How I set up the 4inch WaveShare screen on the Raspberry Pi 2 so hopefully I can do it again.

4inWaveShareRpi2

RASPBIAN WHEEZY
Clean install

Edit /usr/share/X11/xorg.conf.d/99-fbturbo.conf
$ sudo nano /usr/share/X11/xorg.conf.d/99-fbturbo.conf
>> Option “fbdev” “/dev/fb0″ and change the fb0 to fb1:


Enable SPI
sudo raspi-config
>> Advanced settings
>> Enable SPI and turn on at boot


Update Firmware (probably)
sudo REPO_URI=https://github.com/notro/rpi-firmware rpi-update


Add to modules
sudo vi /etc/modules
>> flexfb nobacklight regwidth=16 init=-1,0xb0,0x0,-1,0x11,-2,250,-1,0x3A,0x55,-1,0xC2,0x44,-1,0xC5,0x00,0x00,0x00,0x00,-1,0xE0,0x0F,0x1F,0x1C,0x0C,0x0F,0x08,0x48,0x98,0x37,0x0A,0x13,0x04,0x11,0x0D,0x00,-1,0xE1,0x0F,0x32,0x2E,0x0B,0x0D,0x05,0x47,0x75,0x37,0x06,0x10,0x03,0x24,0x20,0x00,-1,0xE2,0x0F,0x32,0x2E,0x0B,0x0D,0x05,0x47,0x75,0x37,0x06,0x10,0x03,0x24,0x20,0x00,-1,0x36,0x28,-1,0x11,-1,0x29,-3 width=480 height=320
>> fbtft_device name=flexfb speed=16000000 gpios=reset:25,dc:24


Add to the cmdline.txt file
$ sudo vi /boot/cmdline.txt
>> fbcon=map:1 fbcon=font:ProFont6x11


Add to the config.txt file
$ sudo vi /boot/config.txt
>> dtoverlay=ads7846,speed=500000,penirq=17,swapxy=1

As a newbie to the pi world, could I ask, will this work on the pi zero?? I have a screen 4inch ips waveshare pear that I am failing to get installed

As a newbie to the pi world, could I ask, will this work on the pi zero?? I have a screen 4inch ips waveshare pear that I am failing to get installed

Ya know, I'm not sure. Have you tried it since?