Firefox for Android Support Forum

Hello,

Firefox 120 is freezing my Android 11 phone when I start typing on the search bar (weirdly it start to happens when a space is inserted). It freezes so hard that pretty much it takes 30-min to 1 hour for the phone to restart or the battery to drain.

Reverting to 119.1.1 solves the problem immediately.

My guess would be that maybe the search bar or the suggestion related code introduced something weird, as I do have a lot of bookmarks. Nevertheless, it's definitely a new issue (been using Firefox mobile since first day around 2010) and introduced in 120.0.

Since the phone is hard freezing, I can't even connect in ADB and try to see any message hinting at what's wrong. If there's a crash trace maybe some info could be dug there.

Thanks in advance for the help!

I have a strong phone sd 870 and 6gb ram so need to put the blame on that.. but this browser keeps refreshing the webpage as soon as I leave to other apps.. yes I tried with no battery restrictions but didn't solve the problem

Whenever I have Firefox for Android set as the default browser, the app causes lots of battery drain for no reason. I have not found any reason for this or any way to stop this, other than to not set FF as the default browser. Does anyone have any insight into this problem? This has been going on for many months now, on different devices. My current device is the Pixel 8 Pro. The screenshot shows exactly what I mean and the majority of this battery drain happened overnight when the phone was not being used.

I have been experiencing high memory usage in Mozilla Firefox, which is impacting the overall performance of the browser and my system. Despite regular updates, the issue persists, especially during extended usage or with multiple tabs open. I've tried basic troubleshooting like updating Firefox, disabling unnecessary extensions, and clearing cache and cookies. However, the problem persists. Can you provide more specific guidance on addressing high memory usage in Firefox? Are there advanced settings or additional steps I can take to optimize memory management and improve the overall performance of the browser?"

On November 22nd, 2023, when the application got its last update, everytime I open a new tab it stops loading the website half-way. And it blocks every other tab I have saved for later from loading again. It works after I erase cache 5 or 6 times. I had no problems like this one in the past.

Hello,

When i click on notifications from a pwa it will bring me to my browser and it will give nothing and stay on homepage or get a tab about:blank. Why doesn't it go to my pwa and why don't i get my stuff from the notification on my screen?

Greetings,

Jeppie

This forum website sometimes just gets stuck and doesn't want to load, and Firefox won't even throw the timeout error. This issue cannot be consistently replicated.

I tested this in another browser called Google Chrome, and the issue is not present there.

I have a Redmi Note 11 Pro 5G running Android 13.

Since a few weeks, the app has been draining my battery like crazy. We're talking about higher energy consume than games, and with less screen-on time. I'm using a Pixel 7 pro, Firefox since I got it, and never had this issues until now. I was forced to uninstall it as ir was unbearable to use my phone and having it die several hours before it used to. After that I installed Chrome, which is not famous for being battery friendly, and the problems are completely gone.

I keep my apps ALWAYS up to date with updates, así well as my phone, so I'm sure the issue has something to do with Firefox app.

Thanks in advance for your time.

On certain websites, Firefox Android will experience slowdown whenever I begin to type or edit text. I have tried disabling extensions such as uBlock, but the problem persisted.

Help would be greatly appreciated!

When I google and address and the search results appear I want to click on the map and Mozilla to direct me to the Google Maps app. Instead, Mozilla opens the Playstore google for me to download the app which is stupid. The "stay in browser ask me to open the app is selected". Sometimes if I click on the map or directions nothing happens. It s not opening in browser and it s not opening in app either. I am using Poco X3 Pro, Android 13.

Hello,

I meet such a problem, as I would get an unexpected huge blank pages gap inserted in PDF files when I use the “save as PDF” function. Moreover, it isn't inserted between paragraphs but it devides a very sentence, thus I suppose this problem might not be caused by webpage editors' editing error. I used to get normal results by this function, but I've also got several this kind of results. Will there be any solution?

Today I did some grocery shopping on maxi.ca. The site is slow. Probably very badly optimized. That goes for all browsers.

But on Chrome, it's a passable experience. I can type in the search field at a normal speed. I can generally scroll without too many issues.

But on Firefox, it is excruciating. When I type in the search field, it takes a few seconds for each letter to show up. When I scroll, there's often a significant delay. When I add a product to my cart, the button takes a good full second to react.

And it gets worse as you keep using the site. At some point 10-15 minutes in, it's no longer usable. You need to refresh the page or even kill Firefox to restore things to the horrible but usable initial experience.

I don't know what's going on. Are they coding things horribly but Chrome has some kind of cheaty optimization to compensate for horrible JavaScript? I don't know but this is starting to erode my loyalty to Firefox, built on the fear of a web engine monopoly and moral principles.

Android 13 (Samsung Galaxy S22+) Firefox for Android 119.1.0 Gboard 13.5.04

Hi

I've already described the issue on the XDA forum, but nothing has been resolved and the problem is still there and I've read about security vulnerabilities in the browser and it could have fallen into this one Party I don't know anymore. but since the version with the ending 17, I don't remember exactly now. It was the first application with a virus, I mean Fennec, downloaded from fdroid. I had the same with google play, now I know that this purple version had nothing for me. Later it went downhill. . Maybe you have an idea, I know that on Reddit someone also complained about the virus. I'm pasting a post from xda, using the phone is a pain terribly. 'Hi XDA

writes with the help of a translator. So I can say something wrong for which I apologize.

I'm having a problem with my phone's security. VirusTootal detects the Trojan for me in applications where the Trojan is not present.

I've tried cleaning my phone.but it doesn't help.

I'm using F-Droid and I'll use this example to tell you what's going on. for some time now I have been updating almost all the new ones that I download zl from there I also download with a Trojan, these applications are clean in other users. And I'm sure they're okay, but not for me. I don't know what's going on, I thought they were false positives but why would I be the only one who has it?

Maybe I'll add pictures, it will explain more. It's just about this one virus, if I go back to an older version I don't have it.

The ones from Google Play have some too. Be it from github or fdroid -It doesn't matter :( Some manage to be clean, but really these are the cases.. Of course, I also downloaded mods. I've always tried to check them through App Manager and VirusTool API. and I might not have checked one either - I don't rule it out

thanks for the reply and tips. health for all' I would like to add that I used this browser because of the add-ons and options.. The photos are just a preview and a fraction of the problem. Nothing helps from resetting, deleting apk by even adb and after updates.

I have noticed for a while that when I have a tab open and switch apps and come back to Firefox, that many times the tab is blank. I try to switch tabs and switch back and the tab is either still blank or displays the content of the other tab that I had switched to. Usually its with the newest tab but sometimes can be an older tab that is currently the active tab. The only way I can figure out to get the tab working again is to close the tab and use the message that appears to "undo" this change and restore the tab.

Any help would be appreciated since this happens on almost a daily basis and will typically happen multiple times a day

When closing a page and opening in a new tab, sometimes the page refuses to load until I force close firefox and restart. It most often happens with duckduckgo and 9gag