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[Galaxy Ace II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] EazyDuz:
My Ace 2 is EE branded:

Latest firmware info

GT-I8160 Galaxy Ace 2

PDA: I8160XXLL2

CSC: I8160EVRMA1

Added: 2013-0-10

(From sammobile)

If i flash a BTU firmware, then update it via Kies to jellybean, will it brick the phone or is it safe? Has anyone else done this?
[Galaxy Ace II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Derrell.David:
SGA2 I8160L JB upgrade Help!!!!

Is there a Jelly Bean upgrade for samsung galaxy ace 2 I8160L model
[Galaxy Ace II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] mojito0:
yes, it was being uploaded earlier today, try searching for it in this thread somewhere.
[Galaxy Ace II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Cosmo123:
Hello fellow Ace 2 users,

I was wondering, what's up with Samsung and all these different versions of Jelly Bean popping up over the last weeks? Is that the same case for other Samsung devices? And I don't mean the leaks.

MC8, ME7, MF1... They even come over Kies. Doesn't that mean they're official and not RCs etc?

What's your take on this?
[Galaxy Ace II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] any_body:
AppZorter for GB

I am using AppZorter with GB now but i plan to go JB in a short time but AppZorter looks like only for GB so if i upgrade my ACE2 to JB can i use my AppZorter (paid & licenced one) can i use it with JB?

Thanks for all your answers...
[Galaxy Ace II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] muxa1980:
As far as I know all the apps that run on the GB work on JB while some apps that work on the JB does not work on GB
[Galaxy Ace II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] ttdom:
going from italian job 1.0 to 1.2+ .. do i need to wipe data and cache or can i just install on top with odin?

tnx

---------- Post added at 12:03 PM ---------- Previous post was at 11:59 AM ----------

i mean install with clowckworkmod etc..not odin
[Galaxy Ace II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] uchihakurtz:
You don't need to, just wipe cache and falvik cache, CMIIW though
[Galaxy Ace II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] ttdom:
am stupid haha.. not to much at home with sms-speak
[Galaxy Ace II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Florian Bichl:
Witch usb jig should i choose there are so many on amazon

Sent from my A150e cause i8160 won't work
[Galaxy Ace II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] divinesurfer:
Hey peeps, i flashed JB XXMC8 directly over my GB and ended up with 482mb of ram. Now i want to flash MB4 and repartition it for 624mb, then flash back to MC8....Can i do it directly like that or should i go back to GB first with russian rom, flash MB4 with repart, then back to MC8? Thanks
[Galaxy Ace II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Rubberducky:
GB -> Jelly Bean

Hi,

I have rooted Gingerbread currently

My info:

PDA: I8160XXLF1

PHONE: I8160XXLK6

CSC: I8160LUXLF1

To what version of Jelly Bean should I upgrade, is the I8160XXMF1 one from sammobile the most recent one and should it work?

Should I first flash to a different JB-version to fix my ram-allocation?

Thanks
[Galaxy Ace II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Adriangbba6:
Anybody know how to turn on notification sound if battery is fully charged?? JellyBean :confused:

Thanks

sent from my galaxy ace II running veyron rom 4.1.2
[Galaxy Ace II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] ttdom:
ok that worked, thanks..

flashed cwm, wiped cache and advanced/dalvik cache, mounted necessary folders and flashed italianjob 1.2+
[Galaxy Ace II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Adriangbba6:
If you want to MF1 you must upgarade to MB4 first to get 624 mb of ram, if you flash directly from GB you will get 482 mb of ram

But, if you flash ME7, you can get 624 mb of ram even you flash it from GB ;)

sent from my galaxy ace II running veyron rom 4.1.2
[Galaxy Ace II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Rubberducky:
Thanks for the reply, is there a big difference between MF1 and ME7? Is it worth it to flash to MB4 first to get MF1?

What files and steps do I need to take to flash to MB4 with RAM repartitioning and to MF1 afterwards?
[Galaxy Ace II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Adriangbba6:
User experience ;) different people different experience

I happy with ME7

If you want 624 mb of ram you must upgrade to MB4 first

Search in general section

Please hit thanks button ;)

sent from my galaxy ace II running veyron rom 4.1.2
[Galaxy Ace II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] swalihcmr:
Default sephone.apk

Please send the download link to the stock secphone.apk of Jellybean..

I am using 'BlueJob' custom ROM now..

I want to replace the phone app in this custom ROM with the stock JB phone app...

Please give me an independent link to download the secphone.apk alone..

Thank you...
[Galaxy Ace II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] judas1977:
@up

Jeez. Somebody should ban guys like him. Forum rule number 5:

5. Post a message only once. As a large forum we don't need unnecessary clutter, You're free to edit your message as you like, so if you do not receive an answer revisit your message and see if you can describe your problem better. Not everyone is online at the same time, it might take a while before you receive an answer.
[Galaxy Ace II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] muxa1980:
I have a problem with Odin 3:07. So far I have used it with no problems. However, now Odin does not recognize my phone. What should I do?
[Galaxy Ace II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Florian Bichl:
Have you booted to download mode or do you forget it maybe

Sent from my A150e cause i8160 won't work
[Galaxy Ace II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] suarez x7:
Buying Samsung Galaxy Ace 2

Hi guys i'm looking for a good phone MAX £150 pounds. anyways ive decided to buy the Samsung Galaxy Ace 2. I really want the white version at it is here: shop.orange.co.uk/mobile-phones/samsung-galaxy-ace-2-white

This is literally the only place i can get the white version for cheap ^

The problem is i want/need to use 02 but i'm not sure if the phone would let me do that.

How do i unlock the phone so i can use my 02 sim!?

please reply asap folks. i'm really counting on help from you guys.

will be forever grateful.

Thank you.
[Galaxy Ace II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] NZ John:
I had problems when I was flashing different roms to my phone, it wouldnt detect my sim card. Do I need to use the csc file from my carriers firmware to get that to work? Just flash the csc of my carrier when I flash KryillosV5 instead of the one included?
[Galaxy Ace II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] mojito0:
Yeah, I had that problem too. Just flashing the official firmware and then kernel fixes the sd card problem.
[Galaxy Ace II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] NZ John:
Its my sim card, not my sd :P
[Galaxy Ace II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] mojito0:
ohh you mean like..when you boot the phone it won't ask you for the 4 digits password so your sim is locked? I think restarting phone fixes it.
[Galaxy Ace II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] SteveK88:
So guys I've been searching around the web with no luck so far. My question is, is it possible to use Skullcandy Ink'd 2 MIC version with our phone? Could there be any trouble with the AHJ (American Headphone Jack) standard as I don't really know that SGA 2 supports it or just the OMTP (Open Mobile Terminal Platform) ? Do they even support any of these at all?

Thanks
[Galaxy Ace II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] NZ John:
When I boot my phone, I have no signal, when i go to the sim card and mobile settings it says 'Sim is not inserted' or something similar. Its a pain in the ass. I tried flashing the original XXK7 with my countries CSC and after the flash it did not get any signal either. Anything you can think of?

Oh also, I extracted the original modem.bin file from my phone then packed it as phone.tar.md5 then flashed it. I packed it through linux mint, but when i went to flash it to my phone through odin as 'phone' package I had an error half way that stopped the process.
[Galaxy Ace II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] uchihakurtz:
Have anyone tried this? Multi-Boot
[Galaxy Ace II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Fzee:
Looks kinda intereating...May try it after school :P

Proud to be a Singaporean :D You leyh?
[Galaxy Ace II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] LuckiestBull:
Hi! Could someone tell me: how to install twrp without custom kernel? Is it possible?

Swyped from my Ace 2 aos 2.3.6 ll2 ex-kernel-v1
[Galaxy Ace II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] mojito0:
it's not possible right now since nobody has released a stand-alone recovery for ace2
[Galaxy Ace II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Sku11Candy:
Is there a guide or any resource i can use to port a rom specifically to this device?
[Galaxy Ace II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] uchihakurtz:
Maybe this xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1598713 could help. Good luck dude, don't forget to share it here if you're done :D

Sent from my Galaxy Ace 2 (Hikari-chan)
[Galaxy Ace II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] psychoo83:
Hello to everyone from me, the noob :)

Couldn't find an answer for my question but at least I'm posting in the right section (i hope).

I have a Samsung Galaxy Ace 2 i8160 with latest stock update of firmware (2.3.6 LL2) and i have a problem with mp3 playback.

After google search i saw that there is an open issue with stuttering on variable bit rate or greater than 320kbps encoding but i think that on this kernel and gingerbread version the issue should be resolved. So basically the song is playing for a few seconds then there is a weird noise then the song is skipped (next song in playlist starts playing). There is no problem with the mp3 because on my laptop the same song is playing just fine, also in my car the same mp3 is played from USB stick...

Anyone else having problems with some mp3's or it's just my phone with this problem?

I have already purchased player pro for the widgets and hoping this issue will disappear by replacing the stock music player but all in vain.

Anybody knows of a solution or if this will be fixed on the promised 4.1 jellybean update?

Thanks for your patience and responses.
[Galaxy Ace II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Fzee:
Dude im having the same problem some time ago..Im not sure how i fixed it but i think rebooting or installing a new rom should help.I think..Well actually,im still getting some stuttering on one song called Klaypex-Go around.Not sure if its because of the MP3 as i havent test it yet..

Sent from my sending thingy
[Galaxy Ace II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] psychoo83:
Thanks for the fast response!

I rebooted lots of times but this behavior is consistent. I can't seem to be able to listen to some songs on my Ace2. Before this phone i had i5500 galaxy 5 which was rooted and i was running cm7 on it. With that ROM there was no problem on the same songs.

I was really disappointed to see that my new phone is below the old one for mp3 playing...

I am reluctant to root or install a custom ROM because my old g5 was constantly rebooting and freezing. That is the reason for buying my Ace2 and wouldn't want to go back to those problems.

But if with the official JB update this problem will still be present i will be forced to use custom ROMs. I'm thinking to write to Samsung about this problem but i don't want to send the phone to service because it's clearly a software issue and before writing the email i wanted to see how much people are experiencing the same issues.

Thanks again for your response.
[Galaxy Ace II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Fzee:
Glad i could help..So what are you gonna do with the problem?

Sent from my sending thingy
[Galaxy Ace II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] panda-:
Question, how much ram is actually usable in the Galaxy Ace II. I heard it was 555MB only out of 768. If it is 555MB, is this enough for daily usage?:D
[Galaxy Ace II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] mojito0:
You won't be running Skyrim or anything, The amount of ram is more than enough for daily usage yes.
[Galaxy Ace II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Messi10:
in jellybean more than 600 mb :silly:
[Galaxy Ace II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] muxa1980:
Yes. I turned on the download mode. But Odin does not recognize my phone. Whether it could be a problem if it is not turned on usb debugging?
[Galaxy Ace II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] judas1977:
You can try following steps: restart computer. It it still doesn't recognize phone, try remove battery and try again. For me it helps assuming that everything if ok on hardware and drivers site

Wysyłane z mojego GT-I8160 za pomocą Tapatalk 2
[Galaxy Ace II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] muxa1980:
Solved. I had a problem with the ROM, because for some reason the root is not working properly. When I repeated root Odin works OK. Thanks for the effort;)
[Galaxy Ace II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] bartexsz:
Why people are porting us CM10, not the CM10.1?
[Galaxy Ace II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Fzee:
Just be grateful that we have Cyanogenmod.Its better than having none.

Sent from my GT-I8160 using Xparent Skyblue Tapatalk 2
[Galaxy Ace II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] uchihakurtz:
CM 10.1 is based on 4.2.2, while our device only has 4.1.2 sources and even with those sources, our developers are having problem making CM10. Just be grateful that someone actually can port CM to our device.
[Galaxy Ace II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] turbare:
How to get 555 MB of Ram instead of 624? I'm on MF1 and I find the system unstable at times.
[Galaxy Ace II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Rox:
You can flash. Dont see problem

Sent from my GT-I8160
[Galaxy Ace II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] nozyk12:
Hi. I want to update from GB to JB ME7. Do I need to do re-partition in ODIN and do I lost all my data from phone memory?
[Galaxy Ace II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] turbare:
You can do it without repartition (this should keep the same amount of RAM), and you won't lose the apps.

If you repartition you'll get more RAM but lose all the apps.

In this specific case, you cannot repartition as you do not have a .PIT file in the ME7 firmware.
[Galaxy Ace II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] nozyk12:
Thank You :)
[Galaxy Ace II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] turbare:
No problem. You might experience lag after you do this. For me doing a factory reset fixed it.

Prior to doing this I backed up everything with Helium

It's a really awesome app, it can backup everything without requiring root.
[Galaxy Ace II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] nozyk12:
I updated, ODIN showed PASS, everything was all right, but my phone dispaly only animation with Samsung logo (bootloop ) :( What is going on and what I supposed to do?

EDIT:

Ok, everything is fine ;) I did wipe data/factory reset and JB working! :victory:
[Galaxy Ace II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Bilgets:
Anyone willing to give me systrmui, framework and setting Apk from kyrillos v8?

Via pirated tapatalk 4
[Galaxy Ace II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] xrgman:
I'm not able to take screenshots since i switched to jelly bean, I'm currently on KYRILLOSv8 but i dont't see any way to make a screenshot. Am I doing something wrong or is this simply not possible?
[Galaxy Ace II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] muxa1980:
Power + Home + Volume Up or Down
[Galaxy Ace II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] xrgman:
doesn't work
[Galaxy Ace II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Rox:
muxa wrong combo, you don't need vol up or down

Try this : Power + Home (Power little earlier, just a bit) and hold for 3 secs
[Galaxy Ace II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] xrgman:
ye that works, thanks rox!
[Galaxy Ace II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Bilgets:
Power + home?

Via pirated tapatalk 4
[Galaxy Ace II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] muxa1980:
In the last few days I have a lot mijanjao ROMs so we all blended;)
[Galaxy Ace II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] astankov:
Hey guys! Is it possible to install S4 like weather widget on my stock odexed rom actually it is xxmf1. I know that they are included in TIJ but this is deodexed rom and they wont work for me probably. So is it possible or not?
[Galaxy Ace II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Mihart:
Ok so i'm trying to make my status bar 100% transparent using this guide with Android Apktool but no luck.

Im using CM10 by dh.harald with Flatron theme installed. Do i need to modify anything else besides super_status_bar.xml and drawables.xml or is it because of the theme? Any ideas?
[Galaxy Ace II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] dlsygaco:
Can i use secmms.apk of touchwiz in cm10/pacrom?
[Galaxy Ace II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] astankov:
OK no answers so far probably no one knows. In the leaked galaxy beam JB 4.1.2 this widgets are present. Question is how to unpack system.img from this rom and get them to test will they work on ace 2?
[Galaxy Ace II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] KingDani1997:
I am pretty sure that it won't work.
[Galaxy Ace II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Szaby59:
Is there a kernel which have adb enabled in recovery mode ?
[Galaxy Ace II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] LaXiS96:
dsixda's Kitchen...

Or sgs2toext4.jar + loop device + shell cp command...

CWM6 should.
[Galaxy Ace II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Dr01nE:
S4/Ace 3 accuweather widgets are called "AccuWeatherPhone2013" & "WeatherWidgetDaemon" WHICH DO NOT WORK ON

4.1.2

, THEY ONLY WORK ON THE NEWER LAUNCHER --> "SecLauncher3" WHICH ONLY RUNS ON TouchWiz 4.2.2

So that means, even the Beam's leak is essentially identical to ours. No point in unpacking Beam's FW.
[Galaxy Ace II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] exodius48:
Is there temporary CWM for stock rom 2.3.6 ???

Thanks in advance.
[Galaxy Ace II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] lab34:
Hi everybody, I would like to know:

My brand new i8160p (with nfc) run on 2.3.6 french.

No update available in kies.

If I put the German 4.1.2 taken from sammobile, will I have further updates via kies ?

EDIT: dumb question, I think I will have the OTA related to the german rom...
[Galaxy Ace II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] LaXiS96:
Nope, only permanent CWM5. But why would you want it temporary? CWM beats 3e in any field!

if (that German ROM is for the P version) then {
you will get updates for the German (if any);
}
else if (the German ROM is for the normal version) then {
you will have a i8160 without NFC, with German updates;
}

Eitherway, I don't know if Kies checks where you are from and blocks updates if it finds you're not in the specified region.

LOL
[Galaxy Ace II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] lab34:
OK, I put JB, german version for i8160p, then I root it. Everything OK.

I have a nfc tag to pay the coffee machine at my work. When I put it under the back cover, the phone sing a beep :)
[Galaxy Ace II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] samer menla:
How can i get boot.img?

where could i find it?

does this method work for porting roms?

http://www.androidspakistan.com/2013/05/port-any-custom-rom-for-your-android.html#.UdMVuDtHJZw

thankyou
[Galaxy Ace II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Samwix26:
Hi :)

Does it's possible to come back to GB with a i8160P?

I've flashed MC8, so I can flash classic i8160 GB SER then a i8160P stock rom? :)
[Galaxy Ace II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] fifo171:
There isn't a way to come back to i8160P GB yet, but some users are already trying to find a way how to do it. :)
[Galaxy Ace II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] LaXiS96:
Good!

boot.img is not present in newer devices like ours (at least in Samsung's ROMs). The equivalent file may be kernel.bin.md5 in PDA tars, which should contain kernel + initramfs.
[Galaxy Ace II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] dieter6581:
Hello,

i would like to update my phone to Lite Rom v2.2 (XE7) and tried that two times didn´t start (Hanging at Samsung logo, waiting 10 minutes)

I follwed the installation instructions exactly.

So, could it be that I have to copy the original vold.stab first (into the v2.2) before?

I have to ask my quetion here, cause not allowed in dev section.... :D

Thanks for help
[Galaxy Ace II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] EazyDuz:
Hi im confused about how to flash with odin.

Currently have UK EE carrier branded firmware:	I8160XXLL2	I8160EVRMA1

Want to flash an older BTU firmware then upgrade via Kies to Jellybean. So i want to flash this ROM with odin: I8160XXLK7

Do i simply follow the Gingerbread guide here:

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=2118119

Are there no additional steps and will what ive described work?

Thanks
[Galaxy Ace II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] muxa1980:
If you were the CM then first you have to flash firmware via Odin and then ROM.
[Galaxy Ace II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] samer menla:
Hey guys

Can i flash kyrillos gb v4 rom on

Baseband version: jpld6

Would it work?

Reply asap

Thankyou
[Galaxy Ace II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Rox:
Why not, if it is gingerbread

Sent from my GT-I8160
[Galaxy Ace II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] samer menla:
are u sure?
[Galaxy Ace II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] dieter6581:
No, i´m not. I ask now in dev-thread.:cowboy:

Thanks for trying to help.
[Galaxy Ace II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] playagiron:
Hi,

I have a problem that occurred on several custom ROMS I am experiencing: Sometimes, (like 3-4 times/week) the brighness control seems to crash. The bar to change it just disappears, the brightness remains at the lowest level, and no widgets 3rd party apps can change it, until I restart the phone.

Has someone noticed similar behaviour on his/her I8260??
[Galaxy Ace II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] exodius48:
I don't want add counter bin. :D
[Galaxy Ace II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] noexpo:
GT-I8160L Boot Issue

I have a similar issue. After attempting to update to the recent Jellybean release for my gt-i8160L I've been left with something between a soft brick and a hard brick. When I attempt to boot the phone normally it can only reach the Samsung model number screen, no animated boot screen. Recovery mode in inaccessible, but Download mode is accessible. I've attempted flashing an original "single file" firmware with Odin and the JB to GB method with Russian CSC available here. So far, nothing has fixed the problem and I am left with nothing but Download mode.

Also, when flashing original firmware with Odin, after the auto reboot, I'm given a big green "PASS" even though my device is still dysfunctional. Thanks in advance, all help is much appreciated!
[Galaxy Ace II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] NZ John:
So you can still access recovery mode? But not download? Have you tried factory restore + wipe cache/dalvik?
[Galaxy Ace II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Powerhouse:
Look's like your whole

general section

is

spammed

.....Let me help you to get a

Q&A section

.....wait for the new Q&A section..it will come soon enough ;)

Thank you,

P.007
[Galaxy Ace II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Dr01nE:
[MENTION=5199314]puneeth.007[/MENTION]

While you're at it. Can you add a section for themes/apps. Themes get lost in the sea of questions in General Section. If it isnt much of a trouble though.

Thanks as always. Even if we won't get a themes section.

Galaxy Ace II [SakuraDroid] via Tapatalk 4 Beta
[Galaxy Ace II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] LaXiS96:
Er...
[Galaxy Ace II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Mihart:
Is there any way to edit the default lockscreen coming with CM10 to make it show more than one calendar event?

Even if i have 2 events in the same day, it still displays only the first one. There is still enough screen space to show a total of 2-3 events and it's too bad that we cannot edit the amount and i don't want to resort to third party lockscreens.
[Galaxy Ace II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] noexpo:
GT-I8160L Boot Issue

No. I cannot access recovery. I can only access download mode. I have to connect device to Odin by plugging in USB without the battery inserted. Then, holding volume down + home + power I insert the battery and wait for Download mode to kick on and Odin recognizes my device. If only I could actually access recovery mode by some other means so that I can factory restore and wipe cache. Unfortunately, trying this same method with volume up + home + power then inserting battery does not work.
[Galaxy Ace II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Florian Bichl:
If you can access download mode why you don't flash a Firmware?

Sent from my A150e cause i8160 won't work