Just put a post up over @ xda on Akeo's new M2.5 thread requesting assistance with MMS issues and contact picker in sms. We'll see what happens...
If you haven't been following that thread, I would recommend it. Good to get info on the progress anmd bug fixes for M2.5. Alot of our fixes here have come from that thread.
I turned off the "turn off my device" stuff earlier today and haven't had another BSD. Probably just jinxed myself.
BTW the link for Akeo's thread is
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=584978