when i said "continue on" i meant just run the commands to run the ruu. litterally,just go on to the next steps after
fastboot oem lock
that command relocks your bootloader(wich is why it reads
relocked after you run it) so that you can run the ruu. the "failed,too many links" error is par for the course,not really an error,so i just meant to ignore it.
once again,sorry for that confustion.
at this point,youve done all the steps and got the desired result:
c:\mini-adb_inspire>fastboot getvar mainver
mainver: 1.31.405.3
finished. total time: 0.016s
so heres what to do:
*stop beating yourself up with the adb steps and errors
put your phone in fastboot. from the ace recovery you can simply:
adb reboot bootloader
do this one more time just to verify the outcome:
fastboot getvar mainver
assuming you still get 1.31.405.3,then:
fastboot oem lock
expect the failed error,and the reboot,and the stuck on quietly brilliant.
pull the battery
power on to hboot,select fsatboot
fastboot erase cache
fastboot oem rebootRUU
fastboot flash zip RUU_Ace_HTC_WWE_1.32.405.6_Radio_12.28b.60.140e_26.03.02.26_M_release_155891_signed.zip (if you get a cant open error,check for a space between 26 and .03. or any other spaces. there should not be any)
hopefully it will send,write,check,etc. then stuff will start flshing on the screen. if not,tell us the error
when it says 'finished'
fastboot reboot-bootloader
tell us the hboot info now
fastboot reboot
*cross fingers