[95FormulaTA]

Well I didn't get to read up on the procedure because XDA site was down for maintenance. I ended up just hard reseting it. Learned a couple things.

1) It did not rectify the time stamp issue with the sms/mms.
2) The LED notification still did not function.
3) I could not load any apps from the Zune app store that were loaded from the phone even after the hard reset. I was prompted with "Already Purchased" with the grayed out "Buy" button. I don't know if this is a know issue

I'm out from a back surgery so I'll have plenty of time to check out the WP7 App Restore tomorrow. Nothing stopping another reset if it don't, worth a shot if it works.