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Android 4.1.1 based custom ROM – AOKP is now available for Galaxy S2 GT-i9100G. Is well known for its unique customization features & functions.
Initial release of AOKP ROM didn’t have this much customization options & also it was having some stability related issues. But now in build 2, all those missing features have been added along with bug fixes & performance improvements. Thanks to XDA Recognized Contributor for providing constant update support. In further article, we will checkout on how to update with Jelly Bean based AOKP custom ROM. Disclaimer: The Procedure described in this article is risky & cancause damageto your device.
You should not try to attempt this if you are not aware of these things. Please follow this guide completely at your own risk. If any damage happened to your device while following this tutorial, neither we nor ROM developer should be held responsible for it. Please note that, this tutorial is intended only for Samsung Galaxy S2 bearing model number GT-i9100G.
DONT try this on Galaxy S2 GT-i9100 or on any other device, it can cause damage to your phone. Pre-Requisites before installing AOKP custom ROM:. Make sure that your phone is charged at least up to 70% so that installation procedure wont be interrupted. It is better to backup your all important data from the phone memory such as contacts, SMS/MMS, call log etc.
Since it will get wipe during the installation. Enable USB debugging on your phone. Procedure to Update Samsung Galaxy S2 I9100G to AOKP Jelly Bean custom ROM:. Install ICS 4.0.3 XXLPQ firmware on your phone by following this. Root & install Custom recovery (CWM) on XXLPQ firmware by following this.
Download latest version of AOKP ROM from. Google Apps (Gmail, Maps, GTalk, Play Store etc.) are not pre-installed in this ROM. You have to download & flash it manually. Download GApps from the link given below. (for Jelly Bean based custom ROMs). Now connect your phone to the computer, enable mass storage mode and transfer ROM file & GApps package to your device’s SD card.
Disconnect the phone from computer. Now, boot your device into recovery mode. To do so, switch off the phone completely. Press & hold Volume Up + Home Button + Power Key together until recovery mode appears (you can release power button after Samsung logo appears but keep holding other two until recovery mode shows up). After getting into the recovery mode, take a nandroid backup of your current ROM so that it can be restored back in case if anything goes wrong. To backup your current ROM, select Backup and Restore option from the recovery menu & on next screen, select backup.
Now It will make a nandroid backup of your whole system (excluding SD card). Select wipe data/factory reset & wipe cache partition to wipe all the data & caches respectively from the phone memory. Now select “ install zip from sdcard” & then “ choose zip from sdcard“.
Navigate to AOKP ROM file (which you’ve transferred earlier). Select it and press yes button to confirm the installation. Wait until ROM gets installed.
After ROM gets successfully installed, your phone will land in the recovery mode. Again select “ install zip from sdcard” followed by “ choose zip from sdcard” & this time scroll down to gapps-jb-20120726-signed.zip file.
Press on Yes to install Google Apps. After successful installation of ROM & GApps, press on reboot system now to restart the phone. Note: If you want to restore your previous ROM, you can do this by entering into the recovery mode. In recovery, select Backup and Restore option & on next screen, select restore. Now choose the backup you would like to restore.
There you go!! You’ve successfully installed Jelly Bean based custom ROM – AOKP on your Samsung Galaxy S2 GT-i9100G. Do let us know how it is working for you.