@Anton TNT you seem to be the powerhouse of knowledge here...
I have an 8226L head unit that randomly bricked the other day while I was reworking a theme... I have been unable to raise the seller of my unit in any meaningful way - and the amazon listing for it has since been removed -a factory reset didn't work and so I took to the internet to find a firmware to flash.
It is a ZBARK unit for a 2013 Prius - 8227L based - 2GB RAM/16GB ROM - and I have managed to flash a few different firmwares to it - however my DSP settings in each case WILL NOT save for the life of me! I keep restarting my car to find out my bass is maxed out and even after following these instructions I am still having issues. Help!!!
Update - I see your previous comments regarding removing SD cards / USB drives, setting settings and what not in a proper order after a flash - and I am still having issues with my radio and DSP not saving anything after reboots.
I am not running original firmware on my radio - but everything works as it should on this ROM aside from this ... the seller of my radio is not being forthcoming with a firmware update... sadly.
This issue seems to persist no matter what ROM I install - and certain settings are surviving after a factory reset which I find odd... while others aren't even surviving a simple reboot. It's quite perplexing.
Thanks in advance!