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Root [AT&T] AOKP Custom ROM

mrhomiec

mrhomiec

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AOKP has become my new favorite custom ROM to flash. i have it on my Nexus 7, and when i had my ASUS Transformer and Galaxy Nexus, both has it as well.

i'm looking into flashing AOKP to my Galaxy S3 now, but i'm a little confused what's the difference between these:

[ROM] AOKP(Jellybean)Task & Ktoonsez (10/5) (AT&T/Rogers)

[KERNEL][AT&T][AOSP/Touchwiz][JELLYBEAN & ICS][10/3/2012] KT747 - LG8 - KTweaker (i thought custom ROMs already come with a custom kernal?)

How to flash AOKP custom ROM on the AT&T Galaxy S3 SGH-I747 (this link was found from the sticky topic)

and AOKP JB Build 4

in the past, i've just looked for my device on the official AOKP website, but the 'd2att' device isn't available for any of the 4 JB builds.

so yea, any advice on which one is the most current and stable version i should use?


edit: unrelated question... is it possible to change the default location/folder when performing a nandroid? i would like it to get saved to my micro SD card instead.
 
mrhomiec said:
AOKP has become my new favorite custom ROM to flash. i have it on my Nexus 7, and when i had my ASUS Transformer and Galaxy Nexus, both has it as well.

i'm looking into flashing AOKP to my Galaxy S3 now, but i'm a little confused what's the difference between these:

[ROM] AOKP(Jellybean)Task & Ktoonsez (10/5) (AT&T/Rogers)

[KERNEL][AT&T][AOSP/Touchwiz][JELLYBEAN & ICS][10/3/2012] KT747 - LG8 - KTweaker (i thought custom ROMs already come with a custom kernal?)

How to flash AOKP custom ROM on the AT&T Galaxy S3 SGH-I747 (this link was found from the sticky topic)

and AOKP JB Build 4

in the past, i've just looked for my device on the official AOKP website, but the 'd2att' device isn't available for any of the 4 JB builds.

so yea, any advice on which one is the most current and stable version i should use?


edit: unrelated question... is it possible to change the default location/folder when performing a nandroid? i would like it to get saved to my micro SD card instead.
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The first option you point out above is a ROM, the second is just a Kernel. So, you inadvertently answered part A of your own question there.

Part B is that yes, most JB custom ROMs come with kernel's built in, but there are other flashable kernels if you choose (like the one you site above).

I have kicked the tires on a few of them and to date, the most complete and smooth seems to be [ROM] Codename Android 3.6.6 [JellyBean] [10/04/12]. It's sort of a Cyanogen/AOKP hybrid, so customization abounds and the battery life is suprisingly not rotten.

However, I keep coming back to Ariel which is a really fully featured ICS ROM with no glitches or "easter eggs" to deal with and better battery life than stock or any other ROM I've tried yet.

To answer your question about selecting location for Nandroid backup, the answer is yes if you use TWRP recovery, but not sure if you're running CWM. TWRP is better all around than CWM imo because it's more full featured and is touch screen. If you want TWRP, I'd recommend flashing back to stock and then installing Goo Manager from the Play Store, where you'll press your haptic menu button and then select openrecovery (or something like that; cant remember at present; it's been a while....) which installs TWRP recovery for you.

Then you can boot into recovery, do a Nandroid and select not only where to have the backup reside, but what to name the backup without fear of corrupting the file or making it unreadable.

Hope this helps.

-Ryan
 
ryandelman said:
To answer your question about selecting location for Nandroid backup, the answer is yes if you use TWRP recovery, but not sure if you're running CWM. TWRP is better all around than CWM imo because it's more full featured and is touch screen. If you want TWRP, I'd recommend flashing back to stock and then installing Goo Manager from the Play Store, where you'll press your haptic menu button and then select openrecovery (or something like that; cant remember at present; it's been a while....) which installs TWRP recovery for you.

Then you can boot into recovery, do a Nandroid and select not only where to have the backup reside, but what to name the backup without fear of corrupting the file or making it unreadable.

Hope this helps.

-Ryan
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thank you for info. in regard to installing TWRP. i'm already on stock rooted. once i rooted, i didn't flash anything. however, i did get ROM Manager setup and flashed CWM.

would it be alright to get GooManager to flash TWRP and have it replace CWM?

PS. upon pressing the menu button, there's an option for 'Install OpenRecoverScript'. i'm assuming that's what you were talking about?
 
mrhomiec said:
thank you for info. in regard to installing TWRP. i'm already on stock rooted. once i rooted, i didn't flash anything. however, i did get ROM Manager setup and flashed CWM.

would it be alright to get GooManager to flash TWRP and have it replace CWM?

PS. upon pressing the menu button, there's an option for 'Install OpenRecoverScript'. i'm assuming that's what you were talking about?
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Probably but why take chances (re: flashing TWRP over CWM), but that's your call.

Yes to this: OpenRecoverScript


No problem (btw). Glad I could help somewhat without causing too much more confusion. lol

-Ryan
 
i found a flashable ZIP file over on XDA.

but i decided to try Goo Manager first, and if it failed, to flash the ZIP. and it worked like a charm. i now have TWRP 2.2.0 on my Galaxy S3. ^_^
 
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