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[Gran PC <gran.pc@xxxxxxxxx>]

It does on the Nexus 7 2013 (flo), but you may want to try it on your
specific device before doing anything.

On Thu, Aug 20, 2015 at 1:44 PM Eric Holmi <empholmi@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> 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> 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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