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Hi. I want to sync with my work pc (it used to work just fine but when I synced to a newer third pc- successfully- it just stopped). When i try to sign in on the work pc it asks me for the primary password which it then FAILS to recognise to allow me to proceed! What's going on? I can't even log onto sites with saved passwords anymore. Any help appreciated.

I have two notebooks with Firefox (NB1 and NB2). NB2 rebooted and Firefox restarted losing all open tabs; now I would like to bring the tabs from NB1 to NB2; both have synchronisation enabled, but when I go to ‘Settings, synchronisation’ on NB2 it says ‘Synchronising in progress’ and nothing happens. I've also tried going to NB1 and sending a tab to NB2; I select NB2 and nothing happens.

I know the answer to this is probably going to be along the lines of this is not possible, but I thought I'd ask anyway since none of the information is entirely clear. Or answers my exact question.

I have one desktop install of firefox and I have two android ones. I have all three synced to one firefox account, so it's easy to grab links I saved while wiki diving on something. While this works perfectly for the desktop side of things, the mobile side is where the issue arises.

Currently all my bookmarks from both mobile firefox accounts are merged into one long set, regardless of device. While the desktop ones have their own folder. Is there a way to keep the bookmarks from each device in their own separate folder? Like say instead of having one big mobile bookmarks folder, having one named DeviceX, and the other DeviceY?

It's still semi functional on desktop where I have more screen real estate and have to deliberately go to the mobile bookmarks folder, but on the phones it can be confusing when a set of bookmarks from device 1 mixes randomly into those of device 2. As it can become a lot harder to keep track of things.

Now I know one can turn off syncing of bookmarks. This is not what I'm looking for as I do still want to be able to share them between all three devices. Just have them more organised.

I also know one can make different accounts for say work or personal, but again I want them all to sync, just not mix them into one list.

So in short is there a way to be able to have two android devices into a threeway sync and keep the bookmarks separate? Or is my only option the round abound way of making subfolders and hope I remember to save in those?

Thanks either way.

Both devices are recognized in my account. After running Sync, the history from the desktop is on the mobile but the bookmarks are not. Desktop is running Firefox snap v. 121 on Ubuntu 22.04. Mobile is running Firefox app v. 121 on Android 10. I have a copy of the sync.log but it's really long. Can attach if needed.

Trying to sync between my PC and my iphone. Every time I've attempted it I've gotten this type of error report. And when I press sync on my iphone it tells me that sync is offline. I've logged out and back in a few times on both devices and I've also tried turning sync on and off again and it's not working. Tried syncing again and it didn't show up on my other pc either.

1705467584142 Sync.LogManager DEBUG Flushing file log 1705467584145 FirefoxAccounts TRACE not checking freshness of profile as it remains recent 1705467584145 FirefoxAccounts TRACE not checking freshness of profile as it remains recent 1705467584145 FirefoxAccounts TRACE not checking freshness of profile as it remains recent 1705467584145 FirefoxAccounts TRACE not checking freshness of profile as it remains recent 1705467584148 Sync.LogManager DEBUG Log cleanup threshold time: 1704603584148 1705467584158 Sync.LogManager DEBUG Done deleting files. 1705467586817 Sync.Engine.Tabs.Tracker DEBUG Detected a tab change, but conditions aren't met for a quick write or a score bump 1705467587873 Sync.Engine.Tabs.Tracker DEBUG Detected a tab change, but conditions aren't met for a quick write or a score bump 1705467588918 Sync.Engine.Tabs.Tracker DEBUG Detected a tab change, but conditions aren't met for a quick write or a score bump 1705467588923 Sync.Engine.Tabs.Tracker DEBUG Detected a tab change, but conditions aren't met for a quick write - bumping score 1705468406145 FirefoxAccounts TRACE observed topic=push-message, data=chrome://fxa-device-update, subject=[xpconnect wrapped nsISupports] 1705468406145 FirefoxAccounts TRACE FxAccountsPushService _onPushMessage 1705468406145 FirefoxAccounts DEBUG push command: fxaccounts:device_connected 1705468406145 FirefoxAccounts INFO fetching updated device list 1705468406145 FirefoxAccounts INFO Already fetching device list, return existing promise 1705468406164 Services.Common.RESTRequest DEBUG GET request to https://api.accounts.firefox.com/v1/account/devices?filterIdleDevicesTimestamp=1703654006162 1705468408408 Services.Common.RESTRequest DEBUG GET https://api.accounts.firefox.com/v1/account/devices?filterIdleDevicesTimestamp=1703654006162 200 1705468408409 Hawk DEBUG (Response) /account/devices?filterIdleDevicesTimestamp=1703654006162: code: 200 - Status text: 1705468408409 Hawk DEBUG Clock offset vs https://api.accounts.firefox.com/v1: -409 1705468408409 FirefoxAccounts INFO Got new device list: 0114f71fc43f1c0abec31f11ea4c4f8c, 21486e339a18328ea65760b3cfdc661e, 73c3e7eb9def85f369143f46fe5ad619, c7ab28df9f8b9556bcb602d268c3282e 1705468408410 FirefoxAccounts TRACE Our push subscription looks OK 1705468408410 FirefoxAccounts INFO updating the cache 1705468448524 Sync.Engine.Tabs.Tracker DEBUG Detected a tab change, but conditions aren't met for a quick write - bumping score 1705468448533 Sync.Engine.Tabs.Tracker DEBUG Detected a tab change, but conditions aren't met for a quick write or a score bump 1705468450556 Sync.Engine.Tabs.Tracker DEBUG Detected a tab change, but conditions aren't met for a quick write or a score bump 1705468450676 Sync.Engine.Tabs.Tracker DEBUG Detected a tab change, but conditions aren't met for a quick write or a score bump 1705468451026 FirefoxAccounts DEBUG FxAccountsProfileClient: Requested profile 1705468451026 FirefoxAccounts DEBUG getOAuthToken enter 1705468451026 FirefoxAccounts TRACE getCachedToken returning cached token 1705468451026 FirefoxAccounts DEBUG getOAuthToken returning a cached token 1705468451026 Services.Common.RESTRequest DEBUG GET request to https://profile.accounts.firefox.com/v1/profile 1705468451226 Services.Common.RESTRequest DEBUG GET https://profile.accounts.firefox.com/v1/profile 304 1705468453581 Sync.Engine.Tabs.Tracker DEBUG Detected a tab change, but conditions aren't met for a quick write or a score bump 1705468453583 Sync.Engine.Tabs.Tracker DEBUG Detected a tab change, but conditions aren't met for a quick write or a score bump 1705468454872 Sync.Service DEBUG User-Agent: Firefox/121.0.1 (Windows NT 10.0; Win64; x64) FxSync/1.123.0.20240108143603.desktop 1705468454872 Sync.Service INFO Starting sync at 2024-01-16 23:14:14 in browser session 8sHSUqIJcFhS 1705468454872 Sync.Service DEBUG In sync: should login. 1705468454872 Sync.Service INFO User logged in successfully - verifying login. 1705468454872 FirefoxAccounts TRACE not checking freshness of profile as it remains recent 1705468454873 Sync.SyncAuthManager DEBUG unlockAndVerifyAuthState already has (or can fetch) sync keys 1705468454873 Sync.Status DEBUG Status.login: error.login.reason.network => success.status_ok 1705468454873 Sync.Status DEBUG Status.service: error.login.failed => error.login.failed 1705468454873 Sync.Service DEBUG Fetching unlocked auth state returned success.status_ok 1705468454873 FirefoxAccounts TRACE not checking freshness of profile as it remains recent 1705468454873 Sync.SyncAuthManager INFO Getting sync key 1705468454873 Sync.SyncAuthManager INFO Getting a sync token from: https://token.services.mozilla.com/1.0/sync/1.5 1705468454873 Sync.SyncAuthManager DEBUG Getting a token using OAuth 1705468454873 FirefoxAccounts DEBUG getOAuthToken enter 1705468454873 FirefoxAccounts TRACE getCachedToken returning cached token 1705468454873 FirefoxAccounts DEBUG getOAuthToken returning a cached token 1705468454873 Services.Common.TokenServerClient DEBUG Beginning OAuth token exchange: https://token.services.mozilla.com/1.0/sync/1.5 1705468454873 Services.Common.RESTRequest DEBUG GET request to https://token.services.mozilla.com/1.0/sync/1.5 1705468507773 Services.Common.RESTRequest DEBUG GET https://token.services.mozilla.com/1.0/sync/1.5 failed: 2152398862 - NS_ERROR_NET_TIMEOUT 1705468507773 Sync.SyncAuthManager ERROR Non-authentication error in _fetchTokenForUser: TokenServerClientNetworkError({"error":{}})(resource://services-common/tokenserverclient.sys.mjs:28:36) JS Stack trace: TokenServerClientNetworkError@tokenserverclient.sys.mjs:51:16 _tokenServerExchangeRequest@tokenserverclient.sys.mjs:235:13 1705468507773 Sync.Status DEBUG Status.login: success.status_ok => error.login.reason.network 1705468507773 Sync.Status DEBUG Status.service: error.login.failed => error.login.failed 1705468507773 Sync.SyncAuthManager INFO Failed to fetch the cluster URL: TokenServerClientNetworkError({"error":{}})(resource://services-common/tokenserverclient.sys.mjs:28:36) JS Stack trace: TokenServerClientNetworkError@tokenserverclient.sys.mjs:51:16 _tokenServerExchangeRequest@tokenserverclient.sys.mjs:235:13 1705468507774 Sync.Service DEBUG verifyLogin failed: TokenServerClientNetworkError({"error":{}})(resource://services-common/tokenserverclient.sys.mjs:28:36) JS Stack trace: TokenServerClientNetworkError@tokenserverclient.sys.mjs:51:16 _tokenServerExchangeRequest@tokenserverclient.sys.mjs:235:13 1705468507774 Sync.Status DEBUG Status.login: error.login.reason.network => error.login.reason.network 1705468507774 Sync.Status DEBUG Status.service: error.login.failed => error.login.failed 1705468507774 Sync.ErrorHandler ERROR Sync encountered a login error 1705468507774 Sync.SyncScheduler DEBUG Clearing sync triggers and the global score. 1705468507775 Sync.SyncScheduler DEBUG Next sync in 3600000 ms. (why=schedule) 1705468507776 FirefoxAccounts TRACE not checking freshness of profile as it remains recent 1705468507776 Sync.Service DEBUG Exception calling WrappedLock: Error: Login failed: error.login.reason.network(resource://services-sync/service.sys.mjs:1038:15) JS Stack trace: onNotify@service.sys.mjs:1038:15 1705468507776 Sync.Service DEBUG Not syncing: login returned false. 1705468507776 FirefoxAccounts TRACE not checking freshness of profile as it remains recent

My NEW M2, Windows 10 drive failed catastrophically. Am having to rebuild my system pretty much from scratch. I have the old failed, Windows 7 SATA drive. It will not boot, but the data is mostly intact and accessable. I want to sync my new Firefox install from the old, but I need help.

I have Firefox on 3 devices, I deleted several passwords from 1 device expecting this change to sync to the other 2 devices. Instead for several days the 2 devices showed the original number of passwords whilst the device I made the changes on showed the new amount. Now that device appears to have resynced the passwords I deleted. Am I supposed to delete them on each device?

I have the latest version of FF on all devices.

Hello; so, my brother lend me his old laptop, clean. I signed in firefox with my account and explore normally. One day, he need it back a couple days so he can work while he repairs his main machine. Log off of my account and log on in his. Now my bookmarks, historial, loggins, etc appear in his session. We think that can not be possible with separate accounts with different associated e-mail and passwords, but here we are.

There is a way to separate my things from his account? It only happens to him, i don't have in my browser his data. Thanks

Hello, this is josh, I have a dedicated website for my business and I use Firefox Brower. The problem i'm facing right now is the website isn't loading properly in the Firefox. Website isn't showing image and proper site. However, when i try to open the site in the other browser, it looks fine. what should I do, you please guide me.

Hiya good citizens of the internet 👋

Please help me recover my bookmarks 🥺

I've gone through every single support article on this topic and tried everything suggested and still no luck. This is my hail mary.

How I got here I needed to do a full wipe and reinstal of my macOS; this was conducted with the help of the Genuis bar. Upon reinstalling Firefox, I signed into my account and my bookmarks are all gone, records of them empty.

I should also note that nothing else ported over. No passwords, no browser extensions. Nada. The passowrds and extensions aren't a big deal. I use a 3rd-party password manager and can easily re-download the handful of extensions/widgets. But I heavily relied on bookmarks for both frequently visited sites and ones rarely-used which I knew were important for future reference. And I cannot remember 80% of them...

What else I've tried other than what's suggested in help article:

• Because I did not check to confirm which Firefox profile I've been signed into for ages and ages before doing the reset, I thought maybe I had just signed into the wrong one. I proceeded to try every other email address I have, including two from my old workplace. None of the other 5 emails had profiles created. I know this because it prompted the sign up userflow; create a password, etc.
• But I also know for a fact that the bookmarks were saved as part of a profile because I used the profile sync feature to auto-port all my bookmarks when I first got this Macbook a year and a bit ago.
• The folders where bookmark backup info is stored locally are empty... Clearly, it wasn't stored in my icloud documents (that's on me for not double-checking)
• I checked my other device (mobile phone) to see if I had firefox downloaded and was signed into the same account as the original, with the bookmarks still visible. Of course I didn't. I only use Safari on my phone 😭

""Grasping at straws: the only other things I can think of""

• Is there some way of linking my MAC address with my IP address and using those to triangulate the correct profile?
• Because my computer got wiped and nothing is saved locally, my only hope is that my bookmarks are floating around the ether. If so, I just need to figure out how to find them.

Any and all help/suggestions are massively appreciated!!

Thanks in advance,

Lauren

I've read all the suggestions but can't get Firefox Sync to transfer the open tabs from my old PC to my new one. I'm signed in on both to the same account, both are on my LAN with a wired ethernet connection, and I've checked every box in the "what to sync" field. When I click "Sync Now" the icon spins for a few seconds like it's doing something but the tabs from the old machine do not appear on the new one as I expected them to. Nor can I get them by closing and doing a Restore Session.

This seems pretty straightforward and how most users would expect it to work - am I missing something? If not, why isn't it working?

I try to synchronize my firefox on my new laptop but it gives 5 minutes to enter the code, the code arrives afer more than 15 minutes.. The help syggests if it not works to use another mail address but I cannot delete the mail adress, every time I want to synchronize the existing mailadress appears with a password field and the adress cannot be changed. Can someone help me to solve this, is there an other way to synchronize?

I had to reinstall windows 10, and then Firefox on my computer, after logging into Firefox on this fresh install (had to reset password), my saved passwords and bookmarks are not there. They still exist on my phone, and my phone is now asking for the new password to start syncing again. If I log in on my phone, will it sync the passwords there to my computer? I am worried syncing will cause the ones on my phone to disappear. Is there any way to export my passwords/bookmarks on the phone(android) to file? As a backup just in case. I logged in on an old computer thinking it would sync, even if it was out of date, but now it also shows 0 passwords saved.

Good evening,

I have a new laptop, from the same brand and make as my old one, both are HP pavilion with the same configuration and only 2 years in between! I have been trying on and off for weeks, to synchronise my FF browser, with all open tabs, history and bookmarks, but all to no avail. I do everything the sync instruction tells me to do, but nothing happens. I am getting desparate, because my old laptop has a problem (hardware, nothing that could prevent synchronising) and is still under warranty, but time is running out!

Will anybody help here, and how do I receive answers?

I am logged into my Mozilla account on four devices: Laptop Linux, Desktop Linux, Desktop Windows, Phone Android. However, when I try “Send tab to device” or list the devices in the account settings, the two Linux devices are not shown separately, so I can’t send a tab from Laptop Linux to Desktop Linux or vice versa. In fact, when I edit the Device name on either of the Linux device, that name will also be shown on the other device.

How is this possible? How can I disentangle the two devices?

I installed (as always) the new Windows 10, downloaded from the office. firefox website. I log in to my login, synchronization takes place (firefox says so) but MY data is NOT!!! no synchronization, no loading of passwords, addresses, extensions!!!

The title pretty much sums it up. I even tried drastic measures such as logging out then completely uninstalling Firefox and removing any leftover data on both platforms. After reinstalling and connecting to the Firefox account they will sync with previous data but any new data I add on Windows won't show up on Android and vice versa. I also obviously tried forcing a sync manually... I really wish I didn't have to switch to another password manager any help would be greatly appreciated! :)

I have a question regarding syncing. Is there a way to remotely remove all synced information from Firefox on a particular PC without actually accessing it? For example, if I sync my home PC Firefox with my laptop or my work PC. Then, one day, for some reason I no longer have access to my work PC, and all of my sensitive information is there. Or if I lose my laptop, or if it is stolen... Is it possible to remove all sensitive information from a remote synced PC? Alternatively, is there a way to remove all synced information every time I close the browser? This way I can remove a particular PC in my Firefox account and once the browser is restarted at the remote location, the data will no longer be pulled and synced. Can this be done? Thanks in advance!

Yesterday, I ran a format on my computer with Firefox in installed on it. When I tried to recover my settings, history and bookmarks later using sync after logging in to my account nothing happened. Can you please help me recover my data? Thanks in advance.