How to Upgrade, Root and Flash Samsung Galaxy Ace S5830

How to Upgrade, Root and Flash Samsung Galaxy Ace S5830 [DOWNLOAD LINKS | CWM5]

Hey guys,

in this tutorial I will show you how to upgrade and root your Samsung Galaxy Ace S5830. This method is the simplest way to do it.

Shall not be liable for any resulting damage to your phone! Everything you do at your own risk!

If you want to upgrade to newer version then Gingerbread I suggest you to make full procedure, not only flash recovery.

WARNING

If you don't understand what is root, ROM, phone, flash, CMD etc. watch this movie

You will need these files:

• Brain
• PC with Windows XP SP2 or later
• Samsung Galaxy Ace GT-S5830
• USB to Micro-USB cable
• .Net Framework 2.0 or later x86 and x64
• Android Software Development Kit (SDK)
• Samsung Kies or Samsung Android USB Drivers
• ODIN 4.38 + OPS
• SuperOneClick 2.3.3 (for 2.2> firmwares) or here or Universal Gingerbread Root / Unroot (for 2.3< firmwares)
• ClockworkMod Recovery 5.0.2.6 (Fixed!)
• New firmware (You must be registered on this page and remember to select appropriate region!)
• *Optional Custom ROM

Newest firmware: 

Release name: S5830DXKT7

Release date: November 2012

Country: Vietnam

CSC: S5830OLBKT3

Android Version: Gingerbread 2.3.6

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A. Preparing your PC:

1). Install .Net Framework 2.0

2). Install Android SDK

3). Download SDK Tools & Platform-tools in Android SDK

4). Right click on Computer and select Properties

5). Select Advanced System Settings then Advanced and Click the Environment Variables button.

6). Click on the variable called 'Path' and then click on Edit. Now add the target directory to the value of the variable, using a semi-colon as a separator.

7). Add system path to Android SDK and Android SDK Tools folders

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x86

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Code:

C:\Program Files\Android\android-sdk

C:\Program Files\Android\android-sdk\platform-tools

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x64

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Code:

C:\Program Files (x86)\Android\android-sdk

C:\Program Files (x86)\Android\android-sdk\platform-tools

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8). Now your PC is ready!

B. Preparing your phone (only for 2.2.x users! If you only want to root your phone, go to step D, if your phone don't have root skip this steps):

1. Install Samsung Kies
2. Turn on your phone
3. Enable Debugging at Apliccations>Programming
4. Connect your phone into PC via cable
5. Launch SuperOneClick
6. Click "Unroot"
7. Wait
8. When the process is complete turn off SOC and unplug your phone
9. Reboot to apply changes
10. Now you have unrooted phone!

C. Flashing the newest firmware:

1). Turn off your phone

2). Remove your SIM Card and SD Card

3). Extract previously downloaded firmware

4). Open ODIN 4.38 on your PC and change OPS file name to

Code:

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Cooper_v1.0.ops

• Select from extracted archive: OPS-OPS, Boot-APBOOT, Phone-MODEM, PDA-CODE, CSC-CSC (leave EFS and One Package empty)
• If archive contains only <filename>.tar.md5 select it as PDA and OPS as OPS, leave other fields EMPTY

5). Connect your phone via USB into PC

6). When the screen is turned on hold POWER+VOLUME DOWN+HOME and wait until the phone enters the Download Mode

7). If ODIN detected and recognized your phone should light up the first square to the left side

8). Press "Start" button and wait, the process should take ~5 minutes

9). If all goes well your phone should reboot automatically

10). Square should change the color to blue and display "PASS" it means that flashing process was successful and we have the newest firmware

11). Disconnect your phone

12). Turn off your phone

13). Insert your SIM Card and SD Card again

14). Turn on your phone

15). Now you have the newest firmware!

Da. Rooting for 2.2.1:

• Turn on your phone
• Enable Debugging at Apliccations>Programming
• Connect your phone into PC via cable
• Launch Super One Click 2.3.3
• Click "Root"
• Wait until the program will root your phone
• When the process is complete turn off SOC and unplug your phone
• Reboot
• Now you have root!

Db. Rooting for 2.3.x (NEW METHOD!):

• Download file called universal_gb_root_v25.zip and copy it to your sdcard
• Turn off your phone
• Press POWER+HOME BUTTON
• Select update from sdcard, select the file universal_gb_root_v25.zip
• After the update completed - reboot
• Now you have rooted S5830

OPTIONAL Unrooting for 2.3.x:

1. Download file called universal_gb_unroot_v9.zip and copy it to your sdcard
2. Turn off your phone
3. Press POWER+HOME BUTTON
4. Select update from sdcard, select the file universal_gb_unroot_v9.zip
5. After the update completed - reboot
6. Now you have unrooted S5830[/QUOTE]

OLD ROOTING METHOD FOR 2.3.x

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Rooting for 2.3.x (Thanks to russian forum-user with nickname may213) (if it doesn't work try D method):

Code:

upd_1.zip HotFile

• Download file called upd_1.zip and copy it to your sdcard
• Turn off your phone
• Press POWER+HOME BUTTON
• Select update from sdcard, select the file upd_1.zip
• After the update completed - reboot
• Now you have rooted S5830

Unrooting for 2.3.x (Thanks to ingbrzy) (if it doesn't work try D method):

Code:

unroot.zip HotFile

• Download file called unroot.zip and copy it to your sdcard
• Turn off your phone
• Press POWER+HOME BUTTON
• Select update from sdcard, select the file unroot.zip
• After the update completed - reboot
• Now you have unrooted S5830

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E. Flash Custom Recovery:

1. Put recovery-clockwork-5.0.2.6-galaxyace.zip into SD Card
2. Turn off your phone
3. Press POWER+HOME BUTTON
4. Select Update Zip From SD-Card option. [If you are on previous version of CWM recovery then you might need to select Install Zip From SD Card and then Choose Zip From SD Card Option simultaneously. ]
5. Select recovery-clockwork-5.0.2.6-galaxyace.zip and flash it
6. Reboot your device

F*. Flash Custom ROM:

1. Select Custom ROM
2. Put Custom ROM .zip into SD Card
3. Turn off your phone
4. Press POWER+HOME BUTTON
5. Wipe All
6. Select "Install zip from sd card"
7. Select "Choose zip"
8. Select .zip with your Custom ROM
9. Select "Yes"
10. Reboot into system
11. That's ALL!!!

Thus tutorial How to Upgrade, Root and Flash Samsung Galaxy Ace S5830. Now you have the latest firmware and root and Custom ROM possible!

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