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Lost all tabs when Firefox / iPadOS crashes

This appears to be a problem that others have had (with no response). I'm posting it to let the Mozilla team know it continues to be a problem for some users. Yester… (read more)

This appears to be a problem that others have had (with no response). I'm posting it to let the Mozilla team know it continues to be a problem for some users.

Yesterday FF (whatever the latest version is running on an iPad Pro running iPadOS 15.7) crashed, and restarted with the usual "This is embarrassing..." message, and asked whether I want to restore all tabs. I hit yes, and it restarted with all tabs missing. Of course it then proceeded to erase all synced tabs the next time it connects to Mozilla's servers, so now all the tabs are gone.

Questions:

1. Is there a way to restore this to its previous state? As far as I can tell, the moment the mobile FF loses all its tabs and syncs them to the cloud, there's no easy way for the user to get the old tabs back.

2. Is it possible to have Sync set up so it doesn't erase all the tabs automatically? I mean, it should be clear that when this occurs after a crash, this may not be the desired behavior. At the very least, there should be an option to undo.

3. Is there a way to just "bookmark all tabs" on mobile FF? That way users can easily save the current state of their mobile browser without having to bookmark each tab individually. I understand this feature has been requested from time to time, and at some point saw a response from a Mozilla engineer saying it has been implemented but not released for UI reasons.

4. Can I download all my Firefox Sync data? Since Sync seems to write over previous state with no method for recovery, it cannot be relied upon as a backup. I would like to be able to make my own backups of my browser states to the extent I can.

Thanks! In principle I support open source and would like to continue using FF. If these usability / reliability issues can be resolved I think it would make at least a few FF users quite happy.

Asked by KL 1 year ago

Last reply by KL 1 year ago

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Firefox on iPad crashes and is very slow

Hey, Since I've updated my ipad to the newest os (15.7) my Firefox got really slow and buggy. Often it simply crashes once it's loading a page. I am not be able to use my… (read more)

Hey, Since I've updated my ipad to the newest os (15.7) my Firefox got really slow and buggy. Often it simply crashes once it's loading a page. I am not be able to use my enpass password manager anymore too... It simply won't show the keyboard once I want to log into anything. A look in the reviews section of the app store shows me I am not alone.

What's going on? I am using Firefox on so many devices but not on my ipad it's just not usable anymore.

Thanks in advance for help .

Asked by Julian 1 year ago

Last reply by Paul 1 year ago

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App crashes after trying to add a search service

On a previous version (don’t remember which one) I was able to add the URL search query of MetaGer as a custom search service. After having installed the last version (10… (read more)

On a previous version (don’t remember which one) I was able to add the URL search query of MetaGer as a custom search service. After having installed the last version (103.0), I tried to add the URL of Startpage but when I tap on button the app crashes completely and closes

Asked by Isaac Revelo B 1 year ago

Answered by Isaac Revelo B 1 year ago

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Firefox IOS 104.1 crash when we synchronize with windows firefox browser 104.0.2

hello, when i activate the synchronization between firefox ios 104.1 (iphone 7) and the browser 104.0.2 (windows 10), the ios app crashes at each start with 3 seconds. … (read more)

hello, when i activate the synchronization between firefox ios 104.1 (iphone 7) and the browser 104.0.2 (windows 10), the ios app crashes at each start with 3 seconds.

Asked by thomasdelfosse 1 year ago

Last reply by thomasdelfosse 1 year ago

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Adding brave search engine

Here is the brave search url, https://search.brave.com/search?q=%s. When i save it Firefox seems to crash and opens the home page on my ipad. I would like to use brave bu… (read more)

Here is the brave search url, https://search.brave.com/search?q=%s. When i save it Firefox seems to crash and opens the home page on my ipad. I would like to use brave but not sure how to add it.

Also, can we use duckduckgo mail in FF?

Asked by Informagine 1 year ago

Last reply by Paul 1 year ago

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Firefox IOS not working properly

For a while I kept getting that Firefox crashed after I opened the browser. I deleted it and uploaded the latest version added Adblock plus but I can’t see Adblock plus … (read more)

For a while I kept getting that Firefox crashed after I opened the browser. I deleted it and uploaded the latest version added Adblock plus but I can’t see Adblock plus in my extensions for Firefox iOS.

Asked by PAH 1 year ago

Last reply by Paul 1 year ago

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Cannot add search engine iOS

I’m unable to add any additional search engines. App crashes every time. I’ve also uninstalled the app and reinstalled to see if that changed anything…. It did not. Any … (read more)

I’m unable to add any additional search engines. App crashes every time. I’ve also uninstalled the app and reinstalled to see if that changed anything…. It did not. Any help would be appreciated

Asked by hike406 1 year ago

Last reply by Paul 1 year ago

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Whenever I try to add Startpage Search manually in iOS Firefox, it crashes

Whenever I try to add this link to my list of search engines in iOS Firefox, it crashes. This is the link https://www.startpage.com/sp/search?query=%s Any Suggestions? … (read more)

Whenever I try to add this link to my list of search engines in iOS Firefox, it crashes. This is the link https://www.startpage.com/sp/search?query=%s

Any Suggestions?

Asked by ncro 1 year ago

Last reply by Paul 1 year ago

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When I try to add a search engine on my iPad or iPhone, the app crashes.

Every time I try to add a search engine (the one I’m trying now is “wiki.pokemoncentral.it”) Firefox on my 6th generation iPad with iPadOS 15.6 (latest version) crashes, … (read more)

Every time I try to add a search engine (the one I’m trying now is “wiki.pokemoncentral.it”) Firefox on my 6th generation iPad with iPadOS 15.6 (latest version) crashes, and it does that even with my iPhone Xr. I don’t know what to do, I think it’s a bug or something like that. Please Mozilla, if there isn’t any solution I can do, fix it.

Asked by The Riddler 1 year ago

Last reply by Paul 1 year ago