diff --git a/src/com/android/stk/StkAppService.java b/src/com/android/stk/StkAppService.java
index 0ffb9c8..a21b240 100644
--- a/src/com/android/stk/StkAppService.java
+++ b/src/com/android/stk/StkAppService.java
@@ -648,30 +648,25 @@
         if (settings == null) {
             return;
         }
+        // Set browser launch mode
+        Intent intent = new Intent();
+        intent.setClassName("com.android.browser",
+                "com.android.browser.BrowserActivity");
 
-        Intent intent = new Intent(Intent.ACTION_VIEW);
-
-        Uri data;
+        // to launch home page, make sure that data Uri is null.
+        Uri data = null;
         if (settings.url != null) {
             data = Uri.parse(settings.url);
-        } else {
-            // If no URL specified, just bring up the "home page".
-            //
-            // (Note we need to specify *something* in the intent's data field
-            // here, since if you fire off a VIEW intent with no data at all
-            // you'll get an activity chooser rather than the browser.  There's
-            // no specific URI that means "use the default home page", so
-            // instead let's just explicitly bring up http://google.com.)
-            data = Uri.parse("http://google.com/");
         }
         intent.setData(data);
-
         intent.addFlags(Intent.FLAG_ACTIVITY_NEW_TASK);
         switch (settings.mode) {
         case USE_EXISTING_BROWSER:
+            intent.setAction(Intent.ACTION_VIEW);
             intent.addFlags(Intent.FLAG_ACTIVITY_CLEAR_TOP);
             break;
         case LAUNCH_NEW_BROWSER:
+            intent.setAction(Intent.ACTION_VIEW);
             intent.addFlags(Intent.FLAG_ACTIVITY_MULTIPLE_TASK);
             break;
         case LAUNCH_IF_NOT_ALREADY_LAUNCHED: