OK, here is my report with the new/old phone
I did Sprint ship and them OMJ's custom verizon. Did *228 and was blessed with the witch's voice that my phone was successfully programmed. Loaded my goodies, SPB PS, MS and backup. All good. GPS was a prob. Finally on my way home, I tried GPS again and whoa, Google maps, Live search and GPS viewer all worked and good! Happy camper here.
Now, on the old; I did the 0.4 unlock and then flashed oit with the ROM posted and it worked just like it was stock..nice.
Now, I'm going to brick it though, just for insurance. Goona pull the plug during the flash.
Negamann 
Thank you!