Hard-SPL - MightROM - FRUSTRATED!

[SirCharlsO]

I am very frustrated right now...

Please, no responses chiding me for not searching. I *HAVE* searched and when I search HardSPL, and I get to a thread with 120+ pages, it does not make it conducive to finding the answer one seeks.

I will admit I am COMPLETELY new to trying out a ROM that didn't come with the phone or through HTC.

I have tried turning off my firewall, turning off my Avast, I have added the exception to DEP. I hard reset my phone, I have restarted my computer, I have searched through many many pages of posts on HARD spl, Rhodium, Task 29, and flashing ROMs. I have made a donation. I am completely confused and would like some help.

I have noted some step-by-step instructions and I have tried those many different times. No success getting passed this:

"Server appears to be down, try again in 5 minutes; or try turning your firewall OFF temporarily"

I have tried automatic and manual. I have tried, like I said, making a donation (last night). I tried it quite a bit last night, and again today.

In various ways, I have gotten the following errors:

246
262
(and maybe 260, I forget)

:cuss ing:

I am not a newbie, and have messed with phones in the past. I have usually gotten myself in, and out, of trouble...using this fine forum and others like it. I will confess that I have no idea what a radio is, but I know what a ROM is, and I felt pretty confident I could get this done. My plan was to use HARD-SPL (the one specifically designed for Touch Pro 2 - in post #9 of the HARD-spl thread posting by Zyggy (I think)), the Task 29, then Flash Rhodium SE. I am on Sprint, have 6.5, sense ui2.5.

I would humbly ask that someone with some knowledge please post a step-by-step instruction for getting to Rhodium AND how to get back to the Stock Sprint ROM, just in case. If someone would be so kind as to include the files I would need, I would appreciate it.

Like I said, I have searched, and I have tried. If no one wants to respond because they think I am being an ass (which at this point, I will admit I feel like) or because they think I should just try following the directions in some other post, I understand.

Frustrated, at (small amount of) wits end...

Charlie O. ....................................and one last...