Firefox Support Forum

My iMac died. I downloaded Firefox onto my replacement iMac and signed into Firefox Sync hoping all my Plug Ins and Bookmarks would propagate onto my ne iMac but they did not. I keep getting a message from Firefox to complete Firefox Sync by adding another device. I just want the set up from the Firefox set up on my iMac that died. Is there any way to recover my old Firefox info onto my new iMac?

I recently got all new devices and traded in my previous ones and when trying to login to Firefox Sync, I can sign in successfully but then I’m required to provide the 6-digit code that is sent to my email. I am unable to login to my email because the password in stored in my Firefox Sync saved passwords.

Attempted to reset my email password (Gmail) but I need to enter the last password that I used, which I have no idea since I’ve always used Firefox Sync and all I get from Google is “we are unable to verify this account belongs to you”. So not much traction on gaining access to my email account.

In my mind, I assumed that by utilizing Firefox Sync as a form of a password manager, I wouldn’t be in this situation as long as I knew my Firefox Sync password. I have since learned otherwise. I can sign-in on accounts.firefox.com but of course making any change requires that I put in the code that was sent via email.

I attempted to download Lockwise and again prompted to enter the code sent via email.

So at this point, I’m just wondering if I’m out of luck and although I know my password to my Firefox account that I’ll be unable to regain access to it or my email because I can’t access the 6-digit code being sent to that email.

Any additional support or suggestions are appreciated but I feel like I’m unfortunately at the end of the line here on what else could be done.

So X-Marks announced it is shutting down. If I want to switch to Firefox Sync, is there something special I need to do, or can just remove the X-marks add-on and simply start using Firefox Sync?

At the bottom of the About Firefox version 3.6.1 box is the following:

Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 6.0; en-US; rv:1.9.2.10) Gecko/20100914 Ant.com Toolbar 2.0 Firefox/3.0.7,

Whenever I try to install Firefox Sync, it tells me "You are currently using Firefox 3.0.13," won't install, and suggests that I upgrade. However, I'm using Firefox 3.6.10, so I don't know how to resolve this. (Yes I tried downloading and installing the upgrade... this is still the result.) Any ideas?

Well, I got the impression from your original instructions that I would be able to set my own "secret phrase", but the screen pictured in the instructions page never appeared. I got instead another screen with a "Firefox Sync Key" which I was required to print or save.

Is this key the same as the secret phrase you mentioned? If so, can I change it? If not, how do I get to create a secret phrase?

Hi,

I have set up a Firefox Sync account lately. Yesterday, I backed up my laptop but forgot to back up the sync. Now, I can't set up the Firefox Sync service anymore, as my email address has already registered but don't have a sync key to access.

I would like to know how to reset the sync key.

Thanks :D

How to check whether my data is synchronized in firefox 4 beta 7 because now sync is included in firefox button.

And also where the status bar has instead addon bar is added. What's the purpose of addon bar???

My sync key used to be 12 characters, no dashes (xxxxxxxxxxxx). After uninstalling and reinstalling FF 3.6.13, Sync 1.6.1 refuses my 12 character sync key. I discovered, that sync keys for all users have been switched to 31 characters including 5 dashes (x-xxxxx-xxxxx-xxxxx-xxxxx-xxxxx). How do I get the new sync key? I have no PCs connected to Firefox Sync anymore but Firefox Home and 360 Browser on my iPhone sync successfully. Unfortunately on the iPhone I cannot display the currently used sync key. Is there a way to convert the old sync key to the new one? I need the bookmarks saved in my Sync account. Thanks for your help!

At the bottom of the image verification box are the buttons for :sync options", "next", "back", and "cancel". Since no word image is visible, there is nothing to type into the text field and therefore, when I hit "next", I am treated to the white "x" in the little red circle icon and "Incorrect words. Try again". So I can get nowhere with this. Any possible solution?? Thanks.

After reinstallation of Windows and reinstalling Firefox, i did the firefox sync with (i think) a newly generated key, because the old one was lost. after all the steps where completed and hitting the sync now button, no syncing was done. no old bookmarks links or directories we're restored. please help! thanks.

i really dono why but whenevr i go to create my new account for the firefox sync and get to the part where you have to fill in the text according to the picture (confirm that you are not a robot), there is nothing dere, its completely blank! i hope sum1 can help me out as soon as possible.

thanks in advance

I just can't get sync to work under FF 4 OpenSuse 11.4. It works on other versions (FF 3.x) Windows & OpenSuse 11.2 & 11.3). It worked the first time I set it up, and stopped. Even tried to create a new acct to test, also failed saying : Sync Encountered an error ... : Unknown error...

Here is the log :

1301819501298	Service.Main	INFO	Starting sync at 2011-04-03 10:31:41
1301819501299	Service.Main	INFO	In sync().
1301819501299	Service.Main	DEBUG	Clearing sync triggers.
1301819501537	Net.Resource	DEBUG	GET success 200 https://phx-sync236.services.mozilla.com/1.0/atuor/info/collections
1301819501537	Service.Main	DEBUG	Fetching global metadata record
1301819501537	Service.Main	DEBUG	Weave Version: 1.7b1pre Local Storage: 5 Remote Storage: 5
1301819501537	Service.Main	INFO	Sync key is up-to-date: no need to upgrade.
1301819501538	Service.Main	DEBUG	Fetching and verifying -- or generating -- symmetric keys.
1301819501538	Service.Main	INFO	Testing info/collections: {"clients":1301823091.1,"crypto":1293093075.38,"keys":1291356430.21,"meta":1301823031.76,"bookmarks":1301688477.97,"passwords":1301823097.92,"forms":1301823030.82,"history":1301823031.09,"prefs":1301823031.28,"tabs":1301823031.47}
1301819501538	CollectionKeys	INFO	Testing for updateNeeded. Last modified: 1293093075.38
1301819501538	Engine.Clients	INFO	0 outgoing items pre-reconciliation
1301819501539	Engine.Clients	INFO	Records: 0 applied, 0 failed to apply, 0 reconciled.
1301819501539	Service.Main	INFO	Updating enabled engines: 8 clients.
1301819501540	Engine.Bookmarks	DEBUG	First sync, uploading all items
1301819501788	Service.Main	DEBUG	bookmarks failed: Component returned failure code: 0x80040111 (NS_ERROR_NOT_AVAILABLE) [nsINavHistoryQueryResultNode.childCount] Stack trace: BStore_getChildren()@resource://services-sync/engines/bookmarks.js:1431 < BStore_getChildren()@resource://services-sync/engines/bookmarks.js:1434 < BStore_getAllIDs()@resource://services-sync/engines/bookmarks.js:1458 < SyncEngine__syncStartup()@resource://services-sync/engines.js:568 < _syncStart()@resource://services-sync/engines/bookmarks.js:266 < SyncEngine__sync()@resource://services-sync/engines.js:964 < wrappedSync()@resource://services-sync/util.js:193 < batchedSync()@resource://services-sync/util.js:199 < WrappedNotify()@resource://services-sync/util.js:172 < Engine_sync()@resource://services-sync/engines.js:377 < WeaveSvc__syncEngine()@resource://services-sync/service.js:1913 < resource://services-sync/service.js:1793 < WrappedNotify()@resource://services-sync/util.js:172 < WrappedLock()@resource://services-sync/util.js:140 < _lockedSync()@resource://services-sync/service.js:1695 < resource://services-sync/service.js:1686 < WrappedCatch()@resource://services-sync/util.js:114 < sync()@resource://services-sync/service.js:1667 < browser.js:5317
1301819501788	Engine.Passwords	INFO	0 outgoing items pre-reconciliation
1301819501788	Engine.Passwords	INFO	Records: 0 applied, 0 failed to apply, 0 reconciled.
1301819501836	Service.Main	CONFIG	Starting backoff, next sync at:Sun Apr 03 2011 13:14:08 GMT+0200 (CEST)
1301819501837	Service.Main	DEBUG	Exception: Some engines did not sync correctly No traceback available
1301819517470	Service.Main	INFO	Logging out
1301819517470	Service.Main	DEBUG	Clearing sync triggers.
1301819517475	Service.Main	INFO	Service reset.
1301819517476	Engine.Clients	DEBUG	Resetting clients last sync time
1301819517477	Engine.Bookmarks	DEBUG	Resetting bookmarks last sync time
1301819517478	Engine.Forms	DEBUG	Resetting forms last sync time
1301819517478	Engine.History	DEBUG	Resetting history last sync time
1301819517479	Engine.Passwords	DEBUG	Resetting passwords last sync time
1301819517479	Engine.Prefs	DEBUG	Resetting prefs last sync time
1301819517480	Engine.Tabs	DEBUG	Resetting tabs last sync time
1301819517480	CollectionKeys	INFO	Clearing CollectionKeys...
1301819535537	Service.Main	DEBUG	Clearing sync triggers.