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Firefox for Android

Firefox for Android is part of the Fennec project to bring the Firefox web browser to mobile devices. For more information about Fennec, see the Firefox Mobile web site.

Status

Firefox for Android is in early development. Stay tuned and follow us on Twitter and Facebook to hear about new releases and other announcements. Or read our developer blogs to follow our progress.

We have not yet set a date for the first release of Firefox for Android, but we are tentatively planning for a release in early 2011. See Mobile/Planning/2.0 for more information.

Download Firefox 4 beta

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Firefox 4 beta for Android is now available.

  1. Check the system requirements below. This beta is available for ARMv7 only, and requires Android 2.0 or higher.
  2. If you installed Firefox 4 beta 2 or earlier, please uninstall Firefox before installing the latest version. This will erase your profile. (This is because of a one-time change; future updates will not require you to uninstall and reinstall Firefox.)
  3. Point your phone's web browser to firefox.com/m

If you have trouble installing Firefox from the Android Market link on that page, see this support article for help.

Download Fennec Nightly Builds

If you want to develop, test, or preview the next release of Firefox, you can download a nightly build. Nightly builds are named "Fennec." You can install the Fennec nightly build alongside the official Firefox beta or stable release.

  1. Download the nightly build directly onto your Android device by scanning the barcode below, or by entering the URL in the Android browser.
  2. Open the fennec.apk file when it finishes downloading.

You can also try out Fennec on other platforms, including on your Mac, Windows, or Linux PC.

ARMv7

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For Android devices with ARMv7 (Cortex, Snapdragon, Hummingbird, Tegra) processors, like the Nexus One, Droid X, Incredible, Desire, EVO 4G, or Samsung Galaxy S. (See below for a longer list of phones.)

ARMv6 (experimental)

For devices with ARMv6 processors, like the HTC Hero, Legend, Droid Eris, Wildfire, or Samsung Moment. (See below for a longer list of phones.)

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WARNING: ARMv6 builds are not supported, and are known to crash frequently. Recent nightly builds probably won't run at all on ARMv6.

While we'd like Firefox to run on as many phones as possible, we are focusing first on devices that can run current versions of Firefox with acceptable performance. As we improve Firefox's speed and memory use, it might become possible for us to support ARMv6 phones in the future, but we are not actively working on it right now.

Known Issues

These are some of the bugs in the latest nightly builds. We are working on fixing them.

Installation and Add-ons:

  • Adobe Flash and other plugins are not supported yet (bug 630007).
  • Starting the app for the first time takes a while while it installs some files and sets up a profile. Later startup times are much faster.

Performance and stability:

  • Fennec causes the Motorola Droid to freeze completely when loading certain web sites, or at other random times (bug 602252).
  • Fennec causes the Nexus S to freeze completely when loading certain web sites or opening many tabs (bug 624652, fixed in Android 2.3.3?).
  • Fennec's JIT compiler is disabled on Samsung Galaxy S phones running Android 2.1 because of a bug in their 2.1 kernel, making Fennec slower than on other devices. Galaxy S phones already running Android 2.2 "Froyo" are not affected. (bug 601222, bug 603624).
  • Fennec crashes on some Cyanogenmod 7 nightly builds and other modified Android systems due to a bug in the zlib compression library (bug 626051).

User Interface:

  • Letters sometimes appear in the wrong order when typed on a hardware keyboard (bug 634555, fixed in nightly builds).
  • Copy and Paste do not yet work for text in web pages (bug 611741).

See also the complete list of open Android bugs and release blockers in Bugzilla.

System Requirements

Firefox requires Android 2.0 or later. Installation requires about 17 MB internal or SD card storage. Firefox runs best on devices with at least 512 MB of RAM.

Release builds of Firefox require a phone with an ARMv7 processor. Compatible devices include:

  • Advent Vega (P10AN01)
  • Dell Streak, Streak 7
  • HTC Desire
  • HTC Desire Z (T-Mobile G2)
  • HTC Desire HD
  • HTC Droid Incredible
  • HTC EVO 4G, EVO Shift 4G
  • HTC Glacier (T-Mobile myTouch 4G)
  • HTC Inspire 4G
  • HTC Nexus One
  • HTC Thunderbolt 4G
  • LG Optimus Z
  • Motorola Atrix 4G
  • Motorola Bravo
  • Motorola Defy
  • Motorola Droid 2, Droid 2 Global
  • Motorola Droid Pro (Motorola PRO)
  • Motorola Droid X
  • Motorola Xoom
  • POV Mobii Tegra Tablet
  • Samsung Galaxy S (i9000, Captivate, Fascinate, Vibrant, Epic 4G)
  • Samsung Galaxy Tab
  • Sharp IS03
  • Sony Ericsson Xperia X10
  • Viewsonic gTablet

The following devices have compatible hardware, but may have software problems when running Firefox. These bugs may be fixed in future versions:

  • Acer Liquid E - Fennec crashes on startup with Android 2.1 (bug 637424)
  • Acer Liquid (Liquid A1) - Fennec crashes on startup (bug 606194, fixed in beta 5?)
  • Archos 101 Internet Tablet - Fennec freezes or crashes (bug 621645)
  • Huawei Ideos S7 - Fennec crashes on startup (bug 637174)
  • Motorola Charm - does not have the suggested amount of RAM.
  • Motorola Droid (Milestone) - Fennec crashes/freezes while running (bug 602252)
  • Samsung Continuum (i400) - Frequent crashes (bug 638963 - fixed in nightly builds)
  • Samsung Galaxy S 4G - installation error?
  • Samsung Nexus S - Fennec crashes/freezes while running (bug 624652, SUMO reports, fixed in Android 2.3.3?)

These devices have ARMv6 processors and are not compatible with official Firefox releases. They might be able to run the experimental ARMv6 nightly builds:

  • Android SDK emulator
  • Asus Garmin nuvifone A50 (T-Mobile Garminfone)
  • Augen GENTouch 78 Tablet
  • Coby Kyros Internet Tablet (MID7015)
  • HTC Aria
  • HTC ChaCha
  • HTC Dream (T-Mobile G1, Android Dev Phone 1)
  • HTC Droid Eris
  • HTC Espresso (T-Mobile myTouch 3G Slide)
  • HTC Hero (T-Mobile G2 Touch)
  • HTC Legend
  • HTC Magic (T-Mobile myTouch 3G, T-Mobile G1 Touch)
  • HTC Salsa
  • HTC Tattoo
  • HTC Wildfire
  • Huawei Ascend
  • Huawei Ideos U8150-B
  • Huawei U8110 (T-Mobile Pulse Mini)
  • Huawei U8230
  • LG Ally (Apex) (LG VS740)
  • LG GW620
  • LG Optimus, Optimus M, Optimus T, Optimus S, Optimus V
  • MAG iMiTO iM7
  • MAG iMiTO iM7S
  • Motorola Backflip
  • Motorola Citrus
  • Motorola Cliq (MB200)
  • Motorola Dext
  • Motorola Devour
  • Motorola i1
  • Motorola Spice XT300
  • Motorola Quench XT5 XT502
  • Pandigital Novel
  • Samsung GT-S5570 Galaxy Mini
  • Samsung i5500 Galaxy 5 (Corby)
  • Samsung i5700 Galaxy Portal (Spica)
  • Samsung i5800 Galaxy 3
  • Samsung i7500 Galaxy
  • Samsung Intercept
  • Samsung M900 Moment
  • Samsung S5830 Galaxy Ace
  • Samsung Transform
  • Sanyo ZIO M6000
  • Sony Ericsson Xperia X8
  • Sony Ericsson Xperia X10 Mini
  • Sony Ericsson Xperia X10 Mini Pro
  • Superpad 10.2" Tablet PC
  • Viewsonic ViewPad 7 Tablet
  • Vodafone 845
  • ZTE Blade

Support

If you need support for Firefox for mobile please see our dedicated Mobile Support site.

Feedback

If you have comments or ideas please post them in the Mobile Ideas Forum.

Development

See Mobile/Fennec/Android for build instructions, developer documentation, and more project status.

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