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[PRE-ALPHA] Mozilla Boot-To-Gecko (B2G) - NOT ANDROID, SOMETHING DIFFERENT
More information about B2G (Boot2Gecko) is available here.
So... I saw this and couldn't resist having a little sneaky play around with it. This is NOT a daily driver. This is NOT stable. It's pre-alpha. If you want something to use as a phone, this isn't it. If you just want to use your phone as a phone, you want
this .
With that aside, and with the clear understanding that while this won't brick your phone, it's nothing to do with me if it did for some reason, or likewise if your cat (or other cute pet) suffers a painful death as a result of flashing this. At your own risk, like everything else here on XDA-Developers!
So without further ado, WTF is this? Well, it's a project from Mozilla (the lovely people behind the Firefox browser). I won't go into details, suffice to say I suggest you read a lot over at their wiki - start off at
https://wiki.mozilla.org/B2G and work your way through the pages.
Anyway, what is this? Well, it's a TAR to flash via ODIN (codeworkx informs me not to flash userdata partition via heimdall, I suggest you heed that warning, and this tar contains the userdata partition). Within it is a kernel (should have CWM etc), a /system, and a /data. These are not for Android, rather are for booting up this Boot2Gecko operating system. It's Mozilla's attempt at a cloud OS for phones.
Anyhow, if you wanna know how I did it, check out
https://developer.mozilla.org/en/Moz...sung_Galaxy_S2
I've prepared a build environment so I can update it when I feel like it (read, when it needs it). So without further ado, your download link (direct link, should be quite fast):
Download Here
Video? See
this post
What works?
According to my group of testers (thanks datagutt, and roniez
):
I have no idea if calls work, but I think you'll need to disable your SIM PIN (if you have one) first.
Big props to the developers of this (see
https://github.com/andreasgal/B2G for some links and you'll find what's going on)
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Look interesting, I will give a try
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Nice. I will be reading up on this.
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Wow!
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This is really interessing. I will post some screens..
Im currently using a Samsung Galaxy S3. The phones i used before were: Meizu MX, Samsung Galaxy S2, HTC Desire, Galaxy Spica and HTC Magic.
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Mozilla...It had great success with browser. Let's see how it does with a mobile operating system!
Motorola XOOM running EOS Stable Jelly Bean with stock EOS kernel. Samsung Galaxy S II running on NeatRom XXMS1 4.4 with PhilZ v4.53 kernel.
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Dare devil!! I'm gonna give a try!
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Thanks for this mate.
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I will keep an eye on this build... Thank you...
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