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[Sergio Schvezov <sergio.schvezov@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

On Mon, Jul 28, 2014 at 3:50 PM, Pat McGowan <pat.mcgowan@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
wrote:

>
>
> On Mon, Jul 28, 2014 at 2:00 PM, David Planella <david.planella@xxxxxxxxxx
> > wrote:
>
> Hi all,
>>
>> I noticed that Developer Mode had just landed on devel-proposed, and
>> while I've been following some threads on the list and on IRC, I don't
>> recall having seen the final conclusions.
>>
>> From the POV of an app developer:
>>
>> - Is Developer Mode reversible?
>>
>
> Yes
>
>
>> I.e. I remember in the past, once I'd turn a device to RW mode, I'd have
>> to reflash it to get it back to RO mode and this be able to use OTA updates.
>>
>
> Not exactly as it depends on what you did, its just that if you installed
> or updated any packages your results would be indeterminate when you went
> back to the image updater so reflashing is safest in that case. I go in and
> out of rw mode all the time fwiw.
>
>
>> - What does Developer Mode exactly do? I.e. does it simply set the device
>> into RW mode, does it do anything else?
>>
>
> It does not set rw mode. It allows adb access, and you will notice it
> requires that a password or passcode be set.
>
> Currently dev mode is enabled by default and some time soon it will be
> disabled by default, once all the plumbing lands.
>

We have set upon calling developer mode similar to what android developer
mode means; that is, a developer mode for app developers (proper ones doing
the click dance). Most of us doing stuff in the read only area can't live
with that mode, so it doesn't really apply "to all developers needs"; which
I guess raises the confusion of rw mode when we say "developer mode".

The mode to set rw is not UI accessible and I don't think it will be; If
anything it would be accessed through fastboot or recovery.

Cheers