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[Eric Holmi <empholmi@xxxxxxxxx>]

Alright. Do you know what wifi driver is used, and if it supports packet
injection? I hope this will be my last question and I'll stop bugging you,
but that is something I need. Also, where is the driver located, what is
the requirement for a different driver, and is it proprietary?

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

> Yeah it's pretty similar. The differences are that it's an ARM system
> instead of x86 and the way hardware access works (via an Android
> container). Also obviously it doesn't use X.org/compiz and instead it uses
> Mir. Other than that it's pretty much the same.
>
> On Thu, Aug 20, 2015 at 1:47 PM Eric Holmi <empholmi@xxxxxxxxx
> <javascript:_e(%7B%7D,'cvml','empholmi@xxxxxxxxx');>> wrote:
>
>> 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
>> <javascript:_e(%7B%7D,'cvml','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> 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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