Friday, December 19, 2014

cyanogenmod - If ROM and firmware and OS are the same thing, can one be upgraded without the other?


These terms still confuse me: operating system (Android), firmware and ROM.


From CyanogenMod's website:




Whether you call CyanogenMod a "ROM" or a "firmware" or an "operating system" or a "distribution", it all means in this case the same thing.



Does that mean you can't upgrade your firmware without simultaneously upgrading the ROM and operating system? For example my device has CM but says it's Android 5.02 and I was wondering if it's possible to update the OS without losing CM? Also, the firmware is out of date, so should I be searching for the update to the firmware or CM (since the above quote claims it's the same thing)?




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