iPhone User Agent Spoof - How to make all mobile websites display perfectly

[larryflynt2k]

the negative side effect of switching the user agent is that web developers will be encouraged to code only for IPHONES
for most sites you could just modify your url
for www.google.com
m.google.com
mobile.google.com
iphone.google.com
wap.google.com
www.google.com/mobile
www.google.com/iphone
www.google.com/wap

cool example: http://www.starrynight.com/widget/iphone
no user agent required...

[stflush]

Originally Posted by d.moss

can this be done through the terminal app on the pre?

Yes, once you've put the file on the phone.

[hofs1]

Originally Posted by jakelaw

I found this patch posted on a thread on the Sprint Family Locator. I was hoping it would help fix the locator not working since the last OS update. No luck, but other sites work great!

I was the guy who posted over at sprint locator...i thought the problem was u would get 3 tiny thumbnails when u tried to locate another phone using the pre's browser and they didnt zoom properly.


I getthe larger thumbnail and 2 smaller ones and if i double tap on any it fills the screen nicely.

Maybe i misunderstood what the issue was.

I attached what my screen looks like using the patch.....of course ive had it patched so long i dont remeber using sfl without it.

[hofs1]

Originally Posted by larryflynt2k

the negative side effect of switching the user agent is that web developers will be encouraged to code only for IPHONES

If u look back towards the beginning of this patch You can see that there is plenty of reference to webos in the user agent. so anyone searching browser hits will see webos as well as iphone.

[clipcarl]

Originally Posted by larryflynt2k

the negative side effect of switching the user agent is that web developers will be encouraged to code only for IPHONES

...

No, not really. Web sites use two different methods to determine the user's browser. When you actually hit the web site and it sends you a page it is doing a simple and fast string search on the fly to determine your browser. In this case, usually the web site is simply looking for the substring "iPhone" in the user agent string. However, when web sites analyze their traffic to determine what browsers users are using they use much more sophisticated log analyzers that would see this unique user agent string and easily know that it's not an iPhone. After all, this user agent string still prominently contains the substrings "Pre" and "webOS."

Also, this is the way it's always been done throughout the history of web browsers and the World Wide Web. Heck, even today Firefox, Safari, Internet Explorer, webOS, iPhone and nearly every other web browser you could care to name still have the substring "Mozilla" in their user agent strings to show web sites they are compatible with the ancient Netscape web browser. If you don't think the way this is done is correct then what you really need to do is invent a time machine and change the last 15 years of history!

Hopefully this response will put this issue to rest once and for all.

[xaiki]

just a note:
/sbin/shutdown -r now

will work more reliably than 'reboot'

[clipcarl]

Originally Posted by xaiki

just a note:
/sbin/shutdown -r now

will work more reliably than 'reboot'

In what case does /sbin/reboot not work?

[dirtygreek]

Caused a boot hangup for me as it has for others (stuck on palm screen). I can still connect using WOSQI, but I never get into Luna. Tried manually stopping and starting it from the command line in WOSQI, but to no avail. Repair utility gives me error 5 when I agree to replace a file.

[cheburashka]

Originally Posted by DefinedByClass13

Weird, this is still not working for me. I've tried with Terminal and WOSQI. All I get is "folder not found."

i had same exact problem so what i did was - when in USB mode, i put the change-user-agent file into any SUBfolder (i used DCIM... random choice). then disconnected and used INTERNALZ to move the file from /media/internal/DCIM to /media/internal/ and ran the command in the phone's terminal app. worked beautifully!

i hope this will help :-)

[BozackJenkins]

Any chance this lands on Preware?

[cheburashka]

i noticed that when the 'spoof' is applied i am unable to download anything: apps from catalog, utube videos, streaming/downloading audio from sites...

when uninstall the spoof everything works nicely again. i've done the install/uninstall a couple of times so im 100% confident its caused by the change-user-agent patch.

any1 else having this issue?

thanx

[jedwardmiller]

Not sure if this was mentioned, but the iPhone spoof is not 100%. For example, going to Zinio Labs | iPhone should allow you to view all the magazines on the site free, if you are using an iPhone. Spoofing the user agent on Safari works with this site, but the spoof for WebOS does not work. Is there any reason why this might be?

[clipcarl]

Originally Posted by jedwardmiller

Not sure if this was mentioned, but the iPhone spoof is not 100%. For example, going to Zinio Labs | iPhone should allow you to view all the magazines on the site free, if you are using an iPhone. Spoofing the user agent on Safari works with this site, but the spoof for WebOS does not work. Is there any reason why this might be?

If I make the Pre's user agent closer to that of the iPhone in order to make sites like this one work it breaks Google Maps on the Pre. This version works on almost every site but keeps Google Maps working.

[jedwardmiller]

Originally Posted by clipcarl

If I make the Pre's user agent closer to that of the iPhone in order to make sites like this one work it breaks Google Maps on the Pre. This version works on almost every site but keeps Google Maps working.

Is there a reason why this does that? Is it an issue with the Pre itself or limitations with the coding?

[mamouton]

clipcarl, I notice when I go to m.radioreference.com with the patch applied I get an error trying to stream the police scanner file is this happening because of the same reason you reference above? When I unapply the patch it streams but it just takes a long time to stream, with the patch applied I get the unable to stream immediately message. Great patch if there is nothing that can be done that is fine, I use the patch way more than listen to police scanners just thought you might want to know.

[glenada]

Is this installed in Preware for download?

[ALuckyGuy]

Just got around to looking at the new patch ClipCarl... excellent work again and, as usual, I learn a lot by reading your code. Makes me miss the days when I used to work on Unix all the time.

Just installed the patch on 1.3.5 and it works great. Thanks again for all your hard work!

[todivefor]

Originally Posted by wtgreen

Just got around to looking at the new patch ClipCarl... excellent work again and, as usual, I learn a lot by reading your code. Makes me miss the days when I used to work on Unix all the time.

Just installed the patch on 1.3.5 and it works great. Thanks again for all your hard work!

Is this the patch in the first post or is there another for 1.3.5?

[clipcarl]

Originally Posted by todivefor

Is this the patch in the first post or is there another for 1.3.5?

Yes, the universal patch in the first post works on 1.3.5.

[dwhitman]

Two minor suggestions for the opening page sticky:

1. New users might find it easier to access the Linux command line to run the script by using the dialog box available in WebOS Quick Install. This sidesteps the need to install the dev kit or a SSH program.

2. After copying the install file to /media/internal I think you need to to shift from USB mode to Just Charge. In USB mode, I got a file not found error (or some similar text) when attempting to run the script. Don't think the instructions mention this.