Root Help with flashing custom ROM, Please Help

[mustang1]

I am new to all of this so any help is appreciated.

Trying to flash to Serendipity on my Samsung Galaxy S that had 2.1 and has been updated to 2.2 and rooted.

What steps do I need to take to accomplish this. I know there are several threads of this already but they all seem a little different. I need to know the simplest way since I am new to this. Also, do I need to flash back to 2.1 first.


Joe

 

[skratch]

i have flashed both serendipity and fasty using the videos over at mobiletechvideos.com

there is a 3 part youtube video tutorial on how to flash (they use cm) but i followed their directions and had no problems.

there are probably easier ways to do it, but this worked for me.

 

[MrDeepFreeze]

Is rooting even necessary? The instructions at the weebly site are very vague and need to be redone. My Captivate came with 2.1 but I used Kies to upgrade it to 2.2. I'm sick of the lag and want to try Serendipity 7 but need some more information.

 

[Chaco]

here is my case, may or may not work for your situation... but its good to know on future searches

i went from rooted stock 2.2 to Cyanogenmod7 on a captivate i897

i had to make nandroid and copy that to my local hard drive.
then i did a factory reset
then wipe dalvik
then wipe cache
then i flashed the custom kernel with speed mod i think it was (sorry at work)
then i flashed a stock rooted 2.2 rom from XDA forums how to guide using ODIN
i then put the phone on download and copied the CM7
then i flashed clockword using heimdall....
without rebooting i then went ahead and choose zip and flashed CM7

what happened is that i spent 4 hrs making or not making mistakes when i tried flashing CM7 per their website... it was boot looping while trying to read the zip package... so when i flashed it after installing clockwork WIHTOUT rebooting, it worked fine... all is great now...