Customizing your new Android phone, flashing new firmwares, custom roms, and custom patches may seem like a lot to swallow if you're someone who's new to the Android scene. This guide is going to walk through pretty much EVERYTHING you need to do to get from your brand new phone to a custom, rooted phone. Estimated time to complete? About an hour or so :)

Note: Firmwares & roms are for the international i9000 galaxy s...Captivate & Vibrant owners, try at your own risk.

Setup ADB: http://theunlockr.com/2009/10/06/how-...

Download Odin: https://www.wuala.com/Samsung%20Galax...

Download Custom Firmware for ROOT (if you know how to root through a different method, feel free to skip this method): http://android.modaco.com/content/sam...

Download JM5 fimware for 2.1 : http://samsung-firmwares.com/i9000.htm
(Password is: samsung-firmwares.com)

Download Samset 1.9d(e) custom ROM: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showt...

Download CFLagfix: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showt...

Headphone fix tutorial: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showt...