<s>
AOKP	B-Application
,	O
short	O
for	O
Android	B-Application
Open	I-Application
Kang	I-Application
Project	I-Application
,	O
is	O
an	O
open-source	B-Application
replacement	O
distribution	O
for	O
smartphones	B-Application
and	O
tablet	B-Device
computers	I-Device
based	O
on	O
the	O
Android	B-Application
mobile	I-Application
operating	B-General_Concept
system	I-General_Concept
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
name	O
is	O
a	O
play	O
on	O
the	O
word	O
kang	O
(	O
slang	O
for	O
stolen	O
code	O
)	O
and	O
AOSP	O
(	O
Android	B-Application
Open	B-Application
Source	I-Application
Project	O
)	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
was	O
started	O
as	O
free	B-License
and	I-License
open-source	I-License
software	I-License
by	O
Roman	O
Birg	O
based	O
on	O
the	O
official	O
releases	O
of	O
Android	B-Application
Open	B-Application
Source	I-Application
Project	O
by	O
Google	B-Application
,	O
with	O
added	O
original	O
and	O
third-party	O
code	O
,	O
features	O
,	O
and	O
control	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Although	O
only	O
a	O
portion	O
of	O
the	O
total	O
AOKP	B-Application
users	O
elect	O
to	O
report	O
their	O
use	O
of	O
the	O
firmware	B-Application
,	O
as	O
of	O
September	O
2013	O
,	O
it	O
is	O
used	O
by	O
more	O
than	O
3.5	O
million	O
devices	O
around	O
the	O
world	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
AOKP	B-Application
allows	O
users	O
to	O
change	O
many	O
aspects	O
of	O
the	O
OS	O
including	O
its	O
appearance	O
and	O
its	O
functions	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
allows	O
customizations	O
normally	O
not	O
permitted	O
by	O
the	O
factory	O
firmware	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
LED	O
control	O
:	O
The	O
color	O
and	O
pulsing	O
of	O
the	O
notification	B-Application
LED	I-Application
can	O
be	O
custom	O
set	O
for	O
various	O
applications	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Native	O
theme	O
support	O
:	O
Themes	O
,	O
downloaded	O
from	O
the	B-Application
Google	I-Application
Play	O
Store	O
or	O
from	O
other	O
sources	O
,	O
can	O
be	O
applied	O
to	O
give	O
a	O
modified	O
appearance	O
to	O
the	O
device	O
interface	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
AOKP	B-Application
now	O
features	O
Substratum	O
support	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
AOKP	B-Application
builds/releases	O
are	O
provided	O
on	O
a	O
milestone	O
and	O
nightly	O
schedule	O
:	O
</s>
<s>
However	O
,	O
milestone	O
builds	O
have	O
not	O
been	O
released	O
for	O
several	O
years	O
and	O
the	O
AOKP	B-Application
team	O
appears	O
to	O
just	O
release	O
nightlies	O
as	O
of	O
Nougat	O
builds	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
To	O
be	O
notified	O
of	O
new	O
releases	O
,	O
users	O
can	O
get	O
the	O
AOKPush	O
application	O
that	O
uses	O
the	B-Application
Google	I-Application
Cloud	O
Messaging	O
(	O
GCM	O
)	O
service	O
provided	O
by	O
Google	B-Application
to	O
immediately	O
receive	O
push	O
notifications	O
when	O
a	O
build	O
is	O
complete	O
and	O
ready	O
to	O
download	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
GCM	O
is	O
integrated	O
into	O
the	O
Android	B-Application
framework	B-Application
so	O
the	O
application	O
does	O
not	O
wake	O
up	O
the	O
device	O
periodically	O
to	O
fetch	O
data	O
nor	O
use	O
extra	O
battery	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
There	O
are	O
also	O
devices	O
that	O
would	O
rely	O
on	O
AOKP	B-Application
to	O
get	O
latest	O
android	B-Application
update	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Not	O
long	O
after	O
the	O
introduction	O
of	O
the	O
HTC	B-Application
Dream	I-Application
(	O
named	O
the	O
"	O
T-Mobile	B-Application
G1	I-Application
"	O
in	O
the	O
United	O
States	O
)	O
mobile	O
phone	O
in	O
September	O
2008	O
,	O
a	O
method	O
was	O
discovered	O
to	O
attain	O
privileged	O
control	O
(	O
termed	O
"	O
root	B-Application
access	I-Application
"	O
)	O
within	O
Android	B-Application
's	O
Linux-based	O
subsystem	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Having	O
root	B-Application
access	I-Application
,	O
combined	O
with	O
the	O
open	B-Application
source	I-Application
nature	O
of	O
the	O
Android	B-Application
operating	I-Application
system	I-Application
,	O
allowed	O
the	O
phone	O
's	O
stock	O
firmware	B-Application
to	O
be	O
modified	O
and	O
re-installed	O
onto	O
the	O
phone	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
the	O
following	O
years	O
,	O
several	O
modified	O
firmware	B-Application
releases	O
for	O
mobile	O
devices	O
were	O
developed	O
and	O
distributed	O
by	O
Android	B-Application
enthusiasts	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
One	B-Application
,	O
maintained	O
by	O
a	O
developer	O
named	O
Roman	O
Birg	O
of	O
AOKP	B-Application
,	O
quickly	O
became	O
popular	O
among	O
several	O
high-end	O
Android	B-Application
mobile	I-Application
owners	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
AOKP	B-Application
started	O
in	O
November	O
2011	O
and	O
quickly	O
grew	O
in	O
popularity	O
,	O
forming	O
a	O
small	O
community	O
of	O
developers	O
called	O
the	O
AOKP	B-Application
Team	O
(	O
also	O
known	O
as	O
"	O
Team	O
Kang	O
"	O
)	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Within	O
a	O
few	O
months	O
,	O
the	O
number	O
of	O
devices	O
and	O
features	O
supported	O
by	O
AOKP	B-Application
escalated	O
,	O
and	O
AOKP	B-Application
quickly	O
became	O
the	O
second	O
most	O
popular	O
Android	B-Application
firmware	B-Application
distributions	O
,	O
CyanogenMod	O
being	O
the	O
first	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
AOKP	B-Application
is	O
developed	O
using	O
a	O
distributed	B-Protocol
revision	I-Protocol
control	I-Protocol
system	I-Protocol
with	O
the	O
official	O
repositories	O
hosted	O
on	O
GitHub	B-Application
like	O
many	O
other	O
open	B-Application
source	I-Application
projects	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
New	O
features	O
or	O
bug	B-Error_Name
fix	O
changes	O
made	O
by	O
contributors	O
are	O
submitted	O
using	O
Google	B-Application
's	I-Application
source	O
code	O
review	O
system	O
,	O
Gerrit	B-Language
.	O
</s>
<s>
Contributions	O
may	O
be	O
tested	O
by	O
anyone	O
,	O
voted	O
up	O
or	O
down	O
by	O
registered	O
users	O
,	O
and	O
ultimately	O
accepted	O
into	O
the	O
code	O
by	O
AOKP	B-Application
developers	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
early	O
2020	O
AOKP	B-Application
Developers	O
posted	O
a	O
blog	O
outlining	O
parity	O
with	O
LineageOS	O
upstream	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
One	B-Application
(	O
Intl	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Galaxy	B-Application
S2	I-Application
(	O
Intl	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Galaxy	B-Application
S3	I-Application
(	O
Intl	O
.	O
</s>
