ok, cheers ;-) Chris Mills Senior tech writer || Mozilla developer.mozilla.org || MDN [email protected] || @chrisdavidmills
On 15 Sep 2014, at 19:47, Tony Chung <[email protected]> wrote: > Chris, that link looks good to me how it is now. think you should leave it > separate as another article. i simply missed it the first time. Thanks > for pointing it out! > > Tony > > > On Sep 15, 2014, at 11:39 AM, Chris Mills <[email protected]> wrote: > >> We do cover this in the following section of the main Flame article: >> >> https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/Firefox_OS/Developer_phone_guide/Flame#Linux_and_Mac >> >> I’d love your feedback on what could be better written. Perhaps I should >> transfer all of the details over to the Flame article, rather than linking >> to another place. >> >> Some more comments below: >> >> Chris Mills >> Senior tech writer || Mozilla >> developer.mozilla.org || MDN >> [email protected] || @chrisdavidmills >> >> >> >> On 15 Sep 2014, at 17:52, Gabriela Montagu <[email protected]> wrote: >> >>> Tony, many thanks for answering me so quickly!!! >>> >>> I'm afraid there are things I don't understand how to do such as: >>> >>> edit the android.rules file in /etc/udev/rules.d/ : >>> SUBSYSTEM=="usb", ATTR{idVendor}==“05c6", MODE="0666", GROUP=“plugdev" >>> >> >> This can be a bit tricky, as this location is hidden by default. To find >> this, the easiest way is to open your Files application, then choose the >> menu option Go > Enter Location, then in the box that pops up, enter >> /etc/udev/rules.d/ and press return. You cna then edit the android.rules >> file with whatever plain text editor you are comfortable using. Create a new >> file called android.rules, if it doesn’t already exist in that location. >> >>> >>> >>> Supposing I get to do all the above, how do I flash the builds? >> >> You should be able to follow the instructions in this section: >> >> https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/Firefox_OS/Developer_phone_guide/Flame#Updating_your_Flame%27s_software >> >> >> >>> >>> >>> Someone in the TCP channel gave a link to some unofficiall nightly builds >>> and told me I could use them to falsh the same way I do with my Keon using >>> Windows. The link is the following: >>> >>> >>> http://www.codingfree.com/p/firefox-os-builds.html >>> >>> Could you please tell me if there would be some risk using the above? >>> >>> >> >> I would recommend that you use the builds listed on the official page, at: >> >> https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/Firefox_OS/Developer_phone_guide/Flame#Updating_your_Flame_to_a_nightly_build >> >> Although you should Flash the base build first. >> >> I’ve updated my Flame using these instructions many times, and haven’t had a >> problem. It is pretty reliable. >> >> I hope this helps. Let me know if you have any other questions. >> >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> On 15 September 2014 13:27, Tony Chung <[email protected]> wrote: >>> Gabriela, >>> >>> you certainly can try adding android.rules for your Flame to your ubuntu >>> machine. Yes, you may need sudo access to edit the file. Can you find >>> out who can give you the administration rights? >>> >>> Once you obtain them, follow this >>> >>> For the device to be seen on ubuntu: >>> 1. $ lsusb >>> >>> look for the device ID on your Flame. Should say something like: >>> "Bus 001 Device 023: ID 05c6:9026 Qualcomm, Inc. " >>> >>> 2. you will have to edit the android.rules file in /etc/udev/rules.d/ : >>> SUBSYSTEM=="usb", ATTR{idVendor}==“05c6", MODE="0666", GROUP=“plugdev" >>> >>> 3. to restart the process : >>> sudo vi /etc/udev/rules.d/android.rules >>> sudo service udev restart >>> sudo /etc/init.d/udev restart >>> sudo reload udev >>> sudo udevadm trigger >>> >>> 4. $ adb devices >>> Verify your device is now seen by Ubuntu >>> Once you have ADB access, you can flash the device if you have the builds >>> handy. >>> Hope that helps, >>> >>> Tony >>> >>> >>> On Sep 15, 2014, at 6:48 AM, Marek Raida <[email protected]> wrote: >>> >>>> Hi,I used the latest ubuntu,and no udev rules were necessary to update - >>>> could also be the case of your current distro version... >>>> M. >>>> >>>> On Monday, September 15, 2014, Gabriela Montagu <[email protected]> wrote: >>>> Hi Tony and Marek >>>> >>>> Very sorry for my delay!!! >>>> >>>> Tony, >>>> I have an Ubuntu/linux machine at the palce I work. I've installed adb but >>>> now, according to the TCP channel people trying to help me, I need to >>>> create a file for the udev rules and then enter 2 lines in it. I need >>>> administrator rights to do this as I don't have them, so I depend on >>>> someone else willing to do it for me so..... It doesn't seem so easy as >>>> you say, just tranferring the files and fllash them... >>>> >>>> Marek, >>>> Using my USB stick, instalingl some linux live distribution on it, boot >>>> and do whats needed... doen't seem so difficult but.... which linux live >>>> distribution do I have to use? Would I have to create the udev rules with >>>> the 2 lines in it all the same? If so, the problem is I don't know how to >>>> do it... :( >>>> >>>> >>>> Many thanks for trying to help me! >>>> Best regards, >>>> Gabriela >>>> QA Mozilla Hispano Responsible >>>> >>>> >>>> http://www.mozilla-hispano.org >>>> http://twitter.com/mozilla_hispano >>>> http://facebook.com/mozillahispano >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> On 2 September 2014 15:27, Tony Chung <[email protected]> wrote: >>>> Hi Gabriela, >>>> Agree with Marek. Do you have a linux distro machine that is running ADB, >>>> that you can just transfer the files and flash from ? >>>> >>>> Tony >>>> >>>> >>>> On Sep 2, 2014, at 10:38 AM, Marek Raida <[email protected]> wrote: >>>> >>>>> I discourage you to try it on Windows+Cygwin, it failed me always. >>>>> In it's stead, use yoru USB stick, install some linux live distribution >>>>> on it, boot and do whats needed... >>>>> >>>>> On Monday, 1 September 2014 22:21:52 UTC+2, Gabriela Montagu wrote: >>>>>> Hi all, >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>> Could any one of you help me flash 2.1 to my Flame device using Windows >>>>>> please? If so, I would greatly appreciate it!!! >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>> I already have the Windows drivers, the Nightly build and the Gaia zip >>>>>> but I need the appropriate command to flash them using Windows and I >>>>>> would need to do in to help test some specific things. >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>> Many thanks! >>>>>> >>>>>> Best regards, >>>>>> >>>>>> Gabriela >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>> http://www.mozilla-hispano.org >>>>>> http://twitter.com/mozilla_hispano >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>> http://facebook.com/mozillahispano >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>> On 6 August 2014 16:41, Paul Rouget <[email protected]> wrote: >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>> Just FYI, in WebIDE, there are buttons to root the phone when it's >>>>>> possible. >>>>>> >>>>>> In Runtime > Runtime Info. >>>>>> >>>>>> We use run ADB for the user, and run scripts to root ADB server side. >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>> Asa Dotzler wrote: >>>>>> >>>>>>> On 8/6/14, 9:15 AM, Josh Aas wrote: >>>>>> >>>>>>>> I got a Flame phone and wanted to update it to 2.0 nightly so I could >>>>>> >>>>>>>> test/dogfood. Last week I couldn't figure out how to do that via the >>>>>> >>>>>>>> Flame home page, but someone has since added instructions. Thanks to >>>>>> >>>>>>>> whoever did that! >>>>>> >>>>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>>>> https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/Firefox_OS/Developer_phone_guide/Flame >>>>>> >>>>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>>>> One issue with the instructions, though, at least on OS X - they only >>>>>> >>>>>>>> really work if both flash steps are run as root (sudo). Flashing the >>>>>> >>>>>>>> base doesn't require root, but the flash to 2.0 nightly requires the >>>>>>>> adb >>>>>> >>>>>>>> daemon to be running as root, and if you didn't flash the base as root >>>>>> >>>>>>>> adb will not be running as root. You'll need to do "adb kill-server", >>>>>> >>>>>>>> which most people won't know how to do. If you didn't run the base >>>>>>>> flash >>>>>> >>>>>>>> as root, and you figured out how to kill the adb server, you then need >>>>>> >>>>>>>> to run the second flash as root to get adb to start as root. We should >>>>>> >>>>>>>> either recommend that people run the flash commands as root (prefix >>>>>> >>>>>>>> "sudo"), or explain how to get adb running as root first. >>>>>> >>>>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>>>> Other than this, the page's information is much better than before. >>>>>> >>>>>>>> Still could be better organized, though. >>>>>> >>>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>>> Chris Mills manages this page, with input from me and other Flame >>>>>> >>>>>>> team folks. >>>>>> >>>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>>> I'm glad it's an improvement. I've copied Chris on this in the hopes >>>>>> >>>>>>> that he can find a way to incorporate the Mac OS X note into the >>>>>> >>>>>>> instructions -- assuming that's as expected and not a bug for us to >>>>>> >>>>>>> fix. >>>>>> >>>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>>> Thanks for the great feedback, Josh. >>>>>> >>>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>>> - A >>>>>> >>>>>>> _______________________________________________ >>>>>> >>>>>>> dev-b2g mailing list >>>>>> >>>>>>> [email protected] >>>>>> >>>>>>> https://lists.mozilla.org/listinfo/dev-b2g >>>>>> >>>>>> -- Paul >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>> _______________________________________________ >>>>>> >>>>>> dev-b2g mailing list >>>>>> >>>>>> [email protected] >>>>>> >>>>>> https://lists.mozilla.org/listinfo/dev-b2g >>>>> >>>>> _______________________________________________ >>>>> dev-b2g mailing list >>>>> [email protected] >>>>> https://lists.mozilla.org/listinfo/dev-b2g >>>> >>>> _______________________________________________ >>>> dev-b2g mailing list >>>> [email protected] >>>> https://lists.mozilla.org/listinfo/dev-b2g >>>> >>> >>> >>> _______________________________________________ >>> dev-b2g mailing list >>> [email protected] >>> https://lists.mozilla.org/listinfo/dev-b2g >> > _______________________________________________ dev-b2g mailing list [email protected] https://lists.mozilla.org/listinfo/dev-b2g
