Ive added an update to some basics as all of these pertain to Android flashing. I will add some more soon.
1) Root Access, Root, Rooting- It gives you super user access aka SU. It will allow you to flash custom ROMs and themes. Some apps require root to work properly. It also allows you to install apps to your SD card.
2) OTA Update- This specific procedure updates the device's software Over The Air. This is an alternative to downloading an O/S for a device and then loading it manually through a program.
3) Recovery- A specific mode that allows for certain functions such as updates, install custom roms, and things of that nature. There is stock recovery, and custom recovery aka SPRecovery or clockwork Recovery. CUstom recoveries also allow you to make backups of data and system files to be reloaded later.
4)Update.zip- Allows you to update system files (like installing/upgrading a custom rom) without damaging any user data/apps/settings.
5)Nandroid Restore- Wipes all user data while installing a custom rom. Its basically a backup of the dev's device.
6)tgz- means 2 things
1. The t part means the file is tarred (a Linux term that creates one file that contains many files combined together) .. tar is short for Tape Archive.
2. The gz part means that the file is gzipped (uses zip compresssion).
The ROM part is just part of the file name. People who provide ROMs this way (like DroidMod) use a program Menu to allow choices in the install ... then after you make your choices, a Nandroid backup is restored.
6)Deodexed- In simple terms it's sort of like decompiling an Android application so you can take it apart and change things about it. There is a more complicated explanation involving the Dalvik Java runtime machine and how dex files are optimized but that seems unnecessary.
7)FroYo- It's a mobile platform...
Froyo (following Google's adorable alphabetized dessert naming convention) is the latest iteration of Android, Google's mobile operating system. Simple enough! If you bought an Android phone recently, Froyo's what it will eventually be running.
8).APK- An .apk file extension denotes an Android Package (APK) file. This file format, a variant of the JAR format, is used for the distribution and installation of bundled components onto the Android mobile device platform.[1][2]
An APK file is an archive that usually contains the following:
AndroidManifest.xml
classes.dex
resources.arsc
res (folder)
META-INF (folder)
An .apk file can be opened and inspected using common archive tools such as 7-Zip, Winzip, Winrar and Ark.
9)7-Zip- Is an open source file archiver designed originally for Microsoft Windows. 7-Zip operates with the 7z archive format, and can read and write to several other archive formats. The program can be used from a command line interface, graphical user interface, or Windows shell integration.
Last edited by Pac3comm1; 10-15-2010 at 06:32 AM.
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