What is Reddit's opinion of User Agent for Google Chrome (root required)?

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I'm not 100% sure how this might work but it could be just that they detect if you're using a mobile browser.

If you're on some Android device I think you can change the User Agent (e.g. you can make websites think you're using another browser) . I'm not sure if this is possible anymore, I remember doing it a few years back on some old rooted device. I remember this app worked however it seems really hit or miss from some of the reviews. Plus you need your phone to be rooted or it won't work.

There are a couple of apps in the Play Store that allow it but root is required. Here's one.

Here's instructions to do it manually. Again, root is required.

>Navigate to Device root/data/local Make a new file called "chrome-command-line" Fill the file with the following :  

>chrome --user-agent="Mozilla/5.0 (Macintosh; Intel Mac OS X 10_7_3) AppleWebKit/535.19 (KHTML, like Gecko) Chrome/18.0.1025.151 Safari/535.19"

If you are using a rooted android device, use https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.linuxjet.apps.ChromeUA&hl=en

Websites format according to they browser they think you are using and on what platform and screen size, this will essentially fool them into thinking you are on desktop and always show full website.

By fingerprint do you mean your browser user agent? You can get ua switchers. Right now, even though I'm on Android chrome, the internet thinks I'm on OSX. Try this one https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.linuxjet.apps.ChromeUA

I'm not entirely sure considering I haven't exactly faced this issue before (Fuck your shools IT department, I almost want to send them a glitter bomb)

But I did find https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.linuxjet.apps.ChromeUA Which will let you change the User agent for chrome and make it look like it's coming from the desktop.

Another option might be to see if the school blocks VPNS and if they don't just find a cheap one to use with your phone and then you can use your entire phone over the internet vs only the browser.

So, changing the user agent then? But if the server deliberately ignore such standards, it's also possible they'll also detect the screen size or installed font, saying gotcha and keep returning the mobile version. At which point the only solution is remote desktop. Then they bitch about why user doesn't use their mobile sites (or apps).

Maybe this would do the trick... https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.linuxjet.apps.ChromeUA&hl=fr

If you're rooted, there's this app: https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.linuxjet.apps.ChromeUA&hl=en_GB

About 8-10 years ago there was a real need for this even in the desktop context. Basically what you need to be able to do is change something called the browser's 'user agent' which is a little piece of software that sends information about your system and browser capabilities to the remote site. The site can then send content specifically formatted for your usage.

About 5 years ago, changing this user agent in the android browser was still a possibility although that no longer appears to be the case without having a rooted device.

There are applications that give the freedom/control back but, again they require a rooted device. So the answer is a technical 'yes' but a practical 'no'.

Let me introduce you to the miracle of Chrome User Agent switching.

This should work for people. Change your user agent to iPhone and just launch chrome: https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.linuxjet.apps.ChromeUA