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Option for permanent Desktop agent in stock browser?

Hey guys! I have my GNex since yesterday and I love it oh so much
Just one question: Is it possible to change the stock browser's agent permanently to desktop? Because I always browse on desktop mode and hate most mobile optimized sites :/ And everytime I restart the browser I have to tick "show desktop site" again.
If not possible on stock, is there a solution with root? I'm gonna root that beauty anyway ASAP
Regards
qwer23
P.S. sorry if such a thread already exists, but the search function from xda app is unbelievably crappy...
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Bump.Really no one? Or is my question kinda stupid?
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qwer23 said:
Bump.Really no one? Or is my question kinda stupid?
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its not a stupid question its just not possible on the stock browser. The only option is to install another browser such as Dolphin Browser HD which works very well and can be set to desktop by default.
MArk.

mskip said:
its not a stupid question its just not possible on the stock browser. The only option is to install another browser such as Dolphin Browser HD which works very well and can be set to desktop by default.
MArk.
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In Honeycomb you type in "about:debug" in the browser address bar, which enables the Debug category in settings. From there you go to UAString and select Desktop. Does this not work in ICS?

dwboston said:
In Honeycomb you type in "about:debug" in the browser address bar, which enables the Debug category in settings. From there you go to UAString and select Desktop. Does this not work in ICS?
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Yes this seems to work
edit: scratch that - it's not persistent

dwboston said:
In Honeycomb you type in "about:debug" in the browser address bar, which enables the Debug category in settings. From there you go to UAString and select Desktop. Does this not work in ICS?
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Doesnt work on ICS.
Mark.

dwboston said:
In Honeycomb you type in "about:debug" in the browser address bar, which enables the Debug category in settings. From there you go to UAString and select Desktop. Does this not work in ICS?
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I know that hack, but it didn't show me an agent to change to desktop mode on ICS. In Honeycomb it's possible to change between mobile, tablet and desktop agent by default since version 3.2 btw. But about:debug shows some other neat options too, like OpenGL rendering for example.
oscillik said:
Yes this seems to work
edit: scratch that - it's not persistent
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I think you're talking about the check-box for "Desktop version" that is already available without about:debug? That's what I talked about in the OP. It resets after every browser restart.
mskip said:
its not a stupid question its just not possible on the stock browser. The only option is to install another browser such as Dolphin Browser HD which works very well and can be set to desktop by default.
MArk.
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Ok thanks. I'm aware there are other really good browsers, but Google improved the stock browser a lot in Android 3.x and 4.x and I kinda like it a lot So I thought it might be possible to hack. Doesn't seem like that though :/
Do you think devs could modify the browser.apk in some way to make desktop mode persistent?
Cheers
qwer23

oscillik said:
Yes this seems to work
edit: scratch that - it's not persistent
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The UAString in HC sticks across browser and device re-boots.

dwboston said:
The UAString in HC sticks across browser and device re-boots.
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Maybe in Honeycomb. It definitely doesn't stick in Ice Cream Sandwich. I've tried it. It doesn't stick. That's why I said it's not persistent.

Hey man, I almost swear I saw that what your talking about in this hour long video by Google /Samsung in October some time. ICS is supposedly meant to be possible to do just never found an option.
Hahahahahaha
Just found it. Press menu (top right corner, three dots sat on each other) when in browser and you find a check box for request as desk top site. This should be what your after man
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After a more careful read through seems you found this option already. As for making it stick after reboot surely its not too much hard work to check one box after reboot? Permanent solution unknown
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The Gingerbread Man said:
Hey man, I almost swear I saw that what your talking about in this hour long video by Google /Samsung in October some time. ICS is supposedly meant to be possible to do just never found an option.
Hahahahahaha
Just found it. Press menu (top right corner, three dots sat on each other) when in browser and you find a check box for request as desk top site. This should be what your after man
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After a more careful read through seems you found this option already. As for making it stick after reboot surely its not too much hard work to check one box after reboot? Permanent solution unknown
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Yeah, I knew about this feature from the start, but as I mentioned before, it doesn't stick to it. And I don't talk about full reboot, the option doesn't even stick if the Browser was closed and needs to be restarted
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[Q] How to change default browser's user agent?

The title says it all
I've tried the "about:debug" -method and it seems it's not working with ics browser. Any other ways to make the browser to act like desktop chrome?

In the menu (3 vertical dots top right of the screen), there is an option "Request Desktop Site", check that box. Its possible it may be under settings (im using a newer release, i don't remember where it was before (if it even moved))

cancerouspete said:
In the menu (3 vertical dots top right of the screen), there is an option "Request Desktop Site", check that box. Its possible it may be under settings (im using a newer release, i don't remember where it was before (if it even moved))
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Forgot to mention; that would also work if the option you just recommended could be made permanently "on" by default for all sites. Now I have to manually enable it every time I access sites.
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d-iivil said:
Forgot to mention; that would also work if the option you just recommended could be made permanently "on" by default for all sites. Now I have to manually enable it every time I access sites.
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ah, that is irritating. You could give Dolphin Browser HD (or Mini) a try; in the options you can set the user agent to desktop, iphone, ipad, or custom (!!)

cancerouspete said:
ah, that is irritating. You could give Dolphin Browser HD (or Mini) a try; in the options you can set the user agent to desktop, iphone, ipad, or custom (!!)
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That's not really what I askes for
I hqve dolphin and opera installed and they work fine as desktop browsers, but I would like to achieve that with the default browser.
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d-iivil said:
That's not really what I askes for
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No, not really, but now I know your question: how to make desktop user agent as default. Could have been clearer
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cancerouspete said:
No, not really, but now I know your question: how to make desktop user agent as default. Could have been clearer
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I guess you're right.
If someone knows how to change the UA-string from the source, I could try to compile modded browser myself.

to make stock browser default desktop mode .
turn off wifi.
open browser.
top URL bar. TYPE, "about:debug" press enter or go
open the menu ,
click on setting
click Debug
Click UAString
then set to Desktop.
and your done.

when you set the default user agent to desktop can you request the mobile site?
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Never Mind... It does not, but it appears that after doing this the debug option stays in the settings so I can switch back and forth between user agents now. Nice.

bmolloy said:
when you set the default user agent to desktop can you request the mobile site?
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Never Mind... It does not, but it appears that after doing this the debug option stays in the settings so I can switch back and forth between user agents now. Nice.
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thats exactly what i was going to say.

I received an upgrade to 4.0.2 and had to redo this in my browser. The updated seems to have wiped it for some reason.

Simple solution go to market download ICS browser+ install go to setting advance and there it is

stephan moisan said:
Simple solution go to market download ICS browser+ install go to setting advance and there it is
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I second this. ICS Browser+ is MUCH better!!!!

I should put the ICS browser on the market with the debug menu enabled and renamed. Takes like 2 lines of code

New Rom Miui V5 HELP

After install rom manager not working. Uninstalled and reinstalled now working.

New problem miui V5 install and gapps
susieq29 said:
After install rom manager not working. Uninstalled and reinstalled now working.
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Also how do you add another email account?

U don't make any scene dude. U need to explain better
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Adding email accounts
Esteway.619 said:
U don't make any scene dude. U need to explain better
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I want to add a hotmail email account?
Also location services not working on map. When I press navigation "waiting for location" appears. It seems to be taking a long time. It works after a few minutes. I went into maps found my location as you said. Anyway to make location work faster.
Also at the top right hand side of my phone the sync arrows are there? What does that mean.
Also I do not see a browser that installed. I thought Chrome would be on the device. Don't see it?
Thanks for the fast response.

For the browser why won't u just download chrome from the play store? Location works but it is slow. U need to remember miui or any custom ROM for that matter are all work in progress and should not be taken as a perfect working ROM. There should be a tab on the email app that should let u add another email.
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email app
Esteway.619 said:
For the browser why won't u just download chrome from the play store? Location works but it is slow. U need to remember miui or any custom ROM for that matter are all work in progress and should not be taken as a perfect working ROM. There should be a tab on the email app that should let u add another email.
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I could not find email app? I downloaded a new one and it's working.
Thanks
So far so good. Everything is working fine. I am always a little nervous when doing updates on Rom's. So thanks for putting up with my questions.
Thanks for continuing to update this phone. I love it and don't want to start with a new one yet.

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susieq29 said:
I could not find email app? I downloaded a new one and it's working.
Thanks
So far so good. Everything is working fine. I am always a little nervous when doing updates on Rom's. So thanks for putting up with my questions.
Thanks for continuing to update this phone. I love it and don't want to start with a new one yet.
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What are the two sync arrows at the top of the screen. Can I get rid of this
It was syncing continuously. Went to toggle screen saw syncing turning. Pressed it and auto sync appeared the symbol disappeared from top of screen. Just letting you know in case anyone else has this problem.
Thanks again

susieq29 said:
What are the two sync arrows at the top of the screen. Can I get rid of this
It was syncing continuously. Went to toggle screen saw syncing turning. Pressed it and auto sync appeared the symbol disappeared from top of screen. Just letting you know in case anyone else has this problem.
Thanks again
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Go to settings accounts. Its probably the xioami account syncing your pic,call log,MMS just uncheck those and it should stop.
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Esteway.619 said:
Go to settings accounts. Its probably the xioami account syncing your pic,call log,MMS just uncheck those and it should stop.
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Esteway.619 said:
Go to settings accounts. Its probably the xioami account syncing your pic,call log,MMS just uncheck those and it should stop.
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I have two gallery apps on my computer. One is Google which plays slide shows etc
One is the Miui Gallery Apk. which does not work.
Can I delete the Miui Gallery Apk using root explorer and safely loose anything?

network services not on?
When I open Google search I get message location services not on. I turned everyone of the location services I can find. My maps are working.
Everything seems to be working. Except that annoying message? I tried putting the network apk. System apps. I got message skip or cancel. I choose skip. Then I tried again and choose overwrite that failed?

Installed 8.1 RTM, Avatar vanished!

Pretty simple really, I successfully installed 8.1 RTM, everything's working just fine but my gamer avatar on the Xbox live app seems to have vanished since 8.1 was installed! All my gamer tag details are there and correct but there just a space where an avatar should be..
Can anyone tell me how to get it back please?

Uninstall and reinstall the app?

SixSixSevenSeven said:
Uninstall and reinstall the app?
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I just deleted the games app but I can't find it again to download and install!!!
How do I get it back??

Homey said:
I just deleted the games app but I can't find it again to download and install!!!
How do I get it back??
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Ook, I found it and installed it but this time, the entire panel with the avatar is missing!
The 'old' one had the light coloured panel next to the Gamer tag / edit profile / share profile etc..
Not sure what to do now.

Close the app (drag from the top of screen and throw the app off of the bottom of the screen) and re-launch it. Verify that your WiFi is working and that the app says that you're signed in. Check that you can access your account from Settings->Account in the app. Try toggling avatars off and then on again under Settings->Preferences. Reboot the tablet. Try uninstalling and re-installing the app one more time. Try refreshing Windows (under Settings->Change PC Settings->Update and recovery->Recovery). Give it a day or so to see if it resolves itself.
If all else fails, consider re-installing Windows, either by choosing Settings->Change PC Settings->Update and recovery->Recovery->"Remove everything and re-install Windows" or running Setup.exe again and, this time, choosing "Keep Nothing." A couple of other people have reported similar minor issues after upgrading that clean installations resolved.

Osprey00 said:
Try toggling avatars off and then on again under Settings->Preferences. .
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Thanks but I don't see a "Preferences" option in the settings in the app. Am I missing something?
All I see in settings are:
Account
About
Feedback
Permissions
Rate and Review

Homey said:
Thanks but I don't see a "Preferences" option in the settings in the app. Am I missing something?
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We're talking about the "Games" app, the one with the green tile with the icon of an Xbox controller, right? I have a Preferences option there (just double-checked). I'm just using the version that came with 8.1. Maybe it and the store app aren't the same version.

I refreshed the OS install and everything's back to normal. I guess the games app in the store is an older version!
One thing I noticed was that there's no way to edit the avatar. I was sure that read a review of 8.1 that showed someone editing their avatar on the tablet but I guess I must have been mistaken.

[APP] All in One Gestures

Really a great gestures app to mimic iOS gestures. I use the navigation gestures option because I could not deal with the navigation bar not matching my keyboard. The gestures work pretty well and I got used to them, but I did not like the Back option. Too many times trying to go back ended up with me opening recents or going home.
I really wanted a gesture to swipe the screen from left to right to go back and this app allows me to. Works great with a few customization options. It was removed from the playstore but the apk can still be sideloaded
https://www.apkmirror.com/apk/ys-liang/all-in-one-gestures-2/all-in-one-gestures-2-5-9-release/

Thanks for sharing. IMHO The OnePlus gestures are the best I've tried on any phone. The more options there are, the better off we are.

Thanks for sharing, I love the Swype from the left to go back feature

Hey Guys, if you wan't, you can also try an app called 'Fooview', which is available in playstore (No need Root access) and its amazing, you can set the swipe option from right to left for back in this app as well. it also comes with a browser, file manager, and allow to take screen short of any specified portion on your screen. It will also help to convert the 'letters' in an image to edit/copy. The main advantage is it work with very less battery drain and comes with small in size. this is one of the best app I have ever used. and I'm using this for the last 2 Years. Just try it, it is amazing.

It's asking for some unusual permissions like location

devilrulz4ever said:
It's asking for some unusual permissions like location
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Never mind, Ignore it. It will work perfectly.

I found both of these apps to be scetchy and not any good.
I rather sugest the app called Fluid Navigation Gesture on play store.
It gives you the Miui10 Navigations that work great without any overlay or stuff like that.
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.fb.fluid&hl=no

ACB369 said:
Never mind, Ignore it. It will work perfectly.
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Never ignore such permissions, it may be a malicious app.

devilrulz4ever said:
Never ignore such permissions, it may be a malicious app.
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Yea, but this will work perfectly without giving the location permission. And this app is available in play-store, which is verified by the google, then will it be a malicious app ?

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Yea, but this will work perfectly without giving the location permission. And this app is available in play-store, which is verified by the google, then will it be a malicious app ?
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You'd be surprised but there are apps that are not checked more in-depth before being accepted on Play Store

ACB369 said:
Yea, but this will work perfectly without giving the location permission. And this app is available in play-store, which is verified by the google, then will it be a malicious app ?
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There are many apps which get through the checks. Check the news, you'll find many articles about google removing app from the play store every now and then.
Even a seemingly trustworthy app can do a lot of harm. Even if the app is a bit sketchy its better to stay away from it.

ACB369 said:
Hey Guys, if you wan't, you can also try an app called 'Fooview', which is available in playstore (No need Root access) and its amazing, you can set the swipe option from right to left for back in this app as well. it also comes with a browser, file manager, and allow to take screen short of any specified portion on your screen. It will also help to convert the 'letters' in an image to edit/copy. The main advantage is it work with very less battery drain and comes with small in size. this is one of the best app I have ever used. and I'm using this for the last 2 Years. Just try it, it is amazing.
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I agree. I've tried damn near all the gesture apps but I keep going back to fooview. It's like 20 apps in one with an abundance of gesture options.
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mokash34 said:
Thanks for sharing. IMHO The OnePlus gestures are the best I've tried on any phone. The more options there are, the better off we are.
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I find the navbar gestures severely lacking. Swipe from left or right edge up for back? On which planet? Ever tried this swipe on Chrome with a longish text loaded? All you get is a scroll back and not back. Or maybe I am misunderstanding the directions. How difficult is it to add a graphic to illustrate?