Am 02.12.2015 um 13:39 schrieb Augustin Trancart: > FWIW from what I've read on Reddit, I have the feeling that it's > generally not because of device-specific base image people cannot > update, but because they have locked bootloader (Orange Kliff, Fx0 > etc..), preventing every custom build to even run on their platform.
Yes, OK. But that's a problem of these specific devices, not something that Mozilla has much control over. Best regards Thomas > > We need bootloader unlock tools for these phones. Does Mozilla have > the power to do something about it? > > Augustin Trancart > Phoxygen > > On 02/12/2015 11:46, Thomas Zimmermann wrote: >> Hi >> >> Am 02.12.2015 um 10:19 schrieb KUPOinyourWINDOW: >>> If I'm honest, speaking as an unofficial foxfooder (and lover of >>> FFOS since 1.0) the biggest problem I've experienced personally is >>> update availability. We've watched Firefox OS continually mature and >>> as far as I've seen people are very excited to get their hands on a >>> new version. I think that says a lot. >>> >>> I'm an active user of the Firefox OS Reddit and I've seen many, many >>> people asking about how they can update their device and usually >>> (depending on their know-how) the answer is: They can't. >>> >>> Even for the Flame updates have not been clearly released. I >>> understand why by the way, I just really believe this is the biggest >>> thing that Firefox OS has to fix right now. I believe there was a >>> b2g updater add-on that somewhat solved this but I've not heard >>> about it since I saw it months ago. >>> >>> Hopefully this feedback is useful, if not thanks for your time and >>> keep up the good work. >> Thanks :) >> >> I agree with what you said. I think the core problem is that there's no >> single Android platform that we can program for. Each device is it's own >> environment that requires at least some separate testing and >> maintenance. So any update is currently specific to a device. Improving >> this situation is an important goal and we're exploring ideas for making >> Firefox OS more modular, more portable, and easier to update on all >> levels. >> >> For some devices there's also a legal side, but I don't know much about >> that. >> >> Best regards >> Thomas >> >>> _______________________________________________ >>> dev-fxos mailing list >>> [email protected] >>> https://lists.mozilla.org/listinfo/dev-fxos >> _______________________________________________ >> dev-fxos mailing list >> [email protected] >> https://lists.mozilla.org/listinfo/dev-fxos > > _______________________________________________ > dev-fxos mailing list > [email protected] > https://lists.mozilla.org/listinfo/dev-fxos _______________________________________________ dev-fxos mailing list [email protected] https://lists.mozilla.org/listinfo/dev-fxos
