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Root Installing cyanogenmod on samsung galaxy ace

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Kshitij.Agr

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this is my first time trying to install a custom rom so can someone please guide me through it.
Can someone please post a step by step method of getting cyanogenmod
I have already downloaded the rom and I have also installed clockwork mod recovery.

also tell me how cyanogenmod 7.1 works on the samsung galaxy ace(I hope it doesnt lag)
Is there seriously some difference in the performance?
 
All depends really on which version you have. There are a couple available (none official) and they are slightly different. Im using Grifs CM7.1 2.3.7 with the update fix flashed. I then installed Google maps 5.8 (as current does not work).

The performance of this is fantastic. No lag in games like angry birds. Quadrant scores (i know its not reliable) between 1700-2000. (instead of stock 550-1100). Flash works (needs to be installed). I have also run the allinone ram script which keeps loads of memory available.

The major downside for me though is the video camera has no light and the battery life is not great. There are a few occasions where it force closes to, but as previously said this is not an official rom. (for that you'll have wait - and it looks like it will be a long wait)

Cant see much difference between this and CM 7.2 (have tried both) but the battery life is much worse on that!

Make sure you flash into recovery and make a Clockworkmod recovery backup before doing anything. You can revert to this if all goes wrong of your not happy with the rom.

Boot into recovery. Perform a factory reset/ Data Wipe. then Wipe Dalvik Cache. Then install update from sd card. (the .zip file with the rom) once complete reboot into recovery again and flash the appropriate update file in the same way. Then boot. (this will take time). If you want to keep your apps install titanium backup and make backups before doing anything. Then when CM7 boots install it again and reinstall apps!

Hope this helps.

Bear in mind that flashing CM changes the file system of your ace to ext4 which if you try to restore to stock rom from CWM it wont work and youll have to flash a rom via odin.

Press thanks if that helped
 
PJ147 said:
All depends really on which version you have. There are a couple available (none official) and they are slightly different. Im using Grifs CM7.1 2.3.7 with the update fix flashed. I then installed Google maps 5.8 (as current does not work).

The performance of this is fantastic. No lag in games like angry birds. Quadrant scores (i know its not reliable) between 1700-2000. (instead of stock 550-1100). Flash works (needs to be installed). I have also run the allinone ram script which keeps loads of memory available.

The major downside for me though is the video camera has no light and the battery life is not great. There are a few occasions where it force closes to, but as previously said this is not an official rom. (for that you'll have wait - and it looks like it will be a long wait)

Cant see much difference between this and CM 7.2 (have tried both) but the battery life is much worse on that!

Make sure you flash into recovery and make a Clockworkmod recovery backup before doing anything. You can revert to this if all goes wrong of your not happy with the rom.

Boot into recovery. Perform a factory reset/ Data Wipe. then Wipe Dalvik Cache. Then install update from sd card. (the .zip file with the rom) once complete reboot into recovery again and flash the appropriate update file in the same way. Then boot. (this will take time). If you want to keep your apps install titanium backup and make backups before doing anything. Then when CM7 boots install it again and reinstall apps!

Hope this helps.

Bear in mind that flashing CM changes the file system of your ace to ext4 which if you try to restore to stock rom from CWM it wont work and youll have to flash a rom via odin.

Press thanks if that helped
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Can you please tell me how to get the stock rom back incase I dont like cm
 
Chismay put a guide up on the main galaxy ace forum page that is stickied. That works fine to go back to stock rom.
 
All the bloatware that your carrier installed will be gone. This changes from carrier to carrier. For me (UK 3 user) this was the win cash app, Samsung apps, Thinkfree office etc

With average use - few calls - small bit of browsing - few sms etc = 1day

with heavy use = 1/2 day if lucky

Bear in mind that you will play with your phone much more as you will want to try all the features so use will be higher.

If you flash let me know how it goes
 
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