New droid user looking for knowledge!

[Mbk]

If so then try flashing 'Alternate Recovery' at the bottom of RomMahnager (SPRecovery 0.99.3b)..then flash back to ClockWork 2.5.0.1

[Mbk]

ok I need to take a step back in order to go forward here cause my mind isn't connecting A to B. Let me ask you a few questions. Did you ever actually download a ROM from the internet? Did you put it on the root of your SD card? Did you rename it to update.zip?

He's just trying to make a backup first

[Ryank10909]

Ya i tried making the backup in the ROM manager, and it brought me to the clockworkmod recovery

Personally, I am not a huge fan of ROM Manager, although I do use it to flash between bootloaders.

I use SP Recovery which, in ROM manager, down at the bottom it says "Alternate Recovery" That's SP.

Which ever one you choose, just flash it 3 times to make sure everything is taken care of.

As far as installing stuff, I actually turn the phone off, open up the slider, hold down X and then while holding down X I hold down the power button till I see the M logo. I then let go and the bootloader comes up.

so i did it 3 times like you said and now its working, its making the backup right now, so as far as Roms go and kernels what is reccommended for the moto droid, or what will make this thing unstoppable?

[xkape]

LMAO... all that because a little bit of code was sticking around from only 1 flash. OK.. now moving forward

Let's let that get done and while you are waiting go here Links to Froyo Roms and Kernels and Baseband Updates [Source+Leaks] and see what ROM you want.

I will tell you that what I see alot is JRummys Lithium Mod, Sapphire, Bugless Beast (what I use), Ultimate Droid, Cyanogen and the occasonal Liquid Frozen Yogurt and SUcculent Desire.

But keep in mind my usage pattern on this board would/may/may not be different if I were running something besides the BB and that list might be different.

[Ryank10909]

WOW ok, backup complete, all that for just a backup! alright see im a fast learner! right? lmao, well i feel like im learning, so its rebooted with the backup. whats the next step?

[Mbk]

Ya i tried making the backup in the ROM manager, and it brought me to the clockworkmod recovery

Personally, I am not a huge fan of ROM Manager, although I do use it to flash between bootloaders.

I use SP Recovery which, in ROM manager, down at the bottom it says "Alternate Recovery" That's SP.

Which ever one you choose, just flash it 3 times to make sure everything is taken care of.

As far as installing stuff, I actually turn the phone off, open up the slider, hold down X and then while holding down X I hold down the power button till I see the M logo. I then let go and the bootloader comes up.

so i did it 3 times like you said and now its working, its making the backup right now, so as far as Roms go and kernels what is reccommended for the moto droid, or what will make this thing unstoppable?

Perfect... BB v0.4, Sapphire v1.0, or Chevy's Simply Stunning are all good ROMs... then try out different themes for each, with different kernels...

remember, wipe data when changing ROMs, but no need to wipe when changing themes and kernels.
Also, only use themes and kernels that are compatible to the particular ROM you are running...

[Ryank10909]

Ive heard of Sapphire v1.0 now to overclock to saw 1gigahertz or 900 megahertz what is the process of that?

[xkape]

Forgot about seeing Simply Stunning a lot.. my apologies for not including it Chevy1 (if you ever even read this thread)

[Mbk]

Couple of tips about changing ROMs... You will need to resync with your GMail account to reload your contacts and apps.
And if you need to update your Baseband then you'd need to reactivate *228 afterwards, no worries though since it's a pretty simple process.

[xkape]

Ive heard of Sapphire v1.0 now to overclock to saw 1gigahertz or 900 megahertz what is the process of that?

Slow down man, you can't do it all in 10 minutes

Pick a ROM 1st. It's good to do this and use it for awhile (couple hours, day, week) to see how the ROM effects your phone and how you use it.

ANd by the way, most of those ROM's are already running between 800mhz and 1Ghz as is.