FYI - I did the ROM update, and the SPRITE backup "ROM upgrade option" works. I was able to restore my backup and keep the newest extended ROM version.

They basically include an app that you run after you hard reset but before you update, that makes a datafile with the ROM info. You put this datafile on the SD card, and when you run your restore later, with the update option turned on it will ask you to point it to the file; so it doesn't restore old stuff from the old roms that was installed into ram I guess. If you run the utility without a hard reset the datafile jumps from 400K to over 1.5Mb if your device was really full, so the restore might not be done right when the upgrade is done.

Interestingly, the Broadcom Audio/keyboard BT stack update either stayed on my device, or is included in the ROM update which I wasn't aware of being in the rom update before.

All my apps run fine. My text message deleted folder is corrupted, but that may have happened with beta testing an SMS app. I didn't check that item before I installed the alpha test software which has been updated 4 times over the weekend...

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