Samsung Galaxy ACE 2 I8160 Android smartphone users can now make their device look like the UI of Samsung Galaxy S4 with an all new custom ROM firmware. All thanks to the Cyanogen mod team who is really hardworking from few months for porting amazing and visually good looking firmwares in Galaxy ACE 2 Android smartphone. So, let’s check out on what are the instructions with which you can apply this firmware update after the list of quick pre requisites. Unfortunately, there are no news on by when there will be an official Jellybean 4.2 / 4.3 will be coming for Galaxy ACE 2.
Quick Pre Requisites:
- All the data in your Galaxy ACE 2 smartphone should be backed up with the help of below mentioned steps manually. Make sure that you are not backing up the data with the help of KIES as it may or may not detect the device after applying this custom ROM firmware.
SMS – Use “SMS Backup & Restore app”,
Contacts – Sync with the Gmail application,
Call Log – Call Log and Restore
Images, Songs, Videos, Files – Copy to internal / External SD Card,
APN and MMS Settings – Note down from the path “Applications > Settings > Wireless and Network > Mobile Networks > Access Point Names”
- Enable the USB Debugging Mode in your phone from the path “Settings > Applications > Development > USB debugging”. Also, the minimum battery life should be a minimum of 40% or else there is a risk of device getting turned Off in the middle of firmware update.
- Since this is the Custom ROM Firmware, make sure that your phone is rooted and installed with the Custom Recovery image via ROM Manager app. To check on whether your phone is rooted or not, download the “Root Checker” app from Google PLAY Store.
Disclaimer: We should not be held responsible or liable in any manner for any damage caused to the device which is very unlikely if you follow the instructions carefully mentioned in this article.
So let’s head over to the next step where we have mentioned the detailed guide which will help you update the device.
Procedure to Update Galaxy ACE 2 Android phone with Jellybean 4.1.2:
- Download the Galaxy S4 Looking Custom ROM Firmware and Google Apps Package from here to your computer. Once downloaded, connect your phone to the computer with the help of original USB Cable and place the two zip files in your phone.
- Turn off your device so that it can be entered in the Recovery Mode. Manually Galaxy ACE 2 can be entered in the recovery mode by pressing Volume Up Key, Center button, and holding both simultaneously press the Power Button after which you will get to see a green robot indicating that the device has entered in the recovery mode.
- Now, in recovery mode select the option of “clear cache” and then select “wipe data” so that the device is wiped off with all the data for clean installation.
- Once done with clearing the cache and wiping the data, select the option of “install zip from sd card” to select the Galaxy S4 Looking Custom ROM Zip Package and the Google Apps Package for installing the same.
- Please note that it will take around 4 -5 minutes for installing the update. Once the update is applied successfully, head over to the path “Settings > About Phone” to check the current firmware version.
Note: Just in a rare case if the device doesn’t boot up or show the home screen then remove the battery and reinsert the same to boot the device again in the normal mode.
Do let us know in the comments section just in case if you face any issues in the process of firmware updation.
