just updated my phone to the official GB... here's what i notice:
- User interface is much cleaner and nicer.

- internal memory space has been VERY well managed (compared when i first got froyo with this phone.) froyo i only have 30MB for space for my apps but now i have a whopping 160MB.

- SOD. I can't make a comparison for SOD because previously i didn't encounter any. sorry.

- keyboard is different as well. so far it's only aesthetic.

- in terms of phone speed, i realized it's much smoother but when i open my picture gallery, it takes much longer to load.

- there's a new icon 'Download'. i think it's to track your download activities.

- battery management is still under examination. seems ok so far. will keep updated.

cheerios...

When i first got my phone, i only had 30mb left for any additional apps. 120mb was used for existing apps in the phone. Now after changing to gb, the existing apps installed only takes up 26mb. Ace max storage only until 162mb... I could be wrong.

As for games, i have no tried hvga games yet.

This post has been edited by icewolf3: Aug 30 2011, 08:48 PM

it took me roughly 20-30 mins...make sure u backup ur stuff.
and unrooted. use sms backup app to backup ur sms.

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Added on August 31, 2011, 12:53 amcall 1800889999 to check ur nearest location.

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Added on August 31, 2011, 12:55 amdid u root ur phone? i have not. when i got my stock froyo, it's already 120mb...

This post has been edited by icewolf3: Aug 31 2011, 12:55 AM

i was wondering, since mine is already an official GB, if i want to root my phone, is it using the same method as rooting the phone with froyo? or is there a new method?

i have not root my phone before. still virgin. haha

So easy to root gingerbread? i dun need superoneclick or anything else like froyo?

to me, easy as in i dun need to connect to pc, dun need to dl so many stuff.
btw, i have rooted my phone d. no more virgin.

btw, i accidentally uninstall my google maps. and now it seems like i can't install from market. is it because i updated to GB so now market don't support or is it my phone is rooted or is it because google maps do not support galaxy ace?

it's no longer in there. how ar...now in android market, it written there "installed" but there's none in my phone. it also written there my phone is not compatible.

PM-ed

This post has been edited by icewolf3: Sep 7 2011, 04:49 PM

Can someone confirm for me, it seems like google maps is no longer compatible with msia. Can someone confirm this by using android market to look for google maps? And did market detect ur phone. Thanks. M facing some issue here n ive asked google and they replied that my location no longer compatible.

anyone with virgin ace (have not rooted before) with official Gingerbread can detect google maps in Android Market?

Or people with Ace Froyo can still detect Google maps in Market

i asked all these because i'm wondering is it because we updated to GB that's why we cannot use many google app from Android Market.

can help?

So meaning, what Google replied to me is true. Google Maps (some of the other Google apps as well) is no longer available for Msia. Hmm....i miss chrome to phone app. Even Youtube is no longer available for Msia. i know i can just download somewhere else for it but just the thought of not able to use it 'officially' kinda sad.

thanks everyone for helping.

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Added on September 8, 2011, 1:34 pmoh ya...may i know the version between a rooted kernel and a none rooted kernel? mine written there root@DELL#1. even i have unrooted it, the kernel still says root. what's the name of the stock GB kernel version?

This post has been edited by icewolf3: Sep 8 2011, 01:34 PM

curious5

meaning even without rooting the phone, the original phone kernel will still have the root word as well?

This post has been edited by icewolf3: Sep 8 2011, 02:56 PM

Google Maps and Youtube is still available in ur phone. Just make sure you don't uninstall or wipe out the data from your internal phone memory.
Because Google Maps and Youtube (plus a few apps from Google) from Market is no longer compatible with Malaysia. If you check out Google Maps in Android Market, it written there no longer compatible. or it's written INSTALLED. But we can always download from other website.

I wrote a mail to Google and here's the reply.

Hi,

Please note that developers of Android applications can choose to target
their apps to users in specific locations. In this case, it looks like
Google Maps has recently had the location availability retargeted.

Please let me know if you have additional questions; I would be happy to
help.

Best Regards,

Chelsea
The Android Market Team

This post has been edited by icewolf3: Sep 9 2011, 12:19 PM

did anyone got the samsung app update? i notice there's an update but i cant seem to install it.

can anyone update the samsung app?