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Tuesday, June 18, 2013

Upgrade your Samsung galaxy ace GT-S5830 to ICS with Myth ICS Custom Rom


Hi All SGA  users here is the opportunity for you guys to taste the glimpse of ICS on your SGA,
  Yes you are right, you can now actually enjoy few of the ICS features on your SGA.
 Follow through the instructions below to get your SGA upgraded to ICS

The Myth ICS currently have lots of versions but most basic and stable ones which I have used are
The Myth ICS beta Lite and The Myth V2
 This is the custom ROM and not released by the Samsung Electronics Corp.  So flashing this ROM will result in voiding your warranty.Also make sure you follow the steps correctly in case if you brick your phone, I will not be liable for damage caused to your phone.

Prerequisites:-
  1.     To install this ROM on your SGA you must have first rooted your phone, you can check here how to root your SGA
  2. Your SGA need to be on Gingerbread 2.3.* in case you are still running on earlier version of android then you can upgrade to latest Gingerbread version through kies.
  3. Before you proceed further make sure you have nandroid  backup of your existing rom,you can take the back up of your existing ROM using CWM recovery.

Upgrading to ICS
  1.    The first step is to have CWM recovery installed on your SGA, If you don't have CWM you can check the link in above section.
  2. Once you have CWM on your SGA you need to choose the ICS ROM, download either The myth ICS Beta Lite or Myth V2 and place it on SD Card
  3. Once you have this zip file on your SD Card reboot your SGA in recovery mode.To get into recovery mode switch off your device, then press the HOME + Power key simultaneously Once you are successfully booted in recovery you should see the screen above
  4. Now select the option apply update from SD card and browse for  the ROM file.Use volume rocker keys to go up or down.
  5. Select the ROM (Zip file you placed onto SD card in step 2). Press Home key to select
  6. Navigate to Yes option using Volume rocker and select it by pressing Home key.
  7. Now the installation of ROM will start,wait for some time and once you see the log as successfully installed the ROM reboot your device, using reboot system now option
  8. Wait for phone to boot up, have patience First time boot may take 10 -15 min.
  9.  After it opens, You can go to menu then open Tweak Manager and enable:
    •  VM Swapiness 

    •  DT: Auto Start 
     
    After u finish with Tweak manager, continue to open A2SDGUI.
    • Enable Swap and Zipalign.
    •  Open 2nd tab and select "sd-ext".
    Press Move and wait for your phone to reboot. It will reboot several times so plz wait :)

     Enjoy TheMyth !
     

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