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New Motorola android phone demands Google to get other browser

Hi, I just bought a Motorola android, as my good old Tesco phone was getting very creaky. I loaded my home Wi-Fi, but cannot find a page to type in a url to install a se… (read more)

Hi, I just bought a Motorola android, as my good old Tesco phone was getting very creaky. I loaded my home Wi-Fi, but cannot find a page to type in a url to install a search engine and other internet sites. I’d like Firefox, but Google insists on being the 'Gatekeeper', and I must go through it to install Firefox.

How to type in my urls without permitting Google, and getting its intrusive parenting offering me masses of things I don't want? I'm not an expert - just a survivor who has 'got around' glitches since computers arrived in the Seventies. On my phone I just want telephone calls, texts and WhatsApp. Plus, Firefox to search the Internet.

I am sick of the moronic, toddler-aged toy apps which come pre-loaded on my new phone. I gave up 'Play stores', (Woolworths), when I became adult sixty years ago! Now this phone offers me apps like: "Candy Crush, Sugar Delight". Oh Please! I realise that seven-year-olds and early teens are the target phone markets, (parents resignedly footing the bills), but I'm past it (in every sense).

However, I'm not daft enough to delete Google in a hissy fit. It is so labyrinthine that disabling it can be severely punished for such disobedience.

I'm sure the solution is simple to you. Please tell me how!

Thanks, Clive.

P.S. The phone is obviously monitoring my searches! Quite disconcerting, for in the past hour it now presents me with a list of search engines to choose - but Firefox is not among them. God preserve us oldies from AI!

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Why built in VPN has been removed

Hello, I want to ask why my free VPN feature has been removed from settings? Initially it was available. I'm using 157.0 (Build #2016186458), 8eb25af4acf031ab1e06abf1a912… (read more)

Hello, I want to ask why my free VPN feature has been removed from settings? Initially it was available. I'm using 157.0 (Build #2016186458), 8eb25af4acf031ab1e06abf1a912275083c820ed GV: 157.0-20260924084938 AS: 157.0.1 OS: Android 10

Thank you in advance. Mihail

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Send tab to device on MagicOS regression

Hellos, I updated Firefox version on Android to 157.0. I saw in the changelog that Firefox now uses the standard Android share screen instead of the custom one we had bef… (read more)

Hellos,

I updated Firefox version on Android to 157.0. I saw in the changelog that Firefox now uses the standard Android share screen instead of the custom one we had before.

The issue is that I cannot find the feature to send tabs to my other devices. Which is the one sharing option I often use when I tap on share.

I attached a screenshot of me trying to share a link/tab.

What am I missing here? how can I share with other devices om my Mozilla account?

Regards

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NYTIMES videos not working

How can I figure out why NYTimes videos don't with in my android browser? I've tried resetting my browser and reinstalling Firefox and they still don't work. I had the s… (read more)

How can I figure out why NYTimes videos don't with in my android browser?

I've tried resetting my browser and reinstalling Firefox and they still don't work.

I had the same issue on desktop but after the new update today, they now work.

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Tabs stay open after pressing back button

I just installed firefox, but every time i leave a page, it stays open and a new tab opens. I google something, press back, and it opens a new tab while keeping the googl… (read more)

I just installed firefox, but every time i leave a page, it stays open and a new tab opens. I google something, press back, and it opens a new tab while keeping the google with the question open. It leaves me with tabs i manually have to close I also don't want to use the automatic function, because i like keeping a few tabs open for myself, and also it wouldn't solve my problem. So the tabs staying open just causes a lot of tab-clutter Is there any setting or trick to it?

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password reset

Hello, The password I have been using to sign in suddenly stop working. The 32 character code I carefully saved to reset my password also will not work. I entered the co… (read more)

Hello, The password I have been using to sign in suddenly stop working. The 32 character code I carefully saved to reset my password also will not work.

I entered the code from the authenticator app and it was accepted,but instead of opening the 

window where I could enter a new password it sent me to the sign in page. I have been using Firefox for at least 20 years and have run into this problem before, I have also donated to Firefox a number of times over the years, and don't understand why these things keep occuring. Hayward Cowan

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New version of FF can't DL Pics at all, it takes ages to do so.😤🤬

This BS problem just started happening in the past week. When I try & DL any pic of any file size or resolution takes several mins to actually DL, & more often th… (read more)

This BS problem just started happening in the past week. When I try & DL any pic of any file size or resolution takes several mins to actually DL, & more often than not, it won't ever finish DL'ing, & when I force FF to close, my cell will say that I cleared over a Gig of data from the RAM.🧐😳🤯😤🙄😒 I tried DL'ing the same exact pics on M$ Bing, & they DL instantaneously!🙄😒 WTF is the problem? & clearing all the cache, even cookies does nothing to change this, nor does closing out the app, & relaunching them, nor does rebooting my device.

I'm using an Android cellphone, Motorola Moto Power G 2025, Android version: 16, FF version: 156.0.1

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Firefox mobile: New tab no longer opens the address bar

Before the recent update for Firefox mobile the address bar automatically opened up when pressing new tab. Now every time I want to go to a site I have to tap twice, onc… (read more)

Before the recent update for Firefox mobile the address bar automatically opened up when pressing new tab.

Now every time I want to go to a site I have to tap twice, once for new tab, then again for the address bar :-/

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Drop down issue with ff and Samsung Galaxy 20-22

I have an issue with my website and Samsung Galaxy 20-22. When user goes to ravepreservationproject.com -> Directory And using the location drop downs. The screen m… (read more)

I have an issue with my website and Samsung Galaxy 20-22.

When user goes to ravepreservationproject.com -> Directory

And using the location drop downs.

The screen may blink then ff crashes. Or it just stick and not load the listing of the location selected via the drop downs.

All other browsers work across all devices and OSs.

Any help is greatly appreciated.

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