[Galaxy Ace II General] Smokey Mc Pot:
Jelly Bean installation

(less bugs) JB MC8 installation .

The reason I wrote this is to help folks that keep on making the same mistakes and complain about issues already addressed.

The Rom is stable if correctly installed .

Don't do it if you just want to complain.

And wait for kies update instead.

Odin:

http://androidlegend.com/odin-multi-downloader/

Samsung Firmware Updates:

http://samsung-updates.com/device/?id=GT-I8160

GB to JB.

A: Download MB2/MB4 And download the "PIT" file from MB2.

You can find the pit file attached in zip below.

(The pit file plays a important role on the matter).

B: Download MC8.

First flash MB2/MB4 with "PIT" file from MB2.

1- back-up your phone.

2- perform a factory reset and clean partition.

3- turn on debugging and turn phone into download mode.

4-open Odin and insert pit file, pda file and csc file. And flash your phone.

5- run phone and test if all is working...

6-Now you can flash MC8.

To flash MC8 is only one package that you insert on PDA (No partition) the dll file in the folder is not needed on Odin.

Note:

Your phone will be slow to start as it is optimising itself. Just be patient and give it time. Let all Google updates be done and after a few reboots you will be having a bug free phone.

Now bloatware and too many running apps will use 2much ram and that is a all different beast.

Logically it will slow your phone and might freeze it at some point...

Solutions:

- You can delete or freeze the apps you don't use in order to improve it.

- You can also root and mod your phone to your taste.

Nice root link:

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?p=37751457

- And you can also use some smart ram app to fix your ram issues.

Example: “Ram Manager Pro"

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?p=18453883

:rolleyes: I hope this explanation is clear enough, and easy to understand .

Final note:

Samsung Galaxy Ace 2 GT-I 8160

Is a mid range mobile phone.

(And by today specks is inclined to the low range side.)

This is a nice dual core (800 processor) phone.

But don't aspect miracles from it.

Samsung ported JB to this phone from the S3 mini.

I believe this version of JB is designed for 1GB not 800 chip.

But GB was not that bug free either. My phone used to freeze on XXLK3/XXLK7 GB all the time. Specially when multitasking.

This is no Galaxy S3 or Nexus phone. So you can't aspect it to be as fast or as good as a top range phone.

It's wonderful that we are blessed to have JB on our phone while people using the brother phone (ace) can no longer upgrade and evolve. Just stuck on GB...

So if this is no good for you?!

The best thing you can do is buy a proper top of the range phone.

-Galaxy Note is perfect for multitasking.

-S3 is perfect for everything.

-S4 will give you wet dreams.

-Nexus will make you look like the coolest dude on your lounge.

And so on...

...It's easy to point defects than to find solutions!

I'm motivated by working on finding solutions.

Best regards.

Here a good link for all the unhappy

Folks that preferred to moan about JB instead of contributing for solutions:

http://m.ibtimes.co.uk/galaxy-ace2-i8160-android412-jellybean-downgrade-gingerbread-455579.html