Firefox for Android Crashes On Startup - How To Fix

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  • Comment: hello localizers: given the fact that this article was only relevant for a few days, i shouldn't have set it to ready for l10n, but i did! i.e. English only would probably have sufficed. But since I did, setting this edit to ready for l10n just in case.
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Firefox 18.0.2 for Android was released to fix the startup crash problem. Please update to the latest release of Firefox to fix this issue.

Automatically update Firefox

If you have set Firefox to allow automatic updating, here's how to update:

  1. Open the Google Play Store application.
  2. Firefox will start updating automatically.

Manually update Firefox

If you have set Firefox for manual updating:

  1. Open the Google Play Store application and tap on the search icon which looks like a magnifying glass.

    ICS - Android - Tapping Search icon in Google Play
  2. Type "Firefox" and tap on the magnifying glass search icon.
  3. Tap on Firefox and then tap on Update.