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    Manual Update of HTC Magic to Android 1.6 (Donut)

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    Follow these steps to update Android manually:

    • Check Version of your phone in Settings->Telephone (for example CRC1, CRC24, … )
    • Update corresponding ROM. (CRC1 here, CRC24 here)
    • Rename file to “update.zip”
    • Copy file to root directory of your sd card.
    • Turn off your phone.
    • Press and hold “home” button then press power button.
    • Wait until the exclamation mark inside the triangle appears.
    • Press and hold “home” button and power button again.
    • Choose “apply update” with your trackball.
    • Wait until installation is finished.
    • Restart your phone (first booting could last a little bit longer)
    • Enjoy Android Donut.

    (Tested on Vodafone 32B version of HTC magic)

    New Features of 1.6:

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    Quick Search Box by Voice is not available for non-english phones yet. An instruction for updating to Android 2.o (Eclair) will come soon.

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17 Comments


  1. nixdorf says:
    November 7, 2009 at 10:03 pm

    Are there way to update manual 32A board ?

  2. joesonic says:
    November 8, 2009 at 7:29 pm

    Have a look at xda-developers.com forum. There you will find some stuff about updating 32A phones

  3. David says:
    November 22, 2009 at 3:16 pm

    http://www.joesonic.com/blog/2009/10/24/manual-update-of-htc-magic-to-android-1-6-donut/

  4. ian says:
    December 7, 2009 at 11:19 am

    The link to the CRC24 ROM appears to be broken (http://android.clients.google.com/up…1.6068d598.zip) – do you have a working link?

    Thanks in advance

    Ian

  5. joesonic says:
    December 7, 2009 at 11:59 am

    You are right, the correct link is http://android.clients.google.com/updates/vfpioneer/signed-vfpioneer-DRC92-from-CRC1.6068d598.zip

  6. ian says:
    December 7, 2009 at 12:25 pm

    Thanks, but that link appears to be the same as the CRC1 update?

  7. ian says:
    December 7, 2009 at 12:38 pm

    I’ve found it (I think!) – http://android.clients.google.com/updates/vfpioneer/signed-vfpioneer-DRC92-from-CRC24.75416ede.zip

  8. wydarzenia says:
    January 23, 2010 at 5:51 pm

    This system has to be awesome :D

  9. thomas says:
    February 4, 2010 at 11:42 pm

    What should i do? Ive got a verification problem

  10. joesonic says:
    February 5, 2010 at 7:19 pm

    Try to root your phone and install a custom rom (http://joesonic.com/blog/2010/01/24/maybe-the-best-android-2-02-1-custom-rom-for-htc-magic/). Open Eclair is a real recommendation. Very fast and stable on the HTC Magic.

  11. Dastan says:
    February 26, 2010 at 7:55 pm

    will it have multitouch?

  12. joesonic says:
    February 27, 2010 at 12:55 am

    Use OpenEclair: Multitouch integrated by default. Version 1.2.2 is pretty fast.

  13. Dastan says:
    February 27, 2010 at 6:10 pm

    Witch phone is best, htc diamond 2 or htc magic?

  14. joesonic says:
    February 28, 2010 at 12:14 am

    depends on the os you want to have. Android vs. Win Mobile

  15. Dastan says:
    March 1, 2010 at 8:12 pm

    witch os do you guys think is best?

  16. olagold says:
    March 2, 2010 at 8:56 am

    am having this problem update failed…..install.. aborted

  17. joesonic says:
    March 2, 2010 at 7:22 pm

    check for 32A, 32B. Do you have a rooted phone?

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