There has been talk of Samsung working on an Android build of Jelly Bean for the Samsung Galaxy Ace 2 (I8160) for quite some time. A couple of leaked versions of the build have been available since the end of February and during March, but these contained various bugs as you might expect. On April 2nd, an official release was available on and available for install using KIES or OTA, but only for Portuguese customers on the TMN network. This was curious as this network didn't actually sell the phone. It could be a way of getting the early adopters to test this version before the big operators like Telefonica and Vodafone build and release a version themselves. There are many online guides on how to manually download the firmware and apply it to your device, but if you make the direct jump from Gingerbread (2.3) to Jelly Bean (4.1.2) you will likely have RAM issues.
A pre-release firmware for Galaxy Ace 2 was leaked today by Sammobile guys! The package contains Android 4.1.2 (Jelly Bean) with the flavor of Light version of Nature UX by Samsung, which differs from Original one spotted in higher end Galaxy devices. Seperti yang sudah kita ketahui sebelumnya, bahwa Device SAMSUNG Galaxy Ace 2 akan mendapatkan Update OS Firmware Android 4.1.2 atau yang lebih dikenal dengan Android JellyBean.
The gingerbread versions only allocated around 500MB for RAM whereas Jelly Bean needs more than this. The fix for this is the install one of the leaked versions first which include a PIT file. This will effectively repartition the RAM allocation and provide the Jelly Bean OS with 624MB. This amount of RAM is sufficient for Jelly Bean to run comfortably. I will not bother reinventing the wheel, so to upgrade to Jelly Bean you will complete the following guides in order (I will take NO responsibility for any bricked phones etc.
If you are unfamiliar with this process read forum sites like before going ahead with this procedure.) To install the leaked version of Jelly Bean for Samsung Galaxy Ace 2 follow this guide Once this has complete, follow this guide to install the official version of Jelly Bean Once this is complete you should have a Jelly Bean (official TMN) Samsung Galaxy Ace 2 with 624MB RAM. You will notice the many applications which are not required and TMN branding. Most of these are easy to remove with the exception of the boot screen animation which is a little more tricky but not impossible to remove. UPDATE I originally forgot to mention getting Root access after applying this firmware. There are a number of method of doings this, but I followed guide below which seemed to be the simplest method and didn't require CWM. Other links Firmware guide for Samsung Devices Sammobile Location for downloading any Samsung firmware Edit custom boot animations. Anonymous If you are reporting on the subject?
Than please do your homework before you destroy your readers phones. One more thing. ' IB TIMES ' is the worst source of information you can find.
And they are responsible for many bricked phones. All thanks to stealing information and miss reporting it.
The link below is from the original and full proof instructions first released on xda than Android forums. It is the safest method to perform the update: Credits to Smokey. Hello Samual, im from England I have just upgraded today 20th July: from android 2.3.6 to Android 4.1.2 I8160XXMF2 OTA BUGS I HAVE NOTICED: - When i try to open an image my phone says 'Not enough memory (96mb free)' - When I connect phone to PC via usb, the PC shows that there is 0MB on the phone memory??
But the phone is saying it has 500mb + 96mb free in each 1gb partition. My SD CARD has plenty free memory - Youtube app stutters while playing video and then makes my phone crash. My RAM manager says i have 624mb TOTAL ram. There is no SWYPE - Google music app, some times the song name and art work randomly disapears when playing music, so i just see blank song and no art work. First it works ok tho, could be ram problem?? And final comment: Im never buying a Mid range samsung device again, they ALWAYS FUCK IT UP and lleave the customer to fend for them selves.
First I had Samsung Wave, bada firmware. That was a COMPLETE FAIL. Bugs etc and Now the galaxy Ace 2 - more BUGS and hours of searching how to fix it I guess we get what we pay for. I JUST WAANT A PHONE THAT WORKS p.S can you help?
N 4851 37. 6%q. 13 May 2013 Just flashing it again the new Rom with PC and Odin without Kies, you can change whatever vers. First upgrade to Jelly Bean 4.1 XXMB2 Android 4.1.2 XXBM4, then official XXMC8. All can't be recognized by Samsung Kies.
Then downgrade to Gingerbread firmware Gingerbread I8160XXLK6 (it's Russia), it can be recognized by Samsung Kies. Follow this tutorial: Because this Russia Gingerbread has some Rusia app and doesn't has Indonesia language.
I flash it again to Gingerbread Indonesia (Gingerbread Indonesia firmwares don't have CSC files). I had donwloaded some Gingerbread Indonesia firmwares (XSE) in www.samsung-updates.com, all didn't have CSC files. When try to connect it Samsung Kies (just curious), it said that its firmware didn't support Kies.
Note: I download Samsung Kies at www.samsung.com/id. Rating 0.