ClockworkMod Recovery is very useful over the stock Recovery. It provides you with lot of additional options to work with. Samsung Galaxy Ace users can now have this ClockworkMod or CWM recovery.
Previously we showed how to install the CWM V4 on your Samsung Galaxy Ace & we showed you 4 methods of doing that.
There are a multitude of benefits of installing CWM on your phone & v5 is necessary if you are installing some new CM7 builds. This version is also known as Cyanogenmod recovery.
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Requirements:
Install CWM 4 first. (Tutorial)
- Download ClockworkModRecovery 5.0.2.6. (Applicable to Gingerbread)
- Once the CWM zip file is downloaded, place it to your sdcard.
- Now reboot in CWM recovery v4 (By pressing and holding Power button+Menu button during boot)
- Select ‘Apply Update from SDcard‘ and select the CWM zip file placed in your sdcard. (Note: If your zip file isn’t named as update.zip, please select option “Choose zip from sdcard” and select the .zip downloaded above).
- Restart from recovery. For verifying, go into recovery again. You will find that recovery has been updated to CWM Recovery.
Done! Enjoy!
(Note: This tutorial was re-verified in Aug ’12)
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