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- Android device with the micro: bit app installed.
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- To load a custom MakeCode URL long touch the micro: bit logo in the app
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main screen. A modal will appear with the option change the MakeCode URL.
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+ - This URL setting will be reset every time the app is quit
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- iOS device with the micro: bit app installed.
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- - To load a different MakeCode URL, long press the MakeCode back chevron
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- to choose beta.
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+ - To load a different MakeCode version, long press the MakeCode back
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+ chevron to choose beta.
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+ - The iOS app can only choose between beta and live.
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Two micro: bits needed:
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- micro: bit V1
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Steps:
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1 . Connect the micro: bit to the computer via USB.
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2 . Copy the hex file under test to the ` MICROBIT ` USB drive.
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- 3 . Open the micro: bit app and load the MakeCode editor under test.
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+ 3 . Remove the previous micro: bit pairing from the iOS or Android device.
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+ 4 . Open the micro: bit app and load the MakeCode editor under test.
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- From the front page, select "Create Code"
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- 4 . Create a new MakeCode project with a simple programme (e.g. display
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+ - Click on the cog, and the "About" menu entry, check the MakeCode version
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+ in this modal
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+ 5 . Create a new MakeCode project with a simple programme (e.g. display
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something on the LED matrix).
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- If a programme has already been created from a previous test run,
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it can be reused.
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- 5 . Tap the "Download" button and follow the instructions to connect the
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- micro : bit via Bluetooth and flash the programme.
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- 6 . Verify the programme is running on the micro: bit .
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- 7 . Change the blocks in the MakeCode editor to do something different
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+ 6 . Tap the "Download" button and use "My pattern is different" to force pairing,
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+ then follow the instruction to flash the programme.
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+ 7 . Verify the programme is running on the micro: bit .
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+ 8 . Change the blocks in the MakeCode editor to do something different
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(e.g. display a different icon/message on the LED matrix).
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- 8 . Tap the "Download" button and follow the instructions to flash the programme.
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- 9 . Confirm the BLE flashing process was shorter than the initial download from
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+ 9 . Tap the "Download" button and follow the instructions to flash the programme.
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+ 10 . Confirm the BLE flashing process was shorter than the initial download from
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step 5.
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- 10 . Verify that the new programme is running on the micro: bit .
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+ 11 . Verify that the new programme is running on the micro: bit .
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## Test 2: Utility Service
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