[amancharlas]

The power switch is useless completely. I cant use it to put the device into sleep mode or take it out. I have to let it time out to sleep and use other buttons to wake it up.

The power button was damaged when I dropped the phone... However, I am not sure if the power button is stuck in a on position (electricall) and what the effect of that would be, if any, on a signed ROM. My guess is the effect of this would be the same on both a signed and a unsigned ROM.

The loading of the stock OS goes thru fine. After the loading is done and it resets that is when it seems to hang up on the second boot image... only for stock ROMs. I get the htc image first (boot splash) and then the VZW image (sub splash)...where it hangs up!

I have tried flashing it twice from the PC and once using the SD card method detailed at the beginning of this thread. Same results in both cases... Any suggestions?