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[Galaxy Ace S5830 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] ApriliaM3:
The Samsung USB drivers on my site are compatible with Windows 7 and Windows 8 x86 and x64

The version of Odin on my site should also work fine... just right click Odin and run as Administrator.

Good Luck.
[Galaxy Ace S5830 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Venomous Viper 119:
Re: [HELP THREAD]Ask ANY Question here! Noob/Newbie friendly.[ACE/ACEi/ACE2]

Does this happen only with cm 10.1 or all the other roms ?
[Galaxy Ace S5830 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] 143saf:
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Yea I know. Also ODIN does not detect my phone. Actually thats when I came to know this problem. I was giving my phone to my father and wanted to flash stock rom and stock recovery through ODIN.

It used to work with ODIN previously. I have flashed it with odin 10-15 times.
[Galaxy Ace S5830 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] imboy25:
still undetected :(

No more luck. :crying:
[Galaxy Ace S5830 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] 143saf:
Re: HELP Thread..Need Help? Ask it here

Can you go to recovery??

1.Switch off your phone.

2.Keep HOME button pressed then along with it press POWER button.

3. When screen lights up leave the POWER button but KEEP the HOME button pressed for a little more tym.

You will go to recovery.

If you don't. Pls mention what happens.
[Galaxy Ace S5830 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Prawesome:
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That is weird...Try and flash a stock rom first and then see if it works.

Try it on another PC running on Windows 7

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[Galaxy Ace S5830 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] brewy:
Re: [HELP THREAD]Ask ANY Question here! Noob/Newbie friendly.[ACE/ACEi/ACE2]

Is there any way to convert Odin flash files to zip so there isn't any need for using Odin because IV downloaded a stock rom to mod and would be easier if it was just zip files

sent from a brewbomb ace
[Galaxy Ace S5830 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] 143saf:
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Tried.. Doesnt work. I gave up. Using it as it is now. No worries... :)
[Galaxy Ace S5830 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] imboy25:
sir, i can't boot to recovery mode. it's stuck on samsung logo. and when i try to go to download mode, what appears on the screen is this: "Downloading..."

i'm afraid i have hard-bricked the phone :(

i'll try it some other day, maybe tomorrow as i don't have another computer. i'm just poor. i'll just go to a computer shop. i hope everything will be alright by then.

thanks alot for those who helped. and please, help me more. :fingers-crossed:
[Galaxy Ace S5830 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] brewy:
Re: HELP Thread..Need Help? Ask it here

If downloading is on your screen flash it using Odin :rolleyes:

sent from a brewbomb ace
[Galaxy Ace S5830 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] imboy25:
that's my last resort. but the problem is, odin doesn't recognize the device. so i'll just try it on other computer.

and by the way, the download screen in my device doesn't show any logo. just the word "Downloading..." in yellow font.
[Galaxy Ace S5830 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Prawesome:
Re: HELP Thread..Need Help? Ask it here

Download mode only shows "downloading"

You can refer the thread by hubix if you want

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[Galaxy Ace S5830 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] imboy25:
please give me the link... thanks alot sir. i am having headache using the search bar. :(
[Galaxy Ace S5830 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Prawesome:
Re: HELP Thread..Need Help? Ask it here

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1034145

Just refer the Odin part, it will help

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[Galaxy Ace S5830 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] imboy25:
thanks. what stock firmware do you recommend to flash on our galaxy ace?
[Galaxy Ace S5830 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] K.A.:
You'll need to extract the files which are odin flashable, then extract those files further and you'll get a system folder and a boot.img which you can pack with a meta-inf and flash.

Dont know about a one-package file, but otherwise, the 200 mb+ file i.e the "CODE....." file is the one you want to extract. For a tar.md5 file, just remove the .md5 extension and then extract tar file with winrar or 7zip. Then use magicISO to extact system.rfs, this will give you the ROM's system folder. boot.img will already be there. now just find a compatible meta-inf, and pack it into a zip and flash it.
[Galaxy Ace S5830 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] lijoabraham:
battery

can anyone please tell me that will the battery life reduces when changing rom?....
[Galaxy Ace S5830 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] lijoabraham:
help battery

hi,

actually my old battery has some problems.so i bought a new one.So whether i have to do anything like wipe battery stats when using the new battery..???..please help......?
[Galaxy Ace S5830 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] 121C4:
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No need to wipe battery stats, it is a waste of time.
[Galaxy Ace S5830 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] lijoabraham:
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But am using a custom Tom..so???
[Galaxy Ace S5830 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] 121C4:
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Makes no difference. All it does is delete the battery usage info; i.e. what apps have been using what percent of your battery etc
[Galaxy Ace S5830 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] lijoabraham:
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please tell me that will the battery life reduces when changing rom?....
[Galaxy Ace S5830 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] 121C4:
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I'm saying that wiping the battery stats does nothing useful and there is no need to do that - ever.

If you flash a new ROM on your phone it will take a few charge and discharge cycles before your battery is calibrated. Flashing all the time will not reduce your battery life any more than not flashing at all AFAIK
[Galaxy Ace S5830 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Prawesome:
Re: HELP Thread..Need Help? Ask it here

The latest :sly:

^This

Charge cycles ftw

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[Galaxy Ace S5830 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] ApriliaM3:
No... and there's no need to ask the same question in multiple threads. Once is sufficient (Unless you're trying to get your post count above 10) :)
[Galaxy Ace S5830 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Lalit Patil:
Re: [HELP THREAD]Ask ANY Question here! Noob/Newbie friendly.[ACE/ACEi/ACE2]

xD :D:D:D True Story... :thumbup:

....

Hit ThanX If I helped you !! :)

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Happened only with cm10..

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Hit ThanX If I helped you !! :)
[Galaxy Ace S5830 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] lijoabraham:
Re: [HELP THREAD]Ask ANY Question here! Noob/Newbie friendly.[ACE/ACEi/ACE2]

Sorry..:D
[Galaxy Ace S5830 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] K.A.:
Do NOT spam with such posts, please! Especially when it is for 10posts.
[Galaxy Ace S5830 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] ianoopt:
Need Help restoring Galaxy Ace s5830

Here is the sad story,

Came back from office early and suddenly saw Galaxy Ace in the corner. Having enjoyed Nexus 4 since last 2 months, decided to play with ROMs for the first time. went thru the basic rooting, flashing guide by Hubix on the forum sticky and followed it to word:

Everything went fine and I picked the The_NinjaDroid_V2 ROM. downloaded the Zip and moved it to SDcard.

Booted in recovery mode, wiped Data/Factory reset, Wiped Cache.

Chose load from zip on SDCard.. the installation aborted. tried to reboot and its stuck on the model number page.

Tried to flash the stock firmware thru ODIN and here are two things:

1. the Downloading mode (Home+Volume Down+Power button) shows only "Downloading...." on screen... no other graphic or anything.

2. ODIN fails with "Complete (Write) operation failed.

Read too much to find a work around (changing USB drive, battery take out and connect) but nothing helped. I am able to go into recovery mode and phone is charging so need for USB jig thing is not required (hopefully).

Please Help me out on at least booting the phone. would highly appreciate the assistance.

PS: I never meant to post this as reply to the post of user above me :(

Thanks

Anoop

Google Nexus 4

Samsung Galaxy Tab GT-P1000

Apple iPad 4th Gen

Blackberry Bold 9900

Galaxy Ace (Broken)
[Galaxy Ace S5830 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] hooked_on_droid:
Re: HELP Thread..Need Help? Ask it here

@ ianoopt : Have you tried flashing a different rom to see if it works?
[Galaxy Ace S5830 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Prawesome:
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Which version of Odin did you use?

Also, as the above guy asked, why not just flash it through recovery?

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[Galaxy Ace S5830 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] K3vin71:
Re: HELP Thread..Need Help? Ask it here

Hi i'm running CM7.2 and using Achep's Ics theme wich includes a transparent notification bar, but i want it to be black like the one in CM10.. i think i should change something in the theme's apk itself ! Not in systemui or framwork-res but what is it ? :(

So now i'm lost :/ could you help me please with this ?
[Galaxy Ace S5830 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] 121C4:
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Easy answer: use a different theme. i.e. https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.driffex.theme.jelly_bean

Hard answer: decompile the theme apk and make the changes in the xml files within the apk

Recommended action: go to the theme thread and download a non transparent version
[Galaxy Ace S5830 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] K3vin71:
Re: HELP Thread..Need Help? Ask it here

1) all the other themes have transparent bg

2)what changes should i make in the xml files ?

3)there's no non-transparent version :/
[Galaxy Ace S5830 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] 121C4:
Re: HELP Thread..Need Help? Ask it here

So you want to learn to theme? Look in this thread to learn about theme making. http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=964391

[GUIDE] T-mobile theme engine for the faint at heart (non-linux users)

The answer you seek is there.

If that seems like to much hard work, I'm sure one of the old versions of apocalypse had this in non transparent. Try look there.

Edit: found it!

ICSApocalypse-Original Theme Still 90% transparent windows with blue frame/white glow but no transparency in all other aspects. You have to push it manually to system app and change permissions to rw-r--r--
[Galaxy Ace S5830 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] vaibhavsolanki:
Re:

Hi,

Try these steps when installing new ROM:

1. Wipe Data/Factory

2. Wipe Cache

3. Wipe Dalvik Cache

4. Format: /data, /system,/cache,/sd-ext ..

5. Now install your new ROM.

Thanks
[Galaxy Ace S5830 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Prawesome:
Re: HELP Thread..Need Help? Ask it here

Hmm ...

Why would I do that ?

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[Galaxy Ace S5830 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] K3vin71:
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Thanks for your time and help.. :)
[Galaxy Ace S5830 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] 121C4:
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You are welcome.

By the way, on xda they have a button you can click that shows thanks so you don't have to type it. You should use that in future.
[Galaxy Ace S5830 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Venomous Viper 119:
Re: [HELP THREAD]Ask ANY Question here! Noob/Newbie friendly.[ACE/ACEi/ACE2]

There have been compatibility issues of some apps with the cn 10.1 but can't guess anything now. But whatsapp works fine with other roms right ?
[Galaxy Ace S5830 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Marc010:
What script should i install if i want to use 1GB of my 2GB SD card to install apps (that are normaly installed on the internal memory like youtube or whatsapp). I´ve seen a few scripts that can do this but i dunno know wich is the best :/

I´m using stocklite v7.1 on my Ace right now but i´ll switch to stocklite 2 soon (just noticed the new version ^^).
[Galaxy Ace S5830 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] brewy:
Re: [HELP THREAD]Ask ANY Question here! Noob/Newbie friendly.[ACE/ACEi/ACE2]

Cronmod INT2EXT+

sent from a brewbomb ace
[Galaxy Ace S5830 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Marc010:
Just as i downloaded stocklite 2 i remebered that i´ve always removed some apps on the old stocklite because they were always running in the background or were filling the limited internal memory of my ace. Just wanted to know if i can remove the following apps safely (i removed the on stocklite v8 too without any problems), also i´m want to find out what these apps do so if anybody knows something about them pls tell me :)

Browser.apk - that´s the stock browser, i´m using opera and dolphin browser so i don´t need it

DrmProvider.apk - ?

DrmUA.apk - ?

SisoDrmProvider - ?

PicoTts - text-to-speech engine, not many user need it

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Just found his: "DrmUa is basically like a launcher, and SisoDrmProvider is basically like a license."

Seems safe to remove, it has something to do with mediahub and drm protected videos.

Both are thing i don´t like so i´ll remove it ^-^
[Galaxy Ace S5830 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] brewy:
Re: [HELP THREAD]Ask ANY Question here! Noob/Newbie friendly.[ACE/ACEi/ACE2]

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1069924

I'm assuming this will apply to galaxy ace too look at the spread sheet on the 1st post and back up before you do anything :)

sent from a brewbomb ace
[Galaxy Ace S5830 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Marc010:
should i use the int2ext+ or the int2ext4+ tweak ?

Also what does "100mb internal is needed for every 500mb sd-ext (INT2EXT+/INT2EXT4+)" means ?

Do i really need 200mb internal memory for a 1gb sd card partition ?
[Galaxy Ace S5830 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] brewy:
Re: [HELP THREAD]Ask ANY Question here! Noob/Newbie friendly.[ACE/ACEi/ACE2]

Int2ext+ I use iv got 500mb partition on a 2gb SD that's enough really

sent from a brewbomb ace
[Galaxy Ace S5830 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Marc010:
I´ve read something about that you need to do specific things like relink the apps on the sd card or something like this every few days if you use a script like this. Is this true or can i just install this script and well ... do nothing ?

Also how does this work ? will it give me the ability to move all apps (including system apps) to the sd card or will it just increase my internal memory ?
[Galaxy Ace S5830 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] brewy:
Re: [HELP THREAD]Ask ANY Question here! Noob/Newbie friendly.[ACE/ACEi/ACE2]

I flashed it with no problems and increased my internal memory I don't move apps around I just set the download location to automatic and iv never had memory issues since

sent from a brewbomb ace
[Galaxy Ace S5830 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Venomous Viper 119:
Re: [HELP THREAD]Ask ANY Question here! Noob/Newbie friendly.[ACE/ACEi/ACE2]

What you are talking about is done by an app called link2sd. You really needn't do anything. What the int2ext script does is that it links your internal memory to your partition memory & convinces the android that it is your internal memory itself. You needn't do anything after flashing this script. Just flash and enjoy !!
[Galaxy Ace S5830 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Marc010:
I often get freezes and fc's in Google news and weather especially when manually changing the weather location :(

No scripts/apps/mods installed just a fresh installation of stocklite 2 feat. stock on fire v3 (hope thats the right name :p)

Would be nice if somebody could report that on the rom´s thread i can´t post there because of the 10 posts limit.
[Galaxy Ace S5830 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] brewy:
Re: [HELP THREAD]Ask ANY Question here! Noob/Newbie friendly.[ACE/ACEi/ACE2]

How are you posting here then if you got a post limit?

sent from a brewbomb ace
[Galaxy Ace S5830 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] BajoPrimate:
Hi brewy!

The 10 posts limit is for starting to use developers' threads, here there is no such limit .
[Galaxy Ace S5830 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] brewy:
Re: [HELP THREAD]Ask ANY Question here! Noob/Newbie friendly.[ACE/ACEi/ACE2]

That's probs why I didn't know about that post limit because I did use the dev section for a while thanks for the info :)

sent from a brewbomb ace

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Try switching GPS on then reboot it might work

sent from a brewbomb ace

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@Marc010 iv copied your post to king aces rom post and if you go to location in settings and check use wireless settings your issue should be fixed and it should find your location perfect with out manually doing it

sent from a brewbomb ace
[Galaxy Ace S5830 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Marc010:
thanks for the help, i´ll try that out right now :)

But i found a little problem. Sometimes my ace just freezes and after some time the screen get blacks and it doesn't respond to any input anymore, it only virbrates and takes a screenshoot when i hold the power button down (lol).

This happened 3x times now while i was using the apps "google play" and "sms backup&restore".

Is there anyway how i could find out what causes this problem ?

But anyways the rom just worked for an hour without any problem so there´s a chance that the problem already got fixed by itself somehow :D
[Galaxy Ace S5830 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] K.A.:
I'm looking into the problem. Some are reporting freezes, while some say it works properly, so i am going to test it myself for 2 days to see the problem.

1 point though : try Stock On Fire V3 ROM and tell me if that also gives you such problems..
[Galaxy Ace S5830 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] K3vin71:
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Done ;)
[Galaxy Ace S5830 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] shaaban007:
Re: [HELP THREAD]Ask ANY Question here! Noob/Newbie friendly.[ACE/ACEi/ACE2]

Pls send me a perfect rooting URL addrss for my s5830 DDKQ8...

Sent from my GT-S5830
[Galaxy Ace S5830 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] brewy:
Re: [HELP THREAD]Ask ANY Question here! Noob/Newbie friendly.[ACE/ACEi/ACE2]

Here is a full guide for galaxy aces on root, flashing roms etc http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1034145

sent from a brewbomb ace
[Galaxy Ace S5830 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Sami Kabir:
Which is Safer to build.. Kernel or Custom ROM?

(Sorry for posting it here, but I had no where else to post this question.. I said sorry because I don't have an Galaxy Ace.. :p)

OK.. I will directly get to the point... I want to do "something" for my phone, the Galaxy S Advance... like create a custom Kernel or a ROM for this device (for me and others who are willing to try it)... Now I'm a total "newbie" in all these.. so this will be my first time... now my question is: Which will be easier and SAFER to make and test; a Custom ROM or a Kernel?... Because I will obviously be the first one to try my own creation so like please tell me which one will be safer for me to try out? So that I won't have to go running to Repair shops... because I have already voided my warranty... :p

Now when I told "Safer" I meant like which will NOT cause serious problems like Hard Brick or Permanent damage to my phone..
[Galaxy Ace S5830 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Lalit Patil:
Re: [HELP THREAD]Ask ANY Question here! Noob/Newbie friendly.[ACE/ACEi/ACE2]

As you are newbie i think you should go for Custom Rom development..Because kernel dev..is not an easy task at all..You will learn lots of new things while creating a rom..Use "APK Tool "software for modding things..;)

But before creating a rom go through xda forums and learn different things like how to mod statusbar and its icons, how to create custom bootanimation with sound,how to work with framework res.apk and all that..

And last Best of luck for your New Rom..:thumbup::p

....

Hit ThanX If I helped you !! :)
[Galaxy Ace S5830 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Sami Kabir:
Thanks mate! So you're saying that making a ROM is easier than building a Kernel? I mean a ROM is full of many-many things whereas a Kernel is just lines of codes, governors and drivers... but ok I will give building ROM a try.. thanks a lot (again) :D
[Galaxy Ace S5830 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] K.A.:
Your first ROM won't obviously be built from source. that's some way down the line. Try derivative custom ROMs. those are easy. Then some apk modding, first xmls then smalis, you'll need to be thorough with this. Then learn edify scripting. Then learn to build a custom kernel from source. First just get source and compile, then make changes, compile, test..lastly, you build ROMs from source. Just like kernel, just compile it as is first, then make your modifications.
[Galaxy Ace S5830 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] imboy25:
hi. for those people who have helped me a few posts back, a big thanks to you. i have solved my problem regarding the flashing of stock rom, as i am a noob. i can say that Odin does not work properly in windows 8 but in other windows version, it does (or is it just in my computer?). that's all. God bless you all. :)
[Galaxy Ace S5830 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Sami Kabir:
I'm sorry but what do you mean by "Derivative Custom ROMs"..? And is Ubuntu needed for ROM development?

One more "silly" question.. When any person builds a Custom ROM, He/She makes a list of features of what's available on his/her ROM but how do they do that? How can keep a good track of things you added, removed and/or tweaked to make the ROM?
[Galaxy Ace S5830 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] K.A.:
You need to do it yourself. keep track of what you added, what you removed, what tweaks you've implemented, and add it to features list.

Derivative ROMs are ROMs which have a certain base ROM or heavily involves other's ready made work being used. Mostly, except the ports and stock ROMs, all other ROMs in android development section are derivative roms. For ex : you modify, tweak CM10.1 by wayland to your liking, and you release it as a custom ROM. This means your ROM used Wayland's ROM as a 'BASE', thus your work is derived from someone else's already made work, i.e. derivative.
[Galaxy Ace S5830 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Sami Kabir:
OK got it.. I was planning to use the Stock 4.1.2 Firmware (from Samsung)... Modify it, add/remove some features, add some tweaks and optimizations, add scripts and change most of the UI.. so in this case Samsung's firmware would be base and my custom rom would be its derivative right?

Another question (sorry).. I'd like to know whether I can do this or not.. (see below)

Can I perform all of this on my phone itself then use CWM Recovery to make a Backup Image of it... and then convert that Image to a flashable zip so that anyone can install it by just booting to CWM and install my zip?

The problem is I don't know how to Convert CWM Recovery Image to Flashable Zip...
[Galaxy Ace S5830 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] K.A.:
No, if you're using stock samsung firmware, its not derivative. but if it involves others' work as a major part of it, yes it will be derivative.

You'll need a PC, Notepad++ and 7zip for this..

You dont need to convert anything. check existing ROMs, they have a meta-inf folder, just zip that up with YOUR system folder and boot.img and users can flash it. Change updater-script's ui_print lines according to your needs, btw..
[Galaxy Ace S5830 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Sami Kabir:
Thanks for the info, but can I use the META-INF folder from any Custom ROM's files? Because S Advance got JB update just recently so no one has made any JB custom ROM yet (one is there but its not yet completed fully).. so can I take one from a GB custom ROM instead?

PS: JB- Jellybean, GB- Gingerbread... (just FYI :p)
[Galaxy Ace S5830 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] K.A.:
Yup you can, make sure its of your device only.. only thing you can change in meta-inf folder is the updater-script and that too it'd be better if you only add/delete/modify the ui_print lines..