[wmdunn]

When you say you want to try a couple of new things ... if you are talking about a different custom rom, then that would add a second step to a restoration. Here's the deal ... SPB will do a complete restore, including everything, and will do a wonderful job on the custom rom that it backs up. If you try a different rom (shipped, custom, whatever), then you will need to re-run the base rom you backed up, and then run a complete SPB restore. Hope that makes sense. The short answer is YES, you can do a complete restore in one or two steps. I do it all the time with nary a hiccup.