Inside A Cat's Mind 1.0: gingerbread update

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Thursday, November 17, 2011

Tech talk: How to upgrade your Samsung ACE froyo to gingerbread OS

I was told that upgrading my OS is not a walk in the park, so I did my research and found most of the articles very complicated. Reading about the ODIN software and seeing different links intimidated me. So I did a more extensive research and found a video tutorial, using a Samsung Kies to upgrade the firmware.

Before you could upgrade your phone’s OS, you have to upgrade your Samsung Kies first. Since mine is outdated, there were two updates which was fairly easy to do and took less than 30 minutes.

After such, when you connect your device, Samsung Kies will prompt a message for a new firmware upgrade for your device

Initially there will be a warning when you click the firmware upgrade button which will look like the image below.

I was still cautious to back up my music files, and was ready to re-download all my apps again. But surprisingly, after the update, my music, photos and my apps were still there. It took me around 30 minutes for the firmware update.

After a few minutes, I saw my phone downloading different codes which I wasn’t able to take a picture of because it was scanning very fast. You will then see a downloading message in your phone screen (refer image below)

Surprisingly, it was very easy to do. If a noob like me can do it, so can you Winking smile

Yes, I’m on Gingerbread baby!

Till then!

Meow..Meow..

Tech talk: Galaxy Ace gingerbread update

The Android is the best thing that happened to mobile phone (in my honest opinion that is, I know some HARDCORE MAC fans out there who would disagree). But anyway, I am not here to compare between the two, as they both have their strengths and weaknesses.

Anyway, I’ve had my Samsung Galaxy Ace with me for 5 months now and I’m very much happy with my purchase. But things got more better, I know it’s rather quite late, but I just want to share how gingerbread is way better than the froyo (android OS).

Honestly, I thought I was content with having a froyo, I also had this impression that if I update my previous OS to Gingerbread, all my apps will be deleted. Which is one the the major reasons why I didn’t want to update. I was wrong! dead wrong!

My man is finally part of the android family! A few days ago, he bought the Samsung Galaxy Y (young) at Parksquare Makati. Which is also another reason why I was more convinced to upgrade my OS.

So, what is it about the Gingerbread update?

A BETTER, WAAAY BETTER BATTERY LIFE BABY! In all caps, one of the weaknesses of the froyo is the battery life. Gingerbread made it better! Battery is a huge deal for me, and I’m pretty much sure same with you guys.
As for UI (user interface), there were a few changes, better than nothing. Besides, it’s a fresh change from what I’ve been used to.
WIFI is much better (so far no crashing) and I was able to detect other networks, that the froyo was not able to detect before.
Faster and I mean FASTER performance, even playing my new favorite game Zombie city II vs. boss is smoother
Improved copy and paste function
A new system app called downloads (green icon)

That’s the PROS, sadly, there are two functions that I miss about Froyo

Froyo has this message theme which you can choose from – default, gloss, memo, notepad, etc. Now it seems, that function is not available for gingerbread (?)
I can’t seem to screen capture anymore :(

Here are comparison photo’s: