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Wakelocks

Wakelocks

Posted Dec 24, 2011 12:30 UTC (Sat) by Cyberax (✭ supporter ✭, #52523)
In reply to: Wakelocks by dlang
Parent article: Bringing Android closer to the mainline

You can use kexec, but I don't bother. On Galaxy S phones it's always possible to drop into "download mode" and just restore the old kernel image.

It's _always_ possible even if your firmware is totally corrupted and even battery controller is dead. In some cases it requires a magic jig, though (a 101kOhm resistor shorting two USB lines).


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