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Read-only memory (ROM) is a class of storage medium used in computers and other electronic devices. Data stored in ROM cannot be modified, or can be modified only slowly or with difficulty.

Read-only memory (ROM) is a class of storage medium used in computers and other electronic devices. Data stored in ROM cannot be modified, or can be modified only slowly or with difficulty, so it is mainly used to distribute (software that is very closely tied to specific hardware, and unlikely to need frequent updates).

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Android INJECT_EVENTS permission

I am trying to create an application that will have a service running in the background that will be capable of injecting touch screen events into whatever activity is running. I am able to inject events into an Activity that is part of my…
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How to mount the android img file under linux?

Recently, I'm interest in the android rom, I want to change and rebuild them. So, I did some test on my XOOM, it's very easy to flash something into the machine. I got some ROM from MOTOROLA (http://developer.motorola.com/products/software/), they…
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A Reference on the layout and structure of GameBoy Color Roms?

Does anyone have a reference or source about how GameBoy Color roms are laid out - where the data and code, what machine code instructions are used, how the clock works etc? I'm interested in perhaps building an emulator myself but I can't find any…
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Run a Custom ROM on an AVD

Does anyone know if this it is possible to run a Custom ROM on a AVD? ANd how can I do this? Thanks
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CyanogenMod on Android emulator - is it possible?

I'm testing several modifications of Cyanogen MOD ROM's. It's not really comfortable to test them on real device. So the question: is it possible to install custom ROM (in particular CyanogenMod) on standard (or non-standard) Android emulator?
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Fill up disk space in android device

I want to fill my device disk space with any dump data as part of stress testing. I tried writing bytes into a file in external storage; obviously larger & more spacious the disk is longer it will take to get filled. [approx half a minute for…
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set_metadata_recursive failing on Android install

I'm trying to bring up a 4.4 android build for my droid razr HD. It compiles cleanly, but when I try to install it fails with the following error in the recovery log: ApplyParsedPerms: removexattr of /system/xbin/zipalign to 0 failed: Operation…
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Difference between fastboot and recoverymode in android

I just wants to know the difference between fastboot and recovery modes in android device. So far my understanding I thought that Recovery mode : contains a small Linux image, having some simple User interface with few recovery options. fastboot…
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Is it possible rip game resources from a .smc file?

Is it possible rip game resources from a .smc file? Specifically art, music, sprites, etc. How does an emulator copy the system it emulates?
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What do people mean by ROM and firmware in the context of android?

I read "custom ROM" and "customized firmware" all over the internet. To my understanding ROM stands for Read Only Memory. Despite that I see links to files, that I suppose, are filesystem images, containing an operating system with preinstalled…
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GBA ROM Programming Language

Does anyone know what language ROMs (such as GBA ROMs) are coded in? I'd also like to know if there would be a simplistic way to decompile these ROMs.
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Increasing WiFi scan rate

I've got a problem. I'm developing an android application that scans for wireless accesspoints/routers. I've been testing a couple of devices and I'm getting scan rates of 2, 1, 0.5, 0.1 etc. scans per second. My goal is to reach 10 scans per…
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How to extract ramdisk.img

use ubuntu I type file ramdisk.img and the Terminal display ramdisk.img: data, I use cpio and get nothing extracted! How can I extract such ramdisk.img?
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Making an app in the Android Source compile into system/app instead of data/app?

I'm compiling an Android ROM from source, and I have several apps that compile, but into data/app on the phone. They're uninstallable through the phone settings. I want them to be impossible to uninstall from the phone, and to compile into…
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Measure size of libraries in Linux

I'm developing S/W for some device which uses Linux O.S. So, the size of libraries (RAM/ROM) which I use is very important. How can I easily calculate RAM / ROM required by my software? (including libraries I used). I think it's too easy question…
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