[Q] Set user agent in default internet browser - Galaxy Note 10.1 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting

I have a problem when setting up the user agent of the stock browser.
I used the method of typing about: debug and change android to desktop in setting
While it did not save and remain the same.
So, what can i do to set the user agent permanently?

This is I also have issues... How can we change user agent to "desktop" at stock browser?

I was hoping this would have been fixed in the jelly bean update but it seems not. Is there still no way to fix this?

I resolved finally...
Yes it's fixed in JB but it's not seen until you go to applications and clear all data. Then you will see the update.

kego said:
I resolved finally...
Yes it's fixed in JB but it's not seen until you go to applications and clear all data. Then you will see the update.
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Really!? I've rolled back to ICS as I have a 8010 and wanted to be ready for official release of JB for 8010.
So you just cleared data for the internet browser in settings? What was different?

Sparksltd said:
Really!? I've rolled back to ICS as I have a 8010 and wanted to be ready for official release of JB for 8010.
So you just cleared data for the internet browser in settings? What was different?
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You can now setup as desktop option in the browser.

Whilst we are talking about the default browser ~ have any of you had issues with the 'Bookmarks Tag' at the top right of the page.
Whenever I tap on it to open the bookmarks the browser freezes.

kego said:
I resolved finally...
Yes it's fixed in JB but it's not seen until you go to applications and clear all data. Then you will see the update.
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Okay now im on JB but i dont see any update?

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Changing user agent string causes browser to crash

I really want to change the browser string to desktop, but every time I do the browser crashes when I try to back out of settings and then whenever I try to start the browser until I reset the browser. Has anyone else run into this problem and been able to fix it?
k2snowboards88 said:
I really want to change the browser string to desktop, but every time I do the browser crashes when I try to back out of settings and then whenever I try to start the browser until I reset the browser. Has anyone else run into this problem and been able to fix it?
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How are you getting to it? I'm assuming you mean the default Browser that comes with Android. I had the option on my Aria, but it's not on my Captivate.
dougp.me said:
How are you getting to it? I'm assuming you mean the default Browser that comes with Android. I had the option on my Aria, but it's not on my Captivate.
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Type about:config into the browser bar. It will look like nothing happened, but when you go to settings immediately after there are new options. I'm disappointed. I really want this to work.
I'm just not using the stock browser. I downloaded Opera mini and it gives me the ability to change that in the settings, and it seems much faster. It also has a better tab system.
k2snowboards88 said:
Type about:config into the browser bar. It will look like nothing happened, but when you go to settings immediately after there are new options. I'm disappointed. I really want this to work.
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Heck, I'm not even getting those options after putting in about:config.
dontshakepandas said:
I'm just not using the stock browser. I downloaded Opera mini and it gives me the ability to change that in the settings, and it seems much faster. It also has a better tab system.
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It seems much faster because Opera uses their servers to load the page for you, so it allows them to optimize the site. Same thing for Skyfire.
Did you press "go" after entering about:config and then immediately go to settings?
k2snowboards88 said:
Did you press "go" after entering about:config and then immediately go to settings?
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Yah that didn't work for me. Sounds odd ...
dougp.me said:
Heck, I'm not even getting those options after putting in about:config.
It seems much faster because Opera uses their servers to load the page for you, so it allows them to optimize the site. Same thing for Skyfire.
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Yeah I know how it works, I just find it an overall better user experience than the stock browser. I tried Skyfire and it seemed to slow down my entire phone, even when I wasn't using it so it got deleted.
I have the same problem. I did it by typing about:debug (not about:config). After that the browser started crashing (on start up) and I had to do a factory reset.
dontshakepandas said:
Yeah I know how it works, I just find it an overall better user experience than the stock browser. I tried Skyfire and it seemed to slow down my entire phone, even when I wasn't using it so it got deleted.
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Sorry about that. I was replying to someone else. I could use opera, but I really like the native browser much better. It doesn't load pages as fast but I like the way it operates once the pages have loaded much better than opera mini. I have fast internet here, so that helps.
I just experienced this problem... Changed the string to desktop and I can no longer start the browser after that. Was almost ready to reset, but decided to finally root and play around. If anyone else is interested, this did allowed me to start the browser again (reset the settings):
adb shell
$ su
# cd /dbdata/databases
# mv com.android.browser com.android.browser-buggy
# mkdir com.android.browser
aloant said:
I just experienced this problem... Changed the string to desktop and I can no longer start the browser after that. Was almost ready to reset, but decided to finally root and play around. If anyone else is interested, this did the trick:
adb shell
$ su
# cd /dbdata/databases
# mv com.android.browser com.android.browser-buggy
# mkdir com.android.browser
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What "trick" is that? Were you able to use the browser in the desktop mode or it helped to make the browser work again?
lilo777 said:
What "trick" is that? Were you able to use the browser in the desktop mode or it helped to make the browser work again?
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Edited... It made the browser workable again, but no I did not try desktop mode again.
Same for me. Here's how I fixed the crashing;
Settings > applications > manage applications > web > clear data
Still can't get the setting to work.
I have tested this extensively, and every option on the debugging menu causes the browser to crash until app data is wiped. However, this issue is also on the vibrant, leading me to believe it will be fixed eventually by Samsung.
nbs11 said:
...leading me to believe it will be fixed eventually by Samsung.
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Just dont hold your breath. Samsung never fixes problems. They're notorious for it.
dexim said:
Same for me. Here's how I fixed the crashing;
Settings > applications > manage applications > web > clear data
Still can't get the setting to work.
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Huh? There is no web > clear data in manage apps ?
contentryder said:
Huh? There is no web > clear data in manage apps ?
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its hidden by default. press menu and then filter then all apps. And its browser not web

[APP] Flash Player 10.1 Final

Flash 10.1 just became available in the market. seems to be final (probably being released with the flash summit going on right now. Checking out now!
Seems like it may have fixed a bug that would cause the browser to take forever to open once a page with flash was loaded. Sweet!
Not showing up for me. I have the Nexus One FRF91 fingerprint in my build.prop but it doesn't show when I search. Can someone post the APK?
I just received the update. So far so good.
Wth I just uninstalled Flash because I've never seen an update and it was too slow
is the browser a bit faster now?
No one's ripped this yet and uploaded...slow pokes...
I'm trying to update Flash for some reason....I even uninstalled and re-installedit but still no luck
phikai said:
No one's ripped this yet and uploaded...slow pokes...
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I'm surprised it doesn't show for me. I have same fingerprint in build.prop as a Nexus one with latest 2.2. All other apps show up. Must be based off of some other property in the build.prop.
Please someone, upload the file...I want an updated Flash
http://www.mediafire.com/?tn7q3335ltf5aag
There you go
phikai said:
http://www.mediafire.com/?tn7q3335ltf5aag
There you go
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Thanks. Just sent the link to my phone using C2P and it's downloading. Awesome
Thanks Dude
not sure if its due to the final version of the flash player but one thing that i noticed is that justin.tv videos play alot more fluid and thats over 3G
Changelog plzzz...installed and running mine
Why does the market claim Flash Player 10.1 is 4.25MB, yet after its installed Android says its 12.52MB?
It's an archive. Like a zip file. When you install, it gets decompressed. I'm sure that almost all of your apps take up more space than their .apk file.
Ok, just checked a few other apps and you're correct.
Personally, I would rather the market report the size after install rather than the compressed file size
xPatriicK said:
Wth I just uninstalled Flash because I've never seen an update and it was too slow
is the browser a bit faster now?
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You can set it so it only activates when there are flash objects so it doesn't slow down your browser...
Chopes said:
You can set it so it only activates when there are flash objects so it doesn't slow down your browser...
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How??? I can't find any settings for flash.
+1. I just had a look around the settings in both the browser and phone settings.
glhturbo said:
+1. I just had a look around the settings in both the browser and phone settings.
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Browser, Settings, Enable plug-ins, On demand

request desktop site

there are some sites i always have to press the request desktop site this is annoying can i make it always that i always request desktop site
Not on stock browser. You can use ICS Browser+.
On CM9 you can change the user agent string on stock browser.
linuques said:
Not on stock browser. You can use ICS Browser+.
On CM9 you can change the user agent string on stock browser.
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where can i download ICS browser+?
Hearmeman said:
where can i download ICS browser+?
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Is this a serious question?
Hearmeman said:
where can i download ICS browser+?
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Try apple store... Oh wait...
what the hell guys?
you said ics browser i didnt realised this is a seperate browser from the stock i thought it a modification
I use the stock browser when i want a mobile site, but if I want the full version I use dolphin or chrome or opera. This is how i've done to work around
dolphin for pad seems to crash when i download something
Hearmeman said:
what the hell guys?
you said ics browser i didnt realised this is a seperate browser from the stock i thought it a modification
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you can get it from the market if you dont know already... though from my experience the request desktop site still not permanent.. i might have missed something.. using dolphin hd now
eugoreez said:
you can get it from the market if you dont know already... though from my experience the request desktop site still not permanent.. i might have missed something.. using dolphin hd now
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It is permanent, but you have to go into settings and change it from there. Simply clicking the "request desktop site" does not save it.
Yahoo refuses to load the desktop page using Opera on my TF by default.
If I do a Google search using Opera & go to a link on the first page. When I try to go back Opera takes me back to main Google search page instead of back to the first page of my original search.
Opera frequently crashes too and I never had any of the issues before ICS.
Best work around I have found for stock browser is to request full site, then bookmark the site and just load from bookmark.
Sent from my SPH-D700 using XDA
How exactly
im in the settings nothing about that there

Browser sponteneously resets

Hey guys,
I am using a stock browser (cause it's the only one that works smooth without crashing) and whever I shuffle a bit beetween different applications it happens to reset itself back to google, which is it's main page, which is annoying since I already launched a few pages on it before begining to shuffle and wanted to use them further on.
Do you know any solution to this?
(I am rooted with CleanRom Inheritance)
anachronis said:
Hey guys,
I am using a stock browser (cause it's the only one that works smooth without crashing) and whever I shuffle a bit beetween different applications it happens to reset itself back to google, which is it's main page, which is annoying since I already launched a few pages on it before begining to shuffle and wanted to use them further on.
Do you know any solution to this?
(I am rooted with CleanRom Inheritance)
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Not seen this behaviour. Are you using browser2ram?
sbdags said:
Not seen this behaviour. Are you using browser2ram?
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Yeah, i installed it while flashing cleanrom and recently I clicked on install now and did a reboot.
EDIT: In fact this issue regards also Kindle app, Polaris and Office Suite Pro. Every now and then they simply reset themselves to the previous state and I cant figure out why
Noone knows a solution? It begins to get really annoying
It's a long shot, but try fixing permissions using ROM Manager. Failing that, I would uninstall and reinstall the apps...
What do you mean by fixing permissions?
anachronis said:
What do you mean by fixing permissions?
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What he's saying is download Rom Manager from the market, and in the app you're going to find a feature called "fixing permission"(look in backup current rom tab), this will make sure all the permissions are correct for your rom.
I can't see how fixing permissions will fix this. Normally you'll have force closes that that helps with.
In this case it almose sounds like browser2ram is either recaching when it shouldn't or something else but that doesn't explain all the behaviour.
I'd reflash the rom without B2R first and see if that makes a difference.
I can reproduce this. Settings "background process limit" to "no background processes", after starting the browser and then using another app, the browser goes back to the start page. Using Browser2RAM at least, but that should not make a difference here.
Generally, when the browser's process is killed, its unsaved state is lost. Apparently the stock browser does not store its state on disk.
_that said:
I can reproduce this. Settings "background process limit" to "no background processes", after starting the browser and then using another app, the browser goes back to the start page. Using Browser2RAM at least, but that should not make a difference here.
Generally, when the browser's process is killed, its unsaved state is lost. Apparently the stock browser does not store its state on disk.
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Is there something you cannot hunt down, _that? Have you ever thought of going the digital forensics route?
MartyHulskemper said:
Is there something you cannot hunt down, _that? Have you ever thought of going the digital forensics route?
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Lol! So true! :laugh:

[Q] LegacyCarbon 4.4 \\ 18.11.2013 for MT4G

I did installed ROM for my phone... very cool!!! I love it :highfive: but one problem is the weird browser, you cannot see anything on it... it's "black screen on websites" you cannot sign in google without bypass the account asking you to sign in but impossible for me to see, I did installed the firefox and it work fine but the default browser not work at all and I can't get in my account without it for Gmail, play store, etc... you know I mean?
I hope anyone can fix it for that: bugs found in
[ROM][UNOFFICIAL] LegacyCarbon 4.4 \\ 18.11.2013 \\ Built From Source :fingers-crossed:
THANKS!!!!
MyTouch 4G
cat139lyleb said:
I did installed ROM for my phone... very cool!!! I love it :highfive: but one problem is the weird browser, you cannot see anything on it... it's "black screen on websites" you cannot sign in google without bypass the account asking you to sign in but impossible for me to see, I did installed the firefox and it work fine but the default browser not work at all and I can't get in my account without it for Gmail, play store, etc... you know I mean?
I hope anyone can fix it for that: bugs found in
[ROM][UNOFFICIAL] LegacyCarbon 4.4 \\ 18.11.2013 \\ Built From Source :fingers-crossed:
THANKS!!!!
MyTouch 4G
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I totally forgot to tell ya, I already did reformat and reinstalled the ROM and still same problem... any idea how to fix that stupid "weird browser" that I cannot see anything on that webpage... also I already try others websites and same as google.com so... what I do?
cat139lyleb said:
I totally forgot to tell ya, I already did reformat and reinstalled the ROM and still same problem... any idea how to fix that stupid "weird browser" that I cannot see anything on that webpage... also I already try others websites and same as google.com so... what I do?
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UPDATE: "Band-aid" ---> I did tested, very weird but work for now but you have to turn off the "2-step verification" to make it work without get into that stupid black webpage and you can get in your own account. <--- "Band-aid" for now... But we know we do not like to turn off the "2-step verification"... so somehow I need to know how to replace that browser with push in the ADB???
UPDATE: I have been trying replaced the browser.apk to newly updated browser.apk in /system/app and it's work but still having problem with "black website" but when I started to check google... and I saw some of numbers and snows on that page but still black on the page...
UPDATE: I having been not able to fix it also I found out very weird is when you get in Gmail (apps) and you'll notice that some area is black too... I think it's run with that browser... That made me feel sad and feel like new ROM isn't worth to me... But I'll try my best to stay with it
UPDATE
cat139lyleb said:
UPDATE: "Band-aid" ---> I did tested, very weird but work for now but you have to turn off the "2-step verification" to make it work without get into that stupid black webpage and you can get in your own account. <--- "Band-aid" for now... But we know we do not like to turn off the "2-step verification"... so somehow I need to know how to replace that browser with push in the ADB???
:good:
UPDATE: I have been trying replaced the browser.apk to newly updated browser.apk in /system/app and it's work but still having problem with "black website" but when I started to check google... and I saw some of numbers and snows on that page but still black on the page...
UPDATE: I having been not able to fix it also I found out very weird is when you get in Gmail (apps) and you'll notice that some area is black too... I think it's run with that browser... That made me feel sad and feel like new ROM isn't worth to me... But I'll try my best to stay with it
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I think it's failing to having full work... Almost it is 5% but that browser need to be fix ASAP...
cat139lyleb said:
I did installed ROM for my phone... very cool!!! I love it :highfive: but one problem is the weird browser, you cannot see anything on it... it's "black screen on websites" you cannot sign in google without bypass the account asking you to sign in but impossible for me to see, I did installed the firefox and it work fine but the default browser not work at all and I can't get in my account without it for Gmail, play store, etc... you know I mean?
I hope anyone can fix it for that: bugs found in
[ROM][UNOFFICIAL] LegacyCarbon 4.4 \\ 18.11.2013 \\ Built From Source :fingers-crossed:
THANKS!!!!
MyTouch 4G
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Almost all 4.4 Custom roms of older devices has Black boxes problems, this bug is a breakage in the new chromium based webkit and is in any app that makes use of it. The chrome browser works fine as a replacement. You need to modify the rom to fix this but i don't recommend this, you should wait till the developer fix it.
Fantassy123 said:
Almost all 4.4 Custom roms of older devices has Black boxes problems, this bug is a breakage in the new chromium based webkit and is in any app that makes use of it. The chrome browser works fine as a replacement. You need to modify the rom to fix this but i don't recommend this, you should wait till the developer fix it.
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Then please let developer know what going on... Since forum not allow me to saying something on his page because of the rule for newly members... Also did you read latest posts this morning?
Still having bugs
cat139lyleb said:
Then please let developer know what going on... Since forum not allow me to saying something on his page because of the rule for newly members... Also did you read latest posts this morning?
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UPDATE:
I already replaced the default browser with newly updated browser, manually install by push ADB... but same as before Also I find out that other more than just one bug but weird when I turn on the Tethering & portable hotspot, I did tested by my laptop and tablet, it's said connected but no internet... I already checked on my phone said it's on internet and supposed to be work... "E" or "3G" or "H" on my phone but mostly time on "H" at full bars still no internet on Tethering & portable hotspot but itself phone can access internet with firefox... it's work fine... but still having bugs...

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