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[Galaxy Ace II General] mlinaje:
Jelly Bean pre-release available (for Europe)

Hi all,

Just to let the community know that Jelly Bean is already available (I just installed it yesterday).

You can download from SamMobile: /2013/02/25/android-4-2-1-jelly-bean-leak-galaxy-ace-2 (I can put the full URL).

My first impressions are really good. The phone is working perfectly (Wi-fi, data, rotation). I have noted that the UI transitions are smooth and I could even say (it is maybe too soon) that the battery is not drained so quickly as in the original Android version installed.

Maybe I can put some pictures of my mobile if you are interested in this issue.

For newbies, now my phone is not rooted but, of course, the phone is still unlocked.

I am really happy!

(I will post the same message in both forums that I have found in xda).
[Galaxy Ace II General] mojito0:
Trolling?
[Galaxy Ace II General] mlinaje:
Jelly Bean pre-release available (for Europe)

Great post, I only miss talking about Jelly Bean pre-release (I have already installed and it is performing really nice in my i8160). The pre-release is available in a post in sammobile.

I think it could be interesting for many i8160 users.

Thank you ;)
[Galaxy Ace II General] asdfzz:
R: [INDEX] [GT-I8160] Samsung Galaxy Ace 2 (03/1/2013)

Please dont quote first post :)

Second we (here) are using it from loong time :p

Check forum or use search there is a jelly bean index topic
[Galaxy Ace II General] DEMONVoz:
Sign petition: Lift the processor speed smartphone Samsung Galaxy Ace 2 to 1GHz
[Galaxy Ace II General] Dr01nE:
We need devs and also push ste to release the documentation for our soc.
[Galaxy Ace II General] mlinaje:
Information is not available in the first post

Thank you for the first advice.

As you can see, the provided information is not available in the first post. I searched for the original URL of sammobile in xda but I didn't find it. In HTCmania other users are talking about it (the Sammobile post is from February and now it is March, so I do not pretent to be the first one talking about something, just to let the first poster the chance to add another resource (I use this XDA post as an INDEX for my i8160).
[Galaxy Ace II General] numbazZ:
news from samsung, our phone will be updated to 4.2.2 this summer:

Translated from russian:

Yesterday received a list of smartphones and tablets range Samsung Galaxy, which will receive a new version of the operating system Android, which is scheduled for release this summer. But before, we suggest you look at the devices that Android Jelly Bean version 4.2.2 will be the last update:

- GT-I9080 – Galaxy Grand;

- GT-I9082 – Galaxy Grand DUOS;

- GT-I8160 – Galaxy Ace 2;

- GT-I8190 – Galaxy S III mini;

- GT-I8530 – Galaxy Beam;

- GT-I8730 – Galaxy Express;

- GT-I9070 – Galaxy S Advance;

- GT-I9100 – Galaxy S II;

- GT-I9105 – Galaxy S II Plus;

- GT-I9260 – Galaxy Premier;

- GT-N7000 – Galaxy Note;

- GT-S6310 – Galaxy Young;

- GT-S6312 – Galaxy Young DUOS;

- GT-S6810 – Galaxy Fame;

- GT-S7710 – Galaxy X Cover 2.

Note that these lists came from reliable sources inside the company Samsung. However, they claim that by the summer this list can be changed insignificantly
[Galaxy Ace II General] SteveK88:
Why don't we create a petition where we ask ST.Ericcson to release the kernel drivers for ACE2? After that we could have CyanogenMod and anything we want. I doubt XDA would promote it... Just sayin :fingers-crossed:
[Galaxy Ace II General] Dr01nE:
Xperia users with the same SoC and some S Advance users have done that. But I doubt something would turn up.
[Galaxy Ace II General] Rikxzdjz:
Good then :)

This phone is really good and Friendly price :D

GT-I8160 JB♣
[Galaxy Ace II General] TheWolf59:
Hey guys :) my Ace II have a Hong-Kong Firmware 2.3.6, it's possible to flash with the new firmware 4.1.2 from China (samfirmware) without loosing my data ???
[Galaxy Ace II General] Rikxzdjz:
Flashing ( upgrade OS ) will face loosing data

GT-I8160 JB♣
[Galaxy Ace II General] TheWolf59:
oh **** :'( I thought with Odin we couldn't loose data.

thanks for answer, I avoided to make a big mistake..
[Galaxy Ace II General] egps2:
That's what I thought but apparently you do lose data on the ace2. I own a Galaxy S2 and almost all stock firmware are non-wipe which you can eaisly flash using odin or mobile odin and keep all your data. My mum has a carrier branded Galaxy Ace 2 which has heaps of bloat and is very oudated so I would love to be able to update it. The issue is that because it's not my own phone I can't risk losing the data and need an update package that won't wipe any data, just like on my S2.

It would be amazing if Samsung released an unbranded stock JB 4.1.2 rom for the Ace 2 that is non-wipe!
[Galaxy Ace II General] TheWolf59:
So, if I want update with an other firmware (different region), i have to wipe data/factory reset before ?
[Galaxy Ace II General] :
When you are updating the android OS, for example from Gingerbread to Jelly Bean, a wipe is necessary. However, if you are just updating from an older version of Jelly Bean to a newer version, it will not wipe the data.
[Galaxy Ace II General] egps2:
Does "a wipe is necessary" mean we should wipe the phone or that it will wipe automatically? So what would happen if I flash JB through ODIN on a GB Ace 2? Will it flash without wiping data (and be buggy because wipe is preferred) or will it automatically wipe the data petition?

On my S2 wiping is usually perferred but almost never automatic and I have therefore NEVER ever wiped my S2 between 2.3.3 and 4.1.2. I would like to be able to do the same on an Ace 2 but the conflicting information is confusing!

Basically: If I flash stock 4.1.2 JB over stock 2.3.6 GB through Odin will I lose data (automatically) or not?
[Galaxy Ace II General] :
It means that the it will wipe automatically. If you flash JB on a GB Ace 2, it will update while wiping your data at the same time.
[Galaxy Ace II General] egps2:
Thanks for the clear clarification, I appreciate it.
[Galaxy Ace II General] TheWolf59:
thanks too for information :)
[Galaxy Ace II General] davidcl7:
So, we have sources now, what do you think, will we see CM or AOKP?
[Galaxy Ace II General] TheWolf59:
PROBLEM ! I have baseband unknown after flashing 4.1.2 (Hong Kong firmware TGY 2.3.6 to china firmware CHN 4.1.2)

I'm angry...
[Galaxy Ace II General] TheWolf59:
no consider my reply.... I returned to GB 2.3.6 TGY successfully .... i will wait for the official update...
[Galaxy Ace II General] astankov:
I hope but I dont think so :(

We have just a few developers and they are not interested in doing it.

They said earlier we have no sources we will start working ASAP when sources come out. Now we have sources but nothing is done exept some kernels and modified stock firms.

So no offence here but I dont belive that we will see anything like AOSP , AOKP or CM.

Very sad...:( :( :(
[Galaxy Ace II General] Rox:
Will this thread got update ?

I can help developers when we get sources
[Galaxy Ace II General] MinoochX:
I need a compile machine! Somebody who has a beast. If he does, it must be ubuntu then u will see all the ROMs fly in
[Galaxy Ace II General] arroyo:
@MinoochX

Well, many people (including me) would help you. I can set you VPN connection to 6 core AMD 1055T with 8GB RAM if you need more CPU-power to compile.

But ... please release first just one rom that actually works to proove that you can do it. And I mean rom that is not kitchen made product out of XXMC8. There were many devs already that have promissed AOSP, CM ... but non of them released something. We have Kyrillos13, mkel91 and Messi10 who released working kitchen made ROMs. We have one kernelsmith - hafidzduddin. There were many skilled devs out here who went to other deviced after weeks spent fighting with Samsung Sorce codes.

I do not want to be rude, cause I do not think you are thanks-collector but before you tease us with new features in your kernel/ROM ... provide to us something usefull. Your ROM is not booting and many people thanked you for it. Do not disappoint them.
[Galaxy Ace II General] Dr01nE:
no github files too.
[Galaxy Ace II General] TheWolf59:
I love how Gingerbread use my battery lol
[Galaxy Ace II General] DJKR:
EAP-SIM support in GB Roms

Does anyone if any of the Custom GB Roms support EAP-SIM?
[Galaxy Ace II General] ccnky:
I can help if there's anyone who is developing for Ace 2.

I think that first todo is change ridiculous partitioning (device memory 1,2GB and USB storage 1,1GB).

Now we have only 1,1GB for apps and games (GTA VC data is 1,5GB).

The goal is to reduce device memory (I think 700MB should be ok) and enlarge USB storage.

The problem is that in PIT file there is only one partition DATAFS 2,3GB. So we have to find what is responsible for this partitioning.
[Galaxy Ace II General] Rox:
Why to do this when we can easy change vold.fstab ? o.O
[Galaxy Ace II General] ccnky:
On my class 4 SD card I could see lower performance of games when using SD as a internal storage.
[Galaxy Ace II General] Rox:
I have class 4 sd card and phone and games runs smooth, no any lags
[Galaxy Ace II General] TheWolf59:
I have Samsung Essential SD-CARD 8 Go

Read Speed	24 Mo/s

Write Speed	13 Mo/s

Serie:	Samsung Essential

Class:	Class 6

Protection:	Water-Resistant, Shockproof, Magnetic-Resistance, Temperature-Resistance

No lag in NOVA 3, GTA III, Flashout 3D and DEAD TRIGGER,
[Galaxy Ace II General] TheWolf59:
I try to change frequency cpu in /sys/devices/system/cpu/cpu0/cpufreq/

I'm AN IDIOT haha:

http://www.youtube.com/embed/DWnh4hXNOUE
[Galaxy Ace II General] bogii4:
Deleted wrong section
[Galaxy Ace II General] mafeus:
list misses 4.1.2 baed custom roms

Hi

I saw another list somewhere on xda developers forum that additionally keeps 4.1.2 based custom roms. I'm trying to re-find it but no success :(

Did You see it and can point me there?

best regards

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I found it.

sorry for noise
[Galaxy Ace II General] tianxia:
nvm
[Galaxy Ace II General] dollyaja:
●๋•ηι¢є ιηƒσ●๋• ,just moved on to this device and found this usefull thread :thumbup:
[Galaxy Ace II General] Rox:
yeah but it is outdated, any update here from hafizduddin
[Galaxy Ace II General] CaterGR:
thanks for the index
[Galaxy Ace II General] kunal19911:
hey hi every1 i saw a thread related to overclocking in which a few kernels have been given but a senior member says that it doesn't cause any performance increase. so is it just a mod to change the value of cpu frequency or does it actually work?

link => http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=2086112
[Galaxy Ace II General] judas1977:
@up

Do you know that you are breaking forum rule number 5 by posting the same content in multiple topics?

Edit: [MENTION=1060055]down[/MENTION]

Sure, why bother reading such nonsenses as forum rules (incredible short comparing to other forums rules)

Wysyłane z mojego GT-I8160 za pomocą Tapatalk 2
[Galaxy Ace II General] dwade0705:
Sorry i didn't know
[Galaxy Ace II General] alvinsc12:
hey, can i ask you?? where should i get a modified and working vold.fstab?? i found one thread but it is closed and i cant ask them.. I'm a JB user I8160XXMF1
[Galaxy Ace II General] kanehun:
Outdated

Unfortunately this post is outdated, has not been renewed in month.....:crying:
[Galaxy Ace II General] Hummer951:
You`ll get it here...... http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=2113896 :)
[Galaxy Ace II General] ms28leo:
any rom for NFC version?:mad:
[Galaxy Ace II General] Josch110:
IThere is one from the Sakura Droid Project - CyanogenMod 10. But it's not stable and has still some Bugs. But read yourself in the Thread.
[Galaxy Ace II General] Rick_jaan:
galaxy ace2 (nfc) 8160p

:crying: can anyone provide me link or pda to root NFC galaxy ace2 for xxme1 :confused:
[Galaxy Ace II General] thirdz:
Hi can anyome yelp me with my problem regards to gt-i8160 samsung galaxy ace2.

Problem : low memory unable to install large apps above 1gb. I have search and followed threads but none have help me so fsr. Tried to chamge vold.fstab on system/etc directory reboot phome and nothing happens. Please help me thanks
[Galaxy Ace II General] Hummer951:
Changing the vold.fstab should work...when you moved it to the system>etc folder did you change permissions to rw-r-r before you rebooted?
[Galaxy Ace II General] thirdz:
I mussed that part coz I dont know how to do it. What is rw-r-r? How can I do it? Sorry for being a noob. Thank you
[Galaxy Ace II General] Hummer951:
When you paste the vold.fstab into the etc folder, long press it and you`ll get a pop up with a choice of selections, choose permissions and tick or untick the boxes to look like the screenshot, then click ok....reboot and you`re done :victory:
[Galaxy Ace II General] thirdz:
Thanks alot. Problem solved.

I have another question though, I want to boot in cwm directly. After installing it I thought it will always boot to cwm but i'm wrong. When I bot to recovery I end in my phone's recovery mode. And to go to cwm I have to flash it everytime.

Is there a solutiin for this.

Again thank you.!

Ss of phone details.
[Galaxy Ace II General] Rox:
No, cwm is temporary

Sent from my GT-I8160
[Galaxy Ace II General] Flfree:
Hi, dumb question from a Newbie.

I have a Galaxy Ace 2 that is currently locked to Virgin Mobile in Canada. I just want to unlock it so I can change carriers. Virgin will charge me $75 which seems pretty steep to me. I was directed to this site by a friend of a friend and I've read tons of info here about rooting and unlocking, to be honest, most of it is beyond me.

Is there a very easy way to get an unlock for this for less than Virgin is going to charge me? Also, when I talked to a salesperson at Telus she told me that sometimes if you use a 3rd party to unlock it will work initially and then re-lock itself when the phone "updates", is this true?

Thank you for any help and sorry for the dumb questions.
[Galaxy Ace II General] avantyurin:
good evening!tell me,please,maybe I don't understand something...but the search several times came across the information about the processor that the frequency of 1.2 GHz...
[Galaxy Ace II General] fluffi444:
So what you are doing? Just pushing your Posts-Counter??? :mad:
[Galaxy Ace II General] Bat Nasko:
Nice :)))
[Galaxy Ace II General] tofueatsbread:
Ace 3 LTE?
[Galaxy Ace II General] Brontok:
Thanks for the hard work.
[Galaxy Ace II General] ahmedadd:
nice screen shots :)
[Galaxy Ace II General] j800r:
This device is a fantastic Gingerbread phone. It's extremely fast and feels like a high-end, flagship device.

It's a terrible Jelly Bean phone. Or at least, it was...until dh.Harald's CM10 port and suddenly there's the speed and fluidity of Gingerbread with all the benefits of Jelly Bean PLUS themes. That being said, it still has the annoying bug where YouTube (or any streaming video) occasionally lags in the extreme (pictures turns to 1fps while sound is still full speed) although this happens extremely rarely and can be overlooked. Only thing I miss about stock Jelly Bean firmware is the brightness slider in the notification shade.

This phone can pretty much do everything. Maybe it can't run some of the top-end games but it's still good for any other gaming and pretty much any other app will work fantastically well. I upgraded to this device from a Blackberry Curve 8520 and I honestly cannot think of a better introduction to Android or a more extreme upgrade in phone.
[Galaxy Ace II General] tofueatsbread:
dh.harald's cm10 is not a port. its built from source and minimal 1.6(modified JB) is faster than stock GB
[Galaxy Ace II General] j800r:
I used "port" in the wrong sense. What I meant was it was an unofficial build of CM without the full support of an official, stable release.

I also screwed up saying I missed the brightness slider. I didn't realise I could just drag my finger along the status bar to adjust the brightness.
[Galaxy Ace II General] tofueatsbread:
in gb quite unresponsive
[Galaxy Ace II General] forbidden8:
GB is perfect for people that didnt have time for every day flashing and fixes. I go back 2.3.6 before two weeks, and for me is best software for now. With performance/deadline phone runs verry well.
[Galaxy Ace II General] mad.droid:
Best GB rom?

Hi Everyone!

Sorry for the noob question. This is my first post.

My girlfriend has an Ace 2 on which I installed Kryllosv8 JB rom. Everything went well but it seems the JB is too big step for the ace 2 as she experiences delays and lags all the time. Can someone recommend me a very good GB rom which runs smoothly and flawlessly on the phone? I am looking at KryllosV5 which was based on GB.

Apologies if this questions have been asked previously, I tried to search for it without success. Thanks in advance!!
[Galaxy Ace II General] tofueatsbread:
Flash cm10/any 4.2 rom and set gov gb is too slow and low fps
[Galaxy Ace II General] j800r:
I still don't get where you were getting lag or "low fps" or whatever with GB. I'm not doubting you but I honestly think you were a rare and unfortunate case as many people have been complaining about JB for a while saying that GB was fast and smooth for them but JB was a lot slower. I would agree about CM10 (and maybe 10.1 which I'm about to flash to try out) but in my experience JB IS definitely slower than GB even when it's running stable. CM10 so far is pretty much the only JB firmware I've seen run about as good as GB on the device. I even tried out Minimal at your suggestion and that was just as janky as stock.

Seriously. Maybe i'm the unfortunate rare one but i've never encountered a perfectly stable (smooth) stock JB firmware.

But ya. I'd always be one of the first to recommend CM10 as well. :)
[Galaxy Ace II General] mad.droid:
Hey Guys,

Thanks for the replies. Can you recommend a particular GB custom rom that you like and used for an extensive period of time? Also I saw that there are various CM10 and CM10.1 roms in the forum. Which one is the best to try?
[Galaxy Ace II General] tofueatsbread:
For gb while waiting for jb i used jellycream. (But camcorder dont work) for jb cm10 theres only 1 and cm10.1 by [MENTION=4947931]Rox[/MENTION] is best.

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Lol. I had my phone since november and i feel a big difference in speed after flashing cm10(stock jb is a ****) But i moved on to 4.2 after that. If you dont want aosp rom then try ITJ 1.2 or minimal 1.6
[Galaxy Ace II General] j800r:
I tried Minimal already and had same issues with it as stock JB. CM10 is awesome on it though and I'm now using CM10.1 (Android 4.2.2) and all I can say so far is wow. I extend my thanks to Rox. I'd say so in the ROM's thread but I don't have sufficient privileges yet.

**edit**

Ok, I take back what I said about 10.1. It's perfect for me all except for YouTube not working (which is definitely a bug in the ROM as the mobile website has the issue too). YouTube viewing is something I do a lot so I'm thinking I'm gonna have to revert back to 10 till that is fixed or someone finds/makes a patch or something.

**edit**

Ok, now I take THAT back. 4.x version of the YouTube app works fine (although a tad glitchy with occasional visual artefacts.) I also see that Rox and his team are working on fixing an issue that should hopefully help the latest YouTube to work properly. Which is a good thing cause I'm already missing the latest version.
[Galaxy Ace II General] any_body:
Firstly i rooted my phone and then check with root checker and it was look successfull.

Then i install I8160XXLI2_CWM_5.0.2.6_ANT.tar.md5 file via ODIN as PDA but after that now my phone cant start and freeze "Samsung Galaxy ACE2 GT-I8160" screen... :((

And also i put it in charge, smal things turn turn and turn but charging cant start... :(

And also i cant come in to CWM screen via its button combination...

Can anybody help me asap?... :'(

Thanks...
[Galaxy Ace II General] tofueatsbread:
2. i hate to repeat that its not our roms fault that video stops and sound continues. even the IOS VERSION has that problem. keep in mind its youtube v5.x bug and not our rom's

Sent from my GT-I8160

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which varient do you have? international or P/L. (continue only if you are on GT-i8160 no P/L)try flashing XXLL2 first if your not on that firmware. root again and see if it works, then report back

Sent from my GT-I8160
[Galaxy Ace II General] any_body:
Firstly thank you for ur reply...

How do i know which variant i have?

Opppss!!!.. I think i found mistake... :(

Kernels look like for Gingerbread but my phone was Jellybean... :((

How can i fix it know? Please help me... :((
[Galaxy Ace II General] tofueatsbread:
lol. reflash stock fw then use temp cwm will do

EDIT: btw what do you need cwm for? wont aosp rom be faster? they already have cwm and you can flash another kernel other than stock

Sent from my GT-I8160
[Galaxy Ace II General] any_body:
I reflashed jellybean again and its ok now with your help "teddytsen"... Thanks for that...

But i said me "use temp cwm" and i dont understand why... :( cant i use permanent cwm on my phone...

I use cwm for flash something from the recovery and stock's recovery cant usable for that...

I wanna use custom rom yes but i am not sue which one (which jb based?) is better... I wanna use cyanogen but it doesnt have offical fw for my phone...

Can i use unoffical cyanogen? is it trustable and stable enough?
[Galaxy Ace II General] tofueatsbread:
use any 4.2 or cm10 if you like, they are safe yes, but slimbean seems slow for me. if you want gaming you can use dh.harald's cm10 or rox's cm10.1, then flash roxsel kernel and it will be much smoother.
[Galaxy Ace II General] any_body:
I try to rooted my phone bu now i wanna install permanent cwm recovery on it.

I can find and use temporary cwm file but i wanna see always cwm in my recovery menu not standard recvery menu... :(

I use JB on my ACE2...

Cany anybody help me how can i do that?

Thanks for all replies...
[Galaxy Ace II General] dirgan27:
maybe you can use custom kernel like d-kernel or BSC kernel
[Galaxy Ace II General] j800r:
Why do you want permanent CWM? The temp version will serve all the same purposes. Want to flash a custom ROM? You can use the temp version for that. Personally I feel if you're only using stock firmware you don't really need CWM.
[Galaxy Ace II General] any_body:
I planned to use custom roms so why i want to use permanent cwm...

Thanks...
[Galaxy Ace II General] tofueatsbread:
use d-kernel
[Galaxy Ace II General] tianxia:
Why doesn't CM10 show my sim card contacts, and how do I edit contacts in phone memory? I can add contacts to phone but not edit/remove or anything. Only options is to phone out, send message or clear logs.
[Galaxy Ace II General] tofueatsbread:
In people app, click on contact icon, then click on that picture box thing. It will bring you to a full screen of that 'summary' press menu and import contacts from sim card
[Galaxy Ace II General] j800r:
Using the temp version to flash a custom ROM (CM10.1 for example) would more than suffice then once you have CM installed it will have CWM as its permanent recovery.
[Galaxy Ace II General] tianxia:
delete
[Galaxy Ace II General] TheWolf59:
Does any know why HK version of Ace 2 don't have JB ?? i'm bored
[T-Mobile, Samsung Galaxy SIII] bls2633:
i am on Frosty 4.1.1 and my data speeds are so slow. half the time i cant even get data. I live in Baltimore md. and we just had a bad storm so i am wondering if that could have something to so with it.. I just started my billing cycle so im not being slowed by t-mo. any ideas would be appreciated and thanked.
[T-Mobile, Samsung Galaxy SIII] DocHoliday77:
Very high probability that the storm is causing peoblems. The entire N.E. is going to be suffering from degraded services for a while, as I understand it anyway.

To be sure though give us a little mire info. Do you usually get 4g? Does it say 4g now but just not deliver? You could call tmobile and see what they have to say.

And maybe someone else here may be in your area that can give furgher insight.

How close are you to the areas that got hit really hard?