Galaxy Ace 2 i8160 - Custom ROM for ZSLG1/ZSLK2 baseband(UPDATED V3) - Galaxy Ace II Android Development

NOTE:
This will be my last GB rom since sources for Galaxy S Advance has been released, I'll by making a JellyBean port of the SGSA to the Ace 2. Unless Sammy releases JB to our phone. I'm also going to buy Galaxy S Advance or the Galaxy S III mini(not available yet here in HK execpt the parallel ones and in expansys.com.hk) to replace my Ace 2.
Introduction:
First of all, I made this ROM specifically for the Galaxy Ace 2 GT-I8160 with a baseband of ZSLG1/ZSLK2 which is from Hong Kong.
The reason I made this ROM started with a severe scrolling problem with all Galaxy Ace 2 here in Hong Kong installed with the I8160ZSLG1 firmware, scrolling continuously is not possible because as soon as you scroll while the menu list is still moving or scrolling, touchscreen becomes unresponsive, unless you re touch the screen. this ROM has no BusyBox installed, its just a stock ROM with same UI, same funtionality
UPDATE V3:
Sorry for the late responses. I've been busy working here in my company. Anyway, this will be my last GB rom since sources for Galaxy S Advance has been released, I'll by making a JellyBean port of the SGSA to the Ace 2.
Original Stock ROM I8160ZSLK2(Hong Kong)
GT-I8160V3
Link to Stock XXLK7 Kernel with CWM and init.d support
List of Changes:
NEW
-based on I8160XXLK7
-permanent removal of CPU rendering, uses GPU rendering by default.
-init.d support
--place your favorite init.d tweaks inside /system/etc/init.d
-busybox 1.19.4/ZipAlign/Sqlite3(compatible with the newest Supercharger V6)
-deleted some unneeded files from lib folder.
Recent Changes
-all language files are for UK, so there's no chinese, but if you know english, that would be fine
-multi tap alphanumeric keypad bug fixed
-scrolling bug fixed
-STOCK UI(Same functions, same look and feel)
-Zipaligned APK's before packing
-Deodexed
-Rooted
-disabled ScrollingCache for smooth scrolling(modified framework.jar, not a build.prop tweak)
-disabled all camera sounds including autofocus
-Samsung bloatwares REMOVED
NOTE:
It is recommended to flash the kernel from the link provided above.
Installing instructions:
-make a backup of your phone
-flash the stock ZSLK2 firmware
-flash the kernel from the link provided above
-format /data, /cache and /system(THIS WILL DELETE ALL YOUR SETTINGS AND DATA)
-wipe dalvik cache
-wipe battery stats
-unmount all volumes
-flash the ZIP file and wait it to finish
-reboot(startup takes long time since dalvik is being rebuild)
-when booting is done, setup your phone, language, time, etc.
-before installing apps, reboot phone
-then you can start installing your apps
NOTE:
-Kies over Wifi is removed, clicking on it from the menu will force close the settings application.
-Don't attempt to flash this ROM to a different baseband, your phone will still work but you will not have a GSM/3G/Network signal.
WARNING APPLIES ONLY TO V1 and V2:
WARNING: BusyBox is partially supported using the busybox installer, however, there are many chances that it will make your device bootloop.
Version 2:
Original Stock ROM ZSLG1(Hong Kong)
GT-I8160V2
XXLI2 stock kernel
Version 1:
DOWNLOAD:
CWM_flashable_ROM
all credit goes to dsixda for the android kitchen

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sorry, dumb question again.
in cwm menu, i don't see option to unmount volume, so how could i do that??
edit: found it in "mount and storage", sorry.

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Everything seems running just fine, but the battery graph seems broken (gaps in between) in battery status??
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and the chinese character in your rom is simplied chinese (GB) while i use tradional chinese (BIG5).
Could you list the files responsible for those tradional chinese chars and i put it back to system via sort of root explorer??
Thank you.

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How do we flash the stock rom back ? Do i need to wipe cache again and stuff?
And what do i choose in odin? cuz the file is just one.. and it asks for bootloader and etc?

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Bocko92 said:
How do we flash the stock rom back ? Do i need to wipe cache again and stuff?
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The stock rom provided here is for flashing with odin (select "pda" in odin, and select the .tar file)
I'm not sure if it is needed for odin, but if you flash rom with clockwork mod, then wipe /data, /system, and /cache is a must. just as the instruction stated, wipe these 3 partitions, then format it and umount them.
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And what do i choose in odin? cuz the file is just one.. and it asks for bootloader and etc?
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In odin, select pda and then select the .tar file you downloaded. DO NOT touch anything else. then click start.
** Please correct me if I'm wrong. **

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xmlnoob said:
Everything seems running just fine, but the battery graph seems broken (gaps in between) in battery status??
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and the chinese character in your rom is simplied chinese (GB) while i use tradional chinese (BIG5).
Could you list the files responsible for those tradional chinese chars and i put it back to system via sort of root explorer??
Thank you.
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doesn't seem to have the battery problem on me though, take a look at the screenshot, for the languages, sorry I think its from the CSC files, you can try flashing a CSC provided on my original ROM, but I don't know what effect does it have when flashed, I didn't add any language since I don't read chinese, thou I live here in Hong Kong
anyway, I'll try extracting the language traditional chinese and will make a CWM flashable file.
Anyway, the reason why I have low battery life is I use
CPU Governor: performance(only at 800Mhz - no deep sleep, no downclock, CPU always at 800Mhz full speed)
I/O Scheduler: noop
results? no lags in UI or browser. but battery last only 1 day, than 2days using default CPU settings.

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kevincaja said:
doesn't seem to have the battery problem on me though, take a look at the screenshot, for the languages, sorry I think its from the CSC files, you can try flashing a CSC provided on my original ROM, but I don't know what effect does it have when flashed, I didn't add any language since I don't read chinese, thou I live here in Hong Kong
anyway, I'll try extracting the language traditional chinese and will make a CWM flashable file.
Anyway, the reason why I have low battery life is I use
CPU Governor: performance(only at 800Mhz - no deep sleep, no downclock, CPU always at 800Mhz full speed)
I/O Scheduler: noop
results? no lags in UI or browser. but battery last only 1 day, than 2days using default CPU settings.
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Yea, i think the gap is actually the period of hard reboot, so its a false alarm The graph is ok without reboot.
regarding cwm flashable langauge file, i dont need to wipe data/ factory reset for that i assume?
Thank you.
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And by the way, the phone number(caller id??) format is now showing XXX-XXX-XX, can i edit it to show XXXX-XXXX or XXXX XXXX ??

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xmlnoob said:
Yea, i think the gap is actually the period of hard reboot, so its a false alarm The graph is ok without reboot.
regarding cwm flashable langauge file, i dont need to wipe data/ factory reset for that i assume?
Thank you.
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And by the way, the phone number(caller id??) format is now showing XXX-XXX-XX, can i edit it to show XXXX-XXXX or XXXX XXXX ??
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no need to wipe, just flash the CWM zip file, the caller ID is a feature of the Indonesian firmware, so we either have to edit some framework or apk's which will take sometime

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kevincaja said:
no need to wipe, just flash the CWM zip file, the caller ID is a feature of the Indonesian firmware, so we either have to edit some framework or apk's which will take sometime
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Arrh, regarding the caller id format, just changed the langauge to "English (UK)" get the job done o7.

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xmlnoob said:
Arrh, regarding the caller id format, just changed the langauge to "English (UK)" get the job done o7.
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yeah it worked, thanks

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Have you ever used multimount sd app on rooited ace2?? this little app works fine on my old rooted HTC wildfire but not on ace2.
Wondering if any way to do dual mount on ace2, ie connect to computer as mass storage device while still the sdcard(s) are still mounted on the phone.
Thank you.

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xmlnoob said:
Have you ever used multimount sd app on rooited ace2?? this little app works fine on my old rooted HTC wildfire but not on ace2.
Wondering if any way to do dual mount on ace2, ie connect to computer as mass storage device while still the sdcard(s) are still mounted on the phone.
Thank you.
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haven't tried it yet, but I think it will not work, I guess...

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Hey btw, can i use the zip created by this http://uot.dakra.lt/kitchen/ on your rom? i want the battery status in notification bar to show %.
Thank you.

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xmlnoob said:
Hey btw, can i use the zip created by this http://uot.dakra.lt/kitchen/ on your rom? i want the battery status in notification bar to show %.
Thank you.
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Just followed the instruction there and it generated a cwm compatible zip, installed and works nicely.

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xmlnoob said:
Just followed the instruction there and it generated a cwm compatible zip, installed and works nicely.
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I was just about to say yes, but then since you've done it, I'd say good for you!

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I8160L can't

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sathit2499 said:
I8160L can't
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this ROM is for the GT-I8160 only.

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App Downloading Problem
Hi
Great rom. Quite stable and scrolling works properly now as advertised (I actually thought the broken scrolling was an intentional design and not a bug, but its back to normal now thanks to the rom)
I do have 3 questions / problems though.
1. Not sure if anyone else has this problem, but after flashing, I am unable to install any apps from the google market when on wifi. I can browse the market and websites easily, but the downloading bar never initiates. Once I switch to 3g, the app starts downloading. Before I flashed this rom, wifi downloading of apps from google play worked on the same network.
2. When I enter recovery mode (volume up + home + power) my recovery mode is "Android Recovery 3e" not CWM recovery. As such, I only have the options to flash a .zip or wipe data / cache. Is this normal. I tried flashing Antsm's update_su and it remains android recovery.
3. This is minor. But when I try and use LMT launcher (http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1330150) with the pie buttons, only the home button works. The other buttons do not. They worked fine before I flashed this mod. Not sure if anyone else has tried LMT with this rom?
4. Will kernels or roms based off of other firmwares work with our HK baseband and still have working scrolling on 3g/phone?
Thx alot for your support for the HK firmware

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chzyken said:
Hi
Great rom. Quite stable and scrolling works properly now as advertised (I actually thought the broken scrolling was an intentional design and not a bug, but its back to normal now thanks to the rom)
I do have 3 questions / problems though.
1. Not sure if anyone else has this problem, but after flashing, I am unable to install any apps from the google market when on wifi. I can browse the market and websites easily, but the downloading bar never initiates. Once I switch to 3g, the app starts downloading. Before I flashed this rom, wifi downloading of apps from google play worked on the same network.
2. When I enter recovery mode (volume up + home + power) my recovery mode is "Android Recovery 3e" not CWM recovery. As such, I only have the options to flash a .zip or wipe data / cache. Is this normal. I tried flashing Antsm's update_su and it remains android recovery.
3. This is minor. But when I try and use LMT launcher (http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1330150) with the pie buttons, only the home button works. The other buttons do not. They worked fine before I flashed this mod. Not sure if anyone else has tried LMT with this rom?
4. Will kernels or roms based off of other firmwares work with our HK baseband and still have working scrolling on 3g/phone?
Thx alot for your support for the HK firmware
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ANSWERS:
To 1: I to, experiences that problem, still fixing it
To 2: You didn't flash the kernel properly, try flashing a custom kernel again.
To 3: Don't know what launcher is that.
To 4: Yes it will, we only need to copy a some specific files for 3G/GSM/Network to work.

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kevincaja said:
ANSWERS:
To 1: I to, experiences that problem, still fixing it
To 2: You didn't flash the kernel properly, try flashing a custom kernel again.
To 3: Don't know what launcher is that.
To 4: Yes it will, we only need to copy a some specific files for 3G/GSM/Network to work.
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In that case, I'll wait for that wifi fix. Will keep using the this rom in the meantime.
I'll wry about cwm next time I need to flash.
And the launcher problem started working but itself. Don't think it's a rom problem. Thx again!
Sent from my GT-I8160 using xda app-developers app