General
What is Opera Mini?
Opera Mini is a free, fast and compact web browser that allows you to access the Internet on your phone. By downloading Opera Mini, you can use your cell phone to access websites and content, including your mail, community sites, news, blogs and more.
Can I use Opera Mini on my phone?
You must have a compatible phone with an Internet connection. When you download Opera Mini, you will be told if your phone is known to work.
Can I use Opera Mini on my iPad?
Yes. You can download Opera Mini for iPad here.
Do I have to pay for Opera Mini?
No, Opera Mini is free. Depending on how you get Opera Mini, your service provider may charge you for the actual download. Your service provider may also charge for the data you use when surfing with Opera Mini. When using Opera Mini, webpages are optimized and compressed before being sent to your phone. Therefore, the data transferred to your phone is significantly reduced, making mobile surfing cheaper.
Opera Mini is not available in my language. Will it ever be translated?
Opera Mini is currently available in more than 100 different languages. We hope to offer Opera Mini in even more languages in the future.
How can I make my webpages look good in Opera Mini?
To make pages look their best in Opera Mini, you can visit our Opera Mini development guidelines at Dev.Opera.
What is the difference between Opera Mini and Opera Mobile?
Opera Mini and Opera Mobile look the same, so what’s the difference? Opera Mini, Opera Mobile and Opera for desktop all share the same rendering engine, Opera Presto. With Opera Mini, this is located on a server. In Opera Mobile, it is installed on your phone.
In more detail: When you request a page in Opera Mini, the request is sent to the Opera Mini server that then downloads the page from the Internet. The server then wraps up your page up in a neat little compressed package (we call the format OBML), ready to send back to your phone at the speed of ninjas with jetpacks.
When you request a page in Opera Mobile, the page is sent directly to your phone from the place from which you requested it, meaning you do not rely on the Opera Mini server. This means that the page is displayed just as it would in Opera for desktop. Your phone has to do a bit of work here, meaning that older phones might struggle.
By using Opera Mini, our servers do most of the work, so it works well with less- capable phones. Pages are often smaller (saving you money) and faster to load due our server-side compression. Opera Mobile can compress pages also, by enabling Opera Turbo.
Opera Mobile is only available if you have a Windows Mobile, Symbian/S60 or Android phone. Opera Mini is available for a much wider range of handsets.
What is the Smart Page?
The Smart Page, available from Opera Mini version 7.0 on J2ME, BB and S60 and version 7.5 on Android, connects you to your social networks, news, weather, sports, and entertainment sites and more. You can easily switch between the Smart Page and your Speed Dial by selecting a tab at the top of your screen.
Note: The Smart Page is not available in Opera Mobile.
Installation and compatibility
Do I need some kind of Internet service from my mobile provider?
Unless you use a wi-fi connection to access the Internet, in general you will need to have some level of Internet access in your phone service agreement. Check with your mobile provider if this is included in your services.
How do I install Opera Mini on my phone?
There are two ways to install Opera Mini to your phone:
- Visit m.opera.com using your phone’s existing web browser, and click Download Opera Mini.
- Download on your desktop computer, and then transfer and install it on your phone.
- To pick a particular Opera Mini or Opera Mobile version to download, see the list of all versions.
Where in my phone can I find Opera Mini after installing it?
Opera Mini can usually be found under Applications, Java Applications, File Manager or a similarly named folder that can be reached from the main menu of your phone. Occasionally, it can be found under Games. If you can’t find Opera Mini anywhere on your phone (and you are sure that you installed it correctly), please consult your mobile phone manual or your phone manufacturer’s website.
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