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Useragent Switcher for FF 4 Android

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Brian M K
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I need a User Agent String to make Firefox for Android be seen as Internet Explorer 11 / Operating System Windows 10 so I can download a driver for my Windows 10 PC so I can connect to the net.

Currently only my Android devices can connect to the net. The websites I connect to in order to get the drivers see my Android devices as Android and won't let me access the Windows Update files.

I need a User Agent String to make Firefox for Android be seen as Internet Explorer 11 / Operating System Windows 10 so I can download a driver for my Windows 10 PC so I can connect to the net. Currently only my Android devices can connect to the net. The websites I connect to in order to get the drivers see my Android devices as Android and won't let me access the Windows Update files.

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Paul
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Hi

You should be able to find an add-on that can help with that. I recommend having a look at the Firefox for Android add-ons site.

I hope this helps, but if not, please come back here and we can look into a different solution for you.

jscher2000 - Support Volunteer
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There was an add-on named Phony that made switching user agents easy, but I don't remember whether it had Internet Explorer as an option.

James
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jscher2000 said

There was an add-on named Phony that made switching user agents easy, but I don't remember whether it had Internet Explorer as an option.

https://addons.mozilla.org/android/addon/phony/

It does list Microsoft IE

Also https://addons.mozilla.org/android/addon/custom-user-agent-string/

However even if you change the UA to appear as a certain IE version on certain Windows it does not mean it will work.