Android's Honeycomb browser load desktop not mobile sites

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Couldn't find the answer anywhere else on MYBB so I thought I would share the solution I found

I hate that you get the mobile version of most sites and not the full desktop version on android tablets,


I found this article on changing the settings for the Motorola xoom, but it works on my Samsung galaxy p7500 , so if any one wants to test on their honeycomb tablets

Apparently in Honeycomb, the browser's default user agent string is "Android"; in previous versions of the OS, it's "Android Mobile." This is meant to serve as a way for Web sites to differentiate between large-screen and small-screen Android devices and then respond appropriately. Thus far, however, most Web developers haven't implemented support for the two strings, which is why both are currently being treated the same.

so to remedy:

1. Open the Android Honeycomb browser on your tablet.

2. In the address bar, type: about:debug and press enter.

3. Now open the browser's settings by tapping the icon in the very top-right corner of your screen (it looks like four horizontal lines) and selecting "Settings" from the drop-down menu that appears.

4. On the left side of the screen, tap the section labelled "Debug."

5. On the right side of the screen, tap the item labelled "UAString," then select "Desktop."

6. Press the back button (in the very bottom-left corner of your screen) to exit the browser's settings.

7. In the browser's address bar, type: about:debug once more; this will disable debugging mode and return the browser to its normal state.


unfortunately, may not always be permanent; it seems to reset if you reboot or close the browser, so until Google fixes this you may have to do this every time you reboot the tablet - so maybe don't close the browser and don't reboot
 
Isn't an easier solution to use Dolphin Browser HD? Its better than the standard Android browser and let's you choose between desktop/mobile websites.
 
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On the Asus Eee Pad all you do is, go into Settings and change the User Agent String between Tablet, Mobile and Desktop in Advance settings.

Or in my case, I just run the Firefox nightly build

https://wiki.mozilla.org/Mobile/Platforms/Android#Download_Nightly as per http://www.phonearena.com/news/Firefox-for-Android-tablets-ready-for-nightly-builds_id22096

Reason: I use my normal Firefox sync and ad-block add-ons
Tried nightly, doesn't have the option for full site browsing, or am I just missing something?
 
Tried nightly, doesn't have the option for full site browsing, or am I just missing something?

Can you give me a example of a site that it shows wrong so I can see on my tablet?
 
Try out my bb , Facebook and even Google search and its in mobile format
I'm. Guessing it might have to with the fact that on the Asus u can change the default settings on the tab

That sounds like it, as all of the sites mentioned open as a normal desktop browser on mine.
 
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