yashsingh1/xdaforums huggingface dataset:
[Galaxy Ace II General] zahirovic.safet:
Ok, so I just talked on Live Chat in Norway about JB release for Ace 2. She said that they have information about it and that will be released sometime during THE 3-4 QUARTER OF 2013. I mean come on, first it was December 2012, than April, then May, and now 3-4 quarter. This is the bigger reason why I don't believe that MC8 is finished product.

What says in this picture is : "The informationen as we have been forgiven in this case is that android version 4.1 will be released for galaxy ace 2 some time during the 3-4 quarter of 2013. But unfortunately we have no EXACT date of launch. If the software starts and finish they will conduct tests. If it should turn up problems will it take longer to launch." (Google Translate)

And I am not some conspiracy theorist, and I don't say that MC8 is not official, I'm just saying that for the finished product, and GB was a finished product, we will need to wait longer, maybe it will never come.
[Galaxy Ace II General] dlsygaco:
Hah. Last samsung phone for me anyway. I really thank the devs here since they provided more support than samsung.
[Galaxy Ace II General] bomikar:
That's why xde developers exist. :)
[Galaxy Ace II General] lmcteo:
i share exactly the same sentiments. :D
[Galaxy Ace II General] kyrillos13:
They made test-beta versions of JB on February 2013 and they will release the RTM version on September or later, 7+ months to complete the ******* JB? Dafuq. They need 7-9 months to go from Beta to Final? Samsung, something goes wrong...
[Galaxy Ace II General] mkel91:
Ahahaha, Sakura team is faster than they..

Inviato dal mio GT-I8160 con Tapatalk 2
[Galaxy Ace II General] veaceslav:
Because 3 men in their spare time can do more than a team paid to do it.
[Galaxy Ace II General] Bogzilla:
So i tried my luck again and contacted Samsung Romania, asking them about an update to our Ace 2.

They've told me a new android version for my phone will be launched when Google will launch one. I've told them Google already did, over a year ago and that I am waiting on Samsung. They've told me 2.3.6 is the only update so far, and I will be notified regarding updates through media channels.

In short, a helluva job on Samsung's part on upgrading a year and a half old device.

I once had a theory about their update path, and predicted they will launch a new member of the family and forget about upgrading ace 2. After all, it was paper launched in february 2012, and now, June 2013, it's EOL. No sense in upgrading it.

The few official updates are probably to contend with some markets and that's about that.

Funny thing though, a romanian company that buys OEM handsets and brands them, still has a 2 year old device updated.
[Galaxy Ace II General] wiseman911:
Ace 3 officially announced

Yeah, ok, we now have Ace 3, officially. It has a dual-core 1 GHz processor (Ace 2 has "only" 800 MHz), 1 GB of RAM (instead of 768 in Ace 2), 5 MB camera (the same as ACE 2), same battery, etc. The only BIG difference is Android 4.2.2, compared to the official 2.3.6 on the "old" Ace 2 (keep in mind that few users got the JB update).

Silly question, if Ace 2 received a decent, widespread JellyBean update, who on earth would buy Ace 3 (which would cost 100+ euros more) over over Ace 2?

Given the circumstances, I can't really figure out why Ace 2 didn't receive yet a decent JellyBean update :cyclops:

Bottom line conclusion, my last Samsung phone. They only sell massive quantities of low-quality phones, with horrible user support and with no considerations for their clients, with the only intent to make as much money as possible...
[Galaxy Ace II General] yaulapman:
agree last shamesung phone for me

the next one will be the HTC one mini (hopefully:fingers-crossed:)
[Galaxy Ace II General] Rox:
Every user can update to jb, this phones are good for developing, to make it like beast. What would you do with your phone if you got everything from samsung. For me that will be boring. If you want good phone without any custom change buy iphone

Sent from my GT-I8160
[Galaxy Ace II General] wiseman911:
Every user can update to jb is like saying that every men can win the Nobel :) Having the possibility of doing it is not the same as having the CAPABILITY of doing it. Do you think that more than 1% of the millions of users of Ace 2 can update their phone to Jelly Bean by downloading a ROM and flashing it? I think not...

But the think that upsets me the most is that Samsung OFFICIALLY specified that Ace 2 would get Jelly Bean. Releasing it 1/2 years after a phone was released is utter disconsideration for their customers.
[Galaxy Ace II General] Szaby59:
Actually Ace 2 recevied a buggy, unoptimized JB update in 3 countries after one year waiting.

The 4.1.2 is already outdated, and 4.3 wasn't even released.

So... The right question should be: Who the hell will buy more Sucksung phones with such a great "support" ?
[Galaxy Ace II General] wiseman911:
Precisely what I was saying...
[Galaxy Ace II General] judas1977:
I think most of users don't care about Android version, they just buy cheap and decent phone (in case of ace 2). That's why Samsung can suck with system updates and still sell billions of smartphones

Wysyłane z mojego GT-I8160 za pomocą Tapatalk 2
[Galaxy Ace II General] less_us:
Here they are
[Galaxy Ace II General] michal89chz:
Odp: [THREAD]Jelly Bean News/Rumors

Kernel...pre-relese?...
[Galaxy Ace II General] pijen:
Re: [THREAD]Jelly Bean News/Rumors

Can't wait to try it :rolleyes:
[Galaxy Ace II General] less_us:
as far as I can see it is not kernel but gcc compiler pre-relize
[Galaxy Ace II General] d-beat:
Re: [THREAD]Jelly Bean News/Rumors

Please confirm, this rom can flash to other country.....

Sent from my GT-I8160
[Galaxy Ace II General] michal89chz:
Odp: [THREAD]Jelly Bean News/Rumors

Yes you can but only on GT-8160

Dont instal it on GT-8160P or GT-8160L
[Galaxy Ace II General] malamharian:
Re: [THREAD]Jelly Bean News/Rumors

Have anyone testedbthe performance in previously incompatible games? And is laggy notification bar fixed?
[Galaxy Ace II General] michal89chz:
Odp: [THREAD]Jelly Bean News/Rumors

laggy notification?...
[Galaxy Ace II General] qwert8988:
any alternative direct links to download?
[Galaxy Ace II General] michal89chz:
Odp: [THREAD]Jelly Bean News/Rumors

xxmc8? not now.. hotfile or wait for some one ho have fast internet upload
[Galaxy Ace II General] malamharian:
Re: [THREAD]Jelly Bean News/Rumors

I mean when there's a lot of notifications, it becomes very laggy.
[Galaxy Ace II General] michal89chz:
Odp: [THREAD]Jelly Bean News/Rumors

Not my..(10+ max 20 )
[Galaxy Ace II General] loof13:
Does the package include a PIT file ?
[Galaxy Ace II General] qwert8988:
any installation guide for those upgrading from MB2/MB4 to MC8 without repartioning or wiping data?
[Galaxy Ace II General] Only one:
Nope, it's one file rom.
[Galaxy Ace II General] Bilgets:
well, we flash this as one file, right?
[Galaxy Ace II General] loof13:
My HK Ace 2 is still running GB :p . Can I flash this one directly??
[Galaxy Ace II General] astankov:
Re: [THREAD]Jelly Bean News/Rumors

Guys I cant wait to try it but I have several questions:

1. Does it have bulgarian language? I saw that there is russian so it should have bulgarian too.

2. Will the flashing wipe all my data?

3. Can I root it with the method for MB2/MB4?

4. Is the wifi battery dain fixed?
[Galaxy Ace II General] RandalI:
Here it is:

yadi.sk/d/6wRUE7ie3fMuc

docs.google.com/file/d/0B2LSZcU1AnNFSGVHb0FoWHRoaVE/edit?usp=sharing

(Sorry, I cant put in full links yet)
[Galaxy Ace II General] Adriangbba6:
Re: [THREAD]Jelly Bean News/Rumors

Has been done flasing XXMC8 :D

Can i use root method and swap method on XXMC8???:confused:

Thanks in advance

Sorry for my bad english

Sent from my GT-I8160 running JB XXMC8 4.1.2
[Galaxy Ace II General] bomikar:
So true... anyway, Sakura Droid are fast and better than Samsung.
[Galaxy Ace II General] ramanmono:
Not everyone

Shut up. there are four different versions of the ace 2 (the normal, the L, the P and then there is that "Hong Kong" version).

Only 2 of those four have updates(normal and P), with exception of some L versions gotten it by going to a SSC to get the update.

More and more I'm starting to think that it's not going to get updated. The world market for the L version isn't that big and it wouldn't surprise me if samsung made the decision only to update the ace 2 for the larger markets.
[Galaxy Ace II General] burkitt:
uhm, guyz, f*** it. we have cm10 and lots of custom (also fast and stable) roms, which are way faster than JB/GB. I don' t think Sucksung will release a stable version of JB. They just released JB for P versions cuz i8160p users needed a stable version of JB for their phone in order to use NFC properly. Sucksung gave it to them. And they just COULDN' T port JB from S3 mini (sad but true). so our i8160 will not receive a stable update. Maybe after marketing for ace 3 is complete we get an update.

Just think about it. Sucksung releases a new mid range phone and it comes with a stable JB. Why would they release a stable JB for our ace 2? There isn' t so much difference between ace 2 and ace 3 already. Why would they kill ace 3 by boosting ace 2? It would be a big marketing fail...

This is capitalism. And it' s how they make billions. Forget JB.
[Galaxy Ace II General] ramanmono:
New L version firmware

Hey sammobile has a new firmware for the L version, march 2013 its for Panama and is the same old LL1 GB firmware.

So this just means that samsung is not jet even finished rolling out the latest gingerbread revision to all its markets.

Thus just shows how bad their updates are for low/mid range phones.

So you guys think the S4 mini is gonna be just as bad with updates 1 year after it's release? Or are they gonna treat it more like the real S4?
[Galaxy Ace II General] Rox:
Everything on this world was made like that. How would you earn money if you make perfect thing.

That is how world is functioning don't expext miracles. Every product have bad sides and it will not last forever.

Sent from my GT-I8160
[Galaxy Ace II General] kronicmacrae:
reprne also

Hi guys,

I got a brand new galaxy ace 2 last week with a new contract. I was expecting it to come pre-installed with Jelly Bean, but it wasn't do the first thing I did was go to settings and update but it said there were no updates, so I've just tried Kies and it says:

DEVICE NAME: GT-I8160

THIS IS THE LATEST FIRMWARE: PDA:LL2 PHONE:LL2 CSC:MA1 (EVR)

I'm in the UK so thought that Jelly Bean had already been released???

I don't want to use any custom ROMS or anything, I just want to use official things via official means as to keep my warranty. Any idea why I can't get Jelly Bean?

Thanks
[Galaxy Ace II General] Dr01nE:
You don't have to worry about warranty, you are now able to reset the counter and they will still accept the phone for repairs/replacement
[Galaxy Ace II General] psychoo83:
My theory is that MC8 is still a leak and not an official release.

Then it would make sense...that's why it has bad RAM management and that's why you can't find an update for it in the UK, and that's why it hasn't rolled out for everyone.

There are different stories: MC8 flashed in service returned with 624MB of RAM, update via Kies results in 550MB of RAM, now there isn't any update available OTA or with Kies...this just doesn't seem official to me.
[Galaxy Ace II General] Smokey Mc Pot:
Firmware:

PDA:LL2

PHONE:LL2

CSC:MA1 (EVR)

That is likely to be branded firmware. If you're EE (or more specifically, Orange), expect to be waiting a while longer, they're generally the slowest of the providers to release updates.

Samsung/any OEM will release the software to unbranded users first and at roughly at the same time

(Or slightly before), they'll give it to the major networks for approval and to add their own software, specific bloatware etc, then test internally. Once they've done that, the networks will give it back to the handset manufacturer for apprpoval and testing. Once they're happy, they'll release it in agreement with the network.

That's why network branded handsets generally have to wait a "little" longer than unbranded.

Sent from my GT-I8160
[Galaxy Ace II General] kronicmacrae:
psteron would

Thanks for your reply,

I don't think it's branded firmware, I'm on EE Tmobile but there are no t-mobile apps, the only bloat ware is samsung stuff.

On the about phone bit on my phone it says,

BASEBAND VERSION - I8160XXLL2

Build number - GINGERBREAD.XXLL2
[Galaxy Ace II General] ramanmono:
Still rolling out new 2.3.6 firmwares

This time t-mobile Austria is getting LK2 firmware released June 2013. And of course we know LK2 means November 2012.
[Galaxy Ace II General] Shadowcareful:
There is now 4.1.2 update for czech republic but P version without branding
[Galaxy Ace II General] loof13:
It's raining JB firmwares for the P version. It's only a matter of time before it comes to the I8160
[Galaxy Ace II General] JuraP:
New unbranded 4.1.2 version for GT-I8160P Czech

I´ve installed this version yesterday, right after release... Its stable as 2.3.6 was. Little laggy, but not somehow tragicaly.Huge improvement in functionality of course (like little things - you can finally set live background as background for lockscreen) and so on....... Battery life is about the same (aproxim.) In short - I´m satisfied (even if it took so long).....
[Galaxy Ace II General] zahirovic.safet:
sorry for the question, but how much ram do you have now? And did you upgraded trough Kies?
[Galaxy Ace II General] JuraP:
Hi, I´ve upgraded normally trough Kies on a first try, without any hiccup. After an update I do have 500MB ram as I had before.... Ram management is different - with Gingerbread was always about 160 MB free . With JB only about 60MB
[Galaxy Ace II General] WahyuGo:
it's so cool....The Firmware for Ace 3 is available now...and run Android 4.2.2...even faster than GS3.

http://live.samsung-updates.com
[Galaxy Ace II General] Smokey Mc Pot:
:rolleyes: ???

Are you trying to say that you successfully flashed the Ace 3 firmware on to the "GT-I8160" ???

:D ... I didn't know you owned a Galaxy Ace 2 !!!
[Galaxy Ace II General] mojito0:
::facepalm::
[Galaxy Ace II General] Smokey Mc Pot:
::bootface::
[Galaxy Ace II General] forbidden8:
Yeah, but S4 mini will be run it even better. So if the price between them is not much, S4 mini is better choice. I'm sorry that didnt buy S3 mini before, and get Ace2. S4 mini looks very decent machine.
[Galaxy Ace II General] mkel91:
The real facepalm is ACE 2 with nfc has better samsung support than normal...
[Galaxy Ace II General] Shadowcareful:
No problem for me :D waiting for me2 !
[Galaxy Ace II General] monstro78:
Don't feed the troll
[Galaxy Ace II General] zahirovic.safet:
New Firmware

There is a new firmware uploading on sammobile, "2013-06-21	DBT	GT-I8160	I8160XXMF1	I8160OXXMF1".
[Galaxy Ace II General] mojito0:
WOW finally, a new firmware update without a new thread creation. That's an improvement. :D
[Galaxy Ace II General] KuChar_:
DBT hmm.. what region is that?
[Galaxy Ace II General] wiseman911:
Germany
[Galaxy Ace II General] fifo171:
There already is a thread for it... No improvements today. :silly:
[Galaxy Ace II General] KingDani1997:
I hope the improvements which are missing here will be in this new rom^^
[Galaxy Ace II General] Smokey Mc Pot:
Germany
[Galaxy Ace II General] Dr01nE:
hmmm. if Ace 3 FW is out... maybe its possible to make our Ace 2 taste Nature UX 2

Galaxy Ace II [SakuraDroid] via Tapatalk 4 Beta
[Galaxy Ace II General] KingDani1997:
Porting some things should be possible and maybe someone can port the whole firmware:silly:
[Galaxy Ace II General] WahyuGo:
http://hotfile.com/dl/229987534/2ff5fad/DBT-I8160XXMF1-20130610182226.zip.html

that's it for today...

Credit: live.samsung-updates.com
[Galaxy Ace II General] Rox:
Can someone just attach kernel from mf1.

Sent from my GT-I8160
[Galaxy Ace II General] Szaby59:
I8160XXMF1 Kernel-only

You're welcome!
[Galaxy Ace II General] ramanmono:
WOW

Still nothing for the L version.

So official or not the normal version has MB2 MB4 MC8 MD4 and now MF1

and the L ................................................................ nothing

I don't care anymore, it doesn't matter how expensive, when S4 mini gets released I'm getting it.

What a shame for such great device with such bad support.
[Galaxy Ace II General] judas1977:
Wrong topic, delete it please;)
[Galaxy Ace II General] Dr01nE:
Sorry to go OT but can anyone download Ace 3's FW? :D I just HATE Hotfile!

I wanna try my luck with porting Nature UX 2
[Galaxy Ace II General] ramanmono:
Jelly bean MD1 for L version

On a Thailand site I found a back up of a L version ace 2 with I8160LDCMD1 firmware.

Is this of any use to may be flash it on other L version ace 2 phones?

link: http://droidsans.com/node/125814
[Galaxy Ace II General] Adriangbba6:
New firmware?? :D

But still newer xxmf1 (germany) than xxme7 (turkey)

sent from my galaxy ace II running veyron rom 4.1.2
[Galaxy Ace II General] Smokey Mc Pot:
Model: GT-I8160

Country: Turkey

Version: Android 4.1.2

Changelist: 1016990

Build date: Thu, 30 May 2013 15:57:50 +0000

Product Code: TUR

PDA: I8160XXME7

CSC: I8160OJVME2

MODEM: I8160XXME7

...branded ???
[Galaxy Ace II General] Adriangbba6:
I think no... are you already tried it??

sent from my galaxy ace II running veyron rom 4.1.2
[Galaxy Ace II General] zahirovic.safet:
well this is and improvement from Samsung :laugh: first Germany, now Turkey, it's great :victory: anyhow I'm downloading now.
[Galaxy Ace II General] Adriangbba6:
Thanks, and give us your xperience which better with xxmc8 / xxme7 / xxmf1

sent from my galaxy ace II running veyron rom 4.1.2
[Galaxy Ace II General] WahyuGo:
I think xxmf1 is more stable...coz it's latest build.

At least the choice is at each hands.
[Galaxy Ace II General] zahirovic.safet:
uuuu I got some news to tell :laugh:

1. I've repartitioned my phone back to GB, so I had 550 RAM in gb, and when I flashed Turkey release with Odin, without repartition I had 624 MB RAM, so that is definitely a big improvement :laugh: . I've always felt that we need to get 624 RAM without repartitioning :good:

2. Concerning the games, tried Temple Run 2 now, id doesn't seem any smoother than on MF1 but I see lockscreen shortcuts now, which were missing in MF1 unless you upgraded from MC8.
[Galaxy Ace II General] justrhian:
it has pit file? or you just flash to PDA?
[Galaxy Ace II General] zahirovic.safet:
just PDA
[Galaxy Ace II General] zahirovic.safet:
My benchmark scores :laugh: . And gameplay seems smoother, for now there is no lag in UI, and it feels like a proper official build.
[Galaxy Ace II General] addyhardiana:
ID : yaelah padahal ane lagi download yg MF1 eh ada lagi yg baru -_- wkwkwk

Eng : wow I just downloading MF1 then come out ME7 -_-

I hope MF1 is better than ME7 :thumbup:

---------- Post added at 02:51 PM ---------- Previous post was at 02:47 PM ----------

What do you think? Is it better than MF1 or not? :)
[Galaxy Ace II General] mkel91:
Mf1 is newer than me7
[Galaxy Ace II General] kyrillos13:
These two builds, MF1 & ME7 should be almost identical. One has build date 3rd June and the other 30 May. So dont expect any major difference between them. But both are better than MC8 or any other previous leak for sure. So it seems that the JB rollout for i8160 has just started!
[Galaxy Ace II General] zahirovic.safet:
yes you're right. But when I flashed ME7 on my GB phone with 550 RAM I had 624 RAM on JB, but with the MF1 I had 428 RAM I think. Also in .md5 file there are same number of files, but files are not the same.You can see in the attachement below. Also in ME7 build you have lockscreen shortcuts when upgrading from GB which wasn't the case with MF1. Also, for me at least, Temple Run runs a little smoother and antutu gives better scores in ME7. And I know that synthetic benchmarks are not trust worthy, but for me at least it seems like better build. I think that RAM increase confirms my theory that when stable JB releases it would give 624 mb RAM without repartitioning. So my theory is that this is first stable build for our device, fully tested and released, and more will follow in a couple of days. But again, that is my theory and nothing more.
[Galaxy Ace II General] lwnth:
here is new things in ME7 rom. there are not in another roms mc8, mf1 etc.when plug in headphone started this mode.sorry for bad english :)
[Galaxy Ace II General] zahirovic.safet:
Good news for all Galaxy Ace 2 L users, Jelly Bean firmware is released, 2013-06-27	THL	GT-I8160L	I8160LDCME1	I8160LTHLME1.
[Galaxy Ace II General] NZ John:
F**n oath! Cant wait.
[Galaxy Ace II General] kyrillos13:
Then don't.

Download: I8160LDCME1 (4.1.2) Build date: 30/05/13

Source: samsung-updates.com
[Galaxy Ace II General] ramanmono:
Finally L version JB

I flashed of course from GB without repartition and everything else as it was.

And after the update I now have 624 Ram.

This firmware too has some lagg that wasn't there with GB.

for example temple run 2 has some minor lag issues.

If u have a lot of notifications, scrolling thru them is very laggy.
[Galaxy Ace II General] v1n1akabozo:
Although i didn't play temple run, my phone looks in better shape now than it used to with GB. All transictions are faster, Antutu scored a better result...

The only issue concerning to lag occured at the first boot, when it updated tons of apps.

One thing i noticed is that the only call i tried after patching had some echoes, did anyone have this problem?
[Galaxy Ace II General] addyhardiana:
4.2.2

wow galaxy grand duos just got their leaked JB 4.2.2 source :good:

and according to this post, ace 2 will get 4.2.2 too. I hope we'll have stable JB 4.1.2 and then come leaked JB 4.2.2 for galaxy ace 2 :angel:
[Galaxy Ace II General] loof13:
Haha. Samsung haven't even rolled out the jb 4.1.2 update to even 10 percent of the world. They'll finish it only by end of this year. By the time they release 4.2.1 it will be 2015 :p
[Galaxy Ace II General] addyhardiana:
Yeah, mostly for europe region. But it doesnt important if there are no official firmware for asian etc. I prefer stability and improved performance. I still hope for 4.2.2 :p
[Galaxy Ace II General] adem.jr:
ask link its firmware XXMD4 be?
[Galaxy Ace II General] addyhardiana:
I think MD4 just available at Samsung Service Center.
[Galaxy Ace II General] astankov:
Today lot of updates for our phone. Most of them are xxmf2 and one xxmg2 for Russia. More info at sammobile.
[Galaxy Ace II General] ichiyamato:
waiting for 4.2.2 Android ;)
[Galaxy Ace II General] judas1977:
Only that G2 sounds interesting for now (July, one whole month newer compilation)

Wysyłane z mojego GT-I8160 za pomocą Tapatalk 2
[Galaxy Ace II General] addyhardiana:
+1
[Galaxy Ace II General] yaulapman:
heaps of jb FW coming from sammobile there're XXMF2s

but no HK ver.:crying:
[Galaxy Ace II General] addyhardiana:
Downloading :)
[Galaxy Ace II General] placimaster:
I8160XXMG2 -> Changelist: 1106830

I8160XXMF2 -> Changelist: 1106830

I8160XXMF1 -> Changelist: 1106830

Just sayin'...:rolleyes:
[Galaxy Ace II General] addyhardiana:
Yeah I see but I just want testing :rolleyes:
[Galaxy Ace II General] placimaster:
do it, and tell us your experiences. ;)
[Galaxy Ace II General] addyhardiana:
Downloading... 56% remaining :p
[Galaxy Ace II General] mkel91:
It has the same base ad mf1, same performances
[Galaxy Ace II General] addyhardiana:
But we'll never know until we try, maybe samsung give some surprise (I hope) :D
[Galaxy Ace II General] mhoss48:
Is it available via OTA. Sry question but i dont own this phone, my friend does.
[Galaxy Ace II General] addyhardiana:
It depend on your baseband, if you're in GB Rusia, of course you can upgrade it to JB Rusia via OTA :)
[Galaxy Ace II General] astankov:
Is it branded or non branded?

If is non branded I'm gonna give it a try tonight. I hate operator's bloatware.
[Galaxy Ace II General] mhoss48:
Actually am not in russia :P am in asia, lebanon to be exact :)
[Galaxy Ace II General] addyhardiana:
It's weird. I'm trying update via OTA but it said "already installed latest version" :/