On 10 Feb 2014, at 03:18, [email protected] wrote:

> Hi,
> I'm the author of that guide. About kernel version: v.5 is the last one able 
> to boot B2G, v.6 can't do it (I asked the author about it and he told me he's 
> not interest in supporting it anymore).
> 
> About the problem with the hidden partition: that's weird! I've always 
> flashed an image there without any problem, no matter which version of the 
> kernel I have. Besides, the hidden partition is what Siyah uses to dual boot 
> any OS, Android included, so it should work. The only thing I can think of, 
> is that you don't have the right permissions to run heimdall at a level high 
> enough so that it can actually do its work. If you're using linux, try to 
> launch the command as root.
> 
> About downgrading the kernel: v.5 is for ICS, so if you've installed JB 
> you're out of luck.
> 
> About versions: are you sure 6.0.1.2 is the kernel version and not the 
> version of cwm? I think it's the latter.
> 
> As a final notice: that guide is a little bit old. Things may have changed in 
> the mean time that make dual booting B2G on a SGS2 not possible (but your 
> problems are not related anyway).

In this case, I guess the best thing to do would be to retire this guide, 
perhaps keeping it around for archive purposes, but clearly marking with a “do 
not use” message?

What do you think?

Chris Mills
   Senior tech writer || Mozilla
developer.mozilla.org || MDN
   [email protected] || @chrisdavidmills



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