How to pair Firefox 29 with Owncloud's mozilla_sync / Weave

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_Go to your Owncloud installation <https://myowncloud/remote.php/mozilla_sync> and accept the SSL Certificate
_Open about:config
_Create: services.sync.username <string> the value should be a hash not the username itself. (You only need the hash if the
sync was setup with a pre FF29, if you start from scratch the string doesn't matter)
You can look this up in an older browser or in the logs of your Owncloud server!!
_Go to: Preferences -> Sync -> Setup Firefox sync (you should see the old UI now)
  'I Have an Account'
  'I don't have the device with me'

  'Account' - again use the hash NOT the actual username!
  'Password' - ...
  'Server'  - https://myowncloud/remote.php/mozilla_sync/
  'Recovery Key' - Get the right key from an older browser, you can find it in the sync settings

If nothing happens on the 'Next' button, restart your browser and start over.

To calculate the hash using Python(2):

>>> import hashlib
>>> import base64
>>> print base64.b32encode(hashlib.sha1("[email protected]").digest()).lower()
...

Still working in FF31 :-)

Thanks a lot!

What a relief, thanks for posting this.

btw, on FF31 on Ubuntu trusty, the usual old Sync page with the progress bar showed up and everything started to populate, no need for a restart.

Anyone upgrade to FF32 yet? I upgraded one system and it insisted my password was wrong. When I tried to change it I got dumped back into the new sync system. This procedure didn't seem to work. I even downgraded to FF28, set old sync back up, then upgraded again and back to wrong password.

I have been holding back the upgrade on my other systems so I am not sure if it was a problem with FF32 or that particular box (Windows 7). My Android phone auto-updated before the Windows box and it does still work.

Still working here in FF32

Thanks RealRancor. I took the risk and upgraded another of my boxes to FF32 and it worked fine. So, the problem was just with that one box.

Hi guys!
So what do I do to get mozilly_sync running when I have no key from prior syncs and am using FF32? Haven't found the solution yet.

(btw ownCloud 7, php5.4 and ssl proxy)

I found out that you can do it from scratch ist you follow the instructions, but instead if "HaveAccount" make a new one and use https://YOURSERVER/owncloud/remote.php/mozilla_sync/ as server

Thank you — @MegaV0lt's tip got this working for me. However I can't get any version (new, old, beta) of FF for Android to sync with ownCloud. I always get the message "Please enter a valid server URL"
Has anyone found a solution?

Doesn't work for me with Android version 33. The sync interface never changes. Anyone have any idea for a fix on that?

Using FF 35 I tried adding "services.sync.username", but i can't get a choice to choose server in the sync UI :(

I have been plugging away at this on and off for a few hours. I have owncloud 8.0 with mozilla_sync 1.4 and FF 35.0.1 on Ubuntu. No joy. I have had FF synced to Mozilla but disconnected so I can use my shiny new owncloud with mozilla_sync installed. Tired all the about:config settings I can find to no avail. HOW do I get this to work?!? I am so confused. CAN it work still? What are the correct about:config settings to use the older sync system and point it to my owncloud? Once those are set, what to I do to activate it/create account? Many thanks in advance.

This worked great with Iceweasel (31.2.0) on a new Debian GNU Hurd install. Thanks. It's such a shame that the functionality is all there but has been hidden away so nobody can make use of it without stumbling upon this page.

This is broken on FF35. I have tried to set up a new account. Get to a window where I can enter the email adress, the password and the server. I have to answer a captcha question, too. But no luck. The 'next' button is always greyed out. I have no old hash or whatever. Setting services.sync.username to some string enables the old sync interface once. After reaching and leaving this interface, the old one pops up again and services.sync.username is empty.

In FF36, MegaVolt's suggestion for starting from scratch no longer works. The instructions say to use the hash instead of the email address, but FF now validates the format and says that the account is not a valid email address.

In my FF 36.0.4 the account setup hangs during the account verification without any error message.

EDIT: fixed, a couple of firefox restarts fixed that.

Sync continues to work with Firefox ESR 45.7.0, and I just tested the above instructions against SeaMonkey 2.46. Happily, still works fine!