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If you have a compatible device without Android Market access, you can also download Firefox for Android [http://ftp.mozilla.org/pub/mozilla.org/mobile/releases/4.0/android-r7/multi/ directly from our FTP server] (short URL: http://bit.ly/fx4mobile). Note: You will need to keep Firefox up to date yourself if you do not install it through the Market.
You can also [[Mobile/Platforms|try out mobile Firefox on other platforms]], including on your Mac, Windows, or Linux PC.
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== Download Fennec Nightly Aurora Builds == [[Image:Qrcode-fennec-aurora-android.png|right]]If you want to test or preview Firefox 5, you can download a build from the Aurora channel. Aurora builds for mobile use the code-name "Fennec" (a tiny desert fox). You can install a Fennec build alongside an official Firefox beta or stable release for Android.
# Download the nightly build directly onto your Android device by scanning the barcode below, or by entering the URL in the Android your device's web browser.
# Open the '''fennec.apk''' file when it finishes downloading.
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* Short URL: http://bit.ly/f7R1j0fennec6night* Full URL: http://ftp.mozilla.org/pub/mozilla.org/mobile/nightly/latest-mozilla-central-android-r7/fennec-46.1a1pre0a1.multi.eabi-arm.apk
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<font color=red>'''Sorry, the experimental ARMv6 builds are no longer available.''' They contained bugs that caused them to crash immediately, so they were no longer useful for testing.</font>
While we'd like Firefox to run on as many phones as possible, we are focusing first on devices that can run current versions of Firefox with acceptable performance. As we improve Firefox's speed and memory use, it ''might'' become possible for us to support ARMv6 phones in the future, but we are not actively working on it now.
These are some of the bugs in the latest nightly builds. We are working on fixing them.
'''Installation and Add-ons:'''
'''Performance and stability:'''
* '''Fennec causes the Motorola Droid to freeze completely''' when loading certain web sites, or at other random times ({{Bug|602252}}).
* '''Fennec causes the Nexus S to freeze completely''' when loading certain web sites or opening many tabs ({{Bug|624652}}, <font color=green>fixed in Android 2.3.3?</font>).
* '''Fennec's JIT compiler is disabled on Samsung Galaxy S phones running Android 2.1''' because of a bug in their 2.1 kernel, making Fennec slower than on other devices. Galaxy S phones already running Android 2.2 "Froyo" are not affected. ({{bug|601222}}, {{bug|603624}}).
* '''Fennec crashes on some old Cyanogenmod 7 nightly builds''' and other modified recent Android systems versions (including Android 2.3 for the Desire HD) due to a bug in the zlib compression library ({{bug|626051}}).
'''User Interface:'''
