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Firefox on Android: move to external memory

Firefox is #3 memory hog on my Samsung phone, at 478MB. Why can't development team make the changes to let users move app & data to external (micro SD) storage? Here'… (read more)

Firefox is #3 memory hog on my Samsung phone, at 478MB. Why can't development team make the changes to let users move app & data to external (micro SD) storage? Here's a few of my installed apps that DO support this:

Google Photos Pocket PBS Stocard VLC Netflix

version 103 on Android 9

Asked by fredwehr 1 year ago

Last reply by Paul 1 year ago

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Custom addons / extensions broken in Firefox nightly

Hi, I tried following this guide: https://blog.mozilla.org/addons/2020/09/29/expanded-extension-support-in-firefox-for-android-nightly/ For these add-ons: https://addon… (read more)

Asked by thekiefs 1 year ago

Answered by thekiefs 1 year ago

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bookmarks

Dear Firefox I recently got a new Samsung galaxy S22 ultra and transferred everything from my old Samsung galaxy S10 5G. I'm now trying to restore all the bookmarks bu… (read more)

Dear Firefox

I recently got a new Samsung galaxy S22 ultra and transferred everything from my old Samsung galaxy S10 5G. I'm now trying to restore all the bookmarks but I don't know how.

Please help. Thanks, in advance. My email is [email address].

Regards

Danny

Asked by Dansta 1 year ago

Last reply by Jjinja 1 year ago

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Is it possible to remove the homescreen from Firefox for Android?

Hi there So the issue that I have (on Samsung S21 Ultra Android Firefox with integrated DuckDuckGo as search engine) is that I repeatedly press the back button after I fi… (read more)

Hi there So the issue that I have (on Samsung S21 Ultra Android Firefox with integrated DuckDuckGo as search engine) is that I repeatedly press the back button after I finished with the website and Firefox would not go beyond (exit the browser) the homepage/homescreen. I love Firefox and added security, privacy and integration between devices but this homescreen thing is causing me enough irritation to make me move to another browser. So my question is are the a way for me to not have a homescreen? I have tried your help section and went through the options but no luck I also have turn everything off in homepage subsection but still no luck. I would like Firefox to work (in this instance) like other browsers which is if you continuously press the back button you will eventually exit the program/application (Chrome and Samsung Internet works like that)

Sincerely Jan

Asked by Jan 1 year ago

Last reply by Paul 1 year ago

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Set Firefox home page on Android 12

How do I set the Firefox home page on Android 12? I want to set it so that whenever I open Firefox or press the "home" icon in the upper left corner, it takes me directly… (read more)

How do I set the Firefox home page on Android 12? I want to set it so that whenever I open Firefox or press the "home" icon in the upper left corner, it takes me directly to https://www.duckduckgo.com.

Asked by wbforbestx 1 year ago

Last reply by Paul 1 year ago

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I synced my Google bookmarks onto my firefox browser and lost all my firefox bookmarks, can I get them back

I stupidly exported my Google browser bookmarks to Firefox when setting up on a new device and lost all my firefox bookmarks from all my other devices as a result. I am u… (read more)

I stupidly exported my Google browser bookmarks to Firefox when setting up on a new device and lost all my firefox bookmarks from all my other devices as a result. I am utterly horrified and freaking out - it's years of bookmarked articles that I'd even organised into folders! Is there any way to get them back?

Asked by Andorean84 1 year ago

Last reply by Paul 1 year ago

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front page slow on firefox android

My web https://nicktearle.net/ loads very fast on chrome desktop and mobile and very fast firefox desktop. The front page however loads extremely slowly on firefox mobile… (read more)

My web https://nicktearle.net/ loads very fast on chrome desktop and mobile and very fast firefox desktop. The front page however loads extremely slowly on firefox mobile on android about 4 seconds.

I'm running 105.1.0 on an Huwawei running emui 12.0 (android)

any help would be appreciated

Asked by n.tearle 1 year ago

Last reply by Paul 1 year ago

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Any time I move my Samsung phone (without even passing security fingerprint) a message box appears then quickly disappears until moving the phone again

Cannot take screenshot of problem (pop up ms from Amazon via Firefox) . . as soon as I pick up the phone or attempt any action whatsoever, the message box disappears. An… (read more)

Cannot take screenshot of problem (pop up ms from Amazon via Firefox) . . as soon as I pick up the phone or attempt any action whatsoever, the message box disappears. And since I have a fingerprint access option on, the moment my finger touches the screen for full access there is no record of the message for screen capture. Also, if I do nothing, the screen goes black (normal, with time/date etc visible) within a few seconds after the message appears . . though it is waiting for me to touch the screen at which time it reappears again for a few seconds. So it is pick up the phone . . trigger motion detection . . message box appears . . wait a couple of seconds . . black screen . . touch or pick up the phone . . message box . . black screen etc. I can of course do the fingerprint scan and have full phone features, but the preliminary nag "box message" all the time bugs the hell out of me. In the text of my "complaint" I quoted what the message says, it is not from Firefox but does have a tiny Firefox logo upper left. The small rectangular window also has a left/right "full return" arrow (grayed out each one) with a black "pause" button in between the two arrows, and it is not grayed out. However nothing happens if I touch it. In very small print under the main text (first few words of my Amazon review) is a link to the Amazon page where I posted a review of a product. The message itself that I refer to is NOT from Firefox, but is comprised of the first few words of my review headline (not all of it but most) on the Amazon product comment review page. So even though the "content" of the unwanted message is from Amazon, the Firefox logo nevertheless appears (very tiny) in the upper left of the rectangular window, so it appears to be a composite error interaction between Firefox and Amazon. How to tell Firefox to stop posting it? Or how to tell Amazon that their software is somehow involved? I haven't a clue . . ! This is a re-written complaint . . the original one resulted in an email request from "Seburo" who asked for a screenshot, but did not provide a return email address that functioned. So I am posting here a second time, thanks.

Asked by richloomis 1 year ago

Answered by richloomis 1 year ago

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How to prevent http-to-https switching for a particular Web site

My desktop Firefox recently decided to permanently change http to https for my lab Web site. My lab server can't handle https so I was unable to view my Web site using Fi… (read more)

My desktop Firefox recently decided to permanently change http to https for my lab Web site. My lab server can't handle https so I was unable to view my Web site using Firefox. I was able to correct this problem by going to Hamburger icon > History > Manage history, searching for my Web site, right-clicking on one of the found items, choosing Forget About This Site, and clicking on Forget.

How can I do this on my Android phone? I haven't been able to find the corresponding functions in the user interface.

I'm using Firefox 105.2.0 on my phone.

Thank you. - Robert

Asked by robert.funnell 1 year ago

Last reply by robert.funnell 1 year ago

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Browser Doesn't show responsive on samsung odyssey g9

Hi, I recently bought a samsung odyssey g9 problem is while I see https://perfectclimbing.com/ that looks different on Chrome and different on Mozilla Firefox. Which I pr… (read more)

Hi, I recently bought a samsung odyssey g9 problem is while I see https://perfectclimbing.com/ that looks different on Chrome and different on Mozilla Firefox. Which I prefer to use. Let me know how I can optimize the view.

Asked by perfectclimbing1 1 year ago

Last reply by Paul 1 year ago

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using Firefox Reader on Firefox for Android

Dear Firefox, Have just started Firefox for Android on my mobile. Just to ask how I could use the Firefox Reader add-on on my mobile, please? On my Firefox browser on … (read more)

Dear Firefox,

Have just started Firefox for Android on my mobile. Just to ask how I could use the Firefox Reader add-on on my mobile, please? On my Firefox browser on my laptop, this works for me, but I cannot get it to work on my mobile. Any suggestions, please?

Marek

Asked by MAREK_WES 1 year ago

Last reply by Paul 1 year ago

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Facebook Shortcut in Home Screen

After surfing on Facebook whenever I go back to home screen, I see this broken Facebook Shortcut automatically added in to home screen...can u guys plz fix this...and als… (read more)

After surfing on Facebook whenever I go back to home screen, I see this broken Facebook Shortcut automatically added in to home screen...can u guys plz fix this...and also give option to not automatically adding shortcuts..ther is option for shortcut there but if I turn it off, I also can't see those shortcuts that I manually added...

Asked by MayaBi 1 year ago

Last reply by MayaBi 1 year ago

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bookmarks on new samsung tablet

I recently got new samsung tablet s6 . I am logged into successfully to synchronize and see my bookmarks. Problem is I can't save new bookmarks on tablet. I found arti… (read more)

I recently got new samsung tablet s6 . I am logged into successfully to synchronize and see my bookmarks. Problem is I can't save new bookmarks on tablet. I found article about write protected file but those directions are not available on the tablet/android version of Firefox.

Less important 2nd question is...should the collections from my phone and pc show up on tablet? I do not see them. Would so much like to see them

Asked by Paulie C 1 year ago

Last reply by Paulie C 1 year ago

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firefox ip address abuse

Hello Sir/Madam In my mobile phone wireshark intercept I have found weird network connections. The firefox incoming.telemetry.mozilla.org is send/receive large packets o… (read more)

Hello Sir/Madam In my mobile phone wireshark intercept I have found weird network connections.

The firefox incoming.telemetry.mozilla.org is send/receive large packets of data to 34.120.208.123 ip address. The service contile.services.mozilla.com send/receive data to 34.117.237.239 ip address. Do these ip address belong to firefox ? Can you share the range of ip address used by Firefox?

I have attached PCAPdroid image of my mobile while using Firefox. Please response to this message soon. Your help will be greatly appreciated. Thanks Prasad.

Asked by mprasad555555 1 year ago

Last reply by Dropa 1 year ago