[q] aokp/aosp - Xperia Arc Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting

Ok, Ive falshed many roms and have got to know many things about roms, kernels etc.
I'm still confused with one thing though....
What's AOKP & AOSP??
Ive seen many roms with that written and a few with Not AOSP Written on them.
Anyone Help me out here?
Thanks!

AOSP - Android Open Source Project.
AOKP - Android Open Kang Project.
An AOSP ROM is a ROM based on the Android Open Source Project from Google. An AOKP ROM is a modified AOSP with various tweaks and customization.
Kang is a word that is somtimes misconstrued to mean stealing other's work and to some it has a negative connotation. In reality though, it's starting with another's work and building on it to (hopefully) make it better. It makes sense that most devs appreciate being mentioned when their work is in play within a particular rom so that's why we often see a list of mentions when various tweaks/mods/etc are utilized.
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AOKP Android Open Kang Project
AOSP Android Open Source Project
Just do a quick google/forum search for more info.

Thanks soumya_digi & zeeshansohail

But for AOKP is just mean the http://aokp.co/ project or all project based on a AOSP?
I mean, if I take a CM and do some change, will be a AOKP?
No right?
So AOSP are all the rom based on purecode, AOKP is just the aokp.co project.
CM is one of the AOSP
AOKP are just the rom maked by team kang, maybe also based on AOSP project..
I'm confusing.

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[Question] AOSP build from Cyanogenmod Source buildspec?

First off, I would like to say that I love this phone. I've built a couple takes of CM using the Cyanogenmod source, and am quite aware that it is based off of AOSP along with other custom modifications etc. I may be wrong, but from what I can infer, the buildspec.mk file that you must copy to the root of the source folder determines the build when you make. If CM is made from AOSP, and already contains a full working AOSP setup/configuration, how would I go about building a straight AOSP rom from the source without any external additions?
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thrice43 said:
First off, I would like to say that I love this phone. I've built a couple takes of CM using the Cyanogenmod source, and am quite aware that it is based off of AOSP along with other custom modifications etc. I may be wrong, but from what I can infer, the buildspec.mk file that you must copy to the root of the source folder determines the build when you make. If CM is made from AOSP, and already contains a full working AOSP setup/configuration, how would I go about building a straight AOSP rom from the source without any external additions?
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Everything is based on AOSP. Everything. If you want to build pure AOSP, you need to download AOSP from AOSP. You can't build pure AOSP from source that IS NOT pure AOSP because it HAS BEEN CHANGED.
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dhkr123 said:
Everything is based on AOSP. Everything. If you want to build pure AOSP, you need to download AOSP from AOSP. You can't build pure AOSP from source that IS NOT pure AOSP because it HAS BEEN CHANGED.
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Well, I pulled the files from AOSP git but I have no other build/make files to go off of other than Cyanogen's. How would I know what lines to comment out and what lines to keep?
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I think you will have more to do to get something built from scratch. From a software engineering perspective you will have to use some code that was built to bridge between the hardware (G2 specific) and the stock operating system. This is a classic UNIX paradigm - the source is portable, but you have to have the interfaces to the hardware to hook in and create a complete set.
I'm finding that my phone has a Froyo WiFi calling app, and this is being used under Gingerbread because I'm using CM7.0.3 (Gingerbread based ROM). Not a clean combination.
I'm working from the CM source tree... Take a look here: http://wiki.cyanogenmod.com/index.php?title=Compile_CyanogenMod_for_Vision
Tommy.

"4.0.4 merged into build" vs true 4.0.4 AOSP builds

So, what's the difference between "4.0.4 merged into build" vs true 4.0.4 AOSP builds?
And the same question for kernels with "4.0.4 merged into build" vs true 4.0.4 kernels?
Will it get better when the devs are going to build from 4.0.4 source from the ground up?
Cuz until now I'm not really that impressed with the 4.0.3/4 "hybrid" builds (i.e. I find LiquidSmooth v1.2 a lot smoother/ faster/ better on battery than the AOKP b29 "4.0.4 merged" build)
Just curious
It means they moved their customizations to 4.0.4????
So if you are not impressed, it has nothing to do with their merges. It has to the do with the rom itself.
adrynalyne said:
It means they moved their customizations to 4.0.4????
So if you are not impressed, it has nothing to do with their merges. It has to the do with the rom itself.
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Thanks for your prompt answer
So - it's not the other way around, like they optimized their roms with implementing 4.0.4 optimizations?
You mean like Romanbb already took the 4.0.4 source and implemented his customizations?
Just trying to learn here
Ti2 said:
Thanks for your prompt answer
So - it's not the other way around, like they optimized their roms with implementing 4.0.4 optimizations?
You mean like Romanbb already took the 4.0.4 source and implemented his customizations?
Just trying to learn here
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Ok so, this is how we do it, usually. We have out own customized repos, and then we sync with AOSP. So everything is the current AOSP tree it is synced to, other than the customized repos.
What we do then, is diff our changes to the current 4.0.4 code and add them back, and then re-sync our customized repos.
Some roms sync from multiple sources. For example, AOKP syncs from AOSP, custom repos and Cyanogenmod. So if CM is not updated to 4.0.4, neither is aokp, to certain degrees (I am sure CM is).
I don't know about Liquid, but we (Team BAMF) sync directly and only from aosp and our own custom repos. We just finished the switch to 4.0.4.
So if you find Liquid better, its not to do with 4.0.4 and everything to do with the rom
Cheers mate, thanks for the insight it's very much appreciated
I just looked up your thread - when will your new 4.0.4 rom be up? I'll try it - I'm ready for a shift hehehe
Ti2 said:
Cheers mate, thanks for the insight it's very much appreciated
I just looked up your thread - when will your new 4.0.4 rom be up? I'll try it - I'm ready for a shift hehehe
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There are some things in the work (besides 4.0.4) that need to be finished yet, but I would say it won't be much longer.
adrynalyne said:
Ok so, this is how we do it, usually. We have out own customized repos, and then we sync with AOSP. So everything is the current AOSP tree it is synced to, other than the customized repos.
What we do then, is diff our changes to the current 4.0.4 code and add them back, and then re-sync our customized repos.
Some roms sync from multiple sources. For example, AOKP syncs from AOSP, custom repos and Cyanogenmod. So if CM is not updated to 4.0.4, neither is aokp, to certain degrees (I am sure CM is).
I don't know about Liquid, but we (Team BAMF) sync directly and only from aosp and our own custom repos. We just finished the switch to 4.0.4.
So if you find Liquid better, its not to do with 4.0.4 and everything to do with the rom
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Have you released a 4.0.4 rom mate?
Stretlow said:
Have you released a 4.0.4 rom mate?
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We have merged with 4.0.4, but we havent released an update yet, no.

[Q/A]What's the difference between asop ,cm10, and kang ?? (I am new )

Hello
I came from black berry so little confused on everything. Can somebody help me understand some of this.
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They're branches of ROM development. Different individuals and teams work on their own ROMs and distribute them regularly. They each have their own features, looks and performance tweaks that they think are best.
As a quick start, "AOSP" is the Android Open Source Project. Google maintains the open source Android code, and individuals can pull from it and build their own ROMs off of that. So when someone says their ROM is "AOSP based", they're saying that they pulled the source from Google then modified it.
And like-wise with CM10/AOKP they provide their own source code.
CM10 = Cyanogenmod team. A very popular ROM. They do have their own ROM but also provide their own source code for those wanting to start with an already modified base. As an example CM10 based ROMs usually come with certain additional features like the CM kernel, profiles, etc.
AOKP = Android Open Kang Project. As the name suggests it is also the same idea. A source code provided by a developer of a Popular ROM (AOKP) for other users to use. Also comes with features not included in the base AOSP ROM
If any of that is wrong someone will correct me I'm sure

openSEMC vs AOSP?

Hi all,
Can you help me understand whats the difference between openSEMC and AOSP roms?
And which one is better ??
gameputra said:
Hi all,
Can you help me understand whats the difference between openSEMC and AOSP roms?
And which one is better ??
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aosp rom is the stock android that google delivers...its just pure stock android ported on your device
open semc roms are cyanogenmod roms...cyanogen gets the aosp rom and puts some of its features on it[themes ,cyanogenmod apps etc] and then one developer ports cyanogenmod on your device..... but it also offers an almost stock android experience
in my personal opinion aosp is somewhat faster and lighter than cyanogenmod[it also depends on the developer who ports both roms] and thats why i prefer it, but the difference is not this big...
I will just add that you can use a pure AOSP rom and add some features that you have on CyanogenMod, OmiRom, CarbonROM etc by using for example GravityBox (Xposed).
This is a good way to have an up to date device with some cool features
Some idea that we can find on derived AOSP code can be used by Google on next AOSP release too. So it's interesting to have both

Any custom ROM development other than CM/Lineage?

Just curious if there is any custom ROM development for AOSP, Slim, Omnirom going on? Would be good to have other base's set up for our device and being maintained as it would give more options.
AFAIK no. Even if there were its 99% chance that it is based on CM/Lineage and has changes that just add some stuff but dont go really far from them.
The ideal scenario would be to have an pure AOSP ROM so that anyone can have a clean and easy start to build upon.
So far I think ParanoidAndroid is the only ROM that is also based on AOSP and goes side-to-side with CM/Lineage but currently they don't officially support HTC 10.
Although, I think I saw a branch for pme on their Github so you never know...
There's slim,aokp,and acip N here. https://www.androidfilehost.com/?w=search&s=Pme&type=files
Just search 'pme'
But I believe they are CM based . I am too waiting for pure AOSP .

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