canmove, Confirmed users
1,104
edits
Firefox OS/Spark: Difference between revisions
Jump to navigation
Jump to search
no edit summary
No edit summary |
No edit summary |
||
| Line 427: | Line 427: | ||
* Certified apps can be installed from anywhere. | * Certified apps can be installed from anywhere. | ||
* All developer-related prefs and settings are enabled, such as certified app debugging, web components, etc. | * All developer-related prefs and settings are enabled, such as certified app debugging, web components, etc. | ||
==Flashing Spark== | |||
Download [http://www.flashtool.net/downloads.php Flashtool] | |||
Download [https://docs.google.com/a/mozilla.com/uc?id=0B1AAC4lt7nzOMmNVVVdCbTJ1a1E&export=download the build] | |||
Prerequisite | |||
1. Must have Java 8 on the machine | |||
A. for mac use: brew install Caskroom/cask/java | |||
B. for ubuntu : | |||
i. sudo add-apt-repository ppa:webupd8team/java | |||
ii. sudo apt-get update | |||
iii. sudo apt-get install oracle-java8-installer | |||
iv java -version | |||
a. should report 1.8.x | |||
v. sudo apt-get install oracle-java8-set-default | |||
vi. either do the following: | |||
a. export JAVA_HOME=/usr/lib/jvm/java-8-oracle | |||
b. sudo vi /etc/environment JAVA_HOME=/usr/lib/jvm/java-8-oracle | |||
2. prereq must have adb installed that supports kit kat and lollipop | |||
1. Download and install the flashtool / move the app to the Desktop. | |||
[http://www.flashtool.net/downloads.php] | |||
2. download [https://drive.google.com/a/mozilla.com/file/d/0B1AAC4lt7nzOMmNVVVdCbTJ1a1E/view the build] | |||
3. run the application after downloading | |||
4. open terminal and then mv ~/Downloads/D5803_23.1.A.1.28_NCB.ftf ~/.flashTool/firmwares/ | |||
5. click on the flash button | |||
6. make sure flashmode is selected | |||
7. click on ok | |||
8. select Device : D5803 Version 23.1.A.1.28 Branding NCB | |||
9. Check to make sure everything in the wipe is all selected | |||
10. Check to make sure nothing is selected in the exlude | |||
11. Check to make sure nothing in Misc is not selected | |||
12. select flash | |||
13. have device off, hold volume down, plug in the device, once you see the green led light flicker red, let go of the volume down button | |||
14. click on ok for the dialog. | |||
15. wait til flashing is done ( blue bar should no longer be visible.) | |||
16. remove device | |||
17. turn the device on | |||
18. there should be a dialog that shows up saying that the device is upgrading. It will appear after a wavy animation screen. | |||
19. turn off again once it's complete. | |||
20 if you're not sure it got upgraded, you can launch settings , scroll all the way down, tap build id 7 times, go back to main settings, selected developer mode, turn on usb debugging | |||
21 plug in the device, click on ok for the dialog that may appear here or after you type in adb shell getprop |grep sdk | |||
22. If you have flash the device one of the lines will read something like ro.devices.sdk and would be 21, if you have not flashed the device it should be 19 | |||
Note : Alternative to step 5 to 12 & 14 you can run the command: ~/Desktop/FlashToolConsole --action=flash --file=~/.flashTool/firmwares | |||
/D5803_23.1.A.1.28_NCB.ftf --wipedata=no --wipecache=no --baseband=no --system=no --kernel=no | |||
if it works, I had issues with Jean's machine of Java not finding the file in 10.10.3. I also had to update android tools on her machine because adb wasn't finding the lollipop version. The note was the original directions I gave Jean. | |||