If you have an email, password, and recovery key, your previous account is "Old Sync". It sounds like you just created a new Firefox Account, which is a new system.
Last I checked you can still sign in to an old account: 1. Create a new profile. 2. Set services.sync.username to any value (in about:config). You'll need to right-click, choose New, String. 3. Prefs > Sync > Set up Firefox Sync > I have an account Follow the steps from there. Once you're done, and everything is synced back down, you can sign out of your old Sync account and sign in to your new Firefox Account with that profile: https://support.mozilla.org/kb/how-to-update-to-the-new-firefox-sync On Fri, May 15, 2015 at 8:12 AM, Drax <[email protected]> wrote: > Hi. > > I haven't kept up to date on all these changes to Firefox Sync. I've just > had it running on it's own without minding it. > > Yesterday I decided to re-install my OS, so I noted down my recovery key > and performed the wipe. > When I got Firefox back up-and-running, I tried to log into Sync but it > just told me that my account didn't exist. > > I'm sure I saw my e-mail address somewhere while noting down the recovery > key, so I was sure I would just use my regular e-mail. > However, nothing seemed to work. So I've now just set up a new Firefox > account, but I couldn't find any way to recover my old data. > > Is there any way for you guys to help me recovering if you have my email > and recovery key? > > Hope to hear from you soon. > > _______________________________________________ > Sync-dev mailing list > [email protected] > https://mail.mozilla.org/listinfo/sync-dev > >
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