[Q] First time ever that im going to use a custom rom

[regenboognl]

Allright.. i decided to start using a custom rom, which will be CM9. but because of soo mutch information on this website i dont fully understand anymore what to do, and because im still a noob, i cant post in the original thread of CM9.

I have a Red lens Motorola Defy MB525, found out with catlog that i got the bayer camera module , non branded, stock froyo.

Rooted my defy
nandroid backup with 2nd init , made a copy to my laptop to be completely save.
did backup the apps with titanium backup

also have the app battery calibration so i can fix my battery after the custom rom.
i will write the custom rom when my battery is on atleast 50 percent, so it will not die.

So what do i have to do next?

 

[hsrars-d]

download the correct ROM, it will come as a .zip
copy it to your sdcard, reboot to 2nd init recovery,
factory reset, and wipe dalvik cache from advanced menu.
then in recovery choose install zip from sdcard, choose your ROM.zip, install,
reboot, it will take pretty long until it boots first time because system is rebuilding the dalvik. (~5min)

 

[regenboognl]

Wow , thats sounds way more simple then i can find on this site.

Ill try it tommorow night! any further suggestions?

 

[dafi81]

Maybe you should try multiboot first just to be on the safe side.

 

[regenboognl]

what is multiboot and how can i do that?

 

[Arjoma]

Multiboot is basically the possibility to have two or more different ROMs (e.g. CM7 and CM9) installed at the same time and when you boot up you can choose which ROM you want to use. But it is a bit complicated and it wouldn't work with stock Froyo as one of the ROMs I think.
More suggestions? You should also download the latest gapps from http://goo.im/gapps and put the zip on your sd card as well. After wiping and installing the CM9 Nightly from sd go to install zip from sd again and choose the gapps .zip. After that you can reboot the system.
The gapps are the Google Apps (i.e. Play Store and some more) and without them you can't even setup your Google Account, download apps, use Gmail etc.

 

[regenboognl]

Ah thanks for that! downloaded it and saved it to my desktop for now.

Still need to figure out which rom i need to choose.. the epsylon?

 

[neo.ank]

Ah thanks for that! downloaded it and saved it to my desktop for now.

Still need to figure out which rom i need to choose.. the epsylon?

That would be good. Try it out and see if it suits your requirements..There are many ROM's for froyo kernel. You can try those and see which suits you best.

Happy Modding.

 

[regenboognl]

yeaaay! Thanks for all the great help, it worked perfect and was really easy to do!

Cant wait till all the apps are back on my phone from the backups that i made and then let the modding begin! haha

- running Epsylon CM9!

 

[Arjoma]

yeaaay! Thanks for all the great help, it worked perfect and was really easy to do!

Cant wait till all the apps are back on my phone from the backups that i made and then let the modding begin! haha

- running Epsylon CM9!

Congratulations, have fun with ICS on your Defy!

 

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