Comments on: Rooting a Vodacom HTC Magic and upgrading the firmware in South Africa to get Android Market and more.

By: canvas

canvas — Fri, 22 Oct 2010 00:09:25 +0000

Select ‘Apply sdcard:update.zip’. This essentially installs the system image from the update.zip file. Select ‘reboot system now’. Wait a long time for the first initialization. Congratulations, you have a real, rooted, Android phone with Android Market and thousands of quality apps to install.cheap airline tickets discount plane ticket

By: Moving over to an Android Mobile Phone OS

Moving over to an Android Mobile Phone OS — Mon, 12 Jul 2010 12:43:26 +0000

[...] which explained to me step by step how to root the phone, so I could get the android Market. This is his post about how to root the Vodacom HTC Magic for South Africa. So I did as he instructed, and it worked perfectly, first time. The thing I love about his post [...]

By: Moving over to an Android Mobile Phone OS « Tjopsta

Moving over to an Android Mobile Phone OS « Tjopsta — Sun, 11 Apr 2010 21:29:58 +0000

By: Itai Etzman

Itai Etzman — Sun, 11 Apr 2010 09:25:32 +0000

Hi Guys. I have an updated tutorial over here:
Rooting: http://www.androidza.co.za/content/how-root-vodacom-htc-magic
2.1 Rom Part 1: http://www.androidza.co.za/content/htc-legend-htc-sense-ui-your-htc-magic-part-12
2.1 Rom Part 2: http://www.androidza.co.za/content/htc-legend-htc-sense-ui-your-htc-magic-part-22

By: Tjoppie

Tjoppie — Thu, 01 Apr 2010 12:45:49 +0000

Hey man,

thanks for a great posting. Do you know where I could get a 2.1 Rom for the Magic? I googled a bit but there are so many different flavours that I’m a bit confused… any ideas?

By: AndroidZA

AndroidZA — Mon, 22 Mar 2010 14:53:22 +0000

Hi. Has anyone with the LEAF update managed to successfully root their phones yet?

By: uannight

uannight — Sun, 10 Jan 2010 17:54:59 +0000

I need the original vodacom rom for android. Somebody can upload the nandroid files to megaupload or rapidshare please?
Thx very much

By: Kamyar

Kamyar — Fri, 11 Dec 2009 19:51:55 +0000

GREAT! Many thanks to you! I was googling about 7 hours! And exactly when I was disappointed you helped me.You are a real expert!

By: zeds

zeds — Thu, 22 Oct 2009 11:59:16 +0000

Hey there,

Great guide, haven’t tried it because I’m a bit reluctant on getting a phone bricked right after I received it as a gift…

Considering that this guide is fairly old by looking at the dates of the first comments, are there any ‘better’ alternatives to it right now? I’v e noticed that Android Donut (1.6) is out and was hoping to somehow get that onto my phone. I’m assuming the rom in the guide only contains 1.5…

I’m actually in Australia and the phone was bought online and somehow it’s a Vodacom one, so I doubt i’ll be able to receive the OTA update when I’m all the way in Australia.

Any suggestions?

By: Ryno terblanche

Ryno terblanche — Tue, 20 Oct 2009 13:21:57 +0000

Please help me…
When i get to Step number 14. by your step by step instructions i get the following error: downloading ‘boot.img’ …FAILED

Why am i getting this error.
All the other steps are preformed to tea and get everythinng in the right places like the steps say.

Please help