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.
Hey there,
my girlfriend got an Wildfire yesterday.
But unfortunately it is a branded version (German provider 1&1)
and she would like to have a unbranded ROM.
But we've got some questions we hope you could answer.
1. Will she be able to get the official froyo by an "on-air"-update
with an unbranded rom?
2. She definitely wants her phone to be in german, so she needs a RUU WWE ROM, right?
3. Which apps, widgets and stuff is integrated into the RUU WWE ROMS?
4. Will she find less apps in market with a "self-unbranded" wildfire?
5. Does the Facebook and twitter connection to her contacts still work?
thanks
Hello,
if you only want a "stock" unbranded rom, you should use :
http://www.shipped-roms.com/shipped...3.55.24H_3.35.19.25_release_151892_signed.exe
It includes all HTC Stuff, like the 1&1 Rom, also with German support.
She will find the same apps in market.
You have to root your phone before you can upgrade your phone with the exe above.
Also, you need a goldcard for upgrade. Search forum . There a some threads about debranding.
After Rooting you can make a full backup of your current rom & apps via nadroid.
Than you can flash your phone withe the goldcard. In case the settings and apps are lost, you can restore the apps & settings only via nadroid -> backup/restore -> advanced -> restore data only. Also , you can restore you 1&1 complete rom via nadroid.
Look here : http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=864580
great thanks.
I already made a GoldCard and I'll try to flash the rom tonight.
Hello, I wanted to ask some question because it's my first htc phone so here I come .
1) If I use permroot with visionary, will I be able to make ota update ?
2) If I flash a fresh RUU (I think it is a rom like the JM5 / JPA etc... for galaxy S/vibrant) did it remove permroot or do I have a solution to remove in case I have to sell the phone later etc ???
3) My phone is from vodaphone, with the tool superCID+Radio S-off+simunlock (from here : http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=857537) can I flash an original RUU without carrier specific application ?
4) If for some reason I cannot get OTA update, can I just grabe the last RUU from xda to do the update (with a rooted/radio s-off phone of course) ?
Thanks in advance
Hi,
I have a locked HTC Bell Legend, which as some of you might know is now upgradeable to 2.2 via an OTA update as of last week.
The problem I'm having though is that my phone isn't seeing any updates (gives the "your phone is up to date" popup when I check). I have tried rebooting, going through wifi, using *#*#checkin#*#*.
Does anyone have any ideas or know of a place I can manually install the update?
Thanks for any help.
You can either root your Legend and install a custom FroYo ROM or go to the following website and install the Bell 2.2 rom.
http://www.shipped-roms.com/shipped/Legend/
Thanks!
I've never installed a ROM this way before, can someone point me to a helpful guide? I searched around a bit and didn't find much.
EDIT: to clarify, the links above are to the official Bell 2.2 ROMs, but doesn't have the RUU. I can't find any resources on how to install an official ROM release without RUU on a locked phone.
make a gold card, download the htc 2.2 world wide english edition update, with the gold card in your phone runt the update, it worked for me i installed 2.2 a month ago without rooting my phone. I have also sim unlocked my phone.
when its done put in the apn data for your carrier and your good.
addition to first post:
im also with Bell.
email me and i will send you the link for the one step gold card.
I *do* get the update, but it fails because I removed some of the stock apps.
I've been trying to find the APKs for these (yes, I know, I should have made a backup).
Does anyone have, or can point me in the right direction for getting these apps back ? In particular the stock (DCSSTOCK.apk) and twitter apps.
Thanks,
Rob.
You can switch the rom.zip inside the ruu with any other official rom I think. If you don't want to make a gold card.
Sent from my Legend using XDA App
I have a HTC Desire HD on UK Vodafone bought from Phones4U so am assuming its unlocked.
I want to use HTC sense 3.0 Rom but dont know what i need to do to the phone to install it.
I read on here and on Youtube about rooting. Is rooting a way of hacking the phone so that other Roms can be installed ?
Also do i need to do anything else before i do rooting ?
The phone is running HTC Sense 2.1 Andriod 2.3.3, i heard that i need to downgrade that to Froyo in order to root the phone. Is that Correct ? Gingerbread runs better then Froyo ?
If i do all the rooting/install new rom will i have to back up all apps/pics/music/contacts etc ? When i updated from Froyo to Gingerbread i didnt lose any of that.
If i decide to sell the phone at a later date i can do a restore so that its sold as stock software ?
I'm just off to bed and saw your message.
Rooting is like making yourself the administrator and you can do anything you want with the device including installing custom roms and software.
You should backup/save your original default rom.
You should use a program like APN Backup & Restore to backup your default carrier APN -which is the login and password etc. for your data connection. (Then you delete the custom rom apns and restore your own. This makes sure you continue to use the correct info and don't affect your billing, data charges etc.)
I recommend keeping pics and stuff on your SDCard where they should remain untouched. So use a program to backup all of that stuff.
You do need to downgrade. If you save the stock rom then you can restore it when you sell the phone. Make sure you save it as completely stock (after a reset or something) as opposed to saving it with other of your information.
I'm falling asleep (3:00 AM) - go visit my site http://grantbarker.com/htc-desire-hd.html
Look to the right - XDA Guides.
There should be enough info to help and inspire you too, with plenty of custom rom links etc.
If it helps you, please give me a Thanks if you have a Thanks button yet on your account.
See you.
check out these two threads:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=857537
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=855403
Some easy to follow instructions