All FF Android bookmarks are not synced. There seems to be a bug.
All FF's are up to date and Win7 & Linux sync is fine (for months). This setup has several thousand Bookmarks. Android made an initial sync, but lot of bookmarks were not transferred. FF Android uninstall/install/sync setup was repeated, no help.
There seems to be a bug in FF Android, requiring kind of "sync update reset switch". Manually I can make the reset as follows: -Move bookmarks under the folder X to folder Y (using FF in some PC). -Wait untill sync gets the change (to Mozilla server). -Move bookmarks back from Y to X (and wait untill sync gets to Mozilla.) -Force the sync from the Android and all the bookmarks (in the directory X) arrive well.
It looks like there is some kind of "update done status flag" linked with the directory. In my case that is corrupted. Sounds like I am not alone. It does not help to rename the directory ("the buggy update flag" is propably related to directory content, which does not change). In a large bookmark collection (like mine), this bug makes FF unusable (maxthon works), because the refresh (by moving directory content) should be done for bookmarks in all directories (incl. subdirectories).
It may be that this bug causes Android or Mozilla infection... the old (buggy) bookmark data is somewhere inside the Android (or in Mozilla server) and FF reinstall does not help.
Please, arrange the "reset switch" or instructions to reset/initialize the Android/Mozilla sync, before making the FF install (to get clean install).
Btw. The FF sync between Win7/Linux is nice and much faster than the Maxthon has.
Thanks
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Hi, Thank you for your request, however there are a few built in features that you may not be aware of. There is a timer between each sync. And after each scheduled sync, changes are updated then pushed to other devices the next time they sync.
Even though the changes are made after the "Force Sync" on the Android, does this also happen during the scheduled sync? The frequency of the sync will depend on the next scheduled sync and the programmed sync that Android device controls in the Accounts portion of the operating systems settings. If you are curious as to what is happening, you can check out the debug logs on the android with these instructions, as it would also be good to check there are no errors during the steps you mentioned in the question description. https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/d.../Firefox_for_Android
We look forward to your reply.
Thanks
My issue is not related to timing. I check that sync has passed by making some change with bookmarks and noting that it appears in the other system.
The issue continues with new version 31 too. Sync between Linux&Win7 is OK. I just installed fresh Linux Mint and sync went fine, building up all links well. Sync to Android updates all new changes.
The trouble is that hundreds of old links do not sync up to Android.
I noticed one peculiar detail. Synced bookmarks are in the alphabetical order (the ones I see in Android) up to the link which does not arrive to Android and then the rest unsynced bookmarks are in mixed order (I see all bookmarks in Linux & Win7) .
Mine are not in ABC order either. There was a hack on desktop to add a sort tag to the History manager, but since the db for bookmarks on an android phone are locked, this hack would not work. So far this is expected.
As for the hundreds of old links do not sync up to Android, are these in the same profile/do you have a screenshot of where they live in file structure of desktop? How do I create a screenshot of my problem?
Thanks,
Links are in the same profile.
Database contains lot of directories. I would guess that about 70% of the directories have this issue.
Attached is an example from the Linux FF. Android shows up four from the top (last visible is VirSCAN...). These 4 are in the ABC order. The rest are in mixed order.
