[nycxhobbes]

My 2 Cents:
I also bought the Sprint TP2 and the stock rom is actually quite impressive for stock. It is very stable and good on the memory usage. My TP1 was terrible but like you I was a bit intimidated with the whole business of "flashing" as there seemed to be so much to read up on so I never flashed my TP1. Personally I flashed my TP2 about 2 months after I got it. I first tried the 2.5 Leo Roms, and found that most were laggy and required a bit of work arounds to function fully. I hear that this has changed in the last few weeks and perhaps I will give it another try in the near future. I have since decided on NRG Pheonix 2.1 build 21885. It is a very stable and fast rom that feels like it was meant to be a stock rom. The only issue that I have with it is that the RAM usage seems to sit a little high after a day or two of usage (71-77% mem usage) but in terms of speed you don't really notice any change. Now the things I will warn you about flashing your rom:

1. It is HIGHLY addictive. Like a future fat kid who just discovered the taste of cake, you will find yourself trying out all of the different roms out there just to see what it is like. You WILL spend AT LEAST an additional hour per day (at work, at home, or on the toilet) reading up on the lastest builds and the newest tweaks.

2. Not all roms are created equal. All of the cooks are wonderful and great but keep in mind that they build their roms with different priorities. Usually, you can find 90% of what you are looking for in 1 particular rom, and the other 10% you will either have to deal without or find some work around yourself for it.

3. I suggest you dedicated one full saturday on the day you finally decide to flash your first rom. Lock yourself in a room, ignore all forms of communication, and just get down and dirty with the roms. You are not going to be happy if you flash a rom and are interrupted in the middle of installing all of your cabs and tweaks.

4. Follow instructions and always ask for help! While I am a noobie at flashing as well I have heard some horror stories about phones being bricked, which is something I never would want to happen to me or you. So ALWAYS backup any regedits, ALWAYS ask for help if you don't know what you are doing, ALWAYS remember to thank the person helping you.

Hope this helps.