Does the RUU program give you the error?? If so that was what happened with me when trying to run the manual HardSPL off the SD card. If it's stuck in the Tri-Colored screen try resetting the phone with your stylus. Try hard resetting your phone (for some reason the manual method worked for me after that) (Hold power, volume down, center d-pad button, and reset)
Here's what I did:
- Download Raphael_CDMA_HSPL_037.exe and SSPLManual_Raphael.zip
- Transfer Raphael_CDMA... to an empty folder on the desktop of your VM
- Run Raphael_CDMA (but don't use it)
- Now look in the above folder and find RUU_Signed.nbh and move to the root of your SD card
- Use a file utility on your phone to rename RUU_Signed.nbh to RAPHIMG.nbh
- Put SSPLManual on your SD card and run the program
- It should now flash your SPL
- To test boot into bootloader and it should say 0.37.CMONEX
- Now to flash a custom ROM download one and find the file RUU_Signed.nbh... move it to the root of the SD card... rename it to RAPHIMG.nbh (using the phone) and enter the bootloader (hold power, volume down, and push the reset button)... it should now flash the ROM
Hope this helps... I know it can be frustrating when you don't want to screw anything up!