[Q] Changeing phone id - Desire Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting

Hi,
first of all i'm sorry about my english.
My carrier knows that i'm useing HTC desire and because they don't sell this phone they don't provide service that i'm entitled to have according to my service plan.
they do sell samsung galaxy s and they give their customers that own the phone the same service that i need.
so, i think how can i change the id of the phone so my carrier will see SGS instead of the htc desire.
i've succeeded to manipulate their software with dolphin HD when i inserted a custom user agent with this parameters:
Mozilla/5.0 (Linux; U; Android 2.2.1; iw-il; GT-I9000 Build/FROYO) AppleWebKit/533.1 (KHTML, like Gecko) Version/4.0 Mobile Safari/533.1
i found this line and information in forum which i read.
is it possible to change the id of the device?
and if it does how can i change it?
thanks in advance,
Ariel.

Proabably not.

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Anchorfree Hotspot Shield VPN access

Anchorfree gives on their website the procedure to access their VPN with an iphone.
Why can i not use these settings on my PPC ?
Does anyone have an idea ?
Thanks.
PS: Don't tell me that an iphone can do things that a Windows mobile device can't
http://www.anchorfree.com/
Ok, I see.
Just to get your attention ...
HotSpot Shield is a vpn that allows people in China, like me, to connect to youtube, facebook, an many other websites.
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ThanX
You will have to change your default user agent, for opera you can do it straight from the browser.
For internet explorer i think you can do it in advanced configuration tool. there have been alot of threads covering how to do this, just use search, also to help you here is the default iphone user agent.
Mozilla/5.0 (iPhone; U; CPU like Mac OS X; en) AppleWebKit/420+ (KHTML, like Gecko) Version/3.0 Mobile/1A543 Safari/419.3
i would also like to find out ,,, tried to set it up but wasnt successful for me....
anyone mind to help ?

[Q] Accessing Telstra content from a stock (non-sense) ROM

As Telstra users may be aware, there's a ROM out there called T-Mod (www.t-mod.org) which is a modified LeeDrOiD release to include the Telstra user agent strings in the HTC browser. This allows access to Telstra services like mobile foxtel, whereis, my data usage, etc. Normally Telstra locks these services so that they can only be accessed by the correct user agent.
The HTC browser is great in that its user agent string can be modified in a human-readable XML file. Unfortunately, in virtually all other regards, it's fairly horrid to use compared to the stock Android browser. The problem being, the stock android browser has the user agent strings compiled into it.
I've managed to compile a new version of the cyanogenmod browser, with an option to change the useragent to the Telstra string, and it identifies itself correctly as: "Mozilla/5.0 (Linux; U; Android 2.2; en-au; HTC_Desire_A8183 V1.16.841.1 Build/FRF91) AppleWebKit/533.1 (KHTML, like Gecko) Version/4.0 Mobile Safari/533.1" which, as far as I can tell, is the string reported by the Telstra HTC browser. I'm using the exact same APN configuration as a working telstra rom.
Yet, it still won't access the content. Are there any knowledgable users/devs here that can possibly shed some light on how else the Telstra mobile site might be identifying users?
I know this is probably an obvious question, but are you using WiFi or 3G to access the Telstra content?
You can only access a majority of the Telstra content via 3G with the correct Telstra proxy.
I'm curious to find out which UAStrings and settings need to be changed too.
I like T-Mod, but I would prefer a build based on a stock HTC rom, which I'm researching on right now
how did you go with this im also keen to use a different rom?
cheers

change Bada 2.0 user agent!! now it's possible :)

this metot is fully invented by me so i got all credits
from the dialer write: *#7092463*#
go to "module setting"
go to "browser"
change the user agent using the first option
to be like opera9 you have to type: Mozilla/5.0 (Windows NT 5.1; U; en; rv:1.8.1) Gecko/20061208 Firefox/2.0.0 Opera 9.50
to be like chrome you have to type: Mozilla/5.0 (Windows NT 6.0) AppleWebKit/535.1 (KHTML, like Gecko) Chrome/13.0.782.112 Safari/535.1
to return as bada 2.0: Mozilla/5.0 (SAMSUNG; SAMSUNG-GT-S8530/S8530XPKH2; U; Bada/1.2; it-it) AppleWebKit/533.1 (KHTML, like Gecko) Dolfin/2.2 Mobile WVGA SMM-MMS/1.2.0 OPN-B
man, where did you get this info?
and what about all the other options??
stathismes said:
man, where did you get this info?
and what about all the other options??
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i was moving around in the internal menĂ¹ and i saw the option for the UA; anyway it works very well i'm testing it and everything works smooth; i don't know nothing about the other 2 option
The useragent seems to be the browser right? I changed the settings like you said but nothing happens the browser is still the dolphin...
I tried it with chrome...
Tried Chrome UA and yes it is working
Notice that i suggested that originally here
Now when i write www.youtube.com it opens PC website not the mobile one
Maybe we should try iphone/ipad/Android User Agents to see better things
Best Regards
so this change means that you are able to use the fully pc browser functions? OR what effect should i see?
im on xpkh1 on s8500. above code does not work for me. nothing happens when i type the code.
waveboy said:
im on xpkh1 on s8500. above code does not work for me. nothing happens when i type the code.
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Debug level on low?
Samuel Sung said:
so this change means that you are able to use the fully pc browser functions? OR what effect should i see?
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yes that what you should see
the PC sites that you weren't able to view will be viewable now
waveboy said:
im on xpkh1 on s8500. above code does not work for me. nothing happens when i type the code.
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It is working on XPKH2
Also the GPS code wasn't working on XPKH1 normally (but works under Mid Level Debugging mode)
Maybe you can to on Mid Level
More User Agents
iPad 1/2
Code:
Mozilla/5.0(iPad; U; CPU OS 4_3 like Mac OS X; en-us) AppleWebKit/533.17.9 (KHTML, like Gecko) Version/5.0.2 Mobile/8F191 Safari/6533.18.5
iPhone 4
Code:
Mozilla/5.0 (iPhone; U; CPU iPhone OS 4_0 like Mac OS X; en-us) AppleWebKit/532.9 (KHTML, like Gecko) Version/4.0.5 Mobile/8A293 Safari/6531.22.7
Galaxy S II
Code:
Mozilla/5.0 (Linux; U; Android 2.3.3; es-us; GT-I9100 Build/GINGERBREAD) AppleWebKit/533.1 (KHTML, like Gecko) Version/4.0 Mobile Safari/533.1
P.S : Tried only iPad UA and it gave youtube a bigger video pics
We need to decide best UA
Best Regards
baza14 said:
Debug level on low?
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yes ......i did not realize i needed to put debug level mid to use code. thank you
great find!
but this only works in bada 2 right? or should it work in 1.2 also?
anyway, thanks for this info
maybe some other cool stuff yet to be found also
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=11598342&postcount=4
Best Regards
adfree said:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=11598342&postcount=4
Best Regards
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Cheers Adfree - to cut to the quick - here's the magic debug code :
*#33284*#
then choose the debug level.
The phone will then reboot
note that in PKH2 it appears that all the debug codes work even when debug is set to low
adfree said:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=11598342&postcount=4
Best Regards
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it was possible even under bada 1.x
i currently use iphone 4 UA and it is doing a good job
with it there is a lot of web apps for several site
Best Regards
nice
thanks adfree
Yes, the iPhone 4 UA works quite well, I think I'll stick to it!
Hmm...
Hmm...
I'm trying to change UA to iPhone4 but i have problem.
When I type
Code:
Mozilla/5.0 (iPhone; U; CPU iPhone OS 4_0 like Mac OS X; en-us) AppleWebKit/532.9 (KHTML, like Gecko) Version/4.0.5 Mobile/8A293 Safari/6531.22.7
I don't know what to do :/ When i leave this menu with arrow it's won't save...
Sorry for ma bad (? ) English
PS. I'm working on KG7...
anghelyi said:
Yes, the iPhone 4 UA works quite well, I think I'll stick to it!
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... I tested the code: Mozilla/5.0 (iPhone; U; CPU iPhone OS 4_3_2 like Mac OS X; en-us) AppleWebKit/533.17.9 (KHTML, like Gecko) Version/5.0.2 Mobile/8H7 Safari/6533.18.5 on my device, but are much less than the original code if you visit the page html5test ... return to bada code by psycoy
Google Maps requires bada 2.0 Firmware?
Not tested self...
Maybe we can try user agent string from S8600...
Best Regards
Edit 1
... taken from S8600...
Mozilla/5.0 (SAMSUNG; SAMSUNG-GT-S8600/1.0; U; Bada/2.0; en-us) AppleWebKit/534.20 (KHTML, like Gecko) Dolfin/3.0 Mobile WVGA SMM-MMS/1.2.0 OPN-B
Hi, I tried the code *#7092463*# but nothing appear to happen.
I'm using S8500MBUKI1 with the (Mid).rc2 and Debug Level set to Middle.
I've also tried Debug Level set to Low, but nothing happened.
Is there something wrong?

Problem with Cool3D Sense 3.5 and all Sense 3.5 ROMS

Hey all, just a small problem I've encountered with all sense 3.5 ROM ranging from Seb15's to Cool3D sense 3.5.
Does anyone know how disable mobile view in the browser?
I've tried unticking the box in the settings but it still does not disable the mobile view as all the websites I go on, it automatically puts me into mobile view!
Does anyone know how to actually disable it?
Cheers
Dave
this may be silly but have you tried restarting after you unticked mobile view
Hi Dave,
That setting works for me on sebastiaan Runnymede fine. Just tried it on www diy com for example.
Yep, I've restarted when unticked. It won't move to desktop view. Such websites I have tried is Google, BBC, engadget, guardian and YouTube. I've tried "about:debug" to get the UA String option. When I change that to desktop I still can't get desktop mode to work!
Sent from my Brain using XDA App
Hi Dave,
This won't help you fix your problem I expect , but just sharing how it works for me.
Google. I have to click the Mobile or Classic link at the bottom of the page to get it to switch. It ignores the setting in the browser.
Endgadget and Guardian always gives me the mobile version, regardless of setting.
youtube and BBC gives me mobile or desktop depending on what I've ticked. I don't have to even restart my browser to switch I just change the setting and then type www youtube com in the address bar and it loads the "right" version.
Maybe it's to do with how the web site detects the browser, rather than a problem with Sense per se?
topgeardave said:
Yep, I've restarted when unticked. It won't move to desktop view. Such websites I have tried is Google, BBC, engadget, guardian and YouTube. I've tried "about:debug" to get the UA String option. When I change that to desktop I still can't get desktop mode to work!
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beardymarrow said:
Hi Dave,
This won't help you fix your problem I expect , but just sharing how it works for me.
Google. I have to click the Mobile or Classic link at the bottom of the page to get it to switch. It ignores the setting in the browser.
Endgadget and Guardian always gives me the mobile version, regardless of setting.
youtube and BBC gives me mobile or desktop depending on what I've ticked. I don't have to even restart my browser to switch I just change the setting and then type www youtube com in the address bar and it loads the "right" version.
Maybe it's to do with how the web site detects the browser, rather than a problem with Sense per se?
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All pre-sense 3.5 totally disabled the mobile setting. Sense 2.1 and 3.0 browsers when unticked let me access the web in desktop mode. I had to do no faffing around. I think I'll have to let the devs know because even when the UA string is changed to desktop it still presents me with mobile view.
I've done a bit of playing with my daily driver ROM, while looking at the User Agent String on www mybrowserinfo com.
On Seb15 Runny AIO ROM (Android 2.3.5, Sense 3.5) in mobile view :-
Mozilla/5.0 (Linux; U; Android 2.3.5; en-gb; HTC_Desire_A8181 Build/GRJ90) AppleWebKit/533.1 (KHTML, like Gecko) Version/4.0 Mobile Safari/533.1
but in Desktop view it shows :-
Mozilla/5.0 (Macintosh; U; Intel Mac OS X 10_6_3; HTC Desire; en-gb) AppleWebKit/533.16 (KHTML, like Gecko) Version/5.0 Safari/533.16
Don't need to restart the phone or the browser
On ICS in mobile view
Mozilla/5.0 (Linux; U; Android 4.0.1; en-gb; Full Android on Bravo Build/GRI40) AppleWebKit/534.30 (KHTML, like Gecko) Version/4.0 Mobile Safari/534.30
in desktop view
Mozilla/5.0 (X11; Linux x86_64) AppleWebKit/534.24 (KHTML, like Gecko) Chrome/11.0.696.34 Safari/534.24
On Stock Froyo (Android 2.2 with Sense) in mobile view
Mozilla/5.0 (Linux; U; Android 2.2; en-gb; HTC Desire Build/FRF91) AppleWebKit/533.1 (KHTML, like Gecko) Version/4.0 Mobile Safari/533.1
Mozilla/5.0 (Macintosh; U; Intel Mac OS X 10_5_7; en-us) AppleWebKit/530.17 (KHTML, like Gecko) Version/4.0 Safari/530.17
So the setting is definitely having a difference to how the phone presents itself to the web-site (which is also proved by how www diy com reacts to the setting for me). Maybe some web-sites are looking at different bits of info in the UA string to others, to determine which page to display?
Been looking into it, tried loads of UA strings in the browser settings when I typed in about:debug in the address bar.
Changed my UA string so many times, yet it still comes up the same as stock UA :/ This looks like a ROM problem!

Orange Swapables

Hi,
I was wondering if anyone has had a similar problem to me.
Basically I have an orange galaxy nexus on a panther tariff and cannot get the swapables to work.
I have tried using dolphin browser to change the user agent, but this has not worked. (this was based on this thread: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1366340)
I had unlocked the boot loader and rooted the handset. however since I was worried this might be causing the problem, i loaded loaded up the ics 4.0.2 from the google website, which unrooted the phone, I then locked the bootloader. however Im still getting the same problem, when I go to the orange swapables site it tells me there was a technical blip, and to call tech support quoting code 102.
I noticed most people were originally only seeing the astrology swapable, but I haven't even been seeing this one.
does any one have any idea what I may be doing wrong?
I was thinking maybe orange could detect that my rom is possibly not the one orange would load onto it, as its the one from the google website.
I am on Orange now and have the option for swapables with my panther tariff.
After visiting Orange world (via wifi) and entering my number I get a text with a link from Orange.
When you visit this link you get a page where you can select add swappable. The only option as per the post you link to is bloody Russell Grant Astrology.
Guess this is something we all need to complain to Orange about so they can fix it. Mobile TV is the one I think I would try more than anything. They aren't really any good options but as a freebie from them you can't grumble. (well I am lol)
Using the other method i just get a opps... message
*actually it worked after noticing i added an extra space. Mozilla/5.0 (Linux; U; Android 2.3.3; en-gb; GT-I9100 Build/GINGERBREAD) AppleWebKit/533.1 (KHTML, like Gecko) Version/4.0 Mobile Safari/533.1
@Laird_Attwood
your seems to be working as normal, have a look at this post: http://forum.xda-developers.com/show....php?t=1366340
It should work for you!
I just doesn't for me
I am also running bootloader unlocked and rooted
After getting the full list when you select one you get the oops.. technical error again - works after lots of back and forth. Now works on default browser once selected via Dolphin HD
Only thing I could suggest it to go back to stock 4.0.1 and do the OTA for 4.0.2 and try again.
I got it working using dolphin and the custom agent
Mozilla/5.0 (Linux; U; Android 2.3.3; en-gb; GT-I9100 Build/GINGERBREAD) AppleWebKit/533.1 (KHTML, Like Gecko) Version/4.0 Mobile Safari/533.1
Once you have set the agent navigate through from the orange homepage to the swapables selection. I now have deezer and mobile TV ......
Don't know if that's exactly the same string you tried?
Sadly I've just loaded the original 4.0.1 from and ota updated to 4.0.2 used the exact same user agent and still get the 102 error. I'll try the sim card in one of the supported phones tomorrow and get back with how I get on
Sent from my Galaxy Nexus using XDA App
Edit - my post wasn't really relevant actually, sorry
OK,
Ive now found out its a problem on oranges side, Ive tried using different phones and still get the same problem, I had a go on a mates GN he also has a panther tariff and I was able to set up his swapables quite easily (following the user agent and dolphin browser method). However I get a strange error with mine, so still trying to get orange to sort it out.
Yep, Oranges fault!
All fixed now, and all it took was several hours waiting on the phone to orange!

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