I thought you just had to reload the original factory tune back in it, overwriting any past tunes, kind of like wiping the operating system off a PC and reloading a new one back on. Hmmmm...
I don't know how hptuners locks them, but it's like they scramble the first part of the calibration or something. The only thing the tools can do is identify it and run diags/scans.
It's like the techII sees a corrupt pcm and fails on initial flashing.