Rom Manager / Backup Rom Help

[dsmith1069]

ok so as a BB convert I am totally new to rooting, hacking and android in general so be easy on me. Please help or point me in the right direction.

1) Rooted my phone and downloaded: Rom Manager, Astro, Setcpu, Root Explorer, and wireless tethering... what else do I need to download?
2) Want to backup my phone using Rom Manager but can't find step by step instructions to do so. I have clicked flash clockworkmod recovery and it runs ok. clicked fix permissions and I guess it worked but when I click backup current rom I get to the boot screen (I guess) and it says that there is an error with signature verification, or something to that effect, and I have several options and don't know what to do?
I take it that there is a step somewhere that I don't have. Thanks in advance for any help.

 

[voghan]

You need to get odin and copy over a different kernel. Should be a link on the fascinate hacking forum. Once you do that you can reboot into recovery from Rom manager.

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[thrillhouse847]

Just to be a little more specific:

http://forum.androidcentral.com/fascinate-roms-hacks/35726-clockworkmod-recovery.html

Sent from my OC 1.2 VooDoo Fascinate

 

[dsmith1069]

Am I supposed to have odin on my phone or my pc? I tried to download it on my pc and nothing really happened when I clicked the icon on my desktop. I've read the whole thread but there were several things I read that made me wonder about what I was doing. I guess I just need to confirm the steps:
So download odin
Pull battery
Hold power and volume buttons while plugging in USB
etc...

 

[thrillhouse847]

You download odin to your computer and it should open just like any other program and you'll see a window with a bunch of tech stuff written in various boxes (poor description, I know...). If it doesn't than I'm not sure what the problem could be but someone on here probably will.

As for the steps, you would just turn the phone off, hold volume down+plug in usb (I don't think I took out the battery when I did this) and then a yellow triangle on the screen should appear and say something about download mode (or similar), then open odin and just carefully follow the steps in namebrandon's guide (click PDA, find .tar file, press start, etc.)

Sent from my OC 1.25 VooDoo Fascinate