Flashing on Cygwin now works just fine.

Just install the default base Cygwin category plus unzip and then run
the ./shallow_flash.sh latest in a Cycgwin terminal
(you'll need adb and fastboot as per the instructions on MDN)

Steve Lee
OpenDirective http://opendirective.com


On 2 September 2014 18:38, 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
>>
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>> -- Paul
>>
>>
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