Installation guide for Android 2.3.4 Gingerbread Official update For Samsung Galaxy Ace

You guys might have been waiting long for official android 2.3.4 Gingerbread update for Samsung galaxy ace s5830. Your wait is over here. It has been launched guys! Get happy now. It worths as it comes with very stability and bug fixes.

Peoples who are using previous gingerbread releases were reporting about wi-fi and internet problem, this firmware comes with the solution and believe me guys, it has much better internet and wi-fi support. We have tested this firmware and its absolutely working fine.

So, you can update you phone following these easy steps.
(I) Prepare your phone for upgrading
(II) Download Required Files

1. Download needed drivers for your pc from here and install them
2. Download Odin Multi Downloader v4.38 from  here
3. Download Android 2.3.4 update  file from here
   Password : samfirmware.com
4. Download Cooper_v1.0.ops file from here
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   (III) Instruction on How to Update Samsung Galaxy Ace to Android 2.3.4 Gingerbread
   —(a)  Set Odin on PC
   1.    Extract the S5830DDKQ5.rar file  and save it on safe place , you will get a .tar file don’t extract it further leave as it is
   2.    Install drivers on pc
   3.    Run Odin Multi Downloader v4.38.exe [Run it as administrator , right click on it and run it as administrator , if you are using windows 7]
   4.    Tick the check boxes ‘One Package’ , ‘Auto Reboot’ & ‘Protect OPS’ [see image below]
   5.    Now click on OPS and select Cooper-v1.0.ops file
   6.    After it click on One Package and select S5830DDKQ5_S5830ODDKQ5_S5830DDKQ5_HOME file
   —(b) Starting update
   1.    Boot your phone in download mode by pressing Middle Key + Volume Down Key + power on key
   2.    Now connect your phone to pc with the help of usb cable
   When you connect your phone to pc , you will see in Odin first box from left will turn yellow, and in message box it shows ADDED. this mean your phone is connected successfully
   Now you can hit START  button and it will start upgrading process
   let the phone reboots itself and then you can disconnect, congratulations you have installed latest android 2.3.4 Gingerbread firmware successfully.
   (IV) Clearing cache data
   During flashing process , some cache data is stored on your phone, so we have to clear it -
   1.    Switch off your phone
   2.    Boot your phone in recovery mode by Pressing Middle key +  power on key
   3.    In recovery menu Use volume up/down keys to go through options and press middle key to select
   4.    select Wipe Cache partition and then Wipe data/factory reset
   5.    Now select reboot system now , and it will reboot your phone in normal mode

HTC Desire Android 2.3 update – installation guide and gallery

We’re going to do it. We’re going to sit here for the next couple of hours and update our HTC Desire with the new 2.3 update that’s just been released by HTC today. Here’s what happens. The update may contain swearing as we’re not particularly technical when it comes to things like this.

Here’s what you need:

• HTC’s Desire 2.3 bundle from the HTC Dev site
• HTC Sync for the Desire
• A PC, USB cable and some precious time

Also, just so you know, our HTC Desire is a standard O2 branded model complete with O2 boot screen and the original, untouched, official 2.2 release. Oh yes, we like to keep things official.

To explain the process for anyone unsure what to do – this update comes as an executable PC file, which updates your HTC Desire over a USB connection. You download the stuff, open it on a PC, then run the “RUU_HTC Desire Android 2.3 Upgrade (Gingerbread).exe” file while your Desire is connected via USB.

AGGGHHHHH. So be prepared for this to take quite a long time. You need HTC Sync installed on your PC as well as HTC’s RUU file, which is another huge 150MB+ download, plus your HTC Desire needs to have at least 30% of battery power to initiate the update process.

Meet the criteria, though, and it’s an easy task. The updater tool walks you through the steps and it’s entirely automated. Just try not to panic.

 

And this is it. Version 3.14.405.1 according to the updater. As mentioned by HTC, the big omission here is the Facebook app, which you now have to install yourself if you have nothing better to do with your phone’s memory.

 

The O2 branding has been removed as well, leaving us with a generic HTC Desire that features the HTC boot screen. HTC’s Peep Twitter client is still on here, as it HTC’s App Sharing tool, plus Footprints and its Friend Stream social aggregator.

 

Fast boot! That’s a new thing. Gmail, YouTube and the Maps suite remain, although HTC’s Flashlight app has been removed – but the APK is supplied in the update file if you want to install it yourself.

 

Given the absence of a detailed changelog from HTC, we’re not entirely sure what else has been chopped. Flash Player support is still in, which is good news – although the 10.3 update that’s on the Android Market will need to be installed if you want the latest version, which will significantly eat into your available memory.

 

There are no newer HTC Sense features. The Notifications panel is unchanged, as is the boring old HTC Sense lock screen. Those hoping for any of the jazzy newer Sense tools or apps will be disappointed.

Phone performance is as solid as ever. We never had any issues with the HTC Desire on 2.2 and it seems as fast and robust as ever. But bear in mind we’re literally tearing through it as fast as possible and have only had it for about an hour…

 

We’re showing 117MB of app storage space available, that’s with only Quadrant installed to take the above benchmark and iPlayer to see if Flash content works. Any questions?

How To Install / Flash Firmware on Samsung Galaxy Ace S5830

This Tutorial is about flashing firmware on your Samsung Galaxy Ace S5830. I posted a step by and easy tutorials , please read complete guide once and then apply , if you skip any step then you will have bricked phone.

Disclaimer: Please remember that flashing your mobile phone is fully on your own risk. If the process is interrupted (power failure, disconnected cable, software failure (e.g. with KIES) ) your phone might be very difficult to revive. . Follow this Guide on your risk and if your device gets damaged or bricked during the process, AndroidFlip.com is not responsible

 

(I) Know about everything

There are some things that you may know before flashing firmware on your phone , little bit huge so we separated it here – FAQ about firmware flashing on Samsung androids

(II) Preparing Your phone

1. Go to settings>>applications>>development and enable usb debugging
2. Follow this guide – Preparing your Android phone before upgrading / installing firmware

If you have rooted phone or using any custom ROM Then you will have to clear cache and wipe data which can done by booting your phone in recovery mode and select Wipe data/factory reset and also select wipe cache partition

(III) Download required things

1. Download ODIN v4.38  – it is a tool that is used to flash firmware on your phone
2. Drivers – Download and install drivers that are required to detect your phone by pc
3. Download Firmware for your phone
4. Download  .OPS File
5. An Archive (.zip / .rar) file extractor, usually all pc owners have this tool . In case you don’t have any use 7zip archive extractor

(IV) Instructions to Install Firmware on Galaxy Ace S5830

1. First extract SAMSUNG_USB.rar and install drivers on pc
2. Extract Firmware files on safe place, you will get some .tar files , please don’t extract .tar files
3. Run S5570_Odin Multi Downloader v4.38.exe by right click and select run as administrator 
   
   
4. Make sure you have Auto Reboot and Protect OPS checked
5. Click on OPS tab and select the Cooper_v1.0.ops file
   
   
6. Now its time to Select .tar files from firmware folder,  
   
   =>(A)  If you got three or more files then
   
   Click on BOOT tab and select file with  APBOOT in the name
   Click on PDA tab and Select .tar file with CODE / PDA in the name
   Click on PHONE tab and Select .tar file with MODEM in the name
   Click on CSC tab and Select .tar file csc / csc-multi in the name
   Leave EFS blank
   (See Image below carefully to understand which files to select)  
   
   
   =>(B)  If you got only single files , then 
   
   Tick One Package from options  and select single .tar file  in one package tab
   
   
7. Switch off your phone
8. Now boot it in download mode , to do that press & hold volume down and middle key and while holding both press power on key 
   
   
   
   if your phone is unable to boot in download mode don’t proceed to next step ,please try again until it boot in download mode
   
   
9. When entered in download mode connect your phone to pc with the help of usb cable
10. You will see ID:COM section turn yellow and in message boxes “ADDED” appears, that means your phone is ready to start flashing process 
    
    
11. Now Click on “START” Button 
    
    
12. Do not disconnect the cable or turn off the device, when flashing process will complete you will see a blue pass button , it will reboot when it finishes.
    
    

Congratulations you have successfully installed firmware on your Samsung Galaxy Ace S5830, Now last step left is

(V) Clearing Cache Data

1. boot your phone in recovery mode ,to do that  press and hold MIDDLE KEY + POWER ON
2. you will see your phone booted in recovery mode , in recovery mode touch screen will not work so use volume UP and Down navigate through options and MIDDLE KEY to confirm
3. choose “wipe cache partition” from menu
4. it will clear the cache data
5. now select reboot system now

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