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[Galaxy Ace II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] noexpo:
GT-I8160L Boot Issue

As I had mentioned in my initial post, I have attempted to flash original Gingerbread firmware. Odin auto-reboots my device and I'm given a "PASS." However, my device only reaches Samsung "model" screen. Otherwise, I may only access download mode. I've attempted every other method described on XDA for my i8160L. I seem to be in a very peculiar and rare situation.

I simply attempted to flash the Jellybean firmware recently released for GT-I8160L and now find myself stuck. I feel like there should be a simple remedy since my device has not hard bricked.

Thanks again for the replies, but still searching. Maybe there is another thread I should be inquiring?
[Galaxy Ace II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] trueking7:
Can anyone recommend a good stable rom for galaxy ace 2?

Sent from my sgh-337m running Omega v7 with Ktweaker kernel
[Galaxy Ace II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Rox:
Stock themed, aosp themed or pure aosp

Sent from my GT-I8160
[Galaxy Ace II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] mojito0:
I had that same problem, pretty tricky if you ask me and the reason for that is that either the phone's charge through usb feature sux, or your mobo sux, either way try inserting the battery and charging the phone a little on your wall charger, cuz the last time my phone reached 1% battery and it would only go in download mode and NOwhere if it was plugged in the pc.
[Galaxy Ace II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] noexpo:
GT-I8160L Boot Issue

I'll give it another try. I've attempted this once before. The device automatically comes on when plugged in, but the device freezes on a loading screen with small centrifugal lines. Then, the battery becomes very warm after a while.

Also, I am unfamiliar with "mobo." Is this a term for motherboard?

At this point I'm willing to pay someone else to help me fix this problem. The trouble is finding anyone with the expertise. Samsung support refuses to help. They act as if an "open" device is the plague.

Edit: Well, I have given the device sufficient time to charge via the wall charger. However, every 10-15 minutes the device will turn off and I have to power back on. The device still freezes on what seems to be the loading screen I mentioned earlier.
[Galaxy Ace II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Florian Bichl:
My phone can't boot not download system or recovery. It is rootet and has custom rom jellybean and custom Kernel. Can i send it to samsung because it has waranty? I mean because it won't boot or anything can they see that i have customiced it?

Sent from my A150e cause i8160 won't work
[Galaxy Ace II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] mojito0:
mobo is indeed the motherboard. And yes you are stuck on bootloop and this is why your battery warms up. But this problem is solvable. What I suggest is flash a JB firmware once more and when odin finishes connect your phone to the wall charger and let it boot. If it still does not boot try using an adapter or some other phone or smth, tranfer a jb rom (any rom u want) in the sd card and try flashing (It doesn't really matter if the firmware itself does not boot, flashing a rom might make it boot anyway.) If none of those work then find some instructions to return back to gb and flash a GB firmware and then once u have the phone working again follow the procedure to make it jb.

EDIT: Also if you need any help and just want me to help u directly you can add me on skype, I will mail u my name.

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if you are sure that it is hard bricked then yeah sure send it for fixing. I think that they could find out that u have void ur warranty somehow, but from all the previous reports from other ace2 users they don't really care, they will probably just send you another phone or something.
[Galaxy Ace II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] HAAAAAATIUUUU:
I updated an ace 2 to 4.1.2 jellybea then it doesnt any sim card. Need help here
[Galaxy Ace II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Florian Bichl:
Reflash. By the first flash there can be a few bugs witch are away with the second flash

I hope they won't recognice that it is rooted and customiced. I have sent it to samsung. Hope they will fix it

Sent from my A150e cause i8160 won't work
[Galaxy Ace II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] breinzter:
Amen ! LOL , anyway how can u brick ur phone ?
[Galaxy Ace II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Florian Bichl:
I haven't bricked my phone. It suddenly turns down and don't let boot

Sent from my A150e cause i8160 won't work
[Galaxy Ace II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] dlsygaco:
Is there any way to change the ace splash screen or the first to appear? Would want google on it haha
[Galaxy Ace II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] ontic:
i wanna ask, is there any deodex ROM based on ME7 turkey?. Stock ROM doesn't matter.

thanks :D
[Galaxy Ace II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Adriangbba6:
Judas rom

sent from my galaxy ace II running CM10
[Galaxy Ace II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] LaXiS96:
If you want to get back your signal, you need to flash a ROM which contains an Asian modemfs and EFS... So far I don't think there is any.

And, well, it would be a good idea to have a collection of modems (sorted by region) so noone would complain after losing his modem because he didn't read that thread about backing up EFS and modemfs before trying to do anything.
[Galaxy Ace II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] animester:
ios ROM?

Is an ios ROM(like the one for the Ace...) possible?...I mean...I searched all over the web but couldn't find such ROM for the Ace 2 so is it possible that someone builds something like it because I think it's awesome?...
[Galaxy Ace II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Adriangbba6:
You mean joyOS??

sent from my galaxy ace II running MIUI
[Galaxy Ace II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] animester:
I mean something like this

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=2174598

but for the Ace 2...

(Sorry Joios is also similar to what I had in mind...)...
[Galaxy Ace II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] samer menla:
hi

i have a problem with gingerbread

when i first bought the phone

it was very smooth in gingerbread

very smooth scrolling and very smooth launcher

but when i upgrade to jb then downgrade to gb

its russian

i put it as my country region

but when i downgraded it from jb its not smooth at all

this is always happening to me

yesterday i got someone's ace 2 to install jb for him

his gb was very smooth,like when i bought my ace 2

any help to make smooth gb ace 2 like bought now?

thankyou
[Galaxy Ace II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Rox:
Try to format system and data before installing new fw. Also after fw install wipe data/cache/dalvik.

;)

Sent from my GT-I8160
[Galaxy Ace II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] angrybb:
Does anyone have problem with panorama mode in camera?

I cant exit normaly and when i kill it camera wont work until reboot. I am on i8160p JB ME1 updated from LK2 with Kies.
[Galaxy Ace II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] ontic:
can we use S4 ported apps in MF1 ? such as S translation

here > http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=2267029
[Galaxy Ace II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Fzee:
Edit

Sent from my GT-I8160 using Xparent Skyblue Tapatalk 2
[Galaxy Ace II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] SpacedroidS:
Help, i just flashed unofficial CM and lost CSC, i think it is because i wiped system, how do i fix it?, aside from flashing with odin because i dont have a computer available nor dialing *#272 because that didnt worked.
[Galaxy Ace II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Shadowcareful:
Does anyond knows if kyrillos GB rom v5 is compatible with P version of galaxy ace 2?
[Galaxy Ace II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] SpacedroidS:
You need to flash regular version rom first through odin, then flash kyrillos rom, but you gonna lose NFC.
[Galaxy Ace II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Shadowcareful:
I'm not sure if it's working because i bricked my device two times trying to flash stock JB fw on my gt-i8160P and i don't want fo have that again :(
[Galaxy Ace II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] fifo171:
Don't flash the non-P version firmware with odin; just flash the Kyrillos ROM over the ROM you're running. And don't forget to backup your tee folder before installing Kyrillos ROM.

BTW why are you still on GB? :)
[Galaxy Ace II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Shadowcareful:
Because me1 is laggy and i like the Gb gaming performance

But do you think my phone gets bricked if i flash v5 because you have to flash it with odin and it a non-p firmware :D

One question how to turn my device into non p ?
[Galaxy Ace II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] fifo171:
You don't have to flash anything with Odin, just skip the first step.
[Galaxy Ace II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Shadowcareful:
Oh thx for guide but i decided to make my phone to normal non p ace II with flashing mb4 do you know if that will work or will i get hard brick ?
[Galaxy Ace II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] fifo171:
Few people flashed their i8160P to non-P by this, but I didn't try it and I wouldn't recommend it. Why do you want to do it?
[Galaxy Ace II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Shadowcareful:
Ok flashed mb4 and have now non-p :D and i'm just happy mb4 is for me shmoother than me1 and now i 'll flash mf1 german :D

I changed it to non-P because with p you just have problems because the method with changing tee folder didn't worked for tried it often with several methods and nothing worked :( but now i can flash everything for non -p also stock jb firmwares or are i'm wrong with that ?
[Galaxy Ace II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Delethorn:
Hello, i updated my device to jb from gb about a week ago through kies. Now i have MF1 but i have only 482mb of ram and i believe that this is why my phone has some lag. I found somewhere written this:

MB2/MB4+pit + MC8 + MF1=

(MB2/MB4+pit + MF1)= 624mb ram

GB + MC8 or MF1 (no partition) = 550mb ram

GB + MC8 or MF1 (with partition) = 482mb ram.

So now i want to have 624mb ram. But i have some questions:

a) Can i install MB2/MB4 and MC8 while i am in MF1 now?

b) What is that pit? (MB2/MB4+pit + MC8 + MF1= (MB2/MB4+pit + MF1)= 624mb ram)

c)Do i need to be root in order to install MB2/MB4 through odin?

d)I read somewhere that if i perform factory reset+wipe data before and after the instalation of a new software edition that it helps the device to be more smooth. Is that true?

e)Can someone tell me or give me a link to a guide on how to install MB2/MB4, MC8 and MF1 through odin?
[Galaxy Ace II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] sepehrmagic:
hi guys

my ace 2 firmware is I8160XXMC8 (TMN)

can i use KYRILLOSv8 rom?do i have to upgrade to MF1 ?

also can anyone tell me how to install cwm?

thanks
[Galaxy Ace II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Shadowcareful:
@up if you want to install cmw you have two posibilities

First: flash custom Kernel with build-in cmw for exemple D-kernel

Second: download cmw.zip

Link: http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=2141395

Go to recovery and simply flash but you have to flash cmw recovery everytime after you reboot.
[Galaxy Ace II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] sepehrmagic:
thanks man

but i think i will stick with temporary one.i'm kinda scared to install d-kernel.it's a new phone and i don't want to brick it.

so about the other question,can i use KYRILLOSv8 rom with XXMC8 ? or should i install MF1 ?
[Galaxy Ace II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Samwix26:
Hi, i have a i8160p with BTU MC8, can i flash non P mf1 on it ? Thx
[Galaxy Ace II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Rox:
Anybody tried quad core manager+ app, it is working also on dual core devices. I installed it and it seems working. This could be good way to save battery because we disabled half of power ;)

Sent from my GT-I8160
[Galaxy Ace II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Fzee:
Is there any way to increase phone touchscreen sensitivity?

Sent from my GT-I8160 using Xparent Skyblue Tapatalk 2
[Galaxy Ace II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Shadowcareful:
Yeah there's an app wich needs root but i forgot name.

Why do you want to do that?
[Galaxy Ace II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] samdroids2a:
Dies anyone else's ace 2 get incredibly hot?
[Galaxy Ace II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Shadowcareful:
@up what do you mean with hot install app from google play and say us how many degrees if possible in °c and f
[Galaxy Ace II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Florian Bichl:
It is normal that a phone get hot when you play HD 3d games. If this is so by you it is normal

Sent from my A150e cause i8160 won't work
[Galaxy Ace II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] samdroids2a:
54° when just texting or watching videos
[Galaxy Ace II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Shadowcareful:
That's a lot maybe u could look wich applications are running in background and use much cpu power

On wich firmware you are GB,JB (Mf1,mg2 etc)
[Galaxy Ace II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Rox:
Lol, that is a high temperature. My hottest was about 45 °C but on charging. While playing games and watching videos never more than 37-38 :S

Sent from my GT-I8160
[Galaxy Ace II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Florian Bichl:
Do a factory reset and deinstall all apps

Sent from my A150e cause i8160 won't work
[Galaxy Ace II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] samer menla:
me tooo

it never gets hot

max is 38,37

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still doesnt help

i just want gb smooth as a i bought it new
[Galaxy Ace II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] hosamoz:
Helo,

I have a problem,my ace 2 don't switch on after rooting.What should I do? Help me please :crying:

Thank you
[Galaxy Ace II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] The Creature:
Is there any way to increase processor power and/or ram memory?
[Galaxy Ace II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Rox:
Anybody managed how to sim unlocknour pone (free) , contact me via pm please

Sent from my GT-I8160
[Galaxy Ace II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] tungnt999:
Actually I think there is no way. But if you use CM10 it has a smart mechanism to use RAM more efficiency.
[Galaxy Ace II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] The Creature:
Why SGA2 crashes on app store? Also my keyboard (Samsung) doesn't pop-up on dolphin browser? I use kyrillos mod if that means something.. :/
[Galaxy Ace II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] ginryu006:
hello, I'm having the same problem as this guy and I'm wondering if you could help me personally too? :D i don't really understand the procedure
[Galaxy Ace II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] zaryab360:
I have gt-i8160 with kyrillos rom and now i want to update my rom to Sakura Droid Project v2 – CyanogenMod 10.1

can i directly flash Sakura Droid Project v2 on kyrillos rom ?

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May be you make some mistake during rooting!
[Galaxy Ace II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] zaryab360:
Hey i am currently running CM 10.1 by Sakura!

Anyone can tell me how to disable touch key light ? :confused

Sent from my GT-i8160 running CM 10.1
[Galaxy Ace II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] breinzter:
Hello :D

Anyone here have Theme for gb

Like systemUI mod like on Jb .. Thanks
[Galaxy Ace II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Souffre:
Phones/Headphones instead of Always/Only this time

Hi everyone,

I just installed the stock rom XXMG2 from Russia and Lite ROM v2.8.

Since that, when I'm launching an action that let me choose wich app I want to use, instead of "Always" / "Only this time" it says "Phones" / "Headphones".

Does anyone know how to bring it back to "Always"/"Only this time" ? Or maybe how to replace the default selecter by another ?

I tried to change the language but the problem persists.

Thanks for your help
[Galaxy Ace II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Adriangbba6:
Search on Dr01ne thread

Sent from my G Note 8.0 Running JB 4.1.2
[Galaxy Ace II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] cnckane:
Bleed

May I ask how many of you have backlight bleed (yellowish tint when the screen is black with brightnes set to max or at least a higher value) ?

I noticed on boot that my ace 2 has a yellow tint at the top of the scren (under the Samsung logo) and there is a little bleed on the top-left edge.

I would like to post some pictures but I couldn't take a good one with my old phone.

Edit: Attached a photo from top of the screen (sorry for low quality I made with my laptops webcam), here you can clearly see the yellow tint under samsung logo.
[Galaxy Ace II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] dlsygaco:
You are not alone. I too suffered from the start with the bleeds. My other ace 2 has too. On the top there is a bleed and if you wake ur phone after like an hour, a fog goes to the edges
[Galaxy Ace II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] swalihcmr:
I am also facing it..

But I can live with that...
[Galaxy Ace II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] S.AMU:
A friend of me has a problem with his ace.

His phone is always rebooting, but only when the screen is off. He had this problems with stock gb (about 5 times a day ) and now with stock jb (about 10-15 times a day)

What do you think? Is this a software problem? Did you also had this problems?

Gesendet von meinem GT-I5500 mit Tapatalk 2
[Galaxy Ace II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] The Creature:
Is that new jb version laggy on sga2? I might instal it.. Is it better than kyrillos7?
[Galaxy Ace II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] swalihcmr:
Battery drain issue..

Hello..

I am using "The blue job" custom ROM by Rox with BTU MC8 as base..

i have a strange problem.. After I charge my device fully, the battery level drops from 100% to about 90% very fast even if I dont touch the phone..

But from 90% onwards, it is normal... I tried calibrating the battery using battery calibration app..

What may be the reason..??. Please do reply..

Thanks in advance...
[Galaxy Ace II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Rox:
Someone is still using my blue job xD

Everyone have that battery problem. Overcharging is causing it. Battery is losing capatity and strenght. It is normal ;)

Sent from my GT-I8160
[Galaxy Ace II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] swalihcmr:
Thank you for the reply..

Yeah.. I am still using The Blue Job.. It is awesome.. thank you for this great ROM.. :) It is totally bug free..

I like to stay with this ROM until there is a totally bugfree CM10..

So if this battery problem gets worse, using a new battery will fix this, right..??
[Galaxy Ace II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] DarnJhud:
Philippine Release Firmwares Differences?

Hi, Im from philippines and recently couple of JB updates were released my question is what is the Differences of them,

Model: GT-I8160

Country: Philippines

Version: Android 4.1.2

Changelist: 1106830

Build date: 14.06.2013

Product Code: (various)

PDA: I8160XXMF2

CSC: ?

MODEM: ?

SMA - Philippines (smart)

XTE - Philippines

XTC - Philippines (Sun)

GLB - Philippines (globe)

I know SMA is for smart user networks, my simcard is smart so obviously i would download SMA, but XTE dont have specific network so im just curious is there a difference between the SMA and XTE? and what will happen if I switch to globe? anyone from Philippines here? need help :)
[Galaxy Ace II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] dlsygaco:
If ur sim locked to one carrier then you must download appropriate firmware. If u are not, then would prefer unbranded firmware which is xte. Since branded fw contains bloats like smart shop app etc.
[Galaxy Ace II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] DarnJhud:
used alshedom

thank you very much sir!
[Galaxy Ace II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Florian Bichl:
I had no phone since 4-5 months but now i have it back. But i got it back with GB so i want to ask with is the newest (best) JB is it MC8 or is there a newer one?

And witch custom ROM is the smoothest?:D
[Galaxy Ace II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Razer(x):
I have flashed CM but had issues, so i tried flashing JB and now my phone won't boot anymore, what to do?
[Galaxy Ace II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Shahmatt:
Hi all,

I have a Samsung Galaxy Ace II running on stock gingerbread. I've been having trouble with the phone regarding new downloads and app installations - the phone doesn't have enough space and will not install properly on the SD card.

I've been thinking about updating the ROM but reviews of the official Jelly Bean release appear to be quite bad.

Is updating ROM the way to go? Would I be compromising my phone's performance?

If updating is better can anyone suggest a good stable ROM to update to?

Also is there a good app I can use to backup my current apps and reinstall and restore data after updating?
[Galaxy Ace II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Florian Bichl:
Is I8160XXMG2 the newest JB? Build date 5.July 2013

Or is there a newer one?

And witch is the best ROM for MG2?
[Galaxy Ace II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] uchihakurtz:
Wow it's gotten quiet here.

Is it stuck on a bootloop or first it not start up at all? You should wipe all (data/cache/dalvik) then try rebooting. If that doesn't help, go to download mode and flash a new JB firmware.

As for stability and gaming performance, the default Gingerbread in my opinion is the best choice but you can try Kyrillos's Gingerbread version which is awesome. As for memory, you can try swapping your external as your internal. There's a tutorial on how to do so in the development section and it is recommended to use a high-speed microsd to do so.

Sent from my sizzling hot and blazing fast Nexus 4
[Galaxy Ace II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Luciottolo:
new D-Kernel "DK3G8M" for Stock Jelly Bean. Thanks hafidzduddin

I have Jelly Bean Ita Rom Stock I8160XXMG2, with Stock Kernel 3.0.31-1106830, which is fine.

I will try this new kernel modded by hafidzduddin:

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=2171054

However,. two questions:

1) Root I just, I can flash DK3G8M.zip from Stock Recovery?

2) If not, I can flash DK3G8M.zip from Recovery Temporary?

3) With the new kernel DK3G8M.zip, which benefits will I have?

thanks
[Galaxy Ace II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] zaryab360:
Hey how to make flashable zip for Ace || ?
[Galaxy Ace II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Florian Bichl:
What do you want to flash? And witch recovery?
[Galaxy Ace II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] zaryab360:
Just for knowledge :D

Sent from my GT-I8160
[Galaxy Ace II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Florian Bichl:
Here is a link

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=2163974
[Galaxy Ace II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] any_body:
I ama using stock GB rom (rooted) with Kernel 1.7 that included CWM now...

If i update my phone to JB can i use it with same kernel?
[Galaxy Ace II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Rox:
no, use JB kernel. that is GB kernel
[Galaxy Ace II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Carpe-Dimi:
for 1 and 2: U need to flash the kernel from temporary cwm recovery

for 3: flash it, try it and fall in love with it! :D it's rock stable and a lot faster/smoother/responsiver than stock kernel. (no random hiccups either, and all this even applies when power saing mode is active)
[Galaxy Ace II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Luciottolo:
new D-kernel for Jelly Bean, modded by hafidzduddin

Thanks with clear information and valuable for me. I set to work to flash this nice Kernel, using the CWM 6.0.2.8 Temporary.

One last question: to go back to the old Stock Kernel - where ever I need it - how could I do?

Where do you find the old Kernel Stock Rom of Jelly Bean?

I could safely use the app "Universal Kernel Flash Tool" (downloadable from the Play Store) to do a backup and a restore of it, to be more peaceful?

I'm sorry for so
[Galaxy Ace II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] any_body:
If not, is JB's kernel include CWM?

Thanks...
[Galaxy Ace II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Florian Bichl:
Stock kernel don't include CWM but D-Kernel does
[Galaxy Ace II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] any_body:
Sorry but what is D-Kernel means? Is it look like CWM? How can i get it and use it?

Thanks...
[Galaxy Ace II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Florian Bichl:
No it has CWM recovery.

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=2171054