Thank you. I suppose I was expecting something more "official" than a
file hosted on a 3rd party file locker, but if it works I'll be content.


On Tue, 15 Oct 2013 15:51:14 -0700
"平田修樹 (Naoki Hirata)" <[email protected]> wrote:

> It's the second link I emailed; here is the link again, courtesy of 
> Eduardo :
> 
> http://sl.edujose.org/2013/10/adapted-boot-image-for-use-with-b2g.html
> 
> 
> 
> On 10/15/13 1:54 PM, jezra wrote:
> > Thank you. It appears that boot.img is not part of the build
> > process; only ramdisk.img, userdata.img, and system.img get built.
> > How/where do I find the boot.img?
> >
> > On Tue, 15 Oct 2013 13:36:10 -0700
> > "平田修樹 (Naoki Hirata)" <[email protected]> wrote:
> >
> >> This should basically do what you want if you create this as a
> >> script. If you want to keep your user data, you'll want to just
> >> skip/remove the userdata lines.
> >>
> >> #!/bin/bash
> >> echo + using adb to reboot to fastboot mode &&
> >> adb reboot bootloader
> >>
> >> echo + Checking to see if we see the device using fastboot &&
> >> fastboot devices &&
> >> echo + Flashing cache &&
> >> fastboot flash cache ramdisk.img &&
> >> echo + Flashing userdata &&
> >> fastboot flash userdata userdata.img &&
> >> echo + Flashing system &&
> >> fastboot flash system system.img &&
> >> echo + Flashing boot &&
> >> fastboot flash boot boot.img &&
> >> echo + Flashing rebooting the device &&
> >> fastboot reboot &&
> >> echo + Done!
> >>
> >>
> >> On 10/15/13 12:50 PM, jezra wrote:
> >>> I am using Linux, and I have adb and fastboot installed.
> >>>
> >>> On Tue, 15 Oct 2013 12:45:11 -0700
> >>> "平田修樹 (Naoki Hirata)" <[email protected]> wrote:
> >>>
> >>>> I apologize.  I wasn't aware that you had not built your own
> >>>> images, that was my bad assumption.
> >>>>
> >>>> Have you installed the android sdk?  You will need to do so in
> >>>> order to flash the device.
> >>>> Also which platform are you using ( Windows, Mac or linux )?
> >>>>
> >>>> Regards,
> >>>> Naoki
> >>>> On 10/15/13 12:25 PM, jezra wrote:
> >>>>> Presumably, the 'flash.sh' script runs 3 or 4 commands that
> >>>>> involve fastboot; and it shouldn't be necessary for beta testers
> >>>>> (which is what anyone who purchased a ZTE Open is), to install
> >>>>> the full build environment just to use fastboot for flashing
> >>>>> images to their device.
> >>>>>
> >>>>> As I fall within the category of people who don't have the
> >>>>> resources for a full build environment, I have downloaded
> >>>>> compiled images from a fellow ZTE owner who was kind enough to
> >>>>> compile Firefox OS from source. Now that I have these .img
> >>>>> files, I would like to know how to use fastboot to install them
> >>>>> onto my device.
> >>>>>
> >>>>> Any instructions for using fastboot would be greatly
> >>>>> appreciated.
> >>>>>
> >>>>> jezra
> >>>>>
> >>>>> On Tue, 15 Oct 2013 11:03:59 -0700
> >>>>> "平田修樹 (Naoki Hirata)" <[email protected]> wrote:
> >>>>>
> >>>>>> The script flash.sh in the main repository should flash all the
> >>>>>> parts including the boot.img.
> >>>>>> ie: <project folder>/flash.sh
> >>>>>>
> >>>>>> On 10/15/13 11:03 AM, jezra wrote:
> >>>>>>> Thank you for the instructions for putting the ZTE Open into
> >>>>>>> fastboot mode. If possible, can you also supply the
> >>>>>>> instructions for using fastboot to flash compiled B2G images
> >>>>>>> onto the ZTE Open?
> >>>>>>>
> >>>>>>> On Tue, 15 Oct 2013 10:55:41 -0700
> >>>>>>> "平田修樹 (Naoki Hirata)" <[email protected]> wrote:
> >>>>>>>
> >>>>>>>> https://wiki.mozilla.org/B2G/QA/Tips_And_Tricks#Hardware_Cheat_codes
> >>>>>>>> FYI, Inari refers to the ZTE Open.
> >>>>>>>>
> >>>>>>>> Doing the vol down+up + power should put you in fastboot
> >>>>>>>> mode. This means that the "fastboot" should be able to see
> >>>>>>>> the device. ie: fastboot devices
> >>>>>>>>
> >>>>>>>> If that is the case, then you can flash partition images onto
> >>>>>>>> the phone using fastboot.  This is what the flash.sh script
> >>>>>>>> does.  It puts the device in fastboot mode and then flashes
> >>>>>>>> the images per fastboot.
> >>>>>>>>
> >>>>>>>> Chances if you are in fastboot mode then the boot.img that
> >>>>>>>> they pointed you to worked.  The problem is described by
> >>>>>>>> Eduardo on a separate thread:
> >>>>>>>> http://sl.edujose.org/2013/10/adapted-boot-image-for-use-with-b2g.html
> >>>>>>>>
> >>>>>>>> Once you place the boot.img in the proper location, give
> >>>>>>>> flash.sh another go.  If that still doesn't work please let
> >>>>>>>> me know. The other thing we could potentially do is flash
> >>>>>>>> just gecko/gaia on the device provided that you can reboot
> >>>>>>>> the device and have adb access. This is done by :
> >>>>>>>> <project folder>/flash.sh gecko
> >>>>>>>> <project folder>/gaia/make reset-gaia
> >>>>>>>>
> >>>>>>>> Regards,
> >>>>>>>> Naoki
> >>>>>>>>
> >>>>>>>> On 10/15/13 10:29 AM, [email protected] wrote:
> >>>>>>>>> Michael: Thank you but, it took around 15 e-mails and over
> >>>>>>>>> two weeks mailing around with the eBay seller until they
> >>>>>>>>> actually understood my problem. They kept pointing me to
> >>>>>>>>> the download already discussed in this thread over and over
> >>>>>>>>> again, and I had the impression that I was talking to a
> >>>>>>>>> wall. As explained, when they finally realized the actual
> >>>>>>>>> problem they offered me a new phone for 80% of the initial
> >>>>>>>>> price (which is a 20% discount).
> >>>>>>>>>
> >>>>>>>>> Again, I am not willing to throw an almost completely new
> >>>>>>>>> phone (never carried around, no scratches, screen cover not
> >>>>>>>>> removed yet etc.) in the trash can and buy a (discounted)
> >>>>>>>>> new one just because the firmware is bricked and ZTE
> >>>>>>>>> refuses to reflash it. This is the complete opposite of
> >>>>>>>>> what I was expecting from a device marketed as developer
> >>>>>>>>> phone - not mentioning that it's completely crazy when
> >>>>>>>>> looking at it from an ecologic perspective.
> >>>>>>>>>
> >>>>>>>>> Vinayak: Well, this is as similar to my situation, I assume
> >>>>>>>>> you can also access see the device over USB being in
> >>>>>>>>> diagnostic mode when you boot it by holding both
> >>>>>>>>> voldown+volup + power although the screen remains black?
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