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[Eric Holmi <empholmi@xxxxxxxxx>]

Cool. Does recovery mode present an ADB interface for repair?

On Thursday, August 20, 2015, Gran PC <gran.pc@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> 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
> <javascript:_e(%7B%7D,'cvml','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
>> <javascript:_e(%7B%7D,'cvml','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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