Comments on: HTC Magic – Android Review

By: XT

XT — Mon, 03 Aug 2009 08:27:08 +0000

@ sir wernich

I’m using the Windows Vista as well and downloaded the HTC Sync software off the Asia website.

There are times that my PC doesn’t pick up my phone immediately. If that happens, I will open up the “Phone Monitor” and pick up my phone from there.

By: sir wernich

sir wernich — Tue, 28 Jul 2009 07:20:33 +0000

ok, so i finally got my phone after such a long wait… but now i have a question:

i can’t seem to get the sodding sync software to pick up my phone. i found an update for the drivers on htc’s asia site, but that didn’t do much. i assumed it was because of vista, so i tried installing the sync software onto my work pc that i found on the phone, but it still doesn’t want to work.

there any tips you have for this situation?

By: arbitraryuser

arbitraryuser — Mon, 20 Jul 2009 12:38:16 +0000

@dannyboy, see my latest post on more info about the Hero ROM.

By: dannyboy

dannyboy — Sat, 18 Jul 2009 18:29:52 +0000

Hi there,

Any more comments on using the hero roms? Are they getting more stable? Any particular builds to keep an eye on?

Thanks for the review!

By: joe

joe — Wed, 15 Jul 2009 19:38:52 +0000

You say it asks for your Google profile.. hmm.. would you recommend this phone to somebody who does not use any Google services?

By: Chong Thien Pow

Chong Thien Pow — Tue, 14 Jul 2009 12:51:09 +0000

I throw my Stupid Omnia because of the stupid OS it running on, it sucks memory, processor, battery power. However I do miss Omnia 3G Video call and the screen and the camera it has.

Magic is cool bcos of Android but it actually sucks because of bad camera, no 3G Video call, and no PAN.

By: arbitraryuser

arbitraryuser — Tue, 14 Jul 2009 05:37:27 +0000

@sir wernich, Dropping calls, no. That’s obviously a bug in your phone’s software. The Magic runs Android, it therefore is nothing like the Omnia.

By: sir wernich

sir wernich — Mon, 13 Jul 2009 20:23:54 +0000

and another question:

i have an ericsson m600i (yeah i know, i had to suffer for almost 2 years with it) and it drop calls when i’m on the internet. it switches between 3g and gprs often and the poor sod who phones me when it’s on 3g gets cut off as soon as it swaps to gprs.

is this a standard thing on all phones, or only on ericsson? does the magic do it too?

and another thing:

does the magic have any memory cleaning issues? my mate has an omnia and he says it doesn’t clear memory often, so he had to get an app for that. my m600i often restarts to “improve performance” which annoys me terribly.

thanks

ps: i’ll find out about the upgrading and fixing of software before i do anything, because i seem to have bad luck with phones and a warrantee is a thing i might need.

By: arbitraryuser

arbitraryuser — Thu, 09 Jul 2009 09:29:18 +0000

@sir wernich, Android ROMs are, for the most part, interchangeable. For instance I was running a rooted HTC Magic ROM for a few days and then recently switched to the newly released HERO ROM. It’s a bit of a process to ROM your phone (and you void any warranties) but it’s worth it if you like to hack things.

At the same time Android does support Over The Air (OTA) updates. Still not sure if the ROM that Vodacom is shipping on the Magics supports OTA though. Assuming it does support OTA, when the new version of Android is released by the Android dev team, your phone *could* update itself… The OTA updates are handled by either the importer or the carrier, so it’ll be up to Vodacom or Leaf to manage that process. I would love someone to confirm whether we’ll be getting OTA in SA.

By: sir wernich

sir wernich — Tue, 07 Jul 2009 20:47:59 +0000

nice review. :)

i liked the iphone when it came out, but it lost its sparkle when i heard it can’t do “basic” phone things, like mms a photo. since i now have an ipod, the magic is the only logical choice (even if i didn’t have an ipod, i’d still pick the magic). from what i’ve heard so far, i feel like the iphone people are losing out. :P

ny question is this (it’s late and the “google it” part of my brain has knocked off for the day):

would i be able to download and update the OS on the magic? if, as you say, android version 2 is coming out sometime soon, do you reckon they’ll make it available for all the android phones?