Some users have recently had their accounts hijacked. It seems that the now defunct EVGA forums might have compromised your password there and seems many are using the same PW here. We would suggest you UPDATE YOUR PASSWORD and TURN ON 2FA for your account here to further secure it. None of the compromised accounts had 2FA turned on.
Once you have enabled 2FA, your account will be updated soon to show a badge, letting other members know that you use 2FA to protect your account. This should be beneficial for everyone that uses FSFT.
Not sure what you're talking about with the giant P, I don't see anything like that on my phone.
I noticed that my phone also initially lost its connection to the facebook contacts also, however once I logged into the facebook page and let the phone resync they all came back without me having...
Here in Michigan I just got the update on both mine and my wife's eris. Everything went without a hitch, didn't lose any apps or contacts. Had to redo my home screens but everything else went just fine!