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Lost my passwords after reinstall

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Samsung Galaxy S9 plus.

I mistakenly uninstalled Firefox, then reboored and reinstalled it. How do I recover my saved passwords?

I tried going to the Data folder, but there is only 1 folder there, "export messages", for an app that lets me print out or save existing text messages .

Help!!

Samsung Galaxy S9 plus. I mistakenly uninstalled Firefox, then reboored and reinstalled it. How do I recover my saved passwords? I tried going to the Data folder, but there is only 1 folder there, "export messages", for an app that lets me print out or save existing text messages . Help!!

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Paul
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Hi

Have you previously synced your passwords to Firefox on a different device using Firefox Sync?

whattodo
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No, I never did that.

whattodo
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No, I never did that. Is that fatal?

Paul
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Hi

It appears from your question, that you are using Firefox Sync as a back up service. This is not what Sync is designed to do. The Firefox Sync service takes a copy of the data you wish to include and transfers it to a second device (typically a mobile device such as a tablet or a telephone) running a copy of Firefox. The storage in between all attached devices is both temporary and fragile and is not stable enough to be (and is not designed as) a reliable backup service.

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No, I never used Sync. I am the person who needs to recover my saved passwords after having uninstalled then reinstalled Firefox.

Problem explained in the first post in this thread.

Are these saved passwords recoverable?

HELP!!

TyDraniu
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I don't think that user data on Firefox for Android can survive reinstalling.