PPCGeeks - midNIGHT ROM v5.2 Journaling ON EXT4 or RFS (BYOR) 4/09/2011

I would like to thank everyone for all the support I have received over the months I have been developing this ROM. Thank you all for taking on the challenge or spreading Autism Awareness. I can't explain what your support means to myself and my family.
Unfortunately, I'm announcing the end of the development for the midNIGHT ROM. It has become necessary to auction my Epic on ebay. I just got it replaced and haven't even activate it yet. My goal is to hopefully get enough to get our van fixed....again. We have MANY appointments and therapies for both my wife and kids that are out of town and on hold until I get the van back up and running. Emmett's speech therapy has been cut in half by insurance. His specialists have been trying to get him in 2 times a week as he has mod to severe language ad speech impairment. Now they won't even cover 3 times a month.

While I wish there was another way I feel good about being able to at least do this. I hope to still contribute to this community and really hope to be back at it at some point in the near future.
Thanks again to EVERYONE for ALL the support for both this ROM and most importantly Autism.

I want to say a special THANK YOU to ALL my testers. You have been AWESOME.

Thanks to the Bonsai team for everything and especially Randy for all his help and guidance.
Thanks to k0nane for being...well..k0nane. Thanks for being SO supportive and such a great example to this community.

If anyone is in the market for an Epic 4G. Check out my auction here. I have listed a BUY IT NOW price with a TON of EXTRAS. I'm also donating 10% of whatever I get to Northeast Ohio Autism Group.

Thanks again for everything and I'll be in touch. You can follow me at www.lostandtired.com. I may have some pretty big news in the near future. You can also follow me on twitter @lost_and_tired as well as @midnight_rom (for future announcements)

Welcome to the midNIGHT ROM v5.2 (BYOR Edition)

THREAD UNDER CONSTRUCTION

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.