Motorola Defy mod rom!! 1st timer! help/advice needed

[Dre21]

Hi fellow Defy users

Im getting my phone back soon, after replacing my cracked screen (dropped from a 2 story balcony, it still works perfect, just screen cracked)..

anyways... Im on stock 2.2 system from motorola update, im wanting to rom to something better and faster like a gingerbread rom..

Now i have read up on modding ect, but im nervous to do all the things mentioned, and most of all scared i do sumthing wrong and loose everything or cant switch phone back on or something along those lines and wouldnt know how to get it back to the way it is now..

Can sum1 guide me through a very detailed (guide for changing roms for dummies) kind of thing, so i can give it a bash, and also what rom to use ect..

Iv read about different roms, sum not stable and sum once on the phone peopl cant get network signal ect, so i would also like to use a tried and tested 1.

Thanks in advance for the help!!

[lcbxx]

Read this post:
http://mybroadband.co.za/vb/showthre...=1#post8733985

Browse for custom ROM's for your phone here:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/forumdisplay.php?f=855

[Dre21]

is there a available free version of the rom manager, or a similar rom manager app that is free?

also how can i tell which 1 is best for me/definitely works fine, if sum1 has a tried and tested 1 il feel better about it.

Thanks for the reply

[lcbxx]

is there a available free version of the rom manager, or a similar rom manager app that is free?

Thanks for the reply

Yes. ROM Manager is free which offers the functionality you will need to flash a custom ROM. ROM Manager Premium offers additional functionality which I am not going to drill into here.

[Dre21]

I searched for "ROM manager" on play store, the only app that came up was the ROM manager Premium by clockwork, dont see the free version?

[Bob-eSponge]

I'm using WhiteRabbit 1.6 and it is pretty good. Fast and stable.

is there a available free version of the rom manager, or a similar rom manager app that is free?

also how can i tell which 1 is best for me/definitely works fine, if sum1 has a tried and tested 1 il feel better about it.

Thanks for the reply

[lcbxx]

I searched for "ROM manager" on play store, the only app that came up was the ROM manager Premium by clockwork, dont see the free version?

Try this link. Remember to be logged into the play store with the same account you are logged on with your phone:
https://play.google.com/store/apps/d...tta.rommanager

[Nameite]

I am using CM10 Jelly bean!

[Dre21]

Hi guys

What i have done so far..

Installed:

Superuser (for rooting??)
Backed up all my stuff using Titanium back up
done factory wipe + cache wipe
Copied over the CM 10 Jelly bean rom
when i try install the rom from sd card

i get this error.

E: failed to verify whole-file signature

Please help

[PsyWulf]

Verify that your downloaded file is undamaged ( they usually give hashes to confirm )

[cerebus]

did you get a confirmed root? And have you put CWM on it yet?

[Dre21]

CWM? dont have that i think? what the full name?

the full error msg i get is this:

-Install from sdcard
..Finding update package...
Opening update package..
Verifying update package...
..................................................
.............................................
E:Failed to verify whole-file signature
E: Signature verification failed
Installation aborted.

The only known root application i got is gingerbreak. if that is even right. I have superuser rights.. if this helps anything

[PsyWulf]

Steps:

Root phone
Install Clockworkrecovery
Reboot into recovery
Backup current ROM
Flash new ROM and wipe what's needed

[Dre21]

what best to root phone with..

Also i tryd to find the clockworkrecovery and says ther is no version for the moto defy?

[PsyWulf]

what best to root phone with..

Whatever gets it rooted :P

Also i tryd to find the clockworkrecovery and says ther is no version for the moto defy?

Install RomManager,then in the app there is an option to flash latest CWM