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I had a need to select and copy text both while reading an e-mail, and also while viewing an attachment.

The issue was I installed Firefox and it sent a confirmation e-mail to my primary e-mail (which isn't the phone)

I forwarded the e-mail in-line to the phone, intending to copy the link out of the e-mail and paste it in to the browser... but a long press on the text in the e-mail view didn't result in a text selection window... and if I tried to reply or forward, there were ">" characters in front of the link, split across multiple lines, so copying and pasting the link that way were no good.

Second, I tried forwarding with the e-mail as an attachment, but eml were not recognised attachments, so it downloaded the attachment anyway, and I was able to use File Manager to browse to, and view the data content of the eml file. I could see the link in the A tag, but again a long press did not result in the ability to select text.

I got around the issue by creating a txt file on my workstation, pasting the link in to the txt file... transferring that to the phone and then I was able to open and copy the link out of the txt file, and in to Firefox's address bar... then it confirmed my account and I could sync my bookmarks.

I had a need to select and copy text both while reading an e-mail, and also while viewing an attachment.

The issue was I installed Firefox and it sent a confirmation e-mail to my primary e-mail (which isn't the phone)

I forwarded the e-mail in-line to the phone, intending to copy the link out of the e-mail and paste it in to the browser... but a long press on the text in the e-mail view didn't result in a text selection window... and if I tried to reply or forward, there were ">" characters in front of the link, split across multiple lines, so copying and pasting the link that way were no good.

Second, I tried forwarding with the e-mail as an attachment, but eml were not recognised attachments, so it downloaded the attachment anyway, and I was able to use File Manager to browse to, and view the data content of the eml file. I could see the link in the A tag, but again a long press did not result in the ability to select text.

I got around the issue by creating a txt file on my workstation, pasting the link in to the txt file... transferring that to the phone and then I was able to open and copy the link out of the txt file, and in to Firefox's address bar... then it confirmed my account and I could sync my bookmarks.