I am not sure if this question is suitable for this forum. If it is not, will someone please direct me someplace where I can get the advice I seek?
I just got a Samsung Galaxy Light phone for use with MetroPCS, and am looking to install a particular compatible theme I found in the Play Store. It is a paid theme, so although I'm not advertising it (I have nothing to do with its creation or maintenance or anything,) I'm not sure if I'm allowed to name or link to it in my question.
Basically, the theme seems to require one of several custom ROMs be installed on my phone, which must first be rooted. I have already bricked one phone of this model trying to get this process done before I really understood which ROM I needed and which custom Recovery was required to install that ROM. I am looking to avoid a similar phone-bricking disastrophy with this new phone.
So, the question is, is there anyone here who knows this topic well, who is willing to give me advice on the steps to do this in the safest possible way? I have searched and searched on the internet, but every thread, post or article I find seems either incomplete, specific to a different kind of phone, requiring the use of a custom Recovery not compatible with any of the ROMs I can use, or require certain previous knowledge which a rooting-and-ROMs n00b like myself does not have.
Once again, if this is not the place for this then I apologize, and can you please tell me where I can find advice on this?
If this is the correct place to ask such questions, and you need more specifics (the theme I want to use, the ROMs with which it's compatible, etc.) please ask for the specifics and I will provide them as best I can. If sharing links to these things is just not allowed, I would be fine talking to someone experienced about it via Private Message, or whatever else is appropriate.
Thank you for your time,
-Valek
I just got a Samsung Galaxy Light phone for use with MetroPCS, and am looking to install a particular compatible theme I found in the Play Store. It is a paid theme, so although I'm not advertising it (I have nothing to do with its creation or maintenance or anything,) I'm not sure if I'm allowed to name or link to it in my question.
Basically, the theme seems to require one of several custom ROMs be installed on my phone, which must first be rooted. I have already bricked one phone of this model trying to get this process done before I really understood which ROM I needed and which custom Recovery was required to install that ROM. I am looking to avoid a similar phone-bricking disastrophy with this new phone.
So, the question is, is there anyone here who knows this topic well, who is willing to give me advice on the steps to do this in the safest possible way? I have searched and searched on the internet, but every thread, post or article I find seems either incomplete, specific to a different kind of phone, requiring the use of a custom Recovery not compatible with any of the ROMs I can use, or require certain previous knowledge which a rooting-and-ROMs n00b like myself does not have.
Once again, if this is not the place for this then I apologize, and can you please tell me where I can find advice on this?
If this is the correct place to ask such questions, and you need more specifics (the theme I want to use, the ROMs with which it's compatible, etc.) please ask for the specifics and I will provide them as best I can. If sharing links to these things is just not allowed, I would be fine talking to someone experienced about it via Private Message, or whatever else is appropriate.
Thank you for your time,
-Valek