[ssbmg]

I figured out the black box - I went into the Diamond Tweak and made battery icon visible. For some reason it was set to not visible. This has fixed the black box as that's where the battery indicator goes.

As for picture mail - I did waht you suggested and downloaded straight to my phone from powerdeck. So far it seems to be working and not screwing up my push email accts or slowing down my device. Will try activesync on my PC at home in a couple of hours. If all goes well then it looks like I've found myself a perfect ROM!

Thanks!