Firefox shows my phone twice in Tabs From Other Devices

As you can see here: http://yannbane.com/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2013/12/Screenshot-23.12.2013-150209.png, Firefox shows my Galaxy S 3 phone TWICE.
Why does this happen?
Can I reset it, to only show the device once?

Yannbane,
Please file a Bug report about that issue. I suspect that Sync is synchronizing some data twice to your desktop / laptop device.
https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/ <br />
https://developer.mozilla.org/en/Bug_writing_guidelines
Make sure you add that image as an attachment to your Bug report.

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I have two computers running Windows 8.1 and FF 26: at work, and at home. Both are synced, however, every time I want to see tabs on the other computer (History - Tabs from other devices) all I see is a blank tab. Sync settings on both are to sync everything (tabs option checked).
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Hi, yes, other items do sync (bookmarks from remote host show up instantly).
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<pre><nowiki>1387934024952 Sync.Service INFO Loading Weave 1.28.0
1387934024953 Sync.Engine.Clients DEBUG Engine initialized
1387934024954 Sync.Engine.Clients DEBUG Resetting clients last sync time
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1387934024963 Sync.Engine.Forms DEBUG Engine initialized
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1387934024968 Sync.Engine.Passwords DEBUG Engine initialized
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1387934024978 Sync.Engine.Addons DEBUG Engine initialized
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1387934024982 Sync.AddonsReconciler DEBUG Adding change listener.
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1379558743356 Sync.Engine.Clients DEBUG Engine initialized
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