Hi all,
I have a HTC Hero which I bought off ebay, so have no idea which network it originally came from, but I'm currently using it on 02
I haven't recieved an OTA upgrade and am still running 1.5, would love to be able to run 2.0
Is there any way I can do this manually? Added complication, I cannot get HTC sync to work on any of computers (Win7 and XP), it just doesn't recognise the phone is plugged in
Thanks for any help
Jon
Use BTDAG's guide linked in my sig for a step by step on flashing custom ROMs.
HTC Sync - doesn't matter whether it recognises it or not just make sure it has the drivers installed and you are using 2.0.33 or later.
Hey cool thank you, will have a read through that guide. Good news about HTC sync as well!
Cheers
Jon
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Hi all,
Just got my unlocked HTC Magic yesterday. Purchased in Malaysia.
However, there is no access to android market (not installed on phone).
The gmail contact sync, google calander sync is also not there. anyone can help me with this?
You could always go here for your apps. Sorry can't help with the Google stuff.
Clinton
You could always try to follow one of the guides, and do a genaric reflash on the rom? Is yours a google, or htc? Easiest way to find out is to check the battery cover, if it says google or htc on it. From there, if what Clinton wrote doesn't work out, just find a guide in the development subforum, and go from there.
mine is the HTC branded one. the thing is, i am not really sure on how to proceed with reflashing the ROMs. tried reading the quides but there are some things i don't understand.
Well if you want to flash a rom you'll need to figure out which SPL your phone uses, see if it's flashable. Here's a list of the SPLs for the Magic. And Here's the guide I would fallow to do the ROM Flash and backup.
Clinton
thanks..reading up and i am starting to understand a little. will try it out later. downloading the files now (SDK,recovery,ROM)
str4vag said:
Hi all,
Just got my unlocked HTC Magic yesterday. Purchased in Malaysia.
However, there is no access to android market (not installed on phone).
The gmail contact sync, google calander sync is also not there. anyone can help me with this?
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Hi,
The daldroid rom from the links below works fine for the malaysia version of magic.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=523680
hengsin, are you malaysian too? care to trade stories or help guide me?
as for rom, i am trying out *ION for TW MAGIC users (based on nk02's first release of ION rom)
edit :
i can't seem to get past getting root. when i am in fastboot and i want to create a nandroid backup or apply the update, i keep getting Can't mount SD card error.
str4vag said:
hengsin, are you malaysian too? care to trade stories or help guide me?
as for rom, i am trying out *ION for TW MAGIC users (based on nk02's first release of ION rom)
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Yes, I'm. I afraid I can offer very limited help as I don't own a magic, just helping my wife to get her full access to all google services.
I guess as long as adb and fastboot works well on your laptop, thing should be pretty straightforward. As a precaution, don't try rom that 've no positive feedback from other forum user or if you are not sure whether it is for your model ( there are 2 version of magic - pvt32a and pvt32b, the malaysia version is pvt32a ). Finally, flashing radio and spl could be dangerous, definitely not for beginner.
Regards,
Low
str4vag said:
hengsin, are you malaysian too? care to trade stories or help guide me?
as for rom, i am trying out *ION for TW MAGIC users (based on nk02's first release of ION rom)
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Fews more things to add:
* the daldroid rom include both google services and microsoft exchange client. note that some of the rom out there doesn't include the htc exchange client.
* you will have to manually enter apn ( for 3g access ) after you flash your phone so do note your current apn setting down.
* backup your current rom using nandroid before flash
* a tricky thing here is the sdcard doesn't immediately comes online when you fastboot your phone, sometime u have to wait for a minute.
* the first boot after flash is very slow, be patient ( read somewhere that can use adb logcat to monitor the progress, not sure but u can try ).
i see. that is probably why i can't get the backup to work. thanks. really helpful there.
I see, thanks for the info. i take the daldroid ROM then. having both google and exchange is good for future use. Do i need to reflash the the radio and spl if i take the daldroid ROM?
Success. managed to load dildroid ROM. all working so far
Thanks to aniteshj for suggesting the reflash. and ClintonH and Hengsin for the useful useful links.
and props to the tireless people behind the guides, the ROM, the fastboots. all of you rock.
Hi, I'm going out of my mind trying to get to 2.1 but I need to update to the .66 from February.
I'm using Windows 7 32bit and once or twice I have managed to get the phone to start to update but it comes back with error 170. I've tried everything I can think of. Downloaded the drivers and updated but in Device Manager I have either 'HTC Dream ADB Composite Interface' or in disk drives 'HTC Android Phone USB'.
Is there any way I can boot the update from my SD card?
Any help will be fantastic.
I'm having this exact same problem, tried updating the drivers but to no avail. Any help would be appreciated.
Greetings folks,
Try the following :
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=7404108&postcount=94
Make sure you have the right settings under " USB debugging "
Settings - Applications - Development
Or why not root and use another rom like SenseHero B5.1
This is the one i like the most by far,
Means you have to downgrade your ROM version to 2.73.61.5Â
More information :
http://theunlockr.com/2009/08/27/how-to-root-your-htc-hero-in-one-click/
Nice and easy to follow and ever time i go back to a RRU file from orange only ever lasts about 2 days at the most,
http://www.htcdevscene.co.uk/
Regards
Steven
Thanks for the reply Steven.
Can I just clarify that if I follow the www.theunlockr.com method by rooting the phone I can then load the official .66 firmware? If this is the way to do it, where can I get that firmware from?
To be honest, I'm not wanting to put on any other custom firmwares and I want to update to the HTC official 2.1 firmware only.
Thanks again for any help.
blackg1000 said:
Thanks for the reply Steven.
Can I just clarify that if I follow the www.theunlockr.com method by rooting the phone I can then load the official .66 firmware? If this is the way to do it, where can I get that firmware from?
To be honest, I'm not wanting to put on any other custom firmwares and I want to update to the HTC official 2.1 firmware only.
Thanks again for any help.
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No no rooting was only to use custom roms,
How ever if it comes to it flash to another rom and then back to .66
First you need to get orange RRU ROM version 2.73.61.5 from
http://www.htc.com/uk/SupportDownload.aspx?p_id=283&cat=2&dl_id=675
Flash this and on first boot you should get a message to advise of a update,
No need to finish setting the phone up but go a head with the download,
Once downloaded it will flash a new radio and reboot,
Then you should have .66
I was still trying to get 2.1 from orange last night,
Ever time i asked it to check for updates it said it was up to date all ready yet still on 15
Back to using a custom rom again today,
Hope your able to get sorted soon folks.
Sorted. Updated it with my mates laptop running Vista. Updating to 2.1 now. THANK GOD!!!
blackg1000 said:
Sorted. Updated it with my mates laptop running Vista. Updating to 2.1 now. THANK GOD!!!
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Glad your all up and running man,
Can you inform us on how you did it for the information of others !
Any chance of screenies of 2.1 orange rom ?
And is it that much better ?
Regards
Steven
Hello Everyone,
This is my first Driod device. I used to use a BB but my friend gave me an HTC Rogers magic and I figured I would give it a try. It does NOT have the 911 patch installed. I may by the Samsung Captive S when it comes out to Rogers and I figured I would try Andriod with this phone first. I have a couple of questions:
- When i try installing the 911 patch my phone disconnects from HTC sync for some reason. HTC sync finds the phone prior to the patch install but when i try installing the patch it give me an error msg asking me to check my usb cable. Any thoughts why? I am running windows 7 64bit.
-How hard is it to root the HTC Magic? I am not that good with programming code or anything like that. I was told i should upgrade to 2.1 but i need to root it first.
-any other helpful links or tips will be greatly appreciated.
Sorry i just wanted to add that my friend told me i may need to sign the Rogers HTC magic wavier before i root my phone or they will cut off my data. Anyone know if this is true.
Thanks
easy root:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=756942
10 min max and no need of code experience
Give it a try :0)
Not sure about the waiver but I would definitely load a different ROM than what Rogers ships by default.
On my Rogers Magic I've just loaded the Froyo Redux 1.7 mod which is based on CyanogenMOD 6.0 RC3. Works like a champ!
I recommend that you spend some time reading these forums a bit before jumping in. your patience will be rewarded!
Many rogers magic users have been through this before so its likely any question you have has already been answered.
good luck!
RUU_Mozart_S_HTC_Europe_5.11.401.01_5.71.09.02a_22 .51.50_RELEASE.exe now available for download thanks to Football. See post in the Windows Phone 7 Development:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1254384
This includes Tethering support.
I notice also some changes to Office.
And I'm not sure if this relates to the new ROM or not, but in Marketplace there is access to several new apps in the HTC section including HTC Watch and Dock Mode.
I've installed using Goldcard but the full RUU.exe file should allow Europe localised unbranded devices to update.
this rom changes device id. you cant flash back to older rom after!
I installed it.
It works fine with internet sharing.
Thanks
verynuclear said:
I installed it.
It works fine with internet sharing.
Thanks
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good
FLASH
Hi, i cant download - flash my htc mozart. Can u please write a guide?
Thanks so much for the share. Does it work with my T8697? Cheers
thank you..............
Hi all,
sorry about my english.
On my Mda i would installed the sd-version of android .
Before this, i update my radio rom from 1.17 to 1.18.
But during the update/ installation i become an error.
Since that, my Mda show me the bootloader (serial/usb).
No chance, to run the "exit-bootloader" file, because the usb-connection is killed.
I have deinstalled and installed the windows mobile devicemanager, but nothing happend.
My last chance, to activated the hardreset had no function.
A call to HTC linked me to xda-developers.com
So, can someone help me, please ?
Thanx
Schuschi,
Try the advice I posted here. Don't forget, to follow my advice you need to ensure Activesync or Mobile Device centre is configured to NOT connect via USB.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=20726654&postcount=5
Regards
Phil
Hi Phil,
thanx for your reply.
My OS is 7 and i've tried your post. On the screen of my MDA i see "USB".
I've deselect "connect via USB" in Windows mobile device centre...the driver for Win 7 was updated.
The problem: there's no usb- option in mtty , which i can select...only com1 and com2.
So i try another cable and test it again.
Regards
Schuschi
I don't think it will be the cable. I had problems using Win 7 and went back to my old XP laptop. Do you have another system you can use or can you load a virtual XP machine? I have never successfully used mtty on a Win 7 machine - sorry!
no prob...
yes, i've a XP on a bootable stick, which i test it now.
I'll let you know about the results.
Thanx so much for the moment.
PS: Did you have experience about android (emulator) on a mda pro ?
Schuschi said:
Did you have experience about android (emulator) on a mda pro ?
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Yes I did but it was very slow and my XDA Exec vibrated lots and LOTS but I think that is just how the Android build sets itself up on the HTC Universal. I tried it twice and got the same results so went back to VNInt's build of Win 6.1
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=458296&highlight=vnint
and Homescreen PlusPlus with the clock theme
http://www.chi-tai.info/cs_batterystatus_xda_neo_wm5_im_cs.htm
Hi Phil,
my Mda is alived...it was the "wrong" OS.
No probs with XP.
Thank you so much
Glad you got it sorted, what ROM are you now running?
Now i'm using Tomal V12 WM6.5 build 23089, but i'm looking around to find a "better" rom.
The reason to update my rom was the app "Whatsup", which runs on Androids...
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