1085405 - Gecko fails to render any page visible right after a first-run (and Sync sign-in)

Status: VERIFIED FIXED

(Firefox for Android Graveyard :: Toolbar, defect)

Description

[Aaron Train [:aaronmt]]

Akin to bug 1030523.

 Launch Nightly under a new profile
 Sign-in to Sync
 Tap any of the default bookmarks in the tiles

On my Nexus 5 (4.4.4), the site, and any other site afterwards is completely rendered as a blank white page. The thumbnail is captured fine in the tabs-tray. Gecko seems hosed at this point. At this point there is no way to restore functionality to the browser other than force-stopping the browser. Switching away from the browser and back does not restore proper behaviour.

Comment 1

[Aaron Train [:aaronmt]]

This seems new to Aurora and Nightly.

Comment 2

[Aaron Train [:aaronmt]]

This is definitely occurring during an initial Sync.

Comment 3

[Aaron Train [:aaronmt]]

https://hg.mozilla.org/mozilla-central/pushloghtml?fromchange=14665b1de5ee&tochange=2399d1ae89e9

Last good revision: f5ccdeb36843
First bad revision: f54ea093e836
Pushlog:

https://hg.mozilla.org/integration/mozilla-inbound/pushloghtml?fromchange=f5ccdeb36843&tochange=f54ea093e836

I get bug 1075136.

Comment 4

[Aaron Train [:aaronmt]]

Oh yeah, no Sync required. On a new profile, just hit start browsing on the first-run splash and then tap on a tile.

Comment 5

[Aaron Train [:aaronmt]]

100% reproducible using the original method, restoring that summary

Comment 6

[Aaron Train [:aaronmt]]

Further steps to reproduce ...

(Make sure Fennec is force-stopped, clear profile, clear cache)

  adb shell am start -n org.mozilla.fennec/.App (you'll see the start-pane)
  adb shell am start -a android.intent.action.VIEW -n org.mozilla.fennec/.App -d "cnn.com"


The site will not display at all. Any attempt at visiting any other site will also not display at all.

Comment 7

[Aaron Train [:aaronmt]]

Also reproducible by conducting a 'Paste & Go' operation after dismissing the start-pane.

Comment 8

[Gemma Petrie (she/her) [:gemma]]

I ran into this issue while conducting user tests on Android Nightly. I have several videos that show this happening to users after download and launch (without trying Sync). If these videos would help, please let me know.

Comment 9

[Aaron Train [:aaronmt]]

Fixed via bug 1072831!

Comment 10

[Cristina Madaras, QA [:CristinaM]]

Verified as fixed in 
Builds:
Firefox for Android 36.0a1 (2014-11-05)
Firefox for Android 35.0a2 (2014-11-05)
Devices:
Motorola Razr (Android 4.1.2)
Asus Transformer Pad TF300T (Android 4.2.1)