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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
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