Android Working with the File System and Application Preferences - wittamer123/blog GitHub Wiki

1. The default file system for Android is YAFFS (Yet Another Flash File System). YAFFS is currently at version 2. It runs on top of the Linux operating system in Android and is also available for other OSs. YAFFS provides wear leveling to prolong the life of the Flash memory. It has built-in error cor- rection for robustness in case of a power failure. It also provides fast boot-up, making it a solid file system for the Android platform.

This note is the points from Professional Android Programming with Mono for Android and .NET_C# [McClure, Blevins, Croft, Dick & Hardy 2012-04-03]