[Toysrme]

the honest truth kev is that once most of these roms (nrgy, my clean imagio, etc) have been out for a few weeks & any major bugs @ release are worked out. they are far & away faster, more stable & massively more functional than the HTC/Verizon bs they put on the phones.
i just got another replacement. that meant first using my last phone reflashed & locked for 2 days + waiting two days for the current phone to be unlocked so i could flash it.
i liked to have pulled my hair out on the current VZ/HTC rom.
seriously... the stock roms are just that bad.

AFA "having" to update flashed roms. Who in god's earth said you "had" to do anything??? Lord I used one version of MCI without issue for over a month. My cousin is STILL using the second released version with no issue. My best friend updates NRGY every 3-4 weeks...
At some point you have to realize a fundimental truth. The phone is exactly like a windows computer. It should be reformatted every so often just to keep the "newness" going on. You know that happy feeling immediately after a VZ rom update/reflash that lasts all of about 45 min before it slows down??? Now imagine that feeling for atleast the first week once you get a good rom up & every subsequent reboot providing you dont install something stupid in the background!