Should have put that in my list of "tried's" as well. I went to that post first, dowloaded the unlocker and wnet through the steps, when i put the phone in bootloader it goes to the "loading" screen and stays there for eternity. After runnning the RUU, and the bootlader screen comes up it does say "security unlocked"

I cant believe this is such a pain. On my 3 previous TP's, I ran the RUU and done. It was a 5 minute affair. Didnt even get through an entire beer each time.