Not sure if it belongs here. I am going to get rid of my HTC Magic 32A Rogers version. Unlocked. If interested, contact me.
You could try rooting it, i did
The phone is rooted, modded, etc. I am getting an Hero.
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Hi guys,
New here, and have come for a bit of help. I'm trying to track down a stock ROM for branded Vodafone New Zealand Magic as my original backup before I started tinkering with Hero ROMs etc got corrupted. Anyone know where I could find this or have a rom dump please?
Phone details
Vodafone Magic
HTC Magic (vodafone branded) black
SAPPHIRE PVT 32B :
HBOOT-1.33.0004 (SAPP10000) : Sapphire PVT 32B SHIP S-ON G :
CPLD-10
RADIO-2.22.19.26I
Apr 9 2009, 23:30:40
(Crappy old SDcard became corrupted when I tried to backup the backup to PC! The backup is corrupted and will not load).
I've searched exhaustively, plenty of ROMs around but a stock one for New Zealand eludes me. I've pestered HTC but they have none suitable and say a update ROM is a long way off for NZ.
Is there a good list of ROMs somewhere that I'm missing or Does anyone have a stock dump they'd care to share?
(I'll probably keep playing with hero and other modded ROMs for now. on a tangent I find many will not boot on this particular phone, even with great care in wiping everything first. I have seen other users with this exact NZ phone type have trouble with many rooted roms not booting. would be nice to a have a stock rom back!)
any helpgreatly appreciated
I've not had any trouble with booting ROMs on my Voda NZ Magic. I don't have a stock ROM, but I might be able to make one as I'm running stock Cupcake on mine at the moment. I'll need to look into exactly how to do it though.
I'd suggest working through my guide, as it's essentially the exact procedure I used to install Hero on my Voda NZ Magic.
I have a Nandriod backup of a friends phone (Vodafone NZ)...
Can anyone confirm if it's safe to give out a Nandroid Backup? I assume it is... just want to be cautious..
it depends on when you or your friend create the Nandriod, it is contains any login info like google username and password. Also I am not sure Nandroid backup can be flashed to a different phone.
In theory, a nandroid backup of a phone that's had the data wiped is safe to distribute. Whether or not it'll restore to another phone, I'm not sure. I only have the one phone here to test with
hi thanks karrdenz,
I've already got a couple of hero roms working well on the phone using your method - one of the better guides around. A few htc magic rooted roms don't seem to boot, like the dalroid one.
Well I plan to blow away hero off my magic so i'm keen to be guinea pig if anyone has a nanroid of the NZ rom.
Hi, wanna give Android a try so I am going to get the HTC Magic from Rogers.
I am confused can all of them be rooted now? I read about perfected SPL that Rogers Magic has which can't be rooted.
Can I use the Marketplace in Canada for paid apps now?
Lastly does Magic have 192ram or 288ram I have read both.
Thanks.
the new magics cannot be rooted as of yet (although it is in the works)... you cannot used paid marketplace in canada as of yet without installing market_enabler (which i think you need root for)...
and the rogers magic has 288ram, the mytouch 3g in the states has the 192ram...
hope this helps.. if you can find an OLD magic at a rogers store then you may have a non perfected spl..but its hit and miss.. most now have the new spl, radio and rom...
hope this helps..
oh btw i got my magic in January and it did not have the newest perfected spl, but again... hit and miss..
Is there anyway to identify this from the box. I don't think they let's boot up every device in the store.
i dont think so.. unfortunately....mabey someone else here might know, but i dont think so.. ask the store how long they have had the magic for.. if its 3 months or older you should be fine..
ill check my magic box once i get home and let you know if i see anything on it that might let you know.. will post back in a few hours..
Look for an HTC Magic. The new, updated devices (with Sense UI and the perfected SPL) are being sold under the name "HTC Magic+ with HTC Sense".
That's no guarantee that if you but a regular Magic from someone that they haven't updated it to the latest ROM already, but it's a place to start.
Don't you lose the 3G data if you don't update though?
I don't think so. I think they just scared the customers into updating. I know my noob friend loves the Sense on it, but we all know rooting the Magic is better
Hagow said:
Don't you lose the 3G data if you don't update though?
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Yes you do because ROGERS has an implemented system to check ROM versions for phones. Although you can sign the waiver that they released (check the forums) and it makes sure they won't disable your data as long as you know about the 911 bug. If you get the Magic+, it will have 1.76.0010 which is perfected but if you buy a Magic and it has SPL 1.76.007 or lower you can root the phone and flash a custom ROM and make sure your phone is rooted and still has 3G data (unless you signed the waiver, you won't have to worry about data loss).
Hey all.
I picked up a 2nd hand T-Mobile (I think) MyTouch Unlocked a couple of months ago and have been busy about rooting and flashing since. I'm on Telus in Canada, and my 3G SIM works fine for data and voice, practically out of the box. However the last time I flash its rom, about 1 week later the 3G data stopped working suddenly. I tried everything I could reasonably think:
- Called Telus and had them reset my SIM
- Tried a different Telus SIM
- Rebooted/battery pull, whatever I could think of
- Reflashed a bunch of roms, including my 1st working Cyanogen
Its been a month or so since then (I've been overseas) and thought I would try to do something about it before I returned. If I can't get the data working again, I might as well start looking for a new phone. :-(
Fast Boot gives me the following information:
SAPPHIRE UNKNOWN 32B ENG S-OFF H
HBOOT-1.33.2005 (SAPP50000)
CPLD-11
RADIO-2.22.19.261
I'm running RA-sapphire-v1.5.2G for flashing. Right now I've got KiNgxKlair-DroidEris2G flashed, but it doesn't matter as I can't test anything right now. (in Japan)
Does anyone have any ideas? Maybe I screwed up and stuck a 32A rom on my 32B are some point?
What about my radio version? I have never been able to find any great information online about radio versions and never attempted to flash it. Could a reflash to even the same version help?
Any suggestions would be really appreciated. I'm not interested into getting into another 3 year contract and even 2 year old Androids are still selling for $400 used. Plus this MyTouch has been great so far. (until the data died...)
Thanks!
You should upgrade to 3.22.23.02 version radio
Radio & SPL
Both are zipped inside that file. You don't need to flash your SPL if it works for you. But try that radio and see if it's working better for you.
Fast reply!
Kemekill, thanks for the quick reply!
I'll give it a try tonight. Is there a good source for radio related info? I've had a hard time trying to piece together what the story is on radio updates because they typically get mixed in with provider specific stories or 32A vs 32B, etc... I wasn't able to locate a wiki or anything central.
If its all common knowledge then I'm clearly not digging deep enough.
Thanks!
Well here's what i think the issue is. Most myTouch roms only work with specific radios thus your out of date radio is probably the problem
The only real source you'll find on radios is in the main developers thread on XDA and maybe something from Cyanogen's Wiki
I'm so confused. Because I've got a 32B I'm having a hard time finding good information on how to flash just the radio. Every post starts with the radio and ends up only talking about SPL. I've got SPL 1.33.2005 so I should be good, but I need to try to do something about my malfunctioning radio. Is the Android SDK required to flash a radio.img? My RA-sapphire-v1.5.2G supports flashing from zips. Sorry to come off as a newb. My experience with Android rooting and roming has been its easy to get into, but maintaining if you blink for a couple of months is difficult. If I can just get my radio working again I'll leave it alone.
Thanks for any help anything can throw my way.
Forget it. SDK, flash radio, got it.
underto said:
Forget it. SDK, flash radio, got it.
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How did you get 3G speeds on non- AWS network like Telus? Because Tmobile MyTouch only works on AWS- Frequency.
**EDIT**
After reading another post of yours I think you have the rogers version, because of your 32b board. But just for a heads up if its branded "T-Mobile" then that means 3G speeds will only work with Wind Wireless or Mobilicity.
VNPrince said:
How did you get 3G speeds on non- AWS network like Telus? Because Tmobile MyTouch only works on AWS- Frequency.
**EDIT**
After reading another post of yours I think you have the rogers version, because of your 32b board. But just for a heads up if its branded "T-Mobile" then that means 3G speeds will only work with Wind Wireless or Mobilicity.
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The Rogers one is 32A. Just checked mine. All the T-mo MT3G's are supposed to be 32B iirc...
Hi all, I am helping my friend upgrade her mytouch 3g to froyo after reading the guide listed on this page. However, I am extremely confused by what version of android she has in her phone.
The baseband is listed is 62.50sc.20.17u-2.22.23.02
kernel is at 2.6.29-g023e5c9
build number at 2.10.531.4.
Is this DR92 supposed to be? I searched all over the internet and can't figure out what these information match to. I think it should be before DMD64 but when i tried applying the DR92 to DMD64 update. It says siganiture failure too. So this means it's even before DR92. But it is 1.6 firmware as reported in the system..
Can anyone help? I would greatly appreciate it. Thanks.
Turn the phone off, and then turn on by holding Volume down key and power and then write here what are phone specs
SAPPHIRE PVT 32A SHIP S-ON G
HBOOT-1.33.0013 (SAPP31000)
CPLD-13
RADIO-2.22.23.02
Oct 21 2009, 22:33:27
Thanks for the help! Though I am surprised to see it's 32A. shouldn't all tmobile products be 32B?
not necessarily if its the black mytouch then its a 32A idk y lol i have white one n its a 32B (this is just my opinion )
Well they imported google branded htc magics both 32a and 32b, so i dont know if you can do OTA update,but you can root phone and install rooted OTA with cm ported kernel for 32a
Is rooting the only way available? Since it's not my phone, I don't really want messing it up.. thanks.
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Is rooting the only way available? Since it's not my phone, I don't really want messing it up.. thanks.
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As i said idk, I think it is because Tmobile only did update 32b magic and dream. You can mess up the phone cuz you just cant if you do all things right.
go to www.theunlockr.com adn find in how to's section phone and you have 1 click root.then install recovery and after that install ROM. If you do have probs PM me.
Hello I am looking for some answers. I have been scouring the net and have found mixed opinions with no solid answers and hoping someone here can assist.
I have a Rogers HTC Magic that I bought awhile back and was using on the Fido network. Mobilicity in Canada has some appealing packages and did some research. They use the aws 1700/2100 band and according to several compatibility lists both the Tmobile mytouch and the HTC Magic were listed as compatible with their network. After making the switch and inserting their sim card I found that wasn't the case. More research revealed that users with the htc magic and the cyanogen 6.1.0 were able to use mobilicity/wind networks.
Thanks to all the fantastci information here at XDA I rooted the phone and downgraded the hboot and radios and installed cyanogen 6.1. successfully however I am still geting CDN Roaming as my provider and able to make calls, but not receive and can receive texts but not send. I cannot find any place in the settings to use the WCDMA/HSDPA: 900/2100.
Is there any way of locating a mod or something that will allow these bands to be opened up and used?
My specs are:
Sapphire PVT 32a Eng s-off-h
hboot - 1.33.2010
cpld - 12
Radio 3.22.20.17
If someone can point me in the right direction I would be very appreciative.
Thanks
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