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rom manager help

Okay So I saw rom manager mentioned alot here so I figured it was something I Should have so I went and got it. Now I have figured out some of it on my own it looks like it is a interface to CWM wich is cool. The first option is flash clockwork recovery so is that the stock gingerbread or froyo so I can send the phone back to TMO? also I downloaded CM7 and Am going to try it out but right now I have stock GB with root from xboarders I backed that one up so I now have my original from before I touched the phone and my current one. So if I dont like cm7 event though I am sure Iwill do I just restore my current backup and that will put me back on xboarders with the addons that I downloaded like green signal fix and the others? or do I have to reflash it and start over? Also if I restore my original from before I rooted thr phone with xboarders will that unroot? Sorry for all the questions but I need to know what I am doing so I dont brick the phone. thanks alot
Charlie

heeeeeeeelp
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[Q] Some pressing questions about ROMs

Alright so I recently rooted my phone. And it is cool and all, but now I want to test some ROMs, and MIUI. So I have a couple of questions that I could find no where else. Also I'm using Froyo 2.2.1 if I update to the latest version can I root it again, or when I update will it still keep the root?
Question 1- What should I use to backup my phone, and, this is important, is there a way to do it without backing it up ON my phone. I only have a 2gb sd card and backing it up is nearly impossible seeing how I have way more than 2gb of stuff that would needed to be backed up.
Question 2- How do I put MIUI on my phone and is it worth it?
Question 3- ROM manager is apparently not compatible with my phone, so what do I use in place or is there a way to make it compatible.
Sorry for it being a long post, I just really need help.

GuidoZebra said:
Alright so I recently rooted my phone. And it is cool and all, but now I want to test some ROMs, and Cyanogenmod. So I have a couple of questions that I could find no where else. Also I'm using Froyo 2.2.1 if I update to the latest version can I root it again, or when I update will it still keep the root?
Question 1- What should I use to backup my phone, and, this is important, is there a way to do it without backing it up ON my phone. I only have a 2gb sd card and backing it up is nearly impossible seeing how I have way more than 2gb of stuff that would needed to be backed up.
Question 2- How do I use Cyanogenmod and is it worth it?
Question 3- ROM manager is apparently not compatible with my phone, so what do I use in place or is there a way to make it compatible.
Sorry for it being a long post, I just really need help.
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Don't use cwm from rom manager. THe i9000 version works perfect but you should really familiarize yourself with heimdall. Once 2.3.5 drop it will be the only way to root. There is obviously also Odin but heimdall is more reliable.
All you need to do to root is to flash any custom kernel thats compatible with the rom as all the kernels in the infuse section have a root script to root on first boot.
These kernels also have a Voodoo lagfix specific version of cwm baked in
Also you can add root to the rom dump/odin images with magic iso. Su goes in xbin. And superuser.apk goes in /system/app all in the factoryfs.rfs image.

Thanks, this helps. But I also need a little help on the whole back up situation, is there a way to back up externally or will I have to back up on my phone. Like I said I only have a 2GB SD card so backing up is impossible with 5+gbs of stuff that would be backed up.

From my experience, unless you wipe the SD card everything that is stored on it will be kept (other than Apps and texts), but your pictures, music, etc. will be saved. Sync your contacts to google so you don't have to worry about saving those.
I used Cyanogenmod on the HTC Aria and it was great, but I haven't tried it on the infuse - it's updated regularly but you have to decide if it's the set up you want.
I actually am using MIUI now and I love it. Very customizable and different than the typical ASOP ROMs. I flash new ROMS constantly, but I am actually sticking with MIUI right now.

Alright, so MIUI it is then. So can someone help me with this back up problem of mine, I just need to know how to back up, externally if possible, and how to flash roms, because in ROM manager when I go to flash clockworkmod recovery the INfuse is not on the list.

GuidoZebra said:
Alright, so MIUI it is then. So can someone help me with this back up problem of mine, I just need to know how to back up, externally if possible, and how to flash roms, because in ROM manager when I go to flash clockworkmod recovery the INfuse is not on the list.
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Buy a larger SD card? Or backup with Titanium Backup. This requires that you wipe everything at the beginning of the rom installation process, though. I backed up Titanium, installed Infused 2.2.3, and all my apps were gone when the phone booted back up. Went to the Market, installed Titanium Backup again, and voila: all of my apps and data were backed up. Took about 5 minutes to restore it all, and my phone is running like a dream.
In rom manager you want to pick "Samsung I9000."

GuidoZebra said:
Alright, so MIUI it is then. So can someone help me with this back up problem of mine, I just need to know how to back up, externally if possible, and how to flash roms, because in ROM manager when I go to flash clockworkmod recovery the INfuse is not on the list.
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If you want to back up everything, use Titanium Backup. If all you want to do is backup pictures/videos, they are located inside the /DCIM folder. Just take the pictures/videos and place them on your desktop or whatever. Then, put them back in /DCIM.
As to how to flash ROMs, use CWM. Every ROM has their flashing instructions on their thread. I don't like using ROM Manager unless its just to install/remove add-ons on Infusedv2.x.x.
To flash MIUI, you don't need ROM Manager. It's all done through CWM.

GuidoZebra said:
Alright, so MIUI it is then. So can someone help me with this back up problem of mine, I just need to know how to back up, externally if possible, and how to flash roms, because in ROM manager when I go to flash clockworkmod recovery the INfuse is not on the list.
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If you want cwm use heimdall to flash a custom kernel. On 2.2.1 stock this would be the comunity kernel or defuse kernel. If the kernel is zipped up or in a .tar then extract (7zip is good for this) it and only look for "zimage" that is the actual kernel, anything else in there is not relevant to heimdall Also if you never used heimdall before I recommended v1.1 because it is more self explained. You can also use odin but need the kernel in a .tar archive. You can tar the zimage in 7zip but may have permissions problems doing this in windows. There may be other. Tar specific apps that let you set Linux permissions but I haven't used any.
If you want the old fashioned way then use the i9000 version in rom manager. But first you need to push modded 3e recovery. Do some searching on 3e and signature verification failure. I can't write a full tutorial on every questions thread. God knows the tutorials exist all over this and every galaxy s forum.

lukas_s said:
Buy a larger SD card? Or backup with Titanium Backup. This requires that you wipe everything at the beginning of the rom installation process, though. I backed up Titanium, installed Infused 2.2.3, and all my apps were gone when the phone booted back up. Went to the Market, installed Titanium Backup again, and voila: all of my apps and data were backed up. Took about 5 minutes to restore it all, and my phone is running like a dream.
In rom manager you want to pick "Samsung I9000."
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Alright so once I back up with TI BU, how do I get it back once I have a new ROM? And also, Where do I get CWM?

I found out how to CWM, but I don't need to back up my phone before I install it do I?

Rainbow Screen/GB Bootloader Flashing

I flashed the Octane ROM and now have the rainbow screen. I am told I need to flash a Gingerbread bootloader but I cant figure out a 100% sure way of doing this. I have read I also need some sort of kernel just not sure what one. All I did to the phone so far was get clockwork recovery working and flash the Octane ROM. Sorry for the noobish question but I am completely new to these Samsungs and theyre a little more involved than the HTC's I have previously worked with.

silentsnow31802 said:
I flashed the Octane ROM and now have the rainbow screen. I am told I need to flash a Gingerbread bootloader but I cant figure out a 100% sure way of doing this. I have read I also need some sort of kernel just not sure what one. All I did to the phone so far was get clockwork recovery working and flash the Octane ROM. Sorry for the noobish question but I am completely new to these Samsungs and theyre a little more involved than the HTC's I have previously worked with.
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I'm guessing you're coming from Froyo. You should check out the SGS 4G Bible here: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1117554. Look under ODIN ROMs and install Chadster's KG4 ROM (last one listed). That's the first GB ROM to have the bootloaders on it. After that, you should be able to drop whatever other GB ROM you want on it.

stephen_w said:
I'm guessing you're coming from Froyo. You should check out the SGS 4G Bible here: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1117554. Look under ODIN ROMs and install Chadster's KG4 ROM (last one listed). That's the first GB ROM to have the bootloaders on it. After that, you should be able to drop whatever other GB ROM you want on it.
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Excellent thank you! Could I backup the current ROM in clockwork recovery, flash Chadster's KG4 then just restore my backup? Or would that also restore my old bootloader? The phone is my girlfriends and she just got it setup the way she likes and I would hate for her to have to do it all over again. Shes not as patient as I am when it comes to this kinda stuff.

I believe that would be ok
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silentsnow31802 said:
Excellent thank you! Could I backup the current ROM in clockwork recovery, flash Chadster's KG4 then just restore my backup? Or would that also restore my old bootloader? The phone is my girlfriends and she just got it setup the way she likes and I would hate for her to have to do it all over again. Shes not as patient as I am when it comes to this kinda stuff.
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No worries. Glad to help. Did it all work?

If you're coming from Froyo, DO NOT advanced restore your data on a GB ROM!
That will cause multiple issues on your phone. One of them being no incoming phone calls.
In order to move from Froyo to GB, your only option is to use Titanium Backup. Backup all user apps and data and restore them when you're on GB.
GB to GB is fine, but you must flash the Bali kernel (yes, it is a Froyo kernel) to perform an advanced data restore. You must be sure to flash the kernel back to a GB kernel afterwards. If not, you will be in a boot loop.
As for keeping HOMESCREEN settings and such, unless if your girlfriend has a custom launcher on, like ADW or LauncherPro, you will have to manually set up everything again.
In terms of PHONE settings, you'll have to set up everything again.
I hope you see this post before flashing, or else you'll have to reflash everything for your girlfriend!

bkoon1218 said:
If you're coming from Froyo, DO NOT advanced restore your data on a GB ROM!
That will cause multiple issues on your phone. One of them being no incoming phone calls.
In order to move from Froyo to GB, your only option is to use Titanium Backup. Backup all user apps and data and restore them when you're on GB.
GB to GB is fine, but you must flash the Bali kernel (yes, it is a Froyo kernel) to perform an advanced data restore. You must be sure to flash the kernel back to a GB kernel afterwards. If not, you will be in a boot loop.
As for keeping HOMESCREEN settings and such, unless if your girlfriend has a custom launcher on, like ADW or LauncherPro, you will have to manually set up everything again.
In terms of PHONE settings, you'll have to set up everything again.
I hope you see this post before flashing, or else you'll have to reflash everything for your girlfriend!
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I assume by advanced restore you mean some sort of restoring through Clockwork Recovery?
I only use Titanium Backup for backup and restore of apps. So backing up the apps on Froyo and restoring them on the GB ROM through Titanium is fine correct? I hope so cause I have already done this once lol.
She does use ADW EX so restoring that wont be an issue.
So If I just backup all the apps with Titanium, then flash the ROM+Bootloader mentioned above, then restore the apps with Titanium Backup it should be fine?
I assume doing this would not have changed the kernel at all. Should I flash some sort of GB kernel while im at it?
I really appreciate all your guys help on this one. Im more nervous about doing this stuff cause the phone isnt mine lol. If it were mine I would be flashing all day long! But in this case I want to get it right the first time.

Just an update. I did the above and it fixed up the rainbow screen. Thank you all for your help. I couldnt have done it without you guys. GF is now happy with her newly updated Octane rom

silentsnow31802 said:
Just an update. I did the above and it fixed up the rainbow screen. Thank you all for your help. I couldnt have done it without you guys. GF is now happy with her newly updated Octane rom
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That's great! Glad to hear we could help. Best of luck!

[Q] Installed custom rom, all contacts gone

How do I get them back? For some reason all of my contacts on my wife's phone disappeared when I installed MIUI on her phone, but that didn't happen to my phone.

skatin707 said:
How do I get them back? For some reason all of my contacts on my wife's phone disappeared when I installed MIUI on her phone, but that didn't happen to my phone.
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How are they backed up.....?
You need to include details when you post something like this. Because otherwise people won't understand what you are talking about and won't be able to help you. Then questions like this pursue that are unnecessary.

On google.

skatin707 said:
On google.
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Contacts > Right Click > Accounts > Choose gmail account > Uncheck sync contacts and resync. Recommended to do on strong connection. This should add them all back. Give it a few minutes to resync. Everytime that I flash a new ROM only 6 of my contacts are there and sometimes I have to do this before they will all show back up.

For some reason that only brings back one of them. I'm not sure what to do now.

skatin707 said:
For some reason that only brings back one of them. I'm not sure what to do now.
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Set it near a router and give it a few. Toggle again. And if that doesn't work reboot.

I've got good wifi in my house (55Mb/s up, 10Mb/s down). It completely re-syncs but no luck. I'll try rebooting.
If that doesn't work I'll go back to a stock rooted rom and get them back that way.

skatin707 said:
I've got good wifi in my house (55Mb/s up, 10Mb/s down). It completely re-syncs but no luck. I'll try rebooting.
If that doesn't work I'll go back to a stock rooted rom and get them back that way.
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You don't need to go back to stock rooted. I would recommend Mitra and Caty's rom. They are excellent and I have had no problems with getting the contacts on either of them. Never liked MIUI.... at all. Also, when you do get them I THINK that it helps if it is backed up in TiBu or something similar. Not positive though..

Don't I have to go back to stock to flash one of those roms since MIUI has a weird kernel and the blue cwm recovery menu?
I like the customization allowed by MIUI, that's why I prefer it.

skatin707 said:
Don't I have to go back to stock to flash one of those roms since MIUI has a weird kernel and the blue cwm recovery menu?
I like the customization allowed by MIUI, that's why I prefer it.
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I've been flashing for four months now. I wipe/factory resets, wipe dalvik and fix permissions. Works practically everytime. So now.. just use red cwm. People tend to see problems when they flash with red or blue. I'm dumbing this down a bit not for you but hopefully a new comer will read this and not ask questions about it.
I did odin back to stock once, but that was more for just peace of mind than anything. Don't think that it was necessary. I was testing to see if it would fix a weird thing with my dalvik cache.. but nothing came of it.

Erik_T said:
I've been flashing for four months now. I wipe/factory resets, wipe dalvik and fix permissions. Works practically everytime. So now.. just use red cwm. People tend to see problems when they flash with red or blue. I'm dumbing this down a bit not for you but hopefully a new comer will read this and not ask questions about it.
I did odin back to stock once, but that was more for just peace of mind than anything. Don't think that it was necessary. I was testing to see if it would fix a weird thing with my dalvik cache.. but nothing came of it.
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Doesn't going to the red cwm **** with miui since you have to flash different kernels?
Either way, she's just copying the contacts out of my phone and recovering the lost ones some other way.

skatin707 said:
Doesn't going to the red cwm **** with miui since you have to flash different kernels?
Either way, she's just copying the contacts out of my phone and recovering the lost ones some other way.
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It just don't boot from red recovery just flash from red pull battery then you'll have blue then flash miui or cm7
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skatin707 said:
Doesn't going to the red cwm **** with miui since you have to flash different kernels?
Either way, she's just copying the contacts out of my phone and recovering the lost ones some other way.
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Your correct, its non voodoo (hence the blue CWM, red means voodoo lagfix enabled kernel). You can flash from red however, it just requires flashing CM7/MIUI twice, one to get blue recovery and after a batt pull, one to boot into the rom basically. So going back from CM7/MIUI you need to flash a voodoo enabled kernel to get back red CWM, then flash Caty, MitRa etc...
Back to your question though, you can sync contacts with other accounts. (facebook for example) You can also use the contacts on your SIM card and export them to the external SD and recover them that way. Google is the easiest way but sometimes it doesn't work.
Happy flashing and good luck!
EDIT: Damn Rex, your short and simple answers are killing me, beatin me to the punch once again haha

xIC-MACIx said:
Your correct, its non voodoo (hence the blue CWM, red means voodoo lagfix enabled kernel). You can flash from red however, it just requires flashing CM7/MIUI twice, one to get blue recovery and after a batt pull, one to boot into the rom basically. So going back from CM7/MIUI you need to flash a voodoo enabled kernel to get back red CWM, then flash Caty, MitRa etc...
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That's what I thought. Not worth it, my wife can live without a few extra phone numbers.

skatin707 said:
That's what I thought. Not worth it, my wife can live without a few extra phone numbers.
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Lol ya don't blame you and your best bet if Google doesn't work, is exporting SIM contacts. The first time I flashed MIUI, back when Mikey ported it, I had to export them to the external and it worked like a charm. (backed them up w/ google after that lol)

That's what I did with mine, I just assumed she did too. My mistake.

Look...dang y'all...very easy fix....flash one of the stock Roms....or mine or numas...whatever...when your contact come back go to contacts and hit menu>import/export/>import to sdcard....and back all contacts to sdcard....flash miui and then go to contacts>import/export>export from sdcard(maybe I haven't got them backward) and restore them that way....simple...wow
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dman3285 said:
Look...dang y'all...very easy fix....flash one of the stock Roms....or mine or numas...whatever...when your contact come back go to contacts and hit menu>import/export/>import to sdcard....and back all contacts to sdcard....flash miui and then go to contacts>import/export>export from sdcard(maybe I haven't got them backward) and restore them that way....simple...wow
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We know that, we said that. We were just discussing that it's a pain to get from miui to another rom and back to miui.
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dman3285 said:
Look...dang y'all...very easy fix....flash one of the stock Roms....or mine or numas...whatever...when your contact come back go to contacts and hit menu>import/export/>import to sdcard....and back all contacts to sdcard....flash miui and then go to contacts>import/export>export from sdcard(maybe I haven't got them backward) and restore them that way....simple...wow
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Already mentioned the import/export option...and yes you do have them backwards you have to export before you can import...lol

dman3285 said:
Look...dang y'all...very easy fix....flash one of the stock Roms....or mine or numas...whatever...when your contact come back go to contacts and hit menu>import/export/>import to sdcard....and back all contacts to sdcard....flash miui and then go to contacts>import/export>export from sdcard(maybe I haven't got them backward) and restore them that way....simple...wow
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Funny.. I thought said the easiest way was to go to your rom.. Lol. I said it! Just avoid MIUI
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CWM for root. Quickie.

I just wanted to thank everyone for the help with my previous question. Now that I got that fixed, I have another question regarding Titanium Backup Pro and Clock Work Mod for the galaxy S 4G. I downloaded the key for the Titan. Backup to make it Pro. I installed Titan. backup fine no problem. Them when I try to install the key that would make it Pro, a popup came up that said: "Titan. Backup Pro cannot be installed. Free up some space and try again." Well I searched around and found that I should clear the dalvik cache using Clock Work Mod.
My question is how would I install Clock Work Mod on my device and How would I go about clearing the davlik cache using Clock Work Mod?
Are there going to be problem after clearing the davlik cache? And if further on along the line, I want to flash ROM's, should I clear my davlik cache every time just to be safe?
Thank you for the help if you guys/gals can help out.

First off are you running a custom rom? Or are you running stock?
Is your phone rooted?

I am running stock ROM Froyo. Yes, it is rooted.

I'll have to leave it to somebody else to help. so long since I've run froyo... That I wouldn't know were to start lol... plus at the moment I am driving

Use the guide in the second link of my signature to put yourself on Gingerbread - flash with bootloaders - then post back when finished.

Use this guide. Tells you how to do everything step by step.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1470716
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Guys I think he wants to backup all his stuff before he flashes roms
Do we have clockwork recovery kernels for froyo?

I was wondering about flashing a ROM like the ICS port, the AOKP one. But I figured that it would be a lot safer if I had a backup of all my data first so I decided to get Titan. Backup. to do the job. and that was what landed me where I am right now.
Any help would be appreciated.

mierkat09 said:
Use this guide. Tells you how to do everything step by step.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1470716
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In case you are unaware, you cannot use the guide in the first post as Kies mini will not recognize rooted phones.

To be honest I wouldn't worry about all that if you end up going with gingerbread or ice cream sandwich just go for it

Ah, the thing is I'm also interested in Titan.'s other feature's like freezing apps and stuff like that. Add to that the fact that I bought the app already that would make the regular version turn into the Pro version.

My bad Lumin,i actually was unaware. Think this would work, right lumin?
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1500427
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No you did good to buy it....it will be very usefull in everything you do but with froyo lol you will never look back at....trust me.
Follow lumins advice and then play with gb for a bit you'll be happy.
I'm on aokp but going to ics,cm9,aokp straight from froyo is going to be a shocker

buntobo said:
I was wondering about flashing a ROM like the ICS port, the AOKP one. But I figured that it would be a lot safer if I had a backup of all my data first so I decided to get Titan. Backup. to do the job. and that was what landed me where I am right now.
Any help would be appreciated.
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If you have bought titanium backup pro you should have gotten a file emailed to you that you put on your sdcard. Once its there just run regular TiB as its the same but the license will unlock other features.
As for keeping data across the different os's I personally dont recommend saving anything but non system apps. If you want to save texts use sms backup and restore from the play store. Otherwise start fresh that way you dont introduce new bugs into the phone.

mierkat09 said:
My bad Lumin,i actually was unaware. Think this would work, right lumin?
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1500427
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Gremlin Remover or Heimdall KJ6 One-Click. The reason is they will both flash bootloaders for you. I referred the OP to the Heimdall One-Click guide because of the more detailed directions and pictures.

So I should just flash a ROM like GB or the AOKP Team Acid ROM anyway right and forget about Froyo? Then install Clock Work Mod on my device or does Clock Work Mod come with the ROM's themselves? If I flash a new ROM, will my dalvik cache be cleared so that I would have enough space to install things? How would I be able to save my contacts, just save them to my SIM card and they should be fine right? Would flashing a new ROM take up my phones internal memory?

buntobo said:
So I should just flash a ROM like GB or the AOKP Team Acid ROM anyway right and forget about Froyo? Then install Clock Work Mod on my device or does Clock Work Mod come with the ROM's themselves? If I flash a new ROM, will my dalvik cache be cleared so that I would have enough space to install things? How would I be able to save my contacts, just save them to my SIM card and they should be fine right? Would flashing a new ROM take up my phones internal memory?
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You need to flash a gb rom with bootloaders if you are on froyo. Otherwise you will be back upset your phone is broke.
A custom recovery is included in all roms. Once you flash part of the instructions are to factory reset/ data wipe in recovery.
Back you contacts up to the sdcard if you dont use google contacts otherwise you wont be able to access them from the ICS variants.
Yes like I stated when installing a new rom part of it is doing a factory reset/data wipe.

If you really do want to stay on Froyo and you want CWM... then this should work for you:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1099374
But yeah, you should definitely consider upgrading to Gingerbread asap, *especially* if you're wanting to flash custom ROMs later on down the line. Use the Heimdall One-Click sticked in the development forum.

Eollie i bought tb pro and all that's done is it applies as an app nothing different than when you get tb originally from the market

Lol if you do gremlin remover one click you don't have to make an extra step of flashing a cwr kernel.
As I'm aware heimdall doesn't do it