1163823 - [nfc][flame][kk] NFC broken in public Flame nightly builds

Status: RESOLVED WONTFIX

(Firefox OS Graveyard :: NFC, defect)

Description

[Dan Callahan [:callahad]]

NFC is broken in the nightly builds of Firefox OS for the Flame.

The latest base images on https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/Firefox_OS/Phone_guide/Flame/Updating_your_Flame#Base_Image are v18D.zip and v18D_nightly_v2.zip.

Out of the box, NFC functions on both of those builds.

However, if you allow v18D_nightly_v2 to update itself to a more recent nightly, NFC does not function and cannot be enabled. Flashing flame-kk.zip from https://pvtbuilds.mozilla.org/pvt/mozilla.org/b2gotoro/nightly/mozilla-central-flame-kk/latest/ works.

Specifically:

After flashing and updating v18D_nightly_v2.zip, I see Gaia 6089234a (2015-05-10 13:57:12), Platform Version 40.0a1, and Build Number eng.cltbld.20150212.043653. NFC does not work.

After flashing and updating the private flame-kk.zip, I see Gaia 6089234a (2015-05-10 13:57:12), Platform Version 40.0a1, and Build Number end.cltbld.20150511.044007. NFC works.

Is there a way to make a more recent, working build available to the public?

Comment 1

[Yoshi Cheng-Hao Huang [:allstars.chh][:allstarschh][:yoshi]]

(In reply to Dan Callahan [:callahad] from comment #0)
 > However, if you allow v18D_nightly_v2 to update itself to a more recent
> nightly, NFC does not function and cannot be enabled. 
>
Did you mean 'OTA'?
In that case, OTA updates Gecko+Gaia, for the gonk layer(NFC) is not updated.
And sometimes this could possibly break some NFC functions,
as this is a nightly build, so we fix bugs on this latest trunk.
This might include Gaia, Gecko and Gonk layer.

But OTA doesn't contain patches from Gonk layer.
That needs FOTA, but so far you need to be licensee from the OEM.

> After flashing and updating v18D_nightly_v2.zip, I see Gaia 6089234a
> (2015-05-10 13:57:12), Platform Version 40.0a1, and Build Number
> eng.cltbld.20150212.043653. NFC does not work.
> 
> 
> Is there a way to make a more recent, working build available to the public?
As developers we do a full flash from our own build.

your flame has already flashed with v18D image.
B2G>./config.sh flame-kk
B2G>./build.sh && ./flash.sh

Comment 2

[Dan Callahan [:callahad]]

(In reply to Yoshi Huang[:allstars.chh] from comment #1)
> (In reply to Dan Callahan [:callahad] from comment #0)
>  > However, if you allow v18D_nightly_v2 to update itself to a more recent
> > nightly, NFC does not function and cannot be enabled. 
> >
> Did you mean 'OTA'?

Ah, yes, I do mean OTA. Latest Gecko+Gaia does not work with the v18D Gonk.

This means that if you flash v18D_nightly_v2.zip from MDN, then you accept the OTA it offers after first boot, NFC stops working.

> As developers we do a full flash from our own build.
> 
> your flame has already flashed with v18D image.
> B2G>./config.sh flame-kk
> B2G>./build.sh && ./flash.sh

I'll recommend this to the community members I work with, but it would still be useful if we could get an FOTA or release a new base image. Who within MoCo handles those? Needinfo'ing Asa in case he knows. It's a bummer that community members either have to use an old build, or have to deal with broken NFC.

Comment 3

[BMO Automation]

Firefox OS is not being worked on