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[Gran PC <gran.pc@xxxxxxxxx>]

System updates doesn't work on a per-package basis, they just change the
filesystem directly. I'd just skip updates while developing if I were you.

The worst thing that can happen (probably) is that you'll need to reinstall
Ubuntu on your phone, I don't think there's any chance it'll break your
phone.

On Thu, Aug 20, 2015 at 1:40 PM Eric Holmi <empholmi@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> And if I work to install .Deb packages in the terminal, will those be
> separate packages and therefor untouched? I don't have much money in case
> this breaks my phone, so I have to look into everything before I do
> something
>
> On Thursday, August 20, 2015, Gran PC <gran.pc@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
>> 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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