browse in desktop mode

**kralco626** · 12-18-2011, 11:15 PM

I just got my galaxy tab from att and so far love it.

Some websites recognize that im on a mobile device and send me to their mobile site and provide lower functionality. I tried the about debug and changed the setting to desktop rather than andriod, however some site still hate me and recognize that im on a mobile device... :-(

I also thried this in the dolphin hd browser with the same unfortunate effect.

Anyone kniw of a way to do this that actually works?

Thanks in advance!

**WAldenIV** · 12-19-2011, 09:30 AM

Dolphin Browser HD with the user agent set to "Desktop" has worked fine for me. What sites are giving you trouble?

**moosc** · 12-19-2011, 10:02 AM

For one the tablet software is designed like that. The desktop sights thank your using a mobil phone. I really hate it because theres no need for mobil sights on such large screen. Maybe ics has it fixed

**kralco626** · 12-19-2011, 01:22 PM

maybe it has to do something with flash, does flash also check to see what your running on?

**kralco626** · 12-19-2011, 04:50 PM

Originally Posted by WAldenIV

Dolphin Browser HD with the user agent set to "Desktop" has worked fine for me. What sites are giving you trouble?

For example when you go to play a show on hulu.com it will tell you that the content is not available for this device in the player when it is about to play a show.

Other sites that are trying to be non-user friendly also do this, trying to force you to pay/or just plane not allow you to use their site on a non desktop platform.

Also note that the hulu app does not let me play hulu on this tablet because it is not supported...

**WAldenIV** · 12-19-2011, 06:34 PM

Originally Posted by kralco626

For example when you go to play a show on hulu.com it will tell you that the content is not available for this device in the player when it is about to play a show.

Other sites that are trying to be non-user friendly also do this, trying to force you to pay/or just plane not allow you to use their site on a non desktop platform.

Also note that the hulu app does not let me play hulu on this tablet because it is not supported...

That's a Hulu issue. It has nothing to do with your browser.

**kralco626** · 12-19-2011, 09:50 PM

Originally Posted by WAldenIV

That's a Hulu issue. It has nothing to do with your browser.

It has to do with either my browser or flash. All hulu knows is what my browser and flash tell it. So from what i have read today, flash is telling hulu the truth... so i need to make flash lie...

**WAldenIV** · 12-20-2011, 05:56 PM

Have you tried the Hulu app?

**moosc** · 12-20-2011, 07:15 PM

Over on xda there is a hack to make hulu work.

Originally Posted by kralco626

It has to do with either my browser or flash. All hulu knows is what my browser and flash tell it. So from what i have read today, flash is telling hulu the truth... so i need to make flash lie...

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**bdfull3r** · 12-20-2011, 10:41 PM

this is my biggest problem with tablets. they are large and powerful and deserve the full version of sites. I shouldn't have to get an alternative browser, i really like the HC browser but dolphin fools servers into loading the full sites

**slamorte** · 01-02-2012, 09:46 PM

Anyone have any breakthroughs on this? My stock browser and dolphin both default to mobile views no matter how I tweak the settings! Any advice would help...

**bdfull3r** · 01-03-2012, 12:25 PM

Originally Posted by slamorte

Anyone have any breakthroughs on this? My stock browser and dolphin both default to mobile views no matter how I tweak the settings! Any advice would help...

If you are on hc then dolphin browser
Hit menu, more, settings, dolphin settings, user agent.

Switch it to desktop and the dolphin browser will ping the web sites with a desktop fingerprint. Sites have ALWAYS loaded into desktop for me with this.

You can wait for ics to get a half *** fix in the stock ics it will load up mobile sites but in the settings menu you can request the full desktop vesion

**slamorte** · 01-03-2012, 01:48 PM

Thanks for the reply, but for some reason Dolphin is going right to mobile pages as well despite me having the settings pointed to desktop. It's really annoying!!