The "Pictures" slider I was referring to is the Titanium plugin. I have not tested the other 2 options. I will do so once I get the other issues sorted and let you know.
As far as texting, I hope someone gets that sorted out, it sucks to think it locks up. And I totally agree, this seems to be standard across all 6.5's have tried also.
Reset Button - will flash to Conflipper's as you suggested, and then reflash and let you know how that goes. Hoping that does the trick, because it's very frustrating having to keep setting it up
On another note, anyone know if you can use "ThumbCal" in 6.5? I despise the standard calendar. Even the Rhodium interface for the calendar is a better UI than the one from M$.