The invention relates to the technical field of
computer software, in particular to a novel method and device for updating attribute information, which are used for solving the problem that a
terminalin the prior art is unable to update read-only attribute information dynamically after a
system is started. The method comprises: when a terminal needs to update the user-defined specific attribute information, obtaining specific attribute information that needs to be updated from an external device, storing the information in
s system memory, reading the specific attribute information from the
system memory, storing the read specific attribute information that needs to be updated in a
shared memory, and then updating the specific attribute information in a designated
flash memory area according to the specific attribute information needed to be updated in the
shared memory. According to the technical scheme, the customized specific attribute information is stored on the designate
flash memory area and the specific attribute information on the designated
flash memory area is updated by being store in the
shared memory, so a user can update the read-only attribute information accordingto his / her needs.