well, gave this a shot today, did a hard reset on the base OS that comes with the phone, then loaded Sense 2.5. Everything went well, some parts of 2.5 are very laggy. Wasnt able to get SMS to work at all.

From there, I flashed the phone to the 3.04 ROM that Conflipper posted, and the phone boots up what seems to be faster. Also, with 2.5 now loaded, I am able to use the WM SMS, but when using the Manila SMS, Manila crashes and needs to be reloaded.

Major props to those who are working on this.

Things I have noticed:
- reloading Sense 2.5 is REALLY slow. sometimes around 2-3 minutes.
- Movement around the contacts section is slow at times

I am going to give this a shot for a few days, and see how it works for daily use. Am very impressed and eager to see the MMS/SMS issue fixed.

Also, have not had a chance to play with the GPS lock, but hope this does get fixed soon, or the HardSPL.