I was going through the flashing procedure for the ADP1 and this is what I get from there:
If you are using the fastboot method for upgrading the firmware, there is are specific commands to erase userdata and cache : $ fastboot erase userdata $ fastboot erase cache or $ fastboot update <imagepackage>.zip [-w] The optional -w will do both erase userdata and cache. This group is specifically for Android updates: http://groups.google.com/group/Android-DevPhone-Updating where you might find better answers, On Oct 6, 11:12 pm, "Mr. INTJ" <[email protected]> wrote: > I'm trying to understand how users will upgrade their firmware without > losing their application data. > > I'm assuming that system.img and userdata.img will be replaced during > a firmware upgrade (both files are generated when building the Android > source code--among others). My understanding is that system.img is r/ > o, so no user data would be lost, however userdata.img is r/w, and > contains any application data the user may have saved. Simply > overwriting this file with a newer release would destroy all the > user's application data (right?) > > I've RTFM and STFW for details on how this is supposed to work. I'm > only finding adb commands and other hacker-level instructions. > > Thanks in advance. > > -Mr. INTJ --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Android Beginners" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/android-beginners?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
