Can I upgrade my Galaxy Ace to android 4.1

Can I upgrade my Galaxy Ace to android 4.1

Samsung Galaxy Ace is pre loaded with Android OS v2.3 Gingerbread. But it is possible to upgrade it to Android 4.1 Jellybean. But remember that you need to be advanced user to perform this as this can cause damage if done incorrectly. This guide is for Samsung Galaxy Ace S5830.

You will first need to download the following:

1. Your Samsung Galaxy Ace should have at least 70% of battery charge to avoid interruption.

2. You have backup all the data on your mobile phone.

3. You need to install Clockworkmod Recovery on your Ace. This is important as you will be needing this to flash the ROM.

4. Download Cyanogenmod 10 ROM package.

5. Download Google Apps for Jelly Bean or the GApps.

And then connect your Ace to your computer and follow the steps below:

1. Choose "Enable USB Storage" on your phone. This is to mount your external memory on your PC.

2. Copy the Cyanogenmod 10 and the GApps on the root directory of your MicroSD or to any folder you want.

3. Disconnect your phone to the PC.

4. Turn off your Ace to be able to boot into the Recovery Mode. You will need to use the Recovery to flash the Cyanogenmod 10.

5. Press and then hold the Home button and the Power button at the same time to go into the Clockworkmod Recovery.

6. When in the CWM recovery, choose the "Wipe data/ Factory Reset" and the "Wipe Cache Partition". This will remove all the data on your Ace so you need to ensure that you already back up your fileS. 

7. Select the "Install Zip from SD Card" and then "Choose Zip from SD Card" options. Go to the ROM file or the cm-10-20121205-UNOFFICIAL-cooper.zip. Highlight it and then press Yes to continue. The ROM installation will now start.

8. When the ROM is successfully installed, your phone will go to recovery mode.

9. Select the "Install Zip from SD Card" and then "Choose Zip from SD Card" options again and then search for the Google Apps package file or the gapps-jb-20121130-signed.zip. Tap Yes to install it.

10. When done flashing both files, choose Reboot System Now and you are done.

If you wish to go back to your previous ROM, just go to the Recovery mode and then choose Backup and Restore option and then select Restore and choose your backup file to restore.

Can I upgrade my Galaxy Ace to android 4.1

Your phone ships with Android 2.3 Gingerbread and is way too old to be upgraded to Android 4.1 Jelly Bean and unfortunately, your device model is not upgradable to any version. Anyway, here are the specifications. The Samsung Galaxy Ace S5830 is a discontinued 3G Smartphone operating on 2G and 3G network bands using GSM and HSPA technologies measuring 112.4 x 59.9 x 11.5 millimeters and weighing 113 grams.

It uses mini-SIM card and has TFT capacitive touchscreen display with 16M colors at 320 x 480 pixels screen resolution protected with Corning Gorilla Glass featuring TouchWiz UI 3. It ships with Android 2.3 Gingerbread powered by Qualcomm MSM7227 Snapdragon S1 chipset, 800 MHz ARM 11 processor, and Adreno 200 GPU. It supports microSD expandable up to 32 GB.

It runs on 278 MB RAM with 158 MB internal storage. The primary camera supports 5 megapixels with AF and f/2.6 featuring LED flash. It supports 480p video recording at 24 fps. There is no secondary camera.

It has 3.5-millimeter jack featuring DNSe sound, Wi-Fi 802.11 b/g/n with DLNA and hotspot support, Bluetooth 2.1 with A2DP support, GPS with A-GPS support, stereo FM radio with RDS support, and microUSB 2.0. It has built-in accelerometer, proximity, and compass sensors. The pre-installed web browser supports HTML. It runs on removable Li-Ion 1350 mAh battery with standby time up to 640 hours on 2G and 420 hours on 3G.

Talk time is up to 11 hours on 2G and 6 hours 30 minutes on 3G. It is available in black, white, Hugo Boss Edition, and La Fleur colors.