Tumbling Towards Brevity

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CyanogenMod Installation

This is just a set of instructions for me to remember what the hell I did to get CyanogenMod v6 onto my Nexus One. Following instructions from multiple sources, this is what worked for me in the end:

  1. Install Universal Androot (get it here: http://blog.23corner.com/tag/universalandroot/) and root the N1 (with one click!).
  2. Install Titanium Backup from the Marketplace.
  3. Backup EVERYTHING (apps, data, etc.).
  4. Install ROM Manager from the Marketplace.
  5. Load the newest ClockworkMod Recovery. THIS IS WHERE I HAD ISSUES (I think). I wound up flashing RA Recovery instead and got everything to work from here on out.
  6. Download CyanogenMod v6.0.0 for the N1 (here: http://forum.cyanogenmod.com/forum/8-google-nexus-one-stable-mod/). I tried to do this step in ROM Manager and, even when the download was successful, it still gave me crap. Instead, I downloaded it using a trusty PC with a fast network connection and copied it over to my SD card.
  7. Download the GApps add-on (same location as above).
  8. Boot into Recovery via ROM Manager (or, as I had to do after I screwed something up, turn the phone off, hold down the trackball, turn the power on, let go of the trackball after you see the screen with three Androids and menu options).
  9. Within RA Recovery, select the “Wipe” option, and then the “Wipe data/factory reset” option.
  10. Move back up a menu level and select the “Flash zip from sdcard” option. Select the CM6 file (named “update-cm-6.0.0-N1-signed.zip”) and click to install.
  11. Wait a minute or two.
  12. Success!
  13. Repeat Step 10 with the GApps add-on (named “gapps-hdpi-20100817-signed.zip”).
  14. Move back up a menu level and select the “Reboot” option. The phone will reboot into CM6.
  15. Now that CM6 has been installed, it seems that my apps have been re-downloaded from the Marketplace automatically. That’s pretty cool, eh?
  16. Next up, load up Titanium Backup and start restoring missing applications and data.

That’s all there was to it. It looks like a lot to do, but, really, it’s pretty easy in the end.