I have galaxy nexus with andriod 4.1.2 and i want to install officall .4.2 when it came here. On Nov 17, 2012 2:07 AM, "TimOnGmail" <[email protected]> wrote:
> Hey all... > > When I search from my Google Search widget (Galaxy Nexus, Android 4.2), > and also from the standard Android browser, it ALWAYS returns biased search > results. > > That is to say, it favors: > > Google Play store > Android application-oriented results > Displays a "card" with what it thinks is what I most want (eg. weather > card, flight arrival time card, restaurant review card) > > ... instead of just giving me an unbiased set of search results. > > Does anyone know if there is any way to make the Google Search widget (and > google search from the standard browser) return regular, unbiased results, > as if I were using a desktop browser? > > I can do this by turning on "Request Desktop Site" (tho' that doesn't seem > to work too well for the standard browser, but instead works in Chrome and > Firefox), but I don't want to do that. I'd like the Google Search widget > to return results that ignore the fact that I'm on a phone. Most of the > time I want to see the regular, unbiased results, and instead I get lots of > pointers to apps I can buy or what Google thinks I want to see. I'd like > some way of turning this off. > > Is there some other search widget that does this, if it's impossible to > turn off? > > I'm starting to hate Google for forcing me to view what it thinks I want > to see. > > By the way, no need to mention the idea of turning off showing > "personalized" results on my Google account. Doing that has no effect on > these results, I've found. > > - Tim > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "Android Discuss" group. > To view this discussion on the web visit > https://groups.google.com/d/msg/android-discuss/-/utwkZWNVc4cJ. > To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > [email protected]. > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/android-discuss?hl=en. > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Android Discuss" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected]. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/android-discuss?hl=en.
