Sorry about your troubles with the i760.

Thankfully, I can't say I've had a similar experience:

Updated to 6.1 - check
Third party apps - lots
Lock ups requiring restart - zero

Granted, the phone restarts every day when I swap batteries, so it's not like I leave it running for days on end... but it's been dead reliable. Only problems I've had have been WM issues... NOT SAmsung issues.

Wouldn't mind a flush screen, though. I can see where this soft touch screen will pose problems over time. Until the Touch Pro or better yet, Touch HD come to Verizon though (wishful thinking, I understand), it's gold.