Hello,

I just received my N900 and here is my first issue .

SFR (French provider owned by Vodafone) proxify all HTTP request and filters on the user agent (not to allow people to use their computer as a modem...)...
N900 User agent present Mozilla, so the request are filtered. When I modifyed the user agent via "about:config" , this is only activated during the session. As soon as I shutdown the browser and launch it again, the user agent is reset to the factory one.

What could I do ?

in
~/.mozilla/firefox/PROFILE_ID.default/prefs.js

modify or add to taste:
user_pref("general.useragent.extra.firefox", "Firefox/4.0.0");

Or the alternative is to wait the 17th of December & see if a proper 3G provider will come to the French market...

Yann, how/where did you get that N900 ?... :-)

Just received it from my order at Nokia France today

I do not have a firefox folder in ~/.mozilla is that normal?

Aha ! Typical French privilege ! Promotional introductory price of 649€ (980$) instead of 749€ (1,130$) ! Great bargain ! Get 'em while they last !
http://boutique.nokia.fr/nokia-fr/de...ink=firstlvnav
Although I do seem to remember that 649€ was the announced price for France from the very start, and already a world record :-)

Normal usage ...

Modify user.js for permanent modification.

Same as in firefox on desktop pc.

you should be able to bypass proxy by using mobile apn instead of wap.

they usually use novarra to transcode web content for fauture phones

update, it looks like i misread but if you are using wap apn try internet apn anyway

No, they directly proxied the 80 port with a transparent proxy....

I may be mistaken but I believe they are still calling the browser MicroB.
so the file to edit is:
/home/user/.mozilla/microb/prefs.js

However, I can't get that to stick.
Thus see: http://browser-extras.garage.maemo.org/news/8/
Open this in the Application Manager http://browser-extras.garage.maemo.o...itcher.install (add the repo, then install the add-on)
Close any search toolbar widgets running, close the browser 2-3 times.
Then navigate to chrome://useragentswitcher/content/config.html

And a good list of user agents is at http://useragentstrings.com
perhaps pretend to be a iphone? You might have to play with it depending on what your cellular ISP allows.