I had reviewed so many posts, that I had forgotten which one. Here is the post. I used the Sky Wing fix. It really works. I also re read the post, changed the setting on live search and both that and google earth work flawlessly. Here is the post.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=424387
I am amazed that I did this all less than a week after frying my first phone. However, it is worth it. My phone now works like it should.