IE11 showing only "mobile version"

[akks]

Is everyone having this bug with wp8.1 dev preview,or only me? Even after setting desktop version, the sites are loaded in mobile version only. It's quite annoying. Will a hard reset fix it? Or is there any other work around? I already tried soft reset, no help...
NB: On Nokia Lumia 820 India. Wp8.1
Sorry if this has been asked here before,I couldn't find by searching on my mobile.. Please help

 

[ven07]

Mine is set to "desktop" and works as it should, but it only gives me the desktop version for some sites for google.com i can get desktop, but for youtube.com i automatically get mobile version.. so you're not alone.. did you have a specific site, maybe i can check and report back

 

[akks]

Facebook.com, flipkart.com,YouTube.com even wpcentral.. Almost all the sites I use are shown in mobile version only.. Yeah as you said I think some sites have no problem...

 

[Ripper Cornelio]

This site for example, before with gdr3 i could open mpbile/desktop site with no prboblem but now on wp8.1 IE only opens mobile versi?n

 

[ven07]

Facebook, youtube and flipkart all open automatically in mobile version.. But wpcentral opens in desktop version for me :/

 

[akks]

Facebook, youtube and flipkart all open automatically in mobile version.. But wpcentral opens in desktop version for me :/

You are right.. Rechecked. Now wpcentral is opening in desktop view only.Yesterday it was seen in mobile view only.. May be MS is working on it..

 

[ashram]

responsive web design at work. it takes your browser's resolution and dynamically adjusts the page.

 

[ven07]

responsive web design at work. it takes your browser's resolution and dynamically adjusts the page.

Yupp pretty nice

 

[JaiMento]

If you are set to load the desktop version, but the mobile version still loads, you need to click the site's built in link to switch to view full (desktop) version of site. Once you do that, the site will load in the desktop version whenever you go there.

For instance, load YouTube.com, click the 3 lines to load the sidebar, scroll down, click desktop and the site will load the desktop version. Then, even if you close the tab and go to YouTube.com in a different tab, it will open the desktop version.

 

[ven07]

If you are set to load the desktop version, but the mobile version still loads, you need to click the site's built in link to switch to view full (desktop) version of site. Once you do that, the site will load in the desktop version whenever you go there.

For instance, load YouTube.com, click the 3 lines to load the sidebar, scroll down, click desktop and the site will load the desktop version. Then, even if you close the tab and go to YouTube.com in a different tab, it will open the desktop version.

Nice find mate!

 

[akks]

If you are set to load the desktop version, but the mobile version still loads, you need to click the site's built in link to switch to view full (desktop) version of site. Once you do that, the site will load in the desktop version whenever you go there.

For instance, load YouTube.com, click the 3 lines to load the sidebar, scroll down, click desktop and the site will load the desktop version. Then, even if you close the tab and go to YouTube.com in a different tab, it will open the desktop version.

No, I did make facebook desktop view as you told.. Still next time I log in, its again mobile site only..

 

[JaiMento]

No, I did make facebook desktop view as you told.. Still next time I log in, its again mobile site only..

Yeah, just tried Facebook. Apparently, it doesn't work for all sites, but it does work for some. It's worth a shot.

 

[akks]

Yeah, just tried Facebook. Apparently, it doesn't work for all sites, but it does work for some. It's worth a shot.

Yeah, you are right..

 

[iamtheking93]

i have this issue too with 8.1, you could use UC browser for now , for some reason it works just fine strange since it uses the kernel of the IE.

 

[akks]

I was very much excited about IE11.. But now this looks like only a beta version of IE11... Hopefully we will get a fix soon... I think this is a global problem..
Is there anyone with WP 8.1 dev preview not having this bug?
Try loading www.facebook.com from IE11 and check if the desktop version is loaded or not(after enabling "desktop version" in settings)

 

[bingMe]

I'm in the same boat. For instance, in eBay, the full desktop version works completely fine while searching and navigating but when I select an item it takes me to its hideous mobile page. I tried scrolling to the bottom of the page and selecting the desktop version but I get an error page and in the address bar it gives me something that looks like a phone number. And before thus suggestion is made, yes, I do have the browser set to display desktop pages only. Anyone running ie11 in 8.1 please try going to a bidding page of an item and see if you are able to get beyond the mobile page without error it would be highly appreciated

 

[LWILLITS123]

In IE go to the settings and turn data sense to off. This seemed to fix it for YouTube and others. Not facebook though.

 

[dandunk]

My issue is with Facebook. Before, I had ie set to desktop but when I would go to Facebook I would use m.facebook.com. This gave me a kind of hybrid version, I guess. I wouldn't have to scroll, scroll, scroll. Just hit "see more stories". And it would open the next series of stories. I could walk away from it and when I came back, it was in the same place. It seemed to filter all the gaming junk out and gave me options similar to the full site. Now it is either use full site which refreshes to top when anything else is opened or use the mobile version which is as bad as the app. Back to top every time you click on something. Turned off data sense and played around with other settings. Any clues?

 

[akks]

So there is apparently no one who can load desktop version of facebook by typing www.facebook.com in IE11 of wp8.1 dev preview, ain't it?

 

[daredevildan]

If you are set to load the desktop version, but the mobile version still loads, you need to click the site's built in link to switch to view full (desktop) version of site. Once you do that, the site will load in the desktop version whenever you go there.

For instance, load YouTube.com, click the 3 lines to load the sidebar, scroll down, click desktop and the site will load the desktop version. Then, even if you close the tab and go to YouTube.com in a different tab, it will open the desktop version.

Quoting for more visibility and confirmed it works for me too. Was very frustrated to the point I was using another browser. Thanks!