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Originally Posted by snipper_cr
0Gravity, thanks for the link to the USCC posts. I knew there were others here but a rare breed. That's very helpful.
Just to be sure, when I "unlocked" my phone, is that considered HARDSPL-ing? I followed this walkthrough http://forum.ppcgeeks.com/showthread.php?t=42503 and it looks like I did, but I dont want to get things confused (IE HARDSPL-ing versus something like HARDSDL... some minor difference to me but huge in practice).
Following that link 0Grav posted, it goes into a long discussion about flashing via SD Card (step 4). When I flashed the last one, I ran a .exe on my main computer with the phone attached, and it was all done. Flashing via SD card looks a bit more indepth. Any reason I would want to do that?
Finally, it seems a lot of people talk about after flashing a new ROM, flashing BACK to the stock one, then to the new one again. What is all this about? Why would one want to do that? When you flash a ROM doesn't it hardreset anyways - isnt that good enough?
Thanks all in this thread! Specially 0Gravity and philliyxx (your avatar just makes me smile) |
Yes, when you unlocked your phone you had to use hardspl... it basically makes the phone near un-brickable allowing you to load any ROM and having a fallback chance in case your recent flash didnt work properly.
Flashing via SD card is useful if you want to try a ROM right away but dont want to use a computer, it also helps prevent an issue: if you are flashing via USB and disconnect the cable by mistake... well... you'll have to reflash again. Also, SD card flashing is useful for some users with computers that have problems recognizing the phone when connected.
And the flash dance (Stock > HR > Custom > HR)... well the thing is sometimes some data becomes corrupt, mostly on the radios (BT/Phone/Wifi), in order to restore this data, you must flash to stock and then hard reset and then flash your custom. The idea is that the stock rom restores some data that is for the radios. Custom ROMs do not have this data but there is a possibility of corruption, small but it is there.