This site will have limited functionality while we undergo maintenance to improve your experience. If an article doesn't solve your issue and you want to ask a question, we have our support community waiting to help you at @FirefoxSupport on Twitter and/r/firefox on Reddit.

Avatar for Username

Search Support

Avoid support scams. We will never ask you to call or text a phone number or share personal information. Please report suspicious activity using the “Report Abuse” option.

Learn More

Wo archive tread sia. Meɖekuku bia biabia yeye ne ehia kpeɖeŋu.

Firefox is not available for my android 2.2.1 phone. The phone model is Huawei Ideos X2 U8500. Can you help me in this?

  • 4 ŋuɖoɖowo
  • 11 masɔmasɔ sia le wosi
  • 1 view
  • Nuɖoɖo mlɔetɔ James

priyank1908
priyank1908
more options

I just purchased Huawei Ideos X2 phone. The model no is U8500 with android 2.2.1. But android app of firefox is not compatible with my phone. Although the basic requirement of firefox android app is android 2.1 or above.

Can anyone please provide input to firefox android app so that it will support my phone also?

Thanks in advance, Priyank Shah

I just purchased Huawei Ideos X2 phone. The model no is U8500 with android 2.2.1. But android app of firefox is not compatible with my phone. Although the basic requirement of firefox android app is android 2.1 or above. Can anyone please provide input to firefox android app so that it will support my phone also? Thanks in advance, Priyank Shah

All Replies (4)

Ioana Chiorean
Ioana Chiorean
more options

Here is a try build: https://ftp.mozilla.org/pub/mozilla.org/firefox/try-builds/mh@glandium.org-a3d9309084af/try-android/fennec-13.0a1.en-US.android-arm.apk

This should work.

Ioana Chiorean
Ioana Chiorean
more options

The above build is not specially for Android 2.1 . The Firefox Mobile encounters now a problem with Eclair Android.

Let us know if works.

priyank1908
priyank1908 Biabia la
more options

Above application is not working at all. First of all, it took almost 20 minutes to install. After when I open it, it is getting constantly hang and my android constantly showing me message for "Force Close" the application.

After so many efforts, when I tried to open even google, it can't. Instead it was showing some error of incorrect page.

Can anyone please help me to find correct firefox application for my device?

Thanks & Regards, Priyank Shah

James
James
  • Moderator
  • Top 10 Contributor
more options

The Android 2.1+ requirement is just one of a few requirements needed. Where ever you saw the Android 2.1+ should also have stated that a ARMv7 type of cpu is required.

The phone is basically a budget phone and has aQualcomm MSM7225 528 MHz which is ARMv6 and 256 MB RAM when 512+MB is best.

If the Google Market says the phone is not compatible, then that means the mobile Firefox will not work on it. Maybe in future if the mobile devs can get builds to work well enouth on ARMv6 as past experimental builds were slow, larger and unstable due to not supporting what ARMv7 can.

https://groups.google.com/forum/#!topic/mozilla.dev.platforms.mobile/EcmL9mTAsM8/discussion