How to Update Samsung Galaxy ACE with Windows Phone 7 Custom ROM Firmware – Stable v2.0

Samsung Galaxy ACE S5830 users can now rejoice as in the due course of this article we will be guiding you on how you can make your device look like a Windows 7 Phone. Often Samsung’s Galaxy ACE is referred to as the Apple iPhone when it comes to the hardware but after applying this firmware your friends will refer your phone to a Windows Phone 7. Please note that this is possible only with the help of the custom ROM firmware which we will be checking out in the due course of this article. Please be informed that once you apply this firmware, the device will have to be rooted.


Irrespective on whichever firmware you are On, you can apply this firmware but the only condition is that your device needs to be rooted before applying the procedure. Also, this is not the firmware which Samsung has officially rolled out like he recent one of Gingerbread 2.3.6 DDKQ8. Over a period of this article, we will be checking out on what are the features of this Windows 7 Custom ROM along with the screen captures on how this firmware will look like followed by the pre requisites you need to follow and a detailed tutorial on how to apply this update.

Disclaimer: 

Developer should be held responsible for any damage happened to your device in the process of following the instructions mentioned in this article. It’s very unlikely that there will be any issues but just in case if at all there are any issues then we are committed to help you in solving the same.


Features of WP7 Custom ROM Firmware for Galaxy ACE:

• WP7 UI
• WP7 Launcher
• WP7 Fonts
• Launcher7
• WP7 Keyboard
• WP7 Alarms
• WP7 Notifications
• WP7 Ring tones
• WP7 Boot Animation
• WP7 Calculator
• WP7 Dialer
• WP7 Contacts
• WP7 Facebook
• WP7 Go SMS PRO theme
• WP7 Messaging
• WP7 Settings
• WP7 theme
• Modded Camera
• Notification Bar Themed to WP7
• WP7 Icons
• CRT Animation Enabled
• CF-Root b84 fixed !!No need Of Flashing Kernel
• Lagfree v3
• Fully Deodexed
• Blue Overscroll Glow
• Framework-res.apk MODDED to look like WP7
• Stable and Very Fast
• Excellent MULTI-TASKING
• Capture Screenshots by pressing home button and lock button
• 90 mb free space
• DT A2sd Script enabled
• Tweaks Manager and Ad-Free added
• All these Features with a Stock Rom Touch!

Procedure to Update Windows Phone 7 Custom ROM Firmware for Galaxy ACE:

• Download Windows 7 Custom ROM Firmware for ACE from here to your computer.Once you download the same, you need to connect the device to computer with the help of USB Cable.
• Place the downloaded zip file to your device’s SD Card and ensure that it’s not placed deep into the phone or else it will not get detected in the further steps.
• Disconnect the phone connected from computer and turn Off the phone so as to enter the device in the recovery mode. The recovery mode in the Galaxy ACE can be entered by Holding menu Button and then Power ON the device. If the device turns ON in the normal mode then you need to try again to enter into the recovery mode.

• In the recovery mode, you need to select “install zip from sd card” > “choose zip from sd card” and then choose the Windows 7 Custom ROM Firmware Zip file which is placed in the phone.
• Once the file is updated successfully, you will have to select “++++ Go Back ++++” > “reboot system now” to reboot the phone. And there you go, you have now successfully updated the Galaxy ACE S5830 with the latest firmware of Windows 7 UI based custom firmware.

Tip: Just in a rare case due to some reasons if the update process gets failed or interrupted, then you need to apply the update again by following the steps again from the start. Don’t forget to restore the backup which you have taken in the initial steps.

So there you go, you have now successfully applied the custom ROM firmware of Windows Phone 7 in your SAMSUNG Galaxy ACE S5830 smartphone.

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