G7toWin confirms 972 as the HWID. An interesting thing, and maybe illuminating?, is that when I run updater, the GPS shows up under USB, even if I do not power it up in preboot mode. However, I get the same message sequence as above, regardless of whether I am flashing a cure or original firmware. I have also tried versions 5.90, 6.10, and 6.20 with identical results.
Talk about the definition of insanity