looking for assistance on loading my first rom

[jameshtc]

Looking for assistance with loading my first ROM to my phone I have completed the root process with revoke and backed up as far as what rom it does not matter i just want help how to load one and then go back to the stock one once i learn this i will remember and then i will be good to go i will very much appriciate alll the help i can get thnk you vry much

[kevmo1965]

First of all, welcome to our community.
Pick out a ROM you wish to load and place it on your SD card. You can place it in the root or in a folder.
Power down the device. Hold down the Volume Down key and then press Power.
A white screen will come up, using the volume up and down keys select recovery and press the power key to select. The device will then restart and boot into recovery.
In the menu you want to clear the cache before you flash. Using the same way to navigate with the keys select "wipe data/factory reset".
After the device is done you will come back to the same menu.
Now select "Install zip from sdcard" and press the power button. In the next menu select "choose zip from sdcard" and again press the power button. From here you navigate to where you placed the zip and select it. A menu will come up with a lot of "no" choices and only one yes choice. Select the Yes and the device will do the rest.
After its done, select "reboot system now" and you have just flashed a new ROM.
To backup or restore in recovery, select "nandroid" then either "backup" or "restore" in the next menu and follow the prompts.

[jameshtc]

Tried to flash a ROM but i do not think it worked it just wiped all my apps out and it is like my phone just cam out the box can some one please help me i just need help with flashing my first time please

[lkillen]

Yeah, that happens sometime. Go to market and click on Downloads and let it synch. If you had Tintanium pro and had backed up, you could go into TP and restore what you want. TP is essential for Rom runners.

But think how much smarter you are now!