Originally Posted by 640k (Post 1120640)

In on this. I think it's a load of BS too. I've been stuck on one dude's ROM for some time and it's the worst quality of any that I've experienced. The problem is, it's the only ROM I've every used that actually has the things to do what I want. So alot of the minor/annoying hiccups, bugs, etc., I deal with until the next version.

However, on multiple occasions, I have run into scenarios where my phone will suddenly decided to start hard-resetting itself. For a ROM that never touches the radio/boot screens, it sure causes alot of problems in those areas.

"Upgrading" the radio is such a pita considering what you have to deal with at customer support to get your phone working again.

Originally Posted by brack21 (Post 1113860)

Hi, my name is Brack and I'm a flash-o-holic. Here is what I've experienced. I love flashing different roms and testing them all out to see what I like best. I found that sometimes, not all the times when flashing something gets corrupt and the internet and incomming calls won't work. To solve this problem I flash back to sprint stock then run IOTA, then flash which ever custom rom I want and bang back in business. I'm not sure about flashing the same rom a couple time helps or not. I just know for a fact that flashing back to stock then flash the custom rom will cure some problems.
I'm not a techy or anything, this is just what I found in my flashing experience.

Originally Posted by k_semler (Post 1124238)

You'll save yourself 15-20min when you encounter an error in your ROM if you just do a hard reset. Flashing back to stock, hard-resetting, flashing back to your desired rom followed by a hard reset is not nessecary. If the radio that you have installed is compatable, and you didn't error out during the flash process, just do a hard reset of whatever ROM you have installed. Any issues you have will almost certainly be resolved after a hard-reset. (center button, volume down, depress stylus to reset for 5-10s. Volume down to confirm system wipe, voume up to restart).

Originally Posted by evertec (Post 1135444)

well... that's not entirely true. I've had several times where no amount of hard resets would get the phone working right. Only a flash to stock then to the updated rom would get it working again. Not sure of the logic behind it, but it seems to especially be true with 6.5.

Originally Posted by codybear (Post 1149812)

Actually, it really does help.
Little tid bits of information get stuck behind from your programs folder, and a few other things. Sometimes, it will not cause problems, but for the most part,it really does help.
ESPECIALLY if you use a rom like NFSFAN's. He mods TONS of items throughout the entire phone, and that causes most of the problems when flashing to a new version.

I've lived by hard resetting, flashing 2-3times, and then good to go.
I've never had the problems that most people report on this website and xda.
If you read all of my posts, about 50% of them will be something along the lines of weird, I've never had this problem.
Also, another problem that occurs while flashing is having other programs running on your computer while you flash, it bogs down the RUU and can cause problems while flashing.

Just because it's suppose to cover all of the old information, doesn't mean it will.
Things don't always work as they are designed to, I mean, look at the U.S. Government. :D:D:D