802514 - Confusing Firefox Sync Pairing UI on Nexus 7 (related to Jelly Bean?)

Status: RESOLVED INACTIVE

(Firefox for Android Graveyard :: Android Sync, defect, P4)

Description

[ravi_n+mozilla]

User Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (Windows NT 5.1; rv:15.0) Gecko/20100101 Firefox/15.0.1
Build ID: 20120905151427

Steps to reproduce:

I was trying to set up Firefox Sync on another device using my Nexus 7 for pairing. From Firefox's action list I went to Settings -> Sync trying to find the "Pair a Device" option.


Actual results:

I get a pop-up asking me to select among the various sync accounts set up on the device (similar to getting dumped at "Accounts & Sync" section of the settings app (on my ICS / CM9 device), but more jarring.

The bigger problem is that if I select the Firefox Sync account I get dumped at a Firefox Sync settings screen that doesn't have the "Pair a Device" option. I eventually figured out that if I went into the main Settings app and selected the "Firefox Sync" account I got a different screen with the "Pair a Device" option (and my Firefox Sync account to drill down into).


Expected results:

Going to Settings -> Sync in Firefox should send me somewhere where I can easily find the "Pair a Device" option (or "Pair a Device" should be obviously reachable in some other way).

Comment 1

[Nick Alexander :nalexander [he/him]]

(In reply to ravi_n+mozilla from comment #0)
> User Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (Windows NT 5.1; rv:15.0) Gecko/20100101
> Firefox/15.0.1
> Build ID: 20120905151427
> 
> Steps to reproduce:
> 
> I was trying to set up Firefox Sync on another device using my Nexus 7 for
> pairing. From Firefox's action list I went to Settings -> Sync trying to
> find the "Pair a Device" option.
> 
> 
> Actual results:
> 
> I get a pop-up asking me to select among the various sync accounts set up on
> the device (similar to getting dumped at "Accounts & Sync" section of the
> settings app (on my ICS / CM9 device), but more jarring.
> 
> The bigger problem is that if I select the Firefox Sync account I get dumped
> at a Firefox Sync settings screen that doesn't have the "Pair a Device"
> option. I eventually figured out that if I went into the main Settings app
> and selected the "Firefox Sync" account I got a different screen with the
> "Pair a Device" option (and my Firefox Sync account to drill down into).

I believe this is another change in Android's behaviour, new with Jelly Bean.

Since pairing another device to a paired phone is rare, I don't think we'll get to this soon.  We have discussed moving all Sync settings into Fennec itself, and this would certainly be addressed if we do that.

Comment 3

[Firefox Bug Husbandry Bot]

Closing per https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1473195

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