How to install new firmware?

[donjuma]

Hello there,
I am new to the android community and I am facing some problems. First of all let me say I am a complete noob ( dont know what flashing is) at this so bear with me. Anyways I am trying to put Android GB 2.3.3 (Ice and Fire V.2.8) on my Motorola Milestone. I tried to back up using Rom manager but everytime I clicked back up it rebooted and gave me the triangle with the exclamation mark. So I backed up (my apps only) using Titanium Back-up. Now I put the .zip ( the eact name is iceandfire-v2.8-Milestone.zip ) in the root of my SD card. When I reboot I hold down POWER + X and then camera to get in the recovery menu. Then I have 4 options, (Reboot phone, Install Update.zip, Wipe phone, Wipe Cache). Now in the tutorial I am following it said press install Update.Zip. But when i click that it says that it could not be found at sdcard/update.zip. ( I think it is because when i first rooted my phone i made a file named update.zip but deleted it after, but thats not what im trying to install I want the new firmware. Please Help

EDIT: Basically the main problem I face is I cant get into recovery mode through Rom Manager (I have flashed the clockworkMod already). When I click it, all it does is reboot then the triangle error.

 

[donjuma]

Terminal Emiulator

Maybe it is because when I first rooted my phone I did something in Terminal emulator?
All i remember was redirecting something to sdcard/update.zip

 

[X_TAC23]

You probably need to flash clockwork recovery again. You shouldn't see a triangle, it should go straight to a green menu.

 

[donjuma]

I have F;ashed Clockwork

You probably need to flash clockwork recovery again. You shouldn't see a triangle, it should go straight to a green menu.

I have done that many times I even cleared the cache and re-flashed it and immediately clicked boot into recovery and still giving error. Maybe I am doing it wrong. I open Rom Manager click the first one (which is FLASH CLOCKWORK RECOVERY) then click Milestone then it says finished I click OK and attempt to boot.

Thanks for the quick response though!

 

[X_TAC23]

Maybe try and restore your nandroid backup and the reroot.

 

[donjuma]

No Backup

Maybe try and restore your nandroid backup and the reroot.

I dont have a nandroid backup. I was told that in order to get one I would have to go into the Recovery menu. When I click back-UP on Rom Manager it reboots and gives the same error.

BTW: I am running Android 2.2.1

 

[donjuma]

NO Signature

I tried again to do it by holding POWER + X after clearing the cache and I clicked install frome UPDATE.ZIP
and this time it said SIGNATURE VERIFICATION FAILED.

 

[X_TAC23]

Let me move you over to the rescue squad maybe they will see something im missing!?!

 

[donjuma]

OK

let me move you over to the rescue squad maybe they will see something im missing!?!

thank you so much!

 

[X_TAC23]

When you put the zip file on your sd card Sid you rename it? If so did you happen to put .zip at the end?

 

[donjuma]

When you put the zip file on your sd card Sid you rename it? If so did you happen to put .zip at the end?

I did not rename it.

 

[X_TAC23]

Man im thinking....I would just sbf and start over. Reroot and laid what you want on it.

 

[donjuma]

same problem

I seem to be having a similar issue as this post:
http://www.droidforums.net/forum/droid-rooted-help/145166-cant-boot-into-recovery-mode-2.html
But unlike him I dont have the option to flash alternative recovery.

 

[donjuma]

ok

Man im thinking....I would just sbf and start over. Reroot and laid what you want on it.

So basically you want me to reroot a rooted phone. Would that be safe?

 

[X_TAC23]

Once you sbf you will have an uprooted phone. It will be just like out of the box. Then from there reroot. Sbf'ing will give you a clean slate