R&D mode
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| - | You can enable the R&D mode by passing the "--enable-rd-mode" to flasher. | + | You can enable the R&D mode by passing the "--enable-rd-mode" flag to [[flasher|flasher-3.0]]. |
| + | You must use a Linux or a Mac OS X computer to enable R&D Mode - the Windows update wizard will not allow you to enable/disable R&D Mode. Although, the Windows flasher will disable R&D Mode if you use it to reflash a device that has R&D Mode already on. | ||
=== What R&D Mode does === | === What R&D Mode does === | ||
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*"sudo gainroot" in the console can be used, without installing anything extra, to gain a root shell. | *"sudo gainroot" in the console can be used, without installing anything extra, to gain a root shell. | ||
| - | *The power button turns on the tablet with one press, as opposed to the usual | + | *The power button turns on the tablet with one press, as opposed to the usual behavior where you have to hold the power button for the tablet to power up. |
| - | === | + | === R&D Mode flags === |
| - | + | You can enable some R&D mode flags (flasher-3.0 --set-rd-flags=<flag>) for various features: | |
| - | "no-lifeguard-reset" disables the lifeguard process (lifeguard reboots the device when an important system process crashes) | + | *"no-lifeguard-reset" - disables the lifeguard process (lifeguard reboots the device when an important system process crashes) |
| - | "serial-console" enables the serial console (the serial port pins are next to the battery) and causes a shorter battery life | + | *"serial-console" - enables the serial console (the serial port pins are next to the battery) and causes a shorter battery life. |
| - | "no-omap-wd" | + | *"no-omap-wd" - disables the watchdog on the OMAP processor. |
| + | *"no-retu-wd" - disables the watchdog on retu. | ||
| - | + | *"no-usb-timeout" ??? | |
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| - | "no-usb-timeout" ??? | + | |
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You can enable the R&D mode by passing the "--enable-rd-mode" flag to flasher-3.0.
You must use a Linux or a Mac OS X computer to enable R&D Mode - the Windows update wizard will not allow you to enable/disable R&D Mode. Although, the Windows flasher will disable R&D Mode if you use it to reflash a device that has R&D Mode already on.
What R&D Mode does
- "sudo gainroot" in the console can be used, without installing anything extra, to gain a root shell.
- The power button turns on the tablet with one press, as opposed to the usual behavior where you have to hold the power button for the tablet to power up.
R&D Mode flags
You can enable some R&D mode flags (flasher-3.0 --set-rd-flags=<flag>) for various features:
- "no-lifeguard-reset" - disables the lifeguard process (lifeguard reboots the device when an important system process crashes)
- "serial-console" - enables the serial console (the serial port pins are next to the battery) and causes a shorter battery life.
- "no-omap-wd" - disables the watchdog on the OMAP processor.
- "no-retu-wd" - disables the watchdog on retu.
- "no-usb-timeout" ???