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I am asking this here because I know there are geeks on the loose ere.
Today, I realized, Duh, that the internet search protocol on a smart phone is different than that of a computer.
I did a search today, looking for a specific reference, "Eph 2:8, Faith is a gift of God". and the Samsung S4 could not find it. When I got home and on my computer, Google went right to it.
This majorly interferes with the way I do things away from home. My search box on my phone even says "Google", but does not yield the same results. So, now I am wondering if I should just drag my laptop around, and use my hotspot if there is no wifi? Maybe that won't work the same either?
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Part of the issue isn't so
Part of the issue isn't so much the search engine, it's how the phone/device reports itself to the search engine. Mobile sites are often crippled compared to the full sites. Fry's web site, for example, doesn't even have a search engine option at all for the mobile site, but the main site has a search field.
Did you try to go to the google web site, THEN do the search, or were you using the built in search box?
You could also try a different mobile browser rather than the built in one.
I'll get a life when it's proven and substantiated to be better than what I'm currently experiencing.
There are some browsers, or
There are some browsers, or browser add ons, that can disguise the mobile browser as a desktop browser. Atomic browser on iOS can do it I think and firefox with the phony add on can. Using this will gqt you the desktop version of any site even if there isn't a 'go to desktop version' link.
?Part of the issue?
It's the whole issue, you phone reports that it's a 'mobile', and sites restrict what they send you for limited data & small display problems. The most technically easy (if physically cumbersome) solution is the laptop/hotspot combo, but the add-on mobile hiders should do the same thing, I'd just be careful when to switch it on/off because some of the mobile site options are better for phone displays than the full site would be.
I.E.
...in my computer "Bookstore" (my cell phone is not very smart at all) Internet Explorer makes no pretense of browsing but just grabs a book off the virtual shelf and sits down at one of those uncomfortable chairs you find and just sits for hours....
Love, Andrea Lena