Try make an app with the following routeProvider definition:

 $routeProvider.when('/:first/:secondmilestone', {
 templateUrl: 'partials/template.html',
 controller: 'mycontroller'
 });

Regardless of what is contained within mycontroller or template.html, the browser

I also tried to use fixed routes but they didn't work at all either.

 $routeProvider.when('/this/doesnt/work', {
 ...
 });

This is a pretty critical piece of functionality!