Among the well known mobile web browsers, Opera Mini is not limited to mobile phones but, you can have it running on your Desktop as well. This can be easily done using some emulator programs that behave like a mobile phone and these emulators run as a desktop application on your system.
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For those who are behind the firewalls and need to unblock websites but their Administrations (in colleges, offices) are not allowing to do them so, Opera Mini hack works like a charm as the sites are transfered through Opera Mini servers which hides your original requests from your college or office proxy servers.
How to Install Emulator and Opera Mini on Ubuntu
- First you need to have Java in your system. To check java in your system you can use command
java -version
If you don’t see any version then download sun-java6-jre from synaptic.
- Next, download the Microemulator.
- Also download Opera Mini .jad and .jar files from opera.com.
- Open Terminal (Accessories >> Terminal) and change directory to downloaded microemulator directory and run command
java -jar microemulator.jar
In emulator go in Options->Select devices.. and choose Resizable device.
- Locate Opera Mini .jad file from emulator File -> Open MIDlet File
Now you will see Opera Mini option with start button. Just click start and load Opera Mini.
Update 1: If you’re behind the proxy server then set proxy in Microemulator for Opera Mini by editing the file - $home/.microemulator/config2.xml Here you can set the proxies in this format inside config tag:
<config><system-properties><system-property name=”http.proxyHost” value=”Your-Proxy-Address”></system-property><system-property name=”http.proxyPort” value=”Your-Proxy-Port”></system-property><system-property name=”http.nonProxyHosts” value=”localhost”></system-property></system-properties></config>
Just add your proxy address (or ip) and port where it says “Your-Proxy-Address” and ”Your-Proxy-Port“.
Drop a line if this post was useful for you. Let me know for any error while installation.
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Hey – all good up to the point where facebook refuses my log in and asks me to login “at a computer” instead.
Ubuntu 10.04, java version “1.6.0_18″ OpenJDK Runtime Environment (IcedTea6 1.8.1) (6b18-1.8.1-0ubuntu1) OpenJDK Server VM (build 16.0-b13, mixed mode). microemulator-2.0.4, opera-mini-5.1.21214-advanced-en.jar.
Many thanks.
Hey – after logging on at a normal connection I can now use your hack and access facebook. Time wasted in the pursuit of wasting time.
Can I change opera mini’s settings to display like standard opera?
Regards.
There you go. You solved the issue urself!
And regarding the display, you can’t change it. The web browser is designed for mobile phones and will look as if it is running there only!
You must check: “In emulator go in Options->Select devices.. and choose Resizable device.”
This will get you what you need!
I first get a message that Opera is trying to install.
Then I get the error message below:
Unable to connect to the Internet. Please check your settings.
I am behind a proxy server. How do I configure it? Where is the settings to be set?
If you’re behind the proxy server then set proxy in Microemulator for Opera Mini by editing the file
$home/.microemulator/config2.xml
here you can set the proxies in this format inside config tag :
I have added the config tag to the post above, scroll up and have a look!
Great! Thanks! Now it is working like a charm
Hai mani, thanks for your article. This is awesome. But, I try to downloading a file (update for anti-virus database file) but it is failed. Just popup warning you’re request for http:///…./file.exe but no download. Is it possible to download from opera mini? I am using opera mini 5.
sir,how to install flash player plugin for opera mini running on micro emulator. can we see the youtube videos like we see directly on mobile using opera mini.. if any other way also please tell, thnx..
Sorry by my english, but OM on Linux doesnt support download because the fs support is not enabled (search for this on web).
how do i locate the config2.xml file
$home/.microemulator/config2.xml
for me in command window it is coming cannot access the jar file of microemulator so what should i do now