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Rickrina, 02 Jun 2013Guys i think i want to buy this phone next week, so i want ... moreGalaxy Ace 2 is a good phone. From my experience using this device, better stay in Gingerbread (2.3.6) than you upgrade to Jelly Bean 4.1.2.

Here are my reasons:
1. Jelly Bean 4.1.2 consumes many RAMs, it gives you little free RAM only

2. I don't know wether you will get official Jelly Bean at your place or not. The official Jelly Bean Portugal has still a bug. It lags,include typing in messaging. I still remembered, AnTuTu score was around 3.000, below 3.900.

3. I had upgraded official Jelly Bean at my country (I8160XXMD4 version). Typing is fast, but sometimes streaming YouTube faces bad lag that make me almost can't stop the YouTube, even you press home button or on/off button (the pictures are stuck but sound and voice is running)

4. Now, the notification of SMS (native message) has gone. It can't display delivery report, and no sound, only vibrate that works

Before upgrade to Jelly Bean, still using Gingerbread, all of I did was very good, no lag when streaming YouTube, SMS notification worked fine.

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    • 03 Jun 2013

    Nikidroid, 31 May 2013Well, my review again on Jelly Bean Indonesia (I8160XXMD4).... moreIve bought brand new UK Ace 2 pre loaded with JB, GUI looks nice n that's it! :-(

    Very slow sms & crashes every time I push phone just a little bit running several app's.

    Have to "double tap" a lot for it to register a link or page etc.

    I'm gona try to get a GBread version or return it.

    Keep the feedback coming guys.

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      • 03 Jun 2013

      Anonymous, 02 Jun 2013Its true dude.. i am realy dis appointed in samsung they ... moreYeah right.. !!

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        • t7X
        • 03 Jun 2013

        ACEr, 02 Jun 2013can you post their message here?I asked it at Samsung service center at SM calamba laguna. They told me.that we dont have a chamce.to get that update. I'm very disappointed.

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          • XMi
          • 02 Jun 2013

          what if I update it to ICS? Is it still great in perform(no lag)?

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            • 02 Jun 2013

            AnonD-112485, 31 May 2013Please tell us if you have any serious issues(bugs) in this... moreas far as i`m usig it for 5 days there ar no bugs!

              Android smartphone that come wih preloaded Jelly Bean will be better than we upgrade our device that use old Android OS. From my Galaxy Ace 2, I had experienced bad lag when streaming YouTube, while for example Chrome or Opera Classic is still running.

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                • 02 Jun 2013

                Guys i think i want to buy this phone next week, so i want to ask you all, this phone is great or bad? and this phone android version is 2.3 (ginger bread) or we have to upgrade v4.1.2 (Jelly Bean)?? im so confused right now.

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                  • 02 Jun 2013

                  Anonymous, 02 Jun 2013Yow to all Galaxy ace 2 PHILIPPINE USERS. I asked samsung s... morecan you post their message here?

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                    • 02 Jun 2013

                    Anonymous, 02 Jun 2013Yow to all Galaxy ace 2 PHILIPPINE USERS. I asked samsung s... moreIts true dude.. i am realy dis appointed in samsung they lie to us.. samsung suck. Samsung is a fraud. We buy their product cause we thought its upgradable in jb.

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                      • 02 Jun 2013

                      Yow to all Galaxy ace 2 PHILIPPINE USERS. I asked samsung service center about the update that we are all waiting for (JB) . They said that we DON'T have a chance to recieve that upDate here in PH. FROM - (LAGUNA)

                        kaka, 01 Jun 2013i have upgraded my ace 2 from Gingerbread to jelly bean uk ... moreDid you mean you want to move applications to microSD?

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                          Nikidroid, 31 May 2013Well, my review again on Jelly Bean Indonesia (I8160XXMD4).... moreWhere could i update my galaxy ace 2 jelly bean (indonesia)??

                            AnonD-19306, 01 Jun 2013now try jb uk :)I think my recent Jelly Bean on my device is enough. :-)
                            So far, it is better than Portugal Jelly Bean. I still like it. If you had installed UK Jelly Bean, share it here.

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                              • 01 Jun 2013

                              mastermind, 01 Jun 2013If we install jellybean manually without .pit files then th... moredude we buy a mid range phone. samsung never care to their customer. and samsung customer servce are lame. they dont know anything.. forget the update dude. .

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                                • 01 Jun 2013

                                If we install jellybean manually without .pit files then the ace 2 will have 486 mb RAM in jellybean,so phone suffers from lag.
                                This freaking SAMSUNG has deceived us all...let us also annoy it by flooding its inbox with our comments and queries on Jellybean in ACE 2. Now all of us should contact samsung support for that. Are you ready frens???????

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                                  • 01 Jun 2013

                                  i have upgraded my ace 2 from Gingerbread to jelly bean uk firmware & there is no problem till now, there is only 1 issue to mount my sdcard to extsdcard (directory bind) not working.

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                                    • 01 Jun 2013

                                    Nikidroid, 01 Jun 2013From my experience using my Galaxy Ace 2 running Jelly Bean... morenow try jb uk :)

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                                      • 01 Jun 2013

                                      All jelly bean versions are full of bugs very slow and consumes RAM very much dont upgrade to jelly bean stay in stock gingerbread for stable and fast operation

                                        toru, 01 Jun 2013Which OS Is the best for ace 2 GB or jellybean please share... moreFrom my experience using my Galaxy Ace 2 running Jelly Bean, I think stay in Gingerbread is a good choice.

                                        1. Leak Jelly Bean (XXMB4)
                                        I had tried it, it lags in many area, consumed many RAMs. Skype had notification. No problem with SMS notification.

                                        2. Jelly Bean Portugal (XXMC8)
                                        I had tried it. First time, it good, almost no complaint, but several days it became lag, messaging is slow, had ever experienced bad lag that almost can't be stopped when streaming YouTube, browsing via Chrome, and play AVP: Evolution. Consumed many RAMs. But Skype was still has notification. No problem with SMS notification.

                                        3. Final Indonesia Jelly Bean (XXMD4)
                                        Well, it goods in messaging, better performance compared to Portugal Jelly Bean. But these the lack of this firmware I think:

                                        a. No notification on Skype (icon shown on the top. But, when I received IM,I can hear the sound (no notification IM that appears on the top)

                                        b. I experienced bad lag again streaming YouTube yesterday (I thought that happen when the free RAM was low), bad lag too when play Dark Avengers (sometimes). The bad lag was like in Portugal Jelly Bean, almost couldn't be stopped.

                                        c. Consumed RAM, say I just have 2 or 3 chattting applications that I download, the device just give me free RAM not more than 160 MB, sometimes below 110 MB. Gingerbread was better, gave me more than 200 MB free RAM.

                                        d. Now, the notification for SMS not working since yesterday. All settings are alright, the delivery report is not working, only vibrate that tells me. If the vibrate is turned off, no sound, but it receives text message (there is number 1 on the message icon when I receive message). I had tried restart my device, it is still the same, no notification on the SMS. Any idea?

                                        So, stay in Gingerbread is better. But, if there is smartphone is preloaded with Jelly Bean when it it released, that's maybe better.