yashsingh1/xdaforums huggingface dataset:
[Galaxy Ace II General] Porobu:
Did you look in sammobile or samsung updates?

Enviado desde mi GT-I8160 mediante Tapatalk
[Galaxy Ace II General] jpfosster:
Hi,

I'm running 4.2.1 MF1 on my Ace 2. I don't use it regularly, but I turned it on tonight and popped in a T-Mobile SIM and was surprised to find that an OTA software update was available. at first I thought it might be a upgrade to 4.2.2 but as it's only 62mb that is clearly not the case. Does anyone know what this update is? As I'm rooted the OTA fails, but if I can figure out what it is and whether it's worthwhile, I'd flash it myself in Odin.

thanks,
[Galaxy Ace II General] tofueatsbread:
Theres no 4.2.1(/MF1) for ace 2, are you in the right forum? 62mb could just be security updates.
[Galaxy Ace II General] torspaklar:
Hi, i cant find Turkey firmware. Hotfile links are dead. Where can i find it?
[Galaxy Ace II General] tofueatsbread:
got a thing against searching?

http://terafile.co/a722287837a4/TUR-I8160XXMH1-20130916120104.zip
[Galaxy Ace II General] nicknitewolf:
Are the links all dead cause I think www.hotfile.com closed down...
[Galaxy Ace II General] tofueatsbread:
yes it closed down. was shown in sammobile and xda portal
[Galaxy Ace II General] nicknitewolf:
Oh... I hope mega does not shutdown like that too...
[Galaxy Ace II General] jpfosster:
My bad, I meant 4.1.2. You are probably right about security updates...
[Galaxy Ace II General] psychoo83:
XXNA1 (Italy) was uploaded 17 hours ago!

Downloading as we speak.
[Galaxy Ace II General] monstro78:
any feedback???
[Galaxy Ace II General] psychoo83:
Flashing as we speak. I'll give it a day or two before feedback.

Edit: the phone feels snappier but this could be because it's a fresh installation.

The downside is that they removed the task manager widget that i used. Any idea how to get it back?

RAM is 426 MB used and 199MB free with no games just basic browser, camera, gallery used so far.
[Galaxy Ace II General] Pesk92:
Hotfile is down

So I am looking for Jelly bean firmware for my ace 2, but hotfile is down due to violation of copyright law... Do someone know some other place I can download the firmware? :)
[Galaxy Ace II General] Porobu:
Sammobile or samsung updates

Enviado desde mi Nexus 7 mediante Tapatalk
[Galaxy Ace II General] psychoo83:
XXNA1 (BTU - UK) was uploaded 17 hours ago! Will not download this one as I have the same build but for Italy.

The Italy version is smooth enough, it seems that the video playback bug was resolved.

Battery life is good, camera seems a bit faster when taking photos.

Overall performance seems improved.
[Galaxy Ace II General] nusko_x:
Thanks bro, what about gaming?
[Galaxy Ace II General] psychoo83:
Sorry bro, I am not using my phone for games.

Stability, responsiveness, internet and GPS are key features I expect from my phone.

Slowly we`re getting there...
[Galaxy Ace II General] nusko_x:
That is important for me to bro. No problems with camcorder so far? Screen doesnt freezes?
[Galaxy Ace II General] psychoo83:
Nope, for me it never froze.

A small lag was experienced after using the browser continuously for 2 hours then when returning to home screen it took about 4-5 seconds but it was normal because RAM had to be emptied by browser and rewritten by home screen and apps.

My point of view is that this is the best official JB firmware so far.
[Galaxy Ace II General] kittenlinux:
It's smoother than previous build, but after flash I have 482 mb ram. Just have to flash ram fix (I'm using ITA build)

Edit: no freeze in YouTube yet. Great
[Galaxy Ace II General] psychoo83:
Can someone post a link where I can find the task manager widget? It disappeared from home screen after flashing ITA... :(
[Galaxy Ace II General] BlueZ-:
482 Mb RAM is only on the latest build from UK or in both UK and Italy?
[Galaxy Ace II General] psychoo83:
I have italy with 624 MB RAM
[Galaxy Ace II General] BlueZ-:
By default?
[Galaxy Ace II General] tomgv:
I have 624 ram on UK rom.
[Galaxy Ace II General] BlueZ-:
Ok...I will try UK one

Edit.: tryed Italy version (UK download failed :| ) and I have 624 Mb RAM... no patch needed!
[Galaxy Ace II General] sealandman:
Does some one has a link where i can download any 4.1.2 version of Android for my Ace 2?

I only find crappy download sites who let me install crappy download managers and other **** at my computer and won't let me download the real files, very, very annoying..
[Galaxy Ace II General] sealandman:
Thanks, i already found the files at terafile, but it is extremely slow.

But i guess it's the only way then. thanks!
[Galaxy Ace II General] forbidden8:
Here:

http://d-h.st/hnU
[Galaxy Ace II General] psychoo83:
Thanks but I was hoping for the stock one from Samsung...
[Galaxy Ace II General] Lonewxlves:
So should I download the Italy version or the uk version of XXNA1?
[Galaxy Ace II General] psychoo83:
Doesn't matter. They're the same.
[Galaxy Ace II General] nusko_x:
What was the name of the widget? Maybe i can upload apk from my phone.
[Galaxy Ace II General] forbidden8:
It is stock one... what you mean?
[Galaxy Ace II General] psychoo83:
Oh! Sorry!

I downloaded it from my phone and I got mobogenie.apk. I saw that downloading from my PC I got the widget...I have no idea what happened but in the end I got it :)

For some reason it won't install... :(

Thanks!

So I managed to get it working. Rooted then copied it to system/app

Everything is great. Thanks allot bro!
[Galaxy Ace II General] saronistu:
why?

why those firmwares are on regions? what is the difference? if i am from a country and i flash a firmware from another region?
[Galaxy Ace II General] Sherringford:
hey, I'm a newbie around here, so yea, there are stuffs that i dont really get it

my Ace II is JB I8160XXME7 ( turkey ). so i'd like to "move on" to I8160XXMC8. does it mean i should downgrade to GB and upgrade it again ?
[Galaxy Ace II General] tofueatsbread:
No. Just download mc8 firmware and flash via odin
[Galaxy Ace II General] j800r:
Why change from ME7 to MC8, that doesn't make sense. :s Especially when NA1 is the most recent
[Galaxy Ace II General] veaceslav:
All Links are dead.
[Galaxy Ace II General] saronistu:
updates

you can still download them from live.samsung-updates.com/index.php?device=GT-I8160. i don't know why the chose hotfile, it is dead for a long time..
[Galaxy Ace II General] tofueatsbread:
What? Its not even 5 months, a long time?
[Galaxy Ace II General] fadli.tanjung:
when KitKat Firmware come out? :confused:
[Galaxy Ace II General] tofueatsbread:
the day we all start using bugfree cm(or aosp)based kitkat roms and kitkat will not be needed(unless for modified stock, if its even released)
[Galaxy Ace II General] psychoo83:
Feedback for the latest firmware: video player bug not fixed....I'm about done with stock firmware and I think I'll try a CM version, hopefully the phone will be faster and bug free....
[Galaxy Ace II General] Samwix26:
Pure KitKat AOSP is coming ! :D

http://maclaw.pl/2014/02/17/introducing-aosp/
[Galaxy Ace II General] astankov:
OK that's good but their OMX implementation sucks. Only thing that work is stock camera and HW decoding of H264. I tryed playng several of my favorite movies wich are encoded with DivX and they can't play with HW decoder and there is lag with SW decoder. It can play with HW decoder only on CM10.1 by Rox but there's color banding bug. No banding with SW decoder but HD videos lags a lot. I have none of explained above problems when use stock JB ROM. Also there is bad video quality in youtube 5.x app with any custom ROM. Don't tell me to use old app because yes there's no problems there but I don't like it at all. Again no problems with stock ROM. The only thing that I can say is that watching videos on any custom rom sucks really bad and what is a smart phone without videos. Because all this I will probably never use any custom rom and this is just video issues let not menton all others. Another annoyng thing is that we have so much roms with the same bugs and number is growing but bugs stayed no actualy they added more like when switched to 3.0.101 kernel. I don't want to offend any of our devs - you tried all your best to make good roms for our device and I thank you so much for your work , wasted time and sleepless nights but unfortunately no success. I think that is time to replase this phone with something new with better source code and community support like samsung galaxy s series. Still not decided but it will be soon.

Best regards!
[Galaxy Ace II General] tofueatsbread:
Keep your negative opinions to yourself.
[Galaxy Ace II General] Moonly:
The funny thing is that it's the opposite. When I used stock Jelly Bean 4.1.2 ROMs, playing videos was horrible : lags/stutter, phone freeze etc. I think it's bad RAM management but I didn't have apps in background. I was forced to reboot the phone each time I wanted to play videos after using the phone normally.

With CM 10.2/11, playing videos is smooth, no lags, the phone doesn't freeze, it's perfect. So I am very curious of pure AOSP ROM, I will try it. :)
[Galaxy Ace II General] Samwix26:
And Maclaw said that his team will focus on AOSP more than other roms :)
[Galaxy Ace II General] astankov:
Yes it is negative but unfortunately this is the reality. I don't say stock rom is perfect no it is not but when root flash D-Kernel and clear a ton of crap it becomes something that can be used. In my type of phone use there's no alternative at the moment.

I will be happy if some of our devs make new kernel for stock roms because there is only one at the moment and it is outdated.
[Galaxy Ace II General] forbidden8:
And you can do same with your. When you didn't have something to tell better don't say nothing. All that he talk about is truth. You cant accept only vaunt...
[Galaxy Ace II General] tofueatsbread:
We don't want another TC vs Maclaw argument again do we? :)
[Galaxy Ace II General] forbidden8:
Of course not, so we must respect other opinions and must keep from argue each other.
[Galaxy Ace II General] tofueatsbread:
ok then :P ^.^
[Galaxy Ace II General] astankov:
All that I speak is for ALL roms from all our developers not only from Maclaw or TC ot whatever. So I dont want to start any argument between any developers.
[Galaxy Ace II General] tofueatsbread:
ok chill :laugh:
[Galaxy Ace II General] j800r:
CM10.1 is pretty much bug free and the others getting there slowly. I never noticed lesser quality on YouTube app vids. Maybe subtle difference but quality is far from terrible on such a small screen. Stock has occasional lag, greater RAM consumption and occasional choppy video playback which has got so bad before that I've been forced to hard restart the phone.

Custom ROMs aren't perfect but neither is stock and at least customs are more silky smooth.

That being said, video playback does seem to be improved on NA1 firmware. May be speaking too soon though.
[Galaxy Ace II General] tofueatsbread:
xD i cant be bothered to change firmwares anymore
[Galaxy Ace II General] Ryccardo:
Never, if the piece of news on the home is 100% accurate
[Galaxy Ace II General] monstro78:
from astankov's point of view he is correct, but if someone not seeing such videos like me for example, custom roms are wonderful.

Many benefits from smoothness to theming... many many things... so from my point of view custom roms is an one way road...
[Galaxy Ace II General] astankov:
Yes you are right. I don't give a damn how my phone looks I just want to work correct which saddly is not possible with any real custom rom.
[Galaxy Ace II General] monstro78:
I thought watching videos are entertainment... anyway I don't want to argue with you, but for my job, RIL, ssh, terminal, openvpn, email working fine and I'm very satisfied that I have latest version of android.

good morning
[Galaxy Ace II General] Vino Kulafu:
Haven't tried it out, but I think the combination of a de-bloated stock rom + good custom kernel is a good alternative.
[Galaxy Ace II General] astankov:
And even better is a new device believe me :D
[Galaxy Ace II General] Vino Kulafu:
Damn S3. I wish I had the funds to buy it back then. The large dev community support for that device seems to be unrivalled.

:crying:
[Galaxy Ace II General] Pousse Mousse:
New Firmware for the ACE 2 :

Model: GT-I8160

Model name: GALAXY Ace 2

Country: Slovakia

Version: Android 4.1.2

Changelist: 1106830

Build date: Mon, 10 Feb 2014 05:28:02 +0000

Product Code: XSK

PDA: I8160XXNB1

CSC: I8160OXXNB4

MODEM: I8160XXNB1

http://terafile.co/13a72f2603e8

http://rapidgator.net/file/cb3385d1c753b571f98329ff187be4a2
[Galaxy Ace II General] pedroleon99:
Glad to see that Samsung still support that phone :)

Inviato dal mio GT-I8160 utilizzando Tapatalk
[Galaxy Ace II General] newhalo:
How is this release smooth or ever laggy and bad ram ?

Inviato dal mio GT-I8160 con Tapatalk 2
[Galaxy Ace II General] newhalo:
There are xxnb1 too for germany NEE ? Is the same if i downoad germany version?

Inviato dal mio GT-I8160 con Tapatalk 2
[Galaxy Ace II General] Andreuz:
Is there a change log, any improvements in comparison with XXNA1 except Play market?
[Galaxy Ace II General] thealliens:
did someone tried to swap memories on the new firmwares? the method is the same as on MG2?

the rooting procedure is the same as http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=2139263
[Galaxy Ace II General] kulayam:
I've tested XXNB1 and I don't feel any different with XXNNA1 :confused:
[Galaxy Ace II General] najib.touta:
my ace 2 is from morocco ,it's a lafleur edition

Model: GT-I8160

Model name: GALAXY Ace 2

Country: Morocco (MAT)

PDA: I8160JPLK2

as i am still waiting for the JB update , could you please advice me on the adequate more stable version of JB to download from sammobile
[Galaxy Ace II General] newhalo:
Best firmware stock 4.1.2 at the moment

Is xxnb1 from slovakia.... download it from Samsung updates or from Sammobile

Inviato dal mio GT-I8160 con Tapatalk 2
[Galaxy Ace II General] tokacz:
samsung should give 4.4.2 not 4.1.2
[Galaxy Ace II General] astankov:
Still no JB 4.1.2 for all carriers and countries and you want KK? Forget about it - it will never happen. Only option is to use CM11 by TeamCanjica or Maclaw.
[Galaxy Ace II General] najib.touta:
flashed the xxnb1 slovakia then i have performed the 40' battery removal trick then discharged completely the battery, charged the phone (off) then performed a hard reset ( formated also the internal and external sd card) .

at the beginning ,the phone performed good with no stutter or freezing but then i installed some apps and the phone started freezing .

i think when you use aprox 600-700 mb of system storage ,the freezing starts as if the extra ram given after the flash was due to the usage of the system storage space to virtually increase the ram ( i know it is nonsense ) but after flashing different roms from sammobile , i noticed the same freezing and stutters after 600-700 was used.

i didnt use swiftkey nor any other heavy apps ( i installed only magazines/news apps with no background consuming ram)

i think samsung should give us 4.2 or 4.3 update or kitkat( i dont think so)
[Galaxy Ace II General] Soubhi sy:
:)

thanks
[Galaxy Ace II General] najib.touta:
after flashing a lot of stock roms from sammobile i found that disabling these apps , modifying under developer options and never use more than 570 mb of system storage YOU CAN SAY BYE BYE TO THE STUTTERING AND FREEZING , the battery last longer ( disable google now and location under google setting,use gsm network to boost even more the battery life) .

the phone performs better like never before, some times,when you have a lot of apps opened you experience some light lags((2-4 seconds) but never freezes

so yes samsung still pushes updates for this phone ,but it is a shame that after exceeding the 570 mb of system storage usage you will be disappointed by those freezing and video stuttering .
[Galaxy Ace II General] j8hnb:
thanks ive been looking for i8160xxmg2 uk o2u im currently on cm11 will this get me back to stock jb and is it multi csc i need ?
[Galaxy Ace II General] paw98:
I have installed JB 4.1.2 XXNB1 XEO for Poland as a basis for CM 11 and it solved the problem with Google Location service.
[Galaxy Ace II General] nusko_x:
Report to Rox, maybe this will help to fix google location service. So is it now accurate?
[Galaxy Ace II General] alijoregon:
I use jb free from spain and I never have problem with cm11
[Galaxy Ace II General] julianwp:
​

what ram do you have? 624Mb or 468MB?
[Galaxy Ace II General] nicknitewolf:
If Touchwiz + 4.4.x is faster than stock 4.1.2, then the final one will be 4.1.2

Think of the first iPhones with little downgrade protection (last updates were mostly just stripped of features) and the later (each major version is significantly heavier... and you can't go back, although they time it so that the battery will likely be very worn by that time)
[Galaxy Ace II General] tofueatsbread:
Little downgrade protection? You just need the shsh blobs :/ (tho A5 devices are unable to downgrade from ios 7 :p)
[Galaxy Ace II General] achraf..:
Thanx
[Galaxy Ace II General] nusko_x:
Last night i connect phone to kies and there was new JB update firmware, i was on MG2 and now i got XXNB1. I think phone behaves the same, a bit laggy, gonna test it 2-3 days and report here. (before i flash CM)

Edit: Nothing new, phone is laggy, problems with camera, etc.
[Galaxy Ace II General] mark_sgy:
using GB 2.3.6 Hongkong baseband..can I upgrade to jellybean without loosing IMEI?
[Galaxy Ace II General] rezniqsvk:
yes you can try do iit with kies or manually via odin but take care what type of rom you are flashing - 8160 roms only on 8160 phone , 8160p rom on 8160p phone and 8160l rom on 8160l phone
[Galaxy Ace II General] mark_sgy:
what if i back up my EFS folder first then upgrade to JB then restore my EFS folder will it work? jut in case I loose my IMEI
[Galaxy Ace II General] tofueatsbread:
NO!
[Galaxy Ace II General] R-Nak:
All links are dead, can do something ? I need the MG2 (Europe) for my i8160P

Thx ;)
[Galaxy Ace II General] pedroleon99:
You can find ROM links on sammobile.com ;)

Inviato dal mio GT-I8160 utilizzando Tapatalk
[Galaxy Ace II General] Liho94:
Please could somebody post me new link to Slovakia 4.1.2 update ? Hotfile links stop working and I cant download it. Thanks
[Galaxy Ace II General] Porobu:
look on sammobile or samsung updates
[Galaxy Ace II General] Liho94:
So finally I find it. Thanks
[Galaxy Ace II General] ChronoMonochrome:
deleted
[Galaxy Ace II General] j800r:
I'm not sure this is really the thread for custom kernels. :s
[Galaxy Ace II General] forbidden8:
Is it possible to have softkeys vibrations on stock roms?
[Galaxy Ace II General] infff1234:
Hello I can not flash the phone via ODIN.

Tried many official firmware, single-file and multifile.

Tried to drop 2.3.6.

Phone does not boot on the logo (in recovery also comes)

Phone did not fall, just in the morning was not involved.

Please help.

Sorry for the English.

<ID:0/010> Added!!

<ID:0/010> Odin v.3 engine (ID:10)..

<ID:0/010> File analysis..

<ID:0/010> SetupConnection..

<ID:0/010> Initialzation..

<ID:0/010> Get PIT for mapping..

<ID:0/010> Firmware update start..

<ID:0/010> cache.img.md5

<ID:0/010> NAND Write Start!!

<ID:0/010> Complete(Write) operation failed.

<OSM> All threads completed. (succeed 0 / failed 1)
[Galaxy Ace II General] loudlyace4:
I've been looking all over the net searching any version of GT-I8160 firmware torrent file and so far, this is only the torrent file i can find. But it's dead. Guys can you please upload a torrent file for GT-i8160 firmware? I'm sorry but i badly needed it to wake my dead phone. It only works if i put it at downloading mode but it wont get me inside the rom. It's black screen and nothing just vibrating.

So my only option is to install a firmware thru Odin while my phone is at downloading mode. The reason I'm having a hard time downloading is because sometimes whenever i download it stops at around 40-70% and my downloaded file is corrupted again and i think the problem is my net speed too because its slower at 2 Mbps. So if any of you can try help me resolve my issue in downloading or upload a torrent file for any GT-I8160 firmware. God i will be thankful! Please i really need help! :(
[Galaxy Ace II General] Fodshello:
I was wondering .. can I put the firmware in the sd card and update my phone via recovery instead of odin?
[Galaxy Ace II General] Alwer:
No You cannot do that, You have to use Odin or its Linux version
[Galaxy Ace II General] Cobra4818:
No, it's not flashable zip.
[Galaxy Ace II General] Ellins:
Seriously shouldn't hard to find firmware for i8160. try sammobile.com search for i8160 firmware. Hope this help
[Galaxy Ace II General] Godra:
Which file do I have to flash on Ace 2 (locked on Eronet, Bosnia and Herzegovina provieder), Europe or Bosnia and Herzegovina one? Tnx in advance
[Galaxy Ace II General] Rox:
Koji god instaliras radit ce bez problema. Ja sam instaliro ruski MG2 ;)

Any firmware will work without problems. I have Russian MG2
[Galaxy Ace II General] Jayzee_16:
Is it okay if I'm going to use a Non official Samsung Connector to flash a stock rom? It might be a stupid question but I remembered Kies forced me to use an Official Samsung PC Connector just to upgrade on Jelly Bean. I'm currently running on McLaw's ROM. I'm going back to tw 'cause of the app crashes that I'm experiencing. So, is it okay to flash via Odin w/out using a non official Samsung pc connector ?
[Galaxy Ace II General] Ryccardo:
How can it even know, considering it's a generic cable with no active electronics and a disconnected extra pin (just like every regular cable - and it would require the phone to do the detection and send back results)?

Just avoid the wind-up/flat rectangular/extra thin/extra soft/Chinese $1 specials :cool:
[Galaxy Ace II General] hiemz:
wich do you think the best firmware buddy?
[Galaxy Ace II General] Godra:
But can I install ROM from different region if my phone is carrier locked?
[Galaxy Ace II General] Hunlu:
very slowly jeally bean
[Galaxy Ace II General] DDadsge:
Is it possible to upload the rom's to another service? Since hotfile went offline, all the download links are unavailable...
[Galaxy Ace II General] Hunlu:
Thank you for sharing
[Galaxy Ace II General] Andrewbons:
what is the differences between those FW and Samfirmware?
[Galaxy Ace II General] berenoune:
Gt-i8160dxma1

Model number: GT-I8160

Android version: 2.3.6 (Gingerbread)

Baseband version: I8160DXMA1

Build number: GINGERBREAD.DXMA1

Which firmware should I choose?
[Galaxy Ace II General] payer:
I8160XXNB1 stock firmmware 4.1.2 from http://samsung-updates.com/device/?id=GT-I8160

And if it's too slow use custom rom CyanogenMod 10.2 http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=2495541
[Galaxy Ace II General] FastGas:
GT-I8160 ONE I8160XXNF2 (Austria (Orange)): ul.to
[Galaxy Ace II General] Hunn3r:
galaxy ace 2 gt-i8160 P/L question..

okay i have a galaxy ace 2 gt- i8160L and my question is does the ROM or firmware have to be the same version as my phone to flash? srry if this question seems stupid im new at this and still learning.
[Galaxy Ace II General] payer:
Yes, you need GT-I8160L-Firmware: http://live.samsung-updates.com/index.php?device=GT-I8160L
[Galaxy Ace II General] Atlante2004:
No more Samsung

:silly::silly:
[Galaxy Ace II General] soko3:
I'm running cm11, but want to downgrade to JB 4.1.2

I'm from Serbia (South-east Europe). What firmware should I choose (lins to download serbian firmwares are broken)

Please help, i need to go to stock as soon as i can :)
[Galaxy Ace II General] sutr96:
Nice, when hotfile is down :good:
[Galaxy Ace II General] tofueatsbread:
Why would google exist if u dont use it to search :/
[Galaxy Ace II General] xmlnoob:
Hi there,

My Ace2 is Hong Kong region model, baseband shown as XXLK7, which one should i choose here??

Thank you.
[Galaxy Ace II General] tofueatsbread:
none. hk region variants dont have jb(afaik)
[Galaxy Ace II General] Ave_Hornet:
Links dead
[Galaxy Ace II General] opica:
Please, be so kind then and provide me with a valid link for firmware I8160XXMF1. I find it extraordinary hard to find a link that's not pointing to hotfile or some torrent, where there's no seeders.