<p dir="ltr">Cc'ing nightly-testers; followups to somewhere else (like dev-quality)</p>
<div class="gmail_quote">On Feb 21, 2014 9:29 AM, "Edwin Wong" <<a href="mailto:edwong@mozilla.com">edwong@mozilla.com</a>> wrote:<br type="attribution"><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">
Try out the next version of Sync in Firefox Nightly!<br>
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<a href="https://wiki.mozilla.org/User_Services/Sync/TryNewSync" target="_blank">https://wiki.mozilla.org/User_Services/Sync/TryNewSync</a><br>
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Everything you wanted to know in setting up Firefox Accounts and Sync.<br>
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This will not Sync browser data to your existing Sync accounts. This will only sync data for Firefox Nightly or Aurora Browsers. We highly recommend using a copy or test Firefox profile to try this out.<br>
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What is Firefox Accounts<br>
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• <a href="https://blog.mozilla.org/blog/2014/02/07/introducing-mozilla-firefox-accounts/" target="_blank">https://blog.mozilla.org/blog/2014/02/07/introducing-mozilla-firefox-accounts/</a><br>
• <a href="https://wiki.mozilla.org/Identity/Firefox_Accounts" target="_blank">https://wiki.mozilla.org/Identity/Firefox_Accounts</a><br>
• Questions about using the old (current stable) version of sync:<br>
• <a href="https://support.mozilla.org/en-US/kb/how-sync-works-old-version-firefox?as=u&utm_source=inproduct" target="_blank">https://support.mozilla.org/en-US/kb/how-sync-works-old-version-firefox?as=u&utm_source=inproduct</a><br>
[edit] Desktop Firefox<br>
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• Create a copy of your Firefox Profile.<br>
• <a href="https://support.mozilla.org/en-US/kb/back-and-restore-information-firefox-profiles" target="_blank">https://support.mozilla.org/en-US/kb/back-and-restore-information-firefox-profiles</a><br>
• Download Firefox Nightly - <a href="http://nightly.mozilla.org/" target="_blank">http://nightly.mozilla.org/</a><br>
• If you are an existing sync user do the following, if not skip this:<br>
• Go into Firefox Preferences > Sync (tab) > Unlink This Device<br>
• Go into Firefox Preferences > Sync (tab) > Click 'Create Account' link<br>
• Fill out the form you'd like to use for this account, click next<br>
• Log into your email and click on the verification email sent to you.<br>
• Upon validation, you should see a menu drop down that informs you that you're now syncing.<br>
• You can validate syncing with another Firefox profile. You can do that easily by installing this add-on:<br>
• <a href="https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/profileswitcher/" target="_blank">https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/profileswitcher/</a><br>
That's it!<br>
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[edit] Firefox for Android<br>
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• Download Firefox Nightly - <a href="http://nightly.mozilla.org/" target="_blank">http://nightly.mozilla.org/</a><br>
• go into Settings > Accounts<br>
• tap on add account<br>
• tap on Firefox<br>
• Fill out the form, tap 'Sign in' if you already have an account.<br>
• Verify email if requested<br>
• Syncing should begin, you can look at your bookmarks, choose sync now if needed.<br>
That's it!<br>
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[edit] Bugz and communication<br>
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Please log bugs here:<br>
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• <a href="https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/enter_bug.cgi?product=Firefox" target="_blank">https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/enter_bug.cgi?product=Firefox</a><br>
• select 'Sync' component<br>
IRC: <a href="https://wiki.mozilla.org/IRC" target="_blank">https://wiki.mozilla.org/IRC</a> - join #fxa<br>
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Email list: <a href="https://mail.mozilla.org/listinfo/dev-fxacct" target="_blank">https://mail.mozilla.org/listinfo/dev-fxacct</a><br>
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