Kernel vs. ROM ?

brazen · #1 (**permalink**) 02-12-2010, 10:36 PM

Help the n00b please!

I'm new here from the Touch Pro threads. On WinMo devices we only had to flash ROM's, maybe a radio. I don't understand this talk about kernels. Can anybody explain the difference between a ROM and a kernel?

Are they interchangeable? For example, I've flashed Modaco's recent cdma ROM....but did that install his kernel as well? How do I know what kernel I'm running? Can I use the modaco ROM w/ the Gumbo kernel? etc.

theresthatguy · #2 (**permalink**) 02-12-2010, 11:02 PM

What is a rom?

What is a kernel? and general Android info

brazen · #3 (**permalink**) 02-13-2010, 01:12 AM

Awesome! Thanks!

Now, I get the difference, but when I flash a ROM does it also flash a kernel? Can I mix and match ROM's and kernels?

bertman285 · #4 (**permalink**) 02-13-2010, 11:49 AM

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Originally Posted by brazen

Awesome! Thanks!

Now, I get the difference, but when I flash a ROM does it also flash a kernel? Can I mix and match ROM's and kernels?

Hey bro not tryin to be a d**k but all this info is here to read spend sum time reading. Go to the page about the kernel it tells u which roms it'll work with.read then read more.

orionsbuckle · #5 (**permalink**) 02-13-2010, 12:04 PM

hey bro i understand ya! sometimes with so many threads being opened its like damn i cant read all of this... so im the type ill just ask a questions if i cant find it easily.

btw... if you go to settings-> about phone scroll down you will see what kind of kernel you are running

and welcome to the droid team

**thacounty** · #6 (**permalink**) 02-13-2010, 12:11 PM

The rom is packaged with a kernel. You can flash a kernel without a rom, but the rom will always flash a kernel.

Kind of like my friend and his gf. Sometimes you see her out doing things without him, but it seems every time I see my weak sauce buddy he's with her.

brazen · #7 (**permalink**) 02-13-2010, 04:06 PM

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Originally Posted by thacounty

The rom is packaged with a kernel. You can flash a kernel without a rom, but the rom will always flash a kernel.

Kind of like my friend and his gf. Sometimes you see her out doing things without him, but it seems every time I see my weak sauce buddy he's with her.

Haha. Exactly what I needed to know. Thanks! Weren't you on the Tocuh Pro / NRG ROM board before here?

**thacounty** · #8 (**permalink**) 02-13-2010, 04:37 PM

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Originally Posted by brazen

Haha. Exactly what I needed to know. Thanks! Weren't you on the Tocuh Pro / NRG ROM board before here?

Yea, I left the Touch Pro for the Treo Pro. Now I'm a Droid.

Hoping Sprint gets the HTC Scorpion haha.

orionsbuckle · #9 (**permalink**) 02-18-2010, 12:44 PM

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Originally Posted by thacounty

Yea, I left the Touch Pro for the Treo Pro. Now I'm a Droid.

Hoping Sprint gets the HTC Scorpion haha.

dont get your hopes up lol... jk im hoping sprint gets an android with something like the snap dragon in it. you can only mod a phone so much till it just cant be any faster.

**athlet1c** · #10 (**permalink**) 02-19-2010, 11:58 AM

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Originally Posted by thacounty

The rom is packaged with a kernel. You can flash a kernel without a rom, but the rom will always flash a kernel.

Kind of like my friend and his gf. Sometimes you see her out doing things without him, but it seems every time I see my weak sauce buddy he's with her.

Hilarious