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[Gran PC <gran.pc@xxxxxxxxx>]

No, updates are installed from recovery.

Your changes *might* be preserved if you're lucky and the update doesn't
touch any files you've changed either. Don't count on it. Luck-driven
software development doesn't end well :)

On Thu, Aug 20, 2015 at 1:35 PM Eric Holmi <empholmi@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> And if I send it back into read-only before I do the update, my changes
> should be preserved, right?
>
> On Thursday, August 20, 2015, Gran PC <gran.pc@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
>> No, it won't, so make sure you don't upgrade, or save your changes
>> elsewhere before you do.
>>
>> Also, if you skip an OTA and install the next one, it will do a fresh
>> install of your system, because there won't be any delta patch available so
>> it'll download the entire system image.
>>
>> On Thu, Aug 20, 2015 at 1:30 PM Eric Holmi <empholmi@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>>
>>> Ok. Thanks. I'll start working. And that will disable OTA updates, right?
>>>
>>> On Thursday, August 20, 2015, Gran PC <gran.pc@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>>>
>>>> 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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