Yes, I did this on a live site since I thought it was an upgrade. It said on the top of my CB C-panel that CB 2.1 was is an easy upgrade..... nothing about migration. But I agree I still should have done what you suggested. I did back the site up though.
I apologize for the confusion. We will have to make it more clear that it's a migration.
Where can I edit the email responses generated by the system?
The email sent to moderators is a language string, which you can change using the language override functionality below.
www.joomlapolis.com/blog/kyle/18701-language-overrides-have-arrived
Where can I edit the image above the signup form?
You can change it or even disable it entirely within CB > Configuration > Registration. You can upload new images to the below folder.
\components\com_comprofiler\plugin\templates\default\images\title