Firefox App Manager doesn’t detect Intex Cloud FX

Question

Recently I bought a mobile phone named "Intex Cloud FX" (it’s the first device in India running Firefox OS). I purposely bought it for developing Firefox OS apps and testing them on a real device.

The problem I face is that the Firefox App Manager can’t detect my phone for testing my local apps. I followed the instructions but couldn’t help myself.

adb is successfully installed on my system i.e Mac OS X 10.10.

So the question is: How to make App Manager detect my mobile device running Firefox OS?

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Answer 1

Firstly ensure that you have adb installed. Also, follow these instructions/Troubleshooting steps given by Mozilla.

If that isn't working, run adb devices and ensure that your device is listed down. If you can't see the device listed, please follow this SO answer, very well explained.

Now try about:app-manager in Mozilla Firefox on desktop and see if it shows whether the device is connected in the bottom left of the page. Now also, if it doesn't show, then these special instructions for Mac OS X provided by Mozilla is your life-saver.

These instructions helped me connecting my device running Firefox OS to the app-manager on desktop. This summarizes how to have a perfect dev-environment for Firefox App Development and testing the same on a real device. I'll update the thread once I'll be done with a blogpost for the same.

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You can also check these instructions: kaustavdm.in/2014/08/…. I had written them for the same chipset that is used by the Intex Cloud FX. – Tawnyatawsha

Answer 2

on the phone, you have to disable usb storage and screenlock. and you have to set remote debugging to adb and devtools. to do this, go to device information>more information>developer.

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