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yannj is offline yannj
2009-11-25 , 17:58
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Hello,

I just received my N900 and here is my first issue .

SFR (French provider owned by Vodafone) proxify all HTTP request and filters on the user agent (not to allow people to use their computer as a modem...)...
N900 User agent present Mozilla, so the request are filtered. When I modifyed the user agent via "about:config" , this is only activated during the session. As soon as I shutdown the browser and launch it again, the user agent is reset to the factory one.

What could I do ?
 
fabien is offline fabien
2009-11-25 , 19:41
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in
~/.mozilla/firefox/PROFILE_ID.default/prefs.js

modify or add to taste:
user_pref("general.useragent.extra.firefox", "Firefox/4.0.0");

Or the alternative is to wait the 17th of December & see if a proper 3G provider will come to the French market...
 
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2009-11-25 , 19:51
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Yann, how/where did you get that N900 ?... :-)
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yannj is offline yannj
2009-11-25 , 20:15
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Just received it from my order at Nokia France today
 
yannj is offline yannj
2009-11-25 , 21:51
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I do not have a firefox folder in ~/.mozilla is that normal?
 
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2009-11-25 , 22:06
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Aha ! Typical French privilege ! Promotional introductory price of 649€ (980$) instead of 749€ (1,130$) ! Great bargain ! Get 'em while they last !
http://boutique.nokia.fr/nokia-fr/de...ink=firstlvnav
Although I do seem to remember that 649€ was the announced price for France from the very start, and already a world record :-)
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2009-11-25 , 22:34
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Normal usage ...

Modify user.js for permanent modification.

Same as in firefox on desktop pc.
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asidana is offline asidana
2009-11-25 , 22:38
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you should be able to bypass proxy by using mobile apn instead of wap.

they usually use novarra to transcode web content for fauture phones

update, it looks like i misread but if you are using wap apn try internet apn anyway
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yannj is offline yannj
2009-11-25 , 22:59
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No, they directly proxied the 80 port with a transparent proxy....
 
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2009-11-25 , 23:26
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I may be mistaken but I believe they are still calling the browser MicroB.
so the file to edit is:
/home/user/.mozilla/microb/prefs.js

However, I can't get that to stick.
Thus see: http://browser-extras.garage.maemo.org/news/8/
Open this in the Application Manager http://browser-extras.garage.maemo.o...itcher.install (add the repo, then install the add-on)
Close any search toolbar widgets running, close the browser 2-3 times.
Then navigate to chrome://useragentswitcher/content/config.html

And a good list of user agents is at http://useragentstrings.com
perhaps pretend to be a iphone? You might have to play with it depending on what your cellular ISP allows.
 
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