How to Change UA of Firefox without any Add On
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Yesterday I decided to download Mobile Rediff.
It is a rediffmail client and can also backup contacts to its server.
I want to keep every app that I download for later use.
In my Nokia 2730 classic, default browser is Opera Mini.
So I was unable to download it as the UA differs.
Also I need the JAD file to get the signed app.
UC Browser is always a better option as it can use phone's UA.
I had to download the JAD file, then open it with a text editor to get the URL of the JAR file.
I tried to go to rediff's mobile site to download the app.
But it showed my phone is not supported.
And It was not possible to download it in PC
But I wanted to have the app.
So I changed the UA of Mozilla Firefox to
that of Nokia 5130xm and now I could easily download the app.
So here I describe how.
- Open Mozilla Firefox, then type about:config in the address bar.
You will see a warning that this can void your warranty(Firefox has a
warranty???), click I'll be carefull, I promise.
Then you will see a page with lots of strings and values.
Right click anywhere and select New>String
Then a box will appear. Enter general.useragent.override
- Click OK and now enter desired UA. You can find a list of UA of various
browsers in a previous post.
- Now you are done.
To reset the UA to default, again go to the about:config page.
In the searchbar, search for general.useragent.override
Then right click the string and select Reset.
This is extremely useful when a site only opens in a specific browser and you want to open it in firefox
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