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How to Turn Off Mobile Version of Website

Is there a way to make it so the browser default browser shows the desktop version of the website by default? I hate going to web pages pages and it's the mobile version.

You could use the about:debug method, but I don't think that's permanent. I just use Dolphin HD browser and set it to desktop since I like it better than the stock browser anyways.

If your default homepage is Google, the setting is at the bottom of the page.

prettyboy85712 said:
If your default homepage is Google, the setting is at the bottom of the page.
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I'm pretty sure that is only for Google.com and not for any other pages.

this is my old gripe about the default web browser is the constatn mobile website crap, personally i think all mobile websites should be disbanded, no one even uses them.

Yeah, I'm using the about:debug method. I wish I would be permanent.
I completely agree with disbanding all of the mobile websites. They are just annoying and it's not always easy to find the link to switch to the desktop page.

someone needs to find a way to make the default browser (i like the default browser) able to permanently go full site, without rooting.

I know that this not exactly what you want, but Dolphin Browser HD has that option, to always go to the desktop version of a website.
That does not help for the default browser, of course, but maybe something to consider, if you didn't know about that option?
Cheers

Setting Default Browser UAString to "Desktop"

Ok I have Froyo 2.2 running on my Captivate but I cannot force the browser to browse pages in desktop mode instead of wap/mobile mode.
I tried about:debug from the browser to change the advanced settings but the UAString value is not displayed in the list at all, the last time is Set JS flags.
Does anyone really know how to set this on 2.2 with the captivate?
-D

you need to mess with the framework-res.apk file.

madjsp said:
you need to mess with the framework-res.apk file.
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Thanks for the response I was looking for something a little more informative, are you telling me I need to edit files in a package, etc? Just to enable this?

Probably the easier solution would be just to use the Dolphin HD browser and set the user agent to desktop if all you want is to avoid the re-direct to the mobile sites.

I've done that, and Skyfire as well, but I am not sure how flash 10.1 works with the other browsers or if it works with all of them. I know Skyfire intercepts and tries to play them with its only build.
I am also curious why the UAString value is omitted from the debug settings on the default browser to begin with.
I also found that I had to actually manually install 10.1 it was not installed after updating to 2.2
I am also a little disappointed with the sept.11 build of 2.2 I installed, it does not feel faster than the stock 2.1 as a matter of fact web browsing is worse, and so is screen transitioning on the desktop compared to 2.1. Not sure why.

-i have the same problem, i try to load a site and i get the mobile version , and i try the skyfire, dolphin browser hd and nothing ...

eclypse3demons said:
I've done that, and Skyfire as well, but I am not sure how flash 10.1 works with the other browsers or if it works with all of them. I know Skyfire intercepts and tries to play them with its only build.
I am also curious why the UAString value is omitted from the debug settings on the default browser to begin with.
I also found that I had to actually manually install 10.1 it was not installed after updating to 2.2
I am also a little disappointed with the sept.11 build of 2.2 I installed, it does not feel faster than the stock 2.1 as a matter of fact web browsing is worse, and so is screen transitioning on the desktop compared to 2.1. Not sure why.
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I used Dolphin HD to watch a full episode of the Daily Show from the website, so I know for a fact flash works with it, and keeps it from re-directing to the mobile site. Must be some kind of EUE.

Open the browser then on the address type:
about:debug
Then go to settings, scroll all the way down and enable normal rendering.
That's it.
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LGSilva said:
Open the browser then on the address type:
about:debug
Then go to settings, scroll all the way down and enable normal rendering.
That's it.
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-don't work!!!

I know Hulu is blocking **** so thats expected but its still detecting Dolphin and Skyfire with the correct Strings set.
I know Flash is working but since 2.1 had some sort of flash support previously its hard if the new one is working if it does not show "HD" options.
Since setting UAString cannot be done via debug menu for the default browser, in 2.2 on the build on my captivate I will just wait it out and see if someone figures it out I guess.
Its odd that even with skyfire set to desktop, that Hulu can detect the version still.

mafiaSIC said:
-don't work!!!
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It works for me

not for all sites.

This may be because the website uses other aspects besides just UAString. For instance, even though both a PC and a phone have flash 10.1 I am positive there is still a way for a website to indicate which is a mobile version. Also it can use screen res, IP address (unlikely), and other factors. Most likely it is flash player having its own useragent.

LGSilva said:
Open the browser then on the address type:
about:debug
Then go to settings, scroll all the way down and enable normal rendering.
That's it.
Sent from my SAMSUNG-SGH-I897 using XDA App
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Just to make this clear, which browser are you talking about and can you post a screen shot.

eclypse3demons said:
Just to make this clear, which browser are you talking about and can you post a screen shot.
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-defaut browser. =settings

In regards to the framework-res.apk...
There is an xml file in there that has the user agent string that our phones are using. I don't remember exactly where it is. perhaps framework-res.apk/scripts/???/
Like I said I'm not sure where it is. It is a lot easier to mess with it on stock than it is on Cognition, Sheps, etc.
Hulu will ONLY work if we are able to change that setting. Skyfire, Opera, etc wont because it still has the string settings.

eclypse3demons said:
I've done that, and Skyfire as well, but I am not sure how flash 10.1 works with the other browsers or if it works with all of them. I know Skyfire intercepts and tries to play them with its only build.
I am also curious why the UAString value is omitted from the debug settings on the default browser to begin with.
I also found that I had to actually manually install 10.1 it was not installed after updating to 2.2
I am also a little disappointed with the sept.11 build of 2.2 I installed, it does not feel faster than the stock 2.1 as a matter of fact web browsing is worse, and so is screen transitioning on the desktop compared to 2.1. Not sure why.
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ok, there are several things I need to point out about this post
a) flash 10.1 will work with non-stock browsers like Dolphin HD, Skyfire uses it's own method to circumvent flash and I don't believe there's a way around it
b) UAString is omitted probably because there is no real need to change that for most users, and the above method for "enable normal rendering" does prevent redirects to mobile, but it doesn't change the UAString (in mobile, it's more importat to have an option to switch to desktop mode than change the UAString)
c) flash 10.1 was installed across every other person's device running 2.2, likely you had an update in the market, but everyone else who installed 2.2 had it. Also, android 2.2 != flash 10.1. Android 2.2 is the version of the OS capable of running 10.1, but there are requirements and licensing issues, so it doesn't necessarily come preloaded on every 2.2 device
d) where are you getting this "september 11th" build date from? I assume you're looking at kernel version [email protected] #1? that means a user named "jetaek.lee" made a build on a COMPUTER NAMED "sep-11". if you knew how to check build.prop, you would see this build was made on 9/21 and that the "sep-11" name showed up on the 2.1 kernel built in June. And considering it was only leaked at the start of october, it was only a week or two old at the time. I'm sick of people complaining about literally the dumbest thing imaginable.
e) the "laggy browser" issue has already been acknowledged and there is a SIMPLE fix available in the forums, search for it.

FWIW, Skyfire uses both the regular flash 10.1 as well as its own streaming implementation. So, you can use the standard flash for most websites but if there is a flash video that is slow you use the skyfire converted stream.

glitterballs said:
Probably the easier solution would be just to use the Dolphin HD browser and set the user agent to desktop if all you want is to avoid the re-direct to the mobile sites.
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- Yes, I concur

@Kaik541
Well I have only had this phone for 3 days so I cannot say I am an expert on it but I can form a reasonable opinion on the differences in performance in a pre-released leaked version of 2.2 and the stock 2.1 and I am not entirely sure that is complaining about the stupidest thing.
Everything else however you posted I kinda knew but was not sure of hence the post. =)
I agree will prob just stick will Skyfire or Dolphin (although Dolphin worked on fewer sites for me than Skyfire did.)
Will have to see if the release version of 2.2 is optimized.

Can't get the Android/iPhone version of Gmail

Well, I thought it was surprising enough when the stock browser on the Nook wouldn't take me to the version of mobile Gmail that comes up on Android devices. I forget which one it would load by default, but it would do the basic HTML or the full gmail (which was sloooow). Hitting m.gmail.com got me to the super-stripped-down version that's used for non-Android/non-iOS devices.
But what was even odder: After I rooted and installed Dolphin HD, I got the stripped-down mobile version of gmail, so long as I had the Android user agent selected.
Switching it to the iPhone agent got me the iPhone/Android version, but I kept getting errors that sounded like page was trying to trigger the launch of some external app. So far, I've had the most success with the iPad version, via Dolphin.
But why, oh why, oh why, would using the default Android user agent get me the dumbed-down basic mobile gmail, not the groovy Android/iPhone one?

From googlesystem.blogspot.com/2008/10/gmail-modes.html you can get links to force specific versions.
For iPhone / touch:
http://mail.google.com/mail/x/gdlakb-/gp/
This also works in Opera Mobile and Firefox Mobile (Fennec).

You can also set your user agent to the ipad version which is obviously suited to tablets.
Mozilla/5.0(iPad; U; CPU iPhone OS 3_2 like Mac OS X; en-us) AppleWebKit/531.21.10 (KHTML, like Gecko) Version/4.0.4 Mobile/7B314 Safari/531.21.10

ixampl said:
From googlesystem.blogspot.com/2008/10/gmail-modes.html you can get links to force specific versions.
For iPhone / touch:
http://mail.google.com/mail/x/gdlakb-/gp/
This also works in Opera Mobile and Firefox Mobile (Fennec).
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Thanks very much for this (works great as a workaround) -- but any clue why, even with the Android agent set in Dolphin, it's doing this in the first place?

[Q] prevent mobile NY Times redirect to full version?

Aloha All!
First, thanks to all y'all for all the helpful posts on making the Nook Color the best Android tablet it can be!
I want to use my nootered NC to browse mobile.nytimes.com. After setting NC's built-in browser to mobile (vs desktop), I can browse the site with no problems.
Thing is, the built-in browser does not support tabbed browsing, which I can't go without. So I tried installed Dolphin HD, but try as I might, I can't get it to stop redirecting from mobile.nytimes.com to the full version (replace "mobile" with "www"). Even if I change the Dolphin HD's User Agent to Android/iPhone/Ipad, it still redirects. (And yes, I tried Desktop user agent too.)
I also tried Miren Browser -- no luck there either.
So, can anyone recommend a decent tabbed browser for a nootered NC that won't redirect mobile.nytimes.com?
Alternatively, any magic setting in the NC or Dolphin HD to stop the redirect?
Mahalo,
-Dave

808dp said:
Aloha All!
First, thanks to all y'all for all the helpful posts on making the Nook Color the best Android tablet it can be!
I want to use my nootered NC to browse mobile.nytimes.com. After setting NC's built-in browser to mobile (vs desktop), I can browse the site with no problems.
Thing is, the built-in browser does not support tabbed browsing, which I can't go without. So I tried installed Dolphin HD, but try as I might, I can't get it to stop redirecting from mobile.nytimes.com to the full version (replace "mobile" with "www"). Even if I change the Dolphin HD's User Agent to Android/iPhone/Ipad, it still redirects. (And yes, I tried Desktop user agent too.)
I also tried Miren Browser -- no luck there either.
So, can anyone recommend a decent tabbed browser for a nootered NC that won't redirect mobile.nytimes.com?
Alternatively, any magic setting in the NC or Dolphin HD to stop the redirect?
Mahalo,
-Dave
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You can just use Opera Mobile, type the mobile address, and it'll take you there.
Dolphin HD won't change user agents correctly on firmware 1.0.1. They all work except Android if you're on 1.0.

Optimized iPad GMail WebApp on nook

Hi,
Does anyone know if is it possible to load the tablet optimized version of gmail on the nook?
I can do it by changing the UserAgent of Dolphin HD by the iPad one, but I'm looking for a more native way to do that. i.e. running it on the home screen like a native app.
Thanks in advance.

Are you asking if you can run an Apple app on a Nook Color?

No! This is not possible, I know. What I'm asking is if is there any way to run the GMail Webapp google optimized for iPad in our nooks. I can get it running inside Dolphin Browser setting it's user agent to iPad.
What I like to do is run this iPad optimized version of GMail on the home screen, like the native one.

Try using Dolphin HD browser and set the ID to iPad, instead of Android or desktop as example. It works on some sites I've tried.

Well,
Actually is what I did! But I look for a more native way, like any way to force the native android gmail app to open the optimized iPad version of the web app.

Are you on CM7? If you are, and you want to use the ipad optimized version on the stock browser, do this:
Go to the browser, hit menu, settings, scroll all the way to the bottom, click user agent, then ipad. See if that works.
Don't forget to hit thanks if it does!
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Web pages aren't apps.

@mvpilot172 & @kcls
Did either of you even bother read the OP's initial post where he states "I can do it by changing the UserAgent..."?

Wow, no body bothers reading threads anymore...
I just gave it a shot then, set my user agent to ipad then went to gmail. The fact that it was ipad seemed to be reflected in the URL, so i typed in the same URL on my computer to test.
So what i would suggest is going to the ipad site: https://mail.google.com/mail/mu/mp/536/#tl/Inbox
Then bookmarking it
if you want to give it the native app feel, you can add the bookmark to your desktop and even change the icon to the gmail icon if you want.

Thank you! This was what came closest to what I'm search!