Is there a way to disable the "iPhone-friendly" version of the Facebook page when visiting it on an iPhone/iPod Touch?

Asked by clari0n (52

) September 8th, 2009

I’ve found myself increasingly frustrated with the Facebook page on my iPhone. I have the latest update to the Facebook app (3.0.2) and I find it infinitely better than previous versions. However, sometimes I just need to visit the site (for example, someone has posted a URL to something on Facebook via Twitter).

In those cases, clicking the URL begins to load the page, but then reverts to the iPhone version, which doesn’t support all the features of the full page, or even the app at this point. Even then clicking “regular version” at the bottom of the page, and then trying the link again won’t work.

If there is a Facebook app for the device, and it’s free, why is Facebook even still redirecting in Safari? And more importantly, is there any way to make it stop?

If it helps any, my iPhone is jailbroken, and I’m aware that there’s a user-agent faker app, but I’ve tried it and it didn’t seem to work for me. I’d also prefer if there was a method that didn’t require jailbreaking, but any and all suggestions are welcome.

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I think that when you get redirected to iphone.facebook.com, scroll down and click the link the says “Need to access the regular Facebook site?”

That should take you to the desktop version of the site.

TheCreative (1210

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@TheCreative There is a link at the bottom, and it works to access the full site, but if I do that and then go back and try the link I needed, it will automatically revert to the iPhone version. I’m hoping there’s a way to make it always use the full site, like a setting somewhere or something like that.

clari0n (52

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the URL for the Mobile version is http://m.facebook.com—replace the m with www and it will take you to the full site. You may have to log in (check “Remember Me”) but it then will stay on the page you want. However, there is no way I know of to set the full version as your default in Safari.

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