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Updated To Jelly Bean 4.2 now Firefox closes constantly

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My Nexus 7 has just performed an update to Jelly Bean 4.2 now whenever I use Firs Fox it randomly closes the browser after a short amount of time, sometimes as short as 5 seconds, after it closes it returns me to the home screen for my device.

My Nexus 7 has just performed an update to Jelly Bean 4.2 now whenever I use Firs Fox it randomly closes the browser after a short amount of time, sometimes as short as 5 seconds, after it closes it returns me to the home screen for my device.

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The mobile Firefox 17.0 release is now out.

https://www.mozilla.org/en-US/mobile/

https://www.mozilla.org/en-US/mobile/17.0/releasenotes/

FIXED Android 4.2 instability (811657)
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This is a known bug in Firefox. It will be fixed in Firefox 17 which will be released next tuesday.

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Hello

Thanks for the quick reply :) I suppose I would have known that had I bothered to install Fire Fox before the Jelly Bean update lol.

Thanks again I will download the updated version next week.

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Firefox Beta which was uploaded to the store today will also solve this issue.

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Hello

Thanks for the reply, I can confirm that this updated version of Fire Fox Beta works extremely well on my Nexus 7 running Android Jelly Bean 4.2.

At last a browser that works properly with flash content :)

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Chosen Solution

The mobile Firefox 17.0 release is now out.

https://www.mozilla.org/en-US/mobile/

https://www.mozilla.org/en-US/mobile/17.0/releasenotes/

FIXED Android 4.2 instability (811657)