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Galaxy Ace – Gingerbread Update – Notes

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There are many good tutorials on the web about installing Gingerbread on the Ace (like this one).

Once you have Gingerbread installed what can you expect from your new system?
Other than the already present updates to Android, here are a few notes I made:

  • The Default language at the start is not English. To change, go to Settings -> Locale and Text (recognizable by the keyboard key A as the logo) -> Select Language (Option no. 1 in the list) -> English (or any other language)
  • The battery lasts longer and is estimated more accurately. – The battery info is more detailed too.
  • The Wifi bug that caused the “black screen of death” problem is fixed. Expect more stability while using Wifi
  • The UI is faster and more responsive
  • Fonts are crispier and look great
  • The notification bar is smaller and that really helps screen real estate.
  • Internal memory usage has improved leaps and bounds, expect lesser problems in that area

All in all the upgrade to Gingerbread has been perfect so far.

Note: The version I have installed is XXKPH

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Galaxy Ace – Gingerbread Update – Stuck at “Setting Up Connection”

While flashing the Gingerbread update for Galaxy Ace (taken from samfirmware.com ) I encountered an interesting problem with my ODIN being stuck at “Setting Up Connection” message.

The problem I figured out later was a simple case of my phone being in the wrong mode. For updating you must be in the “Downloading” mode, In this mode the phone flashes a single line message on the screen – “Downloading…”


To get to this mode reset your phone(take the battery out, also take out your sim card and micro sd card). Hold Home, Volume Down and power buttons and then connect to the system.

VERY IMPORTANT: If you hold the Volume Up or both Volume buttons you will end up in other modes (like the ram dump mode).

Once in the more updating is just a few minutes affair 🙂