I thought Firefox for Android had an ad blocker feature. Does it and if it does, jow do i turn it on? I use a Samsung GS4

Samsung GS4

hello ustharp, you can block ads on firefox for android with extesions like bluehell firewall or adblock:
https://addons.mozilla.org/android/extensions/security-privacy/

Similar Messages

How do I get Firefox for Android to download and install?

I had Firefox installed on my Android tablet, an Asus TF300T. I was notified there was an update so I clicked to let in install. I avoid auto updates as I need to use a website that is always a couple of versions behind in compatibility. Well, the update would not download and I tried several times. It just seems to time out (error 495 is reported). I tried uninstalling Firefox to attempt a fresh install. This has worked with other apps that were being difficult when installing updates. Now I still can't get Firefox for Android to complete a download in order to get it installed. What's the deal with this latest version? I'd like to get Firefox back on my tablet but the options are extremely limited and frankly the amount of help on the website is also extremely limited. Any help would be appreciated.

From where you try to download Firefox for Android?
Download it from [https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=org.mozilla.firefox here]

Firefox for Android 31 crashes constantly

I recently reinstalled Android OS on my tablet. Android 4 ICS)
I reinstalled Firefox, and then went to EFF to install their extension. I the discovered I had Firefox 31, and had to settle for a beta version of EFF's add-on.
Firefox keeps crashing. The Android FAQ's are no longer kept up-to-date, and the section covering slowness, crashing etc is absent!
I really need to revert to version 30, only updating when EFF have caught up.

Hi!
I still don't know where to go to provide details of individual crashes in Firefox for Android.
Never mind. I decided to reinstall, so here's hoping it works better this time round. At least when I went to EFF I did not have to settle for the beta version of HTTPS Everywhere. The stock version installed straightaway with no dialogue box telling me my version of Firefox was incompatible.
Thanks anyway.
Thursdaycat

Has Firefox for Android not been optimized for 4.3?

After upgrading my Nexus 10 to 4.3 on Monday, everything works fine except for Firefox. I have both 22.0 and Beta installed, and the problems are identical in both. Keyboard lag, characters not showing up though I've typed them in the search/address bar, blank white screens although it shows the page has finished loading, the previous page still showing even though the address bar shows a new page has supposedly loaded, lousy scrolling. Chrome browser works perfectly, such as it is. I've rebooted several times, and no joy. I haven't uninstalled and reinstalled Firefox, but I'm not sure that would do any good. I'm going to try that next, but I'm wondering if there is a known problem with Firefox for Android not yet being optimized for 4.3.

Your statement is perfect, I had a user yesterday with problems on his/her Nexus 10 and it was fixed with the superbeta (Nighty) version of Firefox for android, which you can download from.
* http://nightly.mozilla.org/
Thank you.

Why does Firefox for Android crash when I try to play any media or plugin content?

I have had this device ASUS MEMO Pad for 6 months and Firefox for Android has never been able to play any media or plugin content without crashing. I have tried playing flash with the appropriate flash plugin installed and without and it crashes every time (it should not crash even without the plugin - it should handle it).
Even HTML5 video and mp3 audio will cause a crash every time (with tap to play enabled or disabled).

Last 5 crash IDs:
bp-43cc9bd8-40cb-4642-a3d5-d23992140505
bp-0e60a038-178e-45ee-9e83-208622140504
bp-f379a4d0-6c93-4a7c-8e90-5617d2140504
bp-57406860-9003-48cf-aae9-c2ae52140504
bp-e8346466-5e87-4028-b986-e60e02140430

How big is Firefox for Android?

I don't see any specific information on the info site for Firefox for android. I want to know how many bytes it requires before I download and install it. I have a d2 pad and am a novice in the Android system. I have used Firefox for years with Windows and have only had one problem with Firefox in all those years. I would like the same perks with my d2 pad.
Thanks!

See https://ftp.mozilla.org/pub/mozilla.org/mobile/releases/18.0/android/en-US/

Firefox for Android makes a hash of ABC iView

I tried to watch a video on Firefox for Android on my new Superpad 6 (Flytouch 6) running Android 4 last night. It insisted on loading its own iView app and then made a complete hash of presenting the video. Full screen gave a blank picture with sound. Upon pressing the back button I got a picture but when going back to select a different program the screen had zoomed in and would not un-zoom. I switched over to the browser that came installed on with the unit - which from the icon appears to be Quick ICS browser - and ABC iView worked perfectly without the need to load any sub-application that Firefox required.

You can use the 'request desktop site' option in Firefox's menu.

How to make Android's built in search bar invoke Firefox for Android?

Firefox for Android is already my default browser, yet Android's built in search widget that seems to be on the home screen when any Android phone is unboxed is still invoking the default browser. An other thing to note is my phone has Android 4.1 and came with chrome preinstalled yet the old default browser that came with older versions of Android also came preinstalled, and was the original default browser on my phone, not chrome as my reading of recent web chatter had led me believe.

Yeah my phone is too cheap for anyone to want to spend the time to develop a rooting method I tried moding some exploits and running them through SuperOneClick and similar tools and even tried manually through the android developer's tool kit, and ssh-ing into my phone to no avail so moding some code and making a custom img is kinda outta the question plus my c++ is rusty and would only be suitable for command line apps also I'm betting the source for Google's search bar is closed, further more it's probably in Java, I'm more of a web dev now-a-days... I'd have a better chance with JS. I'll bet you're right though. I'm still gonna leave this open for a day or so though just to see if anything pans out. Thank you for your reply though.

Add-ons Not available for Firefox for android

I was installing add-ons for a new phone (4.4.4 KitKat) and noticed that almost all add-ons (including featured add-ons, such as Phony, QuitNow, Adblock Plus, etc.) are "Not Available for Firefox for Android", with the Add to Firefox button greyed out.
I don't remember I had such a problem installing add-ons on my old phone. Is it that I have to wait for the developers to update their add-ons or there is something wrong with my new phone?
Thank you.

I just read that we are experiencing an issue with the addons.mozilla.org site where Firefox for Android is blocked from installing extensions. I don't have a time frame for it to be resolved. Though I will try to update this thread when the problem is fixed.

Firefox for Android 29 and Beta 29 loss all tabs after close.

I recently. Upgraded to the new Firefox for android and all of my tabs disappeared which was unexpected, but alright. What is not alright though is that after I fixed the tabs I wanted they disappeared again when I closed the browser. I have it set to restore tabs, but it only does so 1 or 2 times out of 10 and never when I restart my phone. How can I fix this? It's just plain annoying! I never had this issue with 28!

Hi Kelcy R. Lemme
Just tested this on my Galaxy S5 and tabs are restored properly for me if you set: Firefox Menu -> Settings -> Customize -> Tabs to 'Always restore'
Please let us know
1. Your model number and brand of your phone or tablet (e.g. Galaxy S4, HTC One, etc)
2. You Android Operating System Version e.g. kitkat 4.4, jellybean 4.3, etc
3. What add-ons (Firefox Menu -> Tools -> Add-ons) if you any you have installed and if you tried uninstalling those add-ons.
3. What you did, what you expected and what happened
Cheers!
...Roland

If I update to new Firefox Synch, will I loose data in Firefox for Android?

My laptop was recently stolen, it had Firefox with the old version of Synch. I still have my Android with Firefox and Synch set up. On my new laptop, I am not able to synch my bookmarks and data because it has the new version of Firefox Synch. If I go through the process of disconnecting Synch accounts and re-synching my data between browsers as directed in support solutions, will I loose the data that is still in my Firefox for Android? How can I recover my data from the old Synch account so that my Firefox data is restored on my new laptop?

''kbrosnan [[#answer-712654|said]]''
<blockquote>
Sync accounts do not affect your profile data. You can safely switch between the two of them. https://support.mozilla.org/en-US/kb/how-to-update-to-the-new-firefox-sync
</blockquote>
The instructions that you refer to say "in order to create a Firefox account and sign in to the new Sync you'll have to unlink all of your current devices from the old version of Sync." If I set it up with the same email address as before, will it maintain the original data (bookmarks, etc) and Synch all of that on all the devices?

I downloaded Firefox for Android on my Galaxy Tablet 7.0. The browser works fine when I first open it. When not in use and try getting bk on, nothing loads up.

SAMSUNG GALAXY TAB 7.0
I have downloaded Firefox for Android on my tablet and added some add ons. When first using the browser, it works great and loads up fast. Once I get off Internet and try getting back on at a later time(whether it be a minute or longer), I type in a Web page address and nothing loads up. How can I fix this.

SEE: [[Firefox for Android will not load pages on Android 4.0 (Ice Cream Sandwich)]]

How do I set the "When an OCSP server connection fails, treat the certificate as invalid" in Firefox for Android?

Due to the security concerns from Heartbleed and Steve Gibson's excellent coverage on certification revocation, I have set "When an OCSP server connection fails, treat the certificate as invalid" on my desktop Firefox and now want to do the same on Firefox for Android. I cannot find anything in the settings menu to allow this. Is it done through about:config and if so, what is the setting name there?

hello mcvickerp, in about:config you can switch the setting "security.OCSP.require" to true.

Firefox for android doesn't load all my passwords and corrupts bookmarks

Firefox for Android doesn't load all my passwords on my tablet (Lenovo).
Also, syncing corrupts my bookmarks on my desktop and laptop by inserting bookmarks which I have deleted days ago..
It syncs through all three devices and I know that it syncs because when I sync from my desktop, all three devices have the same time-stamp of when they synced.
It seems as though, if you have two usernames/passwords for the same login address, such as 2 Gmails - there is no dropdown which shows both emails/passwords from which to choose from.
This is all very frustrating, especially when I'm out and only have my tablet and I need to login somewhere when I'm with a client, and I can't login because Firefox/Android doesn't show my login info or the bookmark that I need is not there, because my bookmarks are corrupted after a sync.
I have lost clients because of this.

Hi modularbase.
I understand that there are some issues with sync between three devices. Specifically, there is an issue with corrupt bookmarks and passwords that are not stored.
Please make sure these settings are set:
* [[Control whether Firefox automatically fills in forms with your information]] * [[Usernames and passwords are not saved]]
* [[Using Master Password on Firefox for Android]]- the password manager addon for mobile devices may benefit in this situation.
However on mobile, specifically for Gmail signin, accounts.google.com can store a few mail accounts, however you would have to add an account by clicking on "Sign in with a different account". In Firefox, passwords are stored by website in the password manager.

How to view pdf files without downloading them on firefox for android

I use an Electronic Medical Record program using Firefox for android on a a Samsung Galaxy Pro 12.2 tablet. I need to view patient pdf files on the tablet. So far, the only way I have been able to accomplish this is to download the file first. It would be more efficient if I could just view the pdf file on the Galaxy tablet without having to download it. Is it possible to do this with Firefox for android? Thanks.

Not in any reliable manner. There is PDF.js but it has not been optimized for Firefox for Android. https://github.com/mozilla/pdf.js/#firefox

I thought Firefox for Android had an ad blocker feature. Does it and if it does, jow do i turn it on? I use a Samsung GS4

Similar Messages

Maybe you are looking for