Horrendous list of deprecated, missing or old tools/files that you have to use to develop on KaiOS in 2020. This is how I got it working.
- Install Firefox 59 from here: https://ftp.mozilla.org/pub/firefox/releases/59.0/win64/ in a non-standard location
- Immediately go into Firefox Settings and disable automatic-updates or it'll get rid of version 59 after it restarts (you may have to do this several times)
- Unzip ADB Tools to c:\platform-tools and add that to the Windows Path
- Enable Developer mode on your phone "Device > Developer > Debugger > ADB and DevTools" if that menu is visible.
- If Developer menu not visible, type the following on your phone:
*#*#0574#*#* - And then go into the ADB setting that appears on the screen and enable it
- Then type the following on your phone:
*#*#33284#*#*to enable developer mode - Plug your phone into your PC with a USB cable and unlock the screen
- Open a Command Prompt in Windows and type
adb devicesand hope fully it will list your phone - Install a missing Cert in Firefox by downloading it from Mozilla and then going to the Authorities tab of the Certificate Viewer in Firefox settings and importing the Cert
- Download their sample app with
git clone https://github.com/kaiostech/sample-vanilla.git cd sample-vanilla- Edit package.json and remove the reference to kdeploy 🙄
npm install -g @filipe_x3/kdeploynpm installnpm run build- In Firefox 59 launch Web Developer > WebIDE
- Install the ADB Helper Add-On by Clicking the button
- Close and re-open the WebIDE
- Your phone should be listed
- Click on it
- Hopefully (if they haven't broken something else), you should be now connected to the phone
- Click "Open Packaged App"
- Browse to the
buildsub-directory of sample-vanilla - The sample To-Do app will be uploaded to the phone and should be visible on the screen