After a while I tried to avoid using the phone entirely. Unfortunately, instead of weeks filled with psychedelic wonder, the Open was so unpleasant that it forced me to go cold turkey. It was with considerable excitement, then, I unwrapped the ZTE Open a month or so ago, ready to snort some Firefox OS and enjoy the rush of discovering a brand new mobile OS. Ask my significant other, and she’d probably tell you something very different. I wouldn’t say I’m addicted, but then addicts rarely understand they have a problem. I know, shocking for someone who writes about them. Here’s something which shouldn’t come as a surprise, I like playing around with smartphones.
Of problems during updating your device, please feel free to comment on Just scroll through this article (Sorry, I can't simplify You can get back to your old OS version with OMG! I bricked my device:If you brick your device by doing theĪbove methods, then relax. And then you'll find that you're device is updated with the latest nightly build. Your phone may restart couple of times during the process. A command window will appear and ask your permission. Make sure that all the tools - Shallow flash script, shallow flash.bat, cygwin & base image files are in the same folder.ĥ.
Download other tools:Download the shallow flash script and save it in the same directory as the above two files: follow the link, press the Raw button, then use your browser's save functionality (right click & select save page as.) to save the page directly as shallow_flash.sh.Īlso download the shallow_flash.bat windows script and install Cygwin which provides a Linux-like command environment on Windows. Extract them in the same folder in your PC.Ĥ. Go to the directory and download b2g-XX.XX. and gaia.zip both three files.
Tap to disable lock screen or passcode lock. NOTE: If you brick your device I will not take any responsibility.Ĭharge your device battery upto minimum 50% before updating. Geeksphone) & following this tutorial may work. However, downloading base image of other developer preview phones from the manufacturers websites (eg. This process may not work with other Firefox OS devices. I'm using Firefox OS Developer Preview device Flame. If you're a linux user and feel comfortable with Linux then use it to update. Updating Firefox OS is much easier with Linux OS.
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