Your Ultimate Guide to Samsung Galaxy Ace DDKQ6

DDKQ6 is the latest & greatest offering by Samsung for Galaxy Ace Indian users. After going through these steps, you will have a loads of features. Though if you have been following our site, you might already have some or all of these features already. Still, we wanted to compile all these at one place for newbie users.

Features:

• CWM Recovery
• Root privileges
• Deodexed firmware
• Overscroll Glow
• BackLight Notifications
• CRT Animation
• Battery Mod

How to Deodex Firmware on Samsung Galaxy Ace DDKQ6

We have covered what odex & deodex files are in detail. If you are on any other firmware than DDKQ6, follow this tutorial.

Important:

• Make sure you have CWM recovery installed
• This procedure will change your system apps and framework from odex to deodex. Hence its a good idea to do a backup.

Instructions:

1. Download the file OS 2.3.4 S5830DDKQ6_Deodex_full (73 MB) and place it in the root of the SD card.
2. Boot into CWM recovery mode.
3. Wipe cache and Dalvik cache.
4. Now select ‘Install zip from sdcard‘ (Navigate with the volume rocker)
5. Choose zip from sdcard. Select the zip file you’ve downloaded above and click ‘Yes‘.
6. Wait for the installation to complete. Then reboot & you’re done.

Note: First boot may take little longer than normal boot. This is due to building of Dalvik Cache which is only a one-time affair.

Odex & Deodex demystified

As you might know Android is based on Linux & most users are coming from a Windows background. Every new Android user gets a little overwhelmed with new terminology. This is why we did this article-
>> The definitive Android cheat sheet/Glossary

One very common term is ‘odex & deodex’ which is mentioned in custom ROMs and firmware specs. Most users fail to understand what these terms actually imply

In this article, we’ll explore the use of odex and deodex  files and its implication to you.

How to Deodex Firmware on Samsung Galaxy Ace?

You might be wondering what are odex & deodex files on Android?
To put it short, custom themes can only be applied on a deodexed firmware.

This procedure will deodex your firmware & would also root it (if not already). If your phone is already rooted, you can still use this procedure to deodex.

Important: Back up personal data since we will be doing a factory reset.

Instructions:

1. Download zip-file appropriate to your firmware version. (Very Important)
2. Copy the downloaded zip-file to the root of your SD-card.
3. Connect your phone to an external power source (USB, for example) because installation can take a long time.
4. Reboot into recovery mode (by holding Home + Power keys during boot)
5. Select “wipe data/factory reset” (Navigate with volume rocker)
6. Now select “apply update from sdcard” & select the zip-file downloaded above.
7. Reboot your phone & you’re done.

Now you have a completely clean system with DEODEXed firmware.

Download update appropriate to your firmware version:

2.2.1 XXKC1
2.3.3 XXKPE
2.3.4 XXKPH
2.3.4 XXKPL
2.3.4 ZCKA7
2.3.4 DDKQ5
2.3.4 DXKPB
2.3.4 DXKPB DEODEXED+CWM+CF-ROOT b80 for flashing with ODIN (pda+modem). Mirror
2.3.4 DXKPD
2.3.4 DDKQ5 (Follow this Tutorial)

Notes for S5830DXKPD:
This update is only inserts deodexed files, it does not erase your data and your apps and framework. But do not forget to wipe the cache!

You can easily delete unwanted applications from update before performing the procedure.

• Just open your downloaded zip-file and remove unwanted applications from system\app directory of your archive.
  You must know and understand what applications can be removed without harm to your system.
  Now go ahead with the procedure described above using your modified archive.

[via xda-developers]