BINGO change this entry to get your old taskbar signal icons back if you are getting the never ending "searching for signal" nonsense:
Code:
[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\HTC\DualRSSI\CDMA]
"EnableDualSignal" = dword:00000000
found in 785ef691-88cf-476f-865d-d9707a9a1dd1.rgu in OEM > Phone > Common > OEMDrivers