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Learning Embedded Android N Programming
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Learning Embedded Android N Programming

by Ivan Morgillo, Stefano Viola
July 2016
Beginner to intermediate
282 pages
6h 12m
English
Packt Publishing
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Flashing our custom ROM

You have your .zip file and your customized system partition, and you are thrilled to have flashed them to your device.

To flash the system partition, we can use fastboot. First, you must unmount the partition itself using the following command:

~$ umount system_mount_point

Before we start experimenting with the system partition, it's always wise to do a system backup:

"Be prepared. You never know."

Now, you can put the device in Fastboot mode, according to the specific sequence of your device. For our reference device, Google Nexus 6, the sequence is:

  1. Power off
  2. Press Volume Up, Volume Down, and Power at the same time
  3. Release when the Fastboot menu appears

The device is now ready to receive the new system partition. Flash it ...

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