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[Robert Park <robert.park@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

On Mon, Dec 2, 2013 at 12:42 PM, David Marceau
<uticdmarceau2007@xxxxxxxx> wrote:
> http://askubuntu.com/questions/372649/while-testing-ubuntu-touch-how-can-i-make-adb-shell-have-the-correct-terminal
>
> Having done the above then you can do:
> sd
> touch /userdata/.writable_image
> reboot

The 'sd' alias is brilliant when you need a proper shell (eg if you
want to run top, or less, or vi, or those kinds of interactive
programs), but if you're just issuing a couple short commands, it is
overkill. You can simply do this instead:

adb shell touch /userdata/.writable_image
adb reboot

(this way you're not prompted for a password, either)