Per HTC, cannot flash back to 2.17

[1oddmanout]

I just got off the phone with Sprint tech who conferenced me into a call he was making to HTC Asia. I wanted to reflash back to 2.17 (it was working great) because of 3.35's frequent internet slowdowns and lockups, and because I couldn't listen to music through the adapter anymore.

HTC said that once flashed with 3.35, and the attendant different bootloader, the phone cannot be reflashed to 2.17; he said that the old ROM doesn't exist any more (but it is on my home computer).

I asked him how this can be fixed - he responded, "Can't - get a new phone." I began asking if HTC is planing to replace all the Moguls that have been flashed to 3.35, he quickly changed to "We know of the problem, and hope to have a fix in a few days."

NOT very reassuring; I plan to be at my favorite Sprint store in the morning to get a new phone, and will flash to 3.35 (or whenever 6.1 comes out from HTC) when I've read that the fixes are complete.

OR, does anyone know how to bypass the new bootloader and flash back to 2.17?