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[Galaxy Ace II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] R814932:
I would appreciate some guidance as to what rom to install.

This UK version of the phone had become increasingly slow. I have just rooted it but do not know what to do next.

I had intended to install a custom rom and see it rejuvinated, especially for things like Sat Nav. I also want to get rid of some of the Samsung software that is taking up memory space and slowing the phone down. She I try to update the software to KitKat before installing a custom rom?

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[Galaxy Ace II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] shaqman89:
You could try this ROM, works great for me:

http://xda.mister-freeze.eu/XDA-files/ace2nutzer/CM11/codina/

Instructions that could help could be found here:

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=2159250

http://xdaforums.com/showpost.php?p=56321125&postcount=3

Alternatively, install custom kernels to improve experience:

http://xdaforums.com/galaxy-ace/ace-2-develop/kernel-ace2nutzer-kernel-20141027-t2920365

http://xdaforums.com/galaxy-ace/ace-2-develop/custom-kernel-t2793420
[Galaxy Ace II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] R814932:
I find the 101 pages to the help topic overwhelming, especially as it is solidly highly technical. Do you happen to know of a step by step set of instructions that I can follow with ease.

Sorry but some basic points I need clarifying:

You referred me to a rom that works great for you and yet suggest that a custom kernel will improve performance. How do I decide which one to go for? At heart I do not understand the difference between the two.

I had a look at the codina link and notice I need to know what file system is being run on my Ace 2. I tried gparted on my desktop and it did not pickup the android phone as a drive. How do I work out what drive format is being used?

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[Galaxy Ace II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] shaqman89:
Some searching in those threads couldn't hurt you. It's just one search box away. :D

http://xdaforums.com/showpost.php?p=58923918&postcount=1271

- From recovery install temp. cwm.6028 (http://d-h.st/oZD)

- wipe data

- mounts and storages

- format system

- then CM 11 from 18/11 ext4 (link before)

- power off

- boot in cwm

- flash pico uni-gapps (http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=2397942)

- flash latest ext4 kernel (optional)

- reboot system

I use both. So, in my case, I install the ROM first, and then I install the kernel (instructions above). Note that the kernel part is optional, but should give you better experience.

You could check this by using adb. But if you never did anything before, than it is most likely to be ext4 (default for our Ace2).
[Galaxy Ace II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] R814932:
Thank you for your help. I have just gone to get the temp. cwm.6028 (http://d-h.st/oZD) and it keeps failing to download. Is the link working? Do you have another one?

I notice that there are two download buttons. The plain download button causes a warning that I am going to a web forgery. The download now button fails to download for me.

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[Galaxy Ace II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] fluffi444:
For some reason (newest) FireFox downloads it but deletes it right away... This file is save! Use another browser (Chrome for instance) to download... De-activate Download Manager and use Download Now button... Not the other one...
[Galaxy Ace II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] R814932:
I downloaded it using Flareget and sent it to my desktop and that worked as a download. The downloaded file is called update.zip. Your reply in the last message suggested to me that it should be called "temp. cwm.6028" (http://d-h.st/oZD). I ask in case someone has substituted another file!

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[Galaxy Ace II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] fluffi444:
Dude.. you are really complicated! ;) This update.zip is the Temp. CWM Recovery...

For sure the are some update.zip around the net which containing other stuff - But this (http://d-h.st/oZD) is the Temp. CWM Recovery.

And it's a save file (as I alrady wrote) - I looks right now that FF and Chrome dont want to download it...

I think some dump users reported this file to often! Only because they don't konw how to download corretly from Dev Host...

I hope this is clear now....

BTW: It was shaqman89 who said this. But anyway hes correct, because..... Read my post :)
[Galaxy S6 General] kuromusha38:
We live in a world where looks apparently matters more than anything. I get it, a hot girl and dumb blonde model is more desirable than a average looking PhD.

But for a phone? You dropped removable battery and SD card slot for metal and glass? Are you !@#$ kidding me? Goodbye Samsuck.
[Galaxy S6 General] das boot:
I think you are looking for the iPhone forum. Just an FYI - this is the wrong forum.
[Galaxy S6 General] aliHTCDHD:
Join the HTC boat :D
[Galaxy S6 General] kuromusha38:
Please, explain to me the difference between S6 and an iPhone other than the OS.
[Galaxy S6 General] das boot:
Simple really..the S6 has a better:

Design

Camera

Screen

**and that's just for starters
[Galaxy S6 General] MattMJB0188:
You are right. The S6 is practically an iPhone. Its a shame. But I am sure you know that Samsung had a terrible year last year while Apple had one of the best quarters they ever had. Samsung had to change something, and I guess that change was copying the iPhone again. I guess they're hoping to draw back a lot of iPhone users now that their design can compete. But that's about it. I do not understand why HTC can manage to fit a micro sd slot in their phone. Why couldn't Samsung?
[Galaxy S6 General] kuromusha38:
So at the moment, are there any new flagship phones with both removable battery and SD card?
[Galaxy S6 General] aliHTCDHD:
We live in a world where people use pictures of women getting f***ed as their member logo. Yet you talk about how others. You can get a good looking women who is intelligent too fyi ;)
[Galaxy S6 General] derWolf_:
[MENTION=4031072]MattMJB0188[/MENTION] - Cuz htc's newest device isn't 6.8mm thick, that is why they manged to fit an SD slot.

Also you are forgetting an important point about the memory of the S6. It uses new type of flash memory, instead of the old NAND one, meaning that the overall performance of the phone would improve. Samsung are trying to achieve better write and read speeds basically.

Now imagine a scenario where you did had a SD card slot. Well what do you thing the speed of read and write would be from the card? Like 5x slower? Hence the performance of the whole device wouldn't feel as snappy. Then ppl are going to start bi***ing about the lag, and not being able to copy a whole blue-ray movie onto their cards for under 3 seconds and so on and so on.

So yeah. I thing Samsung tried dodging a bullet there by removing the SD card. Of course it has its negative sides, but in general should be fine without SD slot.
[Galaxy S6 General] MattMJB0188:
You are right. Of course, can we really expect all 4 major U.S. carriers offering 32/64/128gB configurations of the phone? I don't think so. If history repeats itself (which with Sammy you know it will) the carriers will only get 32GB variants, and then MAYBE 64GB variants sometime this summer with 128GB be left out over seas. This is WHY expandable storage is a MUST with Samsung phones. I'll gladly take a performance hit instead of have no option at all.

Besides... people complained about TW lagging and simple things taking a few extra seconds. I never read from anyone on here that their SD card was so slow that the phone's performance was taking a huge hit.
[Galaxy S6 General] thy.flesh.consumed:
Except HTC do not have AMOLED or the capacitive/home buttons...

The argument about faster memory is stupid. Nobody is stopping Samsung from putting faster memory onboard. However, do you really need lightning fast memory for storing your music, or photos, maps, or videos? No. That's bollocks. SD card is plenty fast for those.
[Galaxy S6 General] aliHTCDHD:
I can live without hw buttons and oled screen doesn't bother me either. there's nothing wrong with either imo they are both good screens oled, and slcd.
[Galaxy S6 General] dnkeyhnter:
If you want more function.. Carry a f…g computer with you, it can do a lot more than a phone
[Galaxy S6 General] derWolf_:
The fact that most carriers (not only US ones) are not offering the 128GB model, or even the 64GB is true, and it sucks. I, too am very sad about removing the SD card slot. The SD card saved my a** a couple of times with my previous phones, so it is a must have for sure.

To you it might be stupid. To Samsung it isn't, cuz now they can brag about them having the fastest performing handset with the fastest flash memory. Does this help me, you and the average user in ANY way? No. Does Samsung care about that? Absolutely not.

On the other hand ppl with S6 will be able to show good results on the different benchmarks, which is.... nice..... I guess.
[Galaxy S6 General] hella356:
No reason why they can't have both super fast imbedded storage and an SD card. Of course SD cards are slower than internal, that's always been the case. I'd load the SD card with FLAC music favorites and enjoy the speedy internal storage for more frequent transfers. I understand Samsung's reasoning behind it, but I still don't like it, and it's quite likely this will prevent me from dropping money on Samsung again, at least for my next upgrade. For everyone like me who opts out, they'll probably gain 2 or 3 new buyers, so I doubt they'll miss us much. I was hoping Samsung would find a way to pursue their new industrial design objectives, while retaining the features that have kept me buying and recommending Galaxy phones, but no dice. Of course, if the phone is otherwise so good that the loss of SD, battery, and waterproofing still make it a better device than the M9, G4, Z4....

If I thought there was any reason to believe that the Saygus V2 will: 1. be a real product, 2. work on T-Mobile, 3. get WiFi calling, I'd jump on that.
[Galaxy S6 General] frankgreimes:
How one can improve almost everything and then decide to get rid of a removable battery and sd card is beyond imaginable.

So glad I've bought the Note great design, functionality and it has all the features I'm expecting from a premium device.

Hopefully, Samsung doesn't screw up the Note series too.
[Galaxy S6 General] geoff5093:
Probably the G4
[Galaxy S6 General] se1000:
I don't think it was just one reason they decided to remove the SD-card and use a non-removable battery

I think they removed the SD card to ensure the user experience was always fast. How many threads have you guys read where crummy SD cards caused slowness, or corruption or some other problem. I know I've read a few. Apple has never liked SD cards, neither has Google themselves. With UFS being introduced, a very fast, serial, full duplex storage connection, that starts at 32GB, it was time to remove the SD slot.

I think they decided to go with a non-removable battery because of all the wireless technology they had to cram into this thing. On top of all the normal wireless technology crammed into phones these days (GSM/CDMA, LTE, 802.11 AC 2x2 MIMO and N, NFC, Bluetooth 4.1), they also had to add Qi, PowerMat wireless charging and MST. I don't think they could get away with a removable cover.

Just guessing, so I could be wrong.
[Galaxy S6 General] kolembo:
The Galaxy S6 Edge rocks. That's the one. It will fly.
[Galaxy S6 General] sohebq:
Well from start Samsung has always portrayed that we will give you a better ""iphone". They did it in S1 to s3 by copying iphone. They changed a bit but that didn't work out well and now they are back to copy business. Seriously this is sad for loyal buyers. Still i am glad they didn't ruin Note series like S series.
[Galaxy S6 General] kuromusha38:
What do you expect Note 5 will look like?
[Galaxy S6 General] HoustonZ33:
You guys need to calm down.

I was a Sammy fanboy as well...S1/S2/S3/S4 but I got sick of TouchWiz and went Nexus 5 (and now 6) - The loss of battery swaps and SD cards is NOT as bad as you guys think it is.

They switched to li-polymer batteries which are waaaaaaaaaay more efficient than the old li-ions.

Nexus has taught me that Cloud Storage is pretty damned bad ass, It really does act as if's on physical storage.

Don't knock it till you try it fellas, Sadly this is the path going forward.....Sammy was just one of the last big holdouts.
[Galaxy S6 General] Beefheart:
Take an S6, enlarge, increase the Exynos clock speed, insert next generation Spen.
[Galaxy S6 General] sohebq:
At least more functional then. Bigger screen, bigger battery, better S spen. What else can you ask for. If you look at Note 1 to Note 4, Samsung has always gone a step ahead so hope is there that they won't ruin it.
[Galaxy S6 General] kuromusha38:
That's for stating the obvious. I was talking about if the Note 5 will have SD slot and removable battery or will Samsung follow this metal casing bllsht.

And thanks to all the wnkers screaming "no plastic", now this is what we got.
[Galaxy S6 General] TEKHD:
Unless there is a miracle... 99% sure Note 5 will also be crippled... (No SD, Non removable battery) in other words... $1000 Disposable phone.
[Galaxy S6 General] Beefheart:
Given that my post was effectively "take an S6 and enlarge it", I'd have thought it was pretty damn obvious I was saying the the Note 5 is unlikely to contain either expandable storage or a removable battery. You know, given that the S6 doesn't.
[Galaxy S6 General] Rippley05:
Not to be a jerk, but the amount of people that absolutely need to swap batteries during the day (maybe you guys work in the woods where there aren't any outlets) is very small. Certainly not enough to design a phone around.

Apple has made millions and sells record breaking amounts almost every year, the design is obviously popular. They rarely ever change their OS, and when they add features..it's usually something copied from Android or one of the Android overlays.

There is never going to be a perfect smartphone. If you have a phone already that does what you need, why upgrade? If the "form" is the only change, why get it? The latest and greatest really doesn't offer anything other than a new build and processing power that's only noticeable when you use an app to tell you your speeds. Upgrading is an "option". We aren't forced to do it.
[Galaxy S6 General] frankgreimes:
I'm still amazed that people don't understand why Samsung is receiving so much backslash. If a Samsung customer wanted a non removable battery , sd card and stupid on screen buttons there would be tons of other options.

BUT removable battery, sd card, home and capacitive buttons have been Samsung's strong point and made them what they are today.

Also I couldn't care less what Apple does, this is Samsung and not Apple. I care about their stupid decision because I'm really happy with the Note 4 and thought I've found my longer for years to come but if that crap continues I'd rather buy a non smartphone than giving up removable battery, sd card.

This is also about privacy for me..The only way to make sure my phone is really off is to remove the battery and put a magnet on top of it in case the phone has a hidden secret battery.
[Galaxy S6 General] Japultra:
I totally agree with you here. The G3 is known for having only decent battery life, and even with this phone I have never once needed to swap out batteries. I don't know many people who actually have backup batteries. The market for this is quite small compared to the whole. I think Samsung has made a great product and after two years I am once again excited about the Galaxy line.
[Galaxy S6 General] kyogiro:
To me, the real setback is definitively the lack of a SD card slot, but I do think Samsung is going the right way in order to improve their sales figured.

Design is here, hardware wise, it's been a while since Samsung hasn't blown everything into the water like this time. Amoled has gone a long way to become a mature technology, the 14nm SoC will put Samsung in the lead until the next iPhone or Note and the blazing fast memory would put to sleep those who were talking about Touchwizz lagging.

I do think, we as core customers are quite different from the masses, but people have spoken. For years, any user who had a chance to speak up wished for a bigger battery at the expense of a few mm thicker.

People are complaining about battery life, but overall, they prefer the design. Same goes for the SD card I guess and this time around, I'm guessing bigger storage options would be available worldwide because Samsung wants to push up its average sales price.

I just hope the Note 5 would welcome the return of the SD card slot. I'm fairly sure I won't get the S6, unless it's a bargain, but I'm looking forward to the sales figures. This time around, I'm quite optimistic about Samsung performance.
[Galaxy S6 General] Rippley05:
I'm amazed that you think removable battery and an SD card is what samsung is known for, or even their strong point. I get that it's irritating, but their sales will not suffer a bit for it...it will improve greatly with the new design direction.

Samsung is known for beautiful screens, top notch cameras, strong software (although bloated) and a lot more. It's just like I already said...if an SD card and removable battery is make or break, keep what you have. There is no real upgrades other than the "form factor" that you hate so much.
[Galaxy S6 General] MiyagiSan:
To you, right?

Where does an average looking model or girl fit?

What about a hot/blonde PhD?

Most people don't know squat about how smartphones work and would be unable to compare two devices on any level except look and feel. Not that surprising they choose a device on that basis.

Ignorance is bliss. And ****loads of money. Just ask Apple...

I just fail to see why Samsung fcuk-ed up the unique strengths of the Galaxy S line when it already has the Galaxy Alpha line for the premium design, metal construction consumers...

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Will the claim of a faster user experience be degraded if a microSD slot was present but no SD card is inserted (many users don't use it at all)?

Apple and Google not liking SD cards has nothing to do with their usefulness to the owner of a smartphone. They would rather you paid them to store your data (and they might earn additional income from mining that data). Objectively, sd cards are tremendously useful to a smartphone owner - more storage, backups, data transfers, offline availability, access to data despite loss of connectivity etc

They wanted the bragging rights (over the iPhone and others) of a thinner phone...
[Galaxy S6 General] the_rooter:
the s6 casing is the same as the iphone 6+ lol
[Galaxy S6 General] sohebq:
If removeable battery, sdcard and button layout was really working for Samsung then they would have never been in quarterly loss position. People started to shift from Samsung cz of this build quality question mark. Every 2nd person or atleast 1 in 3 started screaming unibody metal metal. There you have it. To get something you need to giveup few things to.

Sent from Galaxy Note 3 (The beauty & beast)
[Galaxy S6 General] MiyagiSan:
Apple sells most of it's devices to people who have no idea about the devices they are buying. Much like most car buyers are clueless about the cars they are buying. The great uninformed buy these Apple device to be somebody and not as a tool to accomplish some task as informed buyers do.

While most aren't forced to upgrade, the unfair systems created and supported by carriers and regulatory authorities in many countries mean users are effectively penalized for not upgrading since you pay the same amount monthly either way.

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+1

Long live my dumb Nokia phones.

:good:

+1000
[Galaxy S6 General] Candace A:
The only reason any company does anything is to save/make money. Its always the determining factor.
[Galaxy S6 General] force70:
Note 4 and lg gflex 2 coming shortly.

sent from Canada via my Note 4, 3, 2 or S3
[Galaxy S6 General] VICosPhi:
Great point about privacy! !! Totally forgot about it. I remember reading how US agency was trying to get people to have their phone always on during airport security screening.
[Galaxy S6 General] kolembo:
Hilarious.

Thank God for metal and glass.

No. More. Plastic.

I simply couldn't take it anymore.

The S6 Edge is a gorgeous phone. Samsung may still reverse the sdCard - the battery though, I think remains.

This isn't 'fashion over function' - it's just not Surviving with Grear and wearing bear skins. Really. Another plastic phone would have been death. Immediately.
[Galaxy S6 General] MadBob:
Let me see the pictures when you drop and shatter it, of course you'll probably have it in a plastic case.

If it had looked like the edge does, and had plastic back removable battery and microsd, I would have bought it. If I wanted a glass back I would have bought the iPhone instead of the S4.
[Galaxy S6 General] tenxo:
...and in EVERY forum, article, and video comments section "Every 2nd person or atleast 1 in 3 started screaming" about the missing Sd, smaller non removable battery, no water proofing, no USB 3.0, and oh no Samsung, not highly inflated price too!

Give up a few ☝... Is the wireless charging pad included? Buy a usb og adapter/cable? Buy power bank? Upgrade to larger storage phone? Hmmm this is really starting to add up $$$$, makes a lot of sense for Samsung!

Sent from my SM-G900T using AllianceR(●)m
[Galaxy S6 General] jamezr:
Except the S6 and S6E have been out performing all other phones in benchmark scores. So it would seem they provide the best of both worlds. They have the latest great hardware ever found in a mobile phone! They have the best designs and a first for curved glass......Gorilla Glass 4 to be exact. But also the reviewers have said it crushes all other phones in benchmarks too!! So your form over function rant is dead....

[IMG="S6 Benchmarks"]http://abload.de/img/t-rexlpujx.jpg[/IMG]
[Galaxy S6 General] force70:
Lol...benchmarks...funny.

That lovely exynos processor which is giving those benchmarks is also going to kill development on the device pretty much.

No thanks.

sent from Canada via my Note 4, 3, 2 or S3
[Galaxy S6 General] jamezr:
What development is that? Root.....yeah right. Roms? Most carriers are locking the devices down pretty much no days.

Just need devs with Exynos experience. Have to start somewhere.
[Galaxy S6 General] Rippley05:
Yea...people can't "dev" on Samsung phones nowadays anyway. There are some exceptions, but they're mostly locked down. It was only a matter of time before the multi billion dollar companies figured out ways to defeat home hacking developers. Sad, but true.
[Galaxy S6 General] andrewdroid:
So what's the best way to go if I have an S4 and want to upgrade? I'm thinking of waiting for the S6 to really hit the shops, and then perhaps getting the S5 which should be cheaper at that point and still be a bit of an upgrade. (Note4 is too large for me). I'm sad that I can't get the S6 camera without giving up both removable battery and SD card. I don't need a higher-res screen, but the S6 camera has optical image stabilization which is a pretty big deal and combined with a f/1.9 aperture, should greatly improve the quality and sharpness of shots with the phone.
[Galaxy S6 General] Poetique:
Number of brains involved with any given company's security team? Let's say a couple hundred (probably generous there).

Number of brains involved with any given mobile device "hacking" collective? At least a few thousand (probably understating that).

So no... not really true at all, and incredibly unlikely. Until device developers start making devices that they can't even unlock themselves you're not going to see such a thing happening.