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Originally Posted by phoenixweasel

Any ideas what to do after it timebombs? I'm in the situation now and the phone won't come up in activesync to flash...

1. Put your phone into bootloader mode. To do that, hold down the power button and volume down button. While holding them, soft-reset (if your phone is off, then hold both buttons while turning it on). Continue holding both buttons and in a few seconds you will see the multi-colored screen.
2. The bootloader screen will say "Serial" at the bottom. Connect your USB cable to your computer. It will change to "USB". This doesn't connect to activesync so don't worry.
3. Run the ROM Update Utility and flash a different ROM.