[kjhadfield]

the chinese characters may be a issue w/ the font? did you change fonts via the app kd fonts in the rom. not all fonts use all characters

yes the cdma version of the tp2 can be used on gsm (sim cards) but at the cost of 3g data. but seeing you have no data then you wont see any issue w/ this.

dont know anything about im over sms, whether it can be done or not?

yes agreed, sharkie 5.1 is a master piece and from beta testing/flashing every week or so to having 5.1 straight for almost 2 months...im not bothered on flashing new when this just works right.