Saturday, October 3, 2015

root access - What is the difference between: Rooting, Jailbreak, ROM, Mod, etc.?


What is the difference between:




  • Unlocking the bootloader (prerequisite for doing many, though not all, other things below)

  • Rooting

  • Jailbreaking

  • ROM

  • NAND and Nandroid

  • Operating System

  • Mod (e.g. CyanogenMod)

  • Recovery (ClockworkMod, Amon Ra)

  • Custom Kernel (e.g. LeshaK's kernel)

  • Firmware


  • Driver

  • Over The Air (OTA) update

  • Fastboot

  • SIM unlocking

  • Flashing

  • SPL (Second Program Loader)


(any other often-confused terms that I've missed?)




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