I need help. My gmail account, (Firefox Win7) got switched to the basic html version. Thereās āsupposedā to be a button on there that sends it back to the standard view. It doesnāt seem to exist. Any idea how to change it back?
For bonus points, my phone has been stuck like this for years too. (Firefox Android) Itās even been that way across multiple phones. The setting is stuck there on googleās end, and I CAN NOT figure out a way to fix it.
So i tried signing out / in. Password is not working or incorrect. I canāt get past the security questions.
I think this got touched off by some kind of change at Google. Going to give them a bit to straighten up whatever they may have done. Then try to get back in.
I still have access via my phone, but Iām not dicking with that until itās not my ONLY access.
Thanks for the link, though. Just gonna give it a day or so before I try it.
Also this looks suspiciously like mobile modeā¦ is your browser doing something to indicate to the server itās a mobile browser? Plugin doing something? Setting?
Basically, yeah. Thereās a button in the Standard view to change to Basic HTML view. Thereās supposed to be one that goes the other way, but itās never been there. Thatās how my phone has been stuck in Basic view for along time now.
My PC just out of the blue asked me to verify if I really wanted to use the Basic view. It offered two buttons, standard or basic. But it wouldnāt let me click on the standard. It did however accept the click on the basic. FUCK ME.
In an attempt to reset, I logged out, and was going to log back in. I canāt get back in. The forgot password feature keeps rejecting my answers on the āwhat was your first phone numberā question. Thereās only so many variations of that answer, and Iāve tried it with hyphens / area code, and without. Also, it should be offering to send a code to my phone, but itās not.
The way this just popped up out of the blue, and itās refusal to do the normal things itās supposed to do makes me think they pushed out a bad update or something. I hope thatās all it is. Wait and see for now.
Just tried it. Same bs. Canāt get past the password.
Trying to update / change my account verification info via phone. Gotta update Firefox first. Which is gonna suck, cause every update makes a bunch of meaningless changes that just make using it harder, until you finally figure them out, and they update that shit again.
I was the same, I held out until the security patches were no longer being produced.
By that time, the Win10 had ironed out most of its bugs.
Win10 is not the worst
It may even solve your issue
I know how you donāt even like to stay logged in,
so this may be an uphill battle
BUT if you wanāt a hand here it is
In case of emergency, Break Windows (10)
How to download Windows 10 for free
Hereās how to get Windows 10 for free, if youāre currently running a licensed and activated copy of Windows 7, Windows 8 or Windows 8.1 Home or Pro:
2. Under Create Windows 10 installation media , click Download tool now and Run .
3. Choose Upgrade this PC now , assuming this is the only PC youāre upgrading. (If youāre upgrading a different machine, choose Create installation media for another PC , and save the installation files.)
4. Follow the prompts.
5. When the upgrade is complete, go to Settings Update & Security > Activation , and you should see a digital license for Windows 10.
I was in college when Win8 came out, and they gave out a bunch of free licensed copies. I pretty much sat on mine, till tonight. I yanked an old 'puter out of storage and loaded Win8 on it for a project that I want to keep physically separate from my main computer.
Now it utterly refuses to update anything.
I think I can get it to 8.1 manually updated. But frankly, Iāve had enough for tonight. Bed time.