Desire HD owners have had their hands on some previously leaked versions of Gingerbread, and the final shipping version of Gingerbread for the device has now appeared. It’s unbranded so you need not worry about any carrier bloat added and all apps thus far are up and running perfectly fine for me.

If you’ve rooted your Android phone, you probably have flashed a ROM or two.  Or 20.  If you haven’t, you will.  That’s how it works; you get sucked in and its too much fun to quit.  While Nandroid backups from a custom recovery are great for a full system restore, what about the equally important things like migrating text messages over to a new ROM?  Or all those bookmarks you’ve collected?  Or God forbid you lose your Angry Birds save with all gold eggs and three stars!

Remember that HTC ThunderBolt ROM that leaked out a few days ago? Looks like Verizon’s getting ready to push it, as Android Central Forums member jim302 spotted that the release notes have been posted in the usual place and the build numbers match up. Here’s the changelog:

The T-Mobile Sidekick 4G is a smartphone that since its announcement has intrigued a lot of us. While Sidekicks are usually associated with the younger generation, Samsung has definitely taken that voice and attempted to change it with the customized version of Android 2.2.1 that allows brings new features for just about anyone.

This week we have a great Dinc Sense ROM — Carbonite Fusion by trock70.  Romaholic and Dinc lover (also quite the writer) PvilleComp gives us a look at this one, which delivers Sense with a very nice look and some excellent tweaks.  Little touches like porting over graphics from TouchWiz, and the notification toggles gives it a really unique look and feel.  I’ll let you read it for yourself, but I have to give a shout out to trock70 — this one looks like Sense done right.  Thanks for the review Mike!

Despite the T-Mobile G2X having already been rooted and equipped with ClockworkMod, there are still a few things developers out there would like to look at. We can now check source code off that list though as LG has put the download up on their website for all. It may not mean a lot to the everyday user but, the source code should help plenty of developers out there get started on cooking up some custom ROM for this sexy, beast of a device. Hit the source link to get started, after that just search for “LG P999″ and it will pop right up for ya. LG via Android Police

I hope everyone Europeans reading abroad are ready for this, but Samsung’s Galaxy Ace (which shipped with 2.2) is definitely getting upgraded to some Gingerbread goodness, and if you just can’t wait for it, there’s a leaked ROM you might want to consider picking up.

If you’ve gotta have the latest unofficial ROM for your new HTC ThunderBolt, you’re in luck this morning. An RUU has leaked out of one of those places RUUs tend to leaked out of (don’t ask, you don’t wanna know), stripped down and put back together again. And the list of known features is interesting enough.

ROM Manager has always been an indispensable tool for those of us with an unhealthy obsession with constantly juggling various ROMs between our phones. Now, the latest version of the app for rooted phones adds some interesting new functionality alongside a welcome visual refresh. Read on to find out what’s new.

The ClockworkMod team has released version 4.0 of ROM Manager, the popular custom ROM flashing app for rooted phones. The update brings a visual refresh in the form of new icons, along with the ability to rate and comment on ROMs and some behind-the-scenes changes. Writing on his personal blog, ClockworkMod’s Koushik Dutta says he’s “really proud” of the new ROM Manager, and hints that “even bigger things” may be on the way for the project, including a website.