[hamagc]

it sounds like a bad rom.

i'll guess it goes to the boot screen where it says touch diamond. no red lettering shows at the bottom. will reboot after a minute and do the same thing, touch diamond with no red lettering at the bottom.

this is the effects of a gsm rom on a cdma phone. reflash the phone with a cdma rom and you should be good to go. don't worry about the phone not starting up, plug a usb cable into it and go into bootloader (power + volume down) and though the computer may not see it, once you start the ruu it will flash.