OMG Newbie needs help

[darkfibre50]

My Uncle gave me his old HTC HD (Telstra Branded) running 6.1 Its not carrier locked but is "Infected" with Telstra stuff.

I would like to upgrade it to 6.5 but have no Idea where to start or where I can get a cooked rom from .

I found a tute on flashing the 1.56 roms on XDA developers but the more I read the more confused I become. There is soooooo much information on here I am suffering from information overload and I cant seem to find a really basic step by step guide or where to download the cooked roms from all the links I follow are broken. I dont even see the HTC HD in the phones. Is it compatable with the HD2

Its very frustrating for a newbie!!


Can someone please give me a leg up!

Ta