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[Eric Holmi <empholmi@xxxxxxxxx>]

Ok. I like your profile image. Once in read/write, everything is the same
as the desktop, right? What are the most prominent differences?

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

> 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
> <javascript:_e(%7B%7D,'cvml','empholmi@xxxxxxxxx');>> wrote:
>
>> Cool. Does recovery mode present an ADB interface for repair?
>>
>> On Thursday, August 20, 2015, Gran PC <gran.pc@xxxxxxxxx
>> <javascript:_e(%7B%7D,'cvml','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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