McNuggets wrote

Cynic wrote

McNuggets wrote

Cynic wrote I was going to find the cyanogen one if that clarifys anything

Cyanogenmod is a awesome custom rom, it is fairly easy to brick your phone if you do it wrong, the best way to install it is from clockworkMOD recovery. just put the zips on the SD card and install them from there.

if your phone is officialy supported by cyanogenmod ul find tuts on their site, if not there is probly a unofficial port with a tut also.

I found a tutorial on youtube where they used ROM Manager to flash clockworkMod and download the rom itself is that safe?

yes its fine to do that, tho you wont be able to download roms off rom manager if you dont pay for premium, just download it manualy, put it on your SD card then use rom manager to boot into clockwork recovery.
you will also need to download the google apps package as the cyanogenmod team are not allowd to bundle them in. make sure you put them on your SD card also then install them after the main update and any hotfix.

one more thing back up everything you dont want to lose as you may have to wipe user data after install.

As long as I can still send texts and such idc about backing up anything. and how do I do the google apps thing and what are they?

-Cydia- wrote Lol I never knew u could brick ur iPod lol

Android..... :facepalm:

Cynic wrote

McNuggets wrote

Cynic wrote

McNuggets wrote

Cynic wrote I was going to find the cyanogen one if that clarifys anything

Cyanogenmod is a awesome custom rom, it is fairly easy to brick your phone if you do it wrong, the best way to install it is from clockworkMOD recovery. just put the zips on the SD card and install them from there.

if your phone is officialy supported by cyanogenmod ul find tuts on their site, if not there is probly a unofficial port with a tut also.

I found a tutorial on youtube where they used ROM Manager to flash clockworkMod and download the rom itself is that safe?

yes its fine to do that, tho you wont be able to download roms off rom manager if you dont pay for premium, just download it manualy, put it on your SD card then use rom manager to boot into clockwork recovery.
you will also need to download the google apps package as the cyanogenmod team are not allowd to bundle them in. make sure you put them on your SD card also then install them after the main update and any hotfix.

one more thing back up everything you dont want to lose as you may have to wipe user data after install.

As long as I can still send texts and such idc about backing up anything. and how do I do the google apps thing and what are they?

you may lose all your contacts if they arent synced or backed up.
the google apps package is the pre loaded google apps, some are needed like market.
rom manager has them for download.

Oh I see it now thanks! Ill post here if I get it all right

Brick as in JailBreak?

-Hippo wrote Brick as in JailBreak?

Android not apple :facepalm:

Cynic wrote

-Hippo wrote Brick as in JailBreak?

Android not apple :facepalm:

Oh Im not sure then, Try looking it up somewhere on youtube.

Cynic wrote Oh I see it now thanks! Ill post here if I get it all right

if ya need any help il see what i can do, not an expert but i know how to install custom roms with clockworkmod.

just make sure you wipe user data/cache(if needed) after you install cyanogenmod or you could get stuck in a bootloop.

and double check you are installing the right rom for your phone.

McNuggets wrote

Cynic wrote Oh I see it now thanks! Ill post here if I get it all right

if ya need any help il see what i can do, not an expert but i know how to install custom roms with clockworkmod.

just make sure you wipe user data/cache(if needed) after you install cyanogenmod or you could get stuck in a bootloop.

and double check you are installing the right rom for your phone.

Instead of trusting a random source on the internet I'm just going to find a cracked version of rom manager and get it from there. It seems alot safer and provides the backup and clear cache option when you click after the download

Cynic wrote

McNuggets wrote

Cynic wrote Oh I see it now thanks! Ill post here if I get it all right

if ya need any help il see what i can do, not an expert but i know how to install custom roms with clockworkmod.

just make sure you wipe user data/cache(if needed) after you install cyanogenmod or you could get stuck in a bootloop.

and double check you are installing the right rom for your phone.

Instead of trusting a random source on the internet I'm just going to find a cracked version of rom manager and get it from there. It seems alot safer and provides the backup and clear cache option when you click after the download

the newer versions of rom manager cant be cracked. just get it from the team that made it, they will have forums those downloads are the exact same files that will be on rom manager.

what phone are you installing this onto?