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Originally Posted by HTC Touch-Pro
Oh, so flashing IS the SAME as upgrading to Mr. X or MightyROM? I thought they were 2 different steps, THANKS! 
Looks like I need to unlock, and find a good flashing tool then? I was told installing new ROM's was easiest from the microSD card within my TP2 right now; so I can simply download the ROM .CAB's to the internal microSD card and install from there at will once I unlock the phone? Thanks for the link(s)!
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Flashing is the term used when you do any modifications to internal flash memory(not to be confused with storage, RAM or microsd card), so unlocking, radio, ROM etc... will require your device to be "flashed"(TP2 has 512mb of flash memory and no you cannot put your pics there unless they are cooked(process of making a ROM) into ROM). Upgrading is simply flashing a new version of the same ROM or even a different ROM with better/newer soft.
You can do it via microsd but i had really bad experience with that method when my microsd decided to go to heaven during the flash(yes i know with PC method i can loose electricity etc.. as well) so now i only use PC method. Its quite easy, here are complete steps:
1) Make sure you TP2 is at least 50% battery
2)
Unlock your device
3) Download and unzip(if zipped) ROM of your liking(make sure you unlocked you device prior - very crucial)
4) Connect TP2 to PC with (extended or regular)mini-usb to USB cord
5) Make sure it says "connected"(does not have to by synced just connected) in either
ActiveSync(WinXP or prior) or WMDC (Vista/7)
6) Double click on ROMUpdateUtility.exe(could be called something else but its exe file in folder of your new ROM on pc)
7) Click next about gazillion times, and wait about 2 mins(it says 10 but its much faster)- DO NOT DISCONNECT TP2 FROM PC DURING UPDATE!!!
After PC screen says done(not before that!!!) you can disconect TP2 and follow set up instructions after it resets
Thats all folks, by the way thank you for clicking thanks under my prev post, its much faster than just posting thanks and people here appreciate it a lot more