Brandon, no battery...no 'running apps' thingy (I don't even know what that is!)
Hmmm...I just copied my registry to my PC and plodded around it with notepad. Very scary. Lots of sprint references- not just the text references, but hardcoded URLs for things that seem like IOTA config files, network IDS, etc. I wish I hadn't looked.
There was a thread about a month ago asking about a no2chem VZ version:
http://forum.ppcgeeks.com/showthread.php?t=18844
Maybe it's time to look at one of the vz-built ROMs....or maybe I'm just being too paranoid....
....or maybe I need to learn to cook....