well i dunno if this helps anyone buuut... apparently, i had an 0003 i got 10/1 but the front camera was permafried... it had this nasty static and the pics came out horrible so i took it to the store and the rep said id get a brand new one... turns out via ##rtn# that was in fact, total crap, activation date 6/5 and refurb date 10/7 but still hw 0003... buuut my camera issue was fixed and i went from a 3-point multitouch to a 5-point multitouch epson screen
so i cant shin kick him now for feeding me bull patooty... buuut anywho, main point of my story is that i rooted with unrevoked, flashed hboot0.76.2000 s-off and amons recovery 1.8.0, and just recently got a deodexed version of the 3.30.651.2 ota and it flashed with no problems, bootloops, kernel panics, or nuthin... and then when i got word of the 3.30.651.3 update... the ota update borked and didn't work... but i dissected it and it looked like there was a stock recovery image *gag* and so im glad it failed... then hunted and found it deodexed as well and flashed it with no problems... but the framework files and things i think got changed cuz themes were bootlooping if i tried to flash them so i think im ok with the 3.30.651.2 because i noticed a face detection option in the cam that i had never seen before
i just updated my kernel to the kernel that comes with 3.30.651.3 but kept the software of 3.30.651.2 because that was one of the changes... and no weirdness other than now my syncing icon wont go away but that could be because im trying to build a rom...