Increase Internal Memory Of LG Optimus L3 E405 - Link2SD

How To Increase the Internal Memory Of LG L3 E405 Using Link2SD

LG L3 E405 is a budget level Dual Sim android phone working on android 2.3.6. Its fan base was smaller than its brother the E400.

Its main features are;

• Android v2.3 (Gingerbred) OS
• 3.2 MP Primary Camera
• 3.2-inch TFT LCD Capacitive Touchscreen
• 800 MHz Processor
• FM Radio
• Wi-Fi Enabled
• Expandable Storage Capacity of 32 GB

Downloads:

Link2SD Apk- link Link2SD Playstore - link Mini tool Partition Wizard -link

Let's Begin:

• Download MiniTool Partition Wizard From Internet

• Install it in your PC and run it.

• Now unmount your SD card and using any card reader connect it to your PC.
  You can view your SD card from Minitool partition ( try to reload if not present)

 

• Next Right Click on your SD card and select "Delete" from the menu. Keep in mind that this will delete all your Data present on your SD card. We have already warned you to backup important information before doing these steps.

•  Now right click on SD card and select "Create" . Create a FAT (not fat32) PRIMARY partition and choose the smallest size possible.

• Then create a EXT2 PRIMARY partition of 1 GB (not bigger) which will be used with Link2SD.

• Create a FAT32 partition for the remaining space left on the SD card, by the same way you created EXT2.

• Click the “Apply” button on the top left corner and wait for it to finish the process. Done.

• Put back your SD card to your phone and switch it on.

• Open Link2sd. You will be prompted to choose between ext2, ext3, ext4 and FAT32. Select ext2. (ext4 is also working in my case, try if working for u)

• It will say mount script created. Reboot your phone now.

• Open link2sd and if the message doesn’t show up, you succeded.

• Go to Link2sd>Settings>check the autolink (to automatically move apps upon installation) (Optional).

 

• If you already have some apps, select “move to phone” then after moving select “Create Link” (be sure to check the three files: app, dalvic-cache and library files).

There you go, you have successfully Increased your internal memory by linking a part of your SD card using LinkSD.

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Install CWM/Stock Recovery On LG Optimus L3 E405

How To Install CWM Recovery On LG L3 E405

We have Already seen how to root your LG L3 E405. In this article we will see how to install a custom recovery (CWM). 

Here is the link to How to Root LG L3 E405 -- Link

Warning:

• Rooting Voids Warranty. We are not responsbile for any damages occured to your device.
• Make sure you have at least 60% battery charge left.

Let's Begin:

• Download terminal emulator from links and install it to your E405 -(google play) - (apk)

• Download the Recovery file from the link.   CWM    StocK
  

• Connect your E405 to pc in mass storage mode and move/copy 'cwmrecovery.img' to Internal SD (1GB)

• Run the Terminal Emulator (see video tutorial for ease, links below)

• Now, type the following commands-

after $ type
su (press enter) (terminal'll ask for superuser permission, grant it)
you'll see this
#
now type after #
dd(single space here)if=/sdcard/cwmrecovery.img(single space here)of=/dev/block/mmcblk0p17 (press enter)
above command should look like this in terminal-

$ su
# dd if=/sdcard/cwmrecovery.img of=/dev/block/mmcblk0p17

• you'll see 'some records in some records out etc etc', press the back soft-key to exit the terminal.

• you can use 'recoverystock.img' by just replacing 'cwmrecovery.img' in all commands.

• You can reboot to recovery by pressing and holding volume up (or down, hard reset gone, you can use recovery to reset your phone now) when the device is powering on.

Video Tutorial:

 

 

Thanks to Sudeep Duhoon.

Feel free to comment...

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Root Your LG L3 E405 Dual SIM With SuperOneClick

How To Root Your LG L3 E405 Dual SIM

We have already seen how to root LG L3 E400. I didn't have access to E405 at that time. So I am posting the method to root LG L3 E405 (Dual SIM). The process requires the use of SuperOneClick. Rooting process is quite simple almost identical to E400, requires a PC/laptop.

Warning:

• Rooting Voids warranty. Do this at your own risk.
• We are not responsible for any damage happened to your device.

Requirements:

• Lg E405 and  OEM USB cable
• PC/Laptop with windows 
• Little bit of patience
• Disable Antivirus while doing these steps 

 

Let's Begin:

• Download and install LG USB drivers - Link

• Download SuperOneClickv1.7-ShortFuse.zip from the link - Link

• Extract SuperOneClick to desktop or any drive.

• Connect your device to PC through data cable and connect in PC Software Mode.

• Now on your E405, go to Settings-> Applications-> Development-> Enable USB Debugging.

• Go to the folder where you have extracted SuperOneClick and run SuperOneClick.exe

• From the new window , tick the " rageagainstthecage " and the click on " ROOT".

• Wait till you can see rooted message and it will ask you to run a superuser command. Choose Yes.

• Close SuperOneClick, Disconnect your Device. You can see a new app in there 'Super User', run it. If it starts,Congrats, you are rooted but if it get force closed, then just connect device with usb debug enable and run superoneclick again with rageagainstthecage as mentioned above, this time you'l be rooted.

You have successfully Rooted your LG L3 E405 Dual SIM. Stay tuned for more tweaks and updates on 405.

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