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Which browser does support proxies?
I'm runing ICS 4.1.1 on a Nexus. I'd like to set up a web proxy at home so I can filter pages before reading them on my Nexus when connecting over 3G (not Wi-Fi).
I looked around the settings of the ...
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Method to change browser User Agent based on site
Dolphin Browser can be configured to act as one of a range of User Agents (Android, (full) Desktop, other phones...). But this is for every site visited until you want to change the settings to some ...
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How do I set custom search engines in Android?
For years now, on every browser I own, Firefox, Opera, Chrome and Internet Explorer, I've assigned w as a shortcut/keyword to the custom search engine ...
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Browser pauses a long time before starting to load a page
Whether I enter a URL directly, or whether another app invokes my browser (e.g. Google News & Weather when clicking on a headline), the browser pauses for a while (maybe half a minute, maybe ...
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What's the easiest way to paste my current address or zip-code into a web field in my browser?
Many web services have you dump your zip code (e.g. radio station locators) or address (for bus directions) into some fields on a form to give you information. Obtaining this data seems tedious (go ...
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Is there a way to preserve tabs that were open in Froyo 2.2's stock browser?
When my Droid X's Froyo 2.2 browser gets killed for whatever reason (reboot, memory manager killing it), it loses 100% of its open tabs and reopens with Google's home page in a single tab.
If you ...
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Browsers that use compression
I know that Opera Mini is available on Android. Are there any other browsers available that compress content to work faster when not on Wi-fi or 3g?
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Can the default browser be upgraded without upgrading the whole OS?
Can android 2.2 default browser be upgraded (without upgrading the whole OS) ?
Unfortunately, it is not available through Android market as far as I know.
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How can I search for or find text within a web page on the android browser?
How can I search for or find text within a web page on the android browser?
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The name of the default android browser
does anyone know if the standard Android browser that comes pre-installed on the cell phones has its own name? Every browser on the market has one - Safari, FF, Fennec, Dolphin, etc. But the "standard ...
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what does “auto-fit pages” do in the browser
In the stock Android browser, what exactly does "auto-fit pages" do?
From my experimenting with it, the answer appears to be "Diddly-squat".
Perhaps a better question would be "What is is supposed ...
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How can I change the default search box to use another browser?
I've installed Dolphin which I love, but the search box on the homepage always defaults to the regular browser. I'd prefer it just go into Dolphin right away..how can I do this?
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Ctrl+Click to open in new tab
I use ASUS Transformer with the keyboard attached.
In Google Chrome for Android, I would like to use Ctrl+Click to open up a new tab which contains the website where the link is pointing to, just as ...
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Why sometimes does my lower menu (ADWLauncher - Dockbar) disappears?
I have the following Android Desktop, using Cyanogenmod:
Sometimes, I don't remember how or why, it becomes like this:
As you can see, the lower menu (dockbar) just disappears, and only ...
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How can I increase the max windows for the stock browser?
I use the stock browser, and I find it's the best for my purposes. One thing is annoying, however -- I can't have more than four windows open. Is there a way to increase this? I have a Galaxy S ...
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How to stop web browser offering to sign into Google account
This question seems to be all over various forms, but i haven't yet found an answer.
On my Android phone, the stock web browser offers to sign in to my Google account when i visit Google websites. At ...
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How to export bookmarks from default android browser?
I am using LG P500 phone, running Android 2.3 (Gingerbread).
I want to export bookmarks from default browser of my android phone.
Can any one suggest me how to do that?
I have checked settings of ...
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Why Browser Tabs Reload After Restoring Back From Multi-Tasking?
When i have tabs opened no matter in which browser and restore back to that browser due to previous multi-tasking, i get all tabs reloading (or would it be more correct to say, loading again from ...
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Google cache links in search results
When searching for something while the target is offline its most convenient to click on Google's cache link for that certain target or search result. But I don't see such link on my android phone ...
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How to force load desktop version of website (changing user-agent doesn't work)?
Some webpages forces mobile version even I change user-agent.
I changed user-agent in built-in browser and "Dolphin Browser HD",
I am checking it on page www.user-agent-string.info
Main problem is ...
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How to browse file:/// URLs on my Android device?
I have some extensive documentation in HTML format that I want to carry around with me. On my old Gingerbread phone, I was able to save the entire "site" onto the phone's sd card and browse it with ...
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Unable to download from an authenticated webserver
On my Galaxy S3 / ICS handset, and also I expect on my previous Galaxy S / Froyo I'm unable to save any links from my web server due to the fact that it requires a user authentication. I can browse ...
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App to automatically download and view a list of web pages offline
I have a very specific workflow that I can't find a simple solution for.
I want to be able to make a list of web pages to read offline. Not articles, whole web pages. And I want to keep them ...
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A reader for big HTML files and/or zipped HTML bundles?
I'd like to read a moderately big HTML file - about 3M. Another option is to have it split in several interlinked HTMLs.
Cool reader is the closest. Though it:
either crashes/gets out of memory, I ...
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Why does my HTC Desire browser crash on startup after update?
after I've applied recent OTA update (2.29.405.2) to my HTC Desire I can't use built-in browser anymore. It crashes every time I run it. Here is a stacktrace:
12-08 20:13:45.929: ...
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Is there a way to use PC browser bookmarklets with the Android Browser or Dolphin HD?
Can I make these work on Android or is there a google place to create or convert bookmarklets to make them Android Compatible?
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Browser keyboard refresh shortcut for Android 2.3.7?
I would like to know if there is any way to associate a keyboard shortcut for refreshing a webpage in Android with physical keyboard version 2.3.7.
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Android default browser crashes on accessing specific page (no error message)
When I access this page from my default Android browser:
http://blog.mylookout.com/blog/2011/12/06/carrieriq/
it loads up fine, but:
If I click / tap / double-tap anywhere on this page, it exits
If ...
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Android Browser Brightness Setting
The web browser application on my Samsung Droid Charge has a Brightness Setting that can be accessed from the menu button while the browser is running. There is no setting to have the browser ...
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android browser with 3rd party image blocking capability?
For Firefox 4 for Windows there is for slow connections a really useful image block addon
https://addons.mozilla.org/de/firefox/addon/quickimage/
Unfortunately Firefox mobile is pretty slow and the ...
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How to select ALL text in web browser?
On my Nexus One's built-in browser, I am able to copy web page text to the clipboard by:
selecting Settings > More > Select
text,
then dragging my finger from top to
bottom (of the screen), seeing ...
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Is there a browser that will display Armenian letters?
I have just got a an HTC Desire as a present and I want to view www.mathnet.am which is an Armenian site. But insted of Armenian letters I see squares. I have read some advices in some forums, but ...
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How do I prevent the Browser and Dolphin HD from deleting old history entries?
So I've noticed that for both the default browser and for the Dolphin HD browser, all the history entries get deleted when you go beyond a certain number of pages visited. Does anyone know how I can ...
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Default browser doesn't play embedded music from a website
Today I came upon a situation where I had a website which had an embedded player in it which plays sample music. To my surprise I came to know that the Android 2.3 default browser or Opera web browser ...
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Are they any browsers without double-tap zoom feature?
I am looking for a browser to use on an Android tablet or mobile device that either does not have a double-tap zoom feature or where the double-tap zoom feature can be disabled. There are other uses ...
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How to download files from the Web in the Android Browser?
This is probably quite a stupid question, but after trying for a long while to figure it out,
I still cannot convince my Android browser to save the file from a web link. If the link is a
picture , ...
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How can I see the browsing history and bookmarks in the stock browser?
I have an SGS with Froyo. I can't seem to find the browsing history in the stock browser. I'm also only able to access bookmarks (or favorites, or shortcuts) from inside the browser.
How can they ...
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How usable is the Android browser on “average” web sites?
I'm thinking about buying an Android phone to use for light web browsing while traveling. How well does the Android browser work on average web pages? Besides the smaller screen and lack of flash are ...
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Pinch-zoom not pure zoom in Web browser on HTC Desire Z because text is auto-re-formatted: irritating / layouts break
When I (multi-touch) pinch to zoom and release my fingers from touching the screen to see the zoomed display, the Android web browser on the HTC Desire Z performs a shrink-to-fit re-format of the page ...
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Is There A Browser Which Makes It Easy/Possible To Search From The Address Bar?
For those familiar with the Google Chrome browser, I'm looking for the feature which basically treats the address bar as a search bar when not navigating to a site. I would find this handy since it's ...
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Set a particular browser as “always”
I have Galaxy Nexus with JB. I got stock browser on it and Chrome and I also installed Firefox just to keep it there since I'm a developer and I can test stuff on all three.
But the question I'm ...
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Is it possible to specify multiple home pages for the default android browser?
That is, I want my browser to start with two tabs open, set to two different URLs.
I have tried putting "google.com | facebook.com" into the URL but that does not seem to achieve the intended effect.
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Save an image in Android browser
When I save an image from a WebPage in android browser, can you please tell me where does that go? Which directory does that file go?
I tried mounting the phone to my computer, but I can't find that ...
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Why does the vertical size of the scroll bar change?
When I scroll down a web page the scroll bar appears and constantly changes size as I scroll
What does this size relate to?
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Cannot play videos in any browser only in player
I use Opera for Android but the same problem exists in the stock browser as well as Mozilla.
Until about a week ago I could play videos from the web in the browser but now when I click on the video ...
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How to make stock browser stop asking which browser I want to use?
I know almost this exact question title was asked, but the original asker stated that he had not set any browser as a default. I, on the other hand, ALWAYS select the stock web browser as the default.
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Internet - How to stop Popup windows appearing in a small overlay
On my HTC Desire phone I use a chess website. One of the links on that website opens a popup window displaying a chess board and other items. On my PC it opens in a new tab of my browser, that is ...
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How to disable double tap for page-home on Samsung Galaxy S2?
After wondering and getting annoyed by my phone sometimes just jumping to the beginning of a web Page, I finally found out that it's a new Feature of the internet browser. Double tapping on the top of ...
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Manage specific cookies in Browser?
I would like to manage cookies in the Android browser beyond just "Clear cookie data".
What I want to do, ideally, is have the ability to delete individual cookies from a list sorted by domain name, ...
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Android Browser Privacy Settings: “Clear cookies” and “clear cache”
I have a couple of questions about privacy and Android phones, though it probably relates to the windows phone as well and welcome the thoughts of any developers.
Do the 'clear cookies' and or 'clear ...
