Root recovery problems

[liamp]

hi guys! so my phone broke and my mum gave me her old ace running 2.2.1 FROYO to use for the remainder of my contract! its locked to virgin and im on 3. so i rooted my device and then installed cwm however i installed a version of cwm designed only for the s5830D so when i try and access recovery it hangs on the samsung screen.

i understand that i can use odin to install cwm 5 but i need to be on 2.3Gb? and to install 2.3GB i would need access to recovery to factory reset the device?

im so confused right now and not having a phone is driving me nuts! any help is much appreicated! thanks, liam

 

[ayush29k]

I think you will need to get the phone unlocked separately, i don't know much about it though.
You should just flash a 2.3.x GB firmware via Odin, then root it and flash CWM5.
I don't know if you need to be on GB in order to install the recovery, just confirm if that is really a requirement.