[jbearamus]

Just to clarify what imformation were you worried about losing on a hard reset? If you were worried about your email/contacts/calendar all that would've just downloaded again when you signed into your phone again. the only thing you wouldve risked losing was your apps and any paid apps immediately show up again the the "my downloads" section of the android market

oh and by the way, the 10 post rule is there so people can't just show up, register, drop a bunch of links to other sites trying to sell their crap, and then disappear
so yeah, i'm sorry about the inconvenience it caused you, but the rule is there for a good reason