[thayer]

1. only the person who cooked the rom knows the difference between their rom and the stock rom. the custom rom typically removes bloatware and adds the newest features according to the chefs tastes.

2. a hard reset causes the phone to delete everything but the rom most recently installed. a rom install is like reinstalling windows xp or windows 7 from scratch. the previous os doesn't exist on the pc any longer. a hard reset reverts you to a clean install of the rom last installed.

3. most roms are available for download. search for the stock rom and download it before you flash a new rom. then if you dont like the new rom you can simply reinstll the old rom. (if you go mighty, you won't go back)

4. the radio is the softwre that identifies your phone to cell towers. a new radio is intended to do a better job of this.

5. there is so much under the hood of these roms that only you flashing it and trying it out will tell. you WILL get the new radio and a slightly more touch friendly os.

it just takes time and actully flshing new roms. i am still a pea green newb where all this is concerned. if any of this is wrong...plese correct it.