[Samsung Galaxy S (4G Model)] theGeeko61@gmail.com:
I recently used bhundven's awesome One-Click method to flash my device. It's been a couple of days, and I am totally ecstatic!

This was the first time that I've flashed my baby in over 6 months... so, I was happy to go from Frodo (er, Froyo) to GingerBread. In the process, I removed loads of garbage from my phone -- you know, stuff that seems really cool and you gotta have it, so you download it and never use it again! What the hell was I thinking when I downloaded the U.S. Constitution??! LOL

It feels like I have a whole new phone. Anyway, back to the discussion. So, the One-Click jar is awesome. But, having been away for a while, I don't have a sense for which version of which ROM/Kernel/Theme came before/after which other.

ACTIVITY 1

I'm looking at the One-Click filename and I'm trying to decipher:

filename: SMS-KJ6-beta2d_Stock-Rom_with_Bootloaders-One-Click.jar​

SMS-KJ6-beta2d_Stock-Rom_with_Bootloaders-One-Click.jar

?? not sure what this is trying to convey...

SMS-KJ6-beta2d_Stock-Rom_with_Bootloaders-One-Click.jar

So, it is based on the KJ6 ROM. Somewhere I gathered that the ROM which I installed via this process is a ROM that was customized by RaverX3X.

SMS-KJ6-beta2d_Stock-Rom_with_Bootloaders-One-Click.jar

This is beta2d of bhundven's kernel. Yo comprendo.

SMS-KJ6-beta2d_Stock-Rom_with_Bootloaders-One-Click.jar

Ok. This bit is a tad confusing. I get the "with_Bootloaders" part {1}. But, I don't get what the "Stock-Rom" is communicating. As I previously stated, I believe this is a customized ROM...

SMS-KJ6-beta2d_Stock-Rom_with_Bootloaders-One-Click.jar

Ok. This is the brilliant technique which Bryan (bhundven) designed to make it easy for geeks like me to follow. It was simple:

java -jar SMS-KJ6-beta2d_Stock-Rom_with_Bootloaders-One-Click.jar​

And, click... click... click... In other words, there's just one action associated with this technique: click! Love it!

ACTIVITY 2

So, I went to Settings/About phone to verify the changes...

Model number: SGH-T959V

Damn! It's still just a 4G. Didn't give me an S2! LOL

Firmware version: 2.3.6

This is good...{2}

Baseband version: T959VUVKJ6

Excellent... it's based on the KJ6 ROM.{3}

Kernel version: 2.6.35.7-T959VUVKJ6-CL694130

Whoa... OK.{4}

Build number: GINGERBREAD.VUVKJ6

Yes! I have Gingerbread.{5}

ACTIVITY 3

Then, I checked out Settings/Software update... (where a pop-up informed me that I have "No firmware")...

WAIT! Didn't Settings/About phone report a firmware version?

Thanks, Android, for the inconsistent labels... good enough to confuse even us geeks! (and, remember, we shall inherit the earth... and the moon... and the sun... so, lookout, Android! Your day shall come...)

Ok. I believe this is letting me know that I have a custom ROM and that I have been cut off from OTA. Excellent news!

SUMMARY

I have some time on my hands and thought that I'd look into the Android sphere again... So, I would like to examine various customized ROMs, Kernels, Themes... in general, mods. But, as I proceed down this path, I am wondering... how shall I know, at any given stage (and with the expectation that, at some point, I will have lost track of what I've done 2 days ago{6}) exactly which mod(s) I have on my device?

NOTES

{1} though I am still researching to be able to understand what a Bootloader is and why it's important... or, to rephrase, when would I not want Bootloaders?

{2} it was 2.2.1.

{3} it was T959VUVKD1.

{4} it was 2.6.32.9-Bali_SGS4G_v1.4UV.

{5} it was FROYO.VUVKD1.

{6} I have a mental disability which ensures this.