I desperately want to mod my phone into a reliable and useful state. I’m 75% of the way there. Its original software made it more than useless – it was a menace.  More specifically, it was a menace to my wife’s sanity.  It’s hardware is sufficient for my needs, unless it’s the hardware that has caused all of the problems.

Nah.

If that were the case, moving from MotoBlur to CyanogenMod wouldn’t have fixed anything.  HAS to be the software.

I’m going to try SuperOSR for a bit, and see if that one fixes the last few bugs, or if it creates any more.

Your smart phone? It’s a computer. That’s all. If it hangs up on people, reboots on its own, calls people while its screen is locked in your pocket, it’s either the hardware or the software. Why would you toss perfectly good hardware without trying to find software that works?