Join the AMA (Ask Me Anything) with the Firefox leadership team to celebrate Firefox 20th anniversary and discuss Firefox’s future on Mozilla Connect. Mark your calendar on Thursday, November 14, 18:00 - 20:00 UTC!

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

This thread was archived. Please ask a new question if you need help.

Deprecated

  • 1 reply
  • 3 have this problem
  • 1 view
  • Last reply by Kevin

Felipe227
Felipe227
more options

I have a Galaxy S4 running android 4.4.2. Under account next to Firefox Sync it has (deprecated) next to it. What does this mean?

Dennis

I have a Galaxy S4 running android 4.4.2. Under account next to Firefox Sync it has (deprecated) next to it. What does this mean? Dennis

All Replies (1)

Kevin
Kevin
  • Moderator
more options

There are two incompatible sync protocols, Firefox Sync (Deprecated) is v1.1 of the protocol, the Firefox account is version 1.5 of the protocol.

https://blog.mozilla.org/services/2014/02/07/a-better-firefox-sync/

https://support.mozilla.org/en-US/kb/how-to-update-to-the-new-firefox-sync