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- Customs Roms are another great thing about being rooted. Basically they are like themes, with various software improvments like built in softwares and tweaks. The most popular is the CyanogenMod. It is compatible with the most phones. I have an evo, so it lists roms that are compatible with my phone.

  INSTALLING NEW ROMS ERASES ALL DATA ON YOUR PHONE! You start out fresh! This doesn't mean you can't get your apps and data back though. This was slightly confusing to me, at first, so I should explain it. You CAN'T do a nandroid backup as this restores EVERYTHING. But you can use Titanium Backup to ONLY restore data and apps. Therefore, you should use Titanium Backup.

  Pictured above is the main interface. The first two options are for backup and restores. Then you have what we are looking for; "Download ROM".

  As you can see the are a number of custom roms that you can download. The app should automatically detect your device and only show compatible roms, but also double check and make sure.

  CyanogenMod is a great rom to download, and it's free!

  Once you tap on a ROM to download you will be prompted to select which version you won't to download. Most of the time you want to download the most recent.

  It's illegal for the developers to provide the Google Apps like Mail, Maps, Ect. that are usually built in, so for most ROMs you will be prompted to select if you want to download those too. I highly suggest doing so.

  That's it! The ROM will download in the background like anyother file and once it is finished the app will do the rest!

  Your phone should reboot into the new ROM after you have finished downloading.