hey im new to this i got a pretty buggy apache (same phone) form my uncle coz he water damaged it a little, i currently use Helmi's WM6 mod (google it) and it works pretty good, via a bootloader and no need for the ppc kitchen tool (i wouldnt dream of mmessing around with it don't really have the time) but im currently looking for a more stable version of the rom with as much ease. I don't know if it's my hardware or not but it occasionally freezes on soft reset and requires a hard reset
ah well!!!
Umm just remember not to let the cabs load at the boot (reset straight away) and ull be away laughing