Droid 2 User- Reporting for Duty! (Also need some Droid 2 modding help)

[JustinX]

Hey everyone! I'm Justin, and I have been using android devices since the first Motorola Droid and I love them. I joined this forum because I finally wanted to root/flash a mod onto my Droid 2 (this is to hold me over until my upgrade in April with which I hope to get a Droid 4 or Galaxy Nexus). For the 7hrs I have been a user on this forum I have been significantly helped by two moderators, CJM and JSM and I'd like to thank them greatly for their help. This is a great society for such a confusing and wonderful OS and I'm sure that being a member here will increase the enjoyment I'll have with android.

Now onto my issue. I have already Rooted my droid using Pete's Motorola Root Tools. And Now I want to put on the Latest CyanogenMod on my phone.
Whats my next move (steps would be greatly appreciated)? And whats the difference between backing up using Titanium BackUp and Droid2 Recovery Bootstrap?

 

[enlightened]

Welcome to the forum! I'll let someone with Droid 2 experience help you with your question.

 

[JSM9872]

Welcome officially Justin!! And sorry I've been so scarce but I am working the late shift tonight

When backing up with titanium it is just backing up your apps and any settings associated with those apps. When you make a back up with bootstrap, known as a nandroid, you are essentially taking an exact copy of your phone (minus the SD) at that time which includes everything. And as far as CY mod, you need to make sure you have the correct one for gb (the Revnumbers builds).

Ill be around late tonight if you need more help but I'm sure CJM will be available before that if he is not already.

Sent From the Land Before Time...

 

[CJM]

:welcome: to DF, Justin. I see you met our lovely mod Enlightened & the elusive JSM.

The next step would be to get clockworkmod recovery on your phone & make a nandroid backup. Now, I'm sure your next question would be, "OK, great, how do I do that CJM?" Which I would say, I really don't know . I do know you need the bootstrap app. I gave you a link to that earlier. But once downloaded, I couldn't tell you what buttons to press or where to go once you installed it. Just keep your ears open to this thread & hopefully someone will come along with better advice.

Tapped from an Unbrickable DROID

 

[JSM9872]

Ok home and ready to go. From what I am reading you have your phone rooted and now you want to install CM. First things first, have you installed Droid 2 Bootstrap yet?

 

[JustinX]

Yes, i installed Droid 2 Bootstrap, and I went through the process of backing up the phone already

 

[JSM9872]

Ok well you are on fire, that would have been my next step and obviously you know how to bootstrap so we can skip those steps. After that you want to install CM, have you downloaded that yet? And if so where did you get it from? Links would be good so I can verify.

 

[JustinX]

I was going to use the Current Build on this site [DEV_THREAD]Droid 2 CM7 with Gingerbread Kernel - RootzWiki, and while were on this site, I was wondering about JakeBite's Mod and how I put that on my phone too.

 

[JSM9872]

Ok cool that is the one you need. Steps to follow:

1) Bootstrap into recovery
2) Wipe data/factory Reset
3) Install zip from SD
4) Choose zip from SD
5) Then navigate to the ROM zip and install
(Step 5 you need to do twice, first with the ROM file and then after that the GAPPs file)
6) Reboot system now and then you should be good to go

 

[JustinX]

Just a couple questions before I try that,
1. How should I go about putting the rom zip onto my phone? Should I download it straight from my phone? Or if from my computer what folder should I put the rom zip into?
2. Where is the GAPPs file and how do I get it?

 

[JustinX]

I just have 2 questions before I start doing that
1. Should I download the rom zip straight from my phone? Or from my computer then put it on my phone? And then what folder should I put it under?
2. Where and how do I get the GAPPs file(which is the Google applications right?). And same question what folder should it be in?

 

[JSM9872]

I always download stuff on my computer and then move to my phone, all of which end up in the "downloads" folder but you can put it anywhere as long as you know where it is. They can both be in there. And the GAPPs file should be in the first post of the thread you got the ROM but I am going to double check for you now.

 

[JSM9872]

I lied, its not there. Here is a link to the download for it: goo-inside.me - gapps downloads

 

[JustinX]

So after I follow those 5 steps, my phone would be good to go? And also, how do I approach putting the JakeBitesmod found here [Mods] Jakebitesmods V17 For D2 Ota Gb Kernel All Roms! [Mods] - RootzWiki onto my phone?

 

[JSM9872]

Yup you should be good to go. You will have to log back into your Google account but you will not need to reactivate your phone.

That mod unfortunately I have never experienced using. I gave my D2 to my little bro before that came out and I have not tried it on the X. If you go into the CM4D2-GB thread here and ask I know there are several D2 users who are frequent posters there that will have some good info for you.