Category: Stock Firmware

However, developers generally insist on a ‘clean’ wipe, in order to successfully remove any portion of the older firmware which might conflict with the new ROM and cause errors. Every Android phone is different, because hardware manufacturers customize stock Android to their liking. This is why Samsung’s phones look vastly different from LG’s devices, even though they both run Android. Flashing a ROM means installing the system image into the device’s internal flash memory. Flash memory holds the Android’s firmware, the same as most portable devices with an embedded OS.…