Confused, Please Advise

[SilverHawke]

I would like to first explain that I have tried to search the forums but was unable to find anyone that has had my problem. I have a friend that was successfully able to flash his phone with an alltel stock rom (3.35.671.9). I tried the same procedure and it stuck at 12% for more than an hour. The only thing he did was run the exe file downloaded from the HTC site and made sure there was an activesync connection. My friend bought his phone through alltel and I bought my phone off of ebay and activated to work with alltel. When I turn my phone on it shows the alltel logo.

My Phone
gray case
no logo on phone
rom: 2.14.671.3
radio: 1.40.00
carrier: alltel

Friends Phone (before new rom)
black case
alltel logo on phone
rom: 2.14.671.3
radio: 1.40.00
carrier: alltel

Please advise on what I can do to upgrade to this newer version. At this time I'm not interested in a custom rom. I appreciate any feedback. Thank you.