Guys, i just wanted to clear up some stuff. I'm fairly new to this, so sorry about the old questions:
The GT-S5830i and GT-S5830M(the one i have) are the same, right? So when i read threads like this one, i should assume that it also works on the M variant, right?
Am i getting a nice bump on performance or battery life when installing a certain rom, or both are the same with my stock rom with the last updates? Because honestly, what i really wanted is root and then install something like APP2SD to mitigate the low internal space on the phone.
M variant ( apparently Chile and some Latin American countries you come from) would fall under the same hardware category ( Broadcom BCM21553, ARMv6) , which most of the roms such as CM11 unofficial was optimized to work with ,, so yeh go ahead and try development sub forum for s5830i/C/M/s5839i materials and for your internal issue , re-partition your sd card into ext2/ext4 ( 500~1024 MB ) and swap ( 0 MB ) through Clockwork mod advanced section , then instal Link2sd from play store and linked all of the intrusive apps to your sd-ext partition you have created for your non CM Custom Rom/stocked Rom ( ext2/ext4 ) . For CM based Romes we use S2E app/script which is customized to work with these kind of custom roms without any conflict .
In regards of battery and performance concerns , you will benefit from newer stock firmware you downloaded from i,e : sammobile database firmware over your old stock one .
thanks for the valuable information. is there way to permanently replace the stock recovery of S5830i with clockworkmod recovery?
For More info, visitDevice Name : Samsung Galaxy Ace
Manufacturer : Samsung Electronics
Series : Galaxy
Model : GT-S5830i/C/M/5839i
Networks : 3G 850/900/1800/1900 MHz; 3.5G HSDPA 7.2 Mbps 900/2100 MHz
First released : 2011
Type : Smartphone
Form factor : Slate
Dimensions : 112.4 mm (4.43 in) H, 59.9 mm (2.36 in) W, 11.5 mm (0.45 in) D
Weight : 113 g
OS : Android v2.3.6 (Gingerbread) unofficially upgradable to GB 2.3.7, ICS 4.0.4 (Not fully functional yet due to missing opensource drivers from Broadcom!) via CyanogenMod and other AOSP Builds
CPU : 832 MHz Broadcom BCM21553, ARMv6
GPU : VideoCore IV
Memory : 384 MB RAM (accessible: 278 MB)
Storage : 512 MB (accessible: 180 MB)
Removable storage : microSD up to 32 GB
Battery : 1350 mAh, 5.0 Wh, 3.7 V, internal rechargeable Li-ion, user replaceable
Data inputs : Multi-touch, capacitive touchscreen, Accelerometer, A-GPS, Digital compass,
Proximity sensor, Push buttons, Capacitive touch-sensitive buttons
Display : TFT LCD, 3.5 in (89 mm) diagonal. 320×480 pixels HVGA (165 ppi) with Gorilla Glass 16M colors
Camera : 5-Mpx 2592x1944 max, 2x digital zoom, autofocus, LED flash, Geo-tagging, face and smile detection
Connectivity : 3.5 mm jack, Bluetooth v3.0 with A2DP, HS, Stereo FM radio with RDS, Micro-USB 2.0, Wi-Fi 802.11 b/g/n
SAR : 0.84 W/kg