Flash memory (flash memory) is a type of EEPROM that allows a lot of memory location to be deleted or written in one programming operation. Lay terms, he is a form of memory chip that can be written, unlike the random access memory chips / RAM, this memory can store data without the need for electricity supply. This memory is typically used in memory cards, USB flash drive (USB flash drives), MP3 players, digital cameras, and mobile phones.
Terms Flashing Mobile:
- Firmware: Software / software made by vendors (phone manufacturer) to operate mobile phone features, which consist of several smaller parts.
- Flashing: The process of inserting the firmware to the phone.
- Patching: The process of modifying some of the firmware by replacing the bytes of data that already exist with the new value, with the aim of manipulating the phone system to get the desired result. For example: new feature, to disable a feature that is considered intrusive, and so forth.
- FS (File System): Part of the firmware that works to save the files settings / configuration for your phone may be used appropriately, which at the same time serves as a place of internal memory / phone memory cell phone.
- MAIN / FLASH: The main part of firmware that serves as an Operating System (OS) that operates the mobile phone functions the phone itself.
- Backup: Make copies of the data-data / important files before any modification to the phone, so if the results are not according to desire / not satisfactory, then the files can be restored earlier already in the backup / on again to restore the phone.
- Restore: Restore the files / data that have been backed-up with the aim to restore the situation as before.
- Upload: Copying files from computer to the FS (File System) mobile phone.
- Download: Copying files from the FS (File System) device to your computer for modified or backed-up.
- Finalize / finalizing: The last stage in the process of full flashing, ie the process of copying the configuration files / settings that most major mobile phones, along with the Java certificate files to the FS (File System) mobile phone, mobile phones to be reused after a full flashing.
- Full flashing: flashing process is performed on the MAIN and FS cell phone.
- Partial flashing: flashing process is performed only on the MAIN only, or only at the FS alone.
- Cross flash: Flashing a type mobile phone using the firmware the other phone types that have the same specifications with a mobile phone them.
Example: Cross flash K750i with W800i firmware.
- Update firmware: The firmware update the phone with newer firmware versions / actual, with the aim of eliminating bugs-bugs in previous firmware versions.
- Bugs: Problems that are not supposed to happen, which is due to the phone firmware error. So that all mobile phones with the same type that uses the same firmware version, will experience the same problem.
For example: the battery can not charge to 100% full.
- Customize / Customizing: modding done on the FS (File System) mobile phone with the aim customize the phone display. Usually done to replace the menu icons display a standard cell phone with a new look more attractive.
Source: acphoenix.wordpress.com and wikipedia
