Thanks @visualdensity, appreciate the kind words!
Ok everyone, we believe we’ve got a fix. We had a Core in the office that was misbehaving in the same way that some of you have described (flashing green despite all intervention), and we fixed it by applying the CC3000 firmware patch.
This firmware patch was supposed to be applied during manufacturing, but it seems that it might not have been successful on a small number of Cores. In the future we will revise our testing/programming process to ensure the patch is applied successfully.
Before I share the patch, keep in mind - there are lots of reasons why your Core would be flashing green, and most of them are simply due to an inability to reach the Wi-Fi access point (no antenna, too far away, not enough power, wrong password, etc.). Before applying this patch, please complete all steps in the troubleshooting documentation first:
http://docs.spark.io/#/connect/troubleshooting
Ok with all that said, here’s the patch!
Follow the Quick Deploy instructions in the README to apply the patch to your Core:
Over the next couple of weeks, we’ll wrap this and all of the other command-line nasties in a prettier tool so they’re not such a pain. However if you’re eager to get started, try this, and let us know how it goes!