Emergency front trunk procedure not working

[Xcellr8]

Help! Dead battery lead me to follow the jumper procedure for opening front trunk on 2002.

Except, when entering the car, I unlocked door and then removed key before following the procedure. (The procedure in the owners manual calls for the key to remain in the lock the whole time, but the procedure illustrated on the directions located on the paper kept in the fuse box cover does not include that instructoin, so I wonder if it is important or not.)

Pulled out the fuse box post, hooked up positive to that post and to the positive post on a second 12V battery that was charged. Hooked up second jumper from negative battery post to door latch. Alarm immediately sounded. Inserted key into door lock and turned to unlock motion expecting the alarm to stop. It did not. Pushed the front trunk unlock button anyway, nothing.

Tried holding the key in the door in the unlock position for 20 seconds, no difference. Alarm still going off and trunk release button did not work.
Tried turning the key to lock and unlock, no difference.
Tried inserting key into ignition switch and turning to on, no difference.
Alarm never stopped, and release button never worked.

What am I missing? Thanks, Joe