OK. So NOTE 3 should be changed to: NOW TESTED ON TMO-US. I've installed Astraios Rom Series now and its working great so far. By the way, this is the first time I have ever flashed a ROM on a phone, so ya, it took a lot of reading to get my confidence up enough to do this comfortably, but now that I have, it is so easy it amazes me that the information on how to do this isn't more readily available, adn requires so much shifting through threads to get comfortable in doing so hopefully this will help others.
For more info on Flashing ROM's read here:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=653614
Essentailly here is how I did it.
I upgraded my HD2 TMO-US 1024MB from the shipped ROM to TMO-US update version 2.13.531.1 this afternoon. Worked good, no problems that I could see. Since I did this, I didn't see a need to go through the Task 29 process, but if you don't want to first flash to 2.13 and are concerned about making your ROM install run as smooth as possible, you can find more information on Task 29 here:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=644781
Step 1. Downgraded the Radio 2.10.50.26 in 2.13 version to the Astraios Rom compatible Radio 2.08.50.08_2 version using HSPL2_1024 Bootloader (I already had HSPL2_1024 installed; see first link for download / usage details).
Step 2. Then I used HSPL2_1024 again to flash the Astraios Rom. Works great so far. I will test more over the next day or two.
Here's what my screens look like so far (sorry ahead of time for the big graphics):
So here are my first couple of questions:
1. SELF ANSWERED: I only have 4 shortcuts per row. How do I get it to 5? (Never mind; discovered the awesome coolness of CoOkie's Home Tab Editor in the home Screen Menu Button. SWEET!)
2. Can I upgrade back to the 2.13 TMO-US Radio 2.10.50.26?
I will post up more details as I learn more.