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[Gran PC <gran.pc@xxxxxxxxx>]

You won't lose data by making it read/write, but obviously if you do
something wrong and screw things up you'll probably lose data.

On Thu, Aug 20, 2015 at 1:27 PM Eric Holmi <empholmi@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> Will I lose data?
>
> On Thursday, August 20, 2015, Eric Holmi <empholmi@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
>> Ok. Thanks
>>
>> On Thursday, August 20, 2015, Gran PC <gran.pc@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>>
>>> You can either reboot to set it to read only or just write "mount -o
>>> remount,ro /".
>>>
>>> I don't think you're going to brick your device by doing this, at most
>>> you'll have to reinstall your system.
>>>
>>> On Thu, Aug 20, 2015 at 1:25 PM Eric Holmi <empholmi@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>>>
>>>> Thanks. Also, how do you send it back to read only?
>>>>
>>>> I want to know its stable, as I don't have the money to replace it
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> On Thursday, August 20, 2015, Gran PC <gran.pc@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>>>>
>>>>> If you want to mark your filesystem as r/w you just have to run this
>>>>> command as root:
>>>>>
>>>>> mount -o remount,rw /
>>>>>
>>>>> On Thu, Aug 20, 2015 at 1:16 PM Eric Holmi <empholmi@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>>> I could try doing some of those things myself, but I don't know the
>>>>>> command to make the current stable version on the Nexus for read/write. The
>>>>>> one on the developer install page doesn't work. Also, I noticed that 3G is
>>>>>> a little bit slower than Wi-Fi, and drains battery, but doesn't get as hot
>>>>>>
>>>>>> On Thursday, August 20, 2015, Daniel van Vugt <
>>>>>> daniel.van.vugt@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Two things we need for efficient video playback:
>>>>>>>   1. Hardware codec support; and
>>>>>>>   2. Hardware overlay bypass of simple surfaces.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Don't know the status of #1 but I've heard it was coming, if not
>>>>>>> landed already.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> #2 is in progress with the Mir team right now (part of the "nested
>>>>>>> bypass" effort). Don't expect it finished till Mir 0.16 or Mir 0.17, or
>>>>>>> later.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> On 20/08/15 04:51, Eric Holmi wrote:
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> guys, my Nexus 4 (most recent stable version) gave me a burn that
>>>>>>>> almost
>>>>>>>> blistered after 15 minutes of YouTube (wifi), and went from 29%
>>>>>>>> battery
>>>>>>>> to 2% in that time. I think that needs to be fixed.
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>
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