Opera 8.65 had an option you could set, to identify your handheld as a "desktop computer" or "handheld device". That way, when you went to a website that has both a mobile version and a desktop version, it would choose the appropriate page to load.
Is this feature in Opera 9.5? I would like to visit msnbc's mobile site on my Fuze, but it always pulls up the "desktop" version.
TIA
In Opera, go to "Settings", then "Display", then place a check mark next to "Mobile view". That should do the trick.
I tried it, all that setting does is make the page fit on the screen with no side scroll bars. It still loads the "main" msnbc page and not the mobile version of the msnbc page.
In that case, I'm not sure what the problem is either. I just went to msnbc.com using Opera Mobile 9.5 (and Mobile View in my settings) and it showed the mobile version of the site.
Have you tried going directly to mobile.msnbc.com?
I have the opposite problem with Yahoo.com, I prefer IE to view mobile sites cause it looks better and is faster than Opera. I prefer Opera for the full sites. But Yahoo always pops up the mobile version no matter what I try. . .
I also had the same issue with the new builds and found this:
Try going to "opera:config" in the address bar and then scroll down to "user agent". The default is 0 for Opera Mobile, but you can change it to 1 to identify as Firefox or 2 to identify as IE6/7. You should restart Opera Mobile to activate the new settings.
Hope this helps!
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Hi. some websites open as wap or mobile version with the compact IV. this especially with Ebay and can't access all the features you find on normal webpage. How can I make the phone surf as a desktop? in my old various II with wm6 it had advantage options you could choose this...
You can either use Opera Mobile or change the regedit value to render full pages (try Schap's Tool).
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thanks. I tried the opera (w&w) as well but same issue. websites still recgnize it as phone and open mobile versions of the sites...
Opera has never opened up a mobile page for me. If that doesn't work, then the regedit will certainly fix it as it'll tell the website to recognize it as some desktop browser hence the reason it'll open it as a desktop page.
there is a option in settings for Opera which u can uncheck to stop it sending the Mobile info.
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Hi.. I did find that option, dont know how I missed it! However unticking it... websites like ebay.co.uk opens up with wap version... (in ebay you can choose to open the 'classic' screen although) but other websites such as www.univision.com opens as wap version even though the option is unticked in Opera...
strange.
I have the opposite problem... I can't open any wap sites in Opera, somehow it always launches the full webpage. It's not always good since I pay a lot for the data traffic. As long as I'm on WIFI it's great of course...
Hi All,
I was told by an AT&T guy that you could change the opera config file to make opera on the Fuze act a fully functional browser. The problem I am having is the opera will take to me to the mobile version of websites and I don't want that. I have tried changing the user agent to 2 and 3, but that didn't correct the problem. Does anyone know what has to be changed to make this work?
thanks
billf.
A couple of other things to do in the opera:config page. First, you want to change the "Custom User-Agent" in "user prefs" to "Mozilla/4.0(compatible; MSIE 6.0; Windows NT 6.0;en)" (although I've also heard that just deleting that string works, too, but I haven't tried it).
The other thing is to delete the HTTP and HTTPS server names in the "Proxy" section.
These changes will get you to the normal version of most sites (although there are some sites that still redirect to wap/mobile versions -- I don't use any of these on a regular basis, but nba.com is one such).
You can upgrade to build 2745
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=442252&highlight=opera+2745&page=15
I followed all of the tips and some of the sites still wouldn't go, no matter what changes I made. I followed owziee's directions in the link above exactly and upgraded to the 2745 build that herg posted in that same thread. Works perfectly and I can now go to desktop sites. You do have to make the additional changes, can't just run the cab or it doesn't fit vga and zoom properly, but with my low to intermediate skills it wasn't a problem to do.
I can't stand this Opera Mobile. Web pages are constantly changing size on my, and I can't zoom in or out. Is there any way to change the default browser to IE? IE works much better for me.
i didnt like opera at first but its actually way better then PIE. go to the opera settings and there is a button that says "mobile view" uncheck it and all websites are not in mobile view.
also. im sure u know. but for zooming u can run your finger in a circle clockwise or counterclockwise on the button to make it zoom in or out...or u can double tap the touch screen for it to zoom in.
all you gotta do is add to the end of your web address is "index.html". ex. espn.com/index.html
Works perfectly
You have to disable your proxy for your data connection or it will go to the mobile version as well. That is in connection settings. Uncheck the box that says this connection uses a proxy. I was getting all mobile sites until I did that.
waste of time
screw all that programming - just install skyfire and set it as your default browser through itself and if that doesnt work, install total commander and change the internet file - google it and you'll find simple instructions
Hi,
Here's the link to the Opera Mobile thread; have a look at the last 25 or so posts in the thread.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=486502
In a nutshell, stock ROM's receive many post-configuration changes via .PROVXML; this means that the experience of applications are changed by the carrier to suit their requirements.
There are a few adjustments that are required in order to achive the experience you're after ... the link will help you achieve your desired configuration and saves me repeating all the same info here.
Has anyone seen this before? I recently performed a hard reset on my tilt and now the most recent Opera Mobile browser will only open once in between soft resets. It opens fine the first time, but if I close it and try to open it again I get the text "Opera Browser" next to the start menu icon, but no browser loads. After a soft reset it will start up (once).
Any ideas? Opera worked fine before the hard reset.
I'm running WM6.1, out of the box, bloatware removed, nothing fancy.
I have the same problem.
I either kill the opera9.exe process, or
In Opera select 'exit' from the main menu and 'Ok' (instead of minimize)
Not ideal, but better than rebooting your phone.
Lanroth.
I had the same problem ... Solution : disable/enable the Wifi, and then I can launch Opera again ... I tried many many versions of Opera, they are all very buggy but it is the best browser for now. Skyfire is very good also but too slow when moving the web pages...
dizzy33 said:
I had the same problem ... Solution : disable/enable the Wifi, and then I can launch Opera again ... I tried many many versions of Opera, they are all very buggy but it is the best browser for now. Skyfire is very good also but too slow when moving the web pages...
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Did this work for you even if you weren't browsing via WiFi? I generally use my data connection for browsing
hello, i have a small problem, after trying various registry changes etc for changing the default browser to Opera 9.5 (i have the first firmware release of x1 at moment, will change it to r3 when i have some time) i succeded to change the default browser when i click links around using XperiaTweak2...
I use my x1 a LOT with the gmail java application, is way more confortable that any other way for using my gmail account and i use it as only email, well, the problem is that even if the default browser is set to opera and works if i click links around it does not work when i click a link in the Java app for Gmail... i have tryed to use gmail from opera but with this java app is way faster and more confortable...
any idea on how i can manage to force this damn thing to open the links i click in the Gmail Java app with Opera and not with IE?
I attach here the java installer since for the x1 installing from website don't work for some reasons...
I am glad that someone thought to post this. I have been fighting this issue with my java gmail app on windows mobile for nearly a year. I had to go back to version 1.5.0.1193 instead of using the updated 2.0.6 version because in the newer version when I click on a link it locks up my entire phone and I have to do a soft reset to get the phone back to normal. In version 1.5.0.1193 I get this message immediately after I click on a link "http://www.google.com/gwt/n?u=http%3A%2F%www.ebay.com" with a question asking me if I want to open this URL with a yes or no option. In this case I was just clicking on a link to take me to ebay's main website page. If I click "Yes" then IE Mobile opens (BLAH!) and it inserts "http://www.google.com/gwt/n?u=http%3A%2F%www.ebay.com" in the address bar in IE Mobile and all I get is the general "The page cannot be found" error message. There are no options under "Settings" to change the default browser or how it inserts the links in the address bar. So, I have been puzzled about this for a really long time and I thought I was the only one that was bothered by this. If there are any good programmers out there that understand Java please help us with this.
just install R3A, i found out that it makes Opera the default browser for everything
EDIT: You may also find the new beta Opera Browser 9.7 useful as it has a "Set Opera as default browser" option
Does anyone have problems using Opera Mobile to view ts?. e various Gawker websites such as Lifehacker and Gizmodo? Whenever I click on a link to an article, only the left side and top part of the website loads, but the main window where the article is supposed to be remains blank.
The mobile layout displays fine, but I prefer the desktop layout. Stock and Dolphin don't have problems but I much prefer Opera Mobile for its better text reflow handling.