Join the AMA (Ask Me Anything) with the Firefox leadership team to celebrate Firefox 20th anniversary and discuss Firefox’s future on Mozilla Connect. Mark your calendar on Thursday, November 14, 18:00 - 20:00 UTC!

Sykje yn Support

Mij stipescams. Wy sille jo nea freegje in telefoannûmer te beljen, der in sms nei ta te stjoeren of persoanlike gegevens te dielen. Meld fertochte aktiviteit mei de opsje ‘Misbrûk melde’.

Mear ynfo

Dizze konversaasje is argivearre. Stel in nije fraach as jo help nedich hawwe.

Lost recovery key and need to retrieve current data

  • 5 antwurd
  • 5 hawwe dit probleem
  • 11 werjeftes
  • Lêste antwurd fan ExileFox

more options

Yeah.

It's a really nasty situation. In order to get back into Sync i have to generate a new recovery key But the recovery key generator will mangle the synced data.

Is there any way to retrieve the data?.

I haven't been able to sync with Firefox on Android and few days ago my harddrive gave up so I had to reinstall windows.

Yeah. It's a really nasty situation. In order to get back into Sync i have to generate a new recovery key But the recovery key generator will mangle the synced data. Is there any way to retrieve the data?. I haven't been able to sync with Firefox on Android and few days ago my harddrive gave up so I had to reinstall windows.

Keazen oplossing

It's amazing nobody reads the entire post.

"I haven't been able to sync with Firefox on Android and few days ago my harddrive gave up so I had to reinstall windows."

Where was the big warning sign when I joined firefox sync?.

Thanks for a useless service. Now i have a lot of passwords to reset...

Dit antwurd yn kontekst lêze 👍 0

Alle antwurden (5)

more options

Any help appreciated.

more options

If you don't have a 2nd device connected to that Sync account so you can "pair" them, AND you don't have the Sync Key that was used to encrypt your data as it was being uploaded to the Sync servers, you data can't be recovered.

Did the reinstallation of Windows save any of your old data files?
Like maybe the \roaming\user\app data\Mozilla\Profiles folderset?

more options

You can retrieve it from another computer if you have your account synced there. Options>Sync>Manage Account

more options

If your Android device is still connected to Sync then try to pair the Widows computer.

Android OS > Settings > Accounts > Firefox Sync > Pair a new Device

more options

Keazen oplossing

It's amazing nobody reads the entire post.

"I haven't been able to sync with Firefox on Android and few days ago my harddrive gave up so I had to reinstall windows."

Where was the big warning sign when I joined firefox sync?.

Thanks for a useless service. Now i have a lot of passwords to reset...