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[Epic 4G Android Development] robl45:
i'm willing to try this, willing to try anything pretty much, today, I got like 12 hours or so. not bad, but definately not what I got when I first flashed, first flash, I left work with 50+% battery, today I left with 31% and I barely used the phone. Yesterday, I was home, on wifi, out a little bit on 3G. 11 hours later I was still at over 50%. my guess is bluetooth is somehow messing it up. when I was out on Saturday night, I got the only set of alerts i've ever seen from watchdog, it was android.iqd. killed process, 10 secs later it was back, rinse and repeat 3 more times till I rebooted the phone. now my bluetooth is showing epic 4g in the car and not brcm bluetooth. Sunday I didn't use bluetooth at all since I took the wifes car and battery life was much better, I was on wifi most of the day, but still while out, battery barely moved.

I'm going to the Daytona 500 this coming Sunday. leave at 4am, get home at like 11pm, I need the phone to last the day.
[Epic 4G Android Development] robl45:
i used the camera taking pictures of my sons haircut one or two weekends ago. then the battery just drained and drained till I manually went in and killed it.
[Epic 4G Android Development] robl45:
well I did thumb through the gallery yesterday, maybe that did it. don't know but I gotta look through it, I got a cute kid :)
[Epic 4G Android Development] robl45:
never saw it before but just went into spare parts.

sensor usage.

gallery 11h27m

android system 1h 30 m

partial wake usage, android system 1h21m.

running 4h without sleep.

screen on 1h.
[Epic 4G Android Development] robl45:
thats how it runs when I first flash, 2-3% an hour. now its more like 5% an hour, I'm gonna try to remove the gallery thing tonight.
[Epic 4G Android Development] robl45:
i had to turn on usb debugging so it would find the phone and mount. dont' know whats up with that, wouldn't work for me in normal mode either.
[Epic 4G Android Development] robl45:
my video recording works fine, I recorded at least 2 or 3 minutes of my kids haircut.
[Epic 4G Android Development] Rivas123:
Yeah I just tried to record video and it says recording failed. Never bothered to check but it'd be nice to be able to record video. Any way to resolve this?
[Epic 4G Android Development] robl45:
mine half the time doesn't dial the first time, i have to hang up and do the call again for it to start ringing, but its been doing this with all the froyo roms so i think thats just the way it is.
[Epic 4G Android Development] robl45:
so i uninstalled gallery with titanium backup, only gallery i find in themarket is gallery 3d and when i go to install it, i get installation unsucessful, something about wrong phone or something like that. what is everyone using? can you give me an apk or something? or tell me what to search for in the market
[Epic 4G Android Development] skee/07088:
idk bout "recording failed" error messages???? cant reproduce. but i did notice with this rom(2.0.1) when u launch the camcorder it asks if u want normal mode or limit for mms...i have no problems in normal mode, i have a video for 70 seconds and another for 2 an half minutes..

mite want to look into the theme(if ur using one) if ur not using one, i would back up and hard reset.

i read here on xda, that quickpic is cool(which i replaced Gallery with) and i think i can say that, removing gallery might have improved my battery drain. cuz b4 i wud get home from work with like 25-35%, recently it hasnt been like 40-50%....but im always in my fone, so it might be hard for me to confirm.
[Epic 4G Android Development] mattallica76:
OuickPic is a good Gallery replacement.
[Epic 4G Android Development] robl45:
I rebooted and now gallery installed from market, testing now
[Epic 4G Android Development] mrhocuspocus:
That happens to me all the time its a dk28 bug, you dont need to hang up, if you think the speaker bug is happening just hit speaker phone button and it will fix it.

my issue is different the dialer was really sluggish like like it had an infinite loop running. it took about 20s to go from dialer to call screen and speaker phone trick wouldnt work. I tried to make about ten calls afterwards none of them worked. only restarting the phone worked.

For everyone saying their video recording is broken, just wanted to let you know it looks like mine works. The first two i took were short and it seemed like it was frozen when i pressed stopped but i just hit back and it was fine. The last two i took were over a minute long each and went right back to camera as intended on stop.

So now you know not everyone is affected.

The only thing i really changed about the rom is i replaced this version of mms with 2.0.0 version
[Epic 4G Android Development] mattallica76:
I'm curious if everyone experiencing the camcorder bug is using a theme and which one?
[Epic 4G Android Development] flyers2114:
Using EB with no ill affects at all....
[Epic 4G Android Development] JudasD:
Thumbs up on the QuickPic replacement! I HATED gallery. QuickPic is really nice!!

JD
[Epic 4G Android Development] Sean Hicks:
I had the same thing happen.
[Epic 4G Android Development] dwallersv:
This sounds like the runaway gallery problem. If ignored, the phone will drain fast, get hot, and become unresponsive. I've had exactly the same experience as you.

Watchdog saves me from this usually -- I just hadn't installed it yet when I had you're experience.

Sent from my mind using telepathitalk
[Epic 4G Android Development] running_the_dream:
Using EB theme. I may reflash Bonsai tonight and run it without a theme. Then, I'll retry the camcorder.
[Epic 4G Android Development] MysteryEmotionz:
No issues here using my theme

Android Creative Syndicate- From spontaneous ingenuity, comes creative brilliance
[Epic 4G Android Development] running_the_dream:
I don't suspect that's the issue. Just troubleshooting.
[Epic 4G Android Development] cballin22:
i flashed the newest version of this rom right over the previous with the bonsia theme on it and it kept it with all the setting what i notice on my camcorder in certain lighting while im recording it will be sluggish n in slow motion while if i point it down no light from a bulb or anything on it the motion will be on point weird anyone get this ??
[Epic 4G Android Development] bryanfritz1:
2.01 with eb and no camcorder issues here. Oh and about the gallery thing, I've noticed its hit or miss on the gallery battery drain. I think its something specific using the gallery and not the gallery itself, otherwise I think we would see it more accross the board from all users. Maybe those of us who have this issue should discuss what apps we have that might mask their sensor usage with the gallery, if that makes sense

sent from "The Other Woman"
[Epic 4G Android Development] air2k57:
Any news on when an update will come?

Works good so far, aside from few issues...

Music downloaded app for example. If I play music through it, I like to do it because that way I can only listen to songs I download, audio would get very choppy if I am trying tovtext at the same time and have 15 some threads in my messaging. Very annoying, stock music player and audio streamers work fine, app worked fine on 2.1 stock rom as well.

Messaging with lots of threads can result in app freaking out and not show any pics for contacts, or simply show phone numbers instead of names, reboot is the only fix I came across.

Browser fcing here and there when refreshing the page via new connection, ie from 3g to 4g or to wifi.

GPS? never been able to get it to work on any 2.2, if somebody could point me in the rout direction... I tried the fix where you start with 2.1 rom and then update modem, then flash 2.2 to no luck.
[Epic 4G Android Development] running_the_dream:
http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=921935&highlight=gps

Worked for me.
[Epic 4G Android Development] T1Pimp:
I've had the GPS issue on every Froyo (and a few 2.1) ROM. The factory reset is the only thing that's ever gotten it back up and running for me. Works every time though. http://www.paulspoerry.com/2011/02/13/fix-gps-on-froyo-epic-4g/
[Epic 4G Android Development] bdillon:
Question:

Wifi on and Wifi Running are always at 100 percent in spare parts, something tells me it should not be running all the time. I have wifi sleep policy set to "Android Default" in spare parts. I'm getting better battery life since I axed Gallery, but still not like I used to. I just re-downloaded and re-flashed the ROM, still no dice.
[Epic 4G Android Development] mattallica76:
If Wifi is on, it's running. Connected or not, it scans for WiFi networks. I always leave mine on and it does not seem to effect my battery life. Make sure you have the sleep policy set to never in the advanced WiFi settings. This is the default setting as of di18. You would think that it would save more power to let it sleep, but for whatever reason having it set at Never saves more power. I believe there was a bug in dg27 and di07 that caused the Android System process to go runaway when the WiFi sleep policy was set to anything other than Never. I think this was samsung's fix to change the default to Never.
[Epic 4G Android Development] juise:
I am having the same problem. I wiped my phone, went back to stock 2.1 via an oden flash and it still didnt work. So I went to sprint and got a new phone, installed that latest Bonsai, restored my data directory and bam! No rotation no axis movement. If I do a factory reset via clockwork still no 6 axis! Any ideas?

-=EDIT=-

Looks like I lied. If I do a factory reset via clockwork the 6 axis comes back (it didnt on the old phone though).
[Epic 4G Android Development] mattallica76:
There is a thread in the General section on how to fix this without Factory reseting.
[Epic 4G Android Development] robl45:
Gallery removal been a disaster for me, now phone doesn't sleep at all, I'm going to remove the apk and reflash tonight and see if that fixes it
[Epic 4G Android Development] SINNN:
Bonsai...... Or anyone. What tweaks were applied to make the gps read under the 30 meter ceiling? This rom reads gps in the feets. I sometimes get a accuracy of 6feet. Id like to know what was done. Caring is sharing.
[Epic 4G Android Development] mattallica76:
That fix is built into Froyo, not just this ROM.
[Epic 4G Android Development] kristv:
Kinda strange that everyone is having such mixed results with this ROM. I'm personally having none of the issues that have been mentioned here. 6-axis is fine, GPS is fine, battery life is fine, removed the Gallery (and replaced it with Quickpic) with no issues. Only thing I haven't tried yet is recording video, but I have a feeling that will be fine too. I'll certainly chime in if I have the issue that some others here are having.

I had the latest Viper ROM on my phone before this version of Bonsai, and that Viper ROM was sucking the life out of my battery. Lots of force-closing and laggyiness as well. This version of Bonsai has been fantastic so far for me.
[Epic 4G Android Development] robl45:
honestly, while I believe the gallery is an issue. I don't believe its the issue. My battery life still sucks compared to when I first loaded 1.1.4 and 2.0.1 its not terrible, but no where near what it was. I pulled the gallery.apk out of the rom and reflashed so now I just have the quickpics. but I don't expect much from this judging from the spare parts readings already.. i'll probably get through the day and leave work with 30% or so tomorrow, but that pales in comparison to leaving with 50+ %.
[Epic 4G Android Development] || Acer ||:
A few things I'm curious on in the instructions I want to ask before installing this ROM:

BACKUP:

Reboot recovery to CWM

The Bonsai ROM install process will perform a complete backup and restore of everything on /data filesystem. We recommend that you perform a complete backup in CWM (a.k.a. Nandroid Backup) in order to restore to your previous ROM version if you have problems with this ROM upgrade.

Run Backup in CWM.

goto FLASHROM:

FLASHROM:

You should still be in CWM recovery

Apply Bonsai4All_Leafless_v2.0.1.zip from your /sdcard/

goto END:

Questions:

Do I make the backup in cwm3? (I haven't installed cwm3 yet)

What does it mean by "Run the backup", and after this I should still be in cwm3 then flash the ROM over my old ROM, right? (I was running Nebula before)
[Epic 4G Android Development] mattallica76:
If you are currently running CWM v2.5.1.2, or CWM v3.0.0.5, you can make a backup(Run the backup) in CWM, and then yes, flash Bonsai over top. If you are still running CWM v2.5.1.0, then you need to install CWM v3.0.0.5 first, which will automatically backup and convert you system to ext4 upon the initial boot into CWM after install. Then flash Bonsai while still in recovery.

The end result of either scenario should leave you with CWM 3.0.0.5, Bonsai 2.0.1, all on an ext4 file system.

You can PM me if you need any help.

Edit: Even though the Bonsai install process backs up and restores your data for you, you need to make the CWM backup beforehand just in case something goes wrong.(As you should before flashing anything major)
[Epic 4G Android Development] Randy_T:
Been off the grid for past few days and just checking in. Thanks to all of the community members helping out with supporting Bonsai. Looks like things are under control.

Just a note that we have had over 2000 downloads of Bonsai 2.0.1, so I think that the numbers of issues are pretty low considering that count.
[Epic 4G Android Development] pjjohn73:
+1 on number of issues. And congrats on numer of downloads!
[Epic 4G Android Development] || Acer ||:
Thank you. I sent you a PM asking some more questions.
[Epic 4G Android Development] || Acer ||:
Sorry for the double post but another thing.

When I flash the ROM, do I just reboot afterward?
[Epic 4G Android Development] theimpaler747:
Yes you do :D
[Epic 4G Android Development] musclehead84:
Wow there alot of people loving this rom. That's awesome. Its such an awesome rom.

Sent from my Evo Killer!!!
[Epic 4G Android Development] || Acer ||:
Haha thanks impaler for helping me out through all of this.

I found out that since i have cwm 2.5.1.2, i can flash bonsai and it will give me cwm3

:D
[Epic 4G Android Development] theimpaler747:
Umm..... really? I didn't know that :confused:
[Epic 4G Android Development] || Acer ||:
That's what matallicca said.

I think he's right though since in the instructions it says:

Have you rooted your phone with CWM-2.5.1.2 or later (CWM3)?
[Epic 4G Android Development] theimpaler747:
Hmm. I've never heard of it, but there's always ODIN if you mess up :)
[Epic 4G Android Development] Top Nurse:
I don't think that is correct. If you have 2.5.1.2 or later you have ext4 already. So you can flash bonsai, but you will still have 2.5.1.2 when you are done.

:D
[Epic 4G Android Development] || Acer ||:
It's installing the ROM as I type this...

my fear is that it will work on the first boot. But then if I turn it off, it won't boot up again (not even in cwm)

That's happened to me twice lol.

After I flash a ROM and it boots up, do you recommend that I leave it on for a bit before installing a theme?

By the way, how long does this download take?

Because it's been on the "Backing up /data... This may take a while..." part for quite a while. I'm sure it's fine, but just want to make sure.

Edit: Never mind on the last part, it just started moving! xD
[Epic 4G Android Development] theimpaler747:
5 min I'd say.... and yeah, see if it runs well before themeing :D
[Epic 4G Android Development] || Acer ||:
Woo, it's done! Now I'm hoping it will boot up...

Still on the samsungmobile.com page (my most hated page...)

still on the page....*worried* How long does it take to get past this page?
[Epic 4G Android Development] Randy_T:
Negative. You should end up with CWM3 after flashing the ROM.
[Epic 4G Android Development] || Acer ||:
Okay, I think I bricked it. It's not getting past the page and it's been like 5 minutes.

..What did I do wrong?!?!?! This is my THIRD PHONE!!!!
[Epic 4G Android Development] theimpaler747:
Not very long. 2-3 min. max.
[Epic 4G Android Development] || Acer ||:
it's broken. I can't believe i broke it again!!!!!!!! :'(
[Epic 4G Android Development] Randy_T:
Not badly broken...

ODIN back to DK28 and then root with CWM3 this time. Flash should then work. Might require that you flash it a second time.
[Epic 4G Android Development] theimpaler747:
Agreed. Just ODIN and you'll be fine :)
[Epic 4G Android Development] nubecoder:
Could also just try flashing again.

And I would recommend the following over Odin to DK28:

Odin to DI18

Odin the DK28 modem

CWM3 root

Bonsai.​

Wont have to flash a second time.

=]
[Epic 4G Android Development] || Acer ||:
i can't!!! :( i have a mac and it can't even go into download mode. God dammit!!!!!!
[Epic 4G Android Development] musclehead84:
Did you say you bricked 3 phones already?

Sent from my Evo Killer!!!
[Epic 4G Android Development] nubecoder:
I believe there is a mac supported Odin alternative, dunno what it's called tho.

And you can still get into Download mode, with keyboard open:

Use "mash 'em all" reboot.

Quickly hold 1 and power.

Rinse repeat.

=]
[Epic 4G Android Development] theimpaler747:
Also, like I said, is there no way to get access to windows?
[Epic 4G Android Development] || Acer ||:
Nope. Not for a week or a month even...and I lied. It'll go into download mode but that's IT. Any USB port wouldn't even realize it was there.

It'd be much easier to just bring it back to Sprint...
[Epic 4G Android Development] theimpaler747:
Hmm, no disc to dual-boot off of, no way to install wine and get ODIN? (actually oden isn't an .exe so wine wouldn't work)

And you can't boot into recovery and restore?
[Epic 4G Android Development] mattallica76:
Just try flashing it again.

Or restore your Nandroid and start over.
[Epic 4G Android Development] || Acer ||:
Heimdall (the odin alternative) won't recognize it.

And I can't boot into cwm.
[Epic 4G Android Development] theimpaler747:
Powering off and holding camera, power, and volume down doesn't work?
[Epic 4G Android Development] || Acer ||:
Nope. Third phone that's had this problem.
[Epic 4G Android Development] theimpaler747:
Hmm.... ok, not sure what to tell you if you're sure nothing is going to work.
[Epic 4G Android Development] mattallica76:
Did you try mash em' all method? Hold vol up, vol down, camera, and power?
[Epic 4G Android Development] || Acer ||:
I just don't get it...

What I did:

Boot into cwm 2.5.1.2

Make nandroid backup

Flash zip

(The zip automatically tried rebooting my phone) it hadn't booted after 8 minutes. After taking out the battery, cwm no longer worked and it would not boot up.

It HAS to be something with the Nebula ROM...I think.
[Epic 4G Android Development] nubecoder:
Via what method?

3 finger salute, mash 'em all, Quickboot, or RomManager?
[Epic 4G Android Development] bryanfritz1:
If you live in washington (seattle area) you can come to my computer shop and we can odin you back, lol. But that's all I can do to help.

sent from "The Other Woman"
[Epic 4G Android Development] theimpaler747:
He's in Chicago :D
[Epic 4G Android Development] || Acer ||:
Three finger, like always.

And @ the other guy, nah I live in Illinois so there's no use.
[Epic 4G Android Development] mattallica76:
Can you humor me and try the Mash em' all method right now?
[Epic 4G Android Development] || Acer ||:
Just did...no use =\
[Epic 4G Android Development] nubecoder:
LOL, WPB Florida here, no charge either.

;]

[edit]

That's what I get for insta-replying.
[Epic 4G Android Development] musclehead84:
i can help you if you live in the wv/western md. im coming up your way this saturday metallica?
[Epic 4G Android Development] || Acer ||:
I just don't get what I did wrong! =\

Do you think it's because I'm coming from the Nebula ROM because EVERY time I try installing ext4 or another ROM afterward, I get the same result of a really badly bricked Epic.

I guess I'll just wait for a 2.2 update =(
[Epic 4G Android Development] nubecoder:
A follow up to this:

Baseband = DK28: DK28 modem_delta.bin flashed successfully, no apparent problems (tested wifi, text msg, voice, 3g data).

Baseband = DI18: This is what it was made for, works fine.

Baseband = DG27: DK28 modem_delta.bin fails to flash (error:7 in CWM).

I was unable to get the modem.bin from the DK28 tar working for whatever reason. It flashed fine, but was still looping airplane mode on/off.

I tried to use the DI18 modem.bin and the DK28 modem_delta.bin together, but again, flashing DK modem_delta.bin fails (Error:7 in CWM).

So it seems that the DK28 modem_delta.bin could be included in the Rom as long as it's stated that a minimum Baseband of DI18 is required.

=]
[Epic 4G Android Development] mattallica76:
I know some folks had similar issues coming from Viper. I flashed the same way you did and it worked just fine, but my previous ROM was an older version of Bonsai.
[Epic 4G Android Development] mattallica76:
Ha! What brings you to Hanover? I'm helping someone move on Saturday, we could use a musclehead. Oh yeah I forgot to mention, my wife used to live in Falling Waters.
[Epic 4G Android Development] theimpaler747:
I flashed from Stock DK28, and apart from this infernal WIFI issue all is fine
[Epic 4G Android Development] mattallica76:
Still having the WiFi problem? I forget if I already asked, but did you try wiping data after flashing Bonsai? Just wondering if it was something that carried over in the data partition.
[Epic 4G Android Development] theimpaler747:
Hmm.... actually that's a very wise idea, I didn't try that. Perhaps I shall and report back ;)
[Epic 4G Android Development] nubecoder:
You could even use my backup / restore files, and if it doesn't help, restore back all your settings.

=]
[Epic 4G Android Development] theimpaler747:
I'll just nandroid, and if it doesn't work just restore everything :D
[Epic 4G Android Development] Top Nurse:
I had this problem till I realized that you have to keep all three held down until it boots into cwm.

:D
[Epic 4G Android Development] air2k57:
Is the issue with low camcorder fps 100% related to a theme? Or do you guys all get 5fps in your camcorder? Regardless of the video being SD or HD? Im running the latest bonsai w/gingerbread theme.
[Epic 4G Android Development] musclehead84:
Oh I'm sorry its York pa. There is an IPA Powerlifting meet on Saturday. The last one I competed in was in Hanover, PA close to the hospital at the armory. (I remember the hospital.cause I tore my bicep tendon completely in half during the meet) lol. So your wife lived in falling waters? Small world we live in.

Sent from my Evo Killer!!!
[Epic 4G Android Development] quickstang:
For those who can answer this...

When the new EB13 release comes out, will our phones be trying to tell us to update to the EB13 release with this ROM on our phones?

I assume we'll just ignore it until it gets integrated into Bonsai correct cause we can't install it until it is an EB13 Bonsai ROM?
[Epic 4G Android Development] flyers2114:
I use music all the time.....no issues whatsoever....

I am a super heavy sms and mms user....mine has numerous long threads with no issues....

Never had a browser fc...

GPS is rock solid....

sounds lie you have something from b/u causing a lot of issues....may want to start over and also format your sd card...

I remove gallery all the time and have been for a long time now....never had any ill effects....

You will not get a notification, because you are on a custom rom....correct just wait for Bonsai update if and when the update comes....

Check your pm....I have something else for you to try...its a long shot but cant hurt....wait like 10 minutes I gotta find it again....
[Epic 4G Android Development] caspertodd:
Anyone else notice that there are two separate issues lists for Bonsai? There is one in the initial post under issues, then there is one that is in Mammon's signature, which is also the same listed at the wiki page (issues tab). Which one should we be using?
[Epic 4G Android Development] MasterQu:
Please use the one on the wikki. Mammon will fix his sig shortly....maybe

Sent from my Beastly Emotionless Bonsai while in the deepest reaches of the pit.