yashsingh1/xdaforums huggingface dataset:
[Galaxy Ace II Android Development] Kurajmo:
Ace2nutzer I have important question about repatriation.

Today I flashed cm13 for Ace 2.

Clean install with gaaps mini.

Why I still have almost 3gb for app install?

I just want to stock jb partitioning. For new Ace 2 user.

Can I back to this partition with twrp or cwm recovery?

It's time to sell old Ace 2

But without option to save photos from camera without external SD card. I can't sell this phone.

Any help with this?

Any help will be appreciated
[Galaxy Ace II Android Development] ace2nutzer:
Strange :cyclops:

"wipe data" only formats /data and /cache partition ... (also it'll delete dalvik-cache)

but it'll not change the partitions layout ... this is simply something else, and very different.

Flash 3-parted stock ROM.
[Galaxy Ace II Android Development] Kurajmo:
Don't have access to pc right now.

No recovery flashable zip package or something like that?
[Galaxy Ace II Android Development] ace2nutzer:
No, i already tried this and it never worked.

Ask a friend if u can use his pc ..

only need to install samsung mobile drivers, then download ROM + ODIN.
[Galaxy Ace II Android Development] Kurajmo:
Yeah i how to flash with Odin. Today i try flash stock with Odin then.

And do something else on pc.. Anyway thanks for all help ace2nutzer

I really appreciate.

Time to sell old Ace 2
[Galaxy Ace II Android Development] ace2nutzer:
Version 20170606

Changelog:

Kernel 20170606:

Reverted unstable zRam & zsmalloc backport from 3.5 Branch

zRam zsmalloc lz4 driver: backport from stable 3.10 Branch

Moved zRam script from init.d to the A2N App

zRam, zsmalloc, lz4_compress and lz4_decompress moved to modules

zRam: disabled by default

Compiled with latest GCC-Linaro-6.3.1

Inkl. latest A2N Kernel Control [GT-I8160] V2.2

A2N Kernel Control [GT-I8160] V2.2

Advanced: replaced "Swap aggressive" Switch with "Use zRam"

For properly enabling and disabling zRam

ROM 20170606:

Dalvik: added config for hdpi devices with around 512MB RAM

incl. A2N Kernel 20170606 - normal version

Inkl. A2N Kernel Control [GT-I8160] V2.2

AUTO wipes, except factory reset

;)
[Galaxy Ace II Android Development] :
You have the fastest rom, kernel control app and kernel update :)

But sorry, my Ace II hard bricked :( Seems like read only eMMC. I cannot use Odin or recovery to flash your ROM or stock ROM... Can I use JTAG to fix it? Or I must replace the chip inside?

But don't worry, I have two Ace II phone ;) One use your ROM and hard bricked like on :( , one use rom from SergeyL :)
[Galaxy Ace II Android Development] gepel:
Great work. The phone is more smooth and responsive.
[Galaxy Ace II Android Development] ace2nutzer:
[MENTION=6973536]bien2004[/MENTION]

It's not worth it to repair.

If u want a cheap solution just buy an used ace 2 from eBay ;)
[Galaxy Ace II Android Development] :
I don't know how much it will take to repair my bricked ace 2.

But till now I still have one more ace 2 but not running your ROM :( Because it is my daily phone and I want it to live longer than my 800 flash count bricked phone ;)

P/S: It is running 6.0.1 and smooth but not equal than yours :)

Can I know what symptom shows that my eMMC is nearby death?
[Galaxy Ace II Android Development] ace2nutzer:
@ up

u can't off 100% check it.

But maybe u can run some program in recovery + ADB in order to check bad blocks for /system /data /cache and /storage/sdcard0

But i never did this, u can google it, but it's only for power users.
[Galaxy Ace II Android Development] AkosPaha:
Hello [MENTION=5840412]ace2nutzer[/MENTION]!

I would like to ask you to update the Kernel version from 3.0.101 to 3.4.x ?:)
[Galaxy Ace II Android Development] ace2nutzer:
No sorry :) - This is a hell of work! :)
[Galaxy Ace II Android Development] ramunas71:
A2N Kernel Control (GT-i8160) crashes

Hello,

I have installed on my galaxy ACE2 (GT-i8160) your latest software as described in firs page, did a clean install twice (tried with SD then without SD card, kernel and partition),

but always A2N Kernel Control (GT-i8160) crashes.

So, I can open first page on it and if I choose power or other menu program crashes.

Spirit radio can’t work (Error NO FM accessible SU:2 Fm:BC2 Su:1 Bt:3 Ht:0 Mo:BCU)

Thank You!
[Galaxy Ace II Android Development] :
Your A2N Kernel Control may not have its license, so it will crash. You had to buy it from Google Play Store.

And for Spirit radio, you must choose Galaxy SIII radio or it won't work.
[Galaxy Ace II Android Development] fonzacus:
anyone having a strange 'not charging' bug?

my charger is one of those annoying newer samsung charger that 'rings' when its not in use. the lock screen and battery circle both says charging and spins, but when leaving the phone on, it goes down.

barely anything on setting-apps-running and cached. tested on airplane mode and gappsless.

i formatted caches, data and system when upgrading from 426. i skipped the month 5 build.
[Galaxy Ace II Android Development] ramunas71:
I have choosed Galaxy S3/Note/S2_ICS but it dont work
[Galaxy Ace II Android Development] lace_hvc:
I used to have this problem. Turned out the problem were dirty pins of the phone when plugging in the charger. carefully try to clean those pins. I did that and since then haven't had this problem again.

If that doesnt help, try another charger or charge with a usb cable.
[Galaxy Ace II Android Development] fonzacus:
[MENTION=4557394]ramunas71[/MENTION] - a friend also has the same issue. my radio works but his doesnt, giving the same error response.

[MENTION=6710464]lace_hvc[/MENTION] - ah, thanks for the tip. it did rain when i went back home after installing 606, hopefully its nothing major.

ace2n - i remembered a few pages back Dsomething had a readonly internal memory. are internals SSD types? are external microSDs also the same type? do they lock into readonly when they die?
[Galaxy Ace II Android Development] ramunas71:
Radio started working, first installed Spirit_FM_2014_12_16_RUS_by_barnaulmen.apk ( 1,26 МБ ) from 4pda, and it works without problems then uninstalled, but Spirit Free still working!
[Galaxy Ace II Android Development] ace2nutzer:
@up

Yes, this is more or less normal !

When u've a fresh CM11 installation and u try to use SpiritFM, then it wont work.

U've first to configure the whole System, especially the root config (super user) .. try re-enabling.

Then at the end u try the SpiritFM app and it should work! (at least for me, this weird method works!)

And so far i can't find which setting or maybe lib is missing to get it to work immediately.

our flash storage is like USB-flash-disks ... but of course there are different qualities of the chips !

Nobody can say how often u can write on a flash disk till it'll be only read-only.

And yes, it seems (according to google researches) that once the flash is fully overused, then it'll be read-only.

Anyway u can very very often flash custom ROM's or kernel updates ...

As for me, i'm using since 2014 the same Ace 2 and i've flashed this Phone very often ... and so far it works good!

I think it's very related to the quality u've picked.
[Galaxy Ace II Android Development] :
My phone lived for 4 years til now... But now it died :( and one lived for 4 years too... and now it is still alive but not running your ROM :( I want it to live longer so I stopped flashing any more unless new update ;)
[Galaxy Ace II Android Development] _Beni_:
I don't know why we still use format on every android phone out there. It should dynamically sync all changed files only. That would drastically reduce the flash-time and would keep the flash-memory healthy. Every ROM developer should really start using tar.gz/.tar but that's a long way to go.
[Galaxy Ace II Android Development] Dr360r:
Dr360r.

Mine had to be bad quality then, since i started flashing stuff only in August 2015, and bought it in December 2013.
[Galaxy Ace II Android Development] ChronoMonochrome:
That's quite a hacky approach - how the ROM installer should know which files were changed? It could, of course, check md5sums of every file and compare with those files that are inside of ROM zip, but if it mess up it somehow, then you are running into a more troubles than you could avoid flashing ROM cleanly.
[Galaxy Ace II Android Development] ace2nutzer:
"Format" is also useful to fix potential filesystem errors.
[Galaxy Ace II Android Development] _Beni_:
why? we could easily write a script which detect if its a dirty flash or a completly new /system.

We could also check if the timestamps are the same, i think it would work pretty well for standard updates
[Galaxy Ace II Android Development] corax2.05:
For the official cyanogen and now lineage releases you can use apps like CyanDelta or lineage downloader.

My tablet with lineage 14.1 gets updates via CyanDelta. The last update was only 16MB.

After download it boots directly into twrp, install and reboot the system. There's nothing special at all.
[Galaxy Ace II Android Development] hemal12341:
if I don't use Sdcard only kernel.zip,,, can I use SD card???? and if I use sdcard only kernel.zip can I change my Sdcard?

---------- Post added at 12:37 AM ---------- Previous post was at 12:34 AM ----------

@I use old kernel and rom probably it's december 2016,now I want to install latest one, but when I go to recovery , it is fully black!! I try best but can't , now what can I do?and in latest kernel is it fixen?
[Galaxy Ace II Android Development] corax2.05:
On my phone with screen ws2401 I have problems with black screens, only led's are on, the phone is not responding.

Mostly this happens when using the camera or gallery.

I tried different settings in the control app.

TuneFreq on

Chuck Norris mode on

Both on

Both off

What's the right setting for this screen?
[Galaxy Ace II Android Development] ace2nutzer:
For some reason the files from the ROM package are always dated with 2008 year. So that wouldn't work.

md5 check for every file would be better ... but actually i don't know how to implement it, (probably an overkill) also honestly i don't care :)

For the Ace 2 there's no official CM .. so that solution wouldn't work too.

It's all made by hand.

yes.

nope, but it's already swapped ... so it works right.

Yes it should be fixed.

in a case u've always black screen, then flash first the ODIN kernel with ODIN:

http://www.xda.mister-freeze.eu/XDA-files/ace2nutzer/GT-I8160/General/

then flash latest ROM and kernel.

both on, doesn't make any sense.

if u've black screens, then enable only the "chuck noris mode"
[Galaxy Ace II Android Development] :
No, some ROMs like from [MENTION=1508790]SergeyL[/MENTION] doesn't format the phone when dirty install. It just overwrite files like some phone's stock OTA update.

---------- Post added at 01:52 AM ---------- Previous post was at 01:44 AM ----------

But you can use alternative way to get OTA update like CM, on Play Store there is an app for developers upload custom ROMs and updates for users (I will find it and upload name soon ;) because I have forgotten it ;))
[Galaxy Ace II Android Development] AkosPaha:
Hello [MENTION=5840412]ace2nutzer[/MENTION]!

I would like to ask what is good "Android logger" in the A2N Kernel control?
[Galaxy Ace II Android Development] ace2nutzer:
Enables/disables logcat feature.

keep disabled, if u don't need to check the logcat, this also makes the phone a bit more smoother.
[Galaxy Ace II Android Development] ace2nutzer:
20170618 updates

Changelog:

Kernel 20170618:

Moved 4MB RAM to userspace (634MB)

Compiled bthid.ko & exfat.ko & lz4_(de)compressor built-in

Updated defconfig

Enabled all supported Cryptographic API's

Mali GPU Optimizations

OS RAM Optimization

Increased Torch Lux - max. fail-safe

Cleaned Source code a bit

Inkl. latest A2N Kernel Control [GT-I8160] V2.3

Uploaded new ODIN Kernel

A2N Kernel Control [GT-I8160] V2.3

Advanced: added ability to enable/disable Androids logger (logcat)

Removed high performance profile and torch modes

ROM 20170618:

Added more build.prop tweaks

incl. A2N Kernel 20170618 - normal version

Inkl. A2N Kernel Control [GT-I8160] V2.3

AUTO wipes, except factory reset

Enjoy !!
[Galaxy Ace II Android Development] AkosPaha:
Hello @ ace2nutzer!

Why is the changelog two times published?
[Galaxy Ace II Android Development] aopsiblai:
i have issue my lcd shaded, at my screan. but if i screenshoot its normal at image >.<

how i can fix my issue, i flash new rom and new kernel.. old kernel have fix like LCD.FIX_codina

now how fix my issue help T__T
[Galaxy Ace II Android Development] ace2nutzer:
accidentally ... :) i've deleted one .. thanks for your attention!

U need to enable the "Chuck Norris mode" on the A2N Kernel Control APP ... --- Section "Screen"

If u didn't already buy the app, then u can do now.

It's also possible to unlock the app over the Computer if u can't use your LCD properly for now.

Just go here:

https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.ace2nutzer.settings.device&hl=com

log in and purchase .. then it'll unlock automatically the app in your Phone ...

Make Sure your Ace 2 has working internet connection.
[Galaxy Ace II Android Development] AkosPaha:
Hello @ ace2nutzer!

I updated the latest ROM + latest Kernel + latest A2N kernel control , fast and smooth. But I noticed that there was not written version of the Cyanogenmod version and the build date.
[Galaxy Ace II Android Development] ace2nutzer:
Yeah i've forgot this ...

i'll re-upload with corrected date.

because this ROM update, only change is this commit:

https://github.com/ace2nutzer/andro...mmit/554f49b127ec7eda767b7f37758e656b47736197

The other changes and optimizations are in kernel + APP.

Anyway, u can just ignore this, or simply open build.prop file and adjust the date by hand ...

it should be: 20170618 :)
[Galaxy Ace II Android Development] stefanoscheda:
www.xda.mister-freeze.eu troubled? for me it's so slooooow that the browser almost always time out.
[Galaxy Ace II Android Development] ace2nutzer:
try again in 5 minutes ... i'm uploading the ROM.
[Galaxy Ace II Android Development] :
[MENTION=5840412]ace2nutzer[/MENTION] I have downgraded to your ROM because Marshmallow is too slow as much app installed :)

But there is one strange problem on my phone in any JB and KK rom (include your ROM): Sometimes I wake up my phone, the screen lights up but show a black screen with vertical lines moving... But when I press power button and wake up again the problem disappear :confused:

Then if my phone deep sleep for long time or short time (rarely) the problem appears again :(

In LP and up there isn't this problem.

---------- Post added at 12:55 AM ---------- Previous post was at 12:42 AM ----------

My installation process (From SergeyL's Marshmallow ROM):

- Downloaded ROM, kernel (sdcard only), gapps and repartition zip (If not download all then what to install? :laugh:)

- Go to TWRP 3.0.0 recovery, choose Install and then choose sdcard only kernel [Result: Completed :)]

- Then I power off my phone then turn on my phone to recovery mode, CWM started without black screen problem (seems my screen quality is high :D)

- Choose install zip, then choose repartition zip and install.

- Rebooted recovery, choose mounts and storages, format /system (OK), format /data (OK), format /preload (ERROR: Cannot find /dev/block/mmcblk0p4), format /sdcard0 as vfat (OK :))

- Choose Install zip, choose ROM file and install (Yeah, installed properly :)); choose gapps file and install (OK again) and kernel (I don't know I need to install kernel once or twice, so I installed it again, but OK :))

- Reboot system, Cyanogenmod logo appears (Seems ok)

-After 3 minutes Setup Wizard shows up...

My installation process ends here :)
[Galaxy Ace II Android Development] ace2nutzer:
Bad LCD Quality. - Did u tried to run the LCD with "tuned freq" & "chuck norris mode" disabled?

If that will not help, then enable the "Chuck Norris mode" ... but keep "tuned freq" disabled.

Nope, A2N Kernel uses very low LCD Config for recovery (same as chuck norris mode) ... while the system uses an higher config.

wipe data instead to format /data and /cache ... it's easier because it does automatically.

No need to format /preload ..... installer formats already.

u need to flash the sdcard only kernel after the ROM ... only if u want to use the sdcard_only kernel ...

otherwise the default kernel will be used ... so it's not mandatory.

Yes ... it's quite simple :)

While some users need to flash the Stock ROM 5 Times :rolleyes:
[Galaxy Ace II Android Development] :
I said that in JB and KK have this problem, but on LP and up it doesn't have this problem.

I run the LCD in chuck norris mode. I never try to run in tuned freq mode. But does your description "if your screen driver is ws2401 you can use 'chuck norris' for powersave but with some lags" right?
[Galaxy Ace II Android Development] :
5 times? Then their flash life will decrease very much as stock ROM take 3 ~ 5 minutes to complete.:crying:

But how do you know some users need to flash stock ROM 5 times?

In this ROM version battery life is terrible. Logcat will be updated soon.

You MUST install partition layout at Ace2Nutzer's kernel. Installing it at temp CWM will brick your device.

If you install it at TWRP it will not change anything :confused:

[/COLOR]

Why not retry it more? I think you are wrong in some steps. Me installed ROM with sdcard-only without any problem.

But of course, I will look at your 'pseudo logs' and show what step you have done wrong.

[MENTION=5326028]denzelcris[/MENTION] [MENTION=5840412]ace2nutzer[/MENTION] [MENTION=457974]...[/MENTION] :) This fully described step will make sure that you will not brick your device... but make sure you do any steps below (with stock ROM installed):

- Download all file listed in OP WITHOUT any pause

- Check MD5 all file to make sure the file doesn't get changed. If MD5 match, go to next step. If MD5 not match, you must redownload file again. If not match again for much times, you should report to OP that the file with MD5 is not match. (And you will get thanks for reporting errors :))

- Copy files to your external removable sd card. (Not external UNREMOVABLE sd card !)

- Check MD5 again but on phone. (Do like step 2)

- Reboot to recovery

- Install temp CWM (Your recovery will restart)

- Install kernel (sdcard only or with sdcard)

- POWER OFF (not reboot recovery!)

- Power on to recovery. (Now stock Samsung ROM will not boot but your kernel will still work).

- (For getting 3GB on /data) Install repartition zip

+ Reboot recovery

+ Go to mount and storages, format /system, /data,

/sdcard0 (in vfat)

+ Reboot recovery (or just continue to next step)

- Install ROM -> kernel -> gapps -> swype fix -> extension file (for I8160P/L only)

- Reboot system

Now wait for Cyanogenmod logo shows up and SetupWizard starts !!!

If you completed please mention me in your result! I will help you if you brick your phone again :D
[Galaxy Ace II Android Development] ace2nutzer:
To check what is causing high battery drain, just use betterbatterystats app ... Nothing else. Posting a logcat is not needed for this.

Edit:

Did u tried the gapps battery fix from post #3. ?
[Galaxy Ace II Android Development] :
You have wrong...

Hard-brick (Hardware/Bootloader brick)= Bootloader is missing or the wrong bootloader is installed ! Or hardware is broken. (Your phone doesn't boot up, nothing happens if plugged in or press power button to boot or go to download or recovery mode)

Soft-brick (Software brick): Wrong ROM, broken partition,... -> bootloops (Your phone still boots up)

---------- Post added at 12:08 PM ---------- Previous post was at 12:07 PM ----------

I tried but battery drain is still there... I will charge my device then use as usual then give you bbs logs...

---------- Post added at 12:14 PM ---------- Previous post was at 12:08 PM ----------

Is there any bootloader for ace 2 updates?

I want it because I want to have FRP (factory reset protection). And also download mode protection.

I am so worry at thief so I bought a case that can never be removed (for JTAG protection) unless a correct fingerprint or destroy my phone:D. But the recovery mode doesn't have any protection, so thief can factory reset my phone and use as usual :(
[Galaxy Ace II Android Development] :
My i8160 is working in latest version, but why it is showing codinap version?

And sdcard name is wrong too. (See third screenshot)
[Galaxy Ace II Android Development] ace2nutzer:
Then rename your sdcard on pc.

It was a codinap build but removed later all codinap stuff and created new gt-i8160P support.zip file.

Ignore it, or edit build.prop file and remove "p" letters.
[Galaxy Ace II Android Development] :
And what about my last question?
[Galaxy Ace II Android Development] ace2nutzer:
Which question ?

Edit: as for bootloader: afaik no.
[Galaxy Ace II Android Development] AkosPaha:
Hello guys!

I have a problem when I charge the phone to 100% and pull it out of the charger and I will not use it, it will always be down to 93-95 percent. If I completely fill it and use it, it will normally dive.:(

And this is not the problem now.:(

Can somebody fix it?
[Galaxy Ace II Android Development] ace2nutzer:
@up

this is normal if:

- battery is old

- u've poor signal for 3G or wifi.

maybe also something else, but u can check with betterbatterystats.
[Galaxy Ace II Android Development] lace_hvc:
For recent ROMs, removing micro sd (I save camera pics there), inserting it in laptop, putting it back into the phone, kills the order of the pics in gallery. It only happens to the DCIM folder on the external micro sd. Newly taken images are sorted correectly until I remove the micro sd again. Then the sorting of the DCIM images in the gallery app are completely random again.
[Galaxy Ace II Android Development] AkosPaha:
The battery is 1 and half years old
[Galaxy Ace II Android Development] ace2nutzer:
ok, but it's still hard to say if it's a good battery or not.

There are ways on how to test the actual capacity.

Google it, if u've the needed parts, u can do by yourself.

But be carefully, working with Li-ion battery is very dangerous.

On which build this bug started ??

If it's present on all builds from me, then it's probably very hard to find the problem.

But i do believe it's related to the kernel .... [MENTION=5695278]ChronoMonochrome[/MENTION]

do u think that problem is same like this?:

https://xdaforums.com/showpost.php?p=63795797&postcount=3659

If so, did u fix it??
[Galaxy Ace II Android Development] AkosPaha:
How did I test the battery with software on whether it was good or not?
[Galaxy Ace II Android Development] ace2nutzer:
Nope, but with an multimeter :)

if it's an 1500mAh Battery, then charge to 100%, remove from the phone and connect something with wires that drains exactly 500mA.

Of course u should connect it that u can see the 500mA current live on your multimeter.

then, if the battery has his full capacity like new and original, it should drain the 500mA for 3hours !

Then the battery is completely empty.

If it'll give up earlier, then u only need to calculate the time.

example: if it lasts only for 2 hours, then its capacity is only 1000mAh instead 1500mAh.

But as i said, u need some how know.

EDIT:

u can also try to achieve almost the same with an app: "CurrentWidget"

how-to:

install that app, then add to your home screen the currentwidget ... there u can see the current mA Value. - When the Battery is not charging u can see the current what the phone is draining in a total current. And when it's charging it'll show how much current fits into the battery actually ....

But usually the current drawn from the charger is around 100mA higher in idle ... because it's used for the phone itself.

Well, now find an scenario that u can drain constantly 500mA ....

probably running an stability test with overclocked CPU and GPU .... try what's the right settings ...

Adjusting the brightness can help to regulate to the exactly 500mA. - Stop that program.

Then Charge the battery to 100%.

unplug and start your scenario that drains the 500mA ....

Now check how long it can run with 500mA drain .. till u've only 1% battery.

in the best case it should run for 3 hours for the 1500mAh battery.