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[Epic 4G Android Development] skandranon314:
Just upgrade to 2.0.0 from latest Bonsai. Process went flawlessly!

Love how the ROM saved all my data and restored it. Time wise, the backup and flash took about 20 min. From there everything but my theme (Emotionless beast .9) was just where I left it. Amazing!

FYI to anyone using emotionless beast, I let the rom boot and do its thing. Then powered down, and reflashed v.9 with no problems.

Great job Devs! Thx for this one! Hope other devs pick up your stream lined process and adopt it as well.
[Epic 4G Android Development] nubecoder:
I would like to request that the following notes (or something similar) be added to the OP (for clarity).

You SHOULD NOT perform a wipe of /data (ie factory reset).

This ROM (v2.0.0) will automagically:
1: performs a backup of the /data partition.
2: format to ext4.
3: disable journaling.
4: restore the backed up /data partition.

I'm sure it would help some people who haven't read through the 200+ pages of this thread.

I can say that I wiped cache and dalvik with out any issues, wiping /data kind of defeats the point of the backup/restore.

;]
[Epic 4G Android Development] SwimDrewid:
Coming from fallen (which is based on bonsai 1.1.4.

So, it sounds like I should not wipe first. is this not correct?

Thx,

Sent from my fully armed and operational battle station
[Epic 4G Android Development] skandranon314:
Correct. Do not wipe. The install does the wipe for you. You should do a CWM backup first thing though, JIC.

+1
[Epic 4G Android Development] lightsout773:
@DI18

Hello folks, I recently had my epic replaced due to bad power switch.

I am now back to stock DI18

I would like to run the latest Bonsai 2.0, but have a couple questions.

1. Do I need to to upgrade to DK28 before upgrading to Bonsai?

2. In the instructions found on http://code.google.com/p/bonsai/wiki/Install, it instructs to root with OneClickRootCWM3. When I check out the forum sticky posts under Epic 4g development, its shows version 2.5.5 is the newest. I am just confused as to which one I should I use and which one is newer/better.
[Epic 4G Android Development] skandranon314:
1. DK28 is required for this ROM. Flash with odin prior to install.

2. CWM 3.0.0.5 is the newest / most current. Link is posted under the install instructions link you posted. Use that one. You should have minimal problems.

Odin to DK28, then follow the flow chart.

Note - I did see Randy ask for someone to try and flash though CWM2. However after that someone posted this did not work for them. You may try it with CWM2 and see if it works. Up to you. Either way, afaik, I am pretty sure you will end up with CWM 3 after the install finishes.
[Epic 4G Android Development] pjjohn73:
Odin or update to dk28. Turn on usb debuggung. Use the CWM3.0.05 to get your root and clockwork recovery. Make sure u put the Bonsai ROM on your sd card. Go into cwm recovery and flash the ROM.

Randy did say something about using cwm2 if u ran unto problems. Look a few posts up.
[Epic 4G Android Development] Top Nurse:
I think that doing the cw3 complicates things as well.
[Epic 4G Android Development] pjjohn73:
Why would the CWM3 ext4 format, be messing with the Bonsai ROM flash ext4 format? Just curious.
[Epic 4G Android Development] Top Nurse:
I wiped everything during the beta and it was big misteak. Essentially the rom backups nothing and restores nothing leaving you hanging on the sgs screen.
[Epic 4G Android Development] Top Nurse:
I don't think it does, but it complicates the install process imho.
[Epic 4G Android Development] formula84:
Right its just compatible, only works with, ext4 does not mess with anything if your already on ext4. Seemed to work great for me on 3.0.0.5
[Epic 4G Android Development] MysteryEmotionz:
Quadrant don't mean **** but here's some food for thought.

Bonsia 2.0.0, emotionless beast v.09, re-odexed

Sent From Da Hood.
[Epic 4G Android Development] aindfan:
To those flashing Bonsai 2.0: the flash process took my phone a WHILE, and I was almost convinced that it's time to pull the battery. But my patience paid off, and now there's a brand new Bonsai installed. Be patient - the progress bar isn't accurate, and even though it looks like nothing is happening, things are moving in the background.

Thanks Mammon and Randy!
[Epic 4G Android Development] justpastfinish:
Update doesn't work for me. I have CW 2.5.1.0 and flashed the 2.0zip. backed up everything, installed but is stuck on samsung... wont boot past... back to my backup for now... not sure what happened.
[Epic 4G Android Development] MysteryEmotionz:
You need 2.5.1.2 or 3.0.05 already installed

Sent From Da Hood.
[Epic 4G Android Development] pjjohn73:
So IF someone did have to ODIN and start from scratch, and it messes up when there is nothing to backup. How does someone flash the ROM from that point.

I came from Bonsai, so my flashing was flawless, everything works GREAT!

Just asking this, as there are people who will come from scratch or people who get a messed up phone and have to ODIN (speaking from experience) and will NEED to start from a clean install.

Will they need to install an old version or even a different ROM first then flash version 2.0?
[Epic 4G Android Development] dcowboys2184:
whats up with the browser lag? its not only stock but dolphin miren and skyfire too... anyone else having this issue
[Epic 4G Android Development] musclehead84:
If you are on di18 you don't have to Odin to dk28 first. You can root on di18 with cwm3 and then flash the rom. If you want the froyo modem you can flash that too. Also this rom has to be installed thru cwm3. Masterqu already tried the old version of cwm and it doesn't work.

Sent my from IPad!
[Epic 4G Android Development] MysteryEmotionz:
No browser lag using miren for me

Sent From Da Hood.
[Epic 4G Android Development] asdfghjkl:
soo i just installed 2.0 and a weird thing happened when i went back to cwm..I flashed with 2.5.1.2 and rebooted the phone let it run wtvr and powered down and went to cwm. Rebooted recovery in 2.5.1.0 and it took me straight to 3.0.0.5 ..but i never ran the run.bat to get it....so im guessing it has something to do with the new kernel and the 3.0.0.5 redirect which solves the "multi clockwork" problem. Just want to know if this is normal....btw the new rom is great!
[Epic 4G Android Development] wildwill2002:
Works Great

I came from Bonsai 1.1.4. All I had to do was wipe everything and install from CWM 3. The only issue is that the Google Market wouldn't sync all of my apps. This always seems to be a hit or miss issue though and is probably Google's fault. I hope it is fixed in the future. Thank you Mammon and Randy

Quadrant:

1895

SmartBench 2010:

Work: 1107

Games: 2653
[Epic 4G Android Development] decalex:
I love the ascii Bonsai during installation--- brings me back to 15 yrs ago :)

it looks (¯`·._.· sw33t·._.·´¯)

Great job-- lookin forward to testin out.
[Epic 4G Android Development] Top Nurse:
Odin stock DK28, run cwm3 and let it do its thing converting to ext 4. After boot I pulled battery when it hanged on the sgs screen. Then I 3 fingered into cwm3 and flashed Bonzai 2.0 and was good to go.
[Epic 4G Android Development] Top Nurse:
I really like the "EPIC 4G" that derezzes on and off during boot. B-)
[Epic 4G Android Development] decalex:
adb

It's possible I messed up my drivers messing with nookcolor, but is everyone able to adb to their epic after updating to 2.0.0?

yes, development is checked, and yes, worked before updating.

Edit: nook color setup gets blame, not bonzai. All works well! Great rom.
[Epic 4G Android Development] pjjohn73:
Thanks for the info.
[Epic 4G Android Development] MasterQu:
I knew we should have used my varient of the install instructions.

sent from my emotionless Bonzai
[Epic 4G Android Development] MasterQu:
You can install from scratch using this rom. The issue we saw was a beta issue and was corrected prior to the alpha release.

sent from my emotionless Bonzai
[Epic 4G Android Development] MasterQu:
Brwser lag is a dk28 issue. The easier fix is to install ad free app from the market. Using this app removes most lag.

sent from my emotionless Bonzai
[Epic 4G Android Development] MasterQu:
Recently there have been a lot of versions of cwm. A lot of these were within bonsai4all and its prior versions. A big part of what randy_t and mammon88 did was to clear everones phones and get everything up to standard. They realized that the more automated they made the process the easier this would be. They really did try to cover all possibilities so different people will see different things happen because of how their previous phones were configured. But after 2.0 we should all be on a level playing field.

In another post someone asked what the difference between cwm ext4 is and bonsai ext4. The difference is how specific bonsai is. Its designed for better optimization and is more thurough in its process.

Next question?

BONSAI!

sent from my emotionless Bonzai
[Epic 4G Android Development] mcdavid:
Is the ext4-format_nojournal-1.1.zip mod baked in?

If not, is it recommended?

If so, at what point during the 2.0 setup should it be installed?
[Epic 4G Android Development] pjjohn73:
it has ext4 format, nojournal, and pushes you to CWM3.0.0.5 from what I understand. Not sure if it is version 1.1
[Epic 4G Android Development] nubecoder:
10char

=]
[Epic 4G Android Development] blahblah2000:
I tried looking in the last several pages and the wiki, but is there a changelog for version 2?
[Epic 4G Android Development] MasterQu:
I'm pretty sure we have that baked in, but I will let Randy_T or Mammon88 confirm.

BONSAI!
[Epic 4G Android Development] MasterQu:
Wiki is not up to date in any means. Most Devs haven't been keeping up on it.

BONSAI!
[Epic 4G Android Development] musclehead84:
yeah the no-journal is baked in thats why you dont have to wipe cause it does it for you.
[Epic 4G Android Development] musclehead84:
anybody run the oneclick odexer and restoration for deodexed roms yet? i ran it and i got a good bit more free space on my phone. not really noticing any speed difference.
[Epic 4G Android Development] Top Nurse:
ROFLMAO
[Epic 4G Android Development] h8uman:
What is the correct procedure coming from DK28 stock?

I am getting some weird results when trying to flash this ROM. Let me explain my steps.....

Steps.

1. Odin to DK28.

2. CWM3.

3. 3 Finger Salute. Wait for EXT4 format to finish.

4. Wipe Data, Cache and Dalvik 3X each.

5. Flash the Bonsai 2.0 ROM. Phone will reboot after Kernel flashing is complete.

Expected Results.

To see a plain (vanilla) looking ROM with the About->Phone displaying that I am on the Bonsai ROM 2.0.

Current Results.

1. Phone boots up with the Galaxy S logo and the Android text over the S symbol in a vertical position flashing on and off.

2. Phone vibrating much more than usual without pressing anything.

3. About-> Phone displaying nothing that bonsai was flashed. Infact it displays that it is still on stock DK28.

The instructions do NOT say that you can NOT start from Odin DK28 and CWM3.

I am getting the same results with the midNIGHT rom (latest) that mammon and randy have helped with.

I have tried this several times.

Re-downloaded ROM's over and over again.

Formatted SD Card.

I guess this ROM will not work for me. Bummer! :(
[Epic 4G Android Development] cballin22:
Love the new rom installed no. Issues I did notice now in the call logs now all the sms texts r now showing you can change it to dialed but hen u can't see missed calls all in one view like the previous rom..
[Epic 4G Android Development] Restola:
I restored the nandroid backup I had made just after my bonsai 2 install and the problem went away.

Randy...since bonsai 2 seems to work best installed over a working dk28 rom....what's the best way to 'start from scratch' and end up with a fresh clean bonsai 2 install? I don't want to install nebula, restore data, then install bonsai 2 every time I have a problem.

Thanks
[Epic 4G Android Development] Randy_T:
That is expected behavior. One of the goals of this release was to get everyone on one version of CWM.
[Epic 4G Android Development] Randy_T:
PLEASE. PLEASE follow the install instructions that are linked from my signature, Mammon's signature and the OP.

All of these things are included in the install and we are trying our best to make this dirt simple. No wiping indicated or needed. No other package installs needed. It really is this easy.
[Epic 4G Android Development] Randy_T:
Here is a basic "changelog" of sorts.

http://goo.gl/ccl2M

Both Mammon and I are distracted by work issues this week and will try to pull together a formal changelog asap.

The good news is that there are at least 10 beta testers on this forum that are giving great support on getting you going on v2.0.
[Epic 4G Android Development] Randy_T:
I guess I am at a loss as to why you want to go back to DK28 before doing the install. That is a use case we did not consider.

Tell me what you are trying to accomplish and maybe I can better understand how to get you there.
[Epic 4G Android Development] SwimDrewid:
Seriously. You guys are ****ing geniuses. From the moment I saw the Bonsai ascii art I knew this was gonna be great.

I moved the startup and shutdown animations from the fallen rom before i flashed. But I do not see where the start up sound file lies -- want to do away with the zen stuff and put back in the AI voice.

Keep up the great work!
[Epic 4G Android Development] mattallica76:
I would just install bonsai 2 from your currently working ROM, then do a factory reset/data wipe after first boot. That should leave you with a clean install of bonsai. I haven't tried it myself, but it should work in theory.
[Epic 4G Android Development] Randy_T:
I asked this question of someone else. I'l ask it again here.

Why ODIN back to DK28?

Let me explain what the install process does. Maybe that will put some folks at ease about what they have when the v2.0 install completes.

v2.0 install process:

1. Backs up everything on /data to /sdcard/bonsai-backup/

The backup is necessary even if you are coming from a stock phone and don't really care about anything there. This is where dalvik-cache lives as well as some other proprietary things that are needed for the phone to work. The phone won't run with a clean /data, so we need to backup and restore /data

2. Wipes /system,. /data and /cache and reformats these filesystems to EXT4 and uses parameters to optimize the performance of these EXT4 filesystems to the best of our current knowledge.

3. Installs all new files from the v2.0 package for /system, creates needed symlinks, etc.

4. Restores the /data that we backed up. Putting back dalvik-cache dir, your previous phone theme and other configuration.

5. Flashes a new kernel which includes CWM3

You really don't gain anything by going back to stock because we remove every bit of it anyway with exception of things in /data. If you really don't want any files in /data (and I have recommended against this approach) you would find it easier to use some filesystem browser to go there and delete AFTER you have completed the v2.0 install.
[Epic 4G Android Development] Randy_T:
The CWM3 install process does a filesystem conversion from RFS to EXT4. Since we are reformatting the filesystem for EXT4, that step is redundant and often causes the phone to be rebooted which puts us in unknown and uncontrolled territory.

We have to do the filesystem formating because that is where we are doing some of the tuning for EXT4.
[Epic 4G Android Development] Restola:
I was just trying to think of the easiest way to get to a 'clean/no restored apps or settings' install of bonsai 2. In case I run into stability issues and just want to start from scratch.
[Epic 4G Android Development] formula84:
For what it's worth, my theme did not get carried over, also my homescreen widgets did not come over either, just "problem loading widgets"

Not a big deal as this is usually what happens when restoring with titanium, but you method is much faster.

How could it bring a theme over when themed elements are flashed to system and framework dirs?
[Epic 4G Android Development] Randy_T:
So it will not go back into recovery?
[Epic 4G Android Development] Randy_T:
FWIW, .... The INSTALL INSTRUCTIONS say this...

:D
[Epic 4G Android Development] Randy_T:
Prompting for YES/NO during install

I can't find the post again that mentioned this as an option during install.

Unfortunately, we cannot prompt the user for input with the current install scripting language. Nice idea, but not possible. Therefore, we think it better to do a backup and restore. Users are welcome to do cleanup of the phone before or after the install is done. I personally like not having to do ANYTHING after I have done an upgrade.

Maybe if we can get some time to work on the recovery code, we can figure out how to prompt for input. It would be very handy.
[Epic 4G Android Development] Restola:
I will tell you that your backup/restore is the most important feature ever added to a rom, and I would never use another rom unless it had the same feature built in. The fact that it worked moving from another rom is freaking fantastic.
[Epic 4G Android Development] Randy_T:
I would ask you to try the install directions and see where you end up. After that, as has been pointed out by Mattallica, you could probably do a factory reset of the phone either in CWM or from the Settings menu.

I suspect that would be a much less painful path to where you want to be.

Maybe we are taking the fun out of this experience by making it TOO easy... hmmmm :)
[Epic 4G Android Development] SwimDrewid:
Absolutely, agreed
[Epic 4G Android Development] SwimDrewid:
Found it: /system/etc/PowerOn.wav
[Epic 4G Android Development] h8uman:
No its not that you are trying to be innovative that hurts, its just that we have been doing a certain process for so long, that we need to change.

Now, I can say after at least 5 times trying it, this rom seems to have many issues when coming from stock DK28.

Maybe putting "DONT flash to stock ODIN and CWM3. You should already be running a ROM with EXT4 before flashing this one...." or something like that in a disclaimer might help the tards like me...:o
[Epic 4G Android Development] Randy_T:
Nah. We can't leave folks coming from stock ROMs behind either. We need to figure out how to smooth the lumps.

Software development is 90% Sociology and 10% Technology. We need to go through this experience to understand how people are going to use the software...

Thanks for bearing with it...
[Epic 4G Android Development] leatherneck6017:
I've gotta tell you guys, you've really outdone yourselves this time. I've been a Bonsai fan since the first version was released and with updates like 2.0 I'll be a fan for a long time to come!

The install worked flawlessly and when the phone rebooted all was just as it had been setup prior to the upgrade. Well, except for my custom font, but that's to be expected. It looked so identical that I had to go to 'about phone' just to verify that 2.0 was actually installed.

Great job Mammon and Randy_T, keep up the excellent work.
[Epic 4G Android Development] robl45:
will try latest tonight. I can say with certain that the 1.1.4 works great for 2 days then battery goes to crap. Seems to happen after I run for the weekend on wifi, I turned off wifi now and not much better. Yesterday, system stopped responding and the phone rebooted, that seems to be beginning of end. I love this rom, best thee is when it works, just wish I could get it working more than 2 days
[Epic 4G Android Development] fookxixi:
Went from Bonsai 1.1.3 and CWM 2.5.1.2. There was no problem during the flashing and the phone booted as expected. The only issue is that, after rebooting there were several messages shown on the bottom, saying "Fail to transport ***". Don't know what's the reason, but it seems not affecting the functions of the phone.
[Epic 4G Android Development] h8uman:
Well what do you know...

Coming from Bonsai 1.14 works like a charm!:D

Thanks for all the hard work!!!
[Epic 4G Android Development] dcowboys2184:
I tried viper ... laggy then quantom lags after awhile.. Now I been on bonsai and so far smooth fast and the gallery loads up smoothly .. No issues at all other than the browser lag and checkerboard .. But I like..

Sent from Buffalo Bill's Basement playing dress up lol
[Epic 4G Android Development] mrhocuspocus:
Is anyone else having problems viewing animated gifs on this rom?

All of my friends android phones can play them in the web browser and mine cant :(
[Epic 4G Android Development] musclehead84:
Lol!!

Sent from my Evo Killer!!!
[Epic 4G Android Development] digiblur:
I will be doing an upgrade from Epic Exp rom from late december. Its on rfs of course... any particular tips to do in preparing for this rom? I figure I will have to wipe the phone but that is no big deal.
[Epic 4G Android Development] MikeC84:
Is there any way to flash this without ext4? Trying to update my buddies phone, he currently on bs. Thanks
[Epic 4G Android Development] musclehead84:
No it will convert you to ext4. This one doesn't support rfs

Sent from my Evo Killer!!!
[Epic 4G Android Development] FoxRacR17:
Had a weird issue but dont know if its related to v2 or maybe the re-odexer from ACS that I ran on this v2 after I got it themed and set up to my liking. I upgraded from 1.14 to v2 and it worked perfectly, didnt wipe anything like stated and my phone was just like it was on 1.14 but no v2 so it was all good :) I reapplied the 1.14 theme before i even realized that it had carried the theme over as well.

After everything seemed like it was running fine I decided to try out ACS' new one click re-odexer. So I ran it on my phone, while it was doing it i was getting FC's as I kind of expected since it was changing and deleting system files. After my phone rebooted it played with it a while to make sure it seemed stable and it did, so i added my alarm to wake up this morning for work and also set up my backup root to do daily backups of /data around 3 every morning and went to sleep.

When I woke up this morning i look at my phone and it is stuck at the white screen that says "epic 4g" in the middle. I thought I may of caught it in a reboot loop or something but it just sat there so I ended up pulling the battery and restarting the phone and it started up fine, no FC's like i was expecting if the phone shut down improperly and there was no journaling enabled.

Has anyone else experience this?
[Epic 4G Android Development] mattallica76:
You will need to flash the dk28 modem since bs is a di18 ROM. Does not matter if you are currently on an ext4 system, it will convert you during the flash process automatically.
[Epic 4G Android Development] huytrang90:
Does anyone know where I can get a LogsProvider.apk which has the fixed for SMS showing? I tried the one from forum post, but that cause force close in Dialer.

This SMS log in call log is annoying.
[Epic 4G Android Development] kenny782:
I'm having one problem with the new release, my market downloads are crawling. On the last try after 5 minutes my 1.7MB download had 360k done.

Also seems to jump to a pause status for a second now and then.

I just downloaded a 200MB file with the web browser. Had no issues and held at 900KB/s

I wiped and reflashed, same problem.

Am I the only one with this issue?
[Epic 4G Android Development] cballin22:
same i really hate seeing each text msg i make in my call logs it was in the last rom why not this one or maybe just overlooked ??
[Epic 4G Android Development] huytrang90:
I don't expereince this issue
[Epic 4G Android Development] huytrang90:
I have tried to extract the LogsProvider.apk from 1.1.4 and update my phone with that, but did not work either. :(
[Epic 4G Android Development] Randy_T:
Would recommend that you follow the instructions link in my signature below. No where does it ask you to wipe the phone in there.

If you are running a rooted phone, I would expect that you can just install the ROM .zip from your sdcard.

It really is that easy....

We're going to backup and restore everything on your /data/. Depending on theming of your current ROM, we may even be able to transfer all of that intact.