WO2020037560A1

WO2020037560A1 - Application installation method and terminal

Info

Publication number: WO2020037560A1
Application number: PCT/CN2018/101776
Authority: WO
Inventors: 徐顺海; 李英伟; 陈磊; 张皓然
Original assignee: 华为技术有限公司
Priority date: 2018-08-22
Filing date: 2018-08-22
Publication date: 2020-02-27
Also published as: CN112119378A

Abstract

The present application relates to the technical field of communications and provides an application installation method and a terminal, facilitating to reduce the number of software versions of an ROM image, reduce the workload of developing and maintaining software versions of a mobile phone manufacturer, and facilitating the direct deployment of a terminal to other target shipping markets. The method comprises: the terminal detects a startup operation and is started; if the terminal is started for the first time, information of a target shipping market where the terminal is located is obtained, the information of the target shipping market comprising: any one or more of a country where the terminal is located, an operator where the terminal is located, and a region where the terminal is located; the terminal stores an installation package of a first application and an installation package of a second application; the terminal automatically installs the first application according to the obtained information of the target shipping market and the installation package stored in the terminal, wherein the first application is an application corresponding to the target shipping market; and the terminal deletes the installation package of the second application, wherein the second application is not the application corresponding to the target shipping market.

Description

Application installation method and terminal

Technical field

The present application relates to the field of communication technologies, and in particular, to an application installation method and a terminal.

Background technique

As competition in the smart phone market becomes more intense, mobile phone manufacturers are paying more and more attention to the global market. Generally, different countries have different network standards for carriers, different laws in different countries, and different consumer habits in different regions. For this reason, mobile phone manufacturers need to target delivery markets (including different regions, different countries, and different operators). Store or install some different content for the phone in advance, for example: different applications, and different resources such as pictures, videos, and files in the application. That is to say, even the pre-stored or installed content on the same mobile phone of the same mobile phone manufacturer may be different.

In the prior art, a mobile phone manufacturer can package a mobile phone operating system and an installation package of an application that needs to be stored or installed in advance into a read-only memory (ROM) image, that is, a type of data that records read-only memory chips. Copy. Obviously, even for mobile phones of the same model, mobile phone manufacturers also need to develop, issue, and maintain different versions of ROM images for different target shipping markets. That is, the number of software versions of ROM images is large, the workload of mobile phone manufacturers is high, and the labor cost is high. .

Then, in the production process of the mobile phone, the mobile phone manufacturer burns the ROM image of the corresponding version of the target shipping market into the mobile phone (that is, writes the ROM image of the corresponding version of the target shipping market into the storage space of the mobile phone), so that the mobile phone can The ROM image installs the mobile phone operating system, and installs pre-installed applications and pre-installed resources corresponding to the target shipping market. Because the ROM image of the version corresponding to the target shipping market has been written into the mobile phone, when the target shipping market changes, the already written mobile phone cannot be directly deployed to the new shipping market.

In summary, the above-mentioned existing technologies increase the workload of mobile phone manufacturers and are not conducive to the circulation of mobile phones between different target delivery markets.

Summary of the Invention

An application installation method and a terminal provided by the present application can reduce the number of software versions of ROM images, help reduce the workload of terminal manufacturers in developing and maintaining software versions, and facilitate the terminal to be directly deployed to other target shipping markets. .

In a first aspect, an application installation method provided in this application includes:

The terminal detects a startup operation; in response to the startup operation detected by the terminal, the terminal is turned on; if the terminal is turned on for the first time, the terminal obtains information about the target shipping market where the terminal is located; wherein the information of the target shipping market includes: Any one or more of the country, the operator where the terminal is located, and the area where the terminal is located; the terminal stores the installation package of the first application and the installation package of the second application; the terminal according to the information of the target delivery market information, and the terminal The installation package of the first application stored in the system automatically installs the first application; wherein the application corresponding to the first application target delivery market, the first application is at least one; the terminal automatically deletes the installation package of the second application, and the second application is not Application corresponding to the target shipping market.

It should be noted that the first power-on of the terminal in the embodiments of the present application refers to the first power-on of the terminal after it leaves the factory, which is not included in the terminal's production stage. The production line workers start the power-on when the terminal is powered on and tested. In the terminal's production phase, the terminal can be tested for power-on by, for example, inserting a special SIM card. When the terminal detects a special SIM card, it will not perform the process of automatically installing a pre-installed application in the embodiment of the present application.

It can be seen that all pre-installed applications in the target shipping market are stored in the terminal. In other words, terminal manufacturers can prepare a common ROM image version, which contains pre-installed applications in all target shipping markets in a certain area (including at least two target shipping markets). It is beneficial to reduce the workload of developing and maintaining software versions for terminal manufacturers.

Furthermore, since all pre-installed applications in the target shipping market are stored in the terminal, the terminal can be directly deployed from one target shipping market to another target market after leaving the factory.

In a possible implementation manner, the terminal obtaining the information about the target shipping market where the terminal is located includes: the terminal sends a terminal identifier to the first server; the terminal receives information about the target shipping market corresponding to the terminal identifier sent by the first server; or, The terminal reads the mobile country code MCC and mobile network code MNC in the national mobile subscriber identification code IMSI from the user identity module SIM of the terminal, and determines the information as the target shipping market; or, when the radio frequency network of the terminal is connected, the terminal calls the interface Obtain the information of the service provider and determine the information of the target shipping market; or, the terminal calls the Google Mobile Service GMS to obtain the geographical location and / or country information of the terminal and determine the information of the target shipping market; or, the terminal displays A first interface, the first interface is used to prompt a user to input a target shipping market where the terminal is located; the terminal determines the target shipping market where the terminal entered by the user in the first interface is the target shipping market.

It should be noted that the terminal may choose any one or several of the above methods to obtain the target shipping market information, or may sequentially obtain the target shipping market information according to a certain priority order. The combination of modes and priority order are not limited.

In a possible implementation manner, the terminal automatically installing the first application according to the obtained target shipping market information includes: the terminal determining an application identifier corresponding to the first application according to the obtained target shipping market information; the terminal according to the first The application identifier corresponding to the application determines the installation package of the first application; the terminal uses the installation package of the first application to install the first application.

In a possible implementation manner, after the terminal automatically installs the first application according to the obtained target shipping market information and the installation package of the first application stored in the terminal, the method further includes: the terminal displays the first on the desktop Application icon.

In a possible implementation manner, deleting the installation package of the second application by the terminal includes: the terminal automatically starts deleting the installation package of the second application after the terminal is in the first preset time period; or the terminal displays the second interface and the second interface Used to ask the user whether to delete the installation package of the second application; the terminal detects that the user deletes the installation package of the second application; the terminal starts to delete the installation package of the second application; or, the terminal detects that the terminal performs an operating system upgrade or cleans up After the storage space operation, the terminal starts to delete the installation package of the second application.

In a possible implementation manner, before the terminal deletes the installation package of the second application, the method further includes: the terminal writes an operation to be performed when the terminal is in the first working mode; the operation to be performed when the terminal is in the first working mode includes The terminal deletes the installation package of the second application. The first working mode is that the terminal modifies data in the storage space and / or changes the operating mode of the terminal operating system; the terminal restarts and enters the first working mode.

In a possible implementation manner, the first partition in the storage space of the terminal is used to store the installation package of the first application and the installation package of the second application, and the second partition in the storage space of the terminal is used to store data; the first The partition is adjacent to the second partition; after the terminal deletes the installation package of the second application, the method further includes: the terminal calculates the file size of the installation package of the first application to determine the size of the modified first partition; The size of the subsequent first partition is smaller than the size of the first partition; the terminal moves the installation package of the first application to the side of the first partition that is not adjacent to the second partition; the terminal modifies the address table of the first partition; the terminal modifies the first The address table of the two partitions; the modified second partition includes the storage space in the first partition after the first partition is not stored, and the terminal is shut down or restarted again.

In a possible implementation manner, after the terminal automatically installs the first application according to the obtained target shipping market information, the method further includes: the terminal sends a list of the first application to the second server.

In a second aspect, an application installation method is provided. The method includes:

The terminal detects a power-on operation; in response to the power-on operation detected by the terminal, the terminal powers up; if the terminal is powered on for the first time, the terminal reads the mobile country code MCC and mobile network in the national mobile user identification code IMSI from the user identity module SIM of the terminal. Code MNC, which is determined as the information of the target shipping market; among them, the information of the target shipping market includes: the country where the terminal is located, the operator where the terminal is located, and any one or several of the areas where the terminal is located; The information of the delivery market and the installation package of the first application stored in the terminal automatically installs the first application. Among the applications corresponding to the first application target delivery market, the first application is at least one.

In a possible implementation manner, the terminal further stores an installation package of the second application, and the second application is not an application corresponding to the target delivery market; the method further includes: the terminal detects that the terminal performs an operating system upgrade or clears the storage space. After that, the terminal automatically deletes the installation package of the second application.

In a third aspect, a terminal includes a processor, a memory, and a touch screen. The memory and the touch screen are coupled to the processor. The memory is used to store computer program code. The computer program code includes computer instructions. When the processor reads the computer instructions from the memory, To perform the method as described in the first aspect and any of its possible implementations.

In a fourth aspect, a terminal includes a processor, a memory, and a touch screen. The memory and the touch screen are coupled to the processor. The memory is used to store computer program code. The computer program code includes computer instructions. To perform the method as described in the second aspect and any one of its possible implementations.

According to a fifth aspect, a computer storage medium includes computer instructions, and when the computer instructions are run on a terminal, the terminal is caused to execute the method as described in the first aspect and any possible implementation manner thereof.

According to a sixth aspect, a computer storage medium includes computer instructions, and when the computer instructions are run on a terminal, the terminal is caused to execute the method as described in the second aspect and any possible implementation manner thereof.

A seventh aspect is a computer program product that, when the computer program product runs on a computer, causes the computer to perform the method as described in the first aspect and any one of its possible implementations.

An eighth aspect, a computer program product, when the computer program product runs on a computer, causes the computer to perform the method described in the second aspect and any one of its possible implementations.

BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS

FIG. 1 is a first schematic structural diagram of a terminal according to an embodiment of the present application; FIG.

FIG. 2 is a second schematic structural diagram of a terminal according to an embodiment of the present application; FIG.

3 is a schematic diagram of a method for installing an application in a terminal according to an embodiment of the present application;

FIG. 4A is a first form of a pre-installed installation package provided by an embodiment of the present application; FIG.

4B is a second composition form of a pre-installed installation package provided by an embodiment of the present application;

4C is a third form of a pre-installed installation package provided by an embodiment of the present application;

FIG. 5 is a first schematic flowchart of an application installation method according to an embodiment of the present application; FIG.

6 is a schematic diagram of some terminal interfaces according to an embodiment of the present application;

FIG. 7 is a second schematic flowchart of an application installation method according to an embodiment of the present application; FIG.

8 is a schematic diagram of another terminal interface provided by an embodiment of the present application;

9 is a schematic diagram of a method for dividing storage space in a terminal according to an embodiment of the present application;

FIG. 10 is a schematic diagram of timings when several terminals start to recover storage space according to an embodiment of the present application; FIG.

11 is a schematic flowchart of a method for reclaiming storage space of a terminal according to an embodiment of the present application;

FIG. 12 is a schematic diagram of still other terminal interfaces according to an embodiment of the present application; FIG.

FIG. 13 is a schematic diagram of a method for reclaiming storage space by a terminal according to an embodiment of the present application.

detailed description

First, in order to better understand the technical solutions provided by the embodiments of the present application, some terms related to the embodiments of the present application are described.

Pre-installed applications: The terminal comes with its own factory, or is pre-stored or installed in the terminal by third-party flashing channels. The application is not downloaded and installed by the user. In the embodiment of the present application, the terminal stores an installation package of such applications after the production is completed. When a user powers on the terminal for the first time to start the terminal, the terminal automatically installs such applications.

Pre-installed resources: pre-installed resources related to some pictures, videos, music, files, etc.

Pre-installed installation package: The installation package corresponding to the pre-installed application.

Pre-installed partition: In the embodiment of the present application, in the production stage of the terminal, the pre-installed installation package is written into the storage space of the terminal. The area in the terminal storage space used to store the preinstalled installation package is the preinstalled partition.

Considering that in the prior art, the terminal manufacturers need to develop and maintain different versions of ROM images, which brings a lot of workload. As shown in FIG. 3, the technical solution provided in the embodiment of the present application is that terminal manufacturers can respond to different target shipping markets. Provide a common ROM image version. The common ROM image version contains pre-installed content for all target shipping markets, or the common ROM image version contains pre-installation for all target shipping markets in a certain region (including at least two target shipping markets). Loading content. Among them, the target shipping market refers to the market where the terminal sales destination is located, for example: a certain region, a certain country, or an operator in a certain country. The pre-installed content includes an operating system installation package, a pre-installed application installation package, and pictures, videos, music, files and other resources related to the pre-installed application.

For example, the target delivery market includes market A and market B, and the pre-installed content is used as an example for description. The pre-installed applications that Market A needs to install are Application 1, Application 2 and Application 3, and the pre-installed applications that Market B needs to install have Application 1 and Application 4. Then, the common ROM image version includes installation packages of application 1, application 2, application 3, and application 4.

In the prior art, during the production phase of the terminal, the terminal manufacturer needs to write the corresponding ROM image version to the terminal according to the target shipping market, so that the terminal is called a customized product of the target shipping market, which in turn causes the terminal. It cannot be directly deployed to other target delivery markets, and it is also necessary to change the content stored in the terminal before deployment. However, in the embodiment of the present application, as shown in FIG. 3, at the terminal production stage, the terminal manufacturer burns the common ROM image version into the terminal. At this time, the terminal contains pre-installed content of all target delivery markets, or pre-installed content of all target delivery markets in a certain area. Therefore, the terminal can be deployed directly from one target shipping market to another target market after leaving the factory.

In the embodiment of the present application, referring to FIG. 3 afterwards, after the terminal reaches the target shipping market, the user presses the power button, the terminal is turned on (that is, the terminal is turned on for the first time), and the terminal can obtain information about the target shipping market. For example: the country where the target shipping market is located, according to the relevant information, choose to install the pre-installed content corresponding to the target shipping market from the pre-installed content. In other embodiments of the present application, the terminal may delete the pre-installed content that does not need to be installed (that is, the pre-installed content that does not belong to the target shipping market) in order to recover the corresponding storage space. The specific implementation of this process will be described in detail below.

Exemplarily, the terminal in this application may be a mobile phone, tablet computer, personal computer (PC), personal digital assistant (PDA), smart watch, netbook, wearable terminal, enhanced Augmented Reality (AR) equipment, Virtual Reality (VR) equipment, etc., this application does not specifically limit the specific form of the terminal.

FIG. 1 is a structural block diagram of a terminal 100 according to an embodiment of the present invention.

The terminal 100 may include a processor 110, an external memory interface 120, an internal memory 121, a USB interface 130, a charge management module 140, a power management module 141, a battery 142, an antenna 1, an antenna 2, a radio frequency module 150, a communication module 160, and an audio module. 170, speaker 170A, receiver 170B, microphone 170C, headphone interface 170D, sensor module 180, button 190, motor 191, indicator 192, camera 193, display 194, and SIM card interface 195. The sensor module can include pressure sensor 180A, gyroscope sensor 180B, barometric pressure sensor 180C, magnetic sensor 180D, acceleration sensor 180E, distance sensor 180F, proximity light sensor 180G, fingerprint sensor 180H, temperature sensor 180J, touch sensor 180K, and ambient light sensor. 180L, bone conduction sensor 180M, etc.

The structure illustrated in the embodiment of the present invention does not limit the terminal 100. It may include more or fewer parts than shown, or some parts may be combined, or some parts may be split, or different parts may be arranged. The illustrated components can be implemented in hardware, software, or a combination of software and hardware.

The processor 110 may include one or more processing units. For example, the processor 110 may include an application processor (AP), a modem processor, a graphics processing unit (GPU), and an image signal processor. (image, signal processor, ISP), controller, memory, video codec, digital signal processor (DSP), baseband processor, and / or neural network processing unit (NPU) Wait. Among them, different processing units may be independent devices or integrated in one or more processors.

The controller may be a decision maker that instructs the various components of the terminal 100 to coordinate work according to the instructions. It is the nerve center and command center of the terminal 100. The controller generates operation control signals according to the instruction operation code and timing signals, and completes the control of fetching and executing the instructions.

The processor 110 may further include a memory for storing instructions and data. In some embodiments, the memory in the processor is a cache memory, which can store instructions or data that the processor has just used or recycled. If the processor needs to use the instruction or data again, it can be called directly from the memory. Repeated accesses are avoided, the processor's waiting time is reduced, and the efficiency of the system is improved.

In some embodiments, the processor 110 may include an interface. The interface may include an integrated circuit (inter-integrated circuit, I2C) interface, an integrated circuit (inter-integrated circuit, sound, I2S) interface, a pulse code modulation (pulse code modulation, PCM) interface, a universal asynchronous transceiver receiver / transmitter (UART) interface, mobile industry processor interface (MIPI), general-purpose input / output (GPIO) interface, subscriber identity module (SIM) interface, and / Or universal serial bus (universal serial bus, USB) interface.

The charging management module 140 is configured to receive a charging input from a charger. The charger may be a wireless charger or a wired charger. In some wired charging embodiments, the charging management module may receive a charging input of a wired charger through a USB interface. In some embodiments of wireless charging, the charging management module may receive a wireless charging input through a wireless charging coil of the terminal 100. While the charging management module is charging the battery, it can also supply power to the terminal device through the power management module 141.

The power management module 141 is used to connect the battery 142, the charge management module 140 and the processor 110. The power management module receives inputs from the battery and / or charge management module, and supplies power to a processor, an internal memory, an external memory, a display screen, a camera, and a communication module. The power management module can also be used to monitor battery capacity, battery cycle times, battery health (leakage, impedance) and other parameters. In some embodiments, the power management module 141 may also be disposed in the processor 110. In some embodiments, the power management module 141 and the charge management module may also be provided in the same device.

The wireless communication function of the terminal 100 may be implemented by the antenna module 1, the antenna module 2 radio frequency module 150, the communication module 160, a modem, and a baseband processor.

The antenna 1 and the antenna 2 are used for transmitting and receiving electromagnetic wave signals. Each antenna in the terminal 100 may be used to cover a single or multiple communication frequency bands. Different antennas can also be multiplexed to improve antenna utilization. For example, a cellular network antenna can be multiplexed into a wireless LAN diversity antenna. In some embodiments, the antenna may be used in conjunction with a tuning switch.

The radio frequency module 150 may provide a communication processing module applied to the terminal 100 and including a wireless communication solution such as 2G / 3G / 4G / 5G. The radio frequency module may include at least one filter, a switch, a power amplifier, a Low Noise Amplifier (LNA), and the like. The radio frequency module receives electromagnetic waves from the antenna 1, and processes the received electromagnetic waves by filtering, amplifying, etc., and transmitting them to the modem for demodulation. The radio frequency module can also amplify the signal modulated by the modem and turn it into electromagnetic wave radiation through the antenna 1. In some embodiments, at least part of the functional modules of the radio frequency module 150 may be disposed in the processor 150. In some embodiments, at least part of the functional modules of the radio frequency module 150 may be provided in the same device as at least part of the modules of the processor 110.

The modem may include a modulator and a demodulator. The modulator is used for modulating the low-frequency baseband signal to be transmitted into a medium-high frequency signal. The demodulator is used to demodulate the received electromagnetic wave signal into a low-frequency baseband signal. The demodulator then transmits the demodulated low-frequency baseband signal to the baseband processor for processing. The low-frequency baseband signal is processed by the baseband processor and then passed to the application processor. The application processor outputs sound signals through audio equipment (not limited to speakers, receivers, etc.), or displays images or videos through a display screen. In some embodiments, the modem may be a separate device. In some embodiments, the modem may be independent of the processor and disposed in the same device as the radio frequency module or other functional modules.

The communication module 160 can provide wireless LAN (wireless local area networks, WLAN), Bluetooth (Bluetooth, BT), global navigation satellite system (GNSS), frequency modulation (FM) applied to the terminal 100. Communication processing module for wireless communication solutions such as near field communication (NFC) and infrared (IR). The communication module 160 may be one or more devices that integrate at least one communication processing module. The communication module receives the electromagnetic wave through the antenna 2, frequency-modulates and filters the electromagnetic wave signal, and sends the processed signal to the processor. The communication module 160 may also receive a signal to be transmitted from the processor, frequency-modulate it, amplify it, and turn it into electromagnetic wave radiation through the antenna 2.

In some embodiments, the antenna 1 of the terminal 100 is coupled to a radio frequency module, and the antenna 2 is coupled to a communication module, so that the terminal 100 can communicate with a network and other devices through a wireless communication technology. The wireless communication technology may include a global mobile communication system (GSM), a general packet radio service (GPRS), a code division multiple access (CDMA), and broadband. Code division multiple access (wideband code division multiple access, WCDMA), time-division code division multiple access (TD-SCDMA), long term evolution (LTE), BT, GNSS, WLAN, NFC , FM, and / or IR technology. The GNSS may include a global positioning system (GPS), a global navigation satellite system (GLONASS), a beidou navigation system (BDS), and a quasi-zenith satellite system (quasi -zenith satellite system (QZSS)) and / or satellite-based augmentation systems (SBAS).

In some embodiments of the present application, the terminal may communicate with other devices, such as a server, through a communication module. The terminal can inquire from the server the information of the target shipping market where the terminal is located, for example: the country where the terminal is located, or the information of the operator where the terminal is located, so that the terminal can choose to install the target based on the information of the target shipping market Pre-installed applications corresponding to the shipping market.

The terminal 100 implements a display function through a GPU, a display screen 194, and an application processor. The GPU is a microprocessor for image processing, which connects the display screen and the application processor. The GPU is used to perform mathematical and geometric calculations for graphics rendering. The processor 110 may include one or more GPUs that execute program instructions to generate or change display information.

The display screen 194 is used to display images, videos, and the like. The display includes a display panel. The display panel can adopt LCD (liquid crystal display), OLED (organic light-emitting diode), active matrix organic light-emitting diode or active-matrix organic light-emitting diode (active-matrix organic light-emitting diode) emitting diodes (AMOLED), flexible light-emitting diodes (FLEDs), Miniled, MicroLed, Micro-oLed, quantum dot light emitting diodes (QLEDs), etc. In some embodiments, the terminal 100 may include one or N display screens, where N is a positive integer greater than 1.

In some embodiments of the present application, the terminal may display a graphical interface for interacting with the user through the display screen, for example: prompting the user to connect to the network to activate the installation process of the pre-installed application; or prompting the user to enter information about the target shipping market, such as the country Information, operator information, etc .; or asking the user whether to start the process of reclaiming storage space, etc.

The external memory interface 120 can be used to connect an external memory card, such as a Micro SD card, to achieve the expansion of the storage capacity of the terminal 100. The external memory card communicates with the processor through an external memory interface to implement a data storage function. For example, save music, videos and other files on an external memory card.

The internal memory 121 may be used to store computer executable program code, where the executable program code includes instructions. The processor 110 executes various functional applications and data processing of the terminal 100 by executing instructions stored in the internal memory 121. The memory 121 may include a storage program area and a storage data area. Among them, the storage program area may store an operating system, applications required for at least one function (such as a sound playback function, an image playback function, etc.) and the like. The storage data area may store data (such as audio data, phone book, etc.) created during the use of the terminal 100. In addition, the memory 121 may include a high-speed random access memory, and may also include a non-volatile memory, such as at least one magnetic disk storage device, a flash memory device, other volatile solid-state storage devices, a universal flash memory (universal flash storage, UFS), etc. .

In the embodiment of the present application, the storage space in the internal memory includes a system partition (which may be the aforementioned storage program area), a pre-installed partition, and a data partition (which may be the aforementioned storage data area). The system partition stores a system installation package, and the preinstalled partition stores a preinstalled installation package. The preinstalled installation package includes a preinstalled application installation package and preinstalled resources of the preinstalled application, such as files, videos, pictures, and music. Wait. In some embodiments of the present application, the pre-installed partition and the data partition are adjacent. The processor may install the corresponding pre-installed application and / or pre-installed resources in the pre-installed application by reading the pre-installed application installation package of the pre-installed partition.

The terminal 100 may implement audio functions through an audio module 170, a speaker 170A, a receiver 170B, a microphone 170C, a headphone interface 170D, and an application processor. Such as music playback, recording, etc.

The audio module is used to convert digital audio information into an analog audio signal output, and is also used to convert an analog audio input into a digital audio signal. The audio module can also be used to encode and decode audio signals. In some embodiments, the audio module may be disposed in the processor 110, or some functional modules of the audio module may be disposed in the processor 110.

The speaker 170A, also called a "horn", is used to convert audio electrical signals into sound signals. The terminal 100 can listen to music through a speaker or listen to a hands-free call.

The receiver 170B, also referred to as the "handset", is used to convert audio electrical signals into sound signals. When the terminal 100 answers a call or a voice message, it can answer the voice by holding the receiver close to the human ear.

The microphone 170C, also called "microphone", "microphone", is used to convert sound signals into electrical signals. When making a call or sending a voice message, the user can make a sound through the mouth close to the microphone, and input the sound signal into the microphone. The terminal 100 may be provided with at least one microphone. In some embodiments, the terminal 100 may be provided with two microphones, and in addition to collecting sound signals, a noise reduction function may also be implemented. In some embodiments, the terminal 100 may further be provided with three, four, or more microphones to collect sound signals, reduce noise, and also identify the source of the sound, and implement a directional recording function.

The headset interface 170D is used to connect a wired headset. The earphone interface can be a USB interface or a 3.5mm open mobile terminal platform (OMTP) standard interface, and the American Cellular Telecommunications Industry Association (United States of America, CTIA) standard interface.

The keys 190 include a power-on key, a volume key, and the like. The keys can be mechanical keys. It can also be a touch button. The terminal 100 receives key input, and generates key signal inputs related to user settings and function control of the terminal 100.

The motor 191 may generate a vibration alert. The motor can be used for incoming vibration alert and touch vibration feedback. For example, the touch operation applied to different applications (such as taking pictures, playing audio, etc.) can correspond to different vibration feedback effects. Touch operations on different areas of the display can also correspond to different vibration feedback effects. Different application scenarios (such as time reminders, receiving information, alarm clocks, games, etc.) can also correspond to different vibration feedback effects. Touch vibration feedback effect can also support customization.

The indicator 192 can be an indicator light, which can be used to indicate the charging status, power change, and can also be used to indicate messages, missed calls, notifications, and so on.

The SIM card interface 195 is used to connect to a subscriber identity module (SIM). The SIM card can be contacted and separated from the terminal 100 by inserting or removing the SIM card interface. The terminal 100 may support one or N SIM card interfaces, and N is a positive integer greater than 1. The SIM card interface can support Nano SIM cards, Micro SIM cards, SIM cards, etc. Multiple SIM cards can be inserted into the same SIM card interface at the same time. The types of the multiple cards may be the same or different. The SIM card interface is also compatible with different types of SIM cards. The SIM card interface is also compatible with external memory cards. The terminal 100 interacts with the network through a SIM card to implement functions such as calling and data communication. In some embodiments, the terminal 100 uses an eSIM, that is, an embedded SIM card. The eSIM card can be embedded in the terminal 100 and cannot be separated from the terminal 100.

In some embodiments of the present application, the terminal may determine the information of the target shipping market where the terminal is located by reading the information in the SIM card inserted in the terminal, and further determine the pre-installed applications that need to be installed based on the information of the target shipping market. . The information in the SIM card includes: Mobile Country Code (MCC) and Mobile Network Code (MNC) in the SIM card. Among them, MCC is used to uniquely identify the country to which the mobile terminal belongs, occupying three digits. The MNC is used to identify the mobile communication network (ie, the operator information) where the mobile terminal is located, occupying 2 or 3 digits.

The software system of the terminal 100 may adopt a layered architecture, an event-driven architecture, a micro-core architecture, a micro-service architecture, or a cloud architecture. The embodiment of the present invention takes the Android system with a layered architecture as an example, and exemplifies the software structure of the terminal 100.

FIG. 2 is a software structural block diagram of the terminal 100 according to an embodiment of the present invention.

The layered architecture divides the software into several layers, each of which has a clear role and division of labor. Layers communicate with each other through interfaces. In some embodiments, the Android system is divided into four layers, which are an application layer, an application framework layer, an Android runtime and a system library, and a kernel layer from top to bottom.

The application layer may include a series of application packages.

As shown in FIG. 2, the application package may include applications such as camera, gallery, calendar, call, map, navigation, WLAN, Bluetooth, music, video, and short message.

In the embodiment of the present application, when the terminal leaves the factory, the application layer of the terminal includes a pre-installed application installation package. The installation packages of these pre-installed applications include the installation packages of the pre-installed applications corresponding to the terminal in the target shipping market, and also include the installation packages of the pre-installed applications corresponding to the target shipping market. However, after the terminal finishes installing the pre-installed application corresponding to the target shipping market according to the target shipping market information, the terminal may delete the installation package of the pre-installed application corresponding to the target shipping market.

The application framework layer provides an application programming interface (API) and a programming framework for applications in the application layer. The application framework layer includes some predefined functions.

As shown in FIG. 2, the application framework layer may include a window manager, a content provider, a view system, a phone manager, a resource manager, a notification manager, and the like.

The window manager is used to manage window programs. The window manager can obtain the display size, determine whether there is a status bar, lock the screen, take a screenshot, etc.

Content providers are used to store and retrieve data and make it accessible to applications. The data may include videos, images, audio, calls made and received, browsing history and bookmarks, phone books, and so on.

The view system includes visual controls, such as controls that display text, controls that display pictures, and so on. The view system can be used to build applications. The display interface can consist of one or more views. For example, the display interface including the SMS notification icon may include a view that displays text and a view that displays pictures.

The phone manager is used to provide a communication function of the terminal 100. For example, management of call status (including connection, hang up, etc.).

The resource manager provides various resources for the application, such as localized strings, icons, pictures, layout files, video files, and so on.

The notification manager enables applications to display notification information in the status bar, which can be used to convey notification-type messages that can disappear automatically after a short stay without user interaction. For example, the notification manager is used to inform download completion, message reminders, etc. The notification manager can also be a notification that appears in the status bar at the top of the system in the form of a chart or scroll bar text, such as a notification of an application running in the background, or a notification that appears on the screen in the form of a dialog window. For example, text messages are displayed in the status bar, a tone is emitted, the terminal vibrates, and the indicator light flashes.

Android Runtime includes core libraries and virtual machines. Android runtime is responsible for the scheduling and management of the Android system.

The core library contains two parts: one is the functional functions that the Java language needs to call, and the other is the Android core library.

The application layer and the application framework layer run in a virtual machine. The virtual machine executes the java files of the application layer and the application framework layer as binary files. Virtual machines are used to perform object lifecycle management, stack management, thread management, security and exception management, and garbage collection.

The system library can include multiple functional modules. For example: surface manager (media manager), media library (Media library), three-dimensional graphics processing library OpenGL ES, 2D graphics engine SGL, etc.

The Surface Manager is used to manage the display subsystem and provides a fusion of 2D and 3D layers for multiple applications.

The media library supports a variety of commonly used audio and video formats for playback and recording, as well as still image files. The media library can support multiple audio and video encoding formats, such as: MPEG4, H.264, MP3, AAC, AMR, JPG, PNG, etc.

OpenGL ES is used to implement 3D graphics drawing, image rendering, compositing, and layer processing.

SGL is a drawing engine for 2D drawing.

The kernel layer is the layer between hardware and software. The kernel layer contains at least a display driver, a camera driver, an audio driver, and a sensor driver.

The technical solutions involved in the following embodiments can be implemented in a terminal (for example, the terminal 100) having the foregoing hardware architecture and software architecture.

The technical solutions of the embodiments of the present application will be described in detail below with reference to the drawings.

During the software development phase, terminal manufacturers can develop a common ROM image version for at least two target shipping markets with different preinstalled contents.

Specifically, a terminal operating system installation package (hereinafter referred to as a system installation package), a pre-installed application installation package, and a pre-installed resource (hereinafter referred to as a pre-installed installation package) are packaged into a ROM image.

The pre-installed installation package contains pre-installed content of all target delivery markets, or pre-installed content of all target delivery markets in a certain region. Specifically, it includes all pre-installed application installation packages and pre-installed resources for these multiple target shipping markets. The pre-installed installation package may also contain the difference information of the pre-installed content of each target shipping market. For example: information about the pre-installed application installation package corresponding to each target shipping market, and layout design corresponding to each target shipping market.

It should be noted that the terminal operating systems of different target delivery markets are basically the same, and pre-installed applications and pre-installed resources are generally different. In addition, pre-installed resources are generally resources in pre-installed applications. Pre-installed resources are usually included in the installation package of the pre-installed application. The installation package of the pre-installed application also loads the corresponding resources. Therefore, the installation package of a pre-installed application is included as an example for description.

For example, as shown in FIG. 4A, it is an example of a pre-installed installation package composition form. Specifically, the pre-installed installation package 401 includes the pre-installed application installation package 402 and the difference information of each terminal product, for example: different market difference information 403 corresponding to the terminal, and different types of terminals (for example, mobile phones, tablet computers, etc.) ( 4A), and different models of the terminal (for example, mate9, mate10, etc.) (not shown in FIG. 4A), and the like.

The pre-installed application installation package 402 includes all pre-installed application installation packages of the target delivery market (market 1, market 2, etc.), for example: application 1, application 2, application 3, application 4, and so on. The difference information 403 in different markets includes difference information in different target shipping markets, such as market 1 difference information 404 and market 2 difference information 405.

For example, suppose that the pre-installed applications that need to be installed in market 1 include application 1, application 2 and application 3, and the pre-installed applications that need to be installed in market 2 include application 1 and application 4. Then, the application list (or directory, list) 1 in the market 1 difference information 404 contains the identifications of the following applications: application 1, application 2, and application 3. The application list (or directory, list) 2 in the market 2 difference information 405 includes the following application identifiers: application 1 and application 4. For details, please refer to Table 1:

Table I

It should be noted that after the terminal reaches the target shipping market, the information of the target shipping market is determined. When it is assumed that the market is 1, the terminal may search the pre-installed installation package corresponding to the pre-installed application list 1 and the layout design file 1 from the pre-installed installation package. Then, according to the identifier of the pre-installed application determined in the pre-installed application list 1, an installation package corresponding to the identifier of each pre-installed application is searched from the pre-installed application installation package 402. Finally, install the corresponding pre-installed application according to the found installation package of the pre-installed application. After the pre-installed application is installed on the terminal, the display position of the icon of each pre-installed application on the desktop of the terminal may also be determined according to the layout design file 1.

It should be noted that in some embodiments of the present application, a common pre-installed installation package may also be adopted for terminals of different types and different models. The pre-installed installation package includes installation packages for pre-installed applications of all types and types of terminals in all target shipping markets. When the terminal reaches the target shipping market, first determine the information of the target shipping market, and then find the corresponding difference information from the pre-installed installation package according to the information of the target shipping market corresponding to the terminal, the type of the terminal, and the model of the terminal. To further determine the pre-installed applications that the terminal should automatically install.

As shown in FIG. 4B, it is another example of the composition of the pre-installed installation package. Wherein: the different market difference information 403 may specifically include the market 1 difference information 406 and the market 2 difference information. The market 1 difference information 406 also includes terminal type 1 (or terminal model 1) information 407 and terminal type 2 (or terminal model 2) information. For example, after determining that the target shipping market is market 1, the terminal may search the pre-installed application list corresponding to the terminal type or model in market 1 difference information 406 to determine the pre-installed application of the terminal. For the remaining steps, refer to the related description above.

As shown in FIG. 4C, it is another example of the composition of the pre-installed installation package. Wherein, the different market difference information 403 may specifically include terminal type 1 (or terminal model 1) information 408 and terminal type 2 (or terminal model 2) information. The terminal type 1 (or terminal model 1) information 408 further includes market 1 difference information 406 and market 2 difference information. For example, after the terminal determines that the type is terminal type 1 or the model is terminal type 1, and the target delivery market is market 1, the terminal type 1 (or terminal model 1) 408 can be used to find market 1 difference information 406. The corresponding pre-installed application list 1 determines the pre-installed application of the terminal. For the remaining steps, refer to the related description above.

It should be noted that the embodiments of the present application do not limit the specific composition form and specific content of the pre-installed installation package.

The following uses different information as an example for different target shipping markets.

During the production process of the terminal, the terminal manufacturer writes a common ROM image version to the terminal, which means that the storage space of the terminal contains the installation packages of all pre-installed applications in the target shipping market, or contains a certain area. Pre-installed application installation packages for all target shipping markets. In this way, only one version of the ROM image needs to be prepared. Compared with the prior art, which needs to write different versions of the ROM image for different target shipping markets, the method provided in the embodiment of the present application is helpful to simplify the production process and save labor costs. In addition, the software and hardware of the same type of terminal are the same, so when the terminal manufacturer ships to each target shipping market, it can also be directly deployed from one target shipping market to another target shipping market without modifying the ROM image. Facilitate the rapid delivery and quick response of end products.

Then, after the terminal reaches the target shipping market and is powered on for the first time, you can obtain information about the target shipping market (such as country information, operator information, etc.) through information such as the network where the terminal is located, information about the SIM card installed on the terminal, and then The information of the shipping market, determine and install the pre-installed application corresponding to the target shipping market.

As shown in FIG. 5, a schematic flowchart of an application installation method provided by an embodiment of the present application includes:

S101. The terminal is turned on for the first time.

It should be noted that the first power-on of the terminal in the embodiments of the present application refers to the first power-on of the terminal after it leaves the factory, which is not included in the terminal's production stage. The production line workers start the power-on when the terminal is powered on and tested. In the terminal's production phase, the terminal can be tested for power-on by, for example, inserting a special SIM card. When the terminal detects a special SIM card, it does not execute the process of automatically installing a pre-installed application in the embodiment of the present application (ie, step S102 and subsequent steps).

In some embodiments, after the terminal leaves the factory, it may be determined by querying the first flag bit whether the terminal is turned on for the first time. For example, before the terminal leaves the factory, the first flag bit is set to a specific value, which indicates that the terminal has not been turned on or the process of installing a pre-installed application has not been performed. After the terminal is powered on, when the first flag bit is detected to be a specific value, the subsequent steps (ie, steps S102 and subsequent steps) are performed. After the terminal has performed the installation of the pre-installed application, the terminal sets the first flag bit to another value, which indicates that the terminal has been powered on, or has performed the process of installing the pre-installed application. Subsequently, if the terminal is turned on again and it is detected that the first flag bit is not a specific value, it can be determined that the terminal is not turned on for the first time, or the terminal has already performed the process of installing a pre-installed application, and the terminal will not perform steps S102 and subsequent steps .

S102. The terminal obtains information about a target shipping market where the terminal is located.

The target delivery market refers to the market where the terminal is sold, and it can also be understood as the market where the terminal is used. Specifically, it can refer to the region, country, and operator when the terminal is used.

Exemplarily, the terminal can obtain the information of the target shipping market in the following ways, as follows:

Method 1: The terminal is connected to the network and queries the server's target shipping market information from the server.

First, after the terminal detects the user's operation of pressing the power key, the terminal automatically installs the terminal's operating system according to the operating system installation package. After the operating system is installed, the terminal displays a navigation interface to prompt the user to set some basic information, which can include prompt Users connect to Wireless Local Area Networks (WLANs).

Exemplarily, as shown in FIG. 6, it is a schematic diagram of some navigation interfaces displayed after the terminal is turned on for the first time. The basic information set by the user may include a setting language, an interface as shown in (1) in FIG. 6, and signing various agreements and the like. The interface shown in (1) in FIG. 6 may include a status bar 601 and a language setting item 602. The user can select the language used by the terminal through the language setting item 602. The terminal may also prompt the user to connect to the network, as shown in the interface shown in (2) in FIG. 6. The interface may include a status bar 601, a network setting item 603, and a return button 604. Wherein, in response to the user clicking the return button 604, the terminal displays the previous interface of the current interface. In response to the operation of the network (for example, network 3) selected by the user through the network setting item 603, the terminal starts to connect to the corresponding network. If the connection is successful, the terminal displays an interface as shown in (3) in FIG. 6. A setting item 605 is used in this interface to prompt the user to activate the installation of a pre-installed application. If the connection fails, the terminal displays the interface as shown in (4) of FIG. 6. In this interface, a pop-up dialog box 606 is used to prompt the user to connect to the WLAN. After activating the installation of pre-installed applications, the terminal can enter the terminal Desktop. The user can re-enter the network connection interface through the button of the network connection in the dialog box 606, that is, the interface shown in (2) in FIG. 6.

As shown in FIG. 7, for the installation of the terminal activated preset application, the process of querying the information of the target shipping market from the server is illustrated, including S201 to S204, as follows:

S201. The terminal starts activation.

It should be noted that activation here refers to the process of starting the pre-installed application by the terminal. The activation process may be an independent service or a service included in other networked services, such as a member service or a cloud service, which is not limited in the embodiment of the present application.

S202. The terminal sends a terminal identifier to the server.

The terminal identifier may be a serial number (SN) of the terminal, or an international mobile equipment identity (IMEI) of the terminal.

For example, as shown in (3) of FIG. 6, after the terminal is connected to the network, the terminal displays the interface for activating the installation of pre-installed applications. In response to the user clicking the "Activate Now" button, the terminal can establish a communication connection with the server. Further, the identity of the terminal can be sent to the server. The address of the server can be stored in the terminal so that the terminal can find the corresponding server.

S203: The server queries the information about the target shipping market corresponding to the terminal identifier according to the terminal identifier.

Among them, the server may be a purchase, sales, inventory (PSI) database or a device used by other terminal manufacturers to store terminal sales. Among them, the sales situation of the terminal includes the circulation information after the terminal leaves the factory, including the information of the target delivery market that the terminal finally arrived at. In other words, the server stores the correspondence between the terminal identification and the target shipping market.

Therefore, the server can query the information of the target shipping market corresponding to the terminal identifier according to the terminal identifier.

S204. The server sends the queried information of the target shipping market to the terminal.

Exemplarily, the server may adopt a custom over-the-air technology non-coy (COTA) method, and send it to the terminal through a COTA upgrade package, where the COTA upgrade package includes information of a target shipping market. Therefore, the terminal can obtain the information of the target shipping market corresponding to the terminal by downloading and installing the upgrade package of COTA.

Then, the terminal may execute steps S103 and S104, that is, determine the preset applications corresponding to the target shipping market according to the obtained target shipping market information, and find the installation packages corresponding to these pre-installed applications, decompress and install these presets. application.

It should also be noted that in other embodiments of the present application, the server stores the correspondence between the terminal and the target shipping market information, but the server does not have the list information of the pre-installed applications corresponding to the target shipping market. Therefore, after the terminal has installed the pre-installed application, the terminal can upload the list of pre-installed applications to the server (shown in step S205 in FIG. 7), and the server saves the list of pre-installed applications uploaded by the terminal (step 7 in FIG. 7). S206). In this way, it is convenient for the server to perform service management such as charging for the installation of the pre-installed application in the terminal and charging for the activation of the pre-installed application according to the list of pre-installed applications.

Method 2: The terminal can obtain the information of the target shipping market through the SIM module in the terminal.

Specifically, the SIM module may be a hardware SIM card, or may be implemented in software (such as e-SIM) and store a National Mobile Subscriber Identification Number (IMSI). Among them, IMSI is an identifier that distinguishes a mobile terminal. IMSI contains Mobile Country Code (MCC) and Mobile Network Code (MNC). Among them, MCC is used to uniquely identify the country to which the mobile terminal belongs, occupying three digits. For example: China is 460. Among them, the MNC is used to identify the mobile communication network (ie, the operator information) where the mobile terminal is located, occupying two or three digits. For example: China Mobile's TD system uses 00, China Unicom's GSM system uses 01, China Mobile's GSM system uses 02, and China Telecom's CDMA system uses 03.

Therefore, after the terminal is turned on for the first time, it can detect whether there is a SIM module in the terminal. If the SIM module is detected, it can be used as the target shipping market by reading the country information in the MCC in the SIM card and / or the operator information in the MNC. information.

Method 3: When the terminal's radio frequency network is connected (can make emergency calls), the terminal can call the system's standard interface to obtain information about the target shipping market.

Exemplarily, the terminal is an Android system for illustration. The terminal can call the standard interface of the Android system, for example: call the interface getSimOperratorName () or Returns the Service Provider Name () to obtain the name of the service provider, such as: Telecom, China Unicom , Mobile, etc. as information for the target shipping market.

Method four: The terminal can obtain the target shipping market information through some preset services, such as Google Mobile Service (GMS).

For example, after the terminal is powered on for the first time, the operating system and some preset services are automatically installed, and then the navigation interface is displayed. Among these preset services, for example, there are some services in the GMS that can obtain geographic location or country information. For example: map service. In the embodiments of the present application, country information may be obtained through these services as target shipping market information.

Method five: The terminal may prompt the user to input information of the target shipping market, such as country information.

First, after the terminal detects the user's power-on operation, it displays a navigation interface and prompts the user to set some basic information, including prompting the user to enter country information.

Exemplarily, as shown in FIG. 8, some schematic diagrams of the navigation interface after the terminal is powered on for the first time. The basic information set by the user includes the setting language, the interface as shown in (1) in Figure 8, and the signing of various agreements. The interface shown in (1) in FIG. 8 may include a status bar 801 and a language setting item 802. The terminal may also display information prompting the user to select or enter a target shipping market, such as country information or operator information, as shown in the interface shown in (2) of FIG. 8. The interface may include a status bar 801, a country setting item 803, and a return button 804. The user can select or enter country information through the country setting item 803.

Therefore, the terminal can use the country information or operator information selected or input by the user as the information of the target shipping market. Then, determine the pre-installed application corresponding to the target shipping market, that is, execute steps S103 and S104.

S103. The terminal determines the installation package of the pre-installed application that needs to be installed according to the information of the target delivery market.

Exemplarily, the pre-installed installation package in the terminal is taken as an example to describe the organizational form shown in FIG. 4A. The terminal may search the pre-installed application list corresponding to the target shipping market from the different market difference information 403 according to the obtained information of the target shipping market. The pre-installed application list includes an identifier of the pre-installed application corresponding to the target shipping market. Then, the terminal may find the application installation package corresponding to the pre-installed application identifier from the pre-installed application installation package 402 according to the identification of the pre-installed application.

S104. The terminal automatically installs the corresponding pre-installed application according to the determined installation package of the pre-installed application.

The terminal decompresses the installation package of the pre-installed application and installs the corresponding pre-installed application.

In other embodiments of the present application, in step S103, the terminal may also find a layout design file corresponding to the target shipping market. Then, in this step, the icons of the installed pre-installed applications are laid out according to the found layout design file.

Further, considering that the terminal stores an installation package of pre-installed applications corresponding to the target shipping market (which may be recorded as a first pre-installed installation package), a large number of pre-installed applications that do not belong to the target shipping market are also stored. Installation package (can be recorded as the second pre-installed installation package). Since these second pre-installed installation packages occupy a large amount of storage space of the terminal, the storage resources of the terminal will be wasted. Therefore, the terminal may retain only the first pre-installed installation package, so that subsequent terminals need to reinstall the pre-installed application, and delete the second pre-installed installation package to free up corresponding storage space. The entire process of deleting the second pre-installed installation package by the terminal to release the corresponding storage space may be referred to as a process of reclaiming the storage space.

First, the principle of reclaiming storage space by the terminal will be described.

It should be noted that, during the terminal production process, when the terminal manufacturer writes a common ROM image version to the terminal, the terminal can divide a system partition and a pre-installed partition in the storage space. The system partition is used to store the system installation package, and the pre-installed partition is used to store the pre-installed installation package. In order to make the storage space reclaimed by the terminal available for storing data, the divided pre-installed partition may be adjacent to the data partition of the terminal.

Exemplarily, as shown in (1) of FIG. 9, it is a schematic diagram of a method for dividing a storage space of a terminal at the time of shipment. In some embodiments of the present application, the divided pre-installed partition may be adjacent to the data partition, and the file system of the pre-installed partition is consistent with the file system of the data partition, for example, both adopt a Flash Friendly File System (F2FS) . The storage address of the pre-installed partition may be located at a high position of the data partition storage address, as shown in (3) of FIG. 9, and the storage address of the pre-installed partition may also be located at a low position of the data partition storage address, as shown in (1) of FIG. 9. As shown.

Because the pre-installed partition and the data partition are adjacent, and the file system format is the same, it is convenient to use the unused storage space in the pre-installed partition Two pre-installed installation packages) are re-divided into data partitions. As shown in (2) and (4) in FIG. 9, some pre-installed partitions are re-divided into data partitions. In other words, after the terminal is powered on for the first time, after installing the pre-installed application corresponding to the target shipping market, the installation package of the pre-installed application that does not need to be installed can be deleted, so that the space vacated after the deletion can be used to store data.

The following describes when the terminal starts to reclaim storage space.

As shown in FIG. 10, it is a schematic diagram of a timing of starting recovery of storage space by several terminals provided in the embodiment of the present application.

Specifically, in some embodiments of the present application, as shown in FIG. 10 (1), the terminal is turned on for the first time at time t1. From t1 to t2, the terminal displays a boot navigation interface, instructing the user to set basic information. From time t3 to time t4, the terminal obtains the target shipping market information and installs a pre-installed application corresponding to the target shipping market information. At t4, the terminal is installed, and a second flag bit can be set to identify that there is recyclable storage space in the pre-installed partition of the terminal. The terminal may also set the second flag bit at a time before or at time t4, which is not limited in the embodiment of the present application. Then, the terminal can automatically start the process of reclaiming the storage space that is not used in the pre-installed partition, that is, the process of reclaiming the storage space at time t4 refers to time t5.

In other embodiments of the present application, as shown in FIG. 10 (2), the terminal may wait for a preset period of time (from time t4 to time t5, for example, 6 hours) after installing the pre-installed application. , The process of reclaiming unused storage space in the pre-installed partition is automatically started, that is, the process of reclaiming storage space is executed from time t5 to time t6, where time t6 is the time when the process of reclaiming storage space ends.

In still other embodiments of the present application, as shown in FIG. 10 (3), after the terminal has installed the pre-installed application, the process of reclaiming storage space may not be started first. Instead, during certain subsequent operations performed by the terminal, such as: operating system upgrade, or when the user clears space (for example, using a mobile phone butler application), the user is asked whether to start or automatically start the process of reclaiming storage space.

For example, when a user instruction is detected at time t5, the terminal initiates the recovery of the unused storage space in the pre-installed partition, that is, the process of reclaiming the storage space is executed from time t5 to time t6. Alternatively, the operating system upgrade is started on the terminal at t5, and the recovery of the unused storage space in the pre-installed partition can be started before, at the same time, or after the operating system upgrade of the terminal. Or, at time t5, the terminal detects that the user cleans up the space, and the recovery of the unused storage space in the pre-installed partition may be started before, at the same time, or after the terminal clears the space.

It should be noted that the embodiment of the present application does not limit the timing of the terminal starting to recover the storage space.

The following takes the process of receiving a user's instruction to start the storage space recovery as an example to describe the process of terminal storage recovery, as follows:

As shown in FIG. 11, it is a schematic flowchart of a method for reclaiming storage space according to an embodiment of the present application, and specifically includes the following steps:

S301. The terminal displays a graphical interface and asks the user whether to initiate a process for reclaiming storage space.

For example, after the pre-installed application is installed, the terminal may ask the user whether to start the process of reclaiming storage space by popping up a dialog box or displaying information in a notification bar. As shown in FIG. 12 (1), it is a graphical interface of the terminal. The interface may include a status bar 1201, a time and weather control 1202, and icons of multiple applications, for example, an icon 1203 of a calendar. The interface may also include a dialog box 1204. This dialog box 1204 is used to ask the user whether to start the process of reclaiming storage space. As shown in (2) in FIG. 12, it is another graphical interface of the terminal. The interface may further include a notification bar 1205. The notification bar 1205 is used to display a prompt message to ask the user whether to start the process of reclaiming storage space.

The terminal can also ask the user whether to start the process of reclaiming storage space by popping up a dialog box or displaying information in the notification bar before or after the operating system upgrade, or before or after the terminal clears space. The embodiment of the present application does not limit the interface of the terminal query.

S302: The terminal detects a user operation. If it is detected that the user initiates the operation of reclaiming storage space, step S304 is performed; if it is detected that the user does not initiate the operation of reclaiming storage space, step S303 is performed.

For example: if the terminal detects that the user is in the interface shown in (1) of FIG. 12 and clicks the “Yes” button, or the terminal detects that the user is in the interface shown in (2) of FIG. 12 and clicks “Yes” Button to confirm the operation of reclaiming storage space. If the terminal detects that the user is in the interface shown in (1) of FIG. 12 and clicks the “No” button, or the terminal detects that the user is in the interface shown in (2) of FIG. 12 and clicks the “No” button, It is determined that the operation of reclaiming storage space is not started.

S303. The terminal does not perform the operation of reclaiming storage space, and continues to execute the original procedure of the terminal.

For example, after the terminal is installed for the first time after the pre-installed application is installed, the user is asked whether to start the process of reclaiming storage space. When it is detected that the user does not start the process of reclaiming storage space, the terminal may display a home screen interface. Before upgrading the operating system, the terminal asks the user whether to start the process of reclaiming storage space. When it is detected that the user does not start the process of reclaiming storage space, the terminal can perform an operating system upgrade.

S304. The terminal initiates a process for reclaiming storage space.

In some embodiments, the terminal may write, for example, a MISC partition (a standard partition of the android system) to perform operations that the terminal needs to perform after restarting (for example, deleting installation packages of pre-installed applications that are not needed in the pre-installed partition, and The storage space occupied by the pre-installed application installation package that is not needed in the installation partition is recycled as a data partition, etc.), and restarted.

S305. After the terminal restarts, it enters Recovery mode.

Among them, the Recovery mode is a backup function of the terminal, which can modify the data inside the terminal or the system of the terminal. In this mode, the terminal can perform limited operations, which is not the normal working mode of the terminal.

In some embodiments, after the terminal enters the Recovery mode, the terminal may continue to perform subsequent operations by calling data in the MISC partition. Among them, the MISC partition stores the booting information of the Recovery program and the content that needs to be performed after the terminal restarts.

S306. The terminal deletes an installation package of a preinstalled application that is not needed in the preinstalled partition.

Exemplarily, as shown in (1) of FIG. 13, it is a schematic diagram of the storage space of the terminal before the terminal deletes the installation package that does not require pre-installed applications. In this diagram, the pre-installed partitions require pre-installed partitions. The installation package of the installed application and the installation package of the unnecessary pre-installed application are stored alternately. As shown in (2) in FIG. 13, it is a schematic diagram of the storage space of the terminal after deleting the installation package that does not require pre-installed applications for the terminal.

S307. Recalculate the size of the pre-installed partition.

Specifically, the size of the original pre-installed partition is subtracted from the size of the installation package that does not require pre-installed applications to be deleted, and the size of a certain reserved space is added as the size of the pre-installed partition after space recovery. Optionally, the size of the installation package of the pre-installed application that needs to be calculated, plus the size of a certain reserved space, is used as the size of the pre-installed partition after space recovery.

S308. Organize the pre-installed partition.

Specifically, considering that the storage space released in the pre-installed partition needs to be re-divided into data partitions, the required pre-installed application installation package can be migrated to the other end of the pre-installed partition that is not adjacent to the data partition. Exemplarily, as shown in (3) of FIG. 13, after the terminal is pre-installed, the storage space of the terminal is schematically illustrated. It can be seen that the terminal migrates the required pre-installed application installation package to the beginning of the pre-installed partition, and the end of the pre-installed partition is adjacent to the data partition. It should be noted that if the beginning of the preinstalled partition is adjacent to the data partition, the installation package of the preinstalled application that needs to be used needs to be migrated to the end of the preinstalled partition. In this way, the unnecessary space in the pre-installed partition is adjacent to the data partition of the terminal, so these unnecessary storage spaces can be directly divided into the data partition.

S309. Modify the pre-installed partition table.

Exemplarily, as shown in (4) of FIG. 13, this is an example of the terminal storage space after the terminal has modified the pre-installed partition table.

S310: Check whether the pre-installed partition is normal. If normal, step S312 is continued, otherwise step S311 is performed.

S311. Prompt the user for an abnormality and guide the user to handle it, for example, enter erecovery mode for repair.

Among them, the erecovery mode is a terminal recovery mode, which is usually used to upgrade the terminal to the latest version when the terminal cannot be turned on or the system is unstable, so that the terminal can be used normally.

Exemplarily, if the terminal is powered off or the hardware fails during the process of reclaiming storage space, the terminal will work abnormally, and the user will be prompted to take action.

S312. Modify the data partition table.

Exemplarily, as shown in (5) of FIG. 13, this is an example of the storage space of the terminal after the data partition table is modified by the terminal.

S313. Check whether the data partition is normal? If normal, step S315 is continued, otherwise step S314 is performed.

S314: Prompt the user for an abnormality and guide the user to perform processing, such as formatting a data partition.

S315. The process of prompting the user to reclaim storage space is ended, and the terminal is restarted or closed.

After the process of reclaiming the storage space of the terminal ends, the terminal needs to exit the current Recovery mode and re-enter the normal working mode of the terminal, that is, the user can use the terminal to enter the desktop and run the corresponding application. The terminal can be restarted automatically, or the terminal can be closed, and the user can turn it on again.

The above description is only a specific implementation of this application, but the scope of protection of this application is not limited to this. Any changes or replacements within the technical scope disclosed in this application shall be covered by the scope of protection of this application. . Therefore, the protection scope of this application shall be subject to the protection scope of the claims.

Claims

An application installation method, characterized in that the method includes:

The terminal detects a power-on operation;

In response to the power-on operation detected by the terminal, the terminal powers on;

If the terminal is powered on for the first time, the terminal obtains information about a target shipping market where the terminal is located; wherein the information about the target shipping market includes: the country where the terminal is located, and the operation where the terminal is located Any one or several items in the region where the terminal is located; and the terminal stores the installation package of the first application and the installation package of the second application;

The terminal automatically installs the first application according to the obtained information about the target shipping market and the installation package of the first application stored in the terminal; wherein the first application corresponds to the target shipping market Application, the first application is at least one;

The terminal deletes the installation package of the second application, and the second application is not an application corresponding to the target shipping market.
The method for installing an application according to claim 1, wherein the acquiring the information of a target shipping market where the terminal is located comprises:

Sending, by the terminal, a terminal identifier to a first server; the terminal receiving information about a target shipping market corresponding to the terminal identifier sent by the first server;

Alternatively, the terminal reads the mobile country code MCC and mobile network code MNC in the national mobile user identification code IMSI from the user identification module SIM of the terminal, and determines the information as the target shipping market;

Alternatively, when the radio frequency network of the terminal is connected, the terminal invokes an interface to obtain information of a service provider, and determines the information of the target shipping market;

Alternatively, the terminal invokes the Google Mobile Service GMS, obtains the geographic location and / or country information of the terminal, and determines the information as the target shipping market;

Alternatively, the terminal displays a first interface, and the first interface is used to prompt a user to input a target shipping market where the terminal is located; the terminal uses the terminal where the user enters in the first interface to be located The target shipping market is determined as the target shipping market.
The method for installing an application according to claim 1 or 2, wherein the terminal automatically installs the first application according to the obtained information of the target shipping market and the installation package of the first application stored in the terminal. One application includes:

Determining, by the terminal, an application identifier corresponding to the first application according to the obtained information about the target shipping market;

Determining, by the terminal, an installation package of the first application according to an application identifier corresponding to the first application;

The terminal uses the installation package of the first application to install the first application.
The method for installing an application according to any one of claims 1 to 3, wherein the terminal is based on the obtained information about the target shipping market and the installation package of the first application stored in the terminal. After the first application is automatically installed, the method further includes:

The terminal displays an icon of the first application on a desktop.
The method for installing an application according to any one of claims 1-4, wherein the deleting the installation package of the second application by the terminal comprises:

After the terminal is in the first preset time period, the terminal automatically starts to delete the installation package of the second application;

Alternatively, the terminal displays a second interface, where the second interface is used to ask a user whether to delete the installation package of the second application; the terminal detects an operation that the user deletes the installation package of the second application; The terminal starts deleting the installation package of the second application;

Alternatively, after the terminal detects that the terminal performs an operating system upgrade or an operation to clear a storage space, the terminal starts to delete the installation package of the second application.
The method for installing an application according to claim 5, wherein before the terminal deletes the installation package of the second application, the method further comprises:

The terminal writes an operation to be performed when the terminal is in the first working mode; the operation to be performed when the terminal is in the first working mode includes the terminal deleting the installation package of the second application; wherein, the terminal The first working mode is that the terminal modifies data in a storage space and / or modifies a working mode of the terminal operating system;

The terminal restarts and enters a first working mode.
The method for installing an application according to claim 6, wherein a first partition in a storage space of the terminal is used to store an installation package of the first application and an installation package of the second application, and A second partition in the storage space of the terminal is used to store data; the first partition is adjacent to the second partition;

After the terminal deletes the installation package of the second application, the method further includes:

Calculating, by the terminal, a file size of the installation package of the first application to determine a size of the modified first partition; wherein the size of the modified first partition is smaller than the size of the first partition;

Moving, by the terminal, the installation package of the first application to a side of the first partition that is not adjacent to the second partition;

Modifying, by the terminal, an address table of the first partition;

Modifying, by the terminal, the address table of the second partition; wherein the modified second partition includes a storage space in the first partition after moving where the installation package of the first application is not stored;

The terminal is shut down or restarted again.
The method for installing an application according to any one of claims 1 to 7, characterized in that, on the terminal, according to the obtained information about the target shipping market, and the installation package of the first application stored in the terminal After the first application is automatically installed, the method further includes:

The terminal sends a list of the first application to the second server.
An application installation method, characterized in that the method includes:

The terminal detects a power-on operation;

In response to the power-on operation detected by the terminal, the terminal powers on;

If the terminal is turned on for the first time, the terminal reads the mobile country code MCC and mobile network code MNC in the national mobile user identification code IMSI from the user identification module SIM of the terminal, and determines that the target delivery market Information; wherein the information of the target shipping market includes: any one or several of the country where the terminal is located, the operator where the terminal is located, and the area where the terminal is located;

The terminal automatically installs the first application according to the obtained information about the target shipping market and the installation package of the first application stored in the terminal; wherein the first application corresponds to the target shipping market Application, the first application is at least one.
The method for installing an application according to claim 9, wherein the terminal further stores an installation package of a second application, and the second application is not an application corresponding to the target shipping market; the method further comprises :

After the terminal detects that the terminal performs an operating system upgrade or an operation to clear a storage space, the terminal automatically deletes the installation package of the second application.
A terminal, comprising: a processor, a memory, and a touch screen, the memory, the touch screen and the processor are coupled, the memory is used to store computer program code, and the computer program code includes computer instructions, When the processor reads the computer instructions from the memory, so that the terminal executes the method for installing an application according to any one of claims 1-8.
A terminal, comprising: a processor, a memory, and a touch screen, the memory, the touch screen and the processor are coupled, the memory is used to store computer program code, and the computer program code includes computer instructions, When the processor reads the computer instructions from the memory, so that the terminal executes the method for installing an application according to claim 9 or 10.
A computer storage medium, comprising computer instructions, which, when the computer instructions run on a terminal, cause the terminal to execute the method for installing an application according to any one of claims 1-8.
A computer storage medium includes computer instructions, and when the computer instructions are run on a terminal, the terminal causes the terminal to execute the method for installing an application according to claim 9 or 10.
A computer program product, wherein when the computer program product is run on a computer, the computer is caused to execute the method for installing an application according to any one of claims 1-8.
A computer program product, wherein when the computer program product is run on a computer, the computer is caused to execute the method for installing an application according to claim 9 or 10.