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[Epic 4G Android Development] musclehead84:
What I mean is if you have a nand backup that you can use and you do it it will enable journaling for you and.then the wifi.tether will work. If you flashed the.rom and haven't restored then you have journaling disabled and it probably wont work. Again this is just my finding and how it worked for me. Maybe someone else it will work for.them with.joirnaling enabled. I've tried it.multiple times so it wont work for.me with the Jo journal mod.

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[Epic 4G Android Development] Top Nurse:
Great! I want journaling as I have a mission critical need for my phone.
[Epic 4G Android Development] musclehead84:
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[Epic 4G Android Development] Randy_T:
Where do you guys come up with this stuff....? :confused:

journaling has nothing to do with this. journaling is transparent to any application running on the phone.

I have Wifi Tether running on my phone just fine. Journaling is enabled.
[Epic 4G Android Development] SINNN:
Wut does journaling do? Is it on eclair or froyo?
[Epic 4G Android Development] BeerChameleon:
Yes what is journaling? What is better no journaling or journaling?

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[Epic 4G Android Development] Randy_T:
Just FYI, for those of you rushing to enable journaling, be aware that you are now increasing write activity to your flash drives which will have the effect of reducing lifetime. Not sure how many months or years that might be, but you are increasing write activity to the device. Just be aware.

The Bonsai team does not support the configuration with journaling enabled.
[Epic 4G Android Development] eatmeimadanish:
A journaling file system is a file system that keeps track of the changes that will be made in a journal (usually a circular log in a dedicated area of the file system) before committing them to the main file system. In the event of a system crash or power failure, such file systems are quicker to bring back online and less likely to become corrupted.

Pulled from http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Journaling_file_system

Its amazing what 8 seconds on google can do to eliminate the need of a forum question.

P.S. Brovo on the new Bonsai version. I am getting close to 30 hours on one charge with casual use.
[Epic 4G Android Development] theimpaler747:
Thanks man, yeah I have no clue why wifi isn't working :confused:

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[Epic 4G Android Development] musclehead84:
You have the infrastructure wifi tether working the one.that just.came out like 2 days ago? Yeah the ad-hoc older versions of wifi tether work fine but I tried everything to get the new infrastructure wifi tether to work and it would.only work when journalinflg was disabled for.me. that was the.only changes I.made. I understand that it doesn't make sense bit like I said before this.might not apply to someone else. I was just trying to help out the people who can't get it working that they.could try this and see if it helps them.

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[Epic 4G Android Development] iSaint:
Currently how did you install your market?

it seemed to be messing with the Framework and wifi or atleast it did for me
[Epic 4G Android Development] theimpaler747:
I pushed it via adb, but it wasn't working even before my themed market.
[Epic 4G Android Development] iSaint:
Maybe try flashing the original market again lol from

lostandtired.com in the android developement section right side

don't know if you tried that but im sure it'll be fixed in next build -_-

this rom and midnightRom were sensitive when i installed market not sure why
[Epic 4G Android Development] Randy_T:
Yes, I have the new one working that you shared the link to today.

My point is, journaling is not the root of all evil and cannot possibly affect whether an application like tethering works or not. Turning on journaling can be detrimental to your phone's life.

Suggesting that as a way to get an app running is like suggesting that you put sugar in your gas tank to fix the fact that the radio does not work...
[Epic 4G Android Development] huytrang90:
Journaling should not affect the Wifi Tether at all.

My experience has been with toggling sprint hotspot couple times after removing wifi Tether, then reinstalled.

So far it is working. I'll test it more and and let you know.
[Epic 4G Android Development] theimpaler747:
No dice. Wifi still doesn't work.
[Epic 4G Android Development] pjjohn73:
Randy.

All this talk on journal/nojournal yo get tether to work just brings me to one question. Does restoring from a nandroid backup really re-enable journaling? To me this is the important thing to know as a user of Bonsai. Sometimes when messing around with mods and themes and etc. I restore from a backup. So if this DOES renable journaling, if I do a restore I will then have go back after and reflash Bonsai to get nojournal back. Just want to know so either I will no longer restore or restore then reflash. Thanks in advance!
[Epic 4G Android Development] Randy_T:
I have not found any evidence that a Nandroid restore specifically turns on journaling. HOWEVER, I have seen plenty of evidence that this is often the result of running a Nandroid restore. This is why Mammon and I chose to create the backup and restore process that we did.

As I have written before, a Nandroid backup/restore does a bit-by-bit copy of the disk image. That means that if some problem exists with the configuration of the filesystem (like journaling enabled), that behavior will be restored from the backup.

To your point, a reflash of Bonsai will backup the /data partition and restore it after re-establishing the proper filesystem configuration.
[Epic 4G Android Development] theimpaler747:
Bonsai team, any of you jane any fixes or suggestions to my wifi problem? Happy to provide a logcat if needed. It feels like I've tried everything though, so any help is appreciated.

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[Epic 4G Android Development] Randy_T:
I've responded to your issues posting. You'll need to provide the info requested there. You are truly alone on this and from what I can tell, using a highly modified phone.
[Epic 4G Android Development] theimpaler747:
Highly modified now, but from the moment I flashed Bonsai from stock, without changing anything, WIFI failed to work. I could flash back to stock again if needed, but I was wondering if at all possible if I could avoid that ;) Let me know if you need a logcat as it is now, and I shall provide it.
[Epic 4G Android Development] pjjohn73:
Randy.

Thanks for the reply/info. "If" I have to do a nandroid restore in the future, I will also reflash Bonsai to be sure of a solid file system.

Thanks
[Epic 4G Android Development] Randy_T:
I think we need to go back to stock and verify that Wifi still works. Then we need log data off of the phone after Bonsai is installed and before ANY modifications have been made.
[Epic 4G Android Development] theimpaler747:
Alright. I guess if it's absolutely necessary. Would you mind if I still post the logcat I have now for you to take a look? That way if it's something simple/known, we can go from there.
[Epic 4G Android Development] jirafabo:
random reboots

I had many problems on my first try with this rom so I followed the above directions as a few people have suggested this is the best way. I've already had two soft reboots in 10 hours. The only thing I have modified is I flashed the vanilla lock screen and I used Battery Icon Mod to change the battery icon but it caused my power button to freeze when trying to bring up the power menu (by holding down power) so I used the apps built in restore function and it fixed it.

As I type this I just had a 3rd (2nd in 5 minutes) random reboot. It's happening when I receive a text message.....

Oh and also I restored all 90+ apps manually from the market instead of using a Ti Backup restore because I thought that might be cleaner.
[Epic 4G Android Development] musclehead84:
Yes I would to.make sure you have journaling disabled

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[Epic 4G Android Development] codest3r:
FWIW I am using Bonsai 2.0.1 and the newest wifi tether app just fine. Pretty sweet! Thanks for sharing the download URL.

As Randy stated journaling shouldn't impact app behavior, but my ext4 fs is nojournal if you are curious.

I set Wifi tether to Epic 4G model in config and went from auto to softap only. It worked first time fine even with 4G but app screen got funky, like the enable icon was overlaying the disable icon in the app. It did reboot the phone when I disabled tether... working fine now though! No unexpected reboots or other unusual behavior. :D

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[Epic 4G Android Development] codest3r:
I have seen this behavior with crappy aftermarket chargers on touchscreen phones from different mfgs when the charger isn't providing clean DC at the nominal voltage. Does it do this on the stock wall charger or just the car charger? I'd supect the charger quality.

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[Epic 4G Android Development] Top Nurse:
This sounds like a problem with whatever you added. So my suggestion is to go into cwm3 (in advanced menu) and fix your permissions. If that doesn't fix it try a second flash of 2.0.1

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[Epic 4G Android Development] nubecoder:
This is a known problem with the "original" AOSP lockscreen.

Try one of these instead.

=]
[Epic 4G Android Development] Top Nurse:
So if I enable journaling can I just pull a battery without powering down? With what I do for a living seconds can count.

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[Epic 4G Android Development] pjjohn73:
Just want to say again thanks for the Bonsai ROM! It is an amazing ROM! The simplicity of re-flashing and having data backed up and restored so you can be up and running immediatly after flashing is just awesome! I have been running all of the Bonsai versions and just want to say what a happy Epic user I am because of the work invested by Mammon and Randy. And also the Beta Testers and users of this thread. Thanks!
[Epic 4G Android Development] xeonbuilder:
Anyone else having battery issues? Since I installed 2.0.1 my battery has been pretty crappy. I can actually watch the battery drain sometimes.

Anyone?
[Epic 4G Android Development] flyers2114:
Really not a good idea to just pull the battery without shutdown whether its enabled or not....can i ask why you would want to just pull the battery anyways?
[Epic 4G Android Development] BigJPNut:
I would like to spread a little Bonsai love. I have been flashing roms and mods now for about 2 months. Right now I'm running the latest Bonsai with the gingerbread theme and launcher pro. All I can say is wow and thank you! Very smooth and no issues. I think I will be staying here until ota arrives....that is unless Bonsai releases something new!
[Epic 4G Android Development] jirafabo:
Thanks, I'll try fixing permissions.

Thanks! I was wondering about this.

I haven't been getting great battery at all with this rom, about 6-10 hours. But I just started with it and haven't been able to really tweak it or calibrate my battery yet.
[Epic 4G Android Development] JettMartinez:
I just flashed it yesterday, but quite the opposite so far. This morning after being unplugged for 11+ hours I was still at 80%. That was on almost no usage, but with background updates for gmail and facebook running. Still I'd usually be down to 20 or lower at that point.

As a side note, I just love the ease of the the install process. To boot back up and still see my widgets there almost brought a tear to my eye :D. From a completely subjective "feel" for it's responsiveness and stability I'd say this and Nebula blow away any of the other ROMs I've tried.
[Epic 4G Android Development] mattallica76:
This version of Bonsai has been the very best dk28 based experience I have had as far as performance and battery life. I easily get 18 hours per battery and still have 20-30% left at the end of the day. What is your setup as far as themes and mods go in addition to the ROM.

You may have a runaway process or an app causing a partial wakelock. Have you used Spareparts to check battery usage history?
[Epic 4G Android Development] codest3r:
This is definitely an exception. Did you calibrate the bttery and go through a full cycle before making judgement?

Did you check spare parts to see what is using juice? Typically an application is waking device or running loose with cycles when it shouldn't. If that doesn't isolate try going stock Bonsai and add apps one at a time till you find the problem app.

I get about 1% per hour drain on battery when phone is in standby. I have to turn up screen brightness and turn on BT, GPS, and 4G to get down near 15% battery before midnight each day. Bonsai gives me plenty of battery to work with daily, no worries.

Sent from my Epic 4G on XDA App
[Epic 4G Android Development] BeerChameleon:
Yea +10 from me this rom kicks ass after all the issues I was having ironed out, it was a hassle even getting to 2.2,

Hers is what I did:

1. Flash the modem to dk28

2. Tries to flash noobnls rom but wouldn't work :(

3. So then I flashes back to non rooted then flashed the 2.2 update zip

4. Finally worked

5. Ext my system

6. Flashed bonsai 2 times cause the first time it didn't work. Ugh waiting for the backup took forever lol

7. Realized that my gps was broken

8. Did the reset phone and re activate the phone with the map an dial code

9. Gps worked perfect!

10. Thought I was good until I had SMS messages from 9016 for every voicemail.

11. Took care of that problem getting rid of mms.apk and getting handcent which I'm surprised I didn't get earlier!

12. enjoy everything working with nothing going wrong :)

Thanks to the bonsai team and very everyone that helped me fix the little issues!'

I appreciate all the hard work u put in and I would hit the thank u button a ton of times for all of u if I were not limited to 5 a day.

Thanks
[Epic 4G Android Development] riceknight:
Anyone else notice how "time without signal" in the battery life section is consistently at 50%? Sounds like an old issue where the phone is still looking for GSM.

This was fixed by toggling airplane mode on and off. Might want to check your phones if you've been experiencing bad battery.
[Epic 4G Android Development] mattallica76:
This has absolutely no effect on battery since di18, the bug is purely visual. I stopped toggling it along time ago.
[Epic 4G Android Development] musclehead84:
The real battery is that stupid omadrm that runs.

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[Epic 4G Android Development] MysteryEmotionz:
For those having battery issues I suggest getting watchdog from the market. There's a free version. What this app does is monitor your system and all the processors. If something starts running away it will alert you and you can kill the process or un install the app that has a memory leak

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[Epic 4G Android Development] Mjacobsen:
+1
[Epic 4G Android Development] pjjohn73:
Can someone explain how to use Spareparts to determime if an app is waking/partially waking the device when it is off? Just curious.

Codest3r, why do you drain your battery at night? Better on battery to charge before draining to much I believe. I can understand for calibration, but not everynight. Just curious. Thanks.
[Epic 4G Android Development] mattallica76:
First, plug in your charger, then unplug it and put the phone to sleep with the power button. This will reset the battery history.

Let your Epic sit without use for a few minuets. If you get any calls or texts during this time you will have to start over.

Now open Spare Parts.

Go into the "Battery history" section of spare parts. By default, it is set to display "Other usage". The bar that reads "running time" is the amount of time your phone is not sleeping. This percentage may be a high number if you leave your screen on all the time or are constantly using your phone. But if this percentage is high and you are not using your phone a lot, you have something causing a wakelock. In this case it should not be a high number because it was sleeping. At this point you should touch the bar that reads "other usage" and select "partial wake usage". This will give you a list of processes that are running while the screen is off. Obviously with android there are always going to be things running in the background, but you want to focus on the items near the top of the list.
[Epic 4G Android Development] ryno502:
Having a weird issue since yesterday. If I leave my phone on my desk for 30 mins-1 hour it dies. The screen is dead. Its like it turns off, but holding down the power key does nothing. I have to remove and reinsert the battery to boot my phone.

This just started happening yesterday. I am running Bonsai 2.0.1
[Epic 4G Android Development] theimpaler747:
Any tweaks to the rom? Themes, apps, etc.
[Epic 4G Android Development] ryno502:
No non-market apps. The only mod I flashed was the no-governor mod. I wasn't 100% sure if it was included in Bonsai or not. Could that be the problem?
[Epic 4G Android Development] theimpaler747:
Could be, as that zip isn't supposed to be flashed anymore as CWM 3.0.0.5 will do the ext4 conversion for you.
[Epic 4G Android Development] ryno502:
I'm sorry, I didn't mean to type no-journal. I meant no-governor. Brain fart lol.
[Epic 4G Android Development] theimpaler747:
Hm, relatively new to the Bonsai scene but I've never even seen that zip, but since that's the only thing you've changed I'd say start by eliminating that and flashing everything from scratch without it :D
[Epic 4G Android Development] ryno502:
Yea, I am just gonna reflash 2.0.1. That will restore my service.jar, correct?
[Epic 4G Android Development] cerebralzulu:
Isn't the no governor zip from Viper?
[Epic 4G Android Development] theimpaler747:
Yes

If it is, that may very well be the problem ;)
[Epic 4G Android Development] ryno502:
It is, but I thought I read that it was compatible with other DK28 ROMs. Maybe not.

I will reflash 2.0.1 and go from there.

Thanks for the replies, guys.
[Epic 4G Android Development] theimpaler747:
No problem, hope it all goes well, and let us know if that was the problem :)
[Epic 4G Android Development] Randy_T:
I'll respond to this based on your correction that it is no-governor that you are flashing. I saw another question a few days ago by someone asking if it was included.

Here is my rant... [rant]

There are a number of mods floating around with some of the other ROMs that claim to improve performance on your phone. I've looked at most of them and if there is any merit in what they are doing, we are including it in this ROM with props to the author. In most cases, what is being suggested as a performance increase does not apply to this phone and the changes that are being made don't work and could never work on this phone.

Our goal is to provide a single package that includes all of these changes (when real and applicable) to provide the best possible performance on your phone. No need to go hunting for more mods. I encourage people to point out things they may be finding and ask questions. But if you flash these to your phone, you are likely to break the stable running environment that you get with Bonsai. no-governor is one of those.

Be warned.

[/rant]
[Epic 4G Android Development] pjjohn73:
Thanks Bro. Very informative and helpful! Ill give you a thanks when I get on a computer.
[Epic 4G Android Development] theimpaler747:
Pretty sure you can't, nor would you want to, as it'd probably kill battery

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[Epic 4G Android Development] flyers2114:
And indeed you guys are providing a great experience!
[Epic 4G Android Development] oferico1:
Thanks for the information :)) Very Nice !!
[Epic 4G Android Development] codest3r:
I think mattallica76 took care of this! Thanks man!

I was citing an example of all the features I have to turn on just to drain the battery in a single days-use. If you don't use BT, GPS, or 4G no point in turning them on... however, I am saying it doesn't matter if I leave them on all day I still make it through the day with plenty of juice left. :cool: One less thing to have to worry about.

This is the only ROM I have found with such exceptional battery life on the Epic. If you find contrary something else is likely the problem, not the ROM itself. I should note I'm running Bonsai 2.0.1 with EXT4, nojournal, and SWAP enabled and in use.

That said, I'm not dismissing you have an issue. We're all here to help and participating in this forum cause it's something we love. So if you have a problem, please speak up and try provide as much detail as you can to help us help you chase down the exact culprit. :)
[Epic 4G Android Development] Top Nurse:
I work in a ER and it can get really busy. So if I need to do a vasoactive drip calculation and I have a low battery the time wasted may result in someones death.

Sent from Bonsai v 5.0.3
[Epic 4G Android Development] Top Nurse:
Type fast?

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[Epic 4G Android Development] endurance1:
just wanted to say thanks for this wonderful rom. Ive tried viper, nebula, and midnight, and none of them even compare to the speed of this one.
[Epic 4G Android Development] supercluver:
I am having an issue with 2.0.1 that I just noticed. I get a force close of the android settings process whenever I try to go into the sounds settings and adjust the volumes, or in any program if I try to change to a different notification ringtone. It freezes, and after several seconds I get a force close.

I've tried rebooting, clearing cache, re-flashing 2.0.1, and it is the same every time. Anyone else seeing this?
[Epic 4G Android Development] endurance1:
i never got this, i would whipe everything and redownload the entire rom and reflash it.
[Epic 4G Android Development] mattallica76:
Corrupt sdcard?
[Epic 4G Android Development] Randy_T:
I doubt it is necessary to redownload the ROM...

What modifications have you made?
[Epic 4G Android Development] supercluver:
I can't really think of any "modifications" that I'd have made, plus it still does this after a fresh flash. I've just installed applications, like everyone else does. I'm not using a theme, or anything like that. I've flashed no other zips to alter anything....
[Epic 4G Android Development] superbraut:
Im running 2.0.1 bonsai rom with the gingerbread theme, but i cannot download any picture messages. My wifi, 4g is turned off. Only my 3g is on. When i click the download button it just stays at "downloading..." but i can see that theres not data being transmitted . Not sure if this should be posted in this thread, but this started happening when i flashed to bonsai.
[Epic 4G Android Development] mattallica76:
I've had all kinds of problems with the version of mms.apk that comes with bonsai 2.0.1. I would try replacing that with the stock mms.apk and see if that helps.

Here's a copy.
[Epic 4G Android Development] theimpaler747:
Or my transparent one here ;) :D
[Epic 4G Android Development] mattallica76:
That's actually the one I have installed on my phone.
[Epic 4G Android Development] theimpaler747:
Awesome, you like it?
[Epic 4G Android Development] harrybozack:
You've done great work for the community! This ROM is amazing.
[Epic 4G Android Development] mattallica76:
Yeah it's pretty sweet. I installed it to fix the voicmail notification I was getting with the no bubble version that came with Bonsai. If it had Pop-ups I would use it as my main SMS app, but I'm using Go SMS at the moment.
[Epic 4G Android Development] theimpaler747:
Cool cool, well so long as it works for something ;) :D
[Epic 4G Android Development] superbraut:
thanks for the reply.The gingerbread theme im using now i believe uses the stock mms app. I tried installing the one you posted and its the same one im using now. I tried installing it anyway and it says "application not installed."