759445 - Please disable tablet updates prior to FN14b4 release

Status: RESOLVED DUPLICATE of bug 760740

(Release Engineering :: General, defect)

Description

[Alex Keybl [:akeybl]]

We'd like to disable tablet updates prior to FN14b4 release. If this is very difficult to undo, we can discuss pushing out testing the blocking capability till after XF14's release on the beta product.

Aki - can you help us understand the experience for blocking a specific device? Are we required to search for each device individually or can we search for a full list?

We can crowdsource disabling tablets if it's a tedious process, I'd be happy to help.

Comment 1

[Alex Keybl [:akeybl]]

Nominating for blocking-fennec1.0:betaN+. If we don't test this in the next beta, we'll have to wait until after 6/12 to test (which may run up against our release date).

Comment 2

[Aki Sasaki (not active)]

(In reply to Alex Keybl [:akeybl] from comment #0)
> Aki - can you help us understand the experience for blocking a specific
> device? Are we required to search for each device individually or can we
> search for a full list?

We're required to search for each device individually.

> We can crowdsource disabling tablets if it's a tedious process, I'd be happy
> to help.

Sure.
https://intranet.mozilla.org/AndroidMarket#How_to_Access
https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=699627    # gpg pubkey goes here

Comment 3

[Alex Keybl [:akeybl]]

(In reply to Aki Sasaki [:aki] from comment #2)
> (In reply to Alex Keybl [:akeybl] from comment #0)
> > Aki - can you help us understand the experience for blocking a specific
> > device? Are we required to search for each device individually or can we
> > search for a full list?
> 
> We're required to search for each device individually.

How literally do the search strings need to match? Can we search for 'a' and go through each device with 'a' in the name, disabling if it's a tablet?

> > We can crowdsource disabling tablets if it's a tedious process, I'd be happy
> > to help.
> 
> Sure.
> https://intranet.mozilla.org/AndroidMarket#How_to_Access
> https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=699627    # gpg pubkey goes here

I just added my pubkey to the bug.

Comment 4

[Aki Sasaki (not active)]

(In reply to Alex Keybl [:akeybl] from comment #3)
> (In reply to Aki Sasaki [:aki] from comment #2)
> > We're required to search for each device individually.
> 
> How literally do the search strings need to match? Can we search for 'a' and
> go through each device with 'a' in the name, disabling if it's a tablet?

If you list everything, it shows the first handful of devices for each manufacturer, then a "show more" link at the bottom.

Looks like you can search for 'a'.  So this is more tedious than going through a list and checking boxes, less tedious than having to search for each device specifically.

Comment 5

[Aki Sasaki (not active)]

CCing Hal.
Waiting for 'go' here, plus a list of tablet device names.

Comment 6

[Alex Keybl [:akeybl]]

(In reply to Aki Sasaki [:aki] from comment #5)
> CCing Hal.
> Waiting for 'go' here, plus a list of tablet device names.

Including Irina for a full list of Android tablets. A separate list of 7" tablets with ICS available would also be very helpful.

Comment 7

[Alex Keybl [:akeybl]]

(In reply to Alex Keybl [:akeybl] from comment #6)
> (In reply to Aki Sasaki [:aki] from comment #5)
> > CCing Hal.
> > Waiting for 'go' here, plus a list of tablet device names.
> 
> Including Irina for a full list of Android tablets. A separate list of 7"
> tablets with ICS available would also be very helpful.

If we don't already have this list, we can just use https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Comparison_of_Android_devices#Tablet_computers and a search for "tablet" in the device lists.

Comment 8

[Alex Keybl [:akeybl]]

Let's move forward with the tablets on https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Comparison_of_Android_devices#Tablet_computers.

When you exclude each, please copy/paste the tablet name from Google Play into a text document. For any tablet you can't find in the store, please keep a second list.

We'll do a final pass with Irina's list if she has one, and also look for any other obvious tablets that weren't on the wikipedia page.

Comment 9

[Alex Keybl [:akeybl]]

Irina suggests we use http://bit.ly/N10fpz and http://bit.ly/KheN45 for a fairly comprehensive list of tablets.

Comment 10

[Alex Keybl [:akeybl]]

When creating the requested text documents in Comment 8, please keep the list of tablets from http://bit.ly/N10fpz (7-9 inches) separate from http://bit.ly/KheN45 (9 and up). Thanks!

Comment 11

[Aki Sasaki (not active)]

Started https://etherpad.mozilla.org/T4jcXYs1JU for comment 8 + comment 10.

Comment 12

[Aki Sasaki (not active)]

Let's make that https://etherpad.mozilla.org/T4jcXYs1JU for 7-9 inches,
https://etherpad.mozilla.org/qGU0dtnPrh for 9+ inches.

Comment 13

[Aki Sasaki (not active)]

Attachment: list of disabled 7-9 inch tablets

(In reply to Aki Sasaki [:aki] from comment #12)
> Let's make that https://etherpad.mozilla.org/T4jcXYs1JU for 7-9 inches,

These are done.  Attached.
Still need to do the 9+ inches.

Comment 14

[Aki Sasaki (not active)]

Attachment: disabled 9+ inch tablets

Comment 15

[Aki Sasaki (not active)]

That was ugly.  So many Android devices and they seem to have different names, plus the market UI sucks.

Also blocked

Others unknown(Tablet)
Pegatron Android Tablet PC(TabletPC)
Philips Electronics T8 PI7000(Tablet_8)

after searching for 'tab'.

Comment 16

[Aki Sasaki (not active)]

Reopening since Google Play discarded my changes D:

Comment 17

[Alex Keybl [:akeybl]]

We had to do this again, but it was faster with the lists (thanks Aki). Full list of excluded devices at https://etherpad.mozilla.org/ydh6XyxFKW. We should see what the install experience for tablets is now, check for any holes with the tablets we have, and then make sure they don't receive updates to FN14b4 tomorrow.

Comment 18

[Alex Keybl [:akeybl]]

That etherpad also has some additions made by going through the wikipedia android page.

Comment 20

[Aaron Train [:aaronmt]]

The Galaxy Note should not be blocked. It currently can not find Firefox Beta.

Comment 21

[Aki Sasaki (not active)]

Unblocked Galaxy Note.

Comment 22

[Aki Sasaki (not active)]

Also unblocked ARCHOS 70it2(A70it2), ZTE Light Tab 2(v9plus)

Comment 23

[Aki Sasaki (not active)]

Blocked Samsung GT-P7510

Comment 24

[Aki Sasaki (not active)]

Unblocked Galaxy Tab(SCH-I800) per mbrubeck

Comment 25

[Aki Sasaki (not active)]

Blocked the Toshiba AT100 per nhirata

Comment 26

[Alex Keybl [:akeybl]]

Please block the following list of Galaxy Tabs (all under Samsung)

GT-I9210(GT-I9210)
GT-P1010(GT-P1010)
GT-P1013(GT-P1013)
GT-P6200(GT-P6200)
GT-P6200L(GT-P6200L)
GT-P6201(GT-P6201)
GT-P6210(GT-P6210)
GT-P6800(GT-P6800)
GT-P6810(GT-P6810)
GT-P7300B(GT-P7300B)
GT-P7320(GT-P7320)
GT-P7500D(GT-P7500D)
GT-P7500M(GT-P7500M)
GT-P7500R(GT-P7500R)
GT-P7501(GT-P7501)
GT-P7511(GT-P7511)
SC-01D(SC-01D)
SC-02D(SC-02D)
SCH-I815(SCH-I815)
SCH-P739(SCH-P739)
SGH-I957D(SGH-I957D)
SGH-I957M(SGH-I957M)
SGH-T859(SGH-T859)
SGH-T869(SGH-T869)
SHV-E140K(SHV-E140K)
SHV-E140L(SHV-E140L)
SHV-E140S(SHV-E140S)
SHW-M305W(SHW-M305W)

Once we're done, let's copy the full list of devices we've excluded from Google Play for the next time we have to disable them.

Comment 27

[Aki Sasaki (not active)]

Attachment: blocked devices as of 2012.06.01 16:48

Done.
This is the list of current blocked devices.
It includes all blocked devices, including any that were blocked before this bug was filed.

Comment 28

[Matt Brubeck (:mbrubeck)]

If we build with the patch from bug 760740, then in the future we can exclude tablets just by disabling the XUL Fennec APK.

Comment 30

[Kevin Brosnan [Ex-Mozilla]]

This work is complete, removing qawanted.

Comment 31

[[e-mail] (:bhearsum)]

I just noticed that one Galaxy Tab 7.0 Plus is blocked, but not another:
https://people.mozilla.com/~bhearsum/sattap/e524d098.png

Is that intentional?

Comment 32

[Alex Keybl [:akeybl]]

(In reply to Ben Hearsum [:bhearsum] from comment #31)
> I just noticed that one Galaxy Tab 7.0 Plus is blocked, but not another:
> https://people.mozilla.com/~bhearsum/sattap/e524d098.png
> 
> Is that intentional?

We've unblocked all 7" tablets on the release channel now. This wasn't caught yesterday, but will be added to QA test plans in the future.