How to avoid mobile sites (m.xxxx)?

Gerhardt

Gerhardt

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So I upgraded to the Samsung Galaxy Note, which has the largest screen size of any phone I could find. Because of that it's a bit clunky for a phone, but I really like the larger screen. The downside is that it always routes me to the mobile version of websites, which typically don't have the good articles on the main page. ex. usatoday.com has the good stories profiled on the main page. When I access usatoday.com from the Note it takes me to their mobile site, which is missing most of the good stories.

Is there a way to get around being routed to the mobile sites?
 
Sometimes there is a little tab on the botton or top of the page that lets you go to the full version.
 
Check browser settings for "User Agent". Change from Android to "Desktop". If the default browser doesn't support that, try another such as Dolphin.
 
USA Today is so anti-aviation I don't ever click on their links anymore for anything. There's better (barely) news outlets.
 
Mafoo said:
Chrome will lie, and tell the sights you visit that you're coming from a desktop computer.
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"Lie"?? Hardly - it will simply be expressing the user preference. My Kindle Fire(rooted; running CM7 and Dolphin browser) is completely capable of viewing the desktop versions of nearly all sites that I care to visit. I have no interest in seeing sites formatted for smart phones...
 
Papa Foxtrot said:
"Lie"?? Hardly - it will simply be expressing the user preference.
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It was a joke. However go to http://www.mybrowserinfo.com/ and you will see it knows your device is an android phone. Request desktop page, and then see what the browser is telling the server your surfing the web on.

I am pretty much sure it will be a lie.

I go there with Chrome on my iPhone, it says I am on an iPhone running Mobile Safari. However when I select "Request Desktop Page", it's telling the server I am on and Intel Mac, running OS X 10.7.3, and Safari.

That's kind of a lie :)
 
And sometimes it doesn't matter. If the site detected a mobile browser once, you have a bear of a time convincing it you want/need the desktop version. Pre honeycomb, you would enter about:debug as the url then chase through the settings to set to desktop. Never once did the AOPA website care.
I don't even think about it now. I find the link that says "FULL SITE" and just go there.
 
And here I was all excited to have the solution handed to me. Grabbed my phone, only to find "not compatible with device".

But I appreciate the help anyway.
 
Mafoo said:
It was a joke. However go to http://www.mybrowserinfo.com/ and you will see it knows your device is an android phone. Request desktop page, and then see what the browser is telling the server your surfing the web on.

I am pretty much sure it will be a lie.

I go there with Chrome on my iPhone, it says I am on an iPhone running Mobile Safari. However when I select "Request Desktop Page", it's telling the server I am on and Intel Mac, running OS X 10.7.3, and Safari.

That's kind of a lie :)
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And this site just proves how much info a website can gather and how they can target you with ads related to your area.
You thought you were so anonymous. HA!
 
silver-eagle said:
And this site just proves how much info a website can gather and how they can target you with ads related to your area.
You thought you were so anonymous. HA!
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And how much you can jerk with a website if you know how to change things. ;)
 
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