Install MIUI 4 on Samsung Galaxy Ace S5830

The Samsung Galaxy Ace is one of Samsung’s popular mid-range and budget-friendly Android phones. Sporting mid-range specs and good performance, the phone lets you enjoy the Android experience without burning a hole in your pocket. The Samsung Galaxy Ace, however, only offers Android 2.2 Froyo, which is not as sweet as the latest Android 4.0 Ice Cream Sandwich.
XDA Developers member Rushabh25 has developed an alternative way to load up Android 4.0 ICS on your Galaxy Ace via the MIUI 4 ROM. The ROM is called MIUY4 and has a pretty long list of features, the most notable of which are the following:

• MIUI launcher and icons
• MIUI boot animation
• MIUI default wallpapers
• MIUI user interface
• MIUI apps such as Gallery, Music Player, and Camera
• MIUI clock widgets
• Enabled CRT Animation
• Lagfree v3 and Turboboost v8.5
• Speed and stability
• Android Market 3.4.4
• CF-Root
• Full deodex
• Screenshot capture

If you want to give the ROM a try, read our guide on how to install the MIUY4 ROM to your Galaxy Ace.

Requirements

Take note that you will be held responsible for whatever happens to your device. You will also be needing the following before you can proceed with installing the ROM:

• Grab the MIUY4 ROM (version 2) here (“MIUY4 v2.zip”, 89.59 MB).
• You will need to root your Samsung Galaxy Ace S5830 and flash ClockworkMod Recovery on your device. Check out our rooting guide for your device.
• Pump up your phone’s battery to at least 60% or more.
• To prevent losing your phone data, create a backup before flashing the ROM.
• Disable system tools that will interfere in the installation process (e.g., firewall programs, antivirus software, and Samsung KIES).

Instructions

1. Hook up your mobile phone to the PC.
2. Copy the MIUY4 ROM to your Samsung Galaxy Ace’s SD card.
3. Switch your device off and leave it untouched for about 10 seconds.
4. Press and hold the Home button (middle key) and Power button simultaneously to boot the phone into ClockworkMod Recovery.
5. Using the Volume keys, highlight “Wipe Data/Factory reset” and tap the Power button to select.
6. Select “Wipe Cache Partition” and confirm the action on the next screen.
7. From the main menu, go to “Advanced” and select “Wipe Dalvik Cache,” then confirm the action on the next screen.
8. Go back to the main menu and select “Install zip from sdcard.”
9. Select “choose zip from sdcard” and scroll down and locate the “MIUY4 v2.zip” file.
10. Confirm your action by selecting “Yes” to begin flashing the ROM to your mobile phone.
11. Reboot your phone.

Congratulations! You have successfully installed Android 4.0 Ice Cream Sandwich via the MIUY4 ROM on your Samsung Galaxy Ace. Tell us what you think of the newest Android experience on your mobile device.

Upgrade the Samsung Galaxy Ace GT-S5830 to Android 2.3.7 Gingerbread via CyanogenMod 7

The CyanogenMod team has revealed the official CyanogenMod 7 (CM7) ROM for the Samsung Galaxy Ace GT-S5830, bringing the customized and improved features of Android 2.3.7 Gingerbread to the said phone.
Although there are existing custom ROMs (e.g., CyanogenMod 9) based on Android 4.0 Ice Cream Sandwich for this phone, CM7 offers a more stable build on your mobile phone.
The rest of this post will guide you on how to install the official CM7 ROM on your Samsung Galaxy Ace GT-S5830. The ROM is a Release Candidate (RC) build which is more stable compared to earlier builds of CM7.  Though, expect a few bugs here and there.
If you want to experience a customized and enhanced Android 2.3.7 Gingerbread, follow our step-by-step guide and learn how to install CyanogenMod 7 on your Samsung Galaxy Ace.

Requirements

• A rooted Samsung Galaxy Ace running on stock Android 2.3.x Gingerbread and with ClockworkMod Recovery installed (ClockworkMod 5 recommended). See this rooting guide on how to root your Samsung Galaxy Ace GT-S5830 running on Android 2.3.5 Gingerbread DDKQ5 or DDKQ6.
• Backup your data before flashing the ROM.
• Charge the phone’s battery to 60% or more (full charge recommended).

Warnings

• This flashing guide is compatible with the Samsung Galaxy Ace GT-S5830. Using this guide on another device may cause damage.  Use this guide at your own risk.
• The CM 7 ROM is still being developed. You may experience some minor bugs.

Instructions

1. Download the RC build of CyanogenMod 7 ROM from here (update-cm-7.2.0-RC1-cooper-signed.zip, 88.16 MB).  Or, you can download the nightly build, if you like.  Save the file to your computer.
2. Download the GApps (Google Apps) package here (gapps-gb-20120116-237-signed.zip, 8.66 MB).  Save the file to your computer.
3. Hook up your Samsung Galaxy Ace to the computer using a USB cable.
4. Copy the CyanogenMod 7 ROM and GApps packages directly to the phone’s SD card. Do not place it under a subfolder.
5. Disconnect your phone from the computer.
6. Switch off your phone and wait for it to vibrate to make sure your phone is completely turned off.
7. Reboot your Samsung Galaxy Ace into ClockworkMod Recovery. You can do that by pressing the Home button (middle key) and Power key simultaneously until the phone boots.
8. Once in Recovery, select “Wipe data/factory reset” and confirm the action on the next screen.
9. Navigate to “Wipe Cache” and confirm the action to wipe all the data in the cache.
10. Go back to the main menu and select “Advanced.” From there, select “Wipe Dalvik Cache” and confirm the action on the next screen.
11. Go back to the main menu and select “install zip from sd card.”
12. Select “choose zip from sd card” and locate the CyanogenMod 7 ROM file. Confirm the action to begin flashing the ROM on your phone.
13. Once installation is complete, return to the main menu and reselect “install zip from sd card” and flash the GApps package.
14. Go back to the main menu and select “reboot system now” to restart your phone.

Congratulations! You have successfully flashed Android 2.3.7 Gingerbread via CyanogenMod 7 on your Samsung Galaxy Ace GT-S5830.

How to Root Your Samsung Galaxy Ace

If you own a Samsung Galaxy Ace S5830 running on Android 2.3.5 Gingerbread DDKQ5 or DDKQ6 version, you can now easily root your device. If you are unsure what version your phone is running, you can verify by heading to Settings > About Phone > Firmware Version, in which you can find valuable information on what type of firmware version your device has.

What is Rooting?

For those of you who are not familiar with rooting, it is like jailbreaking your phone to support neat new features normally not found on a smartphone. There are many benefits you can have once you gain root access on your device. For example, you can make your phone run faster, install custom ROMs, and install (sideload) applications from third-party sources.
Along with great functionalities and features rooting has to offer, it also has some downsides. Once you root your device, you are also (possibly) voiding its warranty. Although, there is usually the option of unrooting your device by updating it with a stock ROM. Overall, rooting can be a win-win situation.

Prerequisites

• Just in case your phone data, call log, text messages, and media files get erased in the process, you need to backup those files as a precautionary measure.
• In order for the rooting process to begin, it is highly suggested that you need to at least charge your phone to 60%.
• You also need to enable USB Debugging on your phone. This can be enabled by heading to Settings > Applications > Development > USB Debugging.
• Lastly, close all potentially conflicting applications on your computer such as antivirus software, Samsung Kies PC Suite, and firewall software as they tend to disrupt or block the rooting process. If you do have other unnecessary applications that cause your phone delays, you should uninstall them or remove them as well.

Once the necessary preparations have been done, you are now ready to proceed to the rooting instructions.

Rooting Instructions

1. Download the latest Galaxy ACE Rooting Package to your computer. Get the file here (about 925 KB).
2. Connect your phone to your computer via USB cable.
3. Copy the downloaded ZIP file to your phone’s SD card without renaming or modifying the file.
4. Reboot into recovery mode. Turn off your phone. Then, simultaneously press and hold the Volume Up + OK button, and press the Power button.
5. Your phone will boot to the recovery mode screen. From here, choose “Install zip from SD Card” and select “Choose Zip from SD”.
6. Using the Volume Up and Volume Down keys, locate the ZIP file that you just copied to your SD card (the one named “upd_1.zip”). Press the Power button to select it.
7. Wait for about 5 – 10 minutes for the rooting process to finish.
8. Once the rooting process is done, your phone will automatically reboot. If it fails to do so, head back to the main menu by selecting “++++ Go Back ++++” and select “Reboot System Now” to manually reboot your phone.

Congratulations! You have successfully rooted your Samsung Galaxy Ace. You can now enjoy the benefits of having a rooted device.

How To Root Galaxy Ace On Android 2.3.5 & 2.3.6

1. Copy "upd_ 1.zip" file on  your phone's SD card (don't extract it copy as itis)


2. Switch off your phone


3. Hold down Middle key
and press power on key


4. Now your phone will boot in recovery In recovery mode touch screen will not work so use volume UP/DOWN to toggle through options and middle key to confirm.


5. Now choose "update from SD card" option


6. Browse the file "upd_1 .zip" from memory card, press ok


7. Wait until the confirmation screen , confirm it


8. It will take few seconds to install,


9. Once done choose "reboot in normal mode" to restart the phone


Download the file from here
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