Best Custom ROMs for Samsung Galaxy Ace S5830i

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Samsung
Galaxy Ace S5830i isn’t as spectacular a phone as its name suggests,
but it is a competent budget smartphone. The little monster has a 3.5
inch 320 x 480 pixel display, a 800 MHz processor, a 5.0 MP 2592 x 1944
pixels rear camera with auto-focus and LED flash, WiFi, and 1350 mAh Li-Ion battery. The phone was released in March 2011 with Android 2.2 Froyo which has now been updated to Android 2.3.6 Gingerbread.
If
you have this phone and are looking for an Ice Cream Sandwich or Jelly
Bean update from Samsung, you are simply beating about the bush. That is
not to say that there is no chances of enjoying ICS or Jelly Bean on
your Samsung Galaxy Ace S5830i. Remember it the awesome world of Android
where impossible is nothing and nothing is impossible. It is another
thing that being a low-end smartphone, all Galaxy Ace phones have not
got due attention from our developers. Still there is not a complete
void if we talk about a custom ROM for the Galaxy Ace S5830i.
Please
note that before being able to install a custom ROM on your Samsung
Galaxy Ace S5830i, you will have to root your phone. Moreover, it must
have ClockworkMod Recovery installed on it. If you already have a rooted
phone, you can directly jump to the custom ROMs section. In case you
have rooted and installed CWM Recovery on your Ace S5830i, head over to
our handy tutorial by clicking on the link below.
Guide: How to Root and Install CWM Recovery on Samsung Galaxy Ace S5830i
Disclaimer:

Before
you actually proceed to install custom ROM on you Galaxy Ace 5830i, let
me warn you that it is a risky procedure. Do not move ahead unless you
are fully aware of what you are going to do. The method and ROMs listed
below have been tested by thousands of people successfully but if you
are not duly careful through the procedure, your case might be an
exception. Neither Droidviews nor the developers of the ROMs
will, at any rate, be responsible for any mishap. Being a owner of your
phone, you know better what is god for you.
How to Install a Custom ROM on Galaxy Ace S5830i:


Making Preparations:
Well,
if you ready to flash a custom ROM on your Galaxy Ace 5830i, you need
to do a few things before proceeding to flash the ROM. Among the other
things you need to do before installing this ROM are:

• Get your Galaxy Ace 5830i fully charged.
  
• Backup all your contacts, messages and other important data. Use these free apps to backup all data.
  
• Turn on the USB Debugging mode on your device. Go to Settings> Applications>Development> USB Debugging> check the box.
  
• Download the ROM you like from the links below. Do not extract the zip file and copy it to the main directory of your device’s SD Card (not in a sub-folder).
  
• Download Google Apps for your phone from below (do not extract) and copy it to the same location as the ROM file.
  
• IMPORTANT: Download a Root File Manager app from the Google Play Store. Open the root file explorer and look for a folder called “efs” and
  backup the this folder to the External SD card of your phone. It will
  be even better if you backup this folder on your computer too. In fact,
  this folder contains your phone’s IMEI. In case you discover that your
  phones IMEI number has gone/lost, you can restore the “efs” folder back to its place and your problem will be fixed.
  

Installing a ROM on Galaxy Ace:

1. First of all make sure that you have done all things mentioned above under preparations.
   
2. Turn
   off your device and boot it into CWM Recovery Mode. Press and hold the
   Volume Up + Home keys and then long ress the Power key till the start
   up screen with “Samsung Galaxy Ace GT-S5830i″ logo blinks for two times
   and you see a screen as shown below. Another way to boot the device
   into ClockworkMod to download the ROM Manager app from the Google Play Store and use “Reboot into Recovery” option.
   
3. In the Recovery Mode, use Volume, Home and Power keys to navigate between the options and select them.
   
4. Open “backup and restore” and backup your current ROM (important). When the backup is done go back to the main menu
   
5. In the CWM Recovery Mode, scroll to “wipe data factory reset” option and select “Yes”.
   
6. Go to Advanced option and “wipe dalvik cache”.
   
7. Then come back to the main menu and select “install zip from sdcard> choose zip from sdcard”. Now browse to the ROM file and select it. Confirm your choice by selecting “yes”.
   
8. This will start the installation process and will take a few minutes to complete.
   
9. When it is done, go back and install the GApps using Step 8.
   
10. Return to the main menu again and select “reboot system now”. It might take a few minutes before your device reboots, so a little patience is required.
    

When the phone boots up, you will be able to enjoy the newly installed Jelly Bean ROM on your Galaxy Ace S5830i.
Download Google Apps Apk

Download the following Google apps, copy them to your phone by connecting phone to computer using USB cable and install them.
Google Play Store: Click Here
Gmail 4.2.1: Click Here
Gmail 4.1.2: Click Here
Google Maps: Click Here
Google Currents: Click Here