CrimsonToker
Android Expert
Fast boot, hot boot and soft reboot: are these all the same thing?
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Terminology question
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Fastboot is actually a utility that is part of the Android SDK which allows you to flash partitions. "Hot boot" I assume you mean "warm boot" Which just means to restart your phone without actually shutting it off. Same thing for soft reboot.
A "Hard reboot" would be shutting the phone completely off either from a menu option or pulling the battery out. A "Hard reset" is performing a factory reset using a combination of button presses to access the phone's recovery menu.
A "Hard reboot" would be shutting the phone completely off either from a menu option or pulling the battery out. A "Hard reset" is performing a factory reset using a combination of button presses to access the phone's recovery menu.
CrimsonToker
Android Expert
Thank you! One of the ROMs I tried on my volt (or maybe one of the theme engines I used once, not sure) added "hot boot" to the power menu but it was when I was still new to rooting so I never tried it
Fastboot is also an HTC feature, and they stupidly overloaded the term. (And causes confusion with the real fastboot that luna mentioned.)
With it on, you don't actually turn the phone off - it just hibernates everything.
So power on is instantaneous, drains zero battery while down - and a year after it came out, a year before the M7 came out, they started warning people right in the setting that it's known to screw with apps.
With it on, you don't actually turn the phone off - it just hibernates everything.
So power on is instantaneous, drains zero battery while down - and a year after it came out, a year before the M7 came out, they started warning people right in the setting that it's known to screw with apps.
And of course, all this talk about hot hard boot flashing could just be someone with a footwear fetish. 
The truth is, as EM so eloquently pointed out, jargon is just a common term used to refer to a specific object or process. In terms of mobile information systems and Android specifically, those are the common uses for those terms, but it isn't an exhaustive or exclusive list.
The truth is, as EM so eloquently pointed out, jargon is just a common term used to refer to a specific object or process. In terms of mobile information systems and Android specifically, those are the common uses for those terms, but it isn't an exhaustive or exclusive list.