Help. My search engine says Google but I end up with a Chinese website

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and chinese search engine when I type any word in. Help. I'm on my phone. When I type in a full address I get to where I want to go. How do I get back to Google. At least I think it is Chinese. Could be Japanese I suppose.

[Think. Again.]

1. I know this sounds silly, but...

...my first reaction to any phone weirdness is to shut the phone all the way off for a minute or two and start fresh.

There are a lot of malicious attempts constantly trying to get into your system all the time, some partially slip past your protections but re-booting seems to clear out the less sophisticated attacks.

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2. Okay. I'll try.

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8. Damn it is back.

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4. I tried a few things and it seems to be working. Don't know which helped but I did turn off

my phone for a few minutes. Thank you.

[Think. Again.]

5. .

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9. Now it is back. Arrrgghhh!

[Think. Again.]

11. .

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6. Keep extra browsers. Especially Firefox, Brave, maybe Epic

[Think. Again.]

12. I always use Firefox on every device.

[multigraincracker]

7. I know nothing about tech stuff, but

Power Off is my fist move on everything. Can’t hurt and I have the time.

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10. ad blocking software may stop some bad stuff

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13. Start by removing all your add-ons. They are easy to reinstall. Exit firefox and

close all apps. Then try it again.

Next step would be to clear all your cookies, Browsing history and data, and everything else in Firefox-->settings-->Delete Browsing Data. Again, restart firefox after closing all apps.

Try setting duck-duck-go as your preferred search engine in firefox settings. Again, do app close and retry

If al else fails, go to the system settings --> Apps --> Firefox --> Storage --> Clear Data. WARNING: This will remove all your logins/passwords stored in firefox along with all customization. It makes firefox look like you just installed it.