Answers to you both questions is Yes. Now why yes, because :- system.img contains OS (framework,app etc) and boot.img contains (Soft drivers etc), so if there is any change available in update which depends only of one part, only that image can be updated on device, But if that change depends on both image than you need to update both images otherwise some malfunctioning may occur.
for example: if system.img have update of any new feature like reading NTFS file system in framework, and boot.img contains drivers for NTFS reading, You can clearly understand what can happen here when OS boots they are depended on each other, so sooner or later any one gonna crash without other as they might have dependency. Thanks Shridut Kothari Impetus Infotech India limited On Monday, July 22, 2013 8:24:50 PM UTC+5:30, new_2_android wrote: > > Hi all, > Asking this question i may sound an idiot but I have a big doubt regarding > the android software update. Whenever a new version of andorid is updated > on any device it creates its own system.img, boot.img, recover.img, > ramdisk.img, > and the older .imgs are replaced with the newer one. > So my 1st doubt is- > 1) is it possible that a software update can update only system.img > without updating boot.img?? or updating boot.img without updating > system.img?? > 2) if answer of my 1st question is "yes" then, is it possible that after > having an update in system.img my device does not reboot?? OR is it > mandatory for a device to reboot after having a update in system.img???? > Thanks in advance!! :) > -- -- unsubscribe: [email protected] website: http://groups.google.com/group/android-porting --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "android-porting" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out.
