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#1 SoLongSidekick

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Posted 05 March 2012 - 01:53 PM

Good idea was brought up so I'm starting an acronym thread. I only had time to throw a couple in so post all of the ones I missed and I'll add them to the OP.

DR - DroidRzr.com
OP - Original Post
OEM - Original Equipment Manufacturer
VZW - Verizon
GSM - Global System for Mobile communications (cell band used worldwide)
EU - Europe
CDMA - Code Division Multiple Access (cell band used by Verizon in the US)
4G LTE - 4th Generation Long Term Evolution
RTb - ROM Toolbox
TiBu - Titanium Backup
ADB - Android Debug Bridge
LED - Light Emitting Diode
AMOLED - Active-Matrix Organic Light Emitting Diode
FC - Force Close
ROM - Remote Operations Manager
OC - Overclock
FBF - Fast Boot Files


Terminology
Kang - The act of taking a ROM built by someone and repackaging it as your own, with little to no credit to the original programmer.
ROM - Operating system (for lack of a better term) for your phone, most often referred to replacement operating systems.
Flash - Act of installing a ROM
Nandroid Backup - A backup of your original system, most often made before flashing a custom ROM in case something goes awry.
RSD Lite - Motorola tool used for returning your phone to stock.
Fast Boot Files - The files used by RSD Lite to return your phone to stock.
Overclocking - The act of boosting the speed of your phone above factory standard.
Odex - Standard file setup with .odex files that preload parts of applications on boot
De-odex - Combining two files or something like that so you can customize images and theme (Someone please give me a better description here)
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#2 In2Deep

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Posted 05 March 2012 - 02:12 PM

Thanks for the thread! This will be great for newb's like myself :)

Here is a couple I noticed on the first thread I clicked

What are these?


eodexed
eu


Here is one I learned on the same thread I found those two on

FC - Forced Close

#3 SoLongSidekick

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Posted 05 March 2012 - 02:30 PM

Updated with really bad descriptions of .odex and deodexing. Hopefully someone will step in with a better explanation.

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#4 JungleKing76

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Posted 05 March 2012 - 03:13 PM

Just wanted to add so some noobs don't get confused. While the term kang can be a negative as you pointed out where someone essentially uses others work with no credit, it is not always the case.

The new AOKP roms are from a dev team called team kang and they are certainly not taking others work. It simply refers to unofficial modified work.

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Posted 05 March 2012 - 03:18 PM

Just wanted to add so some moons don't get confused. While the term kang can be a negative as you pointed out where someone essentially uses others work with no credit, it is not always the case.

The new AOKP roms are from a dev team called team kang and they are certainly not taking others work. It simply refers to unofficial modified work.

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To be fair, most of the larger developers give fair credit for their kangs anyways. DHacker/DT are both great examples with how they plainly call the ICS ROMS CM9 or AOKP based.

#6 SoLongSidekick

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Posted 05 March 2012 - 03:23 PM

Exactly, that's why the "without giving credit" qualifier is there. Look at any of DT's or DHacker's threads and they give gratuitous credit to the original devs.

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Posted 05 March 2012 - 03:25 PM

ODEX/DEODEX is a long, but simple explanation.

ODEX stands for Optimized DEX

DEX stands for Dalvik Executable

Code compiled with ODEX consists of multiple files working together as a single program

De-ODEX is simply 'ODEX got removed', the same as debloating is to bloating. The De-ODEX process is done to make modifying code much more manageable.


With how you have it laid it, it might make more sense to have VZW = Verizon Wireless

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Posted 05 March 2012 - 03:32 PM

With how you have it laid it, it might make more sense to have VZW = Verizon Wireless


HAHA I noticed that I did that, but I decided to leave it to see who it would bother and see who is OCD like me.

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Posted 05 March 2012 - 03:52 PM

This is a great write up and I am sure it will help a lot of people out.

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Posted 05 March 2012 - 03:59 PM

Great write up bro. Here's another one for ya.

OTA - Over The Air


ETA: and a few more...btw ETA stands for "Edited To Add"

ICS 4.0.X - Ice Cream Sandwich

HC 3.X - Honeycomb (only for Tablets)

GB 2.X - Gingerbread

CWM - Clockwork Mod Recovery

BS - Bootstrap

SS - Safestrap

BL - Bootloader

Gapps - Google Applications
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Posted 05 March 2012 - 05:30 PM

This is great! After reading your guy's posts I feel like there is a lightbulb going off over my head and I'm saying "oohhh, I get it now"

OTA, I was trying to figure that one out the other night :)

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Posted 05 March 2012 - 05:46 PM

Here's a few more definitions as well as a few more acronyms.

ADK: Android Development Kit, What people use to develop anything for the droid such as ROM's

Boot Loader: State in which the droid can be flashed from RSD with an appropriate .sdk file that reprograms the phone into a specific ROM or update. This is typically a last resort when the recovery screen cannot be reached to make a much simpler and less risky solution

Boot Loop: simply means something is preventing the phone from completeting it's boot cycle and is stuck somewhere in the boot up process. This is often fixed by either reloading a Nandroid, or Reflashing a rom from the Boot Loader.

Brick or Bricked: Jargon for a completely unrecoverable device, (no more than a brick or paperweight)

Bug or Software Bug: an Error or flaw in software that produces a failure or enexpected/unwanted result.

Dev. or Developer: An individual that creates, or allters a file in such a manner as to advance the program

Kernel: The govenor of the CPU useage and Battery output, one can upload certain Kernals to achieve greater performance speed of their device at the cost of some battery life

Root: Common word associated with giving a user "super user" access to their phones programming and other various asspects that would normaly not be possible.

OS: Operating system, I.E. Windows Vista or MAC or ANDROID

ROM: The actual acronym in computer speak stands for Read Only Memory

Shell or SSH: secure shell or ssh is a network protocol that allows data to be exchanged using a secure channel between two networked devices

SPR or SPRecovery: A recovery program that is often used to apply updates, ROMs, or create a back up or restore a backup file

Stock: Simply means an un alltered state, such as when you first purchase your phone from verizon, or when you do a factory reset to "go back to stock 2.1"

SU: "Super user", or root permissions

Theme: A set of icons, backgrounds and app trays that change the ascthetics of the overall look of the droid and its applications

Underclocking: Slowing down the CPU mainly to limit battery usage

.sbf: Summation Briefcase File

.apk or APK's: An .apk file extension denotes an Android Package (APK) file, an .apk file can be opened and inspected using common archive tools

.tar: Similar to a zip file, a tar file archives multiple files into one file

.tgz: TGZ files are commonly used as install packages for Slackware Linux

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Posted 07 March 2012 - 08:58 AM

snives, on 05 March 2012 - 06:25 PM, said:

With how you have it laid it, it might make more sense to have VZW = Verizon Wireless


HAHA I noticed that I did that, but I decided to leave it to see who it would bother and see who is OCD like me.


I noticed it to but I went to my happy place so it wouldn't bother me.

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Posted 16 May 2012 - 07:14 PM

EU stands for European Union

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Posted 06 June 2012 - 04:51 PM

you forgot one

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Posted 06 June 2012 - 04:58 PM

ETA: and a few more...btw ETA stands for "Edited To Add"


Where I'm from, ETA means Estimated Time of Arrival.

Which is why Rule #1 is "Never ask for ETAs."
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Posted 08 June 2012 - 04:29 AM

Where I'm from, ETA means Estimated Time of Arrival.

Which is why Rule #1 is "Never ask for ETAs."



Where I am from it means Edible Taco Arrangement.
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