[HTC EVO 3D] laie1472:
Don't know if this has been covered or not here but I figured I'd post if it hasn't and for users who are not aware of this. If it has then someone let me know and I'll ask for the thread to be removed.

Now I use the default browser alot because "Imo" its a nice and fast browser and suits my needs. But I was frustrated when I went into settings and unchecked mobile view in the default web browsers settings and yet some web pages still came up as the mobile version. So after some google searching I stumble upon a nice little tip. I'm sure more advanced users/members might already know this but it was new to me. Henceforth.

To make the default web browser show desktop mode for all websites try this.

Open up the web browser. Then in the address bar type

about:debug and press the "go" key on your keyboard.

Then hit menu and choose the setting option for the browser.

Then scroll down and you wil see a new list of settings. Then choose the one that says "UA String" tap on that and choose desktop. Then back out of your settings menu and go back to the address bar and type

about:debug

Then hit the search key/arrow next to the address bar and it will return the browser back to its normal state.

However the setting will not stick if you reboot or close the browser via app manger. ""I think as long as you keep the browser running it should stick"" However the settings do remain they just have to be activated again. So say you reboot or close the web browser. When reopen it just type

about:debug and hit the go key.

Then immediately after that just type

about:debug and hit the search key/arrow

to reactivate them again.

It might seem like alot but it actually can be done in just a few seconds and its worth it to me. And I'm sure there are alot of browsers on the android market that can make it alot easier but I perfer the stock browser. And it very well could be different methods of achieving this but this but, I don't have the knowledge and this way seems to work. Also if you check the "smooth rotate" option it give the browser a nice little animation when going from landscape to portrait or vice versa. Also it makes switching views a bit faster. I'm still searching google for what the rest of the options are for and what's the risks and benefits of them because I don't know. So I advise not to altar anything your not familiar with. But if you do happen to know what the other options are for and if they could speed up the browser please post the info. As I wrote above this if this has been covered elsewhere post it and I will ask a mod to remove this thread asap. Well hope some members with the evo3d will find this helpful or fun.

Updated 05/06/12

I've also noticed this.

When I enable WiFi power lock it give you better download speeds.

Also if your like me and download a lot of files via stock browser after a while I noticed that my downloads will be a tad slower than say three weeks ago even after I cleaned cache via app and via recovery. What I've noticed is that the stock browser keeps a record of all your downloads. If you tap menu then select

downloads you will see what I mean. Now these are linked to your sd card's download folder. So what I did was create a download2 folder on my sd used root explorer to move all of my files from my download folder to my download2 folder. Then I reopened the stock browse and went to downloads and checked all of my downloads

"It was quite a few" and deleted them. After that I rebooted and the stock browser was back to downloading at the usual speeds. Not saying that this effected the download speeds to much but I want every bit of performance out of my phone Lol. If you try this don't forget to move what ever files you have in your download folder on your sd to a seperate folder because if you don't and you delete them from the browser you will erase them from your sd as well. Hope members can find this useful.