The flash_pvt.py is a flash tool for B2G PVT builds which is written by Python.
Usage helper:
$ ./flash_pvt.py --help
Linux or MAC You will need adb and fastboot installed on your machine.
Android-SDK can be downloaded from http://developer.android.com/sdk/index.html
Require git installed. Require Python installed. Optional, Python Tkinter installed for interactive mode. In ubuntu:
sudo apt-get install python-tk
In fedora:
sudo yum install tkinter
$ ./flash_pvt.py -w
Usage: flash_pvt.py [-h] [-v VERSION] [-d DEVICE] [-s SERIAL] [-f] [-g] [-G]
[--usr] [--eng] [-b BUILD_ID] [-w] [-u USERNAME]
[-p PASSWORD] [--dl_home DL_HOME]
B2G Flash Tool by TWQA
optional arguments:
-h, --help show this help message and exit
-v VERSION, --version VERSION
target build version
-d DEVICE, --device DEVICE
target device codename
-s SERIAL, --serial SERIAL
directs command to device with the given serial number
-f, --full_flash flash full image of device
-g, --gaia shallow flash gaia into device
-G, --gecko shallow flash gaia into device
--usr specify user build
--eng specify engineer build
-b BUILD_ID, --build_id BUILD_ID
specify target build YYYYMMDDhhmmss
-w, --window interaction GUI mode
-u USERNAME, --username USERNAME
LDAP account (will load from .flash_pvt file if
exists)
-p PASSWORD, --password PASSWORD
LDAP password (will load from .flash_pvt file if
exists)
--dl_home DL_HOME specify download forlder
--keep_profile keep the user profile (BETA)
For example, flash the Gaia and Gecko of mozilla-central Flame latest Engineer build:
$ ./flash_pvt.py -d flame -v central --eng -g -G
If you want to keep your profile on the phone, you can enable this feature by command line or by GUI.
$ ./flash_pvt.py {YOUR_OPTIONS} --keep_profile
If you want to flash other phones without download again, the screen will show you the commands to help you flash again.
ex:
### INFO: !!NOTE!! Following commands can help you to flash packages into other device WITHOUT download again.
./shallow_flash.sh -y -gpvt/mozilla-central-flame-eng/latest/gaia.zip -Gpvt/mozilla-central-flame-eng/latest/b2g-33.0a1.en-US.android-arm.tar.gz
If you want to skip the step of enter LDAP account, please executing flash_pvt.py once, then filling your LDAP account information into .flash_pvt file.
$ {YOUR_EDITOR} .flash_pvt
{
"account": "",
"password": "",
"download_home": "pvt",
"base_url": "https://pvtbuilds.mozilla.org/pvt/mozilla.org/b2gotoro/nightly/"
}
Details in mozilla intrawiki
This script was written for download builds from PVT server.
You'll need an LDAP account and accessibility to the folder to access it.
Usage: ./auto_flash_from_pvt.sh [parameters]
-v|--version the target build version.
-d|--device the target device.
-s <serial number> directs command to device with the given serial number.
-f|--full flash full image into device.
-g|--gaia shallow flash gaia into device.
-G|--gecko shallow flash gecko into device.
--usr specify User(USR) build.
--eng specify Engineer(ENG) build.
-b|--buildid specify target build YYYYMMDDhhmmss
-w interaction GUI mode.
-y Assume "yes" to all questions
-h|--help display help.
Environment:
HTTP_USER={username} set LDAP account. (you can fill it into .ldap file)
HTTP_PWD={password} set LDAP password. (you can fill it into .ldap file)
UNINSTALL_COMRIL=true uninstall the com-ril when shallow flash gecko. (Keep com-ril by default)
DL_HOME={download_dir_home} specify download folder. Default=./pvt
USE_LOCAL=false force download target builds (with Build ID) from PVT server. Default=true
USE_LOCAL_LATEST=true do not download Latest builds from PVT server. Default=false
Example:
Flash by interaction GUI mode ./auto_flash_from_pvt.sh -w
(Linux) Flash inari v1.2.0 ENG image ./auto_flash_from_pvt.sh --version=v1.2.0 --device=inari --full --eng
(Mac) Flash inari v1.2.0 ENG image ./auto_flash_from_pvt.sh --version v1.2.0 --device inari --full --eng
(Linux) Flash buri master USR build 20131116040201 gaia/gecko ./auto_flash_from_pvt.sh -vmaster -dburi -b20131116040201 -g -G --usr
(Mac) Flash buri master USR build 20131116040201 gaia/gecko ./auto_flash_from_pvt.sh -v master -d buri -b 20131116040201 -g -G --usr
If you are MAC OS X User, and got the error while trying to get the build from server.
Connecting to path.to.server|xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx|:443... connected.
ERROR: The certificate of 'path.to.server' is not trusted.
ERROR: The certificate of 'path.to.server' hasn't got a known issuer.
Download https://path.to.server/xxx/xxx/xxx.zip failed.Please do the following steps to fix the wget problem, and try again.
sudo port install curl-ca-bundle
echo CA_CERTIFICATE=/opt/local/share/curl/curl-ca-bundle.crt >> ~/.wgetrcThis script was written for download builds from TW-CI server.
Usage: ./auto_flash_from_twci.sh [parameters]
-v|--version the target build version.
-d|--device the target device.
-s <serial number> directs command to device with the given serial number.
-f|--full flash full image into device.
-g|--gaia shallow flash gaia into device.
-G|--gecko shallow flash gecko into device.
-w interaction GUI mode.
-y Assume "yes" to all questions
-h|--help display help.
Environment:
UNINSTALL_COMRIL=true uninstall the com-ril when shallow flash gecko. (Keep com-ril by default)
Example:
Flash by interaction GUI mode ./auto_flash_from_twci.sh -w
(Linux) Flash wasabi v1.2.0 image ./auto_flash_from_twci.sh -vv1.2.0 -dwasabi -f
(MAC) Flash wasabi v1.2.0 image ./auto_flash_from_twci.sh -v v1.2.0 -d wasabi -f
(Linux) Flash nexus4 master gaia/gecko ./auto_flash_from_TWCI.sh --version=master --device=nexus4 -g -G
(MAC) Flash nexus4 master gaia/gecko ./auto_flash_from_TWCI.sh --version master --device nexus4 --gaia --gecko
This script was written for backup and restore user profile.
Usage:
-b|--backup backup user profile.
-r|--restore restore user profile.
-p|--profile-dir specify the profile folder. Default=./mozilla-profile
-h|--help display help.
Setup a FxOS device for QA by forcing the 'nightly' update channel
Help:
-d <device> : specify a device (leo, hamachi, helix, inari) to update
-v <version> : version to update to ( 1.3.0, 1.2.0, 1.1.1)
-h : this help menu
This script is used to change OTA update URL to a local or a specific URL.
-h, --help Show usage.
-p Show prefs file of device.
-u, --url The update.xml URL.
Change the OTA update URL to http://update.server/update.xml.
./change_OTA_URL.sh --url http://update.server/update.xml
Checking the version of B2G on devices.
Please make sure your devices can be detected by ADB tool.
-s <serial number> - directs command to the USB device or emulator with
the given serial number. Overrides ANDROID_SERIAL
environment variable.
-h | --help - print usage.
Check version with serial number parameter
./check_versions.sh -s serialnumber
Check version with environment variable
ANDROID_SERIAL=serialnumber ./check_versions.sh
This script was written for download last desktop from server.
Visit MDN: Using the B2G desktop client for more detail information.
There are three os platform l32 (linux 32bit), l64 (linux 64bit) and mac.
And you can run ./download_desktop_client.sh -v to get the supported versions.
Usage: ./download_desktop_client.sh [parameters]
-o|--os The target OS. Default: linux64
show available OS if nothing specified.
-v|--version The target build version. Default: master
show available version if nothing specified.
-d|--decompress Decompress the downloaded build.
-h|--help Display help.
Example:
B2G v1.2.0 Linux 32bit build. ./download_desktop_client.sh --os=l32 --version=120
B2G v1.1.0 Linux 64bit build. ./download_desktop_client.sh -ol64 -v110
B2G master Mac build. ./download_desktop_client.sh -omac
This is to get the crash reports of submitted/pending.
It will get reports under /data/b2g/mozilla/Crash Reports/ on device.
This script was written for uninstall/install com-ril.
Usage: ./install_comril.sh [parameters]
-u|--uninstall uninstall the com-ril.
-r|--ril install the com-ril from the file.
-d|--ril-debug turn on ril debugging.
-s <serial number> directs command to device with the given serial number.
-y Assume "yes" to all questions
-h|--help display help.
This script was written for shallow flash the gaia and/or gecko.
Usage: ./shallow_flash.sh [parameters]
-g|--gaia Flash the gaia (zip format) into your device.
-G|--gecko Flash the gecko (tar.gz format) into your device.
--keep_profile Keep the user profile on your device. (BETA)
-s <serial number> directs command to device with the given serial number.
-y flash the file without asking askeing (it's a joke...)
-h|--help Display help.
Example:
Flash gaia. ./shallow_flash.sh --gaia=gaia.zip
Flash gecko. ./shallow_flash.sh --gecko=b2g-18.0.en-US.android-arm.tar.gz
Flash gaia and gecko. ./shallow_flash.sh -ggaia.zip -Gb2g-18.0.en-US.android-arm.tar.gz
Update the system fonts of B2G v2.1 (Bug 1032874).
Usage: ./update_system_fonts.sh