I'm curious why you're not wiping /boot? Is it because we currently don't have any custom kernels?

Originally Posted by LiquidSolstice

I'm curious why you're not wiping /boot? Is it because we currently don't have any custom kernels?

+1

~ TF101 on Revolver4.1.1
Currently OC'ed to 1.4, with Guevor's latest

Originally Posted by LiquidSolstice

I'm curious why you're not wiping /boot? Is it because we currently don't have any custom kernels?

Originally Posted by MassStash

+1

~ TF101 on Revolver4.1.1
Currently OC'ed to 1.4, with Guevor's latest

Yep. Plus most roms wipe boot.

However until we get new kernel source I didn't want to mess with /boot...every ROM (aside from the CM9 variants) uses the same kernel right now. Any that don't (like the CM9 variants or freeza's hacked version) will wipe/install boot properly.

Imagine a ROM without a boot install, or a botched boot install and a superwipe that took out /boot before the ROM flash. Everyone would think I bricked their phones.

I'll update the post in the OP once we have kernel source, and I'll also 'officially' remove the 20 second pause at that point as well.


Edit: Bah, screw it. Phone's been out long enough. I'm doing a new version with the /boot wipe and extraneous pauses removed. I'll add it to the OP when I'm done.

Updated zip in OP. Now wipes /boot and all pauses are removed.

Tested:
Ran zip
Install ViperROM 1.2
Booted no issues.

I recently ran across an incident, where i was experiencing an (error #16), due to a (hard reset). Which (enabled your phone to dial numbers or receive calls). That could be fixed by (calling into sprint tech support).

Will flashing this zip hard reset the phone again?

Originally Posted by redm1st

I recently ran across an incident, where i was experiencing an (error #16), due to a (hard reset). Which (enabled your phone to dial numbers or receive calls). That could be fixed by (calling into sprint tech support).

Will flashing this zip hard reset the phone again?

This zip is meant to be flashed right before flashing a rom. You do not want to flash this unless you are going to be flashing a rom right after. If you want to return to stock run the ruu http://forum.xda-developers.com/show....php?t=1655733

Originally Posted by njfoses

This zip is meant to be flashed right before flashing a rom. You do not want to flash this unless you are going to be flashing a rom right after. If you want to return to stock run the ruu http://forum.xda-developers.com/show....php?t=1655733

Im no stranger to this zip. i'm just making sure i don't have to call sprint every time i flash a rom.

Originally Posted by redm1st

Im no stranger to this zip. i'm just making sure i don't have to call sprint every time i flash a rom.

The "error 16" happened to a few people after running lazy panda. Once they called sprint it went away and i havent seen anybody have the issue come back.

Originally Posted by njfoses

The "error 16" happened to a few people after running lazy panda. Once they called sprint it went away and i havent seen anybody have the issue come back.

ahh.. lazy bandit huh.. I did run that.. I'll nandroid before i test out my next rom.

Sorry I'm just now seeing this.

The error 16 is caused by a security change on the phone. Sprint then sees the phone, but doesn't recognize it as having the ability to access its network, so you get error 16, or 67. In either error code you just call sprint and they reset your phone's security settings on their side, then send you a profile update to initialize your phone to their network and bam...back in business.

Now as to what causes it: It's likely that a similar exploit to the EVO3D was found in this phone, and, regardless of what the exploit was, that the secure areas were changed to handle the s-off setting. This doesn't seem to affect all phones (mine for example never had that problem) but does impact a significant number of them.

I said all that to say this: This zip does not touch any areas of your phone that do not directly affect a ROM. It wipes /boot /system /data /cache /devlog, and that's it. Any partitions affecting the physical hardware are left completely alone. That means that if you flash this wipe zip the only thing you have to do is install your new ROM and move on. Any issues with the phone at that point would be ROM or (more likely) Sprint network related.

Now that you know a whole lot more than you asked I'll shut up.