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<h1>Error: error:nostate
  <div><span class='hint'>History API state support is available only in HTML5 mode and only in browsers supporting HTML5 History API</span></div>
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    <pre class="minerr-errmsg" error-display="History API state support is available only in HTML5 mode and only in browsers supporting HTML5 History API">History API state support is available only in HTML5 mode and only in browsers supporting HTML5 History API</pre>
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<h2>Description</h2>
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  <p>This error occurs when the <a href="api/ng/service/$location#state">$location.state</a> method is used when <a href="api/ng/provider/$locationProvider#html5Mode">$locationProvider.html5Mode</a> is not turned on or the browser used doesn&#39;t support the HTML5 History API (for example, IE9 or Android 2.3).</p>
<p>To avoid this error, either drop support for those older browsers or avoid using this method.</p>

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