[Q] [Telus T959D Fascinate] N00B help required.

[jpmccarthy]

Hi - looking for some help. I have a Telus T959D Fascinate it is rooted via superoneclick. I have a ton of apps installed along with 3 paid apps (Titanium BU, Swift X keyboard, and ADW Launcher).

I installed ROM manager with the intent to get CWD on - says it successful but when I go into recovery its stock recovery.

Q1. I noticed it created an update.zip in root - do I need to flash that with stock recovery first?
Q2. Will putting on CWD in this manner cause my apps to get lost?
Q3. is there any step by step tips to root your phone, correct any lags (see a lot on voodoo but its a few months old) and ready it for custom roms?

Any tips and how to's would be greatly appreciated - especially to safe house my system as is.

Also, I noticed ROM manager and Titanium store things on the SD - I'm assuming I need to copy those files to a computer or external SD on my phone or I would lose any backups or recovery ROMs when I flash (is that correct).

Again, thanks for any help, and love this forum!

 

[Canadian DJ]

Hi - looking for some help. I have a Telus T959D Fascinate it is rooted via superoneclick. I have a ton of apps installed along with 3 paid apps (Titanium BU, Swift X keyboard, and ADW Launcher).

I installed ROM manager with the intent to get CWD on - says it successful but when I go into recovery its stock recovery.

Q1. I noticed it created an update.zip in root - do I need to flash that with stock recovery first?
Q2. Will putting on CWD in this manner cause my apps to get lost?
Q3. is there any step by step tips to root your phone, correct any lags (see a lot on voodoo but its a few months old) and ready it for custom roms?

Any tips and how to's would be greatly appreciated - especially to safe house my system as is.

Also, I noticed ROM manager and Titanium store things on the SD - I'm assuming I need to copy those files to a computer or external SD on my phone or I would lose any backups or recovery ROMs when I flash (is that correct).

Again, thanks for any help, and love this forum!

Hey man, what is it that your trying to do exactly?

 

[jpmccarthy]

Firstly, thanks for the reply. Essentially, I'm already rooted - done. Its the next steps that are tripping me up.

I would like to have my current applications backed up with some advice on where to put them using Titanium. I would like to have CWM recovery installed so I can get an image of my ROM as well as set me up to try others (CM7, MIUI, etc.)

Lastly, realizing now that the Telus Fascinate is a different beast - not the verizon model, more like a Vibrant.

Then, any recommendations from Telus F users on what can make the phone better - voodoo, lagfixes and what have you.

I do like my phone, I love the customization of Android (I jumped ship from iPhone), love that its Linux based, but still feeling my way around