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[David Planella <david.planella@xxxxxxxxxx>]

Thanks everyone for the detailed explanations, that makes it clear now!

Cheers,
David.


On Mon, Jul 28, 2014 at 10:47 PM, Sergio Schvezov <
sergio.schvezov@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

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> On Mon, Jul 28, 2014 at 3:50 PM, Pat McGowan <pat.mcgowan@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> wrote:
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>> On Mon, Jul 28, 2014 at 2:00 PM, David Planella <
>> david.planella@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
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>> 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?
>>>
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>> Yes
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>>> 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.
>>>
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>> 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.
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>>> - What does Developer Mode exactly do? I.e. does it simply set the
>>> device into RW mode, does it do anything else?
>>>
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>> It does not set rw mode. It allows adb access, and you will notice it
>> requires that a password or passcode be set.
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>> Currently dev mode is enabled by default and some time soon it will be
>> disabled by default, once all the plumbing lands.
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> 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.
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> Cheers
>