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In light of the recent release of the Official AT&T ROM, and it’s decidedly mixed reviews, I figured many of you may be interested in different opportunities. So here is the first of a mini guide about cooked/custom ROMS. What are they? Are they worth it?

I love to use custom ROMs, And there are many for our beloved Tilt out there, and I know that many of you want to know more about them, what are the risks and rewards of using these non-official ROMs. These ROMs that I will be discussing are from Xda-Developers ROM Forum and everything I have learned I learned from there as well, I will provide links to various portions of the site with relevant info in this as well as the rest of the how two articles I will be posting.

What are Custom ROMs? Custom ROMS, alternatively called Cooked ROMs are variations of the various official ROMs that the creators made to fill specific needs, or to get rid/add programs and settings. There are lite ROMs that are stripped bare, with the absolute minimum of programs, gaming ROMs with lots of loaded games, full ROMS, with most of the programs of a Official ROM, and everything in between.

Now let me start with the risks, I don’t want anyone to say I didn’t warn them about the potential pitfalls of using cooked ROMS.

>Using Cooked ROMs requires you to CID unlock your phone, which essentially is rewriting your phone’s BIOS, and if not done correctly can brick your Tilt,

>Using Cooked ROMS voids your warranty

>Cooked ROMs may be buggy, on one your camera may not work, on another BBconnect may not work, but they usually have at most the same amount of bugs as an official release ROM has.

>Use at your OWN RISK, if flashed incorrectly you can turn your Tilt into an expensive albeit pretty paper weight.

Now the rewards of Cooked ROMS,

>more features

>no value-added bloat

>potentially faster

>variety to choose from

I currently use a ROM by Sakajati called Hyperdragon III full, and it is the first ROM that I have stayed with for more than two weeks with. Hyperdragon III link

My top 5 ROMS that I have used so far are;

1. Hyperdragon III Aug 4th version

2. MobileVista by Confused Stu

3. Hyperdragon IIIs (farther down on page)

4. Dutty’s Apr 29th ROM

5. RoMeOS by hang.tuah

These five are my current favorites, but they by no means are an exhaustive list. There are literally hundreds to choose from, you will need to do your homework to find out which one fits what you want. Look Here

Curiosity Piqued? In the next exciting chapter of Custom ROMs, find out how to update your tilt, read exciting disclaimers and see sweet screenshots!

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