I am trying to help my son with his Storm. I have been using BlackBerry devices for years now, but always with AT&T... the possible pitfalls from not knowing Verizon 'way of thinking' has me somewhat concerned.

Is there any functional difference between how to install an upgrade on a CDMA device vs a GSM device?

Here's my plan for his upgrade:

1. Back up his phone.
2. Download the latest OS.
3. Run CRACKMEM to remove all of the unnecessary 'stuff'. (Q: what can/cannot be removed from a VZW phone? VVM? VZNavigator? other?)
4. Run LOADER.EXE
5. Uncheck more unnecessary software. Anything here to watch out for?
6. Unstall the upgrade complete with app/data restore.
7. Send him on his way.

I want to make sure this goes well... it's his first BlackBerry, and he is somewhat frustrated by lack of memory issues, clocking, etc. But part of that is self-inflicted. He had downloaded a bunch of apps initially which used almost all of his memory... and I have helped him clean that up for now...

Thanks in advance for the answers...