This mods was created by me a long time ago, I am posting it now to explain it to people who don't know it yet...
If you want to enjoy full webbrowsing like on your desktop, or you want the same internet expirience as on the iphone, you can achieve that with an easy sis-files installation.
You will find that file in my CFW under "c:\_tools\" (or in the "tools" section of my blog).
Make sure the browser is closed and then install the file you want. It will let you choose which User Agent you want to use,of course you can only select one of them!
The "N8 User Agent 3.2/6.0.sis" can be installed as often as you want, no need to uninstall to change the UA, you don't even have to restart your device! Switch the UA in seconds!!
You can easily uninstall it, to restore your original browser user agent!
Those files work on any Symbian device, but the files are unsinged, so sing it or hack you phone to install it.
To explain what this is really doing if give you two examples.
Example I
if you are using the default N8 User Agent "www.kicker.de" will automatically redirect you to the mobile version of that page ("www.kicker.mobi"). If you install my mod and choose the firefox user agent, this won't happen and you will get the full version of www.kicker.de!
Example II
if you are using the firefox user agent and go to "www.youtube.com" you will not get redirected to mobile version. That means the full youtube website will show, but the full version also needs full flash support (symbian doesn't support full flash support!), so most videos won't work!!
You can still go to "m.youtube.com" manually and all videos will run as usual.
Versions
There are currently two versions available for download. The only difference between them, is the amount of available user agents you can choose from...
Personally I prefer v3.2, because those agents are enough for me and I don't have to unmark so many options during the installation.
v3.2
-Nokia N8 Belle
-iPhone 4GS
-Firefox 12.0
v6.0
-Nokia N8 Belle
-Nokia N8 Anna
-Nokia N8 PR1.2
-iPhone 4GS
-Firefox 12.0
-Android 4.0.3
-Windows Phone 7.5
-Opera 12.0
-Opera Mobile 11.10
Hi The One. Please, please, please post Tools Downloads in Medifire. :( Specially the Symbian Applications. I can't download it in Rapidshare. Thanks!
ReplyDeletei got used to my rapidshare premium account, so i forgot that there is a waiting time even for small files... of course i will reupload all tools to mediafire
ReplyDeleteYey! You're THE ONE! Thanks!
ReplyDeleteHi,
ReplyDeletei like the change of the user agent a lot (especially when choosing the iphone agent, just gives quite nice optimized mobile pages without being to ugly usually). But with these pages, i have some trouvle since i am using belle: i can not zoom in our out. It happens also for some "normal" mobile pages (using the normal n8 user agent, example: golem.de), but for some, it works fine (like spiegel.de mobile site).
Is anyone ölse having these troubles? Any suggestions? I guess it is not a matter of your CFW, but since i am using it, i want to make sure to ask in here first. I did not find anything about this in the normal belle bugs lists...
Anyway, thanks a lot for the great CFW :)
The zooming capability of the device is not a matter of the device itself, but of the website.
DeleteIf you can't zoom in, it means the web designer has chosen to disable this capability of your device.
@vince/all
ReplyDeleteall tools (except the huge phoenix installer) are available for download via mediafire!
@nikotin
some mobile apps won't let you zoom... it has nothing to do with the cfw or the user agent. especially iphone pages are very restrictive...
You're the one!!!
ReplyDeletehi The One. Is it possible for you to add a user agent for particular browsers like UC BROWSER ? Not quite sure how it all works.
ReplyDeleteMy problem is a site that i want to access (Natwest stockbrokers) When i enter my login details it will say unknown web browser then wont let me in. The only one that does is the windows 7 useragent but then the page doesn't render correctly. UC browser works a little but the browser app itself isnt brilliant, can a UC browser user agent be made ?
I can or could,should i say access the site with skyfire before they sold out and bolt browser but bolt has gone down the pan now too. The site recognised safari 5 and gecko, but i noticed on the user agents some say 'like gecko' not just 'gecko'.
Interestingly the windows 7 user agent showed as internet explorer 9.
Any help here greatly appreciated.
Hi the one, i've problems with Android UA: it don't display the google homepage same as majority the android phones; after this mod it display the desktop version. In the WP UA is the same. In the iPhone UA, its display the old version of Google for this. You can speak who UAs you're using in your mod and explain how to change it?
ReplyDeletethx and sorry for my bad english!
my javascript was disabled, so I was not working perfectly. Sorry for the inconvenience!
ReplyDeleteHi, I have installed your N8User Agent mod and works fine, finally I can open pages in desktop mode that I could not before :)
ReplyDeleteIs it possiable to make text wrapping option like in Opera browser so when zoom text fits the screen? That would be awsome!
Also I have Installed your camera mod and works like charm!
Thanks
Toni
hi toni
Deletethats not possible...
i can only change the browsers UA so it gets recognized differently by the web servers!
so the web server thinks you are on a different device and doesn't redirect automatically.
the rendering of the page itself is always handled by the symbian browser enginge, which can not be modded without the source files!
(even if we had those source files, it would be like developing an updated version of the browser, which goes far ahead of the casual modding stuff i do here...)
Hi, installing N8 UA Switch brings up an error. my phone says: component already installed. installation cancelled.
ReplyDeleteany ideas?
your phone needs to be hacked to install this mod!
Delete(or if you still have a certificate for your imei you can sign the installer)
also make sure the browser is closed when you try to install it (emails and other apps that are using the browser engine needs to be closed too)
what firmware is your phone running?
do you have any other mod installed that could conflict with my one?
on my phone i can install it as often as i want to and it works even without restarting!
Hi the one
ReplyDeleteyour app is greatful !
but is it simple to add other user agent ?
because i've flashed my n8 with offical belle release and my operator(SFR in France) doesn't want to recognise belle user agent to it tv service in 3g mode.
is it possible to add anna with 22.014 version user agent in your tool ?
or says me how I can modify your sis file to add anna (22.014) user agent?
thanks a lot
use siscontents to extract my mod...
Deleteyou will see what file is responsible for the user agent.
use navifirm to download anna and extract the file from that firmware.
you can put this manually into your phones c:\ drive or integrate it into my mod/new sis-installer to install it.
Hi,
Deletethank you very much for your response.
i've succeeded modify your sis file and add an other user agent with anna version 22.014 and i can now watch tv on my 3G network !
SFR in France are very bad because it say me i coud't watch tv on my N8 with belle anymore...
Ha ha ! i love my n8 ! and beat SFR's engineers thanks your sis file
thanks a lot
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ReplyDeleteDo you know that redtube.com doesnt work in full version with this useragent? I choose ''mozilla'' but server redirect me to mobile version. =) it is not joke, i really like watch this on my mobile phone) but... I cant do it. Can you say why?
Deletep.s.: i'm so sorry for my english
but youtube.com and other sites work perfectly in desktop version in nokia webbrowser))
Deletei know it doesn't work for all pages
Delete(for example www.20min.ch)
the problem here is, that web servers can ask for many informations (like user agent, provider, location, ip, device id, etc.).
usually pages redirect you based on the user agent only.
but if a page is asking for more informations it can detect that you are not using a pc and therefore redirect you to the mobile page.
i would have to fake more informations to support those pages, but that could cause problems (for example changing the device id, causes issues in nokia suite). so you see its not worth it...
many mobile pages offer a link (usually at top or at the bottom of the page) to go to "desktop/full" version of that page, maybe you can check for that...
The one, thanks a lot for your answer! :-) I understood all you said.
ReplyDeletethe component is build-in
Deletehow to deal with it?
my phone is nokia 603 fp1
thx
sorry
Deletethe wrong place
the component is build-in
ReplyDeletehow to deal with it?
my phone is nokia 603 fp1
thx
this issue occurs because of one of this possibilities:
Delete1:
-you selected more than one user agent at once during the installation
-only select one to solve your problem!
2:
you device is hacked with rompatcher/installserver patch...
like widgets and other built in stuff, installserver patch gives you this error.
to bypass this issue you need to hack your phone via installserver.exe by coderus.
on belle fp1, hacked installserver only works from z:\ (so you need to flash your phone!)
Hi,
ReplyDeleteI tried to install this on my 808 but got error "Installation failed. Components already existing". Double checked that I didn't already installed this. Any ideas?
Thank you in advance,
Roman
BTW: I did not hacked the phone
Deletethe installer is unsigned, you need a hacked phone.
Deletehacking it via rompatcher won't be enough, because installserver-patch will cause "component built-in" errors for stuff thats already present in z:\ or c:\
(like widgets, or mods like this)
you need a hacked installserver.exe by coderus.
(sadly on fp1 devices that only works from z:\ so you need to flash)
if you don't want to flash your phone, you can use rompatcher and open4all patch to get full access to c:\.
that way you could extract and place my mod manually on your phone.
Hi,
Deleteafter trying all settings in the N8 and 808 user agent, none of them contains a real desktop useragent. the site whatsmyuseragent.com displays that I'm on mobile browser. would it be possible to create a firefox desktop user agent?
Thanks
why do you want to use the build-in browser? Opera Mobile 12 is much much better.
Deletethat's because opera can't display neither facebook desktop version nor mobile.facebook.com and the main reason: Flash is missing.
DeleteThank you very much! :)
ReplyDelete