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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.

Howto: Italian TIM HTC Dream A7177 to Cyanogen.

I have not seen any instructions that deal with this phone. This phone has root access and Cyanogen 3.6.6/xdan (Android 1.5). To upgrade to the latest you do not need to root the phone, it is already.
You need to Update the Recovery image as explained here: wiki.cyanogenmod.com/index.php/Full_Update_Guide_-_G1/Dream_Firmware_to_CyanogenMod#Cyanogen_Recovery_Image
(Do not follow the whole page, just the "Cyanogen Recovery Image" section.
Then you you can upgrade the system as explained here: wiki.cyanogenmod.com/index.php/Full_Update_Guide_-_ADP1_Firmware_to_CyanogenMod#Flash_Android_1.6_.26_the_Latest_version_.28stable.29
(Do not do the whole page just the "Flash Android 1.6 & the Latest version (stable)" section.
If anyone cares can you fix my links. I wanted to share this but I may not need to come back here again. Hope it helps someone.

what if upgrade from a stock tim htc dream?so far as i know the bootloader(HBOOT-1.38.0000) prevent downgrading to rc29/rc7

Does that phone differ in hardware at all?
I'm trying to find out if it'll do hsdpa on 1700/2100, required for my provider.

psykephaeton said:
I have not seen any instructions that deal with this phone. This phone has root access and Cyanogen 3.6.6/xdan (Android 1.5). To upgrade to the latest you do not need to root the phone, it is already.
You need to Update the Recovery image as explained here: wiki.cyanogenmod.com/index.php/Full_Update_Guide_-_G1/Dream_Firmware_to_CyanogenMod#Cyanogen_Recovery_Image
(Do not follow the whole page, just the "Cyanogen Recovery Image" section.
Then you you can upgrade the system as explained here: wiki.cyanogenmod.com/index.php/Full_Update_Guide_-_ADP1_Firmware_to_CyanogenMod#Flash_Android_1.6_.26_the_Latest_version_.28stable.29
(Do not do the whole page just the "Flash Android 1.6 & the Latest version (stable)" section.
If anyone cares can you fix my links. I wanted to share this but I may not need to come back here again. Hope it helps someone.
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I've got the TIM branded phone (I'm in Aus on Optus also). So this phone comes with root access out of the box? That may explain my problems trying to downgrade to rc7/rc29. Did you buy yours through Optus or online?
Seems very little web info in english about getting Cyanogen on this phone (probably cos Aus seems to be only english speaking country to use it?)
-d

well. there are enough people using it in Asia (transported from Hong Kong I think), but mostly the new informations about these are in Chinese.
Seems it's already rooted, but other than that, there's no difference with older versions.

well. there are enough people using it in Asia (transported from Hong Kong I think), but mostly the new informations about these are in Chinese.
Seems it's already rooted, but other than that, there's no difference with older versions.

Bell HTC Legend not seeing 2.2 update

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

Guide on how I dowgraded 2.3.3 DZ (on 2.42.666.x build) to 1.34 and gain root/unlock

mods pls delete this post if there is already a guide for it (i couldn't find one myself last night).
WARNING 1: you are the only person who will be responsible should anything happen to your phone.
WARNING 2: i am not a developer, i am only sharing what i found last night and hope it will be useful to those who are in the same boat and to those who are brave enough to try.
This is a post of my own user experience of how I was able to downgrade my 2.3.3 build number 2.42.666.x DESIRE Z and regain root/unlock. I cannot guarantee if it will work on your Z or G2.
if you decided to try using my method, make sure you backup everything and anything, turn on sub development, do not mount your sd to pc.
Background about my Z:
- got it new from BELL with froyo on it.
- Originally rooted and unlocked using this guideHERE
- unrooted and re-locked my phone for repair using the same guide i just mentioned, along with the bell RUU found on shipped roms
-phone returned with 2.3.3 on it, locked to bell, build unmber 2.42.666.x (forgot the last number)
So last night, I spent hours trying to downgrade it using various methods found on xda and other site, none of them worked for me (fre3vo, psneuter, goldcard...etc). Later I found a couple posts saying anything on 2.42.xxx.x or higher cannot be downgraded yet. being frustrated, and being no clear-minded (coz it was like 4am), i decided to flash the phone with the bell ruu found on shipped roms, the ruu is on froyo 1.34.666.1. Magically, it worked and downgraded my phone to 1.34 and i was able to root and unlock it and flash it to a custom GB rom.
when i used the bell RUU, i had gold card on sd, not sure if it will make a difference for you.
- i am not sure if i could do that using a non-bell froyo ruu (keep in mind my phone was bell branded).
- i am not sure if you could use a WWE ruu on a non-branded phohe.
- i am not sure if you could do the same on a G2, mine was a bell DZ.
again, i am just sharing my own experience and hope someone will find it helpful.
cheers. (1st time posting on xda so pls be gentle to me).

Since it's your first time posting...I'll be nice but...http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1178912
Searching or even looking on the first page would be nice.
EDIT: Yes that is the goldcard method that you mention above too.

firmware problem

i have a galaxy s which i flashed to remove t-moble branding, now not sure why but i can't get wifi working so want to go back to stock firmware. the problem is which is the correct version for me.
my phone is galaxy s gt-i9000 and was originally locked to to t-mobile UK. i'm looking on the stock firmware and odin guide but i haven't got a clue which one is suitable. i've also got a message in kies saying that 'your device does not support software upgrading via kies'.
please can someone advise me how to get the phone working correctly again? don't care if i have to go back to t-mobile branding as look as it works with wifi.

Hi Rincal...
first question.. did you have your galaxys unlocked to make it sim free by a shop or market seller.. if you havent.. this will cause problems, so make sure you get that done.. its about £15.
2nd) The latest stock firmware is 2.3.6.. the xda team have Eu stock ROM threads.. look in "development", but if you cant find it.. use this:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1431596 - although i think there will be a newer version out now.. in the PIT folder, use PIT-512.
Here is a full abc flash guide
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1139050
Follow it to the letter, this is how I learned.. even though Ive had no problems, you flash your sgs rom at your own risk.. make sure you read it through first before you flash anything and always backup your data 1st.
Please note: This is not my work.. please thank and respect the xda teams named in the threads.
If anyone reading this thread can give better guides or links, please point the way
Good luck
Night

NightOrchid said:
Hi Rincal...
first question.. did you have your galaxys unlocked to make it sim free by a shop or market seller.. if you havent.. this will cause problems, so make sure you get that done.. its about £15.
Night
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hi NightOrchid
i used a market app called galaxy s unlock to unlock it myself. it was working find after that, the problems started after rooting and flashing.
i'll try your suggestions and let you know the outcome. i've already tried flashing with a few firmwares but always have the wifi problems. should say that apart from wifi and kies the rest of the phone seems to work ok with other firmwares.