[ROM] ACE ROM v2.0 (No Further EC05 Development)

[mikezot]

Long press on the power button should bring up the shutdown menu within a couple seconds. Continuous long press I'm not sure what happens...

It's the normal long press of the power button but it just vibrates lie a notification, screen goes blank in a couple of seconds and the spinning android icon pops up and acts like it just reset.

 

[GSF1200S]

It's the normal long press of the power button but it just vibrates lie a notification, screen goes blank in a couple of seconds and the spinning android icon pops up and acts like it just reset.

I had a similar issue with Midnight rom; If I went to the Market and tried to install an App, the phone would do exactly as you described. Strange..

 

[Paul627g]

I had a similar issue with Midnight rom; If I went to the Market and tried to install an App, the phone would do exactly as you described. Strange..

This is exactly the problem I'm having with the "no journaling version" and the reason why I'm not releasing it right now. In the no journaling version if you go to the Market or attempt to install an app from SDCARD it vibrates for a few seconds then goes into the boot loop and all is fine until you attempt to repeat the process.

This version though, the journaling enabled hasn't given me this problem. I wonder if a complete fresh start with Odin might be your best bet...

 

[jd195]

For what it's worth, Paul, I'm going to give Genocide Kernal a shot (without any mucking around with the default clock and UV settings) and see if that changes anything. Hopefully this will help the issues some of us are having.

 

[tnuts]

if it's helpful at all, i have been running ACE 2.0 w/ Twilight v1.1.0, and have had absolutely no issues to date. market (and appbrain) working fine, no problems w/ camera, wifi, data, apps, random freezing... nothing. works like a champ for me. i was running the syndicate frozen (also w/ twilight), and ACE seems to be a bit more stable in my case. great ROM, thanks a million!

 

[TexasEpic4G]

This does sound like it could be kernel related. Seeing how I didn't really modify to much in the ROM and it has ran reasonably well for lots of people the few that are reported having issues with lockups should consider using different kernels. Plus many of the kernels now are set to run at 100-1000 mhz, my device doesn't handle 100 mhz very well and a few weeks ago prior to even building ACE ROM v2.0 I started running my kernels at 200-1000 mhz and it is alot more solid/dependable now.

I would start by bumping that bottom number on the CPU settings to 200 instead of the 100 mhz and see how things go, it may resolve things for many as some phone just don't like waking up or idling at 100 mhz..

From there shop around and try the different kernels available, Twilight/Vision/Genocide/Baked Snack or even pull the Bonsai kernel and flash that if your more tech savy with those type of things..

I'm not saying ACE is perfect as no ROM really is but there is a small portion of users reporting more than "average" lockups or FC's than should be happening. Plus seeing how its so random and not isolated to any one spot/app that leads me to believe even more that it could be kernel related.

Only 1 reported area, the occasional lockups on shutdown I can confirm this has happened to me and a few others otherwise eveything else has been very random and sporadic.

Hang in there, try experimenting a bit and you may surprise yourself..

I'm gonna try changing to a different kernal later this evening after work as you've suggested since I am one of the folks experiencing the various freezes also ( I'm glad to hear I was not the only person having the same problem = I was really thinking it was just my "user error" especially after having to Odin back 2 different times and reflashing the ROM several times and still getting freezes ). Question = when I flash the kernal do I need to do wipe X 3 or just X 2 ( cache and delvik only )? Also , since I have never flashed just a kernal , is there one in particular that you would recommend ( easier to use per se )?

 

[Paul627g]

I'm gonna try changing to a different kernal later this evening after work as you've suggested since I am one of the folks experiencing the various freezes also ( I'm glad to hear I was not the only person having the same problem = I was really thinking it was just my "user error" especially after having to Odin back 2 different times and reflashing the ROM several times and still getting freezes ). Question = when I flash the kernal do I need to do wipe X 3 or just X 2 ( cache and delvik only )?

You could also try the earlier version of Twilight Zone kernel. v.1.0.4, I keep forgetting that k0nane has mentioned in the past it is a more stable alternative to those having freezing issues.

 

[TexasEpic4G]

Thanks = I will give that one a try next

 

[scoob]

Thanks for all the updates.
I am gonna try this rom tonight and see how it handles

 

[TexasEpic4G]

OK - I flashed the Twilight Zone v1.0.4 kernal and so far so good = no freezes yet ... will continue to monitor and hope for the best

 

[spectator52]

i flashed the low 1.28 baked snack kernal earlier today and thus far no problems. I am loving the ROM with the BS kernal. I have a fantastic ROM with excellent battery life!

 

[jjayr41]

Been running Ace 2.0 since release and all has been well so far. Looking into the future, since Gingerbread looks to be coming out for the Epic, will Ace be getting the Gingerbread update as well? I know its a few months from now...

 

[Paul627g]

Been running Ace 2.0 since release and all has been well so far. Looking into the future, since Gingerbread looks to be coming out for the Epic, will Ace be getting the Gingerbread update as well? I know its a few months from now...

Glad to hear ACE has been treating you well. ACE being updated to GB, that is something only time will tell. Completely new OS, new stuff and new things to learn. No promises but I won't completely rule out the idea.

 

[GSF1200S]

if it's helpful at all, i have been running ACE 2.0 w/ Twilight v1.1.0, and have had absolutely no issues to date. market (and appbrain) working fine, no problems w/ camera, wifi, data, apps, random freezing... nothing. works like a champ for me. i was running the syndicate frozen (also w/ twilight), and ACE seems to be a bit more stable in my case. great ROM, thanks a million!

+1; havent had a SINGLE freeze with this setup- it has worked flawlessly..

Hey Paul627g, I just got done responding in another thread helping with someone suffering data corruption running non-journaled. You think you could put a brief mention of the difference where you offer both versions (I know you havent gotten the non-journaled version up yet) so that people know and so perhaps they can avoid all the hell im sure many of us have gone through?

 

[GSF1200S]

Glad to hear ACE has been treating you well. ACE being updated to GB, that is something only time will tell. Completely new OS, new stuff and new things to learn. No promises but I won't completely rule out the idea.

At least convince another dev to give your ROM ideology a shot

 

[mjbelknap]

Glad to hear ACE has been treating you well. ACE being updated to GB, that is something only time will tell. Completely new OS, new stuff and new things to learn. No promises but I won't completely rule out the idea.

HAHAHA! Yeah Paul, I know you just brought ACE up to EC05, but come on man, that was like, so yesterday! The code for GB is out and in this fast-paced, disposable society, we demand our updates to come fast and furious! Damn the consequences I say!

Just though I'd get that out the way for a laugh. But seriously, 2.0 is killing it and aside from trying to find the right kernal combination for, wait for it... Epic battery life, it performs exactly as desired.

One request, if I may be so bold, can you please bake AppWidgetPicker into the next build or patch? It is such a useful tool of convenience and everytime I flash a ROM since TER I have to go hunt it down again. Thanks!

 

[Paul627g]

HAHAHA! Yeah Paul, I know you just brought ACE up to EC05, but come on man, that was like, so yesterday! The code for GB is out and in this fast-paced, disposable society, we demand our updates to come fast and furious! Damn the consequences I say!

Just though I'd get that out the way for a laugh. But seriously, 2.0 is killing it and aside from trying to find the right kernal combination for, wait for it... Epic battery life, it performs exactly as desired.

One request, if I may be so bold, can you please bake in AppWidgetPicker into the next build or patch? It is such a useful tool of convenience and everytime I flash a ROM since TER I have to go hunt it down again. Thanks!

No problem I can post a flashable in the 2nd post of the AppWidgetPicker.

GB, yes that would be nice to update ACE to. I think were going to have to wait a bit on that seeing how yes we have a RFS leaked version and it has some broken features which will all get fixed in due time but then I'm surprised ACS wasn't able to get it to support EXT4 so that is another hurdle that will have to be overcome. I may start looking at the framework and stuff of that RFS version just to start getting a heads up on what it offers but I will have to do some personal, self taught educating on the specifics of GB. Heck I'm still a "student" when it comes to Froyo. I have a very reasonable understanding of Froyo but the real deep stuff in the coding is where I start to fall behind... Just takes time to learn as always..


Overall though I couldn't really be more pleased with ACE v2.0 up to this point. Aside from a few issues here and there it really seems to be stable once you find that right kernel or setting that works with your own particular device. I've been on day 3 of no lockups which is excellent. I haven't had any FC's for well over a week and last one was due to my own fault.

Currently running Vision Kernel v1.1 set at 200Mhz-1000 Ghz set at On Demand.

As stated earlier for those who are still having issues k0nane has mentioned using Twilight Zone version 1.0.4, being a solid build and having little or no freezing side effects. This can be downloaded from Twilight Zone's thread at XDA.

 

[mjbelknap]

And I would like to add, it's nice to hear a ROM Dev admitting to hic-cups with their own devices, instead of declaring everyone else must have done something wrong. Thanks for being so modest and humble about it!

By the way, did you hear they had the source code out for Gingerbread? That's some exciting news! (cough cough)

Edit: ok, so maybe source isn't the right word, but all for a good laugh...

 

[GSF1200S]

HAHAHA! Yeah Paul, I know you just brought ACE up to EC05, but come on man, that was like, so yesterday! The code for GB is out and in this fast-paced, disposable society, we demand our updates to come fast and furious! Damn the consequences I say!

Just though I'd get that out the way for a laugh. But seriously, 2.0 is killing it and aside from trying to find the right kernal combination for, wait for it... Epic battery life, it performs exactly as desired.

One request, if I may be so bold, can you please bake AppWidgetPicker into the next build or patch? It is such a useful tool of convenience and everytime I flash a ROM since TER I have to go hunt it down again. Thanks!

Yeah, the only thing that sucks coming from Midnight with genocide for this ROM is battery life. Its not bad and ACE is far more stable, but I was sipping batt on my last setup. If you find a better setup on ACE, please post here so I can try it, haha

Weve got some great ROM options, but unfortunately not alot of great kernel options. Twilight seems a great kernel, but its focused on performance more than battery. VisionKernel IS Twilight with even more tweaks, and Genocide seems to freeze under ACE (worked well with midnight but I had constant text messaging problems for some reason). I would love to give Baked Snacks 1.2 low a go, but I have some ideological differences with Herver based on what Ive read from the Baked Snack thread.

I wish I had the proficiency to pop out a good battery-oriented kernel, but I dont; I therefore hope that a dev pops out one that will work with ACE 2.0..

 

[Paul627g]

At least convince another dev to give your ROM ideology a shot

Herver will follow the same as everyone else in his future updates I'm sure.


As far as journaling enabled being the solution to everything, it is to a point but the freezing issues are mainly the direct result of the kernel. The journaling enabled protects you during the freezing from the kernel if you end up doing the battery pull from data corruption but it all starts with the kernel.

Bottom line, if you use the right kernel/setup running a no journaling version is very doable. Once I discovered my problems with no journaling I was able to successfully run them.

As a rule of thumb I think if your going to stick with normal CPU settings like 100/200 Mhz-1000Ghz for the undervolting advantage (best battery) then you can get away with no journaling once you find that kernel that works best for you.

On the other hand if your one of those who likes to play around with OC your device and experimenting with the setups then I think journaling enabled is a safer approach to cover your butt sort of speak in the event of lockups and data corruption.

This is just my take on things, everyone is entitled to their own approach to running ROMs and their setups but this is just my experience from almost 6+ months of running custom ROMs and hundreds and hundreds of flashings starting way back on Eclair 2.1 (DI18). I claim to be no expert I'm just going off my own knowledge and gathering of information I've read from some of the best devs out there and everyone in between. Custom ROMs is always a risk, they are custom... Things will go wrong, we do need to remember this is still "a phone.." even though many of us depend on it for other means.


Edit: Before you ask about the hundreds and hundreds of flashing... Yes I'm not joking.. In the time frame that EC05 was released and probably a week into it creating that Odex RFS prerooted Odin version I did with Droidxcon I probably used Odin and flashed ROM's somewhere in the ball park of 30-40 times on Odin and about the same or more on flashing.. I was complaining to Ragnarokx about using Odin 10+ times or more in one day along with going from Eclair to EB13 to EC05 and back to test things out.. Honestly I'm surprised my device hasn't had a memory failure from all the flashing abuse I've done to it. (Holding my breathe..) I've got more Odin "frequent flasher miles" than your average air traveler.. LOL....