Manually Update Galaxy Ace 2 to Jelly Bean 4.1.2 XXMB2

Recently Samsung announced that they will release Jelly Bean 4.1.2 to the Samsung Galaxy Ace 2 , the big brother of galaxy ace.It is very happy news to the Ace 2 users as they are getting Jelly bean update directly from Ginger Bread. Before arriving the official release by Samsung our SamMobile leaked Jelly bean 4.1.2 XXMB2 to Ace 2 users. You can manually flash it using Odin.

FIRMWARE INFO

Android : Jelly Bean 4.1.2
Date February 19
PDA – I8160XXMB2
CSC – I8160OXAMB4

Note:
1. Flashing may brick your phone Do at your risk.
2. Your phone must be Galaxy Ace 2 GT I8160 internation version.
3. Backup All the Data in your Phone
4. Your Phone Charge Must Be 80% or above
5. Enable USB Debugging
6. Make sure you have installed Kies or Ace 2 driver
7. Exit Antivirus, Kies etc .. before start flashing.

How To Flash Jelly Bean 4.1.2 XXMB2 on Galaxy Ace 2 ?

1. Download Jelly Bean 4.1.2 XXMB2 and extract it.
2. Download Odin3 v1.85 and extract it.
3. Boot your phone to Download Mode ( Volume down + Home + Power ) and connect to PC.
4. Now Open Odin 1.85 in PC and look in to ID:COM box it will be yellow with a port number in it.
5. In Odin Click PDA and select CODE file.
6. And Click CSC and select CSC file.
7. Click Start and wait the phone to reboot.

Thats it.
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