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[INDEX] Tutorials - All About Android

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Index

1. What is Android

2. Versions of Android

3. Rooting

4. Bootloader - in progress (will post tomorow)

5. Kernels - waiting

6. Recoveries - waiting

7. Custom Rom - waiting

8. Making new Custom Rom - waiting

9. Mods - waiting

10. Themes - waiting

11. Porting - waiting

12. Tools - waiting

1.

Intro - What is Android

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Android is a Linux based Operating System (OS) designed mainly for mobile touch devices (Smartphones)

First Google bought Android Inc. but the Android Inc. developers (just 4 people) joined Google and announced

Android together on 11.5.2007. First "Droid" was HTC Dream which was released on 10.22.2008.

2.

Versions of Android

Android versions were named by deserts in alphabetical order

Android 1.0

First Android came out with smartphones on 9 February 2009. Android included features as:

Alarm Clock, demo of the UI (User Interface), camera etc. This version was very unstable

Android 1.5 - Cupcake

This update/version has unleashed a flood of Smartphones when it first came out 30 April 2009.

Features as: uploading to Picasa or YouTube, support for third party keyboards, auto screen rotation were

added.

Android 1.6 - Donut

This version striked at 15 September 2009 and it first ran on HTC Hero along with new system UI,

voice and text entry search etc.

Android 2.0 - 2.1 - Eclair

This version was made from SCRATCH in a record time from last update - 26 October 2009 and

it added Bluetooth 2.1 support, new camera features(flash, zoom etc.) and this version was significantly faster,

than previous updates.

Android 2.2 - 2.2.3 - Froyo (short for Frozen Yogurt)

Now we are at more known versions of android starting from Android 2.2 - Froyo

Firstly seen on HTC Nexus One on 20 May 2010. There was alot of changes,tweaks the most

recongnizable ones were installing aps on SD card, automatic app updating in market and visuably

changed UI.

Android 2.3 - 2.3.7 - Gingerbread

Gingerbread was unleashed on 6 December 2010. It added bigger screen resolution

support XVGA and Higher. This update was more hardware based, it added 2 new sensors (gyroscope, barometer),

support for 2 cameras (now front facing camera can be used) etc. Updates after 2.3 so 2.3.2 - 2.3.7 were mainly

fixing bugs.

Android 3.0 - 3.2 Honeycomb

This update was meant only for tablets. It came out on 22 February 2011 and the the first Honeycom tablet - Motorola Xoom.

Android 4.0 - 4.0.4 - Ice Cream Sandwich (ICS)

ICS was release together with Google Nexus 19 October 2011. It was featuring a lot of fixes

and tweaks like: 1080p video recording, face unlock, beter and faster UI, hardware acceleration etc. etc.

Android 4.1 - 4.3 - Jelly Bean

Jelly Bean first hit on 13 July 2012. It includes multi lockscreen support, MOST IMPORTANT improved smoothnes

Google's project Butter, expandable notifications, and a lot and I mean a lot of new features, bug fixes, tweaks etc. etc. ​