Update Your Galaxy Note To Jelly Bean With AOKP Build 2 ROM: Tutorial

By Anu Passary | Oct 29, 2012 12:14 PM EDT

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Samsung recently launched its Galaxy Note 2 phablet, a follow-up to its Galaxy Note. The Galaxy Note 2 runs the latest Android 4.1 Jelly Bean OS, whereas the original Galaxy Note is still waiting for Samsung to push out the Jelly Bean.

For users who would like to upgrade their Galaxy Note N7000 from Android 4.0 Ice Cream Sandwich to the Jelly Bean OS, here's a step-by-step guide on how to install Android 4.1.1 AOKP Build 2 Jelly Bean on the Galaxy Note N7000.

It is important to remember that mobilenapps.com is not responsible for any damage caused to the device or any other issues that arise. Interested users go forward at their own discretion.

Advanced users who are familiar with installing custom ROMs should not have any problems; however, if you are a novice, ensure that you have rooted your Samsung Galaxy Note N7000 and installed a custom recovery.

Important To Remember:

This tutorial is only meant for installing Android 4.1.1 AOKP Build 2 Jelly Bean on Samsung Galaxy Note N7000 and not any other Galaxy Note variants.
This tutorial will wipe out all your data and, therefore, proceed at your own risk.
Post the installation of this ROM, Samsung KIES will not detect your phone.
Ensure that your phone is rooted and has ClockworkMod recover installed from before.
Ensure that you have backed up all the phone data before proceeding.
Ensure your phone's battery is full.

Step-By-Step Instructions: How To Install

Step 1 - Download Android 4.1.1 AOKP Build 2 Jelly Bean and Google Apps for Galaxy Note and save it to your computer.

Step 2 - Connect the Galaxy Note to your PC using the USB cable to transfer the file to the phone's SD card.

Step 3 - Next, copy/paste or drag the downloaded AOKP ROM zip and Google Apps zip files to your SD card. Ensure that the files are in the SD card root and not any other folder.

Step 4 - Next, switch off your phone. Remove the USB cable to disconnect the device from the PC as it needs to be rebooted in recovery.

Step 5 - Next, switch on the phone while pressing and holding Volume Up, Home, and Power buttons together to get the phone in recovery mode.

Step 6 - In ClockworkMod recovery, select "wipe data factory reset" and perform a full data wipe by selecting "wipe cache partition." Next, return to the main menu and scroll down to the "flash zip from SD card" and press the Power button to select.

Step 7 - Next, press the Power button again to select "choose zip from sdcard".

Step 8 - Navigate to the AOKP ROM zip file that you copied to the SD card and select it to begin installation. Confirm the installation and the procedure will begin.

NOTE: This step needs to be repeated for the Google Apps zip file as well.

Step 9 - After the installation is finished, go to "+++++Go Back" and reboot the phone. This rebooting can be done by selecting "reboot system now" from the recovery menu. The phone will boot now and may take about five minutes to boot on so be patient.

The Galaxy Note should now have Android 4.1.1 AOKP Build 2 Jelly Bean installed. Users can go to "Settings" and "About Phone" to verify.