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The Long, Slow Push to Make Phones Boot Faster

Starting with Android Oreo (version 8), the operating system switched to a faster decompression algorithm (LZ4), which allowed the bootloader to unpack the kernel faster. The boot animation was also ...
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Things You Didn’t Know About Factory Resetting an Android

The following list shows the button combinations for popular Android-based devices. If you don't see your device manufacturer ...