Droid X and Rom Manager Confusion

[SSiegel97]

I don't know anything about roms other than they make your phone look nice and maybe faster.

ANYWAY

After a 1-click root of my Droid X (which worked because I installed Wifi Tether and it works great) My next thing was to put a custom rom on my phone.
So, after reading from a few sources I decided to download Rom Manager and just go ahead and pay for the premium.

I open it.
Click "Flash Clockwork Mod Recovery"
Pick my Phone (Droid X)
Then scroll down to Download ROM
Select a rom
select back up
It starts to download and then restarts
well, during the restart it appears to being to unpack something
Then it shows a Exclamation Mark with a little green android
And just starts my Droid X as normal.
NOthing has changed.

Obviously I'm doing something wrong.
Can I get step by step instructions?
I'm not a developer, I don't want to be one, I just want a nice looking ROM and some speed on my Droid X.

Thanks

 

[igotsanevo4g]

A back up is a full backup of your phone, to flash the rom check, wipe data and cache then okay.

 

[SSiegel97]

Re:

I did select those and nothing changes.

My DX restarts and I get the what looks like the beginning of the unpacking...then little android and an exclamation point...then it goes right into a normal boot up.
It's all very fast.

 

[takeshi]

Then it shows a Exclamation Mark with a little green android

That indicates a problem. Is there no error message?

I'm guessing but I'd suspect a bad download or something.

I'd suggest posting in a forum that's geared a bit more toward ROM's and such. Try http://forum.androidcentral.com/motorola-x-roms-hacks/

 

[SSiegel97]

Re:

ok, will do.

1. No error msg
2.The download occurs through Rom Mananger..i tried two different Roms..

Thanks anyway