Got problems on my Android firefox browser, metamask extension can't be accessed

Hippocrypto

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Quote from: logfiles on August 13, 2020, 03:31:45 PM

I think it's a common problem with android browsers when one is upgrading. I also lost access to my Opera Crypto wallet after an upgrade but luckly i had backed up the seed phrase somewhere.

Android devices are a bit trick as you might need root access to any hidden system files of firebox browser so you maybe force to first have to root the device which is one long stressful process.
Try asking for help from the Mozilla community; https://support.mozilla.org/en-US/questions/new/mobile

This is helpful mate, I just hope so that Mozilla community will promptly accommodate my concerns since they're not focused on one problems only. However if given small chances, my account in metamask extension would be accessed as well. Thanks for the help as well as with other great members here in this forum, and I recommend this thread will be locked because my concern is now answered.

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I think it's a common problem with android browsers when one is upgrading. I also lost access to my Opera Crypto wallet after an upgrade but luckly i had backed up the seed phrase somewhere.

Android devices are a bit trick as you might need root access to any hidden system files of firebox browser so you maybe force to first have to root the device which is one long stressful process.
Try asking for help from the Mozilla community; https://support.mozilla.org/en-US/questions/new/mobile

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Quote from: bob123 on August 12, 2020, 09:26:23 AM

Quote from: DaveF on August 12, 2020, 08:35:34 AM

IIRC there are some file managers and ADB hacks you can use to get access to some more things without root but not all.

You can extract any App data via ADB on a non-rooted device if and only if the App has the debugging flag set to true in the AndroidManifest.xml file.
Usually, the flag is disabled. At least with reputable and well tested applications.

Might still be worth a try, but i doubt firefox didn't disable the debugging mode since it poses a security risk.

I think your suggestions was too hard to do, since that was too broad to do. Every comments they said was indeed right that it was my biggest mistake that I failed to back up my metamask wallet security. Hopefully someone can give me a brief tutorial on what steps that might be closer to make the recovery successful.

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Quote from: DaveF on August 12, 2020, 08:35:34 AM

IIRC there are some file managers and ADB hacks you can use to get access to some more things without root but not all.

You can extract any App data via ADB on a non-rooted device if and only if the App has the debugging flag set to true in the AndroidManifest.xml file.
Usually, the flag is disabled. At least with reputable and well tested applications.

Might still be worth a try, but i doubt firefox didn't disable the debugging mode since it poses a security risk.

DaveF

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Keep in mind you *may* have to root your phone to get access to where you need.
IIRC there are some file managers and ADB hacks you can use to get access to some more things without root but not all.
You can probably Google a lot more info.

-Dave

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According to https://ethereum.stackexchange.com/q/52658, you could find wallet file, then decrypt it manually (with your password) to obtain your seed.
The only problem it's for Google Chrome on desktop, so you have to improvise a bit.

P.S. make sure to do it on clean desktop.

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Quote from: Hippocrypto on August 12, 2020, 05:11:06 AM

My metamask extension can't be accessed after Mozilla firefox version has been updated to the latest one. The wallets created on metamask before it was updated couldn't be seen and I can't open it even though I used to downgrade the firefox version. This is my biggest problem nowadays, so I am hoping those technical buddies here who can give me possible solutions.

Your first mistake was to use a browser extension as a wallet.
For the future, just use a proper wallet instead of some stupid browser extension to store crypto.

Regarding your problem.. what happens when you downgrade firefox to a version where your extension worked? It simply doesn't work either?
You might want to open an issue on github: https://github.com/MetaMask/metamask-extension.

Quote from: Hippocrypto on August 12, 2020, 05:11:06 AM

The situation is very stressful for me, I got some tokens in there which I never been backed up particular with seed phrase.

This was your second mistake.
You always need to have a backup. There are so many scenarios which could have led to a loss of your crypto.

After your problem gets fixed, i would recommend, that you switch to a real wallet and create at least 2 (non-digital) backups of your mnemonic code before continuing using crypto.

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Maybe it was disabled? I'm not familiar with Firefox on Android but try to check the enabled add-ons[1]. Maybe it was disabled when you update it and requires additional permissions so it's not automatically updated.

[1] https://support.mozilla.org/en-US/kb/find-and-install-add-ons-firefox-android

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I would like to ask help from anyone in this forum that could help me with my problems on my Android firefox browser. My metamask extension can't be accessed after Mozilla firefox version has been updated to the latest one. The wallets created on metamask before it was updated couldn't be seen and I can't open it even though I used to downgrade the firefox version. This is my biggest problem nowadays, so I am hoping those technical buddies here who can give me possible solutions.
The situation is very stressful for me, I got some tokens in there which I never been backed up particular with seed phrase.
Here's the link of my bookmarked metamask extension that doesn't work anymore; moz-extension://87146f5b-3198-42cf-9f3f-05378e2e7427/home.html#

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