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Re: [LUG] Free up my Galaxy Ace 3

 

yep CWM "ClockWorkMod" is a custom recovery that allows the
installation of custom os's and other tweaks. i have always said that
if you can get your phone into recovery then you can get it out of a
soft brick state

On 12 March 2014 15:02, Grant Phillips-Sewell
<dcglug@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
> On 12 Mar 2014 14:55, "Philip Hudson" <phil.hudson@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>>
>> Very, very reluctantly, I'm about to give up on the quest to free up
>> my phone. It seems to require using Chinese-language Android software
>> and/or software that runs on MS Windows. Very frustrating and
>> annoying. OK Google, you win this one.
>>
>
> It took quite some digging and trying things out with the potential to brick
> my phone (HTC Sensation) but I did eventually find the tools for Linux that
> let you communicate with the phone over USB during boot (if you boot to the
> boot menu).
>
> I'll have a dig around and see if I can find them on my laptop and if they
> have a link to their origins - there might be one for the Galaxy Ace.
>
> Grant
>
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