I did attempt a flash upgrade of the radio, previously, to v1.43 but it gave me an error code
http://drop.io/apache143
I forget which one right now, either 120 country code or maybe 115 wrong update for my phone (I think)
UPDATE (9/1/09): I tried the radio ROM Update again, in case I had erred as I did when trying to update the phone ROM - and I had - the same
idiot had been at the controls

However, this time it gave me the proper error code rather than the self-induced one. The error was
ERROR 114:RADIO ROM UPDATE ERROR
I suspect that this is because I have a fried radio (hardware). I suspect this because on the boot screen it says R NONE. Anyone have any ideas or comments? I'm open to any and all.

Thanks!