I need to figure out how to transfer the nandroid file on my external SD card to the internal one on the phones memory... or to download another ROM like you said and see if that will work
of course i am flying by the seat of my pants with no clue WTH i am doing ... oh well... live and learn
I just read a post from another member and he seemed to be having the same problem. He was able to boot into recovery after he removed the microSD card from his phone. He felt that the ph981img.zip file was causing the problem.
Since your phone won't boot properly, I would remove the microSD card, place it in an SD card adaptor, then place it into a card reader attached to your PC. You can either delete the ph981img.zip file, or rename it.
At this time you can also download a new ROM onto the card as well. put the card back in the phone, boot into recovery and flash the new ROM
OR put the card into the phone, boot into recovery and restore a previous nandroid.
It should work. Hope this helps.