Finally the time has come for the users of Samsung Galaxy ACE S5830 smartphone users to taste their devices with the latest Cyanogen Mod 9 firmware which is still in the beta stage, after going through rigorous alpha stages the time has now come to test it in your devices. Please note that this is not an official update released by Samsung Electronics and also there is no ETA on by when there will be an update of ICS for Galaxy ACE Officially which looks very impossible at least officially from Samsung as even for the latest Samsung Ace Duos the company declined to comment on ICS release.
Keeping things simple for you as always, we have listed on what to follow, what are the things / improvements this phone comes with along with a detailed instructional procedure explaining you on how to apply this firmware update to your device along with the things which work in this firmware. We really are thankful to all the developers / contributors who has helped in making this custom ROM firmware possible who are Macław, bagnz0r, tom3q, marcin1147, djsky2011, squadzone, lagloose and phiexz.
Disclaimer: Neither we, nor developer should be held responsible for any damage happened to your device in the process of following the instructions mentioned in this article. It’s very unlikely that there will be any issues but just in case if at all there are any issues then we are committed to help you in solving the same.
Things which Work in this Firmware:
Working:
- Boot
- GSM (phone/messages/GPRS/EDGE/3G)
- Wifi
- Bluetooth
- HW acceleration (full)
- Sound
- Headphones
- GPS
- All sensors (proximity, roration etc)
- CyanogenMod settings (not all, it’s not fully merged by CyanogenMod team, not my fault)
- Market (now you can download all apps available for Gio with GB)
- Fixed animations (now it looks so good)
- Facebook sync
- Buttons backlight
- GMail fully works
- Browser fully works
- ICS keyboard
- Games – works as smoothly as on Gingerbread
- YouTube
Features / Enhancements:
- User experience is much more fluidic and improved,
- Battery performance has been improved marginally,
- Flickering issues are considerably reduced and will be addressed soon,
- Library audio files are updated,
- Device sources are rebuilt,
- CM9 Boot animation works perfectly,
- All core and important apps now works seamlessly without any force close errors,
- CM9 Music Player has been added,
- Phone.apk issue has been fixed,
- Force close error in most of the apps are fixed,
- Working browser with full GPU acceleration and saving pages functionality
Let’s head to the next page where we have summed up the list of pre requisites you need to follow and then followed by which we will be checking out on how to apply this update in your Galaxy ACE S5830.
