Thanks everyone for the detailed explanations, that makes it clear now! Cheers, David.
On Mon, Jul 28, 2014 at 10:47 PM, Sergio Schvezov < sergio.schve...@canonical.com> wrote: > > > > On Mon, Jul 28, 2014 at 3:50 PM, Pat McGowan <pat.mcgo...@canonical.com> > wrote: > >> >> >> On Mon, Jul 28, 2014 at 2:00 PM, David Planella < >> david.plane...@ubuntu.com> wrote: >> >> Hi all, >>> >>> I noticed that Developer Mode had just landed on devel-proposed, and >>> while I've been following some threads on the list and on IRC, I don't >>> recall having seen the final conclusions. >>> >>> From the POV of an app developer: >>> >>> - Is Developer Mode reversible? >>> >> >> Yes >> >> >>> I.e. I remember in the past, once I'd turn a device to RW mode, I'd have >>> to reflash it to get it back to RO mode and this be able to use OTA updates. >>> >> >> Not exactly as it depends on what you did, its just that if you installed >> or updated any packages your results would be indeterminate when you went >> back to the image updater so reflashing is safest in that case. I go in and >> out of rw mode all the time fwiw. >> >> >>> - What does Developer Mode exactly do? I.e. does it simply set the >>> device into RW mode, does it do anything else? >>> >> >> It does not set rw mode. It allows adb access, and you will notice it >> requires that a password or passcode be set. >> >> Currently dev mode is enabled by default and some time soon it will be >> disabled by default, once all the plumbing lands. >> > > We have set upon calling developer mode similar to what android developer > mode means; that is, a developer mode for app developers (proper ones doing > the click dance). Most of us doing stuff in the read only area can't live > with that mode, so it doesn't really apply "to all developers needs"; which > I guess raises the confusion of rw mode when we say "developer mode". > > The mode to set rw is not UI accessible and I don't think it will be; If > anything it would be accessed through fastboot or recovery. > > Cheers >
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