XV6700 - Error 102 (Country Code) - Help Needed

[miopea]

I am new to this forum, but have been trying for days to upgrade my device to ANY of the AKU3.5 ROMs. (It started with me trying to make it work under Vista, but that failed misserably. So, I moved the work to an XP box and I am using that now.)

I have a Verizon XV6700 and live in Ohio.

The following have been tried and ALL give an Error 102 Country Code.
1. Helmi 3.5
2. Saridnour Custom
3. Colonel's Custom
4. Verizon Guys

My phone is running the latest Verizon patch, which I believe upgraded it to AKU 2.2 and upgraded its Radio and Extended ROMs. The filename on that upgrade (found on Verizon's site) is APAC_VZW_20720_200_11000_Ship.exe

My hunch is that the changes to the Radio are causing the Country Code problems. However, there are a lot of items added to the Extended (and improvements to Radio) that I don't want to miss when I upgrade to AKU3.5.

Is there a way that one can query the country code and change the AKUs to support that code. (This may be beyond my skill, but I am willing to play.)

Any assistance would be appreciated, as I am too much of a newbie to work around the problem.

Thank you VERY much for any help!

Bradford

P.S. I have tried both the prebuild ROM installs, and manual installs in bootloader mode. I have read here and there about doing a "Hard Reset" before you do the upgrade. How is this done on the XV6700 and do I need to write anything down ahead of time?