yashsingh1/xdaforums huggingface dataset:
[Galaxy Ace S5830 General] psycut:
Well. You can run the terminal and put in consequentialy (everything in () is not a command, just a comment):

adb shell
su (may ask for root on your device - confirm)
mkdir /sdcard/Backup
dd if=/dev/block/bml4 of=/sdcard/Backup/amms
(then you wait until the operation is finished - you'll get a message)
dd if=/dev/block/bml8 of=/sdcard/Backup/boot.img
(wait)
dd if=/dev/block/bml9 of=/sdcard/Backup/recovery.img
(wait)
dd if=/dev/block/bml12 of=/sdcard/Backup/system.rfs
(wait)

The only thing I can't figure out is how to tear out the CSC (which is configuration file for language, geographical position, local apps), but it is not crucial and may be take from a different FW.

After that is done you will have four files in your sd/backup directory. This is basicly your firmware. But before you may flash it back, you have to compile it into one file FW aka *.tar. A simplest way to do it, is to download a one file FW (*.tar). Open it with Total Commander, delete all the files from within it (except for CSC) and put in the files you backed up from your device. There. Now you are ready to flash the one file package through Odin.
[Galaxy Ace S5830 General] villemann:
Check your firmware version in the settings section, and check on samfirmwares if it's there available for download ;)

Also in Kies there is an option to restore your firmware.

If you'll somehow brick your device just use Kies, or Odin (if you'll get the right ROM from the SamFirmware :))
[Galaxy Ace S5830 General] peeter123:
I think CSC is a part of the system partition under /system/csc
[Galaxy Ace S5830 General] psycut:
Guess you are right! Silly me - looking for a separate CSC partition. :D

Now there is only a question of packing all the stuff from CSC folder into csc.rfs. Though it is a part of system partition, but for some reason the FW contain a separate csc.rfs file.
[Galaxy Ace S5830 General] shailo:
any proggres on vilain rom?
[Galaxy Ace S5830 General] nprussell:
I haven't had as much time as I had hoped today, but I will release the BASE tonight. Please don't expect it to be perfect, or an accurate representation of the final ROM.. this is just the new base for me to work with over the next few days.

Please also bear in mind that I only started working on this yesterday!
[Galaxy Ace S5830 General] peeter123:
If I remeber correctly csc.rfs is just a renamed uncompressed zip file(store in winrar).
[Galaxy Ace S5830 General] giobbe314:
ok...

i believed that

278Mb for the application

+

192Mb for the OS

=

512Mb is the total RAM

The GPU is Adreno 200 (Mb???)

The GPU has a dedicated memory
[Galaxy Ace S5830 General] Wishmaster89:
278+192=470 so you're missing 44mb ;)

I don't remember where I read about this but it was clearly stated that Ace has 320mb of RAM with 278 available for user with rest reserved either for GPU(it has no dedicated memory, at least not as big as what can be allocated from OS) or Android itself(although GPU seems more probable).
[Galaxy Ace S5830 General] superples:
You are doing a great job! I very happy that some developer picked up this device.
[Galaxy Ace S5830 General] marvelous.beat:
I Hope you can post it, I'll be glad to test it in my SGA
[Galaxy Ace S5830 General] nprussell:
Just about finished the base now... Will set it off uploading before i go to sleep and post when I get into the office tomorrow.
[Galaxy Ace S5830 General] cadav3r17:
thanks for your effort mate. Cheers :D
[Galaxy Ace S5830 General] sahilkhurana:
Wow !! Thats a great news !! Thanks a lot for your work :)
[Galaxy Ace S5830 General] Chayal:
Hellow.......

:D
[Galaxy Ace S5830 General] sachinzone:
Any Update on custom rom ? .. @prussell
[Galaxy Ace S5830 General] ingbrzy:
If I install this base version, next updates for this custom ROM will be available thru OTA or I will have to flash again..?
[Galaxy Ace S5830 General] mastrone:
It looks like we have executives pushing developers to have a release. Come on! Why such pressure? It's not a matter of repairing a nuclear reactor, let him work in peace or we'll have the opposite effect! Make it yourself if you're so in hurry!
[Galaxy Ace S5830 General] ijustzeke:
2.3 isn't available in my kies.

I'm from the Philippines.

Russel - Thanks!
[Galaxy Ace S5830 General] ushama:
I agree with that ... no need for us to such in a hurry , it's already big news for us he's working our galaxy ace rom :D
[Galaxy Ace S5830 General] dbx232629:
I just want to ask.

1. Is it ok to flash the firmware with different firmware region? ex. dx to xx

Im planning to flash my asian region firmware to european firmware.

2. Down grading the firmware to lower version wont kill the phone?

Ive done this in laptop. Now its dead.

3.
[Galaxy Ace S5830 General] speedy051:
I installed KIES and it says that newest version is KB1. But in "Firmware upgrade settings" there is no phone listed under "Auto download firmware for:"....

Im from Croatia, should I just wait or it is problem with KIES?
[Galaxy Ace S5830 General] shailo:
just wait a while.
[Galaxy Ace S5830 General] Chayal:
Niceeeee......

Can't wait.......

Tq mate....
[Galaxy Ace S5830 General] thunderror:
I have the same question! Is it okay to flash the firmware with a different region?

Read someplace that it is not advisable.
[Galaxy Ace S5830 General] Chayal:
^

^

Yup

It's okay

My phone asian region

But I flash my ace with eropean region
[Galaxy Ace S5830 General] Astral07:
guys, why don't we have a separate forum for this device?? i'm just wondering, over 140 pages here, it seems it's time to get a forum, who can i PM about this?
[Galaxy Ace S5830 General] mode90x:
Im looking forward to this new custom ROM, thanks for developing nprussell
[Galaxy Ace S5830 General] munky79:
I have a issue. After flashing Gingerbread and rooting, it all worked fine until I rebooted now I get a stupid Flashing screen, Cant get into recovery or boot up but can get into Download mode/Ram dump/Emergency Dload screens. I am confused now can some one help.
[Galaxy Ace S5830 General] ingbrzy:
@munky79

What firmware did you flash..? S5830XXKPE...? just flash again...
[Galaxy Ace S5830 General] guddu2011:
can this application help us in cooking custom roms for ace?
[Galaxy Ace S5830 General] nprussell:
Okay - I haven't got all that much done since my last update, due to some bad luck and a lack of time.

I have decided to release it this morning (I'm currently in the US, working), and over the course of the next 7 days, expect to see updates for some of the features I said I'd be working on, along with (hopefully) CWM and a custom kernel which will add all the features your phones are lacking!

So, in summary, a beta version, which doesn't differ HUGELY from stock, will be released today - definitely.
[Galaxy Ace S5830 General] SjPedro22:
Great news mate! looking forward to it
[Galaxy Ace S5830 General] superples:
great news!
[Galaxy Ace S5830 General] jnrphil:
checking in every hour :)
[Galaxy Ace S5830 General] daron19:
Guys in a couple of days we will have our own section but it will be in the legacy devices
[Galaxy Ace S5830 General] ingbrzy:
Why legacy devices..??? SGA is just 5 month on the market...
[Galaxy Ace S5830 General] sahilkhurana:
SGA is younger than Galaxy S. Y shud it b in legacy section ??
[Galaxy Ace S5830 General] jnrphil:
where did u get this info??
[Galaxy Ace S5830 General] princenoob:
5 months? I think its just 3 months?
[Galaxy Ace S5830 General] Ztrindberg:
About this that "nprussell " is doing.

Is it as changing firmware? Same as updateing via Kies? Sorry for a so simple question but I am very very new....
[Galaxy Ace S5830 General] mastrone:
More or less like that. You'll replace your current firmware but thru ODIN instead of KIES. Backup your data before doing that!
[Galaxy Ace S5830 General] Ztrindberg:
Thank you so much
[Galaxy Ace S5830 General] daron19:
Go to the thread in which we requested the section and see for yourself
[Galaxy Ace S5830 General] sahilkhurana:
I sent a PM to the admin who replied on that thread to re-consider putting SGA in legacy devices section. lets see if he replies back.
[Galaxy Ace S5830 General] princenoob:
Guys we deserve a section but we dont deserve to be on legacy devices section!. Our device is just 3months old!!!!

Their making fun of us!!!! They even said that they hope that we will not mind if its on legacy section!!!!
[Galaxy Ace S5830 General] vlc_marcos:
but why, what is the problem??? is because of the siza ahahahah, say to them that size doesnt matter ahahah
[Galaxy Ace S5830 General] sahilkhurana:
Here is the reply that I got from Svetius ( user experience admin) who had replied to that thread.

"The only way I can get the mods to approve this device is if we put it on Legacy. It'll still be easily accessible with the device finder in the upper right corner, or, you can bookmark it certainly. "

I guess something is better than nothing.
[Galaxy Ace S5830 General] omerhadad:
LEGACY

what is legacy device section?
[Galaxy Ace S5830 General] shailo:
for older phones
[Galaxy Ace S5830 General] harrythescorpion:
Mee too!
[Galaxy Ace S5830 General] shailo:
useless message
[Galaxy Ace S5830 General] guddu2011:
useless message

:cool:
[Galaxy Ace S5830 General] digkong:
useless message:cool::cool:
[Galaxy Ace S5830 General] vlc_marcos:
useless message
[Galaxy Ace S5830 General] SuperMini:
Stop spamming.
[Galaxy Ace S5830 General] digkong:
dude when u dnt have any ROM or kernel what u think we will do other than spam...:p:p
[Galaxy Ace S5830 General] guddu2011:
useless message :D:D

lolzz...
[Galaxy Ace S5830 General] imranaryan:
When r u going to get our First Custom ROM
[Galaxy Ace S5830 General] kyrillos13:
@nprussell, you can also add fugutweaks,
[Galaxy Ace S5830 General] imranaryan:
Hi friends i created a Thread For Samsung Galaxy ACE Questions & Answers / FAQ here so that we can discuss and help each other and make it easy to search for our ACE user

i would request to put this link on very 1st page of this post
[Galaxy Ace S5830 General] nprussell:
I really cannot believe some members of this forum at times. I didn't expect to be spammed with over ten utterly pointless questions and comments, such as the latest sent only a few minutes ago:

"i just wanted to know by what time u will be releasing ROM for SGA....????:confused::confused::confused:"

Why send me that? Seriously?

I'm sorry I singled you out (and I won't name you), as you're one of many people to have spammed me today. I said this morning that I would release the ROM today, and I also said (last night I think) that I was working in the US. East Coast USA to be precise, and it's 3:30pm now. I'm currently working.

The ROM is uploaded, and I will post the link and type up release notes at my next convenience! Also remember what I said. It is a base right now - and only a base. The work on CWM and the kernel should begin tomorrow or Monday.

On a much calmer note - I look forward to developing this ROM into something unique over the next few weeks, but I really don't want it to cause me hassle, grief and spam.
[Galaxy Ace S5830 General] aryan_rulz_1983:
Guys why cant we move to samdroid.net ppl there will be more den happy to give us a new section for our beloved ace at xda here they are making fun of us
[Galaxy Ace S5830 General] nprussell:
If it's of any help, I will be creating an Ace forum over at VillainROM.co.uk.

It's a very active site.
[Galaxy Ace S5830 General] sahilkhurana:
Nathan, Thanks a lot for the work. No hurries. Take your time in posting the details. :)

Guys, Lets not bug/force/spam devs here. They are putting in their best efforts and we have to support them. I request everyone to have some patience and avoid asking about timelines.
[Galaxy Ace S5830 General] sahilkhurana:
I think that will be great. Request you to please do that !!
[Galaxy Ace S5830 General] sahilkhurana:
We already have a section there although not as elegant as the one for Spica.

The devs have to be active on that site to really make an impact i guess
[Galaxy Ace S5830 General] aryan_rulz_1983:
Well in tht case i m sure nprussel can make a difference
[Galaxy Ace S5830 General] SuperMini:
VillainROM for galaxy Ace has been released at VillianRom website, check it out.

http://www.villainrom.co.uk/forum/c...for-the-Samsung-Galaxy-Ace-(2.3.3-lightweight)
[Galaxy Ace S5830 General] nprussell:
You beat me to it ;)

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1087522
[Galaxy Ace S5830 General] SuperMini:
I was checking out VillianROM website and noticed the post ^_^, nice work i will try the rom soon, Thanks for your work.
[Galaxy Ace S5830 General] kasmi3:
Thank you for this post
[Galaxy Ace S5830 General] kirti_singh:
Thanks russel ;)
[Galaxy Ace S5830 General] vertcam9:
Villainrom release for SGA

Downloading it now.....

Any early reviews guys?
[Galaxy Ace S5830 General] Robertreda97:
When u try it, let us know if it's better dan the original one coz i wanna download it but im not sure...
[Galaxy Ace S5830 General] endemania:
why you don't try by yourself? it's so simple guys if you are not sure,so don't download it..:)
[Galaxy Ace S5830 General] uman01:
hello guys i want to share how to change your bootanimation zip to custom animation,

im currently still using froyo, so if you use custom rom the steps might be different,

but should work for GBKPE too,

i download the bootanimation files from this thread

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=905538

here's the steps :

things u need :

-ROOTED ACE

-ROOT Explorer installed or similiar app

-rename the animation you download to "bootanimation.zip"

-paste the bootanimation.zip you downloaded into your sdcard,anywhere is fine

-use root explorer open the system/bin

-look for the "samsungloop" file, move it to your sdcard first, just in case, you can either move it or copy it again to another place, (in my case, i copy it into system/ and another to my sdcard)

-go to system/bin ,look for "bootanimation", and rename it to "samsungloop", if you use ROOT explorer, don't forget to change the previlege first, change R/W permission first to R/O,,,(the bootanimation is not the file where you rename your animation you downloaded to be bootanimation.zip)

-put the "bootanimation.zip" (the file you downloaded and rename it's names) to

system/media

-in system/media, there are 2 files if i'm not mistaken, bot of the files are with the extension .qmq, just rename it with root explorer to .qm extension file

-reboot your galaxy ACE

-done :)

if you follow my steps well, you should see your animation after reboot, if it's just a blank screen, then you do some mistakes in the steps,

feel free to ask if you still don't understand , sory for my bad english though
[Galaxy Ace S5830 General] taiphvql:
@nprussell: error with launcher when i clear RAM .It's back to app before
[Galaxy Ace S5830 General] guddu2011:
where is cooper.ops?
[Galaxy Ace S5830 General] Robertreda97:
Yeah, I can't find it too!!!
[Galaxy Ace S5830 General] taiphvql:
Cooper

http://www.mediafire.com/?3c45v43svq220ak
[Galaxy Ace S5830 General] guddu2011:
not working for me
[Galaxy Ace S5830 General] jnrphil:
it worked thanks :)
[Galaxy Ace S5830 General] Bluffyone:
Nathan is the only developer working for ace and since he has already opened a ace section, i think its better we all start using nathan's site for ace instead of having a legacy section here.
[Galaxy Ace S5830 General] uman01:
did you follow the steps accordingly?

if you got blank screen without logo when you boot, the it's mean you did some mistakes, remember that "bootanimation.zip" and "bootanimation" are different files, bootanimation is located in system/bin, and bootanimation.zip is the animation boot you download and rename,

and this tutorial only tested on froyo and GB KPE official from samsung, i didn't test it with the new custom rom from villain,
[Galaxy Ace S5830 General] guddu2011:
i tried it with the custom rom
[Galaxy Ace S5830 General] uman01:
well i didn't test it with villain custom rom,

the steps might be different though,

im still downloading the custom rom, i'll post another tutorial if i able to change the bootanimation,

but why don't ask nprussel how to change the bootanimation?:D
[Galaxy Ace S5830 General] guddu2011:
nprussel

please help us in changing bootanimation for our ace
[Galaxy Ace S5830 General] abhinav0309:
After updating my phone with custom rom the GPS software is missing... How would I use GPS then ??
[Galaxy Ace S5830 General] Robertreda97:
My phone's firmware is S5830JXKA3 and it's rooted.

I tried to install the custom rom several times but it stays for over 30 minutes and no changes happen since I pressed "Start",so what's the problem?
[Galaxy Ace S5830 General] ingbrzy:
WE HAVE OUR SGA XDA SECTION IN LEGACY DEVICES

http://xdaforums.com/forumdisplay.php?f=1164
[Galaxy Ace S5830 General] villemann:
Yay! Finally :D
[Galaxy Ace S5830 General] harrythescorpion:
Great news. Atlast we have our own dedicated section. But still, little disappointed. Due to legacy thing
[Galaxy Ace S5830 General] KoGi77GR:
No reason for disappointment... we just wanted a section to have everything gathered.

The forum and its admins will have the real problem with all the community laughing at them for putting Galaxy Ace in the Legacy Devices. They will be mocked, not us ;)
[Galaxy Ace S5830 General] fcinterbgd:
Here some screenshots (dont like GB Launcher, this is ADW EX Launcher)...
[Galaxy Ace S5830 General] nish7x:
Haha, true. Man.. Do they have like no idea about the Ace at all? On what basis is it being called a Legacy.. Just 3 months since launch. And talk about lower phones like Galaxy 3 and Wildfire getting their own forums on the main. Unfair. Though good at least we got something.
[Galaxy Ace S5830 General] princenoob:
Better than nothing.

But how they can consider our device to be on legacy section? I think they can just swap our section to galaxy 3 section since galaxy 3 is older.

And we are #2 gsmarena.com on daily interest!!!!!

@mods would it be possible to swap our section to galaxy 3 sec? Lol
[Galaxy Ace S5830 General] manju991:
I thought galaxy ace was one of the most popular devices in the market... just doesn't make sense in putting it under legacy devices... xda wake up!!!:mad:
[Galaxy Ace S5830 General] lonkay:
Second day since i use villain custom rom. Its been a great change.

- love the launcher

- love the 3d galery

- unneeded apps has gone

- is the animation new? Like it much

- i cant change battery icon. I lost notification area if i do that

- fc for some apps

- virtual memory wont work

- hd game not working (asphalt5. Gangstar) modded for x8 and ace

Looking forward..

Joining at villainrom ace section
[Galaxy Ace S5830 General] hero2003:
HD games work for me , re flash ur SGA
[Galaxy Ace S5830 General] fcinterbgd:
I would like to make sound bit louder...in handset and speaker, headset is fine. Anyone with right values for service mode?
[Galaxy Ace S5830 General] lonkay:
Ill try it.. Thanks mate..
[Galaxy Ace S5830 General] drshafi:
Worked for me...Thanks dude
[Galaxy Ace S5830 General] Damirr:
2.3.3

Hello everyone,

I have one question, whether there is a need to change my gingerbread 2.3.3, which I threw over Odin when he came through the official version in KIES.

What are the main differences between the two.

Thank you very much.:rolleyes:
[Galaxy Ace S5830 General] johnsonxray:
anyone any idea when the official GB is releasing? =(
[Galaxy Ace S5830 General] Bluffyone:
its already released in some parts of europe and will start rolling in other parts...just keep checking
[Galaxy Ace S5830 General] johnsonxray:
oh you mean KPE? that was just a beta release isnt it?
[Galaxy Ace S5830 General] villemann:
I hope so, cause it's buggy as hell ;P
[Galaxy Ace S5830 General] viktorlj:
I use KPE more than a week, and I didn't notice any bug. With 2.2 there was SOD's, but with KPE everything is OK.
[Galaxy Ace S5830 General] rufik:
- turning screen on is delayed

- cannot mute calling phone by Volume Down key
[Galaxy Ace S5830 General] viktorlj:
Yes, screen unlock is delayed, but that is normal (power save)

When you want to mute ringer, you need to press power button instead volume.
[Galaxy Ace S5830 General] 2ma:
unlock

Found a way to SIM unlock the galaxy ace,tested and working!

http://forum.frandroid.com/topic/47914-tuto-desimlocker/

it's french, I translated it with google translate,and figured it out, wasn't hard at all!

Use at your own risk, read the manual carefully! If you manage to brick your phone, i'm not responsible for it!
[Galaxy Ace S5830 General] God_Lx:
Guys I can get fine into Download mode and Flash with Odin but after that I get a Bootloop after the Samsung logo appears.

Any diferent ideas from flashing diferent firmwares ? Already tried Latest Froyo and Gingerbread and even VillainROM.
[Galaxy Ace S5830 General] Bluffyone:
does this bootloop happen right after you flashed with Villain rom or its happening with froyo and gingerbread too.

Coz it happened with me on Villain rom and it got solved after i reflashed it.

It takes a bit more time to boot after flashing the rom and the samsung logo keeps glowing for like 2-3 mins but it eventually loads and you wont face this problem later on.
[Galaxy Ace S5830 General] God_Lx:
It was already happening after froyo/ginger so I decided to try Villain, it doesn't get to that glowing logo only the samsung letters, it also starts turning the screen on and off if i plug it into the pc
[Galaxy Ace S5830 General] Bluffyone:
Try booting via safe mode

its can be activated by holding home key+power key
[Galaxy Ace S5830 General] sahilkhurana:
Might be a hardware issue as well. The same thing happened to me on Samsung Galaxy Spica and I tried flashing different ROMs but none could go past the boot logo. The board had to be replaced eventually !
[Galaxy Ace S5830 General] villemann:
Hey guys,

Wondering if there is any way, like log or smt, to check why my phone crashes?

After the night I take it off charger, and put it in my pocket. After 15 minutes when I get to work the phone is off, and I have to take the battery off to turn it on.

Anyone having the same problem?

Phone is running on rooted KPE.
[Galaxy Ace S5830 General] psycut:
I am sorry to tell you, but I had exactly the same issue on the third day of using Galaxy Ace, when I tried to flash. All was the same: bootloop, when plugged for charging the screen goes repeatedly on/off.

The reason was hardware. Charging chip went broken. I had to bring the phone to the samsung service center and have them repair it (it was done free as it is on warranty).

Just don't tell them you flashed anything. Just say that the phone went off and you were never able to turn it on again. Mine is fixed and working perfectly for a month now.
[Galaxy Ace S5830 General] dralag:
Read them all

At last. I'm waiting for my SGA, and in the meantime I tried to know how to root it flash it and so on.

So I've read this whole thread, that's 1549 posts. And an awful lot of them had questions answered before and/or in the first post.

Now we got a section (in legacy, but a section it is). I hope people start reading, they have no excuse.

I'm anxious to get the Galaxy Ace in my hands and start playing with it.

I want to thank all the people who start testing fw and mods right away, they make the things easier for the rest of us.
[Galaxy Ace S5830 General] ushama:
i really agree with u dude :D
[Galaxy Ace S5830 General] rufik:
It isn't normal (in 2.3.3 KPE) because of:

delay is about 2 sec (too long)

delay in KC1 (2.1.1) is below 1 sec, just it should be
[Galaxy Ace S5830 General] viktorlj:
You can't compare 2.2 and 2.3. Mayor difference between them is btw power saving features. For me 1.5 sec delay for unlock is no major problem. It's stable and fast.
[Galaxy Ace S5830 General] mundixx:
perhaps you meant froyo 2.2.1.. does this have powersave features?
[Galaxy Ace S5830 General] ushama:
Yeah,i use KPE+rooted+deodex ... it's stable and faster than froyo for me