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[John Johansen <john.johansen@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

On 11/16/2015 12:17 PM, Thibaut Dedreuil_monet wrote:
> On Sun, 15 Nov 2015 23:40:00 +0100
> Marco Graziotti <graziottimarco@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> 
>> Hi list,
>>
>> I have a problem with my Meizu MX4 (Arale r6). I tried to install Flyme 
>> and I needed to enable the read and write mode, so via terminal I used 
>> the command "phablet-config writable-image". After trying to install 
>> Flyme without success,*I restored the Ubuntu image*, according to the 
>> official guide: 
>> https://developer.ubuntu.com/en/start/ubuntu-for-devices/installing-ubuntu-for-devices/
>>
>> *Ubuntu touch now is restored and is working*, but I have problems with 
>> some updates (not all of them). In fact, in settings > updates *I can 
>> see the list of all the updates, but I can just install some of them*. 
>> If I try to install a new update from the list, the OS seems to install 
>> the update, but gets stuck. So if I look for new updates again I always 
>> have the same ones available.
>>
>> I know that when the read-write mode is enabled it's not possible to 
>> receive new updates via OTA, so I thought that maybe the file system was 
>> still in the r/w mode even though I reinstalled Ubuntu Touch; so I used 
>> these commands via terminal:
>>
>> paola@paola-XPS:$ *adb devices*
>> List of devices attached
>> 75H*********    device
>>
>> paola@paola-XPS:$ *adb shell rm /userdata/.writable_image*
>> rm: cannot remove ‘/userdata/.writable_image’: No such file or directory
>>
>>
>> *It seems that the r/w mode is not enabled*, so I can't understand why I 
>> can't install the updates.
>>
>> Do you have any suggestions?
>>
>> Thank you,
>>
>> Marco
> 
> 
> Have you added your ubuntu one account? you need an ubuntu one account to download apps and update them.
> 
Also, even if you have added an ubuntu one account it may have been
dropped/lost, and needs to be re-added. I have had this happen several
times