The Samsung Galaxy Ace GT S5830 is one of the most popular Android phones. It has been on the market for a long time. Thanks to our great developers that they have made this low-end device with a pretty nice configuration more awesome with a bunch of good custom ROMs that have made us stick to this little monster.
There are so many ROMs for Samsung Galaxy Ace S5830 that one might be confused in choosing a good one out of them. So, here is the SGS3 styled ROM for your Samsung Galaxy Ace that will dress up your device to give you a perfect Galaxy S3 feel on your Ace. The ROM has been developed by XDA member WeandDroid.
Features of the SGS3 v2 ROM for Galaxy Ace
- Based on Android 2.3.6
- Samsung Galaxy S III look
- TouchWiz 3.5 and Holo Launcher
- Galaxy S3 wallpapers
- Galaxy S3 Icons
- Galaxy S3 Sounds
- Galaxy S3 Ported Apps
- Galaxy S3 Themed Apps
- Galaxy S3 Clock Font
- Galaxy S3 Dialer
Disclaimer
Installing a custom ROM might prove fatal enough to brick your Galaxy Ace S5830. Neither Droidviews nor the Developer of the ROM should be held responsible for any damage done to your device. It is another thing that the method described here has been tested successfully. If you make a mistake in following the instructions given here, things might be different for you.
Preparations Before Installing a ROM
Well, if you ready to flash the Galaxy S3 themed ROM on your Galaxy Ace, you need to do a few things before proceeding. The most important requirement is that you must have a rooted Galaxy Ace S5830 on Android Gingerbread 2.3.X. If you have not rooted your phone, do it now. Read our easy guide to root Samsung Galaxy Ace S5830.
Among the other things you need to do before installing this ROM are:
- Charge your device’s battery to at least 70% level.
- Backup all your contacts, messages and other important data.
- Go to Settings> Applications>Development> USB Debugging> Turn On.
- Download the ROM siiiv2b3.zip (do not extract) and copy it to the root directory of your device’s SD Card.
- Download Google Apps gapps-gb-20110828-signed.zip (do not extract) and copy it to the same location as the ROM file.
Flashing SGS3 Styled ROM on Galaxy Ace
Here are the steps to install the SGS3 v2 Beta3 ROM on your Galaxy Ace S5830:
- First of all, make sure that you have done all the things described above.
- Turn off your device and boot it into CWM Recovery Mode. Press the Volume Up+Home+Power keys simultaneously till the startup screen with “Samsung Galaxy Ace GT-S5830” 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 โReboot into Recoveryโ option.
- In the Recovery Mode, use Volume, Home and Power keys to navigate between the options and select them.
- Open “backup and restore” and backup your current ROM, so that you might restore it later in case anything goes wrong.
- When you enter the Recovery Mode, go to “wipe data factory reset” option and select “Yes”.
- Then to “wipe cache partition” and confirm by selecting “Yes”.
- Now go to the “advanced” option and select “wipe dalvik cache”
- 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.
- This will start the installation process and will take a few minutes to complete.
- When it is done, go back and install the GApps “gapps-gb-20110828-signed.zip“
- Return to the main menu again and select “reboot system now”.
- It might take a few minutes before your device reboots. Just wait patiently.
The Samsung Galaxy Styled ROM should now be installed on your Samsung Galaxy Ace GT-S5830. Cheers!!! If you have any doubts or problem relating to this post, please drop a comment and feel free to share your experience with us.
can you make 5.0 custom rom for gt s5830i
USB mode problem cannot connect to the PC.. any solution
run in a s5830m?
vry happy to get 2.3.6 back on my phone after getting pissed of by 4.2.2….had worst expirence using 4.2.2 on my phne:))))
i’ve done all the things such as clearing data and cache from playstore and download manager…i’ve rebooted my phone…i’ve restarted the app…but still it’s getting stuck…please help…m loving this ROM…i want to stick to it….please resolve this issue…
the ROM is working nice….but apps are not downloading from play store…only 1 app downloaded…but now it’s getting stuck at “DOWNLOADING” status….what’s the problem?
this rom run in micromax mobile
installed it but it says cant open/tmp/sideload/package.zip. installation aborted.. help ๐
reboot device, check if the zip is not corrupt,
Just installed this on my galaxy ace. It looks nothing like the pics you’ve posted up and half the stuff you claim to have on it such as clock font etc doesn’t exist.
Hi Paul,
The screenshots have been made by the developer of the ROM. We have just shared it with our visitors. There might be some changes in the images shown above and the actual.
True. I installed it on my phone hoping for extensive buttons like in my S3 in the pull down tray of my Ace. But nothing. It’s basically like a different skin for the original interface. Not bad but I hoped for more I guess.
installation aborted error is coming to me
You need to update your recovery.Root using this method and try again, it should install:
http://droidviews.com/2013/how-to-root-and-install-cwm-recovery-5-0-on-samsung-galaxy-ace-s5830/
It works with the gt-s5830M? D:
No way. You can install it but it give many bugs and errors..
Worked on mine but it seemed to out-smart my phone and only let me have 4 icons on bottom tray and it was running on Android 2.3.6. Good tips though, thanks. Restoring the Jelly Bean ROM now. Love all these guides, keep them coming!
It’s our job to pick good things for Android phones and present them to our visitors. While some things might be good, there will also be a few you might not like. Thanks for nice words and keep visiting.
do this stuff will only work for rooted device? or would it also work for non-rooted device?
Only for rooted devices. You can flash a custom ROM on stock firmware.
shoule i delete all data??
i dont want wipe my all data…
It will delete only the data, such as settings, apps, contacts, messages,etc from the internal storage. No data from the sd card will be damaged.