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 <empho...@gmail.com> 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...@gmail.com> 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 <empho...@gmail.com> 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...@gmail.com> 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 <empho...@gmail.com> wrote: >>>> >>>>> Ok. Thanks. I'll start working. And that will disable OTA updates, >>>>> right? >>>>> >>>>> On Thursday, August 20, 2015, Gran PC <gran...@gmail.com> 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 <empho...@gmail.com> >>>>>> wrote: >>>>>> >>>>>>> Will I lose data? >>>>>>> >>>>>>> On Thursday, August 20, 2015, Eric Holmi <empho...@gmail.com> wrote: >>>>>>> >>>>>>>> Ok. Thanks >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> On Thursday, August 20, 2015, Gran PC <gran...@gmail.com> 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 <empho...@gmail.com> >>>>>>>>> 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...@gmail.com> 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 <empho...@gmail.com> >>>>>>>>>>> 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.v...@canonical.com> 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. >>>>>>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>>>>>> -- >>>>>>>>>>>> Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~ubuntu-phone >>>>>>>>>>>> Post to : ubuntu-phone@lists.launchpad.net >>>>>>>>>>>> Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~ubuntu-phone >>>>>>>>>>>> More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp >>>>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>>>
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