Meaning of version code name on Google Android ROMs?

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While watching this, I wanted to find out the meaning of version code names like KRT16M? Is there any documentation for decoding what it means, or is it just a random hash code?

score 1 · Accepted Answer · answered Mar 30 '14 at 22:25

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Per this:

... the first letter is the release family (e.g. KitKat), second letter is the branch code (Release or Testing), and the next three characters indicate date code (quarter beginning in Q1 2009, day number within quarter).

answered Mar 30 '14 at 22:25

Ebrahim Byagowi

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score 0 · Answer 2 · answered Dec 02 '13 at 03:21

I know the K stands for KitKat, but not sure what the others mean. You might want to check the Codenames, Tags, and Build Numbers documentation for more information.

KRT16M would refer to android-4.4_r1, the Initial KitKat version, Nexus 5 (hammerhead).

Meaning of version code name on Google Android ROMs?

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