Warning to users of some vendors LCD keypad shields

Hi

Im new here and have only owned my Arduino Uno and SainSmart LCD keypad for 3 days, but in reading how to use it I came across this thread. It has been very enlightening.

Is it right to assume that if I can only see 1 resistor beside the transistor under the LCD that my board has the issue?

Will it be ok as long as I dont use D10 in my code for brightness?

I have only made a few sketches so far like the sample scrolling message and I modified the key grabber that goes with this board.

Cheers