Whew! Just ran the update and my palms were literally sweating!
Pretty much threw in all the hacks that have been posted in this thread and they're all working beautifully. Many thanks to all our intrepid explorers for this great flasher + hacks.
Gotta admit I only tried it to fix up the damn battery problem that's been plaguing me since the "official" firmware, and it seems to have worked like a charm.