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Windows Phone/Windows Mobile Specific Terms

These terms are for Windows Mobile 6.x, Windows Phone 7, and Windows Phone 8 based devices.

  • RUU - ROM Update Utility. A program that flashes ROMs and updates to your phone. The official HTC-sanctioned method to update your phone.
    • RUU (on phone) - Software on the phone itself that works with the RUU on a computer to install ROMs.
  • .nbh - File extension for a Windows ROM. This is what the RUU flashes to the phone.
  • SPL - The Second Program Loader, a piece of software in smartphones that comes second in the boot sequence after the IPL (Initial Program Loader) Similar to a BIOS in a computer and can be flashed and updated. The version format of SPL looks like this: x.xx.xxxx (Example: 2.17.0001)
  • HSPL - Hard SPL. A modified SPL that makes it much safer to install custom ROMs to the phone, in contrast to Soft SPL, which is replaced on every flash. The equivalent of Android's recovery.
  • Windows Phone 7 Version Names
    • 7.5 (Mango)
    • 7.8 (Tango)
  • Windows Phone 8 Version Names
    • 8.0 (Apollo)
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