so i just got my captivate back home to ireland

PeakOutput

and so far so good iv opened it turned it on things are working iv no sim card yet but that will happen later

when i connect it to my computer (a plastic macbook) it charges and a network setup window opens but nothing else

should an interface open that will allow me to backup the phone before i go ahead with unlocking and rooting it?

what i want to do is the following,

back it up
unlock it so i can insert my irish sim card
root it and install 2.2
put my music on it

but i really dont know were to start

Abelloid

What do you want to back up?

PeakOutput

i want to back it up ust as it is right now incase the root or unlock goes bad so i can restore it to how it comes out of the box

is this possible?

conor.hogan.2

While rooting the phone (installing amon ra recovery or clockwork) you get the ability to back up your phone (nandroid).

I don't think you can back up before hand.

Read the instructions and follow carefully - there should be no chance of screwing up your phone then.

Abelloid

PeakOutput wrote: »

i want to back it up ust as it is right now incase the root or unlock goes bad so i can restore it to how it comes out of the box

is this possible?

I'm not sure about your specific phone but XDA should have a file to flash which will return it to factory settings.

PeakOutput

thanks iv been trying to root it all day and am having trouble manually getting it into recovery mode but ill keep on trying anyway