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Firefox for Android crashes on the Kindle Fire HD a second or two after starting. Is there a compatability problem with the Kindle Fire HD?

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RichLaBella
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Loaded the latest version of Firefox for Android on the Kindle Fire HD & Installed. The program completed install successfully, but as soon as Firefox is started, within a few seconds the program exits.

Is there an issue with Firefox and Kindle Fire HD?

I do not want to use Chrome and the Kindle Silk browser is not very good. I have Firefox on all my machines (desktop, 2 laptops, Android phone, and (hopefully) Kindle) and want to be able to sync my bookmarks, etc. between all of them for consistent usage.

Loaded the latest version of Firefox for Android on the Kindle Fire HD & Installed. The program completed install successfully, but as soon as Firefox is started, within a few seconds the program exits. Is there an issue with Firefox and Kindle Fire HD? I do not want to use Chrome and the Kindle Silk browser is not very good. I have Firefox on all my machines (desktop, 2 laptops, Android phone, and (hopefully) Kindle) and want to be able to sync my bookmarks, etc. between all of them for consistent usage.

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There is only one apk at that link. Currently it is fennec-20.0b6.multi.android-arm.apk

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Amit Kumar Thakur
Amit Kumar Thakur
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have u checked? Firefox for Android Crashes On Startup - How To Fix

RichLaBella
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Yes, I loaded v19... and the problem is still there.

Kevin
Kevin
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This is a known issue in Firefox 19 and lower. Firefox will function using Firefox 20 or better. It can be downloaded from http://ftp.mozilla.org/pub/mozilla.org/mobile/releases/latest-beta/android/multi/ and will show up as Firefox Beta in your program list.

Modified by Kevin

porterHause
porterHause
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Silly question kbrosnan, but which .apk to install?

Kevin
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There is only one apk at that link. Currently it is fennec-20.0b6.multi.android-arm.apk

joep777
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I am missing something ,I did the download and no icon or link has appeared in my apps for Firefox. Where do I find the firefox icon in my kindle fire?