You're all over-reacting... seriously.

If he brings it back to 100% stock and it still has a problem then it's definitely an issue with the phone. Edit: THE FACT IS: He hasn't done this yet! There's no need to say his phone is bad till he rules out the software in the first place.

Some of the claims in this thread are just plain RETARDED.

You're changing the software on the "microcontroller" ... wtf?

So you're saying every time I use my PC and load a program into RAM, I'm messing things up.

It's just storage, that's all the ROM is. You're not changing anything. You're not magically changing the architecture of your PPC's processor. Your ARM processor can't become x86-based.

Flashing the SOFTWARE won't cause hardware problems unless it modifies voltages that can actually effect the PHYSICAL parts. Installing a program isn't going to run around and break connections in the processor or on the mainboard... please, get real.

The next thing, 99% of people who are having problems are using custom ROM's.

Do you realize what site you're on? How many people who actually post are really using a stock ROM? Chances are, almost everyone has reflashed... the problem could very well have happened on a stock ROM too.

And when I had this issue, it did the same thing on the stock ROM.

GUESS WHAT? I'm still using the same "oh no, it's broken" phone from when I had this issue, all I did was reformat my storage card and download all my .cab files fresh.

Why are the horribly misguided and uninformed always the most vocal?