Firefox OS/DogfoodingTips

Safe Dogfooding with Google Voice

Hardcore dogfooding means you throw the old phone away and live entirely on your Firefox OS phone. That's reasonable for some people, but not for others (like the ones with children who need to be available for emergencies). YET.

So for a while I've been using Google Voice as my primary number, and having it forward to my other devices. This means I can dogfood with a scenario like this:

1. my normal number, on my trusted device 2. my testing number, on my Firefox phone 3. my Google Voice number, which forwards all calls and text messages to *both* of the other numbers

This allows me to do real-life dogfooding of the Firefox phone, but with a backup in case of bugs or missing functionality.

Importing Google Contacts

NOTE: Currently SIM contact import is not working: https://github.com/mozilla-b2g/gaia/issues/4658

First, you must export your contacts in your old phone to the SIM card. Some phones do this by default.

• Android: To export Google contacts onto a SIM card (which Android does not do by default), install the free app Contact2Sim. Open the app, select the phone, and in the options menu choose "Copy missing to SIM".

• iPhone: ???

Then you can put the SIM card in your Firefox phone, open the Contacts app and click the "Import SIM contacts" button.