You may have heard of the

tech term

flashing. We'll explain

what flashing means

in this tutorial and explain why you might want to

flash a ROM

on your smartphone or

flash the BIOS

on your computer.

In this last episode, we give you a

summary of the rooting process

. We'll talk about the steps you took to

root your Motorola Droid

and outline the importance of good research whenever

rooting a handset

. We'll also point you in the direction of more

information on rooting

and custom ROMs.

In this episode, we show you

how to use ROM Manager

for Droid. ROM Manager has a free version available which allows you to

back up your Droid

easily,

install custom ROMs

and more. Most importantly, it gives your

Droid more boot options

so that you don't have to go through the same processes we outlined over the past few episodes.

Now that you've finished

rooting your Motorola Droid

, you should know that it is easy to

find custom ROMs

that you can use. Just use your search engine of choice and search for

Motorola Droid ROMs

and you should see plenty of results. Research ROMs that look promising and try them out if you like.

In order to continue the root process. you're going to need to

perform a factory reset

. We show you how to use your

Droid's recovery reboot menu

so you can continue

rooting your Motorola Droid

. Specifically, we'll show you how to install the rooted ROM and

upgrade to OS 2.2 Froyo

.

Here, we begin the actual root process by

wiping your Motorola Droid

and

install a new rooted ROM

. We'll show you how to install the new rooted ROM, but we also recommend that you

back up your Droid's data

first so that you can restore it later. Once you've done that, you're ready to

root your Motorola Droid

.

In this episode, we'll show you

how to flash the SBF file

to your Droid

using RSD Lite

. This won't

root your device

but it is one of the last steps on the way to

rooting your Motorola Droid

. This is one of the lengthier episodes, so be sure to follow each step carefully.

With RSD Lite installed, we can now flash the SBF file to your phone. This does not "root" it, but it paves the way.

The next step in

rooting your Motorola Droid

is to

install RSD Lite

4.6. This is the software that we will use to

flash the Droid

. This part is tricky as an improperly flashed ROM can potentially brick the device, but if you've been following along and follow this guide step by step, there should be no problems.

In this series we show you

how to root your Motorola Droid

.

Rooting your Droid handset

can

unlock features

and give you

access to applications and ROMs

that you would otherwise be unable to use. While there are risks involved, if you follow this guide you should be able to

root your Droid safely

.