CM7 with no Rom Manager/Market?

[jclark5093]

My first root job (and my first post!)- had my V since they launched back in (feb?) and have been pretty much ok up until now. Now I want faster. And more internal space. SO:

After rooting my V (using this guide here /optimus-v-rooting-roms-hacks/57485-how-root-lg-optimus-v.html) I used Rom Manager to download and install I.H.O. Backside (the one released on 11/22/11)

NOW I have no market (I'm assuming this is normal?) Yes, I did my googling and I know I need gapps (google apps?) and I saw that in the RomManager download jawn, but now I have no RomManager. From everything I've been reading, CM7 comes with RomManager... Did I download a barebones rom?

the only way I've been able to do anything (texting and 3G web both work, didn't test anything else) is to restore the backup I made before flashing (had to do it a few times before I realized that I had to not only wipe the dCache but also the other check box for data and somesuch)

Not new to linux, just rooting phones.

So what did I miss, and what do I do now?

Thanks!!!

 

[demoport]

You forgot to flash gapps in recovery. I wouldn't use Rom Manager to install a new rom/kernel at all. Download your favorite Rom/Kernel and gapps, wipe everything in recovery, wipe dalvik cache under advanced options, install your rom, then install gapps.

 

[jclark5093]

Oh, when I clicked the link for AOSP CM7 in the sticky here it says available in RomManager (and couldn't find it elsewhere)

I have no favorite Rom, and there don't seem to be any clear instructions on the order of installing these things - do I flash gapps and the rom at the same time?? How do I do that without a computer? And is there an easy "vanilla" 2.3 rom that is fully functioning that I should use instead of IHO backside?

 

[donutdong]

just go to ClockworkMod ROM Manager - Recoveries and download it on the phone

 

[demoport]

You do everything through recovery, there is no need for a computer to install a new rom/kernel once you rooted your phone.

1. download a rom+kernel and gapps if you are intending to use IHO
2. go into recovery
3. in recovery, wipe data/cache/dalvik cache/system/boot
4. in recovery, install your new rom
5. in recovery, install gapps if your rom is IHO
6. reboot

 

[jclark5093]

thanks donutdong I'm trying that first, it says it's for CM 7.1.x and I have 7.2 but we'll see (also says android 2.3.5 and I have 2.3.7)

If not, I'll try those steps, demoport - are there non-IHO roms that have gapps? It seems like it would make sense to include gapps in a rom (but again, I'm new to this scene )

 

[jclark5093]

couldn't open zip file

::Oh!:: have to use the rescue mode to install the downloaded zip - guess I ended up doing the same thing in the end anyway!

(This should be added to the sticky with the guide, or the general info sticky in this sub-forum, imo!)

Thanks guys! I think I'm good!!