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[Galaxy Ace S5830i Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] CrackDaddy:
Firstly if you flash through CWM recovery & not odin your flash/binary count remains at 0, & you can easily reset the binary counter with a single click anyway if you ever needed your warranty, right here: http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1647703

Secondly as Android-fany has stated in his post, a failed update resides in the /system as multiple files & not a single file, so unless you flash either an official or custom rom/firmware, then you have no other options available, other than partitioning your sd card to make more space on internal memory!

& thirdly flashing roms/firmware REALLY isn't that difficult, look in the dev section & read the tutorials to the letter, then you should have no worries! (just remember to flash the CORRECT rom/firmware) official or custom for your particular device/model!) ;)
[Galaxy Ace S5830i Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] lcrjames:
I did a factory reset and all is good after reinstalling all my downloaded apps and putting all my settings/texts/contacts etc back on the phone, I now have 42mb more internal memory, since the failed OTA update =)
[Galaxy Ace S5830i Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] CrackDaddy:
If you did a factory reset then you should have rooted & partitioned your sd card before you put everything back on mate :eek:

as you're only gonna be in the same predicament sometime soon, either through apps, msg's, media or yet another failed update taking your space!

Unfortunately the internal memory on the galaxy ace sucks period! :(

You can't have many apps on it then, or anything else for that matter! :D
[Galaxy Ace S5830i Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] lcrjames:
Yeah I need to get round to partitioning my 16gb SD card (10gb is free) so all my apps are installed on that, don't suppose you know any simple guides? At the mo I am still forcing apps to install the majority part of it on the sd card from this guide I used when I first got my phone before I rooted.... http://androidforums.com/samsung-ga...-force-install-apps-sd-card-without-root.html

I must admit it is very annoying that my apps positions change from what I want every time I turn my mob on and off or connect it to the PC with a cable (ie. every time it mounts and unmounts the SD card!)

Yea the galaxy ace internal memory sucks, but mine is a hell of a lot better than stock which was only about 85mb free out of the box which is quickly taken up by user apps/data etc, but I have 115mb free at the mo and I have about 25 user apps, which is fine for my use, One day I will partion my SD card though, I hope lol.
[Galaxy Ace S5830i Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] CrackDaddy:
I thaught you said you were noob & too scared to do anything with your phone?, lol! If you can follow that tutorial for using sdk tools & putting commands into cm prompt, then installing CWM zip on your sd card with root/unroot zip then rootiiing & partitioning & using Link2sd to put your apps on your sd card & never running out of space should be a doddle!

there's tons of guides, just use google, I'm sure even you can do that :D

Here: http://mnabil95.blogspot.co.uk/2013/01/how-to-increase-internal-memory-galaxy.html
[Galaxy Ace S5830i Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] soundacer:
Back from Holiday

Hi All, not been on here for a while to give update to my failed FW update cos was on holiday.

Anyway I have done nothing to my phone cos I was away and obviously been getting reminder regards FW update from Samsung but just keep postponing it because of problem.

I have read all the postings here since (some interesting and good points) but just a little bit confused because some members say use CWM and others say use Odin mmm, what is the best to use and do you require to have phone unrooted for both ??

Also where would I get this new FW update from because the last time I was on Sammobile (2wks ago) and I looked again when I got back from holiday it was not there.

Because I am a nooby I am just a little apprehensive lol

Just another point / if the binary counter on a phone was not at "0" would this cause new FW to fail when trying to install ??
[Galaxy Ace S5830i Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] soundacer:
More information

I have now installed CWMRec5830i.zip on my phone and runs fine with loads of options.

Also managed to find the FW update on Sammobile and downloaded to PC then moved to my phone SD card.

The FW file name " S5830IXXMC1_S5830IBTUMC1_BTU.zip"

Then I tried (unsure if it would work) installing updated FW using CWMRecovery but got an error saying "file not found" so looks like Odin is required as was stated by "str99" but confused as to what "CrackDaddy" said about using CWMRecovery.

I do not have Oden on my phone yet but I have a file on my PC called "S5830i_Downloader.rar" I think this file is Oden v1.85 got this file from xda-developers @ root unroot cwm and how to flash galaxy ace s5830i.

I am not sure how to install or even use this .rar file on my phone so stuck at this so far.

Need a bit of guidence on how to install and run Odin.

Just realised, should Odin be running on a PC and then connect phone to PC via USB then place the FW update into Oden then use download function on the phone to install FW or am I talking a load of rubbish ??

Attached picture is showing error I got when trying to update FW using CWMRecovery.
[Galaxy Ace S5830i Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] ChelebiTech:
It gives error because its not an flashable file. You have to use pc in order to flash firmware because mobile odin has not support our device yet. First install drivers in PC. Then use splitfus to split firmware into three or use odin 3.07 if you will use one package. Dont use pit file if not neccessary. And enter odin mode in phone (vol up+vol down+power) like you enter recovery mode. Plug usb cable to phone and pc. Open odin and if you see Com port connecton upper left corner then you are ready to go.

Edit: Dont worry about the counter. Flashing firmware reset it to zero (if its ever changes mine never changed to a greater value only to -1!!!) So no warranty voided using odin to flash stock firmware.

:: Broke my leg. Not in the mood of talking. ::
[Galaxy Ace S5830i Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] soundacer:
Thanks for that info ChelebiTech

I had downloaded "Odin Multi Loader v4.xx" and was checking that out when I got notified of your post, do you think this is the best Odin version to use for the GT-S5830i or should I use version 3.07

Still to download Splitfus, will version 2.11GA for Windows/Cygwin work ok and do you require to have USB drivers installed on PC before installation of Splitfus ??

This is a big learing curve for me.

Hope your leg is ok :::
[Galaxy Ace S5830i Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] ChelebiTech:
If i am not wrong only 3.07 and 1.84 is compatible with our device. I Did not tried others. Splitfus is only used for splitting no need for drivers. When u use odin you need the drivers to connect to pc.

Step by step you will resolve the flashing plenty of guides around if you stuck.

Hurts a little bit. Thanks for your concern.

:: Broke my leg. Not in the mood of talking. ::
[Galaxy Ace S5830i Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] soundacer:
Thanks again

Now I understand, Splitfus does not require USB drivers but Oden does as thats when phone is attached to PC to do downloads.

I will get rid of Odin Multiloader v4.xx and go with your sugestion and use v3.07 (will have a good look around for that version)

As I said in my last post "will SplitFus version 2.11GA for Windows/Cygwin work ok" ???

Think I am getting there thanks to your help.
[Galaxy Ace S5830i Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] ChelebiTech:
No problem with splitfus. Just be sure u use right command:

splitfus2.exe _w2 *.tar.md5

Be sure check twice with the guides for right command, i may be wrong about the command...

:: Broke my leg. Not in the mood of talking. ::
[Galaxy Ace S5830i Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] soundacer:
Hi,

OK Will download Splitfus the one you sugested and have taken note of your warning regards command.

Will be back on here after I have downloaded all the stuff I require: Oden 3.07 / SplitFus version 2.11GA for Windows/Cygwin and USB drivers for Oden. (a nice little shopping list LOL)

Will be back with results.

Thanks again ChelebiTech

Back again confused / I downloaded splitfus 2.11ga_211 and tried to run but failed with error "failed to start because Cygwin.dll was not found" (reinstall to fix problem) bit confused.
[Galaxy Ace S5830i Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] srt99:
no need to split the firmware if flashing through odin 3.07

just flash the single file...
[Galaxy Ace S5830i Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] soundacer:
Massive loss of internal storage after FW update.

Grrrrrrrrrrrrrrr

Before I got the last post I had installed Cygwin developed by TeAmDiGit and Odin v1.85 see pictures below.

Followed the instructions given on Cygwin and had no problems then continued with Odin to download updated FW (now split in to three files) to phone, downloaded upadate with no problems, new baseband version S5830iXXMB2 now on phone.

But had lots of problems, internal storage before I started was 30mb app now dropped to 2mb after install of new firmware but after clean of cache etc managed to get internal storage now 20mb. I still have all my apps linked to SD.

Before I had all these problems with FW update phone internal storage was 102mb and had no problems with this update installed I have lost 70mb totaly lost now.

Any one got any ideas ??
[Galaxy Ace S5830i Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] ChelebiTech:
There is no problem with your phone Link2sd sometimes does this. Try to select all manuelly and link them again. If problem persists then make all programs backup with Titanium Backup and format ext2 partition after that reinstall your apps using T.B. And link them to ext again.

You can convert some of the samsung apps to user app and move them to ext if you want to gain system memory.

:: Broke my leg. Not in the mood of talking. ::
[Galaxy Ace S5830i Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] soundacer:
Thanks for that ChelebiTech

Again understand what you are saying and will try your sugestion and let you know how it goes.

I bought the wife a Samsung S3 last christmas wish I had bought one for myself LOL have had now problem updating that one.

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[Galaxy Ace S5830i Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] soundacer:
Things are getting better

Hi ChelbiTeech, looking good here

I uninstalled all my user apps cleared cache etc using Link2sd, with all my user apps removed the internal space only went up to 60mb free, unmounted the SD card and used "mini tool wizard home edition" (I have this on my PC) RAN 0 & 1s test then ext2 formated all ran ok I then mounted SD card on phone, internal/data storage now 160mb then reinstalled apps form google store, I have backups but did not use wanted to install apps one at a time to monitor storage, with all my apps installed except for a couple I dont use a lot the internal storage ended up at 126mb free but after doing all the above I notice the system storage is now only 1.57mb free before I started the FW update it was 7mb app

The phone seems to be running a lot smoother now with very little lag.

So looks like I have retrieved the internal storage ok but system storage is rather high, can this system storage be reduced in any way ???

See attached picture of LinK2sd storage info.....
[Galaxy Ace S5830i Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] ChelebiTech:
You have in a good place. The system is rather full because samsung added a lot of bloatware in google books in firmware MB2 or later.

If you want to free up space you have two options. To delete the ones you dont use or convert them to user app then move to ext partition.

To give an example you dont need samsung apps and firmware updater (because you cant take OTA) so i prefer deleting them. And for google apps you can remove youtube and install it from gplay so it can be move to ext. And Except Google Play, Google books, Google android gsf and google partner, you can convert all google.aps and services to user app and move them.

:: Broke my leg. Not in the mood of talking. ::
[Galaxy Ace S5830i Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] soundacer:
looking great

Well I think the problem is cracked I now have Internal free storage at 141mb.

I had forgoten about converting and deleting some not needed system apps as I have done this before way back, anyway converted some system apps using LinK2sd not removed any as yet but so far I now have 20.51mb in System Storage and the phone is flying thanks to your great help and trouble.ChelebiTech.

Ru watching eurovision t'night ?? i am going to watch see how UK does lol

Thanks again for all your help.
[Galaxy Ace S5830i Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] chrisakak9:
I can not get this to work at all! When i try Spitfus it just rant that cygwin1.dll is missing and cant get any further,

would it be any eiser to unroot update and root again?

Or hitting it with a brick!!
[Galaxy Ace S5830i Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] ChelebiTech:
Did you install cygwin? http://cygwin.com/install.html

May be its easier to unroot and update but if you softbrick your device somehow then you had to use odin...

:: Broke my leg. Not in the mood of talking. ::
[Galaxy Ace S5830i Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] kebostek:
I have a similar problem: If I uninstall all my apps, which aren't many mind, I have about 100mb of user space unaccounted for that reminds occupied.

I have a S5830M from telcel that seems to have some features removed from stock so I flashed the SGS3 V2 without using odin to flash an untouched stock so this may have been the root of the problem.

Do you guys think that doing a flash with odin and then reinstalling SGS3 will fix this problem?

If so, which stock should I use, the original telcel, the one offered pre-split on the recovery guide or any other particular stock rom?
[Galaxy Ace S5830i Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] soundacer:
"kebostek" I think it could but I am not 100% sure as this was the first time I used Oden so not upto speed on the way Odin works. Hope other members can help with your problem.

---------- Post added at 11:49 AM ---------- Previous post was at 11:29 AM ----------

I used Cygwin developed by "TeAmDiGit and Odin v1.85" its an all in one package (Cygwin / Odin / USB Drivers) but the thing I found very helpfull was it gave good instructions and it worked fine for my GT-S5930i but I am not sure if it is only suitable for this model of phone you could check it out anyway see if its of any use to you.
[Galaxy Ace S5830i Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] chrisakak9:
Manage to Split and update, but now superuser won't update su binaries, Link2SD keeps trying to run mount the second partition and resues to link anything.

Will just just have to restore my CWM backup and live with the lost space.

Where's that brick again!
[Galaxy Ace S5830i Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] ChelebiTech:
Root your device. When flash stock you loose your root. And clear all data, cache and dalvik cache after flashing stock...

:: Broke my leg. Not in the mood of talking. ::
[Galaxy Ace S5830i Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] soundacer:
Looks like your giving up, don't do that, have a good look through all the posts in this thread I am sure if you do you will find your fix.

I had strange things going on after I installed updated FW using "Cygwin package" had to remove all my user apps and format my SD card second partition ext2 did this with SD card removed from phone and fitted to USB port using a adaptor card and ran "mini tool" software on PC to do format.(just thought this was the best way to go for me)

Then install your formatted SD card in the phone with power off and it should mout on power up of phone then use Link2sd to remount scripts I cant remember having a problem with su binaries.

As I said have a good look thru this thread as regards things I did and the great info I got from other members.
[Galaxy Ace S5830i Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] chrisakak9:
sorry forgot to say i did root again. do i need an updated root?

initially when it updated i had about 80kb storage and couldn't do anything, re rooted and still no change.

had to factory reset to get any storage now re rooted and nothing works!

---------- Post added at 12:48 PM ---------- Previous post was at 12:39 PM ----------

will try again but now i cant restore my CWM backup and already formatted ext2

What root are you using?
[Galaxy Ace S5830i Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] soundacer:
Try running unroot.zip to unroot then update.zip to root again and see what results you get.

I have never ran factory reset so not sure what results that gives, what sorage do you have now ??
[Galaxy Ace S5830i Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] chrisakak9:
after the factory reset I had about 80 MB from what i remember, just restoring my CWM backup to go back and try again, although I'm having issues doing that now!

---------- Post added at 01:07 PM ---------- Previous post was at 12:59 PM ----------

please can you link me to/post your root and unroot zips so I can try with these
[Galaxy Ace S5830i Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] soundacer:
Thats another thing I did not use CWM backup I just downloaded the user apps from my Google Apps account and did it one at a time to ensure I could link ok using LinK2sd and also could check the internal storage as each one was installed its a bit of a b***** but it worked out ok
[Galaxy Ace S5830i Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] chrisakak9:
I just used it to make a backup of phone in case of issues, just wished id done this before that bloody update came along,

managed to restore it for now so back to square one.

please can you link me to/post your root and unroot zips so I can try with these.
[Galaxy Ace S5830i Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] soundacer:
Just got ur last post see attached unroot/root zip files, do u know how to install and run these ??
[Galaxy Ace S5830i Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] chrisakak9:
Thanks!

Yep, its just i didn't get mine from here and was a long time ago so not sure if mine are still working after update.
[Galaxy Ace S5830i Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] soundacer:
Thats good you got them I have had no problems with these files I got them on Xda when I first joined up.

Hope they work ok for you and would sugest that you take your time and do changes one at a time so you can check progress easily and don't do multiple changes in one go as that some times leads to bigger problems.
[Galaxy Ace S5830i Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] chrisakak9:
One thing that might have cased issues is that after the factory reset google sync started restoring my apps including link2sd before i rooted it.

Resorted my Backup and Cleared the Delvik Cache with link2sd, now back upto 50MB free think i will wait a while and and do it when i have more time. Thanks for the help though at least I've learn about Odin.

Considering CyanogenMod 10.1 now

Couldn't really see much differences in the update anyhow.

still at least its not an iPhone thats still a bonus
[Galaxy Ace S5830i Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] chrisakak9:
Do you know of where i can find the change log for updates by any chance?
[Galaxy Ace S5830i Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] soundacer:
Yes I feel the same way regards Samsung FW update I can't see any difference, I am going to try and find out how you can stop FW updates.

Sorry I could not give further help.

---------- Post added at 07:24 PM ---------- Previous post was at 07:14 PM ----------

No idea as yet where update log is.
[Galaxy Ace S5830i Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] chrisakak9:
You have been of great help i may wait a while and have another go in a couple of weeks when and issues have been looked at.

Now I've got it back to how I liked it, i just turned updates off in settings>About Phone>Software Update> then un-ticked Auto Update and Push Message.

Wondering if to try updating just the modem and csc sections and see if any improvement.

If there's one thing I glad I've done is to make a CWM backup. i would highly recommend this, once back on its like nothing ever changed.

Looking at S3 mini next time i think, Only rooted this so i could install a decent amount of apps.

Gone are the days of the easy time i had with my Xperia X1.
[Galaxy Ace S5830i Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] srt99:
you should not expect any 'visible' or 'graphical' change in stock firmwares...

they just update some apps and

sometimes kernel...

otherthan that, some bug fixes and performance improvement..!!
[Galaxy Ace S5830i Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] soundacer:
I just realised after I had seen your post "chrisakak9" regards turning off updates, done it.

Agree "str99" I cant see any difference after FW update, but it would be good to know what Samsung FW changes are after all when apps are updated they let you know what the changes are.

Anyway I have turned off updates just now and see how it goes may turn on again in a couple of months lol, but will look now and then for any FW updates via Samsung or Sammobile, don't realy want to through all the hassle of FW download failures and loss of internal storage.
[Galaxy Ace S5830i Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] soundacer:
All going well and Onavo Count installed

Things are going well after all the stuff I had to do to update FW.

Internal storage is now at 134MB Free

SD card fully utalised all my apps except system apps that can't be moved are on my SD ext2 part.

System Storage now have 20.17MB Free

Was concerned about data usage via my network provider (Virgin) so have installed Onavo Count app to monitor and cap my data use its early days yet only installed two days ago but seems to be doing the job in letting me know what apps are data hungery and able to do somthing about it before my bill gets out of hand.
[Galaxy Ace S5830i Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] R.A.D DROID:
Can't remember really but I had the same problem :(, wiped data, wiped dalvik and cache partition that seemed to get rid of the problem :) or at least I think. Any way it doesn't really bother me because I've only have 25 apps (no bigger than 4MB) and i have only used 115MB out of the 190MB. After all I keep most of the stuff on my 8GB micro SD and have only used around 810MB on it.

Can't tell if I sent this from my Nexus 7 or my Ace-i...

---------- Post added at 05:39 PM ---------- Previous post was at 05:26 PM ----------

OK OK you want to know how I do it?

First of all I uninstall junk apps like think free office (ugh hate that app)

Next I wipe my cache partition every 4-6 days or so

Like all of you guys do I move apps that don't need to be on the phone to my micro SD card

I then clear data of apps like Google books and maps.

OK now here is my (not so secret) technique: uninstall updates for apps like hangouts and than freeze them (make sure you clear the data of the apps first) than simply freeze them :)

Important: if you freeze apps like maps and Google books they unfreeze for some reason when connected to the internet.

Tip: if you have frozen hangouts than you need to clear data and uninstall Google play services.

Hope this helps :) :beer:

Can't tell if I sent this from my Nexus 7 or my Ace-i...
[Testing] Cubeactive:
Looking for some people that want to help me test the new option in my wish list app.

You will need to have:

- An Android phone with Android 2.2 or higher.

- External storage available on the device like a SD card.

- Camera option on the device.

- Not have Wish l!st installed on the device from Google Play.

- Know how to install an APK from outside the Play store.

If you have the time to test today please send me your email address in a private message and I will send the APK.

Thanks! :)
[Testing] Cubeactive:
Thanks to everyone that has offered to help test the new update. :)

At the moment I have enough testers. So there is no need for new testers at the moment.

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