Questions tagged [firefox]
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Does sync work on Firefox Lite for Android
As a privacy conscious user I am trying to decouple as much as possible from our internet overlords Google, Facebook, Twitter et al. To that end I have decided to shift from using Google Chrome to ...
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Android browser that prevents zoom and is always fullscreen
I'm trying to use an interactive HTML site and it keeps on zooming in and out whenever i accidentally touch it with 2 fingers, is there a way to make a browser prevent the zoom behavior? Similarly, ...
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Can't close browser tabs
I'm having an issue with an LG G pad.
Chrome 87.0.4280.101
Firefox Daylight 84.1.2 (Build #2015783145)
OS Android 5.1.1 LG-V940n Build/LMY47V
I don't do much with it other than email, browsing and ...
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How to check Firefox/Chrome developer console/tools on Android without a computer?
I am aware of these two questions
How can I access the browser console on Opera Mobile on Android?
Is it possible to open developer tools console in Chrome on Android phone?
However the first one ...
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Scroll problem with my android mouse
I have a HUAWEI MediaPad M5 Lite 10 tablet I use it with a mouse connected to USB thanks to this adapter.
For some time with my mouse, I can no longer scroll through the pages of browsers like Firefox ...
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Strange message: Firefox Android
When I reopened Firefox after a few hours, it normally opens the last website I've viewed but it displayed for a second a strange message popup similar to
"there is a more recent version of the ...
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On Firefox on Android, how to disable DNS over HTTPS and do normal DNS lookups via port 53?
I want Firefox on Android to be able to browse to local domain names on my LAN: http://koffiezetapparaat.lan should resolve to http://192.168.1.120 for instance.
This works on desktop Firefox, but ...
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Disable transition for tab window in Firefox Mobile?
in the latest version of Firefox Mobile (Fenix, Nightly 201010; alternatively latest release), there is a transition animation when you open the list of tabs - they "scroll up" from the ...
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How can I use userscripts on Firefox for Android?
As of October 2020 I can't seem to find a working add-on/extension for Firefox on Android. Tampermonkey's page says the add-on is not compatible with Android, but I think it used to work fine a while ...
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How do you set your Android smartphone not to switch to the web browser app each time you click on a link?
I'm using Firefox in my android smartphone instead of Chrome (Chrome app is not installed), but I think that it applies the same anyways. In the past when I clicked on a link (from emails, or other ...
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How to get bookmarks on new tab in Firefox Daylight
Firefox just updated on my phone to the new 'Daylight' release, and the bookmarks are no longer on the new tab screen. Is there any way to get my bookmarks displayed on the new tab screen on the new ...
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How can I backup my Fennec profile, properly?
I need to backup my Firefox/Fennec profile folder.
One way to achive that is by copying it into an external storage. Although, I'm affraid restoring it will not be easy, due to file permissions.
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How do I change default search provider in Firefox?
I have been using All the Internet on my computer and now I want to make it my main search provider in Firefox on my Galaxy S20.
Does anyone know how to change your main search provider so it would ...
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Geckoview Firefox missing features
The Firefox for Android upgrade FAQ mentions missing features in the new geckoview version of Firefox, but I couldn't find a list of missing features.
What features will be missing after the upgrade?
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How to force Firefox Nightly to install an addon?
Firefox Nightly refuses to install addons unless Mozilla "recommends" them. That's an artificial restriction.[1] How to bypass it?
[1] https://support.mozilla.org/en-US/kb/add-compatibility-...
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Better Protection for Login Data on Firefox for Android?
Across the Desktop, Android and iOS versions of Google Chrome and Android, Firefox for Android is the only browser that allows viewing the list of saved passwords even when a master password is set. ...
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How can I sign up for a Firefox account?
I want to back-up bookmarks and history, but the Sync "application" on my android device "cannot connect to network" and the webpage only provides a never ending swirl, even on a ...
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Where are Firefox bookmark and history files stored?
And what are the names? I want to copy each in the event of device failure.
Sync is apparently not an option as the Sync "application" has returned "'Cannot connect to network" for ...
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CA certificate somehow not taken by browsers on android
This is a follow up question related to this answer.
In short: I am importing the self signed Root CA certificate into android system via
Settings -> Security -> Trusted Credentials -> ...
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Firefox’s “Add to Home Screen”, but different profiles & privacy
I have Firefox 68.9.0 on Android 8.1.0. Some websites allow one to add them to the home screen, a part of HTML5's Progressive Web App, and the website can then be viewed as if it's a real app, without ...
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How do I create a working filter to block sites, etc with NoRoot Firewall?
NRF seems fine for blocking applications' use of data, but not blocking sites or other communication with them on a case-by-case basis; it's an all-or-nothing proposition.
I've followed guides on how ...
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Firefox Android Clearing download history without deleting the file
On the desktop version of Firefox, when I open "Show All Downloads" and there "Clear Downloads", the history of downloads is cleared, but the downloaded files are present in the folder still. This is ...
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Chrome and Firefox cannot add specific URL to home screen
I'm using Chrome and Firefox on Android 10. I need to add a link to my home screen and I can't find a way to add the specific link.
I know that I can do the following:
Go to the URL
Tap the overflow (...
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Copy URL with unicode symbols without percent-encoding in Firefox
Methods used on Desktop version don't work. I have both browser.urlbar.decodeURLsOnCopy=true and network.standard-url.escape-utf8=false and URLs are still encoded.
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Under what path is the data for Firefox extensions stored?
/data/data/org.mozilla.firefox is the directory in which Firefox's data is stored on Android. Where are Firefox's extensions' settings and data stored in there? The best I can tell is that they're ...
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How to transfer Firefox bookmarks (and saved logins, etc) from one phone to another **without** using Firefox's “sync”, 3rd-party apps nor root?
Title says it all, pretty much.
A quick Google search (surprizingly) did not return any pertinent results.
I guess it might boil down to copy-pasting some system folders/files from one Android ...
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Problems inspecting firefox for android tab. Error cannot connect to the debug target. TypeError: this topWindow is null
I'm having problems using firefox to inspect a tab in firefox for android. I get this error when I try to inspect a tab in about:debugging
Error cannot connect to the debug target. See error details ...
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Can we stop Gmail from calling home to google before resolving a url?
When you click on a link in gmail on your phone, it first queries www.google.com with the url of your query, and then redirects to the destination URL. Is there a way to stop this "feature" of google ...
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Page loading stops and cannot be resumed when changing tabs in Android Tor Browser
I'm trying out the Tor browser on Android 9.0 (device is not rooted). When I open a page and change tabs before the new page is fully loaded, the loading process is interrupted and cannot be resumed. ...
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How to end process while quiting, Firefox
Firefox has a quit button in it's menu. My settings are check marked to clear all data upon closing. However, quitting Firefox is still leaving the process running and the cache non-empty. So to ...
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How can I make the Firefox menu bar dark?
How can I make the Firefox menu bar dark?
The dark reader add-on doesn't change the Firefox menu color which is still white :
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Where Firefox for Android is keeping add-on generated files?
I want to find a folder, where Firefox for Android is keeping files generated by installed add-ons (list of saved tabs in OneTab, for example).
I've tried to do a full root file system search (e.g. ...
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Firefox on an Android tablet
I have just bought an Android 7 TABLET for convenient browsing and reading research (3-4 hours to kill once a week and more, free WiFi available) and for stand-alone navigation (GPS capable).
No SIM ...
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Firefox extension for android
I installed search by image Firefox add-on . But I can't see the extension button that we see next to search box on desktop version.
Where do I find it?
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How to open links directly in Firefox full browser?
In some apps (Google News, Read - Simple RSS Reader) when I tap on a link, it won't directly open in Firefox but in a simplistic viewer, supposedly also by Firefox. From there I only have two choices, ...
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How to limit the 'User Data' size of Firefox Android?
The User Data of Firefox Android goes on increasing every day..
To reduce it, I have to clear storage data and personalize all the settings once again after every few days.
I have set it to clear ...
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Prevent automatic redirects in Mobile Firefox for Android
How can I turn disable redirects in Firefox for Android?
Here is a solution that works for desktop Firefox:
Prevent automatic redirects in Firefox
Unfortunately the accessibility.blockautorefresh ...
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How do I open an offline website on Android?
I have a directory with some .html files, some .jpgs, an index.html file, and some other stuff. If I drag the index.html into chrome (or other browsers) on my desktop PC this static/offline website ...
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Firefox for Android doesn't autofill saved/synced paswords since installing and uninstalling external password manager
Firefox sync was working on all my devices as my logins and passwords were perfectly synced. The problem started when I was offered to install the Lockwise app on Android. Where logins were available ...
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Firefox on Android, “Save to PDF” — where does the PDF go?
I am using the steps here.
But... nothing happens, and when I troll around the file system, I do not spot any new pdf.
What am I doing wrong?
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How to undo “Enable autofill for [website]” in Firefox?
My question is similar to [Undo "Disable autofill for [app]" one), but the solution doesn't work for me, so please bear with me.
I'm using Keepass2Android for autofill. It works great in ...
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trouble maker when I write email or username
When I want to write email or username, or when I search for topics e.g. on stack overflow, when I begin to write, I see immediately on the screen things I wrote in the past and sometimes, despite ...
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How to make fennec(firefox) not reopen and automatically load the last open tab?
After removing the Firefox Android browser (Fennec) activity and reopening it again, the lastly open tab appears and loads the webpage.
How can this be disabled?
(by this, I mean that the tab that ...
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Is Mozilla Firefox for Android Fennec, using same Desktop Firefox “Quantum Engine”?
I have, up to now always thought that Firefox for Android (codenamed Fennec) uses much of the same codebase as the Firefox for Desktop (Linux/Mac/etc...). However this recent post on HackerNews makes ...
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How do I enable DNS over HTTPS on Firefox for Android?
I found the option to enable DNS over HTTPS for Firefox on the desktop but I can't find it on the Android version of the browser. Is it supported? How do I enable it?
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How to save sessions in browser
I use Session Buddy browser session manager chrome plugin quite heavily on desktop and I want similar functionality on android.
I know chrome does not have plugin support on Android. So I tried bunch ...
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How do I use a U2F key to log into google account in firefox on android
My u2f key is already setup and working as the second factor on my google account, and I've used it many times, including using it with this tablet via usb.
I now want to log into my google account ...
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Android Firefox Using A Lot Of Memory [closed]
My Android Firefox is using a lot of memory. What can be done about it?
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Fresh install of OS+Firefox and now there's a persistent notification
I just reformatted and reinstalled things on my phone to fix some issues. I installed Firefox from apkmirror and now there's a mostly persistent notification that shows up when I go to certain sites (...
