[ROM] [Alpha] Boot2Gecko/Firefox OS - Nexus S [03/11/2015]

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any way to make onscreen navigation keys or re map the hardware in keys..

I am really interest to play this boy in my gnex.. I already synced from source.

Please help on this

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baklawa said:
He means that the Galaxy Nexus does not have any hardware key therefore he cannot use the ROM if the keys cannot be emulated through software keys
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I'm sorry but I still don't figure what this really means. There is only a Home button to be needed, because it's the only one mandatory in specs for devices (see Geeksphones Developper Phones, ...).

But I don't understand the part « if the keys cannot be emulated through softwares keys ». Which keys ? What emulation are you talking about ?

Btw, if you receive MMS, the current code is somehow still broken and you can use a little workaround to get a working SMS app:

Code: 
diff --git a/dom/mobilemessage/src/ril/MobileMessageDatabaseService.js b/dom/mobilemessage/src/ril/MobileMessageDatabaseService.js
index 4818e69..7b14395 100644
--- a/dom/mobilemessage/src/ril/MobileMessageDatabaseService.js
+++ b/dom/mobilemessage/src/ril/MobileMessageDatabaseService.js
@@ -611,6 +611,23 @@ MobileMessageDatabaseService.prototype = {
           });
         }
       }
+
+      aMessageRecord.receiver = aMessageRecord.receivers[0];
+      aMessageRecord.messageClass = "normal";
+      aMessageRecord.delivery = "received";
+      aMessageRecord.body = "MMS payload: " + JSON.stringify(aMessageRecord.headers["x-mms-content-location"]);
+
+      return gMobileMessageService.createSmsMessage(aMessageRecord.id,
+                                                    aMessageRecord.threadId,
+                                                    aMessageRecord.delivery,
+                                                    aMessageRecord.deliveryStatus,
+                                                    aMessageRecord.sender,
+                                                    aMessageRecord.receiver,
+                                                    aMessageRecord.body,
+                                                    aMessageRecord.messageClass,
+                                                    aMessageRecord.timestamp,
+                                                    aMessageRecord.read);
+      /*
       return gMobileMessageService.createMmsMessage(aMessageRecord.id,
                                                     aMessageRecord.threadId,
                                                     aMessageRecord.delivery,
@@ -622,6 +639,7 @@ MobileMessageDatabaseService.prototype = {
                                                     subject,
                                                     smil,
                                                     attachments);
+      */
     }
   },
 
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lissyx said:
I'm sorry but I still don't figure what this really means. There is only a Home button to be needed, because it's the only one mandatory in specs for devices (see Geeksphones Developper Phones, ...).
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The Galaxy Nexus doesn't have any hardware buttons - they are emulated in software. Because of this there is no 'Home' key that is registered by Firefox OS making the Nexus a hard device to use with Firefox OS. I don't know if the 'Nexus' build has a workaround for this.
 
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doublec said:
The Galaxy Nexus doesn't have any hardware buttons - they are emulated in software. Because of this there is no 'Home' key that is registered by Firefox OS making the Nexus a hard device to use with Firefox OS. I don't know if the 'Nexus' build has a workaround for this.
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Please forgive my dumbness, but how are those buttons differents form the Nexus S one ? Looking at pictures of Galaxy Nexus, I do see a couple of buttons: back, home, etc. Would the difference be that the Galaxy Nexus buttons are just a part of the touchscreen ?
 
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lissyx said:
Please forgive my dumbness, but how are those buttons differents form the Nexus S one ? Looking at pictures of Galaxy Nexus, I do see a couple of buttons: back, home, etc. Would the difference be that the Galaxy Nexus buttons are just a part of the touchscreen ?
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Galaxy Nexus have only three hardware keys power key, volume up & down..

we don't have home or back or menu keys..

so we have virtual keys ( navigation bar) at bottom..

B2G somewhere I managed, I just remapped volume up as a home and volume down as a back key..

only one problem is HIDPI still not working, I have changed userconfig as mentioned above :mad:

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sendhiloo7 said:
Galaxy Nexus have only three hardware keys power key, volume up & down..

we don't have home or back or menu keys..

so we have virtual keys ( navigation bar) at bottom..

B2G somewhere I managed, I just remapped volume up as a home and volume down as a back key..

only one problem is HIDPI still not working, I have changed userconfig as mentioned above :mad:

Sent from my Galaxy Nexus using xda app-developers app
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Try to edit ./repo/manifest.xml and update the reference for gaia like this

<project path="gaia" name="gaia.git" remote="mozillaorg" revision="master" />

then do a ./repo sync and ./build.sh
 
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sendhiloo7 said:
Galaxy Nexus have only three hardware keys power key, volume up & down..

we don't have home or back or menu keys..

so we have virtual keys ( navigation bar) at bottom..

B2G somewhere I managed, I just remapped volume up as a home and volume down as a back key..

only one problem is HIDPI still not working, I have changed userconfig as mentioned above :mad:

Sent from my Galaxy Nexus using xda app-developers app
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Several students have Galaxy Nexus, so I now understand better the issue since I've been able to look at one :). But I fear I can't help you for now. I know a couple of other b2g developers are also interested in this issue, so hopefully a solution could emerge soon.
 
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lissyx said:
Please forgive my dumbness, but how are those buttons differents form the Nexus S one ? Looking at pictures of Galaxy Nexus, I do see a couple of buttons: back, home, etc. Would the difference be that the Galaxy Nexus buttons are just a part of the touchscreen ?
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Yes, that's the difference. Even the images on them are drawn in software and can change depending on what the program wants.
 
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sendhiloo7 said:
Galaxy Nexus have only three hardware keys power key, volume up & down..

we don't have home or back or menu keys..

so we have virtual keys ( navigation bar) at bottom..

B2G somewhere I managed, I just remapped volume up as a home and volume down as a back key..

only one problem is HIDPI still not working, I have changed userconfig as mentioned above :mad:

Sent from my Galaxy Nexus using xda app-developers app
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https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=771551 and https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=763846 can be of interest for you. I think your best shot is to hack around and propose some patch for this :)
 
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Hello,

Please find a new image at https://docs.google.com/file/d/0B1U1Qmjcn5OOdFRWMFo0eUVDRGs/edit?usp=sharing, it freshly baked from today. As far as I've tested, everything still works (quite) well (phone, sms, geolocation, pictures, videos recording and playback, email, calendar, bluetooth, 3G, wifi and usb sharing, UMS). Gecko is still b2g-18 branch, so no big change there. Gaia is up to date master, and it's getting better and better.

Also, it might be one of my last images since one week ago I cracked the screen of my Nexus S, and I've now received the Geeksphone devices (not to mention my personnal life :)) which won't allow me a lot of tme for this kind of hacking). I'm waiting for the AMOLED replacement order I placed last monday, but I might end up with an unusable device at the end :).
 
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lissyx said:
Hello,

Please find a new image at https://docs.google.com/file/d/0B1U1Qmjcn5OOdFRWMFo0eUVDRGs/edit?usp=sharing, it freshly baked from today. As far as I've tested, everything still works (quite) well (phone, sms, geolocation, pictures, videos recording and playback, email, calendar, bluetooth, 3G, wifi and usb sharing, UMS). Gecko is still b2g-18 branch, so no big change there. Gaia is up to date master, and it's getting better and better.

Also, it might be one of my last images since one week ago I cracked the screen of my Nexus S, and I've now received the Geeksphone devices (not to mention my personnal life :)) which won't allow me a lot of tme for this kind of hacking). I'm waiting for the AMOLED replacement order I placed last monday, but I might end up with an unusable device at the end :).
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:good:Thanks a lot.
Works beautifully, although noticed battery drain is massive.
 
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Here is a new image https://docs.google.com/file/d/0B1U1Qmjcn5OOMXFHWU9wYUtSeWs/edit?usp=sharing built with just now's gecko b2g18 and gaia master. This fixes the SIM card bug that I've been told about. Everything else should work fine. It even includes some not yet merged patches to handle MMS reception :). And my Nexus S is now back in full life, the replacement screen works fine and it was quite easy to perform the change :).

Some people reports battery drainage, it would be interesting to know if it happens with or without SIM in place and/or WiFi enabled.
 
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lissyx said:
Here is a new image https://docs.google.com/file/d/0B1U1Qmjcn5OOMXFHWU9wYUtSeWs/edit?usp=sharing built with just now's gecko b2g18 and gaia master. This fixes the SIM card bug that I've been told about. Everything else should work fine. It even includes some not yet merged patches to handle MMS reception :). And my Nexus S is now back in full life, the replacement screen works fine and it was quite easy to perform the change :).

Some people reports battery drainage, it would be interesting to know if it happens with or without SIM in place and/or WiFi enabled.
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I can confirm wifi disabled, data disabled, with gsm sim inserted battery drain is occured.
 
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