Boot2Gecko 1.5.0.0-prerelease build
Published on Mar 27, 2014 by Sachin.

For impatient Geeksphone(Keon) users who want to try the latest version of Boot2Gecko (Firefox-OS), I have compiled an pre-release image.

GP lock screen

Figure 1: Lock screen

Its a pre-release version, but works perfectly fine. It is tested on Geeksphone(Keon v1, model: qcom).

Backup existing ROM

Make sure you have more than 50% battery left.
Before you flash, make sure to backup an existing ROM.
Power off the phone.
Reboot the phone into recovery by pressing Vol Up and Power keys simultaneously.
Go to backup and restore option(Use Vol UP/DOWN key to toggle, and Home soft key to select an option)

Figure 2: Recovery menu

Now inside ’Backup and Restore’ menu, select backup (first item in the menu)

Figure 3: Backup and Restore menu

This will create a backup of an existing ROM in external SD-card. You also have an option to backup to internal SD-card.

Verify the checksum using following command:

md5sum -c image-1.5.0.0-prerelease-keon-v1-2014-03-27.md5

Verify checksome

Figure 4: Verify checksome

Extract the zip file using:

unzip image-1.5.0.0-prerelease-keon-v1-2014-03-27.zip

Visit the directory image-1.5.0.0-prerelease-keon-v1-2014-03-27 using:
```
cd image-1.5.0.0-prerelease-keon-v1-2014-03-27
```
Plug the device using USB data cable
Make sure that ’Remote debugging’ is enabled from

Settings > Device information > More information > Developer > Remote debugging
Flash the image using:
```
bash ./flash.sh
```