How to Install a Custom ROM on Galaxy Ace S5830i:

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.
• 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.

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. Cheers!