iPod touch Safari: Inhibit redirection to mobile version of websites?

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Chew

macrumors member

Original poster

• May 21, 2010

• #1

Hey folks,

I wondered if the automatic redirection of some websites to their mobile versions in Safari Mobile can inhibited somehow. Sometimes I don't like the mobile versions and would rather wish to surf the original websites.

Any advices?

 

whooleytoo

macrumors 604

• May 21, 2010

• #2

Chew said:

Hey folks,

I wondered if the automatic redirection of some websites to their mobile versions in Safari Mobile can inhibited somehow. Sometimes I don't like the mobile versions and would rather wish to surf the original websites.

Any advices?

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I'm not aware of any generic method of doing this, but I have found that a lot of sites only have the redirection on their initial page - so if you can bookmark any other non-mobile page on their site, and follow the links from there, you can get around the redirection.

 

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Rampant.A.I.

macrumors 6502a

• May 21, 2010

• #3

I would just go ahead and download a 3rd party browser.

I've tried nearly all of the replacement web browsers available in the App store, and Perfect Browser and Atomic Web are among the best.

Both provide a "spoofing" feature, where you can have the browser identify itself as any desktop or mobile browser you choose, and avoid the mobile versions of pages whenever you like.

 

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slomifier

macrumors regular

• May 22, 2010

• #4

Unless it's jailbroken, I don't think there is a way

If it is jailbroken, go into cydia/rock, and search for "UAFaker". Its a SBSettings plugin that prevents mobile site redirection by making the website think that your using a desktop