Search results
Results from the WOW.Com Content Network
Bootloader unlocking is the process of disabling the bootloader security that makes secure boot possible. It can make advanced customizations possible, such as installing custom firmware. On smartphones, this can be a custom Android distribution or another mobile operating system. Some bootloaders are not locked at all and some are locked, but ...
Fastboot is a communication protocol used primarily with Android devices. [1] It is implemented in a command-line interface tool of the same name and as a mode of the bootloader of Android devices. The tool is included with the Android SDK package and used primarily to modify the flash filesystem via a USB connection from a host
Rooting [1] is the process by which users of Android devices can attain privileged control (known as root access) over various subsystems of the device, usually smartphones and tablets. Because Android is based on a modified version of the Linux kernel , rooting an Android device gives similar access to administrative ( superuser ) permissions ...
Android TV: For TV sets. Vizio SmartCast: For TV sets. Western Digital: WD TV: For WD TV boxes. Westinghouse: Android TV: For TV sets. Fire TV: For TV sets. Roku OS: For TV sets sold in the US, Canada and elsewhere. [53] Samba TV: Former solution for TV sets. Xiaomi: PatchWall based on Android: For TV sets in mainland China, India, Indonesia ...
Rippl-TV by Rippl-TV Electronics is a development framework and software platform centered around XBMC for Android, (similar to TOFU Media Platform by Pivos). [ 121 ] [ better source needed ] It is designed for both first-party (i.e., media player devices from Rippl-TV Electronics) and also licensed to third-parties (OEM/ODM) and other ...
[12] [13] Google unveiled the first Android TV device, the Nexus Player developed by Asus, at a hardware event in October 2014. [14] The ADT-2 development kit device was released before the release of Android TV 9.0. [15] Android TV 10 was released on December 10, 2019, [16] together with the ADT-3 development kit. [17]
In April 2024, the Roku OS was reported to be the TV operating system with the largest share of TVs sold in the U.S. and Mexico during January-March 2024, accounting for approximately 40% of sales in each country. [26] In the same month, Roku OS 13 was released. The OS update was announced for all Roku TV models and many Roku streaming players.
A typical modern set-top box, along with its remote control - pictured here a digital terrestrial TV receiver by TEAC. A set-top box (STB), also known as a cable box, receiver, or simply box, and historically television decoder or a converter, [1] is an information appliance device that generally contains a TV tuner input and displays output to a television set, turning the source signal into ...