[laureltn]

Well, you guys are right -- I think. It appears persistence pays. The last time I flashed, my husband told me to yank the battery too for good measure. So we flashed, removed the battery, reset, etc., and (deep breath and crossed fingers) it's acting normally. I've got my contacts on and my email's working and all the buttons do what they say they will. Going to wait another day before I put on the new screen protector, just in case it decides to turn on me again.

I still find it hard to put through a hard reset, though. Hopefully I'm done with that for a while!!!