Abstract:
Embodiments of the present invention disclose a method and a terminal for using a mobile memory card to boot up a mobile phone operating system. The method according to the embodiments of the present invention includes: detecting whether a mobile memory card is available upon startup; if it is detected that a mobile memory card is available, detecting whether an operating system is available in the mobile memory card; and if it is detected that an operating system is available in the mobile memory card, loading the operating system to start up a terminal. The method according to the embodiments of the present invention implements the function of loading an operating system from a mobile memory card to start up a terminal, and compared with the prior art, does not require programming of the operating system in a flash memory.