A Dummies Guide to Android Terminology & Lingo

[MiXoLoGiSt]

:facepalm: didn't notice it towards the bottom, I looked under A.

LOL its ok. Its small so easy to miss if you are looking for it specifically lol.

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[Martin030908]

This is definitely a must have thread Glad you posted it.

[gardobus]

It may not fit in but a lot of us say DF when referring to DroidForums.net but people who find this site without going to DF first may get confused. Just an idea.

[MiXoLoGiSt]

It may not fit in but a lot of us say DF when referring to DroidForums.net but people who find this site without going to DF first may get confused. Just an idea.

Unfortunately it doesn't fit in with this list i don't think. In the case someone asks us what DF is, we can just tell them.

[druit]

Thanks for the Dummies, for sharing the knowledge, now some of us can look a little more savee on the matter and the abbr.
kuddo to Sam Fisher

[orbitor]

Awesome glossary! Thanks for putting that together.

[RnD_Solo]

thanks! that helped alot..so now i need adb to write apks? and then the rsd to load a sbf to my x but only if i have root with su access??


does that sound about right? LOL jk..

ok how about add some of the files and what they do, such as kousch's recovery, the bootstrapping program, hijack etc... maybe later we can get a guide together on how to go from stock driod to insane godliness step by step. (ill write it if i can get some help doing it to mine lol)

[tech_head]

ROM is Read Only Memory. It is not a program or series of programs.
ROM is physically memory that can be read and not written.
A "ROM Image" is a program or series or programs that cannot typically be modified once resident in the physical ROM.

[DebianDog]

Dang it I needed this like 3 weeks ago! But thanks... clarified some things.

[rfriel]

is hacking open source OS, android/linux, really hacking?