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How do I verify that bookmarks are sync'ed from Desktop Fx29 to Android Fx 29 ?

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Cbhihe
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I have installed Fx 29 on my Android cell phone and on my WinXP/Ubuntu 14.04 Laptop. I sync from the Desktop to the Mozilla server and , then, from Mozilla servers to my Mobile Android Fx. The whole process is completely opaque. I.e. I don't see a progress bar or anything that shows the process being conducted. After that I look for my bookmarks on my Android mobile Fx.... I cannot find them. What I am doing wrong ? Cheers, -ced

I have installed Fx 29 on my Android cell phone and on my WinXP/Ubuntu 14.04 Laptop. I sync from the Desktop to the Mozilla server and , then, from Mozilla servers to my Mobile Android Fx. The whole process is completely opaque. I.e. I don't see a progress bar or anything that shows the process being conducted. After that I look for my bookmarks on my Android mobile Fx.... I cannot find them. What I am doing wrong ? Cheers, -ced

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Seething Sage
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Even though I would greatly prefer bookmark sorting and organizing to be possible in the Mobile client itself, I set up Sync as a work around. But it's horrible. I too am on the newest versions of each client, and I'd never created a sync account before, etc.

So I have it working, but there seems to be absolutely no way to force a sync to occur. If I create a bookmark on my Mobile device, even if I'm sitting in front of my PC right then I have to wait for some amount of time before I can see the bookmark in the Mobile Bookmarks folder on the desktop browser. Sometimes it's a few minutes, often it can be 15-30 min., and sometimes it's an hour or an entire day. (I've tried logging in/out of sync, closing the clients, disabling/re-enabling bookmark sync in the menu, etc., but none of that ever helps.) Once I can see the new bookmark so I can move it up or down or put it in a folder, THEN I have to wait for some amount of time for it to sync back down to the mobile device. That's really bad design.

Also, I wish Sync let you choose WHICH bookmark folders to sync. All I want to sync is the Mobile Bookmarks folder and anything underneath it - I don't want to even see my desktop's overall Bookmarks list or Bookmarks Toolbar on my mobile device.

Cbhihe
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Sorry to hear that Seething Sage.

It sems that Sync is not what mozilla.org wants it to be just yet. I have gotten some attention with my 2 or 3 posts on the matter. 2 were definitely a little on the hot side of cool and I regret that, but in the end I was referred to the same 2 or 3 old stickies on how to sync and a pretty video extolling the beauty of the new Sync and ... have gotten exactly 0 solution so far. I can sync now (after dwiddling endlessly with the thing) between my Lx desktop and my Android mobile, but there is nothin' doin' for Sync between my Win-xp desktop and the server, even though I have the same set up for Fx 29.x under both Win and Lx boots....

I will report on how long it takes to propagate a sync change from one platform to another, so you may have something to comprare your case to. Stay tuned.

For the rest, I remain stumped. Cheers. -ced.

guigs
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972193 Firefox for Android Awesomescreen nobody@mozilla.org NEW --- Allow folder management in Fennec bookmarks UI