How to build and install the latest nightly Firefox OS on Alcatel One Touch Fire?

Question

I want to upgrade Firefox OS 1.1 on my Alcatel One Touch Fire to the master branch (the latest revision). After having read the Mozilla Wiki, I cloned the B2G repository, built it for the hamachi target by typing:

./config.sh hamachi && ./build.sh

(There are even prebuilt images)

Now is the hardest part, since Alcatel phones are not rooted and seems to have a locked bootloader.

The docs say that I should flash the device by typing:

./flash.sh

But all I get are these errors:

   adbd cannot run as root in production builds
   remount failed: Operation not permitted
   push: /home/user/B2G/objdir-gecko/dist/b2g/dictionaries/en-US.aff -> /system/b2g/dictionaries/en-US.aff
   failed to copy '/home/user/B2G/objdir-gecko/dist/b2g/dictionaries/en-US.aff' to '/system/b2g/dictionaries/en-US.aff': Read-only file system

Could anybody write an simple step-by-step tutorial (easier than this) on how to install the latest Firefox OS to a stock Alcatel One Touch Fire?

Answer 1

Here is an excerpt from Mozilla guide on flashing phones related to Hamachi (Alcatel One Touch Fire):

• Best build for Hamachi: moz-central Use your LDAP to go here: https://pvtbuilds.mozilla.org/pvt/mozilla.org/b2g_ril/latest-hamachi-mozilla-central/ And then run this script command line: fullflash_gecko_ril_gaia.sh You may need to preface this with ./ but it should just run upon your hitting enter. DON'T run ./flash.sh. THIS CAN BRICK YOUR HAMACHI :( - GB

• What is my order of operations from the beginning? FOR ALL DEVICES... AFTER you have installed ADB, Git, and Xcode, you should:

  1. Connect your device to your machine via USB. You're SURE it's plugged in? OK then...

  2. Get your build with your LDAP credentials (from moz-central): Buri: Need from Naoki Hamachi: https://pvtbuilds.mozilla.org/pvt/mozilla.org/b2g_ril/latest-hamachi-mozilla-central/

  3. Run this script: fullflash_gecko_ril_gaia.sh

  4. Download gaia from github (it's easier than the command line as you avoid a pull request) at: https://github.com/mozilla-b2g/gaia Along the right hand side there is an option to "Download ZIP." Unpack that into a folder, open Terminal and "cd" (ask Stephany or Francis if you need help with this) into the folder (i.e. wherever you unpacked your zip file). Run "make reset-gaia".

  5. You should see... a whole bunch of stuff scrolling by on the command line and your device should reboot. If your device does NOT reboot, try ADB reboot.

Answer 2

I guess first we can check if the phone itself is rooted. You could try,

$ adb shell

And if shows,

root@android:/ #

Then I think the phone is rooted, and you can flash your phone with ./flash.sh.

If it is not rooted, I think the link you mentioned has provided the steps to create a new boot.img so that you could root the phone.