Reason behind flashing latest firmware

[Roshin1401]

Sorry for this noob question. But i appreciate any answers...

Most of the rom devs advice to flash 'latest firmware' before flashing their roms. First of all What is meant by firmware? Is it the original rom when the device is bought? If yes then why advise flashing latest firmware and then clean flash custom roms?. I mean the latest firmware gets wiped on clean install. Then why recommend latest firmware flashing?

 

[NPriyo]

Sorry for this noob question. But i appreciate any answers...

Most of the rom devs advice to flash 'latest firmware' before flashing their roms. First of all What is meant by firmware? Is it the original rom when the device is bought? If yes then why advise flashing latest firmware and then clean flash custom roms?. I mean the latest firmware gets wiped on clean install. Then why recommend latest firmware flashing?

OEMs usually refer 'ROM' as 'Farmware'.
But when developers say 'Firmware', they usually mean 'Baseband' or 'Radio'. This is not a full Stock ROM, but only a small part of it. It stays on the device even after Clean Flashing.

When an update of Stock ROM released, it mostly comes with a newer & updated Firmware (also called Baseband or Radio). Developers sync those new changes into their custom ROMs and Kernels when they release a new build, for a better experience (they usually mention it in the changelog, like - 337 sync).

Sometimes few features of those new custom ROM or Kernel builds may not work properly if a device is running on older version of Firmware. That's why they advise users to flash latest Firmware.

Updating Firmware is easy. Just flash the latest version's zip file via Recovery. That's it. No need to wipe anything. And this procedure won't wipe any user data either.

I hope I cleared your doubts...

 

[Roshin1401]

OEMs usually refer 'ROM' as 'Farmware'.
But when developers say 'Firmware', they usually mean 'Baseband' or 'Radio'. This is not a full Stock ROM, but only a small part of it. It stays on the device even after Clean Flashing.

When an update of Stock ROM released, it mostly comes with a newer & updated Firmware (also called Baseband or Radio). Developers sync those new changes into their custom ROMs and Kernels when they release a new build, for a better experience (they usually mention it in the changelog, like - 337 sync).

Sometimes few features of those new custom ROM or Kernel builds may not work properly if a device is running on older version of Firmware. That's why they advise users to flash latest Firmware.

Updating Firmware is easy. Just flash the latest version's zip file via Recovery. That's it. No need to wipe anything. And this procedure won't wipe any user data either.

I hope I cleared your doubts...

So you are saying it is always good to flash latest firmware. Right?. But in which partition does it sit?

 

[NPriyo]

So you are saying it is always good to flash latest firmware. Right?. But in which partition does it sit?

Sometimes Baseband can reeduce internet speed.

It is probably stored in Modem partition.

 

[Roshin1401]

Sometimes Baseband can reeduce internet speed.

It is probably stored in Modem partition.

Can I access that partition?:silly: