[ROM] midNIGHT ROM v5.2 (BYOR Edition) Journaling ON RFS or EXT4 4/10/2011

[ptfdmedic]

midNIGHT ROM v5.2 (BYOR Edition) RFS/EXT4 JOURNALING ON/NCIQ

Sorry I have gotten behind on updating my threads here.

The mission of midNIGHT ROM is to aide in the spread of Autism Awareness​

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Announcements

UPDATE: Going forward I need to move to making all announcements for midNIGHT ROM via Twitter. This will allow me to streamline everything and make it much less complicated for me. Follow my on Twitter.

If you guys like the midNIGHT ROM you can vote for it here.


I want to THANK everyone for their support and patience while I put this together...

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I NEED YOUR HELP:
While you are waiting for the ROM to download please read and share the following two posts:​

You ask why we need Autism Awareness?​

My Broken Heart: The "bare handed man": This is EXACTLY why we NEED Autism Awareness.​

The Future, Fear and Autism: This is why I fear the future and how YOU can HELP.​

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Current Releases:

midNIGHT ROM v5.2 Journaling ON EXT4 (BYOR) Base ONLY
midNIGHT ROM v5.2 Journaling ON RFS (BYOR) Base ONLY
Note: This ROM WILL install the EC05 modem regardless of whether your on DI18 or EB13.

midNIGHT ROM Extras v5
Note: You can redownload this if you want but the only zip changed is the zip below. This is intended for new users.
Note: This also contains the midNIGHT ROM v5.2 Standard Upgrade.zip.
Note: You need to EXTRACT the contents to your sdcard

midNIGHT ROM v5.2 Standard Upgrade.zip
Note: This is the ONLY change to the midNIGHT ROM Extras folder since the previous release (midNIGHT ROM v5 (BYOR)
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Change Log: EC05 based
1) New OC Bonsai Kernel v4.0.1 and scripts (Thanks to Mammon88 and Randy_T)
2) Camera Lag has been fixed and security hole patch (Thanks to mkasick and Rodderik for the fix and Bonsai for the kernel integration)
3) Carrier IQ COMPLETELY REMOVED. Battery modded apps. (VERY,VERY big Thanks to k0nane)
4) Themes updated for compatibility and "Reboot Mod" (Thanks to MysteryEmotionz for the "Reboot Mod" and amosher13 for help with compiling the framework)
5)Voice Dialer updated with fix (Thanks Dameon)
6) No Battery Pop Up MOD (Thanks to amosher13)
7) Call Log Mod (Thanks to Mammon88 and Randy_T)
8 ) New default wallpaper (Autism Awareness)
9 ) Updated build prop to reflect the upgrade.
10) SD Card Cache increased to 4096
11) Thanks to mkasick for the TWS bug fix.
12) Clock is restored to notification bar (Thanks to Bonsai)
13) Stock theme now 1% battery modded.
14) The Bonsai Team has moved to a new location Bonsai for Android | (registration is FREE and worthwhile)
15) New boot and shutdown animations (Thanks optmsprim2)
16) Stock Framework
17) Removed 1% battery mod (flash a theme if you want it back)
18) Added reboot option to stock framework (Thank to MysteryEmotionz for the Policy.jars)
19) Modem will now upgrade DI18 AND EB13 to EC05 (HUGE THANKS to Bonsai)
20) AppWidgetPicker Updated (Thanks boombuler)
21) Voodoo Sound (Thanks to Bonsai)
22) midNIGHT ROM v5.2 Standard Upgrade.zip updated.
23) Removed the midNIGHT ROM Extras folder from the zip and made it available here as nothing has changed and to save bandwidth.
24) Increased the sdcard cache size to 4MB (mileage on this may very)
Nore: The midNIGHT ROM v5.2 Standard Upgrade.zip has been updated and will be available as a separate download or inside the midNIGHT ROM Extras v5.zip above.

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Instructions: READ, READ,READ and READ some more.

THIS WILL WIPE DATA. THERE IS NO BACKUP AND RESTORE. YOU HAVE BEEN WARNED.

midNIGHT ROM v5.2 (BYOR Edition) Journaling ON RFS/CW2.5:

1) Odin back to EC05 (NOT the pre-rooted versions)
2) Once ODIN is completed root with Noobnl’s OneClickRoot w/cw2.5 ONLY.
3) Copy midNIGHT ROM v5.2 (BYOR Edition) RFS/CW2.5 to your SDcard and boot into CW2.5 recovery.
4) Download and extract the midNIGHT ROM Extras v5 or midNIGHT ROM v5.2 Standard Upgrade.zip to your SDcard.
5) Boot into CW and flash the ROM.
6) Now either flash the midNIGHT ROM v5.2 Standard Upgrade.zip and reboot or build your own ROM by flashing the whatever .zips you want from the midNIGHT ROM Extras folder.

midNIGHT ROM v5.2 (BYOR Edition) Journaling ON EXT4/CW3:

1) Odin back to EC05 (NOT the pre-rooted versions)
2) Once ODIN is completed root with Dameon's OneClickRoot w/cw3.0 ONLY.
3) Copy midNIGHT ROM v5.2 (BYOR Edition) to your SDcard and boot into recovery.
4) Download and extract the midNIGHT ROM Extras v5 or midNIGHT ROM v5.2 Standard Upgrade.zip to your SDcard.
5) Boot into CW and flash the ROM.
6) Now either flash the midNIGHT ROM v5.2 Standard Upgrade.zip and reboot or build your own ROM by flashing the whatever .zips you want from the midNIGHT ROM Extras folder.


What do you get when you flash midNIGHT ROM v5.2 (BYOR Edition)?
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I cleaned out the ROM (removing ALL unnecessary apks and files. When you flash the ROM you will have the following Apps pre-installed.
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Calendar
Contacts
Task Manager/Hotspot (As they can't safely be removed)
Quickboot (to keep things simple) REMOVABLE
Stock Froyo Launcher (REMOVABLE)
Battery modded Camera (VERY,VERY big Thanks to k0nane)
Titanium Backup (Removable)
Market
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If you downlaad and flash
midNIGHT ROM v5.2 Standard Upgrade.zip you will get the following:
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AOSP modded Browser (VERY,VERY big Thanks to k0nane)
YouTube
Google Talk
Google Search
Gmail
App Widget Picker
Memo (support the phone app)
Google Voice (Removable)
Clock Package (Google)
Samsung video editor (Removable)
Voice Mail
Voice Search
Voice Dialer
Market
Stock MMS/
Fascinate Email
Maps
Google Apps
Divx
Battery modded Video Player (VERY,VERY big Thanks to k0nane)
Battery modded Music Player (VERY,VERY big Thanks to k0nane)
Gallery
GingerBread Keyboard
Working Swype (Newest Beta)
Live Wallpaper Framework
TW Live Wallpapers
Thunderbolt Calculator
My Files
Voodoo control app to data (removable)

This is pretty much what I include in my "typical" releases... This should make things quiet simple for EVERYONE. If your an advanced user or just want to take the time to flash one at a time or completely customize your phone then go for it. If you want to just have a "Standard Edition" you can just flash the midNIGHT ROM v5.2 Standard UPGRADE.zip" and you will be good to go. I have tested both versions. Both seem very stable and quick. Hopefully battery life is better since I removed a ton of background apps.

Credits:

Mammon88 and Randy_T: Bonsai everything. Thanks for including me in the testing phase and sharing your knowledge.
mkasick: Camera Lag Fix and Malware patch and the TWS bug fix
k0nane: Carrier IQ removal and battery modded apps and tweaked browser. Thanks for early access to the IQ removal. Thanks for answering my questions and being a good example.
MysteryEmotionz: Thanks for the help with my original theme and answering my questions over Talk and porting the reboot mod.
amosher13: Thanks for helping me figure out the error of my ways. I was finally able to rebuild my theme and include the reboot mod.
Dameon87: Thanks for bring us EXT4 and ClockWork 3. Huge Thanks for getting us started with EB13 and answering my questions.
Rodderik: Thanks for the malware patch.
A very special THANK YOU goes out to my testers:
chadit
megabiteg
Science Guy
dnathan13
Darren.Wisn1
iamdasht19
Johnny Bravo
shane6374
wudstock54
capitaltpt
flyers2114
jmkasperek1



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Also if you have any "Thanks" burning a hole in your pocket please visit k0nane's and bonsaithreads over spend your "Thanks" on them. They truly deserve it.
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FYI: There is a HOW TO video for installing this ROM along with CW3 on my blog as well. Look on the Android Development page. Please keep in mind that the ROM being flashed in this video is not the v2.7 but the process is the exact same. Also I skipped the wipes prior to flashing to save time.

 

[ptfdmedic]

mine for later

 

[ptfdmedic]

reserved parking for the Autism Aware

 

[wiltonmanorsx]

I absolutely must Odin back to EC05? I can't just flash this over Midnight v5?

 

[HeyBeerManTX]

PTFdMedic:

Would you be able to tell me the name of the following apks that I had installed with midNIGHT 4.0:

1. Gas Gauge style battery meter
2. Launcher that is identical to stock, except that the bottom row was 5 across with an apps icon in the middle and the others customizable (Found this one! I guess it helps to install one thing at a time so you can see what it does!)

Thanks for the hard work!

 

[Paul627g]

PTFdMedic:

Would you be able to tell me the name of the following apks that I had installed with midNIGHT 4.0:

1. Gas Gauge style battery meter
2. Launcher that is identical to stock, except that the bottom row was 5 across with an apps icon in the middle and the others customizable (Found this one! I guess it helps to install one thing at a time so you can see what it does!)

Thanks for the hard work!

@HeyBeerManTX and everyone else...

I saw this posted in the OP of ptfdmedic's other thread here.

ALL SUPPORT WILL BE GIVEN AT THE XDA ONLY

So maybe all of you with a few pokes to him on Twitter or PM him at XDA, or his FB account can let him know how much you would all like having him here at Android Central to occasionally stop in to answer questions and give some added support. It would be of a great benefit to you the users and to him, for support of his ROM.

Thanks.

Paul627g

 

[Paul627g]

PTFdMedic:

Would you be able to tell me the name of the following apks that I had installed with midNIGHT 4.0:

1. Gas Gauge style battery meter
2. Launcher that is identical to stock, except that the bottom row was 5 across with an apps icon in the middle and the others customizable (Found this one! I guess it helps to install one thing at a time so you can see what it does!)

Thanks for the hard work!

The Gas Gauage battery meter, is going to be part of the framework-res.apk. So you would need to find the "theme" or ROM that he used on midNIGHT 4.0 that had that particular battery mod in it and use that framework-res.apk. Battery mods are not a separate ".apk" that can just be pulled and put into an existing theme/setup. I wish it was that simple to have battery mods in a easily transferable ".apk" but unfortunately they are built into the framework-res.apk found in your "/system/framework/" directory.

 

[lancelot916]

I need some help understanding this. How is BYOR 5.2 Journaling ON Ext4 different from 5.2 Standard Ext 4?

 

[Paul627g]

I need some help understanding this. How is BYOR 5.2 Journaling ON Ext4 different from 5.2 Standard Ext 4?

Regardless of which route your take with this version(s) you will have journaling enabled.

One method in this thread of downloads offered is the BYOR which is stripped down to the basics, and I mean basics and then you build it however you please with the apps he has provided to flash separately.

The other package "standard edition upgrade" is a normal ROM setup how ptfdmedic would if it was a normal built custom ROM with his selected options for apps.

Nothing tricky, still journaling enabled no matter which direction you take he us just giving you "options" and how to enjoy your ROM, your way.

 

[superman54]

I absolutely must Odin back to EC05? I can't just flash this over Midnight v5?

Wondering the same thing. Anyone?

 

[ShaLea]

I absolutely must Odin back to EC05? I can't just flash this over Midnight v5?

Wondering the same thing. Anyone?

I was on v5.2, I wiped 3x then flashed 5.2BYOR, then 5.2 Standard update. It seems to work fine so far.

 

[Paul627g]

He might be recommending the Odin process to start with a fresh setup so no prior conflicts will arise.

 

[cjlosh]

Can someone tell me what JOURNALING ON/OFF is?

 

[ShaLea]

I just wiped 3x and flashed 5.2 Journal ON over top 5.2 Journal OFF. Can someone tell me if they are experiencing any GPS issues w/this ROM? It sometimes gets stuck in Navigation App w/"Searching for GPS" and I often have to reboot to get it to work. I am able to get a perfect stick when I launch the Maps App, but when I launch other apps that use the GPS (Poynt, Where, etc.), I can't lock get a lock.
Today was the first time I experienced the phone cutting off by itself also.

Any help???

 

[thebullfrog]

I just flashed this ROM. I decided to ignore the advice and did NOT Odin back to EC05. I'm still running EB13 with the EC05 modem flashed in and this ROM is running perfectly for me so far. In fact, it's running really, really well (only been a couple hours at this point though). It seems booting up is a bit slow, and any apps, wallpapers etc. that are on the SD card take almost 5 minutes before I can access them now. However, once it does finally get things loaded up, the phone is wonderfully smooth, loading apps, everything happens very quickly. I think as was mentioned before that the advice to ODIN back to stock EC05 is more precautionary than anything, and realistically is what I would still recommend as it's what the author says to do, but if you do get lazy like me chances are it will work fine just flashing it like you normally would, assuming you have the EC05 modem. I'll report back after I've used it a bit longer on stability, battery life, and what have you, but I'm optimistic so far.

 

[thebullfrog]

Well, over 24 hours running it now. It's perfect. No, really, it is. Performance is just insane, at 1ghz it feels smoother and faster than SRF at 1.4ghz. Stability is flawless. No FC's*,no freezes, nothing. It just works. Most stable ROM I've used since ACE. Battery life is decent. Nothing spectacular, but not bad by any means either. Until Gingerbread4 comes out, this is my ROM unless something suddenly falls apart like what started happening to me with SRF. I think the lack of journaling is what was causing my problems with SRF, which was fine at first then started having a lot of FC's and freezes later, which just kept getting worse with every battery pull for obvious reasons. MidNIGHT has given me the most flawless experience I've had with this phone: It has simply astounding performance coupled with rock solid reliability, and this is with me ignoring the dev's instructions and installing it on EB13 (EC05 modem) straight from SRF without an ODIN to stock EC05. Just wiped and installed like any other ROM, then restored apps with Mybackup, which you also aren't really supposed to do lol. AMAZING work by the dev. This transformed my phone into an incredible machine.

*I did get a couple FCs from the Gmail app, but I attribute that to me having restored my apps via Mybackup. After uninstalling and reinstalling the app from the market, it's been perfect.

 

[anon(214110)]

Here's my experience.

Have had Midnight 5.02 BYOR Journaling running for about a week. For the first couple of days, didn't load much besides the bare-bones 5.02, except for certain evaluation tools. Ran very smooth. As indicated above, battery life is nothing to shout about but decent. Kept is clocked at 1.0 mhz (no overclocking the kernal -- I found that overclocking to 1.2 mhz doubled the battery drain -- cut battery life in half).

Started customizing and themeing mid-week (Bionic Black, Desktop Visualizer, Better Cut, and several widgets) just for fun. Battery life proportionally went down quickly as I increased themeing, and eventually got unbearable. Started to also get some instability with FC's and stuttering.

Backed way-off the customizing yesterday. Now currently using Bionic Black with tweaks, Zeam Launcher, Simi Clock and Calendar Widgets, and Simi Folders. Still have a couple of FCs with some lame games, but otherwise Midnight is back to being smooth and snappy. Recalibrated the battery last night, and today got 13 hours with light/moderate use (2 push sync email accounts, 1 push sync calendar, 1 push sync task app, about an hour of phone calls, some music listening on Tune-In Radio, and 1.5 hours of total display time, 2.5 hours of time without sleeping). Not bad, given my experience with other ROMs. Would never last under my normal business use day (today was a vacation day). We'll see on Monday ... it'll likely dip to 7-8 hours.

Just want to say "thanks" to Rob for all his work on this ROM. Please read his blog (lostandtired.com). As a father of two young boys, I could only weep as I read Rob's powerful message about the silent struggles so many parents go through with their children ... and his special case of children with Austism. Also, NPR has a great series on Autistic Kids (NPR - Autistic Kids). Much respect Rob to you and your family's courage.

 

[HeyBeerManTX]

OK, so I have been keeping this ROM current back since 3.?, however with the last update to 5.2, I started getting nothing but FCs on all the "stock" mail apps within the midNight Extras folder, and a constant launcher conflict. So I decided to start clean and see if that helps. I wound up doing the following:

1. Odin back to EB13
2. Manual update to EC05
3. One Click root Clockwork 3.0
4. Flash midNight ROM

....everything is ok until the ROM install, where it hangs on the "Samsung" screen. I've tried this a half dozen times, and every time I'm forced to pull the battery.

So, I tried:
1. Odin back to EB13
2. Manual update to EC05
3. One Click root Clockwork 2.(whatever)
4. One Click root Clockwork 3.0
5. Flash SyndicateROM Frozen (tried with midnight again, but same thing; I wanted to see if another ROM would install properly up to this point, and after a couple attempts, it appears it has. When I tried installing syndicateROM without doing Clockwork 2.(whatever) first, I got a weird "double boot screen logo" situation that cause restarts once the screen timed out.)

I'm going to redownload the midnight ROM file, and try ONE more time.

 

[Paul627g]

OK, so I have been keeping this ROM current back since 3.?, however with the last update to 5.2, I started getting nothing but FCs on all the "stock" mail apps within the midNight Extras folder, and a constant launcher conflict. So I decided to start clean and see if that helps. I wound up doing the following:

1. Odin back to EB13
2. Manual update to EC05
3. One Click root Clockwork 3.0
4. Flash midNight ROM

....everything is ok until the ROM install, where it hangs on the "Samsung" screen. I've tried this a half dozen times, and every time I'm forced to pull the battery.

So, I tried:
1. Odin back to EB13
2. Manual update to EC05
3. One Click root Clockwork 2.(whatever)
4. One Click root Clockwork 3.0
5. Flash SyndicateROM Frozen (tried with midnight again, but same thing; I wanted to see if another ROM would install properly up to this point, and after a couple attempts, it appears it has. When I tried installing syndicateROM without doing Clockwork 2.(whatever) first, I got a weird "double boot screen logo" situation that cause restarts once the screen timed out.)

I'm going to redownload the midnight ROM file, and try ONE more time.

You can skip the OneClickRoot for 2.5.1.0, that is not needed if your going to EXT4.
Just go right to the EXT4 conversion OCR package.

 

[HeyBeerManTX]

You can skip the OneClickRoot for 2.5.1.0, that is not needed if your going to EXT4.
Just go right to the EXT4 conversion OCR package.

Going through OneClickRoot 2.5.1.0 was how I was able to "cure" the double "boot animation"/shutdown issue. I tried going straight through first. I know....doesn't really make sense, but that's what worked.

I'm still downloading a new .zip for midNight 5.2 (slow aircard!) and will try going back through the process again. If it doesn't work, I don't know what else to try.