Hi and thanks for the reply. I just tried one more flash just now andthistime i get beyond the please waait screen and onto the flight mode and normal mode selection screen but the phone is still flashing insanely. Ive had the phone 5 months but i believe it was older than that as it was given to me by a family member. I will flash back to k800 for now and perhaps later try the other firmware you suggested but after that i think i will give it a miss, starting to get annoyed with it lol. Strange that it finally went passed the please wait screen today though!
Turns out after much googling that I would have to change LCD to get this to work and I dont fancy shelling out for another screen. So my upgrading journy ends here, thanks for the input in this thread