how to get user agent in window phone 8.0 and 8.1 User Agent

I am trying to get a user agent of a window phone i am using this way to get it

this is working fine in case of WP 8.0 but incorrect in case of WP 8.1

by code i am getting UA as

Mozilla/5.0 (compatible; MSIE 10.0; Windows Phone 8.0; Trident/6.0; IEMobile/10.0; ARM; Touch; NOKIA; Lumia 630)

But from whatsmyuseragent.com

Mozilla/5.0 (Windows Phone 8.1; ARM; Trident/7.0;Touch; rv:11.0; IEMobile/11.0; NOKIA; Lumia 630) like Gechko please help me .

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In our portal, we detect the calling device over the UAS. I have detected some problems with the WP 8.1 user agent string.
For WP with IE, set to mobile over the Internet, I receive the «meaningful» UAS:

Mozilla/5.0 (Mobile; Windows Phone 8.1; Android 4.0; ARM; Trident/7.0; Touch; rv:11.0; IEMobile/11.0; NOKIA; Lumia 930) like iPhone OS 7_0_3 Mac OS X AppleWebKit/537 (KHTML, like Gecko) Mobile Safari/537

Whereby, if IE mobile is set to «Desktop» or the portal is called over the Intranet, I receive:

Mozilla/5.0 (Windows NT 6.2; ARM; Trident/7.0; Touch; rv:11.0; WPDesktop; Lumia 930) like Gecko

So.. the effect was, that our portal has showed the mobile page to iOS, instead of the mobile page to WP.
The workaround was to query the UAS for «Windows Phone» before the query for iPhone.
It seems as MS tries, to be detected as mobile device on this way (if a page only queries for iOS and Android-devices), what is not nice.

User agent windows phone 8.1

I followed the following link to get the user agent on my windows phone 8.1 device. http://dotnet.dzone.com/articles/how-get-windows-phone-user-0

The problem is that the user agent that i get back does not list windows phone 8.1 and instead returns «Mozilla/5.0 (compatible; MSIE 10.0; Windows Phone 8.0; Trident/6.0; IEMobile/10.0; ARM; Touch; NOKIA; Lumia 630)»

This seems to be wrong. I also tried wwww.whatsmyuseragent.com that returns «Mozilla/5.0 ( Windows Phone 8.1; Trident/6.0; IEMobile/10.0; ARM; Touch; NOKIA; Lumia 630)»

Why am i not getting it correctly? Has anyone else faced this issue. Kindly help .

2 Answers 2

This one is real and gave me difficulty:

Mozilla/5.0 (Mobile; Windows Phone 8.1; Android 4.0; ARM; Trident/7.0; Touch; rv:11.0; IEMobile/11.0; Microsoft; Virtual) like iPhone OS 7_0_3 Mac OS X AppleWebKit/537 (KHTML, like Gecko) Mobile Safari/537

Like whitehawk, I had problems to detect mobiles in our portal. For WP with IE, set to mobile over the Internet, I also received the «meaningful» UAS:

Mozilla/5.0 (Mobile; Windows Phone 8.1; Android 4.0; ARM; Trident/7.0; Touch; rv:11.0; IEMobile/11.0; NOKIA; Lumia 930) like iPhone OS 7_0_3 Mac OS X AppleWebKit/537 (KHTML, like Gecko) Mobile Safari/537

Whereby, if IE mobile is set to «Desktop» or the portal is called over the Intranet, I receive:

Mozilla/5.0 (Windows NT 6.2; ARM; Trident/7.0; Touch; rv:11.0; WPDesktop; Lumia 930) like Gecko

So.. the effect was, that our portal has showed the mobile page to iOS, instead of the mobile page to WP.
The workaround was to query the UAS for «Windows Phone» before the query for iPhone.
It seems as MS tries, to be detected as mobile device on this way (if a page only queries for iOS and Android-devices), what is not nice.

How do I check Windows Phone useragent with javascript?

I can check for iPhone with this code:

But I want to target Windows Phone with this userAgent:

Is there any way to do this?

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Windows Phone certainly seems to be the term you want to match. So just exchange iPhone in your matcher with that term and you’re good to go!

As mentioned in the comments: looking also for iemobile will give you an even broader range of detected microsoft mobiles OSes.

Nokia Lumia or any WPhone browser has desktop and mobile browsing mode, IEMobile sends different user agent. Desktop mode does not send Windows Phone X.Y model argument. Find Windows+ARM+Touch+WPDesktop tags and possibly screen size to guess wphone or tablet. Its a hack I know.

Lumia 920 WPhone 8, desktop mode
Mozilla/5.0 (compatible; MSIE 10.0; Windows NT 6.2; Trident/6.0; ARM; Touch; WPDesktop)

Lumia 920 WPhone 8
Mozilla/5.0 (compatible; MSIE 10.0; Windows Phone 8.0; Trident/6.0; IEMobile/10.0; ARM; Touch; NOKIA; Lumia 920)

Lumia 820 WPhone 8
Mozilla/5.0 (compatible; MSIE 10.0; Windows Phone 8.0; Trident/6.0; IEMobile/10.0; ARM; Touch; NOKIA; Lumia 820)

Lumia 630 WPhone 8
Mozilla/5.0 (Windows Phone 8.1; ARM; Trident/7.0; Touch; rv:11.0; IEMobile/11.0; NOKIA; id313-3) like Gecko

Lumia 630 WPhone 8, desktop mode
Mozilla/5.0 (Windows NT 6.2; ARM; Trident/7.0; Touch; rv:11.0; WPDesktop; NOKIA; id313-3) like Gecko

Lumia 800 WPhone 7.5
Mozilla/5.0 (compatible; MSIE 9.0; Windows Phone OS 7.5; Trident/5.0; IEMobile/9.0; NOKIA; Lumia 800)

Lumia 900
Mozilla/5.0 (compatible; MSIE 9.0; Windows Phone OS 7.5; Trident/5.0; IEMobile/9.0; NOKIA; Lumia 900)

WP7.5 IEMobile9 desktop mode
Mozilla/5.0 (compatible; MSIE 9.0; Windows NT 6.1; Trident/5.0; XBLWP7; ZuneWP7)

List of User Agent strings

Published: 23 October 2018

The User-Agent (UA) string is contained in the HTTP headers and is intended to identify devices requesting online content. The User-Agent tells the server what the visiting device is (among many other things) and this information can be used to determine what content to return. Of course this requires using a device detection solution which translates UAs into understandable software and hardware information.

User-Agent list for different device types

There are millions of User-Agent combinations given that UAs change with the software and hardware. For example, a Chrome browser on an iPhone 6 will introduce itself using a different UA than a Safari browser on the same phone.

Every device type, including phones, tablets, desktops, may come with its own UA that makes it possible to detect this device for any purpose. Interestingly bots and crawlers also come with their unique UAs.

Here is a list of example User-Agents for different device types that can be detected. If you’d like to learn more on these devices, just copy and paste the UAs to our User-Agent testing tool. You’ll see all the properties of a detected device.

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Android Mobile User Agents

Samsung Galaxy S9
Mozilla/5.0 (Linux; Android 8.0.0; SM-G960F Build/R16NW) AppleWebKit/537.36 (KHTML, like Gecko) Chrome/62.0.3202.84 Mobile Safari/537.36

Samsung Galaxy S8
Mozilla/5.0 (Linux; Android 7.0; SM-G892A Build/NRD90M; wv) AppleWebKit/537.36 (KHTML, like Gecko) Version/4.0 Chrome/60.0.3112.107 Mobile Safari/537.36

Samsung Galaxy S7
Mozilla/5.0 (Linux; Android 7.0; SM-G930VC Build/NRD90M; wv) AppleWebKit/537.36 (KHTML, like Gecko) Version/4.0 Chrome/58.0.3029.83 Mobile Safari/537.36

Samsung Galaxy S7 Edge
Mozilla/5.0 (Linux; Android 6.0.1; SM-G935S Build/MMB29K; wv) AppleWebKit/537.36 (KHTML, like Gecko) Version/4.0 Chrome/55.0.2883.91 Mobile Safari/537.36

Samsung Galaxy S6
Mozilla/5.0 (Linux; Android 6.0.1; SM-G920V Build/MMB29K) AppleWebKit/537.36 (KHTML, like Gecko) Chrome/52.0.2743.98 Mobile Safari/537.36

Samsung Galaxy S6 Edge Plus
Mozilla/5.0 (Linux; Android 5.1.1; SM-G928X Build/LMY47X) AppleWebKit/537.36 (KHTML, like Gecko) Chrome/47.0.2526.83 Mobile Safari/537.36

Nexus 6P
Mozilla/5.0 (Linux; Android 6.0.1; Nexus 6P Build/MMB29P) AppleWebKit/537.36 (KHTML, like Gecko) Chrome/47.0.2526.83 Mobile Safari/537.36

Sony Xperia XZ
Mozilla/5.0 (Linux; Android 7.1.1; G8231 Build/41.2.A.0.219; wv) AppleWebKit/537.36 (KHTML, like Gecko) Version/4.0 Chrome/59.0.3071.125 Mobile Safari/537.36

Sony Xperia Z5
Mozilla/5.0 (Linux; Android 6.0.1; E6653 Build/32.2.A.0.253) AppleWebKit/537.36 (KHTML, like Gecko) Chrome/52.0.2743.98 Mobile Safari/537.36

HTC One X10
Mozilla/5.0 (Linux; Android 6.0; HTC One X10 Build/MRA58K; wv) AppleWebKit/537.36 (KHTML, like Gecko) Version/4.0 Chrome/61.0.3163.98 Mobile Safari/537.36

HTC One M9
Mozilla/5.0 (Linux; Android 6.0; HTC One M9 Build/MRA58K) AppleWebKit/537.36 (KHTML, like Gecko) Chrome/52.0.2743.98 Mobile Safari/537.3

If you’re wondering which devices are most common where you are, read our list of the world’s most popular Android devices.

iPhone User Agents

Below are examples of User Agent strings used by the most popular iPhone devices. As Apple do not pass much info through the User Agent, version numbers don’t allow us differentiate between iPhone models.

However, with DeviceAtlas client-side, you can classify these user agents to return correct device model.

The Complete Guide To User Agents.

Download our free e-book on User Agents to learn:

• What is a User Agent?
• How do you parse them?
• What can you do with them?

For more on how to detect exact iPhone 8/8 Plus and iPhone X models, read our guides on How To Detect iPhone 8/X and how to detect the latest iPhones — the XR, XS and XS Max.

Apple iPhone XR (Safari)
Mozilla/5.0 (iPhone; CPU iPhone OS 12_0 like Mac OS X) AppleWebKit/605.1.15 (KHTML, like Gecko) Version/12.0 Mobile/15E148 Safari/604.1

Apple iPhone XS (Chrome)
Mozilla/5.0 (iPhone; CPU iPhone OS 12_0 like Mac OS X) AppleWebKit/605.1.15 (KHTML, like Gecko) CriOS/69.0.3497.105 Mobile/15E148 Safari/605.1

Apple iPhone XS Max (Firefox)
Mozilla/5.0 (iPhone; CPU iPhone OS 12_0 like Mac OS X) AppleWebKit/605.1.15 (KHTML, like Gecko) FxiOS/13.2b11866 Mobile/16A366 Safari/605.1.15

Apple iPhone X
Mozilla/5.0 (iPhone; CPU iPhone OS 11_0 like Mac OS X) AppleWebKit/604.1.38 (KHTML, like Gecko) Version/11.0 Mobile/15A372 Safari/604.1

Apple iPhone 8
Mozilla/5.0 (iPhone; CPU iPhone OS 11_0 like Mac OS X) AppleWebKit/604.1.34 (KHTML, like Gecko) Version/11.0 Mobile/15A5341f Safari/604.1

Apple iPhone 8 Plus
Mozilla/5.0 (iPhone; CPU iPhone OS 11_0 like Mac OS X) AppleWebKit/604.1.38 (KHTML, like Gecko) Version/11.0 Mobile/15A5370a Safari/604.1

Apple iPhone 7
Mozilla/5.0 (iPhone9,3; U; CPU iPhone OS 10_0_1 like Mac OS X) AppleWebKit/602.1.50 (KHTML, like Gecko) Version/10.0 Mobile/14A403 Safari/602.1

Apple iPhone 7 Plus
Mozilla/5.0 (iPhone9,4; U; CPU iPhone OS 10_0_1 like Mac OS X) AppleWebKit/602.1.50 (KHTML, like Gecko) Version/10.0 Mobile/14A403 Safari/602.1

Apple iPhone 6
Mozilla/5.0 (Apple-iPhone7C2/1202.466; U; CPU like Mac OS X; en) AppleWebKit/420+ (KHTML, like Gecko) Version/3.0 Mobile/1A543 Safari/419.3

MS Windows Phone User Agents

Microsoft Lumia 650
Mozilla/5.0 (Windows Phone 10.0; Android 6.0.1; Microsoft; RM-1152) AppleWebKit/537.36 (KHTML, like Gecko) Chrome/52.0.2743.116 Mobile Safari/537.36 Edge/15.15254

Microsoft Lumia 550
Mozilla/5.0 (Windows Phone 10.0; Android 4.2.1; Microsoft; RM-1127_16056) AppleWebKit/537.36(KHTML, like Gecko) Chrome/42.0.2311.135 Mobile Safari/537.36 Edge/12.10536

Microsoft Lumia 950
Mozilla/5.0 (Windows Phone 10.0; Android 4.2.1; Microsoft; Lumia 950) AppleWebKit/537.36 (KHTML, like Gecko) Chrome/46.0.2486.0 Mobile Safari/537.36 Edge/13.1058

Tablet User Agents

Google Pixel C
Mozilla/5.0 (Linux; Android 7.0; Pixel C Build/NRD90M; wv) AppleWebKit/537.36 (KHTML, like Gecko) Version/4.0 Chrome/52.0.2743.98 Safari/537.36

Sony Xperia Z4 Tablet
Mozilla/5.0 (Linux; Android 6.0.1; SGP771 Build/32.2.A.0.253; wv) AppleWebKit/537.36 (KHTML, like Gecko) Version/4.0 Chrome/52.0.2743.98 Safari/537.36

Nvidia Shield Tablet K1
Mozilla/5.0 (Linux; Android 6.0.1; SHIELD Tablet K1 Build/MRA58K; wv) AppleWebKit/537.36 (KHTML, like Gecko) Version/4.0 Chrome/55.0.2883.91 Safari/537.36

Samsung Galaxy Tab S3
Mozilla/5.0 (Linux; Android 7.0; SM-T827R4 Build/NRD90M) AppleWebKit/537.36 (KHTML, like Gecko) Chrome/60.0.3112.116 Safari/537.36

Samsung Galaxy Tab A
Mozilla/5.0 (Linux; Android 5.0.2; SAMSUNG SM-T550 Build/LRX22G) AppleWebKit/537.36 (KHTML, like Gecko) SamsungBrowser/3.3 Chrome/38.0.2125.102 Safari/537.36

Amazon Kindle Fire HDX 7
Mozilla/5.0 (Linux; Android 4.4.3; KFTHWI Build/KTU84M) AppleWebKit/537.36 (KHTML, like Gecko) Silk/47.1.79 like Chrome/47.0.2526.80 Safari/537.36

LG G Pad 7.0
Mozilla/5.0 (Linux; Android 5.0.2; LG-V410/V41020c Build/LRX22G) AppleWebKit/537.36 (KHTML, like Gecko) Version/4.0 Chrome/34.0.1847.118 Safari/537.36

If you’re looking for a list of mobile browser user-agents, we’ve got them too — List Of Mobile Browser User-Agent Strings .

Desktop User Agents

Windows 10-based PC using Edge browser
Mozilla/5.0 (Windows NT 10.0; Win64; x64) AppleWebKit/537.36 (KHTML, like Gecko) Chrome/42.0.2311.135 Safari/537.36 Edge/12.246

Chrome OS-based laptop using Chrome browser (Chromebook)
Mozilla/5.0 (X11; CrOS x86_64 8172.45.0) AppleWebKit/537.36 (KHTML, like Gecko) Chrome/51.0.2704.64 Safari/537.36

Mac OS X-based computer using a Safari browser
Mozilla/5.0 (Macintosh; Intel Mac OS X 10_11_2) AppleWebKit/601.3.9 (KHTML, like Gecko) Version/9.0.2 Safari/601.3.9

Windows 7-based PC using a Chrome browser
Mozilla/5.0 (Windows NT 6.1; WOW64) AppleWebKit/537.36 (KHTML, like Gecko) Chrome/47.0.2526.111 Safari/537.36

Linux-based PC using a Firefox browser
Mozilla/5.0 (X11; Ubuntu; Linux x86_64; rv:15.0) Gecko/20100101 Firefox/15.0.1

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Set Top Boxes User Agents

Chromecast
Mozilla/5.0 (CrKey armv7l 1.5.16041) AppleWebKit/537.36 (KHTML, like Gecko) Chrome/31.0.1650.0 Safari/537.36

Roku Ultra
Roku4640X/DVP-7.70 (297.70E04154A)

Minix NEO X5
Mozilla/5.0 (Linux; U; Android 4.2.2; he-il; NEO-X5-116A Build/JDQ39) AppleWebKit/534.30 (KHTML, like Gecko) Version/4.0 Safari/534.30

Amazon 4K Fire TV
Mozilla/5.0 (Linux; Android 5.1; AFTS Build/LMY47O) AppleWebKit/537.36 (KHTML, like Gecko) Version/4.0 Chrome/41.99900.2250.0242 Safari/537.36

Google Nexus Player
Dalvik/2.1.0 (Linux; U; Android 6.0.1; Nexus Player Build/MMB29T)

Apple TV 5th Gen 4K
AppleTV6,2/11.1

Apple TV 4th Gen
AppleTV5,3/9.1.1

Game Consoles User Agents

Nintendo Wii U
Mozilla/5.0 (Nintendo WiiU) AppleWebKit/536.30 (KHTML, like Gecko) NX/3.0.4.2.12 NintendoBrowser/4.3.1.11264.US

Xbox One S
Mozilla/5.0 (Windows NT 10.0; Win64; x64; XBOX_ONE_ED) AppleWebKit/537.36 (KHTML, like Gecko) Chrome/51.0.2704.79 Safari/537.36 Edge/14.14393

Xbox One
Mozilla/5.0 (Windows Phone 10.0; Android 4.2.1; Xbox; Xbox One) AppleWebKit/537.36 (KHTML, like Gecko) Chrome/46.0.2486.0 Mobile Safari/537.36 Edge/13.10586

Playstation 4
Mozilla/5.0 (PlayStation 4 3.11) AppleWebKit/537.73 (KHTML, like Gecko)

Playstation Vita
Mozilla/5.0 (PlayStation Vita 3.61) AppleWebKit/537.73 (KHTML, like Gecko) Silk/3.2

Nintendo 3DS
Mozilla/5.0 (Nintendo 3DS; U; ; en) Version/1.7412.EU

Bots and Crawlers User Agents

Google bot
Mozilla/5.0 (compatible; Googlebot/2.1; +http://www.google.com/bot.html)

Bing bot
Mozilla/5.0 (compatible; bingbot/2.0; +http://www.bing.com/bingbot.htm)

Yahoo! bot
Mozilla/5.0 (compatible; Yahoo! Slurp; http://help.yahoo.com/help/us/ysearch/slurp)

E Readers User Agents

Amazon Kindle 4
Mozilla/5.0 (X11; U; Linux armv7l like Android; en-us) AppleWebKit/531.2+ (KHTML, like Gecko) Version/5.0 Safari/533.2+ Kindle/3.0+

Amazon Kindle 3
Mozilla/5.0 (Linux; U; en-US) AppleWebKit/528.5+ (KHTML, like Gecko, Safari/528.5+) Version/4.0 Kindle/3.0 (screen 600×800; rotate)

Learn more about User-Agents

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