my second problem, can anybody tell me why wallpapers wont scroll one the home menu on sensation?

schidddy said:
Hello dear people
i just got my HTC sensation and im getting a really nasty problem:
my phone shows only internetpages in mobile view and even i chance settings not to show up mobile view, it does it though!!
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Try typing the following in the browser: about:debug
Then settings-> UAstring -> choose desktop.
Thats it.

Get in the browser, press menu,more,settings, and the fourth one , mobile view, untick that, and BOOM!! U're ready to go...
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chchang1 said:
Get in the browser, press menu,more,settings, and the fourth one , mobile view, untick that, and BOOM!! U're ready to go...
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As u read in my first post, i did this already. Not helping at all...

bob.zxr said:
Try typing the following in the browser: about:debug
Then settings-> UAstring -> choose desktop.
Thats it.
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Thx, i gonna try this

bob.zxr said:
Try typing the following in the browser: about:debug
Then settings-> UAstring -> choose desktop.
Thats it.
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I have the same issues, I've tried this n still doesn't work,

jpbp said:
I have the same issues, I've tried this n still doesn't work,
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It works apart from engadget as far as I can tell.
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From my experience even if you uncheck mobile in browser settings some sites still come up as mobile. My solutions to this is I type the full web address of the site I want to visit. As In www.wisn.com. Every since I started typing the full web address into the stock browser all sites come up as the full website. When I found this out I uninstalled dolphin. Hopes this helps.
Edit:
Besides the full web address typing, I found some decent info while searching threw Google and posted a thread in general. It might help or it might not. But its something you might want to check out and give it a shot.
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bob.zxr said:
Try typing the following in the browser: about:debug
Then settings-> UAstring -> choose desktop.
Thats it.
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This has worked on EVERY single phone I've owned EXCEPT the sensation.

bob.zxr said:
Try typing the following in the browser: about:debug
Then settings-> UAstring -> choose desktop.
Thats it.
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This actually doesn't do anything unless you select the option for Manual UA string and enter the code manually, but either way, it reverts on reboot.

Hidden menu in stock browser incl. change user agent

Please forgive me if this has already been posted, or if it's regarded as common knowledge. I couldn't find mention of this anywhere in the S4 forums, so I figured that it might not be widely known.
I was reading a post about a hidden debug menu in the stock browser for a different device, so I thought I would try it in the S4, and it works!
Open the browser.
In the url bar, type chrome://debug
It should say "This web page is not available". Ignore that message, but don't close the tab.
Then press menu and tap settings. You will see a new menu item: Debug.
In there, you will see a hidden menu of settings including, most interestingly, an option 'UAString' which lets you change the user agent ID which tells websites what browser you are using. In other words, you can set your browser to tell websites that you're using a desktop, or an iPhone, or a tablet, etc. Other browsers, like Dolphin or Boat Browser, have this option. You can use it to avoid getting mobile versions of websites by default, or to access certain features on websites only available to iPhone users.
Once again, I apologise if this is old news. Let me know if it is
Hope it's helpful.
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Yeah changing user agent has been around since, well... web browsers
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JustSueMe said:
Yeah changing user agent has been around since, well... web browsers
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But hey, he's Columbo ...
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Well I for one did not know about backdoor to those settings.
Every other smartphone and ROM combination it was an open setting on the menu, so big thank you to OP!
Not every one knows every trick on every phone, esspecialy if they are hidden settings, so please don't judge people just because YOU my know certain tricks!
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Didnt work for me
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Demented22 said:
Didnt work for me
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It worked just fine for me.
Thanks OP for the heads up, I'm not a browser superuser either
Does this just change that one tab for that one session, or does it have to be reset to normal afterwards?
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Haha retried again on the "internet" browser and it worked this time lol
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columbo said:
Please forgive me if this has already been posted, or if it's regarded as common knowledge. I couldn't find mention of this anywhere in the S4 forums, so I figured that it might not be widely known.
I was reading a post about a hidden debug menu in the stock browser for a different device, so I thought I would try it in the S4, and it works!
Open the browser.
In the url bar, type chrome://debug
It should say "This web page is not available". Ignore that message, but don't close the tab.
Then press menu and tap settings. You will see a new menu item: Debug.
In there, you will see a hidden menu of settings including, most interestingly, an option 'UAString' which lets you change the user agent ID which tells websites what browser you are using. In other words, you can set your browser to tell websites that you're using a desktop, or an iPhone, or a tablet, etc. Other browsers, like Dolphin or Boat Browser, have this option. You can use it to avoid getting mobile versions of websites by default, or to access certain features on websites only available to iPhone users.
Once again, I apologise if this is old news. Let me know if it is
Hope it's helpful.
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Worked for me too, always good to have some more settings to play about with.
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Sweeeeeeeet! Thanks Dude!

columbo said:
Please forgive me if this has already been posted, or if it's regarded as common knowledge. I couldn't find mention of this anywhere in the S4 forums, so I figured that it might not be widely known.
I was reading a post about a hidden debug menu in the stock browser for a different device, so I thought I would try it in the S4, and it works!
Open the browser.
In the url bar, type chrome://debug
It should say "This web page is not available". Ignore that message, but don't close the tab.
Then press menu and tap settings. You will see a new menu item: Debug.
In there, you will see a hidden menu of settings including, most interestingly, an option 'UAString' which lets you change the user agent ID which tells websites what browser you are using. In other words, you can set your browser to tell websites that you're using a desktop, or an iPhone, or a tablet, etc. Other browsers, like Dolphin or Boat Browser, have this option. You can use it to avoid getting mobile versions of websites by default, or to access certain features on websites only available to iPhone users.
Once again, I apologise if this is old news. Let me know if it is
Hope it's helpful.
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Galaxy Avant (think s4~5 lite) same thing. On my older froyo stock browser about:debug worked right away, this new semi chrome stock browser needs to have the tab open to work. Took a while to find this post. Thanks