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I purchased the HTC Droid Incredible on December 3rd. I love this phone (hate the battery life, love the phone)...!
In any case, I have a few questions regarding installing a custom ROM (instead of the bloatware that HTC insists that I use.)
Here are the steps I've undertaken:
I've successfully Rooted the phone with Unrevoked. I'm now a Superuser.
A day or two ago, I backed up the existing ROM, then got cold feet about applying a new ROM, because I don't want to brick it (and had a question or two anyway.)
I downloaded Titanium Backup Pro with Busybox 1.16.0, and went through and backed up all the user data.
I downloaded ROM Manager (the free version), and downloaded the latest CyanogenMod- version 6.1 (as that seems to be the one most talked about on the LifeHacker site.)
I know to back up the (existing) ROM, wipe all data, and clear the cache before installing a ROM.
Now, the questions:
1a) I've seen some mention of "Radio" - is this the typical FM radio that came with the Droid Incredible, or is there something more esoteric that it is actually referring to?
1b) Where should I look for the "Radio" file that would need to be installed?
2) What are the benefits AS WELL AS pitfalls of each ROM? (IE: I see Koush, Lithium, cvpcs, ShadowROM, JagerRom, MIUI, IncROM, etc. for the Incredible- but going to each of them doesn't necessarily tell me the stuff that may not fit my usage.)
I look forward to any and all responses to this post- I know you guys will help- and thank you in advance.
Oh yes- question 3, though it doesn't belong in the "Incredible ROM" forum- I know how to take pictures. How do you save screenshots?
-- S.
In any case, I have a few questions regarding installing a custom ROM (instead of the bloatware that HTC insists that I use.)
Here are the steps I've undertaken:
I've successfully Rooted the phone with Unrevoked. I'm now a Superuser.

A day or two ago, I backed up the existing ROM, then got cold feet about applying a new ROM, because I don't want to brick it (and had a question or two anyway.)
I downloaded Titanium Backup Pro with Busybox 1.16.0, and went through and backed up all the user data.
I downloaded ROM Manager (the free version), and downloaded the latest CyanogenMod- version 6.1 (as that seems to be the one most talked about on the LifeHacker site.)
I know to back up the (existing) ROM, wipe all data, and clear the cache before installing a ROM.
Now, the questions:
1a) I've seen some mention of "Radio" - is this the typical FM radio that came with the Droid Incredible, or is there something more esoteric that it is actually referring to?
1b) Where should I look for the "Radio" file that would need to be installed?
2) What are the benefits AS WELL AS pitfalls of each ROM? (IE: I see Koush, Lithium, cvpcs, ShadowROM, JagerRom, MIUI, IncROM, etc. for the Incredible- but going to each of them doesn't necessarily tell me the stuff that may not fit my usage.)
I look forward to any and all responses to this post- I know you guys will help- and thank you in advance.

Oh yes- question 3, though it doesn't belong in the "Incredible ROM" forum- I know how to take pictures. How do you save screenshots?
-- S.