[HTC Vivid, Raider, Velocity] knoor56:
Fifteen days later and a lot more tinkering under my belt, including even comparing with other Vivid JB ROMs, I would like to add the following:

1) Flashing BOOT.IMG manually was definitely the answer to my WiFi issue, however, I swear my phone is S-OFF, and can even attach a pic if any experts want to sleuth out this matter further. It seems like a lot of people are affected, and either the update procedure (as claimed) is flawed or our phones are lying to us (behaving like S-ON when they are in fact S-OFF);

2) The Jul-23 update was somewhat a bust from many angles. Overall, it felt more sluggish, and, I could do NOTHING to bring back my signal bars (though I had signal and could make calls)! Turning on/off Airplane mode, reflashing boot.img, redoing my APN's, etc., nothing! Flashing back the Jul-15 ROM promptly brought back the signal bars; it was a little disheartening being told that the problem lay with us!

3) Thanks for the CM-File-Explorer tip, it did what I needed (allow me to browse both Internal Storage and the SD Card). What a strange place (Bookmarks) to go to to navigate the storage hierarchy!

4) Lack of any substantial WIDE-SCREEN camera resolutions (given the 8 mp camera) even in the Jul-23 release is a true deal-breaker. I have practically lost any interest or enthusiasm in taking photos anymore with my phone, and it hurts! I'm still in disbelief at this grave omission. When you say HD, if you mean 1280x768, then that is a puny <1 mp resolution called WXGA in the camera. Even my ICS camera was better with a 2.x mp (2048x1152) wide-screen capture in addition to several other even higher resolution wide-screen choices. I'd rather have these back than care even the slightest about PhotoSphere.

5) SERIOUS: Locally stored Email is not searchable! Upon closer investigation, this is only while viewing Corporate Email (Exchange Server account) or while viewing a "combo" email view in which one of the accounts is Corporate Email. The search button does nothing in these cases. I can't help but think this is a simple oversight in linking in the search module, it can't be by design!

6) Can we increase the SMS input text window to taller than the current maximum growth of just 3 lines? 160 chars can easily span 5 lines, and it is a pain viewing/editing one's own msg entirely within the constrained (max 3-line) window;

7) SMS/MMS delivery notifications are not received at all, in spite of these being turned on in settings. I remember from ICS a short beep plus a brief note in the status bar, "...successfully delivered..."; what's with this?

8) Want to reiterate my request about the quick Brightness Setting - instead of asking me to load the old CM10 Power-Widget (to get the discrete, pre-selected brightness settings) as well as the new one, how about considering adding a configuration option to the new one to allow either of both methods? You've got to believe me, the new (slider) method is truly hard to work with a single hand and on the road - it doesn't even stay on screen long enough, and as much I try to give it a chance, its very much a hit or a miss without having to continue looking down at the phone for a bit. Puts a downer on the whole new 4.2 quick buttons scheme if you ask me. Besides, wouldn't the discreet settings scheme be even more consistent with the rest of the buttons? Most if not all work as discreet choices cycled on the same large button. If you offer BOTH methods however in the configuration for the new Brightness button (i.e. slider plus discrete choices), everybody could be happy.

Or are we going to be abandoning this ROM in anticipation of your new release for Vivid, of the 4.3 Android just released? Either way, you have my deepest appreciation and admiration, and I look forward to all your efforts and to my contributing to contribute as more than just a typical user, hehe.