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Different browsers?

What are my options for alternative browsers? What I dislike the most about the stock browser on this thing is that a lot of sites go into "mobile" mode. I dont spend 30 bucks a month to browse a dumbed down version of the internet
This is my first smartphone
EDIT: ok so i went with dolphin. is there a function similar to "about:debug" in dolphin. i know that in dolphin i can scroll down and hit classic view but i would rather have it always on.

Skyfire has the option to toggle between one or the other. Dunno about any others
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There should be an option to select a desktop user agent instead of an android user agent in the settings of the stock browser.
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Dolphin Browser also has an add that lets you toggle between mobile and regular versions.

TheBadBen said:
Dolphin Browser also has an add that lets you toggle between mobile and regular versions.
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+1 for dolphin
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Miren browser
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Type "about:debug" in the address bar then hit go. This will give you access to advanced settings. Including user agent. Its under "ua string" change it to desktop and voila no more mobile
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Great tips above but i think there are plenty of other alts like Firefox (in beta), Skyfire (mentioned earlier), Dolphin (also mentioned earlier) and also the Opera Family (Mini, which is compressed on their servers or some nonesense like that, and Mobile, which is a full fledged browser) I like Firefox because i use it at home and its actually has a nice UI unlike some other browsers. Skyfire has video, and Dolphin is just solid. I'm not a huge fan of the Opera family but they are still good

Xfire browser let's you choose exactly what version of a site you see, whether its mobile, Android, regular, heck you can even spoof yourself as an iPhone.
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fupamobile said:
What I dislike the most about the stock browser on this thing is that a lot of sites go into "mobile" mode.
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1. Mobile sites are much more convenient and are usually designed for the smaller screen res and a limited selection methods or touch screens.
2. Type in "about:debug" into the url bar. Then hit menu->more->settings->UAString (down at bottom) -> select desktop. You may now type in "about:debug" to remove the extra dialogue options.
I, personally, wouldn't say it's dumbed down... It's streamlined for use on mobile devices. (loads quicket, better interface for device)

Yeah, you might miss mobile sites pretty soon.
xScope and Dolphin are the best IMO. You can easily toggle mobile in either. Skyfire is worth keeping in the app drawer for flash video every now and then.

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Dolphin Browser also has an add that lets you toggle between mobile and regular versions.
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CamdogXIII said:
Type "about:debug" in the address bar then hit go. This will give you access to advanced settings. Including user agent. Its under "ua string" change it to desktop and voila no more mobile
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ok so i went with dolphin. is there a function similar to "about:debug" in dolphin. i know that in dolphin i can scroll down and hit classic view but i would rather have it always on.

Yeah, its in there somewhere...
I noticed it when I had tried it.
Hopefully, a dolphin user will chime in. or you could try googling it.

[Q] Default browser prompt

Hello
I have more than one browser installed. I want to be able to use all of them, så I have not set a default one.
When I open the standard browser, each time I click a link I get a prompt for which browser I want to open the link with. Extremely annoying.
Is there any way to make the browser use the current session/app to open a link without the prompt?

Nobody gets this - or is there no solution?

The browser does that automaticly. You can set another browser as default but if you open the standard browser it opens the URL with it and not with the one set as default. The same with other browser like firefox, opera and dolpfin hd.
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This is a pita - and I can't believe this is how it's supposed to work but thank you for your answer

File Manager HD for Honeycomb

Check out File Manager HD for Honeycomb:
https://market.android.com/details?id=com.rhmsoft.fm.hd&feature=search_result
Very nice file manager for the tablet screen. Features as displayed in Market:
* Based on Android 3.0 new feature and theme
* High definition(1280*800) support
* 3 sets of commercial icons for 60+ different file types, toolbar and menu items
* Cut, copy, paste and cancellable progress dialog
* List and grid view for file browsing
* Compress and decompress support
* Search and share files
* Multiple selection and sorting support
* Thumbnail for photo, pictures and apk files
* Support both local and remote(LAN/SMB) file system
* Built-in text editor and swf player
* Fully tested on motorola Xoom

I thought this app was just ok. I didn't like the fact that you could not customize the quick links on the left side. For example, my movies and music folders are on my SD Card, but when you click the links, it takes you to the internal memory.

I just downloaded yesterday. Really like it. I use rootexplorer for the more serious stuff, but this is much more pleasing to use, the interface is great

Good app but needs paid version sure it will pop up sooner than later
Azrael X 4.0

I noticed you can't delete from this app. Is anyone else having this problem?
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I just tried it. Moved a file from one folder to another. It was corrupted after the move. Deleted the app. Back to Root Explorer for me. It may not have as much eye candy, but I much prefer the functionality.
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I do however like the look and feel.
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Good start but lack of "Delete" and adds are a minus.

bink1r said:
I noticed you can't delete from this app. Is anyone else having this problem?
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Edit> delete

Looks good and works good. Just replaced astro.
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You can delete. Use edit then delete or long press a file, then edit, then delete. Or press the multi button at the top and batch delete multiple files at once.
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This is actually pretty cool looking. But it is definitely going to be tough to not use RootExplorer.

dean_fx said:
This is actually pretty cool looking. But it is definitely going to be tough to not use RootExplorer.
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Agreed 10chars

kgeissler said:
I thought this app was just ok. I didn't like the fact that you could not customize the quick links on the left side. For example, my movies and music folders are on my SD Card, but when you click the links, it takes you to the internal memory.
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You can bookmark folders by long pressing on them and the folders you bookmark will be on the left side as quick links.

By far the best interface and functionality I've seen on any similiar app, very close to windows explorer imo
Does it have root access, have not played with it much?

It's pretty but I like the functionality of ES File Explorer better.

i like it much better than astro..... i hope he adds root access like root explorer...then it would be perfect

i removed both astro and ES once they added Lan support and fixed the "move" feature. ES would work sometimes with LAN, but not all the time, and it had no "move" option, just "copy". I havent had any negative experiences using LAN on FM HD. There was one issue that i discovered recently, i tried to send a cbr file via bluetooth, but when i clicked on "share" the option wasnt there. But its there for all other types of files.
They are pretty quick at fixing issues. Two days after i mentioned the "move" issue (when you move a file, it would take really long, and it shouldnt because it was being moved within the same device, i.e. when you move a file on your c: drive to somewhere else on your c drive, it goes in an instant, even with Astro, moving was simple), but anyway, two days later, the issue was fixed.
Its a great file browser for the xoom.

Unable to set browser homepage

It keeps starting up with google.com even if it's set to another page under setting. I already shut off all location based features (GPS, etc), but not sure if this relates.
Is there any fix on this or it's a common bug?

Set home page then shut down phone, then restart phone, it should load now.
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budleyca said:
Set home page then shut down phone, then restart phone, it should load now.
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Tried already. Actually, in the settings, it displays the url as the one I set as a homepage, but even that it will still load google.com when the browser is launched.
Everytime when going back to the browser, it will load a new window and go to google.com
Is there a file in the system's directory that can be deleted to clear the cache? Not sure if this is possible if the phone is not root.

Try clearing cache, history, etc. in the browser settings, then remove the battery, install battery and see if that works.
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budleyca said:
Set home page then shut down phone, then restart phone, it should load now.
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budleyca said:
Try clearing cache, history, etc. in the browser settings, then remove the battery, install battery and see if that works.
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Still no help, already tried the following:
Cleared all cache, set browser to factory setting, removed battery, removed SD card. Rebooted still loading google.com
Any other method besides going for the last step which is a hard reset? If there is a file in the browser's system directory that can be deleted to reset the preferences.

Are you typing in a valid url, if not it goes straight to Google, just a thought.
Download Dolphin Browser from the market, see if it works ok from that browser. It sets your homepage correctly. I had the same problem as you with the stock browser, but my instructions worked fine for me.
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budleyca said:
Are you typing in a valid url, if not it goes straight to Google, just a thought.
Download Dolphin Browser from the market, see if it works ok from that browser. It sets your homepage correctly. I had the same problem as you with the stock browser, but my instructions worked fine for me.
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I tried firefox, opera mobile, dolphin all started up with google.com (same as the stock browser), even I set it with another "valid" url, they all ignored it.
I guess there is not a choice but a hard reset.
And of course the url is valid, it's a major one, which I have to enter manually each time because the browser ignores it.
Does anyone have an idea if this has to do with the location setting for GPS?

Browser

I'm running the latest liberty rom and i was wondering if there is a way to set the browser to not use mobile web and just open the regular web page all the time
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I can't remember if you can change the user agent but I know you can in other browsers such as Opera and Dolphin.
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Shouldn't I be able to just type something in the address bar to disable it? I wonder?
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You could always see if you can get a URL that indicates non-mobile. Sometimes I have seen a www.whatever.com/index.php?m=0 or something similar where the m means mobile and 0 means false. Maybe bookmark the URLs? Lemme look for a setting in the default Android browser.
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Nope, no setting. Try Dolphin or Opera.
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CM7's browser has options for this. You could potentially compile the CM7 browser for the motoblur framework (I know there is a technique to do this) and put it in /system/data/ in place of Liberty's browser. Obviously it's not nearly as simple as that, but if you really want user-agent settings in the browser, that seems like the way to go. Otherwise, you can flash CyanogenMod now and deal with some of the audio and camera issues, or wait until it's stable to get the user-agent settings.

I would assume the browser would respond to 'about:debug'?
Type about:debug in the address bar and hit go/enter/whatever. It shouldn't visibly do anything. Then hit the menu button > More > Settings > UAString (very last on the list) and change it to 'Desktop'.
It doesn't really stick (you may have to do this each time you launch the browser), but it does work.

Thanks man that works perfect exactly what I wanted
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