637417 - SFR (France) blocks web traffic unless user agent set to "Android"

Status: RESOLVED DUPLICATE of bug 545824

(Firefox for Android Graveyard :: General, defect, P3)

Description

[Thomas Arend [:tarend]]

User Alexandre reports:
"Firefox doesn't work with the default user agent. I asked around and found out (in some forums, I don't know if its true though) that our carrier in France (SFR) allows only internet connection through android if the user agent is set to android. If not, Firefox loads a blank page. The default agent works only if our mobile phones are connected through WiFi.
(The truth is that lately it loads pages only once in a while if it is set to default.)"

Can someone please verify this. If that proves to be true -> tech evangelism

Comment 1

[Vivien Nicolas (:vingtetun) (:21) - (NOT reading bugmails, needinfo? please)]

Thomas this has been fixed one month ago (and it was true!) by bug 545824

Just in case you have other "French" bugs or others from Europe don't hesitate to CC'ed me, even if I can't do something on my side I have some people in the Paris Office I can bug for help :)

Comment 2

[Thomas Arend [:tarend]]

Thanks a lot, Vivien
So this should be fixed with Beta 5 then, but I have a user from France who just reported this. Is it possible that this is not entirely resolved or that we have some regression??

Comment 3

[Vivien Nicolas (:vingtetun) (:21) - (NOT reading bugmails, needinfo? please)]

(In reply to comment #2)
> Thanks a lot, Vivien
> So this should be fixed with Beta 5 then, but I have a user from France who
> just reported this. Is it possible that this is not entirely resolved or that
> we have some regression??

This is very unlikely but who knows.  I will check with Tristan Nitot at the office tomorrow, he has a phone with SFR and use Fennec.

I think the user has found the existence of the SFR issue into some forums but this is not true anymore.